Danger in a Kiss
Summary: Kagome is cursed, and she can't help but feel the sudden rush of hatred towards the old witch who placed the damn curse on her. "Should you ever be kissed in true love, your power will destroy the one who placed that kiss upon your lips..."
Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho/InuYasha
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rated: M for Mature Content
Pairing: Kagome/Hiei
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Kagome hadn't been a hundred percent sure if the well would even work, looking down from where she was perched, she felt a drop of rain from above and her soft black ears flattened against her head dejectedly as she glanced over her shoulder. It wouldn't be possible for her to stay, she knew that, and to go to InuYasha...no, she didn't want to do that either. It didn't take long for the rainfall to pick up, her once dry fur now clingy pathetically to her small form. She had used her claws to make a smaller necklace...a collar...and cut through the left over string so not to trip over it. The Shikon dangled around her neck like a name tag, screaming out that she was the Shikon no Miko, or so it would if anyone in her time actually knew what the Shikon no Miko was.
'I guess the only way I'll know if it works, is if I jump...' She sighed and jumped down, the familiar blue energy took her smaller form in a warm embrace before leading her carefully forward through time, her padded feet touching gently to the dry ground below her, she was quick to bounce back and forth around the bottom of the well, the claws she was getting used to were so easily getting caught on the rope of the ladder as she yanked them free until finally she got to the top of the bone eaters well. Moving around the shed she shook and immediately regretted the action as her hair fluffed up. 'Could things possibly be worse?'
"Kagome?" Kagome jumped off the well and noted her brothers' shadow from below the door, moving back behind the well, she hid. The door opened and he stepped inside, looking down from the steps, he eyed the well and frowned, "Weird...I could have sworn I saw the well house light up."
"Souta~! Come in, it's getting dark out."
He glanced at the well once more before running off, the door bounced as he halfway closed the door. "Coming Mama!"
'Damn, I can't just show myself to my family, and InuYasha is a tail short from being a full run of the mill canine...if he saw me...well, he likes Buyo, but...still. The thought of showing anyone...I just can't...I don't want anybody to see me, but I don't know how to turn back either.' Kagome sighed.
"Mrow~"
Kagome jumped and turned, 'my name?' she frowned, finding Buyo lying next to a bucket she moved back. Her cat wasn't exactly the best friend a cat could ask for, she'd seen him slap other felines just for being on his territory; she didn't really want her cat to hit her. Watching carefully as Buyo stood and stretched, she realized just how fat her cat was as it closed in on her, making a mental note to put her cat on a healthier diet the second she got back to her human body. The fact that she was a black cat was still sinking in, she hadn't quite had time to process it, and to be perfectly honest, she wasn't entirely sure she wanted time to process it. "Buyo!" Kagome's eyes widened, '...I sound normal...?'
"Mrow~"
'I can understand him! So...maybe I just sound like I'm speaking normal...to myself?' Kagome shook her head as Buyo passed her, he wanted her to follow him.
Running to catch up to her cat, she was surprisingly fine with four legs, she didn't feel awkward with the added legs, but she did feel weird with the dirt under her padded feet. It was strange, like she could feel the earth around...more like she was a part of her surroundings...no, maybe she'd always been a part of the earth, but had never taken notice of it until now, so close, she could feel each shift in the ground below.
"Mrow~"
Kagome turned and frowned, Buyo was leaving her? Why? "Buyo?!"
"Mrow!"
"Stay...?" Kagome frowned, but she stayed all the same. Watching her cat leave, she sighed. 'Now what?'
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Red eyes glared down at the two felines that had woken him from his sleep. He watched them converse, or whatever it was they were doing, before the smaller of the two sat down and watched the other turn and leave, as if it just dropped the smaller one off and instructed it to stay put. As ridiculous as it sounded, he honestly suspected that that was what had been communicated between the two furry rats. "Hn," Now that he was awake, he had no reason to be there, the red eyed figure disappeared into the shadows before anyone could take notice of him.
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Kagome felt a demonic energy shoot out dangerously as it moved in closer towards her, moving quickly, hurried in its pace, she looked nervously behind herself and frowned. 'The suns going down and being able to sense a demon in the dark at this scale of height...it's scary enough like this...' Kagome turned and started running, the shadows closing in around her, she felt as if she was going to suffocate. Fear filled her body, and she glanced back to see a demon, scaly in form, chasing after her. She couldn't outrun it, there was no way she'd be able to outrun a demon in this form!
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Relocating in the forest did nothing for him, as not even a few moments later, did he feel a demon running through his forest, and he wasn't pleased by this. A sudden rush of urgency broke through his mind and he frowned as he listened to a frightened voice.
'Help me...! Somebody, anybody! Please help me, someone...help...'
He moved along the tree branches and rushed, moving his feet quicker than previously, unsure as to his sudden need of urgency. He saw the demon not too much further ahead of him and could hear something softer echoing in his forest too. A familiar sound. Padded feet moved across the forest floor, dried leaves crackling under the light pressure of four little paws. Black fur reflected the rays of the sun that broke through the leaves and branches hanging overhead. The sun itself was already sinking lower into the darkness that was the mountains and forest.
Watching the smaller fearful creature chance a glance behind it, he caught sight of the small feline from before. Blue eyes darkened in panic as the little black shadow moved quickly and fearfully through the dense of the forest. He heard that voice in the back of his mind once more.
'HELP ME!'
He shot forward and brought his sword down on the demon, the demon's blood splattering across the black fur of the small feline that stopped in its fearful running to turn and see what caused the bloodshed. "Tch...What a waste of my time."
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NEXT CHAPTER:
'I don't foresee anything changing anytime soon, maybe I should just stay put until I find a way back into my body.' Kagome turned her blue eyes onto the demon behind her and sighed, 'Not like I really have much of a choice though, I owe him my life, and to be perfectly honest, I can't live alone anyways, I'd be killed in a matter of minutes.' She turned away and laid down, glancing up at the moon for a moment before closing her eyes and letting sleep claim her. Red eyes watching over her sleeping form until they too closed and succumbed to the notion of sleep.
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