I don't own Inuyasha, I know it makes me sad too. : (

Chapter 3 part 2: Claws?

As they arrived back at the hotel around 11:30 and Kagome suddenly realized that she now had to wear that tiny-tiny bathing suit with the sculls in front of Inuyasha. 'How did he talk me into buying this?' She though. Oh well, those swim trunks were a tempting reward and the thought that tipped the scale against making up an excuse to get out of swimming.

Kagome went to get changed. Inuyasha was thinking the same thoughts that she was. Except he felt VERY confidant with wearing his swim trunks. He smiled as he remembered the night they had been hit with the darts and her face when he had taken off his shirt. 'But wait, she's gonna be wearing that LITTLE bathing suit', he hadn't expected her to actually buy it, but he was glad now.

Kagome emerged from the bathroom in a bathrobe, he wondered what she looked like under with her bathing suit on underneath. She blushed and motioned to Inuyasha that he could change in the bathroom now. Inuyasha exited the bathroom with his swim trunks and a shirt that said "I have lots of friend, you just can't see them." She laughed at the shirt as they made their way down the hall to the pool.

They arrived, it was the moment of truth, the bathing suit unveiling. Inuyasha pulled off the shirt and smiled at Kagome's gaze, that she quickly averted.

'He's FINE' was her first thought, he was breathtaking, then she saw his smile, then looked away quickly. She then gathered her courage and took off the robe.

"Wow," he couldn't stop himself in time from blurting that out. He instantly turned 13 shades of red, but it was worth it, she was beautiful, she was amazing, she was,. his. 'Where did THAT come from?!'

They got into the swimming pool and were instantly warmed. Neither of them had noticed how cold it was until they got into the pool. Now that they were past the bathing suit fiasco they noticed that there were about eight other people inhabiting the pool; a family of five, and group of three friends. The three small children were playing Marco Polo, and the friends looked like they were about to get in a splash fight. It made an interesting background noise.

Inuyasha swam a few laps, to show off his strong, muscular body, hoping to impress Kagome. And Impress her he did, she could only stare at his body.



What neither of them noticed was a black haired, human looking, cat demon, with sunglasses to cover her eyes. She once again was grateful for looking so human, it was a great cover, most people didn't look twice at her if she wore her diskise. When the pair of humans she was watching, to assure that the transformation was going well, had jumped into a well she was a little surprised. But when she followed them and saw they were gone she had climbed into the well herself and somehow was transported to what she now knew was the future. She had been confused at first but adapted quickly.

Pandesia was very please, that boy was already strong when he was a half demon, or so her informant had told her. But the girl had miko powers, and a huge shard of the Shikon jewel, that would be a gladly welcomed acquirement to add to her own four shards. But what about the miko powers, that would definitely contradict the demon she was soon destined to become. 'It'll be very interesting to see what happens to that girl' she though. As she watched the pair get into a splash war, 'how amusing.'

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"Inuyasha!" Kagome said when she saw his hair after he emerged from the bathroom. "Look at your hair!"

They had come back to the hotel room after two hours at the pool, and Kagome had taken a shower to wash off the chlorine. She had told Inuyasha to do the same. But when he came out, in a towel, he had a few silver streaks in his human, black hair.

Inuyasha hurried to look in the bathroom mirror, which he had to wipe the condensed water off of, to inspect his hair. It had two silver streaks on each side of his head. "I must be turning back into a demon." He said.

"Then what about me turning demon?" Kagome asked.

"I guess Keade was wrong, or something." Inuyasha told her, "Because your not turning demon yet, I guess that means that it's reacting to my.demon.blood?" He said unsure of his prognosis.

"I guess that your right, because I'm not anywhere near demon yet." She paused trying to think "Maybe. umm. I have no clue" she admitted "I guess we'll find out soon though." She said.

"Hmmmm, ohh well, we can worry about this later, what do you wanna do for the rest of the day?" He asked. "It's only three."

"I'm sure we could find something to do." She replied.

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They had eventually just gone out to wander aimlessly around town, and had somehow acquired a flyer for a concert that night. Inuyasha wanted to hear more modern music, so they had gone back to the hotel to get 'properly dressed' for a 'night on the town' as Kagome had said.

She had advised him on his outfit, which included a pair of black leather pants, a button down black shirt with a red dragon and some of those spiky cuff things. Inuyasha wanted to wear another funny shirt but Kagome had said it wasn't appropriate.

Kagome came out of the bathroom and he couldn't believe that Kagome COULD look the way she did now. First she had make-up on, Inuyasha had never her with any form of cosmetics on and thought she looked even more beautiful than before, if such a thing was possible. She had a short form-fitting black skirt, a low cut red shirt, with a beautiful black rose on the front. It was just short enough to expose an inch or two of stomach, with a black coat over it, and high heeled boots that came half way up her shins.

Inuyasha had never seen her with any jewelry, other than the Shikon jewel and was amazed at how he had never noticed the fact before. She wore a choker with a half-inch thick, black, satin strap, with a blood red heart surrounded by black spikes, and hoop earrings. It was amazing how that necklace made her neck look, he had no clue why he noticed this so much.

They left at about 8:00 in a taxicab for the building that the concert was at. They arrived and saw a big line and got at the end of it. They got to the front, bought tickets and entered. There were strobe lights and blaring music, 'This is great!' Inuyasha thought.

The band turned out to be one that Kagome had never heard of, but liked after listening to a few songs. Inuyasha was just amazed at all the people in the small area, and the way some of the girls were dancing. The current song was very upbeat and had a quick rhythm. Kagome began to dance and Inuyasha stared, he jolted himself out of his hypnotized state. He attempted to imitate the way the other guys were dancing.

It turned out that Inuyasha was a natural dancer and had caught the eye of many beautiful women, but Inuyasha only had eyes for Kagome. They had been dancing for a while when Kagome motioned for Inuyasha to follow him, the music was too loud for verbal communication to work easily.

She led him outside where they noticed that everything seemed awfully quiet, because their ears had taken so much punishment. "Inuyasha I don't feel.right. Something has.. changed," she said worried a little "I- oh my God!" She yelled as she noticed her clawed fingers.

"Whoa" Inuyasha said, taking her hand into his to study them more carefully. " I guess your starting to turn demon after all." He said, then looked to see if his own hands had changed. They hadn't.

Kagome looked at his fingers too, "I guess were changing in different ways." She said.

"I guess so." He said, "Maybe we should go back to the hotel."

" Ya, maybe that would be best." She said.

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"Inuyasha, I don't like this, it's getting to, to, real." Kagome said.

"Don't be afraid, Keade will fix everything once we get he Harabi root." He said trying to comfort her.

"But what else will happen before then?" She was getting panicked, she did NOT like the idea of being a brain washed demon.

"I don't know, but it'll all turn out right, it always does." He said moving closer to her, on her bed, and slipped an arm around her waist.

"Yah, it always does, doesn't it." She said while laying her head on Inuyasha shoulder. She was begging to feel better with Inuyasha's arm around her, making her feel safe. She shivered, it was cold in the room. Inuyasha pulled her in tighter, to try and warm her.

She suddenly noticed how close he was holding her. He looked down into her eyes. Before he knew what was happening their lips met. He was almost as surprised as Kagome was, but neither one of them minded. It was Kagome's first kiss, she had so many feelings going through her body, and mind, but they were all positive, nothing in her mind told her to push away or stop, so she didn't

Inuyasha pulled back 'here we go' he though. "Kagome, I, I like you. a lot, and, and." he trailed off.

Kagome picked up where he left off "Would you be my boyfriend Inuyasha?" She asked knowing his answer.

"Yes, definitely." He answered and kissed her again.

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'How sweet, I think I'm gonna puke!' Landle thought as he watched the humans kiss from behind the alarm clock. He was a flea demon who worked as one of Pandesia's informants, but this scene was getting painful to watch. He decided it was a good time to report to his partner, Armand. He jumped to the window, that was opened just a fraction of an inch, so he could get out, and headed towards Armand's room.

He jumped through Armand's window and onto the table that Armand was sitting at. The big wolf demon looked to Landle. "Well?" He said with a very low voice.

"Nothing much to update, no more physical changes, but their making out in there and it was getting disgusting." Said the flea.

"Ahhh, well nothing should happen until morning that's too important. You can stay in here, if you really don't want to be in there." He said to his little friend. "And we can just tell Pandesia that you stayed there." He finished with a smile.

"Thanks, so what is there to do around here?"

"I've found that the thing called a Tee Vee, is very interesting." He replied grabbing for the remote.

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Yay! Finally, I'm really sorry that it took so long to get this up, school starting again was a shock to my system, and a reminder of all the reports I've been putting off.

So? Tell me what you think., and don't hesitate to criticize, if you think something is wrong or could be better tell me (I'm really self-conscious.) I do love all the replies, so keep them coming, (and watch my ego swell!)

I'm not sure when I can get the next chapter out, but it will definitely be up by next Sunday at the very latest.

As always, more to come.

~*Victoria*~