Chapter 10: Changes and Regrets
The next morning, as Inuyasha comes to he sees a girl in a kimono laying by his side, "Ugh." Was all Inuyasha said. "Good Morning, sleepy head." She said sweetly to him. Inuyasha bolts out of his laying position. He sees two other girls with her, "Good Morning." They both said. Inuyasha holds his head, "Man that was freaky. What a headache." He said with a groan. A girl comes up to him with a bucket. "Here, I got you some water." She said. Inuyasha smiles weakly, "Uh, thanks." As he is about to take the bucket, his sees that his hands don't have claws, but rather fingernails. "What?" He widens his eyes. He quickly takes the bucket and sees his reflection. He drops the bucket as it spills water onto the floor. He fiddles with his hair and see it isn't silver, "My hair is black, I've human ears, and my hands have human fingernails, and brown eyes. Oh this is just great." Inuyasha said angrily at himself. Miroku smiles, "Whoa Inuyasha you're a human." Kohaku smiles, "Wow Inuyasha this is incredible." Inuyasha shakes his head with disbelief. "Inuyasha, it seems you've been this way before either of us met you." Miroku said. Inuyasha sits on the edge of the stairs that goes outside. "Yeah, the thing is that I turn into a human on the night of the New Moon. That was three days before I met you." Inuyasha explains his transformation. "No wonder I never got to see you like this." Miroku said as he sits down by him. Kohaku comes to them as well. "I only met you yesterday and this is the first time I got to see you in your human form." Miroku smiles about his comment. "Same here. This is first, but the funny thing is that it's not even the New Moon at all." Inuyasha looks up ahead of them to see it's sunny out, and the kingdom is close by. "I wonder what Kagome is going to said about this though when she sees herself as a human as well?" He said as he lays his head on his palms. "I think she'd be glad to see you like this. Has she ever see you in your human form before?" Kohaku asks. Inuyasha shakes his head, "No she hasn't and I believe tomorrow night will be a New Moon. I wonder what she's going to say. Funny when I saved her from the castle, she was human during the day and a half dog demon at night. But ever since I lifted her curse she's might have my side effects. But who knows?" He said. Kohaku find the bottle, and reads the description on the bottom, "Inuyasha to make these effects permanent, you must kiss her before midnight." Inuyasha smiles for, "I'll make sure she'll under. But…" He frowns, "It's going to be what I've changed for her." Miroku stood, "Well let's go and see for ourselves then." Inuyasha and Kohaku go off to the leave the girls and their hut. "Thank you for taking care of us ladies, "Miroku said fondly. Inuyasha shakes his head, and grabs him by the ear, "Ladies, he has a wife." He calls as they head back to the kingdom.
As they enter the town, Inuyasha remains calm as not to draw attention to himself from the citizens. As he looks at himself on the window with a better reflection of himself, he smiles. "Well at least I didn't scare the people." He said as he runs to the castle. Miroku and Kohaku follow suit. Inuyasha calls for the guards up above, "I'm Kagome's husband Sir, Inuyasha. May I come?" The guard smiles back, "Of course." He said as he lowers the drawbridge. Inuyasha walks in, as well Miroku and Kohaku did. "Thanks." Inuyasha calls to the guard that let them in. Inuyasha smiles as he comes to the door. "It's all or never." He said. Meanwhile Kagome walks and stretches herself. She walks to a table that has a pitcher of water. She grabs a washcloth and washes her face as she dips the washcloth into the water. As she looks at her reflection, she's human. She screams quite loudly. Inuyasha closes the door after he comes into the castle, "Kagome!" He calls out. Kagome heard him, "Inuyasha?" Inuyasha still doesn't know which way to go as he ran one staircase to get to her room. Kagome is running down another staircase. Inuyasha barges into her room, "Kagome!" He calls out. He sees a hood, and sees it's floating. He gives it a confusing look. The hood is taken off, and reveals it to be Kikyo, "Hello, handsome." Kagome comes outside, "Inuyasha!" She calls as she runs. "Kagome!" Miroku calls out. "Miroku…" Kagome looks down to the kid, "Is that you Inuyasha?" She asks. Kohaku shakes, "no. I'm Kohaku. It's nice to meet you, Princess." He said as he bows to her. Kagome smiles, "Nice to meet you too." She turns to Miroku, "Where's Inuyasha?" Miroku answers her quickly, 'He just went to get you." Kagome runs back, "Inuyasha!" She calls out to him. Inuyasha hears her, "Kagome! Kagome!" However Kikyo waves her wand to lock the door. Inuyasha turns to the balcony to get to her, But Kikyo shuts the doors as well. Inuyasha growls. Kikyo gets him attention, "Leaving so soon. Do you want to see your wife."
Kagome is running down the hallway, "Inuyasha!" A voice calls back, "Kagome." Kagome sees a man wearing like Inuyasha's robe of the fire rat, a white undershirt, and red hakama pants. His hair is down from with the same hairstyle. But the difference of him, was the bangs weren't the right style as Inuyasha's. And his eyes were blue. "Is that you Inuyasha?" She asks as she comes to him. What she doesn't know is that the man is Koga is in disguise. "My dear Kagome." Koga said to her sweetly. "What happened to your voice?" She asks. Koga holds her hand, "The thing is that I took a potion to make us human again." Kagome's parents come in. "Kagome we here you screaming. Is everything-" Her mom asks as she sees her daughter, "Kagome what happened. I thought that Inuyasha broke your curse." Hige comes in and sees Koga, "Koga is that you?" as he tilts his. Koga wraps his arm around Kagome's waist, "Oh dad, don't be silly. It's me Inuyasha. I took a chance to make things right. What do you think?" He asks as he hugs Kagome. Up in Kagome's room, Inuyasha yells as long as he could, "Kagome Kagome, Kagome!" Kikyo mocks him, "Kagome, Kagome boo hoo. It seems that she can hear us, pigeon." Inuyasha sighs seeing it's useless to reach her. "Do you think you messed her life long enough?" Kikyo asks quietly as well taking advantage over Inuyasha. "I just wanted her to be happy." He answers with depression and anger mixed in. "She can be, oh sweetheart, she found the prince of her dreams. The potion you took would be enough to change. She's a princess and you're a half-demon." Kikyo said with a sad smile from inside. "But…I love her." He said as he looks out the window to see her with her parents and Koga going back in. "If you really love her, you let her go." She opens the door for him to leave. As he leaves his last thought was this, 'I'm sorry Kagome, I'll have to let you go.' And he leaves the castle.