It was nine in the morning when Kagome woke up. She walked into
the kitchen to find Inuyasha there; he had another stack of pancakes on the
table with the explanation that Miroku missed the last batch so he made
another. This time, however, he added some sausage and bacon since there
was less people to have to feed. Kagome walked up to the table and went to
grab a slice of bacon when a knife shot down and stabbed neatly into the
bacon pinning it to the wooden cutting board. "Yikes!" She screamed as the
knife zoomed past her hand, but she noticed something different, when the
knife went by, it didn't appear as a blur, like most people would see, she
could distinctly see each detail of the knife as if it was just floating
there. That was nothing compared to how loud the sound of the knife
pinning into the cutting board. It felt like a boom in-between her ears.
"Inuyasha, why can I see better and why is everything so loud?" The girl
asked the boy at the stove. He just grinned as she went to cover her ears
only to find that they were gone. Panic shot across her face as she
fumbled her fingers through her hair looking for her ears which she could
have sworn were there when she went to sleep. Then Kagome felt something
soft, furry, and pointed on top of her head that seemed to twitch at her
contact. Inuyasha's grin widened as Kagome went to scratch her arm and
gasped in pain. She looked at her arm to see four shallow cuts which, much
to her surprise closed up before her eyes, not even leaving a scar. She
looked at her hand to see that they looked claw like and, well, NOT human.
Kagome whimpered like a puppy, and then it occurred to her that she WAS
whimpering like a puppy and immediately stopped. "Inuyasha, what's
happened to me?" Kagome asked the boy, whimpering once more. Inuyasha
walked up to her and gently rubbed his clawed finger behind the pointy
things on her head. Kagome just purred softly, "Am I purring!? What
the..!!??" Kagome was cut off as Inuyasha rubbed a bit harder making her
purr even louder, she couldn't help it, it just felt soooo nice! "Enjoying
yourself little puppy?" Inuyasha asked the girl as he stopped scratching
behind her ears. "Why'd you st...Why are you calling me 'puppy'?" Kagome
asked as she stood up. "Let's just say that your demon blood has awakened
your true form. You look just like any sixteen year-old Inu-Hanyou should.
Your blood is awakening bringing with it a few of the outside effects.
Today's a day that we might want to skip school because there's no way you
can go to school looking that way and you don't have the energy to sustain
a concealing spell for eight hours or more, I really don't want your
parents to know unless they really have to. Some demons can, right through
your spell, smell your demon blood, so you'll become a target and you need
to be prepared." Inuyasha explained to the girl as they woke up Sango and
Miroku.
***(1 hour of eating and explaining later.)*************
"So Kagome's a hanyou!?" Sango gasped for the fifth time that day.
"Yes, God damnit, yes!!! I've told you this five times already, this is
no trick, oh yeah, neither were those pancakes that you like so much."
Inuyasha yelled at the two in the back seat of his car as they drove to
school. Miroku didn't want to believe that a demon could make pancakes so
Inuyasha chucked a cookbook in the new monk's face (using full demon
strength!!). "Fine, fine." Sango and Miroku said in unison. "Enjoy your
day off, Kagome. We'll tell the teacher that you two were sick today and
Inuyasha will forge the note saying that the parents knew to be handed in
tomorrow." Miroku repeated the plan that they had made over breakfast.
"Yea. That's the plan, screw it up and your heads will roll and I have the
claws to prove it!" Inuyasha said in a very scary tone. "Yes sir!" Miroku
gasped as he caught the tone in the boy's voice.
While the day went by for Sango and Miroku, Kagome was mastering
the concealing spell, as well as the many forms of the Tenkyoken. It could
be formed into a ball that you can throw, a thin beam, a ball that you
could throw that would explode on contact, a saber, and a shield. By the
end of the day, Kagome's energy level had nearly quadrupled, however,
Kagome was so tired that she couldn't even tell, until Inuyasha launched a
surprise attack on her and she managed to use the shield to ward off
Inuyasha's attack. "Okay, that's gonna leave a mark. At least you didn't
try the saber, I would have been cut, not just smashing into a wall of
energy." Inuyasha moaned as he pulled himself off the ground while tenderly
examining the large red bump on his forehead. "Let's just get going back to
the house, I'm gonna' need a lot of ice for my head, remind me to remind
the enemy youkai to stay away from your shield, that things overkill..."
Inuyasha moaned as he stumbled forward a bit then regained control of his
body. Kagome looked at his face to notice that the bump was now gone and
that there wasn't even a scar. "What happened?! I thought your face was
all bumped up!?" Kagome gasped as she mentally answered her own question.
'Damn demonic healing. I wanted to show Sango and Miroku that I actually
got Inuyasha." Kagome moaned under her breath and Inuyasha chuckled and
jumped into a tree. Kagome followed, thanks to that day off, Kagome
mastered many 'demon-only' spells for combat as well as the concealing
spell. Inuyasha also taught her how to use her new forms abilities, such
as jumping into trees and how to jump so high that you could glide on the
wind for a few seconds before going back down. Kagome and Inuyasha
reactivated their concealing spells (A/N: A concealing spell changes ones
external form, not the users abilities, you still can jump and use demon
powers but they're weaker than they are in your true form.). After about
five minutes of jumping from tree-to-tree, Inuyasha froze on a tree that
bordered the shrine yard. He leaned against the tree for support. Kagome
had planned on just going past that tree and landing in the shrine yard.
When Inuyasha stopped, she, in mid-air, sniffed the air and picked up the
scents of her friends coming from the road leading to the shrine, her
friends were walking into the shrine yards and walked right past the tree
Kagome and Inuyasha were in. Sango, Miroku, Ami, Yuka and Hojo were the
ones that they saw. "Damn! I was supposed to work with Hojo today!!!"
Inuyasha gasped as he realized that after a day of training a 'new' Inu-
Youkai, he was in no condition to train a human with swords. Inuyasha's
muscles screamed in protest at just being forced to walk, much less fight.
Kagome was to the point of barely being able to stand straight, Inuyasha's
training had drained her of nearly everything that she had. Inuyasha had
taught her about a demon's two types of energy, Life energy and standard
energy. Standard energy is expendable and will quickly replenish while
outside of battle. Life energy was what kept them alive, it was expendable
and is much stronger than standard energy, however, it replenishes at an
incredibly slow rate, if you expended nearly all of your life-force energy,
it could take up to a year to fully replenish.
"Let's go." Inuyasha said as he jumped out of the tree and ran up
too the friends as Kagome followed at a speed that only allowed humans to
see a blur as she shot by them, into the house, and into her room before
her friends got there. Ami, Hojo and Yuka all saw a blur shoot by them but
assumed that it was the wind and kept going, however, Sango and Miroku's
well-trained eyes clearly saw Kagome run past them and into her house.
*I'm impressed that you've mastered Kagome's power so that she won't be
taken advantage of.* Sango spoke into Inuyasha's head. *Ouch, it hurt.
Let's just leave it at that.* Inuyasha replied into Sango's head as he
petted the spot on his head where he had smashed into Kagome's shield.
It had been a long day. The normal humans left after dinner at
Kagome's house while Sango and Miroku talked to Inuyasha and Kagome about
the day of training. Kagome showed them all her concealing spell (which
she had taken the form of her usual human form).
"Kagome." Inuyasha said as he sat down on Kagome's bed followed by
Sango and Miroku, then the said girl. "You have to remember something. I
am not full Inu. Apparently, something that can fly and Kitsune blood has
flowed through my family line. This is why I am so good at deception, I
can grow wings that look like what you humans call angel wings only mine
are so long that they reach the floor while I'm standing, I can also make
my tail appear. My brother has no wings but he has his tail. That's that
fluffy thing over his shoulder, thus the name 'fluffy'. In my true form, I
have my wings and a tail like my brothers, it's just thinner and not as
long. In my brother's true form, he is a giant dog. A pure white dog with
breath that is toxic enough to kill a human and stun a demon. Since you
have my blood, you will, over time, grow wings that will look exactly like
mine and a tail. You will have two forms, a human form, which is what I'm
in now, and your true form, you'll have your wings and your tail." Inuyasha
explained to the very shocked trio in front of him. "Can we see your
wings?" Kagome asked him. "No, it takes too much energy to transform
between my true form and my human form. It would also probably destroy
your room with just the energy from the transformation." He replied and
Sango and Miroku nodded sagely while Kagome was still trying to pick her
jaw up off the floor.
It was decided that, since these changes would be occurring, it
would be wise to inform Kagome's family. At around eight pm, Sango and
Miroku left and four hours later, Kagome and Inuyasha were asleep on the
couch. Actually, the explanation only took three hours after the two
hunters left, Inuyasha and Kagome both were left on the couch while Asami
went to take Sota to bed and the old man followed. Inuyasha and Kagome
just sat there, stunned at how badly the old man and Asami took it and how
happy Sota was to have a demon sister. Asami was mortified to say the
least, she felt that the trust she had placed on the two had been shattered
like a glass window hit by a boulder. Kagome started to cry about half an
hour after the rest of the family left. Inuyasha pulled the girl to him as
she cried into his chest. He rubbed her back until she finally fell
asleep, still in his arms. "Screw it." Inuyasha murmured as he lay down on
the couch pulling Kagome with him. "This family didn't deserve the
surprise they just got." He whispered to himself as sleep claimed him yet
again.
The next morning. Asami was back to normal when she woke the two
teens up from the couch. She told them that it had just been a shock to
her, but she accepted things as they were and Sota was just plain hyper.
The old man was still throwing stickers with 'magic' spells on them as he
walked out to his car with Kagome behind him. All morning, the old man was
throwing scrolls at Inuyasha, trying to banish him. He was also throwing
them at Kagome, trying to remove the 'demon spell' which he thought had
changed and now controlled his grand-daughter. Both teens got annoyed and
agreed to grab breakfast on their way to school. "God, why does the old
man have to think that he's got 'powers' over demons." Inuyasha murmured as
he pulled out of the driveway with Kagome in the passenger seat and their
back-packs in the trunk of the car.
They had breakfast and finished their drive to school. Both of
them were surprised when Kikyo ran out to the car then started fuming when
she noticed Kagome. "She's just your sister so I know that's the only
reason why you can survive anywhere near her." Kikyo said as Inuyasha and
Kagome grabbed their packs and locked the car. Kikyo, again, pushed Kagome
aside to walk next to Inuyasha who just sighed in defeat at the fact that
there was nothing that he could do to the girl to make her be quiet. Demon
powers were no good in this mess and Inuyasha never was skilled in handling
women. *Hey, Inuyasha, there's Miroku and Sango. Let's go over to them
and pretend that Kikyo doesn't exist!!!* Kagome's voice boomed in the boy's
head and they both ran off to join their friends leaving a fuming Kikyo in
their dust. "He's so perfect." Kikyo sighed happily as she followed.
(Stupid girl that doesn't understand 'leave me alone.' if it hit her in the
face and flashed in bright neon lights in front of her).
It was just lucky for Inuyasha that the teacher walked in to start
class right as Kikyo was about to cause him more hell. School went by
normally until gym class started. Basketball was the assigned game since
hey did warm-ups for the last two days trying to get everyone into shape.
The teams were set, Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, Hojo, Sango, Ami, Yuka and
Kikyo made up one team while the rest of the class made up the other.
Kikyo just stood there looking stupid at the fact that Kagome was actually
hitting it off with the guy that she wanted. Kikyo was so angry that she
never even saw the ball that Miroku had tried to pass her and it hit her in
the side making her fall on her butt. The game went on like this with
Inuyasha, Kagome and Sango all easily beating the other team. Miroku was
guarding their teams net and Kikyo was still on the floor.
Two days of harassment and hell from Kikyo later, it was the
weekend. Kikyo had been doing everything that she could to make Inuyasha
go out with her, the most that she got was getting to ride in the backseat
of Inuyasha's car behind Kagome, who got the front. Kikyo only got that
because she intentionally missed her bus, then said that she needed a ride
home. Inuyasha was definitely, less than forgiving by the time Friday came
about.
Kagome woke up on Saturday to examine the chart she had hidden
behind her mirror. "Let's see, if we include last night at the
movies...Kikyo tried this and yes. Up to date." Kagome said as she put a
few more tallies under the name 'Kagome.' "That makes the score: Kikyo-zip
and Kagome- wow, that's a lot of tallies..." Kagome happily whispered to
herself as she re-hid the sheet labeled 'Inuyasha' back behind her mirror.
Things were going well. Kagome and Inuyasha both knew that Kagome was not
Inuyasha's sister, that Inuyasha didn't even have the same surname as the
Higurashi family. They just let him live there in return for helping
Kagome and protecting them from the demons which started to attack more and
more due to Kagome's new transformation. Kagome couldn't grow her tail and
wings yet but she now had all of her demon abilities under control,
including a few demon attacks and how to best use her new claws in combat
and to defend. She was doing pretty well. Inuyasha actually took her out
for pizza once with Miroku and Sango, Miroku and Sango were, what you could
say, a couple now so it was, in a way, a double date. The four went to a
new movie that came out that day only to end up meeting Kikyo there who had
been following them in case Inuyasha needed any 'company' while the evil
Kagome was away. Then everyone got dropped off from Inuyasha's car (I know
that that things being used a lot, it's because of the 'no gas required'
bonus). Three hours later, everyone was asleep and eight hours later,
Kagome awoke to where she was now. She walked downstairs at the smell of
her mother's cooking, only to be told to go back upstairs to wake Inuyasha
up for breakfast. Kagome walked back upstairs knowing that the odds were
around 1/10000000000 (lot's more 'zeros') that Inuyasha was actually
asleep. As expected, she walked in to find Inuyasha in his classic 'Indian
style/arms crossed in sleeves' position on his bed. "Yo, Inuyasha.
Breakfast is ready." She told the boy after he opened his eyes at hearing
his door open.
Inuyasha down the stairs and only 'feh'ed at Asami when she tried
to greet him. The old man reached into his pocket to pull out another
scroll only to have Inuyasha snarl at him before the man's hand even
grasped the scroll. Sota came up to say good morning to Inuyasha and was
completely ignored by the hanyou who walked by as though nothing happened.
Needless to say, Inuyasha did not look happy this morning. "INUYASHA!!!
You say sorry..." Asami said in a scolding tone to the boy who turned to
her with a look on his face that made Asami completely forget her words.
"What's up with him?" Asami asked Kagome. "Oh, you know how Inuyasha took
me, Sango, and Miroku out for pizza and a movie last night?" Kagome asked
her mother who nodded. "Well, Kikyo showed up and decided to start
flirting with him and he's had his patients stretch to a point that
surprised me that he hadn't transformed and slashed Kikyo to pieces. Let's
just say that Inuyasha's in a really bad mood since Kikyo seems to think
that she's his girlfriend and that I can't even talk to him without her
pushing me aside like I'm trash or something." Kagome explained to Asami.
"He's just really uptight since he's always relied on his demon blood to
help him in troubled times and it's no use now. He can't hurt a human like
that, he'd get in trouble for murder. I guess he feels kind of helpless
with the fact that he's been alone for so long that he doesn't know the
most tactical way to deal with women." Kagome continued to explain to her
mother who continued to nod.
Later that day, Kagome had been going around with Inuyasha trying
to make him cheer up. At least he was livable now. They went out to lunch
then were walking back to the shrine and decided to take a short cut to the
shrine through an alley. When they reached the end, Inuyasha told Kagome
to stay down while he made sure that it was safe to jump over the wall at
the end. Inuyasha jumped over and felt around to make sure that it was
safe for Kagome to land since she wasn't quite the best yet at landing.
That's when he heard a gasp from the other side of the wall and jumped over
to see what was going on.
Kagome was nowhere to be seen. Inuyasha sniffed the air trying to
determine if there was any trace of Kagome's fear, there was much of that,
so much which that he started to panic and he almost passed over another
scent that was in the alley. As I said, almost, Inuyasha just caught the
faint scent but it didn't take a second to identify, a youkai. A wolf
youkai to be exact, then a name registered with that smell....
"...Kouga...."
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A/N: I always wanted to try a cliff hanger before. I want at
least two more reviews before I Will update to the next chapter. Kagome's
problem may or may not get solved depending on how long this next nice
chapter is kept in the range of my very insane mind. Maybe Kouga'll get
Kagome....You never know....... Actually, I've already typed it up and it's
ready to be posted. All that I need are those two reviews since maybe five
was asking for a bit too much at once. Thanks again to those who reviewed.
Reminder: I accept bad comments as well as good, just explain why you think that it's bad and I'll try to correct it or improve for later chapters. See Ya!!!
A/N (cont.): Okay, I just got an idea. I think that it would be interesting to have Yuka, Hojo, and Ami to receive a bit of enlightenment to Kagome and Inuyasha's demon powers, or maybe just Ami and Yuka or something. Please vote what you would like to see happen. Please, send an email that contains your vote to me. You can access my email through the little button 'email author' and type in your vote. Please, don't leave it in the form of a review. I would like to have the votes be kept private and it will be kept quiet. I hereby promise to delete the emails pertaining to this vote when this event has been decided. I want at least 15 or so people to send me their votes, once that is done, I will post the voted winner in the current 'last chapter's' description. People then are given one week to send in any reasons (via email) why they wouldn't like the voted event to happen and what they want to happen. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!
Reminder: I accept bad comments as well as good, just explain why you think that it's bad and I'll try to correct it or improve for later chapters. See Ya!!!
A/N (cont.): Okay, I just got an idea. I think that it would be interesting to have Yuka, Hojo, and Ami to receive a bit of enlightenment to Kagome and Inuyasha's demon powers, or maybe just Ami and Yuka or something. Please vote what you would like to see happen. Please, send an email that contains your vote to me. You can access my email through the little button 'email author' and type in your vote. Please, don't leave it in the form of a review. I would like to have the votes be kept private and it will be kept quiet. I hereby promise to delete the emails pertaining to this vote when this event has been decided. I want at least 15 or so people to send me their votes, once that is done, I will post the voted winner in the current 'last chapter's' description. People then are given one week to send in any reasons (via email) why they wouldn't like the voted event to happen and what they want to happen. VOTE, VOTE, VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!
