Full House

By Enchanted Angel

Chapter 12: Metamorphosis

AN: Sorry for late posting, I truly am. But, I have been overwhelmed by homework. School is picking up and my grades are slipping. If I get grounded, I will be grounded from the computer..

I froze, unable to believe what was really happening.

'I'm dreaming..I'm dreaming..' I thought shutting my eyes, not wanting to wake up from this wonderful dream.

I gingerly wrapped my arms around his neck, enjoying the sensation of his lips on mine. After what seemed like forever, we pulled apart due to something called oxygen. I opened my eyes slowly only to meet his amber orbs.

It wasn't a dream.

Was it?

"Pinch me." I breathed.

He did. Hard.

"Ow!" I said nursing the growing bruise on my arm. I pulled away from his embrace and looked at him with a scowl.

"Well, you told me to." He said grinning.

Suddenly his grin disappeared.

"Do you love me Kagome? Truly?" he asked seriously.

I nodded, not trusting my voice to speak for me.

"Good. I do to." He said simply.

"Really?" I asked weakly.

His only reply was a gentle kiss. It seemed as if his entire soul, being, and emotions were being poured into it.

We finally pulled apart.

"Is that enough proof?" he whispered against my lips.

I blushed and grinned.

"And what if I say no?" I teased.

"Too bad.." He said chuckling.

I laughed along and turned around, leaning against him.

"What are we going to do now?" I asked him as his arms snaked around my waist.

"Find a way back.." He mumbled kissing the top of my head and resting his chin on my shoulder.

"What if we can't?" I asked him.

"Then I stay here with you forever.." He whispered.

"Forever?"

"Forever." (AN: SO CUTE!!)

~*~Somewhere Else~*~

"You WHAT!!?" Sango cried staring at Inu Yasha in shock.

"I got Kikyou pregnant! Okay? What, do you need me to spell it out for you!? P-R-E-G-N-A-N-T!!" Inu Yasha shouted back at her.

Miroku shot him a sly glance.

"Good job Inu Yasha.." He muttered smiling and giving him a thumbs up sign.

Kikyou sat there, looking dismally from one face to another, one hand on her swollen belly.

"It won't be long now.." she whispered.

(AN: Let's suppose that it's been about 7 and a half months and Kagome and Sesshoumaru are still stuck in Feudal Japan, and have been doing "things" but in this story Kagome will never get pregnant..)

~*~Back to Feudal Japan~*~

"Sesshoumaru..we've been walking and looking for a long time now.. It's the same! Killing demons, walk, walk, walk..forget it, we're stuck here.." I said dejectedly as I sat down on the grassy floor with a loud thump.

"We'll find it. Even if we don't..I'll have to find a way to continue our family tree..we could always try again.." He said shooting me a dirty grin.

"I'm tired.." I muttered.

"Fine." He muttered. "Party pooper.."

I glared at him.

He growled and sat down next to me.

"Fine..fine, I'll wait." He sighed pulling me into his lap and nuzzling my neck.

I smiled leaning into his chest. "Will we ever get back?" I asked looking at him.

He sighed again. "Honestly, I don't know..the well is completely destroyed..unless there's another way?" he suggested.

"Whatever, come on, let's go back to the well." I said wriggling from his grasp.

He tightened his grip.

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked me, his fingers starting to move to my ribs.

"Oh no! Anything but that!!" I cried out as I felt his fingers start to nudge the ticklish spot on my ribs.

I screamed and struggled madly against him. Taking pity on me, he let go and I tore across the open fields towards the well with him hot on my heels.

He soon caught up with me, grabbed me around the waist and jumped. I laughed and let him fly us to the well.

***

When we arrived, he slowly floated us down. Our laughter had long since subsided, and now a more serious situation was at hand.

We stood before the damaged shreds of wood.

"What to do?" I asked turning and walking through Inu Yasha's Forest.

I reached a tree's base and sat down, but when I sat down, I fell straight into a hole that had been covered with thick weeds and underbrush.

"Kagome!" I heard Sesshoumaru cry as I disappeared within the hole.

He tried to catch me but he was too late.

I was falling again until I hit the floor with a hard thump.

"Kagome?" Sesshoumaru asked frantically.

"I'm okay.." I said rubbing my sore bottom that had impacted upon hard rock.

I got up and looked up at the hole, which was about 10-15 feet up.

I stepped on something with a sickening crunch. From the dim lighting from the hole, it was a skull. I screamed.

Sesshoumaru jumped down and landed on his feet with the agility of a cat.

It was then we heard a hissing sound. It was loud, very loud.

The hair on the back of my neck prickled as I felt Sesshoumaru tense beside me.

I used my Miko powers and sent a beam to light towards the sound.

As expected, there was a snake demon, but it was enormous. The head was probably 2 feet long and the rest of the body was coiled up, but my guess was that it was probably a good 20-30 feet long.

"Can you do it?" I asked him worriedly.

He nodded. "Go over there Kagome, I don't want you to get hurt." He said.

"No! I want to help! I _can_ help.." I whispered.

He sighed. "Okay, be careful.." He said giving me a quick kiss on the corner of my mouth.

"Can you see?" I asked him.

"Not really.." He muttered as we approached the huge reptile slowly.

I summoned my Miko powers and flashed another beam of light towards it before changing gears to attack mode and taking rocks from the other side of the cave to Smash against the demon, but careful no to hit Sesshoumaru who was already fighting the prodigious beast with poison claws and this other sword.

I vaguely could make out the snake's outline in the dark.

I heard the snake hissing and striking.

I sent another beam of light.

I gasped from what I saw.

Sesshoumaru was wrapped in its gargantuan coils and the snake was poised to attack.

"No!" I shouted as I ran towards him and the snake.

I saw Sesshoumaru's eyes mouth the word 'no' but I didn't hear it, I was running so fast I couldn't hear anything.

I jumped with inhuman agility and leapt onto the snake's head, but not before a fang pierced the flesh of my arm.

I ignored the searing pain and summoned all my Miko powers.

A brilliant blast of blue emitted from beneath my fingers and it came down full force on the snake's skull.

The snake's grip loosened on Sesshoumaru and he jumped to the ground and caught me before I fell.

The snake demon shrunk. I had purified it. It was now tiny compared to what it was, but nevertheless dangerous.

It hissed at us.

Sesshoumaru growled in annoyance and stepped on its head with a sickening crunch.

I got up weakly and struggled in his grasp.

He gently put me down and wrapped an arm around my waist.

"You did great." He whispered.

I smiled, but the smile quickly disappeared when I saw that there was an empty doorway where the snake once was.

'It was guarding something..'

It was then that I smelt the foul odor of blood coming from the dead snake.

'That's funny, I never smelt that before..' I thought.

I could hear Sesshoumaru's heart beating.

'Wait what?'

How?

I could see better in the dark than before.

How?

I pushed the feeling off of me and checked my wound.

It.

Was.

Gone.

How?

I shut my eyes and forced myself to stop hallucinating.

'I must be going crazy..' I thought.

"Let's go." I whispered to Sesshoumaru as I grabbed his hand and intertwined my fingers with his.

And together we walked into the dark passage before us..

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