Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I own his alternate personality though.
Admiral: Damn my procrastination. How the hell am I going to keep my grades up if I keep writing on this story instead of working on homework?
Admiral bangs head on wall
Admiral: Must get back to work.back to work.shit, back to the story.
Admiral: Ah, well fuck it. Here is chapter 9. I hope you like, I am going to suffer for this one.
Admiral: It is time. He must go.
Mind over Matter Chapter 9 - Shell Shock *********************
Kagome didn't know what she was feeling at that moment. The fact that the undead priestess was dead was a great relief. She felt sorry for the priestess, though. She also felt her hate for her die. Then a random thought bubbled up. "He is all mine now!" "Where did that thought come from?" Kagome thought, trying to get a hold of the storm that was now her mind. She felt almost, possessive really. She couldn't deny that she was glad though, she had a chance with Inuyasha now.
She didn't know what to say, so she went with the obvious, "So that explains the power surge; it was the last bit of my soul returning."
Inuyasha nodded his agreement with that and continued, "But that isn't all I have been up to." He went on to summarize what had been going on these past few weeks.
"Well, that certainly explains some things. I didn't know you had priest powers, Inuyasha."
"I didn't either, until recently."
He hadn't told her about the person in his head though; she had enough to process with out it.
"How did you know all of this though?"
'Ah, shit. I knew you would have to explain this.' "Well, I had a little help." Inuyasha didn't quite know how to explain this without coming of as crazy.
"You know that spell?" When Kagome nodded her response he continued, "Well, there was a side effect of it. I sort of developed an alternate personality, and apparently he was flash trained so he could help me when the spell wore off."
Kagome didn't know what to make of it. 'Two Inuyashas! One is enough' Even though she didn't know what to make of it, it made perfect sense.
"So that is why you have been acting strange lately."
Inuyasha was about to reply when he caught a small whiff of something. He took a deep sniff, but couldn't smell anything. He felt something irritating his nose, so he took a deep breath and let out a mighty sneeze. Some glittering mucus sprayed out into the fire, instantly combusting. Inuyasha didn't know what to make of it, but with his regained sense of smell he caught what he smelt earlier: Kagome was in heat. This normally wouldn't have bothered him, he could resist the urge normally, but his demon side was much stronger now and he wouldn't be able to resist. He realized he had been duped. That mucus was magical and prevented him from smelling her until it was too late. He knew that his alternate personality had done this. He felt it chuckling at the back of his mind. He new what he had to do. He had to get Kagome as far away as possible, but with the doors sealed, she wouldn't get very far. He had been completely fooled. But he still had an ace up his sleeve. He would purify him. The personality stopped chuckling when it realized its error.
'Don't think you can purify me Inuyasha, I am in your mind; you will kill yourself if you try.'
"That is a risk I am willing to take."
'Inuyasha think this through, you know she wouldn't mind, and you have wanted to do it for a long time.'
"That is not the point," Inuyasha said, voice impassive. "You have access to everything I know, all my feelings and thoughts, and you tricked me into this. You have become no better that Kikyou and Naraku."
'With one exception: I had your best interests in mind.' The personality was just trying to stall.
"Yeah, right." Inuyasha finished his conversation with himself, and turned to Kagome.
"Listen to me Kagome, I have been fooled by him, and he has caught me in a trap. I can no longer control myself because you are in heat, and soon I will become just a sex crazed demon, and I need you to get as far away from me as possible."
Kagome could see the red creeping in on the outskirts of his eyes. She didn't want to leave him, but that look he gave her told her to listen. She turned and went out the door, headed towards the main hall. Inuyasha was relieved that Kagome wasn't going to fight him, and if he failed in destroying the personality, she would always have her "sits".
"Now it is time for you to go."
'You won't be able to get rid of me that easy Inuyasha,' the voice said, and was followed by a small jolt of pain.
Inuyasha grunted, but didn't lose his concentration. He was building up a small ball of energy inside himself, preparing himself for the shock that he new was coming.
"One would think you would be thankful for all I've done, but no, you have to turn around and try to destroy me." The personality had started to rant, and was not going to just die without a fight. He sent bursts of energy and pain throughout Inuyasha.
"Silly ass, I have lots of training when it comes to pain. You won't be here for long."
Inuyasha had almost completed the ball. He would have to get this perfect; otherwise he would blow himself into stupidity.
'Bastard, take this.' The voice let all the power and pain he could muster flow through Inuyasha all at once.
Inuyasha let out an ear-deafening scream that sent fear though anything that was near. Inuyasha felt the darkness closing in on his vision. He found the right spot, and released the energy. The voice screamed out in pain, then was gone.
~~~~
Kagome had made it to the doors, but found she couldn't open them. She didn't feel Inuyasha following, but felt a small surge of power coming from him. She felt a small bit of fear at what could happen, but deep down she knew she wouldn't mind. She was broken out of her thoughts when she heard the scream. She felt the pain coming of him and wondered what was causing it. She abandoned all fears and thought she had, and rushed back, determined to find out what was wrong, even if it killed her.
~~~
Inuyasha, with the last of his strength, had climbed into bed. Kagome came rushing in, and had let out a little scream. Inuyasha had a small burn on his right temple, and had a few burns littering his body where the energy was strongest. She wondered what had caused this; there weren't any demon presences nearby. She went to his side, and checked his vital signs. He was still breathing, that was good. Inuyasha, having come out of the blackness to her calling his name, made one statement,
"I had to get rid of him,"
and slipped into a deep sleep, deeper that he had ever been in.
Kagome had heard the weak statement, and it put her worries to rest, and explained what he had done. She watched as he slipped of into a deep sleep, deeper than she had ever seen him it.
'He looks so peaceful sleeping,' Kagome thought.
She shoved those thoughts aside and went to retrieve some medical supplies to patch him up.
~~~~
Back in the village, Miroku had returned from his scrape with Inuyasha. Sango had asked where he went off to and what had happened. But he was too lost in thought to answer her.
"Why did Inuyasha do that? He never did anything to harm me, except for toss me around. By all rights he could have killed me."
Miroku thoughts were interrupted by Shippo, who came crashing in.
"There is a demon by the well," fox child managed to choke out before collapsing on the floor in a heap from exhaustion.
"Let's go Sango, if it is the well, the Kagome is in trouble."
Miroku and Sango got up and raced to the well. When they got there, all they found was a black scorch mark, similar to the one they had found for Kikyou.
"It looks like Inuyasha was here." Sango nodded in agreement. Shippo came walking up, obviously having recovered from his run.
"You guys got it?"
"No Shippo, it seems Inuyasha was here before us."
"You mean Inuyasha did that?" Shippo exclaimed.
"Apparently so, there was a blast similar to this where Kikyou once stood."
"That's impossible, Inuyasha never would hurt Kikyou."
"That may have been true, but you haven't seen him yet Shippo. He isn't even affected by my wards anymore."
"Hey, how do you know that Miroku?" Sango inquired, interested in where he had been.
Miroku sighed.
"I went of to try to get him to remove the second curse he put on my hand, and in the fight I used my wards, but they didn't work."
"You mean you went off an attacked Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"Yes I did, and he beat me on more than one level. He was even able to partly seal my first curse."
"You stupid priest, why in the, wait a minute, he was able to what?"
"He shot a ball of white into my hand, and I felt the rip close some. After the fight he even told me how to remove the curse."
"Then what are you so worked up about?" Miroku sighed; he knew he was going to have to tell her sooner or later.
"The curse prevents me from groping you, and is removed by you telling me that you love me."
When Sango heard this she almost screamed for joy, but contained herself for Miroku's sake. She didn't know what to do more, run of and thank Inuyasha wherever he was, or go tell Kagome the good news and plot revenge with her.
Shippo was listening to the conversation, and was about to poke fun at the monk, but he caught Kagome's sent on the wind.
"Hey, guys Kagome's back!"
The statement brought both the monk and Sango out of their thoughts and onto seeing Kagome again.
"Well Shippo where did she go?"
"This way!" Shippo followed the scent trail that was Kagome.
The group went off into the woods in search of their friend.
~~~~
"It seems that Inuyasha is making progress with the group; they are becoming closer each day, though it looks like we will have to help them along before we reveal ourselves and battle them all together."
The old man said to his wife as he watched them go from the tree.
"Who do you want to take?" The old woman asked.
"I'll take Kagome and Inuyasha. Kagome will listen to reason, and this disguise will work perfectly with her. Inuyasha has grown up himself, and it was a good idea to speed up that timed spell of his. It seems he will need some guidance though, that alternate personality I released accidentally seems to have done a bit of damage."
"Alright, I'll take Sango and Miroku, those to will be easier, because all I have to break down is some of their barriers and let the love flow. This disguise should work on them too."
"Be quick my love, our time grows short each day."
"You too, my love."
With that the two old people split up, each a love life to mess with.
~~~~
Sango and Miroku followed Shippo, who was following the scent trail, deep into the woods. They were jerked out of their thoughts when they heard an inhuman scream come from beneath their feet. Sango jumped five feet in the air and landed on her butt from shock. She recovered and had her enormous boomerang out ready. Shippo had immediately taken off up a tree, hiding in the protective branches. Miroku had pulled out his wind tunnel, ready to suck up whatever had made the noise. When nothing ever came, they relaxed, and Shippo came down from the tree.
"What was that?" Shippo asked nervously.
"In all my years, I have not heard a scream like that. Only one of my village's elders had encountered a scream like that in his travels. He never had found out what it was except what it left. He said there was a bunch of bloody remains; slash marks everywhere, all caused by some sort of demon who had let out that scream earlier. Because he didn't know what did it, he found a use for it as a story of what mysterious beings lurk out in the dark out side villages to keep village children in line. I didn't think it was true, just a story by the way he had told it, but that scream just changed my mind." Sango recounted one of her village's legends.
"I wonder who or what made it?"
"Why don't we go ask Lady Kaede; she might know." Miroku suggested.
~~~~
Back in the village, Kaede had heard the scream. She knew the type, but didn't know who had made it. In a few minutes, she spotted the group coming back; they had obviously heard the scream and were coming for her wisdom on the subject. They reached the hut, and Kaede shooed the gathering villagers away so she could talk to the group privately. She would give the edited version to the villagers later. Kaede invited them inside, and they took seats around the dim fire.
"I know ye are here about the scream ye heard."
"Yes Lady Kaede, what kind of being could have made that scream and why?" Miroku asked, speaking for the group.
"That what ye heard, is an intense scream of pain. It was not an ultimate pain that caused this, but something weaker. The strength of this pain was great though. I feel sorry for the poor chap who suffered this though. Ye are fortunate, to have not have heard the counterpart of this scream. That scream is only given when one loses their true love, and is a precursor to massive devastation."
"So whatever had cause to scream like this, had just undergone an intense pain, but the question still remains of who and why." Sango was trying to make sense of the scream. "I have heard stories of the scream, but never experienced them before."
"Ye are lucky to have not heard them until now. Ye would like to be far away when one heard the scream."
"Is it true that those that were within close range did not return to their homes." Miroku inquired; he himself had heard stories about this phenomenon.
"Aye, those stories are true Miroku. I am surprised that destruction has not come down on the village yet, that is a good omen in itself."
"What should we do now, Lady Kaede?"
"Ye should wait. I have a feeling come morning we should find out."
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Admiral: He's gone now, and in his place: The New And Improved Inuyasha!
Tigi: Now why couldn't have Kikyou have gone out like that?
Admiral: Because she didn't deserve it. And look at it this way, she has peace now. Tigi: I guess so.
Admiral: Good. I need my editor and plot congealer to not be bogged down by emotions.
Admiral hands Tigi a miniature Kikyou doll.
Admiral: Take this, and don't bother me about her anymore.
Tigi: Yes sir!
Tigi goes of to edit more chapters, with a happy spring to his step.
Admiral: It's time to tie this bad boy up. Part one will be finished soon!
Admiral: Chapter 10 will be the last chapter of part one. Everything is explained to the group, and they slowly accept the changes in Inuyasha. Fun with curses! Kagome will find out about the curse, and together with Sango they will plot revenge on the monk. And just who are these old farts? I can tell you they aren't what you think they are. Their identities will be revealed in part 2, along with the new bad guy's identity. Part 2 will have a lot more action than this part, so you have something to look forward to!
Admiral: Back to this damn work, at least I am satisfied.
Admiral: Damn my procrastination. How the hell am I going to keep my grades up if I keep writing on this story instead of working on homework?
Admiral bangs head on wall
Admiral: Must get back to work.back to work.shit, back to the story.
Admiral: Ah, well fuck it. Here is chapter 9. I hope you like, I am going to suffer for this one.
Admiral: It is time. He must go.
Mind over Matter Chapter 9 - Shell Shock *********************
Kagome didn't know what she was feeling at that moment. The fact that the undead priestess was dead was a great relief. She felt sorry for the priestess, though. She also felt her hate for her die. Then a random thought bubbled up. "He is all mine now!" "Where did that thought come from?" Kagome thought, trying to get a hold of the storm that was now her mind. She felt almost, possessive really. She couldn't deny that she was glad though, she had a chance with Inuyasha now.
She didn't know what to say, so she went with the obvious, "So that explains the power surge; it was the last bit of my soul returning."
Inuyasha nodded his agreement with that and continued, "But that isn't all I have been up to." He went on to summarize what had been going on these past few weeks.
"Well, that certainly explains some things. I didn't know you had priest powers, Inuyasha."
"I didn't either, until recently."
He hadn't told her about the person in his head though; she had enough to process with out it.
"How did you know all of this though?"
'Ah, shit. I knew you would have to explain this.' "Well, I had a little help." Inuyasha didn't quite know how to explain this without coming of as crazy.
"You know that spell?" When Kagome nodded her response he continued, "Well, there was a side effect of it. I sort of developed an alternate personality, and apparently he was flash trained so he could help me when the spell wore off."
Kagome didn't know what to make of it. 'Two Inuyashas! One is enough' Even though she didn't know what to make of it, it made perfect sense.
"So that is why you have been acting strange lately."
Inuyasha was about to reply when he caught a small whiff of something. He took a deep sniff, but couldn't smell anything. He felt something irritating his nose, so he took a deep breath and let out a mighty sneeze. Some glittering mucus sprayed out into the fire, instantly combusting. Inuyasha didn't know what to make of it, but with his regained sense of smell he caught what he smelt earlier: Kagome was in heat. This normally wouldn't have bothered him, he could resist the urge normally, but his demon side was much stronger now and he wouldn't be able to resist. He realized he had been duped. That mucus was magical and prevented him from smelling her until it was too late. He knew that his alternate personality had done this. He felt it chuckling at the back of his mind. He new what he had to do. He had to get Kagome as far away as possible, but with the doors sealed, she wouldn't get very far. He had been completely fooled. But he still had an ace up his sleeve. He would purify him. The personality stopped chuckling when it realized its error.
'Don't think you can purify me Inuyasha, I am in your mind; you will kill yourself if you try.'
"That is a risk I am willing to take."
'Inuyasha think this through, you know she wouldn't mind, and you have wanted to do it for a long time.'
"That is not the point," Inuyasha said, voice impassive. "You have access to everything I know, all my feelings and thoughts, and you tricked me into this. You have become no better that Kikyou and Naraku."
'With one exception: I had your best interests in mind.' The personality was just trying to stall.
"Yeah, right." Inuyasha finished his conversation with himself, and turned to Kagome.
"Listen to me Kagome, I have been fooled by him, and he has caught me in a trap. I can no longer control myself because you are in heat, and soon I will become just a sex crazed demon, and I need you to get as far away from me as possible."
Kagome could see the red creeping in on the outskirts of his eyes. She didn't want to leave him, but that look he gave her told her to listen. She turned and went out the door, headed towards the main hall. Inuyasha was relieved that Kagome wasn't going to fight him, and if he failed in destroying the personality, she would always have her "sits".
"Now it is time for you to go."
'You won't be able to get rid of me that easy Inuyasha,' the voice said, and was followed by a small jolt of pain.
Inuyasha grunted, but didn't lose his concentration. He was building up a small ball of energy inside himself, preparing himself for the shock that he new was coming.
"One would think you would be thankful for all I've done, but no, you have to turn around and try to destroy me." The personality had started to rant, and was not going to just die without a fight. He sent bursts of energy and pain throughout Inuyasha.
"Silly ass, I have lots of training when it comes to pain. You won't be here for long."
Inuyasha had almost completed the ball. He would have to get this perfect; otherwise he would blow himself into stupidity.
'Bastard, take this.' The voice let all the power and pain he could muster flow through Inuyasha all at once.
Inuyasha let out an ear-deafening scream that sent fear though anything that was near. Inuyasha felt the darkness closing in on his vision. He found the right spot, and released the energy. The voice screamed out in pain, then was gone.
~~~~
Kagome had made it to the doors, but found she couldn't open them. She didn't feel Inuyasha following, but felt a small surge of power coming from him. She felt a small bit of fear at what could happen, but deep down she knew she wouldn't mind. She was broken out of her thoughts when she heard the scream. She felt the pain coming of him and wondered what was causing it. She abandoned all fears and thought she had, and rushed back, determined to find out what was wrong, even if it killed her.
~~~
Inuyasha, with the last of his strength, had climbed into bed. Kagome came rushing in, and had let out a little scream. Inuyasha had a small burn on his right temple, and had a few burns littering his body where the energy was strongest. She wondered what had caused this; there weren't any demon presences nearby. She went to his side, and checked his vital signs. He was still breathing, that was good. Inuyasha, having come out of the blackness to her calling his name, made one statement,
"I had to get rid of him,"
and slipped into a deep sleep, deeper that he had ever been in.
Kagome had heard the weak statement, and it put her worries to rest, and explained what he had done. She watched as he slipped of into a deep sleep, deeper than she had ever seen him it.
'He looks so peaceful sleeping,' Kagome thought.
She shoved those thoughts aside and went to retrieve some medical supplies to patch him up.
~~~~
Back in the village, Miroku had returned from his scrape with Inuyasha. Sango had asked where he went off to and what had happened. But he was too lost in thought to answer her.
"Why did Inuyasha do that? He never did anything to harm me, except for toss me around. By all rights he could have killed me."
Miroku thoughts were interrupted by Shippo, who came crashing in.
"There is a demon by the well," fox child managed to choke out before collapsing on the floor in a heap from exhaustion.
"Let's go Sango, if it is the well, the Kagome is in trouble."
Miroku and Sango got up and raced to the well. When they got there, all they found was a black scorch mark, similar to the one they had found for Kikyou.
"It looks like Inuyasha was here." Sango nodded in agreement. Shippo came walking up, obviously having recovered from his run.
"You guys got it?"
"No Shippo, it seems Inuyasha was here before us."
"You mean Inuyasha did that?" Shippo exclaimed.
"Apparently so, there was a blast similar to this where Kikyou once stood."
"That's impossible, Inuyasha never would hurt Kikyou."
"That may have been true, but you haven't seen him yet Shippo. He isn't even affected by my wards anymore."
"Hey, how do you know that Miroku?" Sango inquired, interested in where he had been.
Miroku sighed.
"I went of to try to get him to remove the second curse he put on my hand, and in the fight I used my wards, but they didn't work."
"You mean you went off an attacked Inuyasha?" Sango asked.
"Yes I did, and he beat me on more than one level. He was even able to partly seal my first curse."
"You stupid priest, why in the, wait a minute, he was able to what?"
"He shot a ball of white into my hand, and I felt the rip close some. After the fight he even told me how to remove the curse."
"Then what are you so worked up about?" Miroku sighed; he knew he was going to have to tell her sooner or later.
"The curse prevents me from groping you, and is removed by you telling me that you love me."
When Sango heard this she almost screamed for joy, but contained herself for Miroku's sake. She didn't know what to do more, run of and thank Inuyasha wherever he was, or go tell Kagome the good news and plot revenge with her.
Shippo was listening to the conversation, and was about to poke fun at the monk, but he caught Kagome's sent on the wind.
"Hey, guys Kagome's back!"
The statement brought both the monk and Sango out of their thoughts and onto seeing Kagome again.
"Well Shippo where did she go?"
"This way!" Shippo followed the scent trail that was Kagome.
The group went off into the woods in search of their friend.
~~~~
"It seems that Inuyasha is making progress with the group; they are becoming closer each day, though it looks like we will have to help them along before we reveal ourselves and battle them all together."
The old man said to his wife as he watched them go from the tree.
"Who do you want to take?" The old woman asked.
"I'll take Kagome and Inuyasha. Kagome will listen to reason, and this disguise will work perfectly with her. Inuyasha has grown up himself, and it was a good idea to speed up that timed spell of his. It seems he will need some guidance though, that alternate personality I released accidentally seems to have done a bit of damage."
"Alright, I'll take Sango and Miroku, those to will be easier, because all I have to break down is some of their barriers and let the love flow. This disguise should work on them too."
"Be quick my love, our time grows short each day."
"You too, my love."
With that the two old people split up, each a love life to mess with.
~~~~
Sango and Miroku followed Shippo, who was following the scent trail, deep into the woods. They were jerked out of their thoughts when they heard an inhuman scream come from beneath their feet. Sango jumped five feet in the air and landed on her butt from shock. She recovered and had her enormous boomerang out ready. Shippo had immediately taken off up a tree, hiding in the protective branches. Miroku had pulled out his wind tunnel, ready to suck up whatever had made the noise. When nothing ever came, they relaxed, and Shippo came down from the tree.
"What was that?" Shippo asked nervously.
"In all my years, I have not heard a scream like that. Only one of my village's elders had encountered a scream like that in his travels. He never had found out what it was except what it left. He said there was a bunch of bloody remains; slash marks everywhere, all caused by some sort of demon who had let out that scream earlier. Because he didn't know what did it, he found a use for it as a story of what mysterious beings lurk out in the dark out side villages to keep village children in line. I didn't think it was true, just a story by the way he had told it, but that scream just changed my mind." Sango recounted one of her village's legends.
"I wonder who or what made it?"
"Why don't we go ask Lady Kaede; she might know." Miroku suggested.
~~~~
Back in the village, Kaede had heard the scream. She knew the type, but didn't know who had made it. In a few minutes, she spotted the group coming back; they had obviously heard the scream and were coming for her wisdom on the subject. They reached the hut, and Kaede shooed the gathering villagers away so she could talk to the group privately. She would give the edited version to the villagers later. Kaede invited them inside, and they took seats around the dim fire.
"I know ye are here about the scream ye heard."
"Yes Lady Kaede, what kind of being could have made that scream and why?" Miroku asked, speaking for the group.
"That what ye heard, is an intense scream of pain. It was not an ultimate pain that caused this, but something weaker. The strength of this pain was great though. I feel sorry for the poor chap who suffered this though. Ye are fortunate, to have not have heard the counterpart of this scream. That scream is only given when one loses their true love, and is a precursor to massive devastation."
"So whatever had cause to scream like this, had just undergone an intense pain, but the question still remains of who and why." Sango was trying to make sense of the scream. "I have heard stories of the scream, but never experienced them before."
"Ye are lucky to have not heard them until now. Ye would like to be far away when one heard the scream."
"Is it true that those that were within close range did not return to their homes." Miroku inquired; he himself had heard stories about this phenomenon.
"Aye, those stories are true Miroku. I am surprised that destruction has not come down on the village yet, that is a good omen in itself."
"What should we do now, Lady Kaede?"
"Ye should wait. I have a feeling come morning we should find out."
****************
Admiral: He's gone now, and in his place: The New And Improved Inuyasha!
Tigi: Now why couldn't have Kikyou have gone out like that?
Admiral: Because she didn't deserve it. And look at it this way, she has peace now. Tigi: I guess so.
Admiral: Good. I need my editor and plot congealer to not be bogged down by emotions.
Admiral hands Tigi a miniature Kikyou doll.
Admiral: Take this, and don't bother me about her anymore.
Tigi: Yes sir!
Tigi goes of to edit more chapters, with a happy spring to his step.
Admiral: It's time to tie this bad boy up. Part one will be finished soon!
Admiral: Chapter 10 will be the last chapter of part one. Everything is explained to the group, and they slowly accept the changes in Inuyasha. Fun with curses! Kagome will find out about the curse, and together with Sango they will plot revenge on the monk. And just who are these old farts? I can tell you they aren't what you think they are. Their identities will be revealed in part 2, along with the new bad guy's identity. Part 2 will have a lot more action than this part, so you have something to look forward to!
Admiral: Back to this damn work, at least I am satisfied.
