What's up you guys! I hope ya'll are enjoying the story so far, I know I am! ^_^ I put all my heart into what I write and try to put myself in the character's situation. If you guys have any suggestions for my story, I'll gladly hear them out. Those of you who read A New Beginning, I'm trying to make this story longer than that. Anyways, enough about me.. Let's move on to chapter 14 of Band Wars! ^_^
Chapter 14: Power of Love and Music
It has been three days since Kagome was poisoned and she was getting worse. Sesshomaru would stay up half the night looking through books and scrolls to find any possible cure for Kagome. The other boys and the girls all left to find an elder woman they all knew that could possibly help Kagome. Inuyasha on the other hand never left his room from Kagome's side. He stayed there taking care of her and doing everything he could for her. His mother would come upstairs to bring him food and something to drink everyday. She would also take Kagome to help wash her with warm water and dress her in new clothes.
His mother gave him a bowl of chicken broth to see if Kagome would eat. They knew she was weak, but she didn't need to starve. Inuyasha would pick up Kagome in his arms so that he could sit against the head of his bed. He held her up a little so that he could feed her. Izayoi and Inuyasha smiled as Kagome downed the broth. It relieved them both on that part.
After Inuyasha fed her, he laid her back down on the bed and covered her up. He went to get a new cloth and wet it in cold water. He rung out the excess of water and folded it to lay across Kagome's forehead.
"Do you need anything else dear?" His mother asked as she opened his door. Inuyasha shook his head giving her a small smile.
"No thank you mother." Inuyasha said in a hushed tone. Izayoi nodded and started to head out the room.
"Mother." Inuyasha called out. Izayoi turned her head to look at her son.
"Thank you. For everything." He said to her. Izayoi gave a soft smile.
"You're welcome son. I really hope Kagome is cured before.." She frowned. Inuyasha frowned as well as he stared back down at Kagome.
"I do too mother." He said.
A few hours later the boys and girls came back to the mansion with an elder woman known as Kaede. She was a medicinal woman that knew anything and everything about medicine, herbs, and cures. They had explained to the elder woman what had happened and asked for her help.
"Where is she?" Kaede asked. Sango pointed upstairs.
"She's upstairs with Inuyasha. He's never left her side since that day, he's been doing anything and everything he can to take care of her." Sango explained. Kaede nodded and started up the stairs.
Meanwhile in Inuyasha's room, Inuyasha was watching out the window being on full alert. He wasn't about to let Bad Blood do anything else to her. His ears twitched as he heard someone come upstairs and stop at his door. He opened the door seeing an elder woman that Koga, Miroku, and the girls were sent after.
"You must be Kaede." Inuyasha said. Kaede nodded with a seriousness in her expression.
"And you must be Inuyasha. I take it that the woman over there is Kagome." Kaede said. Inuyasha nodded as he lead the elder woman to Kagome. Kaede began to look Kagome over.
"Will you be able to help her?" Inuyasha asked with desperation. Kaede held her hand up to him and looked at him.
"I will do what I can, but I sense a great evil coming from her. She has been poisoned by a rare poison that is incurable. Not to mention the legendary Shikon No Tama." She explained. Inuyasha's eyes grew wide. 'Even she can't help her? Is there really no hope?' Inuyasha thought to himself.
"So... there's really no way to cure her..?" Inuyasha asked as he looked at Kagome sadly. Kaede looked up at Inuyasha. She could tell that he deeply cared for her, and loved her more than life itself.
"Let me see what I can do. I need to look within her spirit to see if I can figure out this type of poison. Give me about forty-five minutes and I'll let you know." Kaede said. Inuyasha nodded as he left the room for the first time in three days and went downstairs.
"Inuyasha!" Everyone shouted with surprise. He looked up at his friends with a tired yet gentle smile. Sango ran up to him with pleading eyes.
"Will Kagome be alright?" She asked. Inuyasha placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I don't know. Kaede told me to give her forty-five minutes to see what she can find. She said she will let me know what she found out." He explained as he walked past Sango with a sad expression.
Meanwhile in the study room Sesshomaru was leaned on his desk with his head in his hands. 'What am I going to tell Inuyasha? There's got to be SOME way to get rid of the poison from Kagome.' He thought desperately.
Sesshomaru thought of something and dashed to the basement of their mansion. He searched shelf after shelf, box after box. 'Come on! It's got to be here somewhere!' He growled to himself. Then he came across a silver and gold trunk with the symbol of a dog demon on the lid. 'Ah-ha! I found it!' Sesshomaru took the trunk and took it back to the study room.
Inuyasha was watching his brother when he saw him come out of the study room and heading to the basement. 'Now what could he possibly find in the basement?' Inuyasha asked himself. Sesshomaru came back to the study holding a gold and silver trunk with the symbol of a dog demon. Inuyasha raised his eyebrow. 'Now what was that?' He asked himself curiously.
"Inuyasha!" He heard his brother call out to him. Inuyasha got up from the couch and went to the study room. He made sure to shut the doors behind him so that the other's wouldn't eavesdrop.
"What is it Sesshomaru?" He asked as he stood next to him. Sesshomaru gave a relived sigh as he held a scroll in his hands.
"I found a cure. But It's an old antidote that has been a part of our clan for generations. It could cure anything for yokai, hanyou's, and humans." Sesshomaru explained. Inuyasha's eyes grew wide with hope.
"What do I need to do brother? Please, if it'll save her, I'll do it!" Inuyasha said with determination. Sesshomaru nodded.
"I must warn you Inuyasha, this could mean a change for her." Sesshomaru looked at his little brother with a serious expression.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha asked.
"We dog demons can help each other and others with our healing powers with our blood and our saliva. But if you give a human our blood, what do you think will happen?" He asked Inuyasha. It took a few minutes for Inuyasha to realize what the cure was.
"A Blood Bond. Our blood can transform a human into a hanyou or a yokai. It's like mating, except it's not a forever bond. The Blood Bond just lets us communicate to each other through our minds. Mating makes the male stronger and wiser to protect the female as to the female takes on the features of the male." Inuyasha said. Sesshomaru nodded.
"So what will you do Inuyasha? You know we really don't have much time." Sesshomaru said. Inuyasha sat down on the black leather chair leaning on the arm.
"I don't know. I don't want to do this against Kagome's will. I wanted to ask her, not force her." Inuyasha glared at the wall. 'I told you you should've mated her before anything happened to her! Now look what happened! We can't lose her!' He heard his inner demon growl at him. Inuyasha glared harder and slammed his fist on the arm of the chair. 'You think I don't know that!? I wasn't going to force her into becoming my mate! I won't let that happen after everything she's been through! So shut up and let ME deal with this!' He growled ferociously to his inner demon. For once he shut it up, for once he didn't let it surface, for once he was in control and not his inner demon.
Sesshomaru stared at his little brother. 'He's fighting with his inner demon, and it looks like my little brother won the battle.' Sesshomaru said with a smirk.
'You know, that's a first time that you ever stood up against me.' Inuyasha's inner demon said with an impressed look. 'You may be a part of me, but I won't let you hurt Kagome! You no longer control me, I control you!' Inuyasha growled. 'I never wanted to hurt her. I just didn't want us to lose her. If she was our mate, this wouldn't have happened in the first place.' Inuyasha sighed as he looked back at the doors to the study room. 'I wanted to ask her when the right time came. I still do, so just let me deal with this okay?' Inuyasha's inner demon calmed down and sighed. 'Alright.' It said.
Inuyasha got up and went to open the doors to the study room.
"Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru wondered what his brother must be thinking.
"Give me a little time to think Sesshomaru. I won't think about it too long but at least give me this day to think about it." Inuyasha said as he left the room.
"This is your only hope Inuyasha." He heard his brother say as he walked off and back upstairs to his room.
"Kaede. I know of a cure that Sesshomaru had found." Inuyasha said. Kaeda turned to look at him in the eyes.
"The only way to save her is to..." Kaede began to say. Inuyasha interrupted her.
"Turn her into a hanyou. I know. Sesshomaru explained the whole thing. I know how it works." Inuyasha explained. Kaede nodded.
"I'll leave you to your thoughts then child." Kaede said as she walked out of the room.
Inuyasha walked over to Kagome's side and took one of her hands in his. His expression was sad, hopeful, and worried. Sad, because he hated seeing her like this. Hopeful, because his brother found a way to save her. Worried, because he knows what it's like to be a hanyou. He didn't want her to go through that. 'Kagome...' He caressed her cold cheek softly as he stared at her sleeping form. He leaned down slowly and met her cold lips.
He stayed like that for a few minutes, tears cascading down his cheeks. He pulled apart from her as he heard her heart begin to speed up some. His eyes went wide listening to her heart. 'Kagome..?' That was a first response from her that he's ever gotten from her in three days. He wanted to test something, so he leaned in one more time and kissed her lips again with all the love and passion he felt for her. As he did this, Kagome's heart was racing, he was even seeing a little bit of color coming back to her beautiful fair skin. 'Kagome. Please, don't leave me.' He thought to himself.
Inuyasha felt her move around a little, but she still wouldn't open her eyes. Then he thought of a song that he and her used to sing together when they were kids. He thought that if he's getting this much out of her, then maybe, just maybe this song can help wake her from her deep sleep. He went to his laptop and got on his iTunes. He found the song and clicked on it making sure the volume was loud enough for Kagome to hear it.
'Safe & Sound' by Me vs. Gravity (Inuyasha and Kagome's version)
Inuyasha/Kagome/Together
I remember tears straming down your face
When I said I'll never let you go
When all the shadows almost killed your light
I remember, you said "Don't leave me here alone."
But all that's dead and gone and passed, tonight
Just close your eyes, the sun is going down
You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound
Kagome opened her eyes as she heard the song her and Inuyasha had always sung together when they were kids. Tears streamed down her face as she gathered enough strength to sing the next verse.
Don't you dare look out your window; darlin' everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby,
Even when the music's gone, gone...
Inuyasha looked up at Kagome hearing her voice and began to sing with her.
Just close your eyes, the sun is going down
You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound
Oooh
Oooh
Oh
Just close your eyes, you'll be alright
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
Just close your eyes, the sun is going down
You'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound
Inuyasha was beside Kagome with his hand to her cheek and her hand on top of his. They both smiled at each other as they shed tears of joy. Inuyasha was happy to see Kagome awake. Kagome was happy to see that her beloved hanyou was alright and by her side.
Inuyasha leaned forward placing his forehead on top of hers taking in her lavender and vanilla scent.
"I was so scared Kagome." He told her in a hushed voice. Kagome stroked his hair softly.
"Everything will be fine Inuyasha. I'm here." Kagome whispered softly to him. Inuyasha shook his head softly.
"We still have to get the poison out of your system." Inuyasha raised up to look her in the eyes. Kagome gasped.
"Th-They poisoned me!?" She said in shock. Inuyasha nodded with a serious look.
"Is there a way to cure me?" She asked. Inuyasha sat on the edge of the bed beside her.
"There is a way Kagome.. but it could change your life forever. It's up to you if you want to do it or not. If not we'll keep searching for a cure. I'll warn you that we don't really have that much time. Right now this is the only way that Sesshomaru and I could possibly think of." Inuyasha explained to her with seriousness in his tone.
"What ever it is, please do it! I don't want to die." Kagome said with tears in her eyes.
"Are you sure Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome looked up at him. She thought about something and spoke.
"If the cure is to change me into a hanyou like you, then I'll do it. If that is the only way to cure me, I'll do it. I don't care about the consequences, I want to be with you Inuyasha. I love you." Kagome said softly with a smile. Inuyasha gasped with wide eyes.
"Y-You mean it Kagome?" Inuyasha asked surprised. Kagome chuckled.
"Of course I mean it Inuyasha. I love you, and I wish to be with you forever..." She gently brings him down to whisper in his ear. "My mate."
Inuyasha's eyes grew wide again as he gasped. 'H-How did she...?' He began to ask himself.
"For three days... I don't know how, but you were always in my dreams. Whether it was to protect me from my nightmares, or take care of me. In my dream, you asked me to be your mate. I was really happy and accepted to become your mate. You and I were so happy together and had a family together." Kagome's face was as bright as a tomato. Inuyasha blushed as she explained her dream.
"I love you Kagome. I can't express enough how much you mean to me." Inuyasha said as he caressed her cheek.
"I love you too Inuyasha. More than you would ever know." Kagome said in a hushed tone with a smile. Inuyasha leaned in and kissed her soft lips, showering her with his love for her. Between kisses Kagome whispered to him.
"I'm ready Inuyasha." Inuyasha nodded as he kissed her deeply. He moved from her lips to the crook of her neck giving her small butterfly kisses. Right at her shoulder he began to bite her earning a soft gasp as Kagome held him tighter. He drew blood from himself letting it fuse with Kagome's blood as he bit her. Kagome suddenly felt her blood began to boil as she felt the transformation.
Inuyasha sensed her blood begin to change as he heard her pulse. He watched as her hair changed from raven to silver with black puppy ears on top of her head. Her hair grew longer passed her bottom. Her fingernails grew and looked more like claws now. When Kagome opened her eyes, they were a beautiful shade of amber gold, and when she smiled she hand fangs. Inuyasha smiled as the transformation was almost complete. He noticed that her perfect body was fuller and grown.
Kagome got up from her bed slowly. Inuyasha helped her up to walk her to the mirror in the bathroom. She gasped at how beautiful she looked as she was taking in her features. She saw her mating mark on her shoulder. It was a silver dog demon with a crescent moon that almost circled it. It looked like the dog demon was howling. It was so beautiful. She also noticed the red kanji below the dog demon. It read 'Inuyasha'. She smiled and looked up at her mate. Her eyes widened when she saw his changes.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome was surprised by how much stronger and wiser he looked. He had an intelligence in his eyes that was all serious and protective.
"It's still me Kagome." He said in a slightly more baritone voice. It sounded soothing to her ears. She circled him carefully taking in his new form. She saw purple jagged stripes on each cheek. His eyes were still that beautiful amber gold that she loved so much. She was very amazed and very intimidated by him. Her senses were telling her that he is her alpha. Kagome knew about this and still loved him. She looked at her loving mate and smiled.
"You look very intimidating Inuyasha." She told him. Inuyasha chuckled.
"That comes with finding a mate koi. The male grows stronger and wiser in order to protect the female. So of course I look different." He smiled as he cupped her cheeks.
"All to protect you, my Kagome." He told her as he leaned down and kissed her.
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