Transformation Over



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Kagome panted as she carried Shippou and ran after the two demons ahead of her. Miroku and Sango were not far behind. Kagome was worried. ~I hope we're not too late. That Naomi woman is evil, but even she doesn't deserve to die like this.~

Naomi's voice could be heard, not too far away, pleading. "Please, spare me! I'm sorry, I beg you, forgive me!"

Kagome ran faster and noted that Sango and Miroku were now beside her. ~Where's Kirara?~ She shrugged the question off.

Miroku stopped. He bowed his head and made the hand gestures for a death. Kagome frowned and yelled back to him. "What are you doing?!"

He shook his head solemnly. "It's—"

"Iron Rebirth Soul Stealer!" Gold slashes cut the air and its victim.

"Flash of Claw Fury!" Silver slashes mingled with gold and red colored them both.

A loud, piercing scream was heard in the distance. "No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It cut off abruptly.

Kagome fell to her knees. Miroku sighed. "—too late."

Sango kept going, but more slowly now. "We should still go and see if they've exhausted themselves."

Kagome shook her head. "I doubt it."

"Then you would be wrong." Sesshomaru landed gracefully, as usual, beside them. Kirara was sitting on his head. He growled and swiped at the cat demon. He glared at Kirara. "I told you to stay off my head. It is /not/ your pillow or whatever you were using it as." Kirara stared at him for a moment and hopped onto Sango's shoulder. Sesshomaru sniffed the air. "Blood." He leapt away and everyone ran after him. They were not expecting all they found.

Sure, they were ready for the grotesque sight of Naomi's corpse. She wasn't recognizable at all. Her blood and bones were strewn about. They found Inuyasha…

…unconscious and streaked with blood. The blood came from Naomi, obviously, but they didn't know why he was unconscious. Kagome ran to his side and fell to her knees beside him. "Inuyasha? Can you hear me? Inuyasha…I'm so sorry, please wake up."

Shippou prodded at the half-youkai's side and scampered behind Kagome, having expected to get hit. However, Inuyasha did not stir. Shippou peered over Kagome's shoulder. Inuyasha's clothes were torn slightly in some places. "I don't get it. It's obvious he wasn't hit at all. And he stayed in the air so much that the trees couldn't have torn his clothes either. What happe—Ah!"

Shippou scampered over to Miroku as Inuyasha shifted and groaned. "Ngh…" Sango went over to Kagome and examined Inuyasha alongside her.

Miroku knelt over Tazekaja and Shippou poked at her as well. She, like Inuyasha, did not wake. Miroku frowned at the ripped edges on her top. ~When she went crazy, she ripped the bottom, but not the top…so how..?~ He lightly ran a finger over scratch across her cheek. ~What the--~ "Hey! The markings…"

Kagome and Sango looked down at Inuyasha and their eyes widened as they noticed that, he too, no longer had markings. "What is this?"

Sango looked at Inuyasha. He was still out cold. The markings were gone and his claws as well as his fangs were normal again. "He's back to the way he was." She shrugged.

Kagome looked at him. She gasped. "Tetsusaiga." It was lying next to him.

Sango frowned. "How did it get here?"

Kagome shook her head. "I don't know. Maybe the return of Tetsusaiga forced him back to normal or something like that." ~He looks so harmless now..~ And it was true. Lying there like that, he almost appeared to be asleep. He had a peaceful look on his face for once. ~What are you thinking about Inuyasha?~ She jumped as he shifted and blinked his eyes open.

Golden ambers had returned in place of the previous crazed red. He sat up and would have fallen if Sango hadn't caught him. "Calm yourself. You need to take it easy."

A blank look was the response, before a shroud of confusion covered his eyes. "What are you talking about?"

Sango nearly dropped him in surprise. Kagome went over to him. "Inuyasha are you alright?" Inuyasha decided at that moment that the ground was far more interesting. Kagome sighed. ~He remembers that part of today.~

Kaja stirred as well. "Nn…huh? Miroku?" Kaja blinked and stared at the person holding her, which happened to be Miroku. "What are you doing? Where are we?"

Miroku looked back at her. "You and Inuyasha chased and decimated that woman, or whatever she was, over there. You had killed her here." He frowned as Kaja paled.

Kaja stood shakily and Miroku steadied her. "I don't understand. How is it that I did this?" She reached for something, but found it to not be there. "Where is my amulet?"

"Inuyasha snapped it off and you destroyed it." Shippou sat at her feet. She paled further, and that was quite a feat, considering how pale she is anyway. "I…d-destroyed it?" She sounded unsure.

Miroku shook her a little to make sure she was still conscious. "Yes you did. Is something wrong?"

"I don't remember any of that." Kaja sat back down.

Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah. I don't remember either."

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. ~I see what happened. Wonder how long it'll take these idiots to figure it out.~ Sesshomaru jumped into a tree and leaned along a branch. He looked like he was going to sleep, but all who knew him, knew he wasn't.

Sango and Miroku exchanged looks. Miroku sat against a tree by Kaja. "What do you remember Kaja?"

The priestess frowned to herself. "Umm, I remember leaving the shrine…and talking to Inuyasha…playing around…Sesshomaru trying to hold me hostage and me electrocuting him."

Inuyasha snickered. "I remember that too."

Sango sat near him. "Anything else?"

Inuyasha scratched his head. "I remember some lady." He pointed to Naomi. Or what was left of her. "I think it was her. I think I got angry for some reason…and then…"

Sango motioned for him to continue. "And then…"

Inuyasha shrugged. "It's a blank. I don't know."

Miroku sighed. "Lady Tazekaja. Do you remember anything more?"

Kaja stood on her own, but still shaky. "No. I recall finding Inuyasha…there was fire somewhere. I remember getting angry as well…and then it goes all black."

Shippou looked at her strangely. " 'It goes all black'?"

Kaja raised a hand to her head. ~My head hurts…what happened to me?~

Inuyasha frowned. "I don't get it. Did I pass out or something?"

Kaja looked back at him. "I…" She didn't continue. She couldn't as her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fainted.

"My Lady!" Miroku caught her. He laid her on the grass gently. He checked her. "She's out cold. She won't being waking up for a while."

Inuyasha was going to complain about Miroku touching Kaja, but couldn't because, of course, he passed out too. "Inuyasha!" Sango, being closer, caught him; making sure his head didn't hit the tree behind him. She checked him and shook her head. "He's out. And he won't be up for a while either."

Kagome leaned over Inuyasha and pushed stray strands from his face. "We need to get to Kaede-sama's village now, more than ever. She might know what's wrong." She stood with another worried glance in Inuyasha's direction. "How do we get there now? We can't all ride Kirara."

Miroku lifted Kaja up on one side. "I suppose we'll have to carry them. There's Lady Tazekaja, Sango, Kagome and Shippou are a set, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, and myself. Two…or three can ride on Kirara. That leaves three. So…"

Sango and Kagome put Inuyasha on a now-transformed Kirara. Sango looked at the monk. "Kirara retrieved Kagome's…device…"

"It's a bike Sango."

"…right. Her bike. Kirara got it during all the commotion. Now to figure arrangements."

Kagome thought for a moment. "I got it. My bike's back, so Shippou and I can set the pace on that. Miroku, you balance Inuyasha and make sure he doesn't fall off, so you're riding with Sango." She set up her bike, satisfied with her plan.

Shippou coughed a little from the basket he was put in. "What about Sesshomaru and Lady Tazekaja?"

Kagome flushed, embarrassed. "Ummm, Sesshomaru is really fast, but the priestess…"

"Forget it. I have her." Sesshomaru jumped from the tree and proceeded to lift up the unconscious miko.

"Are you sure that's wise?" Miroku was trying to help Sango get Inuyasha onto Kirara without knocking either over onto the ground on the other side.

"Why?" He sighed in boredom as he decided to just lift her onto his back. Like a piggyback ride except she's fainted, making it hard to keep her from slipping backward. He shifted her some more and found a suitable position. She wouldn't slip off, and he wouldn't choke should she wake up somehow.

"Inuyasha…"

"…is out cold. I have no concern of his anger. He doesn't worry me, regardless of his disturbed, protective tendencies. Are we going or not? I don't need either dead."

"Oh?" Sango looked at him suspiciously as they broke from the forest.

"Yes. I don't need the half-breed dead due to the curse and if the priestess dies, he'll try to kill me, which will get him killed, which interferes with the curse's rules. I have no intention of dieing due to something like that." And he went.

They stared after him for a while. Sango and Miroku exchanged looks again and Kagome simply gave a confused stare. Shippou decided to take a nap. After a period of motionless silence, they realized that they should catch up with the speeding youkai.

"Idiot humans." Sesshomaru grumbled to himself as he jumped from tree to tree. A rustling to his left caught his attention. He sniffed the air a little and cringed. ~Oh great…here we go…~

"SESSHOMARU-SAMA!!!"

Sesshomaru grimaced inwardly at the annoying voice. "Oh no…" He slowed to an inevitable stop as he exited the forest and entered an open field.

"Sesshomaru-sama! So good to see you well!"

Sesshomaru made no comment, but glared at the green creature. "What do you want Jaken?"

The creature's bug-eyes widened. "But my lord…I was just looking for you. Wait a minute…what is that thing on your back?! I'll dispose of it for you!" Before Sesshomaru could respond, Jaken fired a blast of fire and knocked Kaja out of Sesshomaru's grip. She flew back a bit and landed after a bounce or two. She still did not stir.

*SMACK*

Jaken flew back as Sesshomaru hit him. Jaken stumbled back over, rubbing his head. "B-but…lord Sesshomaru…" He drifted off, as Sesshomaru was no longer there. Jaken looked around frantically until he found him on the other side of the field. He was kneeling over something. Jaken rushed over. "Sire? What are you doing with that creature?"

Sesshomaru ignored him and shook Kaja. As expected, the miko didn't wake. ~Perfect. How is she still unconscious? A shot like that should have woken her. She's not dead…but…oh forget it, I'm getting out of here.~ He sighed to himself, silently wondering who hated so much as to curse him this way. Never in his life did he imagine himself having to do this. Sesshomaru slipped an arm under one of Kaja's arms and behind her back. He slid his other arm beneath her knees and stood. He shifted her around in his arms and began to walk away; planning to let the others catch up. After all, he didn't know where to go, though he'd never admit it out loud. He stopped.

Jaken stood in front of him with that much-taller-than-his-own-self staff. "Where are you going?"

"None of your business." With a swift kick to Jaken, Sesshomaru kept walking.

Unfortunately, he came back. Jaken rubbed at his sore head. " Why did you hit me sire? I was only helping."

"This priestess is important. She must not be killed…and preferably unharmed. Now be gone with you."

Jaken stared after the youkai, not following this time. ~I know what's happened. That wench in his arms brainwashed my Sesshomaru-sama. Yes! That's why he acts this way. First that Rin child and now her. I'll save you, sire, don't you worry. I will find a way to change you back to the way you're supposed to be.~ And so he was gone.

Sesshomaru sighed in relief as he realized he was no longer being followed. He sat down, Kaja still in his arms. "I guess I'll be waiting for a while."

Well there you have it. Sesshomaru's stuck until the other's arrive. Nothing's going to happen right? Right?? Read the next chapter to find out!