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Chapter 1



"So this potion will turn anyone into a demon?" Naroku asked suspiciously of the young woman beside him.

"Yes, it can only be administered through a cut, or open wound though." The woman answered ."You could put it on a sword or dart and it would work that way. It will also put them under your command if you add your own blood to the potion. But only after they are fully transformed, that takes about three weeks to change completely. They will be like slaves at that time." She said with a bitter note.

"Where did you get this potion from?" he asked casually.

"From my former master, Pandesia, she is a cat demon of the Northern Lands." The woman said with a sad look on her face. She remembered when Pandesia had come up with her fiendish plan, to turn all humans into demons starting with her. She had run away from Pandesia, only taking the knowledge of the potion with her. She missed her master but did not want to be her slave, only her apprentice. 'That part of your life is over so get over it!' she told herself, now if she could only believe that.

She felt her shoulder shaken, "What would the effect be on a half demon?" Naraku asked for the second time becoming annoyed by her daydreaming.

"Oh," she said after being shaken out of her memories, "it would turn that hanyou into a demon a little faster, about two weeks, but the command would take a month to work."

"Good, good," he answered, she noticed him going into lala land and waited patiently for him to return to reality. Nobody needs a grouchy buyer.

"Oh, and by the way, what is your name?" Naraku asked.

"Janelle`" she said simply.



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"URRRG!, Kagome come back!" Inuyasha yelled after her.

"No Inuyasha, I'm going home, I don't have to take this anymore! And I'm never coming back!!!" She yelled back. 'He makes me sooo mad sometimes!' She fumed to herself. She knew she would come back the next day, but she just had to get away from that jerk for a little while and maybe catch up on her studies.

'He can be so stuborne! And make the littleist thing huge, why were we fighting again?' All the sudden she couldn't remember why. 'Oh well I'm sure it was his fault!' she thought to herself, while she made her way back to the well.

"AHHHH" Inuyasha screamed, and punched a hole in a tree, trying to vent his anger. "She makes me SOOOO DAMN MAD!" he punched the poor tree again, Knocking it over.

"So what did you do this time moron?" Shippo asked then ran under the knocked down tree, that Inuyasha had been using for a punching bag, laughing.

Inuyasha stopped for a minute to think, why had they been fighting? "I..I have no clue." And Shippo started rolling on the ground about to die of laughter. Inuyasha tried to hit Shippo, but the kitsune was to fast, and Inuyasha proceeded to chase after him. "Come back here half-pint! I'll show you to laugh!"



After everyone fell asleep Inuyasha was still thinking, as he looked to the night sky. The Moon was almost gone. The next night, the New Moon, would turn him human. And his thoughts slowly turned entirely to that subject and how much he hated it.

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Kagome had come back the next day, but tensions were running high and the gutsy kitsune was coming close to being attacked by Inuyasha at any moment.

"Hey Inuyasha, why ya so grumpy?" Shippo teased then ran from a punch. "Oh, I know, your turning human tonight, aren't you Inuyasha?"

"Stop reminding me." Inuyasha grumbled back.He hated being human so much, he could barely hear or smell anything, AND he was so damn WEAK in that state. They could lose all of the jewel shards if he couldn't protect them. He hated the human ears, and didn't like the new eyes, but the worst thing was the hair. He loved his hair and it's silver color, but black was so, so dark and, just not silver.

OK the hair wasn't the worst part, the worst part was that he seemed to, to be . attracted to Kagome, of all people, when he was human. That was bad, she was just a stupid jewel detector, nothing more. Well. mabye a friend, but just a friend, he definitely didn't like her in that way. He didn't think he could love anyone again after Kikio.

Yes, she was just annoying and stupid, ya, that's it annoying and stupid.. Sometimes she was nice, but he definitely didn't like her.

"Inuyasha, we should find shelter for the night," Kagome said a little cautiously, " since it's almost sunset and tonight's umm, with your umm, condition and." Inuyasha stopped her.

"Fine we make camp for the night, now shut up you stupid girl." He said gruffly. Then he went to find a tree to climb and spend the rest of the night in.

Kagome went to find some firewood and think a little. 'Why dose he get so grumpy on the New Moon, being human isn't that bad, is it? Why am I worrying about HIM he's just mean to me, and whenever he is nice he takes it back. but sometimes I swear he looks at me, in an .. odd way, .I guess I'll never figure him out.' She thought to herself.

When she got back he was human, she kind of liked it when he was human, his ears were gone, but he looked better that way, she didn't know why, then she figured it out! He was smiling! He just looked ..happier.. when he was human and she noticed that she got that odd look mostly when he was human.

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At about midnight Kagome thought she got a bug bite on her back and scratched away a little dart that had a powerful potion in it, then proceeded to have a bad dream. Inuyasha on the other hand sat straight up when he felt the dart hit his chest, there was a stream nearby and he had washed his outer kimono and was waiting for it to dry. So he only had the thin cloth one on. He knew the dart had some purpose but he didn't feel strange, so decided against taking a chance of walking into danger in his human form and going out to find who shot it..

He did see Kagome though, it looked like she was having a bad dream. He wanted to wake her and comfort her, but then thought better of it. It seemed to be getting worse though, she started muttering, then distinctively saying, "no, no" her breathing was getting rapid and she started tossing and turning, the "no's" were getting louder. Inuyasha couldn't stand it any longer, he had to help her.

He jumped from the tree, landing a little less gracefully than he would have liked, but it was the best his altered form could do. He went to where Kagome was sleeping, he shook her lightly, and she awoke with a scream.

She looked around, seeing, their was nothing to fear and hugged Inuyasha tightly. He was a little shocked, but he couldn't say he didn't like it and returned the embrace. 'Damn, Inuyasha stop thinking that way!' he told himself.. But he did like it.

Kagome didn't know why he was there but she was grateful he was. She had been in serous trouble in her dream, no nightmare, but then Inuyasha had awakened her and she felt safe for the moment.

After a few moments it became awkward, and they parted. "Umm, thank you." Kagome told Inuyasha after a minute or two, a little embarrassed.

Inuyasha then remembered why he had woken up in the first place. "Kagome, did you feel a umm, dart?" 'Wow, the prize for the stupidest sentence ever, Inuyasha!' He bitterly thought to himself.

"I, umm, think I felt a bug bite a few minutes ago." She said a little confused.

"Where, let me see." Inuyasha stated a little worried.

"It's on my back, here" she said, sitting up and turning so that her back was to Inuyasha. He was a little embarrassed when she started to pull up her shirt, but she only pulled it up in the back so he could see the bite, or dart, or whatever it was. It looked red and raised, and he could see right where it hit. It didn't look bad, but it didn't look good either. He gently touched around it, to see if it hurt, see if it was warm, or maybe just an excuse to touch her.

Kagome went red as Inuyasha touched her back, it felt good, except when he got close to the bit mark which hurt a little. It kind of tickled and she couldn't stop a giggle. "What was that for!" Inuyasha said quickly and defensively, was he making her laugh, what did, he do?

"Sorry, it tickled." Kagome said shyly.

"Oh," he got a mischievous look in his eye and started tickling her.

"Hey!, Stop that right now! Don't make me say 'the word'" He immediately stopped with that threat. He didn't want to be 'sat' again, that stupid necklace, and she had the power over it.

"Here, did you get a dart, um, hit?" She said before he got to mad with the threat.

"Yah, that's when I woke up and then I saw you, having your nightmare." He said quickly.

"Well let me see!" She said impatiently "We need to know if these are poisonous, and I'm the one who's been learning medicine from Keade."

Inuyasha reddened a little and stared taking off his shirt. Kagome saw this and blushed also. She then reminded herself that this was strictly medical. She didn't know why it bothered her now, she had tended his wounds before, but somehow this was different.

'Damn, he has a fine body!' she told herself, and instantly reddened more and scolded herself. But it was true, it was very well muscled, not steroid- like and bulgy, but flat and toned. He saw her gaze and instantly had a little grin pulling at his lips.

"Umm, lay down I can't see properly, with you sitting up." She said, the fire didn't provide enough light to see with, his back was to the flames, and all she saw was shadows. He did as he was told and lade down.

She inspected his chest where the dart had hit. It didn't look poisonous, but she decided they needed to visit Keade in the morning. She thought that she should touch around it to see if it hurt, Inuyasha had, she didn't need to but did anyway, the tickle revenge was to alluring.

She got the mischievous look this time and he warned "Don't even try!" But she tried anyway, and it started a full scale tickle war, with Inuyasha winning. He somehow got her arms pinned with one of his arms and was using the other to tickle the back side of her knee, "Do you give?" he said triumphantly.

"Never" she cried out as her tickled more.

"I can stay like this all night." he said trailing off, he meant it as a threat, but it didn't seem like such a bad thing when he said it, it could even be nice, to just sit there and hold her. 'Stop that now!' he yelled at himself.

But Kagome thought the same thing, with him holding her from behind, half naked. 'Stop that now!' She yelled at herself. Then they both noticed the others reaction to his statement and he let go, this was getting uncomfortable. "We sh-should get to sleep if we want to get to, um, Keade's by noon." Inuyasha stumbled over his words and turned red.

"Uh, yah, we should." Kagome said reddening too. They each went back to their respective beds. Kagome wondered why he was being so, nice and . sociable. And ticklish, she added, with a grin. What was going on with Inuyasha, why did she feel this way, oh well, she'd think about it tomorrow. Then she promptly fell asleep.

Inuyasha didn't know what to think, he knew he had fun with Kagome, and he thought he liked her, but then he remembered what he had been thinking the night before: that he only felt this way when he was human. So this would all be gone by tomorrow, he wasn't sure if he wanted tomorrow to come, 'this is all so confusing' was his last thought before he fell asleep.

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