Ch 9

Kagome and Inuyasha had returned to the Sengoku Jidai. A few days after they had gone to a nearby village to deal with a rather fearful Youkai.

"Hiraikotsu! Hoshi-sama, Watch out!" Miroku just barely dodged the boomerang as it flew passed him to hit the demon. Kagome knocked an arrow and aimed for the demon. Its senses were very keen because it moved out of the way before Kagome's arrow hit him.

"Hm hm. Priestess. You think your arrows will harm me? Oh what do we have here? You are normal miko. He looks just like that mutt…are you sure you are a miko?" The beast taunted her which made her mad.

"Damn straight, I'm a miko. And neither Inuyasha nor I are mutts." She shot another arrow at the thing and watched as it screamed in pain as her arrow shot through his stomach.

Kagome smirked to herself as she saw her triumph. Inuyasha walked up to her as she was in her world.

"Oi! Kagome? That isn't like you. You never swear. And you never look so happy to kill a demon." Kagome looked at him hesitantly.

"Um…Ur…well, he had no right to say that about you, or ME." She ran passed him to catch up with the retreating monk and slayer.


At the Village

The head man of the village had thanked them wholeheartedly and invited them to stay in their village to recoup before they made their trek back to Kaede's village.

"That was a productive day wouldn't you say Sango?" SMACK

"Yes it was. Oh, Hoshi-sama. You might want to go talk to Kagome about that lump on your head. It looks serious." Sango got up and walked out of the room to go find a bath. Leaving Miroku to sit and rub the new lump that had formed on his head.

"Huhhhhhhh. Sango."

Kagome and Inuyasha had been sitting in a nearby tree talking about the day and arguing on occasions. "Inuyasha! Just shut up. Drop the subject. Geez, it is no big deal on why I fought how I did. So just drop it, your giving me a head ache." Kagome rubbed her temples to exaggerate her point.

"Feh! I was just saying that you are acting different is all. And if I'm giving you a head ache I'll just leave wench!" Inuyasha jumped out of the tree and ran off into the distance.

"Baka..." Kagome jumped down and started to walk through the forest.


After about ten minutes Kagome stopped and sniffed the air.

"A Youkai! Damn, I don't have my arrows. I guess this is my first lesson for my claws." Kagome stood in a fighting stance waiting for the approaching demon.

"Hanyou. You dare trespass on my land? You will pay for that." a large bear youkai stood before her.

"I wasn't doing anything wrong. I was just walking."

"Nonsense. Any hanyou on my land is trouble. Now BE GONE!" He thrashed at her throwing her into a tree. He laughed at her as she struggled to get up.

So much for demon strength. I still feel the same amount of pain…of course I only heal faster. Dumb luck… she couldn't finish her thought as the bear threw her again. He continued to do so and laughed at her as she lost more and more blood.

"Insolence. You can't withstand against me! Just give up and I will kill you quickly…" Damn. Her scent has changed.

"Hm, don't think such stupid thoughts." Her voice changed and sounded more evil, maniacal. The bear roared at her and swung again.

"Hm you missed."


Meanwhile with Inuyasha

Damn wench, I give her a head ache huh. Well I will give her more than that…Inuyasha didn't finish his thought as he skidded to a stop and ran in the opposite direction.

Kagome. I hoped this would never come. Don't do it. You are stronger than that!

Inuyasha leaped from tree to tree at lightning speed to get to the smell of blood and battle between two youkai. As he cleared the forest he saw Kagome.

"Insolence. You can't withstand against me! Just give up and I will kill you quickly…"

"Hm, don't think such stupid thoughts."

"KAGOME!" He jumped infront of her and grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Let go of me!" She struggled in his hold, he wouldn't budge.

"Damn it Kagome. You can do better than this." He looked at her and what scared him was the obvious blood running down the side of her face. But what scared him the most was the two turquoise marks on either side of her face and red eyes.

"I said LET GO! I won't forgive you." Okay I've had enough.

"You will hate me later but it has to be done. Kagome…forgive me." Inuyasha punched the back of her head (not too hard don't worry, he wouldn't do that to her) and she fell limp. He laid her down on the ground and ran at the bear.

"Now you DIE!" Inuyasha slashed the bear with his claws and the thing burst. He walked back over to Kagome and picked her up and ran off to the village.


"Inuyasha what happened?" Kaede was in a fret over Kagome as if she were her own child.

"Calm down. Kaede-baba. She will be okay…she turned full demon…and I had…to…I had to knock her out before she hurt herself." He lowered his head to shield his eyes in shame. Kaede looked at him knowingly.

"Inuyasha, what you did was brave. Very noble of you. You saved her…don't worry she wont hate you. All that will happen is she will have a horrific head ache." Inuyasha looked up a little and watched as Kaede tended to Kagome. Kagome, all this bad stuff keeps happening to you. And it is all my fault.


After about five hours Kagome woke up a little groggy.

"Inuyasha? What is going on? Why does my head hurt!" She grabbed the bck of her head to rub the sore spot.

"I'll tell you later. Right now we must go see Toutosai (did I spell that right?)." She looked at him confused. He sighed and picked her up.

"I'll explain on the way…" and they were off.

When they reached Toutosai's cave Kagome was full of all kinds of emotions.

"I turned what? You did what! Oh my god…" She rubbed her temples and groaned.

"It will be okay. Just calm down." They walked into the cave to see an old man blowing fire at a sword.

"Hm? Inuyasha? Kagome! What happened?"

"Cut the questions old man. Kagome needs a sword." Toutosai scratched his head and mumbled to himself.

"Very well. I will need one of your fangs." Kagome looked scared but fumbled with her teeth.

"Okay…do you have anything I can pull it with?" Toutosai urged her to come closer and before she had time to think he yanked on her tooth and it popped out with a yelp from the girl.

"OUCH!" she rubbed the side of her face to ease the pain.

"Very good. Now come back in a few hours and I will have your sword." Kagome nodded and got up to leave followed by Inuyasha.


A few hours later when they returned Toutosai held up a short sword.

"Here, it is a wakizashi called nagarehoshi. It should hold in your blood. Now before you leave. I'm sure you wish not to wield this and your arrows. So if you prop this up against the rocks outside and fire one of your arrows directly at it, it will absorb the power. Then it will become a purification sword along as defense. Yes it is a crueler way for a miko to fight but it will have to do." Kagome stood and took the sword outside. She aimed one of her arrows at the sword and shot at the blade. It glowed a bright pink and faded.

Kagome looked at her sword proudly. It had a beautifully curved blade with a handle embedded with sapphires. The sheath was just as great. It was white with sapphires in it also. "Toutosai…it…it's BEAUTIFUL!" She ran up and hugged the old man before backing off holding her nose.

"Um excuse my rudeness but Toutosai…you reek." Kagome and Inuyasha bolted off into the forest to return to Sango and Miroku to explain where they were and what new toy Kagome had gotten.


A/N: okay I personally like this chapter. But I will refuse to take all the credit. For the type of sword and sword's name is all credited to one of my fans…juusan'ya. Yes wakizashi-short sword; and nagarehoshi-shooting star are credited to you. I told you I would give you credit. Thank you again for names. And this chapter has been dedicated to you. So TADA!

Hope you like it. Again it may take a while for me to come up with another chapter. Writers block. But I would love to hear your ideas. Who knows I might use them! Don't be afraid to express your ideas. TELL ME! TELL ME!

Okay I will stop preaching. Please review! Thank you!