"...Kouga...." Inuyasha murmured as he jumped in the direction
that the scent led.
-*-*-*-*-Elsewhere*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
"What the..Let me go." Kagome screamed as she fruitlessly pounded
her human fists against the strangers back. She was slung over his
shoulder like some possession. "No. I'm saving you from dog-turd over
there." the stranger said as he gently laid her down against a tree. "Your
my woman now and dog turd won't hurt you while I'm protecting you. Don't
worry, you'll make a good mother to my pups. I figure that since dog-face
got the best of both human and demon, that it will help my pack. I am the
leader of a wolf youkai pack so you will pull rank over all of the wolves
in my pack." Kouga told the very shocked girl. Kouga grabbed her into a
gentle but forceful hug. He was about to kiss Kagome when she dropped her
spell and kicked him in the gut sending him flying into a tree. "Oh, I see
that bastard of a dog got his blood into you, don't worry, I can fix that.
My blood is stronger than his any day so you'll be a wolf, not an Inu.
Don't worry, I know that you're nervous but I'll be good to you. You can
bear my pups without worry for yourself or your children. I am a very
powerful figure unlike dog boy. You'll pull rank over an entire
pack....OOF...." As he said this, Inuyasha dropped from the trees and
kicked Kouga in the side of the head hard enough to send him sprawling,
even though he still had his spell up. "Stay away from my woman!" Kouga
yelled as Inuyasha went to help Kagome and was sent flying into a tree. He
slid down to the base of the tree but got up and smirked. "Weak as ever.
Don't try to make Kagome think that she'll have power over a hell-hole den
full of ravenous sex-lusting wolves. She's meant to be a sex tool for you
and your friends and I don't think that Kagome fits the description of a
whore." Inuyasha said to Kouga as he dusted himself off. "A human can't
survive an attack like that to the head! Kouga gasped. "But I don't think
that your a human, no, your a demon. Stay away from my woman, she's mine
and I will protect her! I am the prince of a great pack and she will be
treated like royalty." Kouga said as he hugged himself to Kagome's body
while she just smirked. "Inuyasha, please get him off of me." Kagome said,
mainly as a warning to Kouga. Inuyasha dropped his spell. "Yea and I'm
supposed to be the demon lord of the Western Lands. She can have a pack of
wolves or this whole quarter of the world, let her choose." Inuyasha
smirked, and then kicked Kouga off of Kagome with enough force to send the
wolf right through the tree he had been recently thrown against. Inuyasha
picked up Kagome and ran from branch to branch in the direction of the
shrine. "Thanks." Kagome said as she snuggled a little closer to
Inuyasha's chest and was soon asleep. Inuyasha slowed down a bit so that
he ran smoother. "Your welcome." He replied to the sleeping girl as he
landed then jumped through the window to Kagome's room. He set her down on
her bed, and then walked to his room. "Damn you, Kouga." Inuyasha growled
with a smirk afterward he walked into his room.
Inuyasha sat down on his bed. He was so into his thoughts that he
never noticed that Kagome had woken up when she felt her source of warmth
go away and followed him into his room. She stooped down into the shadows,
and then crawled into his closet door through its open doors. "Damn,
what's that little bitch done to me?" Inuyasha moaned as he lay down with
his head on the pillow. Kagome tensed a bit at the name but oddly, her
demon blood accepted it as if it were a complement, as if like calling a
girl 'her.' That's when it dawned on her, a bitch in human terms was very
bad, however, in it's actual definition, it meant female dog and that, was
what she was in a way. She just continued to listen. "It just makes no
sense. What's happened to me? My human side is adapting to be more like
these humans so I'm at least bearable. Why is it that I want to act even
nicer around her and her family? Is this what it's like to actually care
about someone and have that person care for you as well? I've never cared
for anyone in my life after the death of my parents, I've forgotten what it
feels like to care. But....What is it with Kagome...I just feel different,
maybe it's her demon side or something...Damn, my human blood is making
less sense than it usually does." Inuyasha moaned sleepily as he rolled
over. "Kyoken, I promise that I will find you, one way or another...." And
that's when the boy fell asleep. Kagome snuck out of his room, into her
room, and nearly screamed in frustration. 'Kyoken...does Inuyasha have a
girlfriend or something?! Why hasn't he mentioned her at all and why
haven't I seen her before? Maybe she's from the past....I'll have to ask
Inuyasha about her sometime when it won't look like I was spying on him.'
Kagome decided as she drifted off to sleep.
Kagome woke up the next morning to see the bright sun shining in
her eyes. She had to help with the new 'money maker' for the shrine. They
were going to hold tours and Inuyasha was going to be a 'demon slayer'
dressed up in his red kimono (I don't know what to call it, so deal with
'kimono') and the weapons sash with the Tetsusaiga and a regular sword on
it, as well as the 'light saber' thing. In this get-up, he could defend
against any demons that attacked and make it look like a special part of
the tour. Kagome would be dressed up in a miko's robes. Kagome and
Inuyasha would be leading the tours while Sota and Asami ran a small snack
and drink stand. Kagome's grandfather would be doing whatever chants that
he usually did in that huge shrine (which has been renovated so that its
frame is stronger and it now has fire escapes installed). The first few
came at the opening time of seven in the morning. The time worried
Inuyasha because demons from the forest would be out looking for breakfast
so in the morning, Inuyasha would have his work cut out for him.
They guided the first group successfully and now started on the
second. Many of Kagome's friends from school were in this group so you
could count on some trouble. Sure enough, Kikyo dared Ami to sneak out of
the group and see what was in the forest and to bring something back to
prove that she had been in the forest. When they neared the forest, Kikyo
distracted Inuyasha and Kagome while Ami snuck into the woods. The group
continued on. "Why does it feel like we're missing something?" Inuyasha
whispered to Kagome as he turned around and sniffed the air. Indeed, a
scent was missing and it was a familiar one, he just couldn't place who it
was. Then he got a strong scent of blood, which placed it..."AMI!!!"
Inuyasha yelled as he turned toward the scent. He could smell a demon, and
the blood smell and the demon were way too close. "Kagome, take the group
to the shrine, they should be safe there." Inuyasha muttered under his
breath so that only Kagome could hear. That's when they heard a girl's
scream from the woods. "Damn girls! Just can't listen to orders."
Inuyasha said as he ran into the forest with his hand gripping the
Tetsusaiga. Kagome felt the sudden surge of power from the direction that
Inuyasha went. Apparently the rest of the group did too but she was the
only one who recognized the odd force in the wind. Inuyasha had dropped
his concealing spell before he reached Ami. She had to commend him for
transforming before actually getting to Ami so it would look like a good
demon, not Inuyasha himself.
Inuyasha transformed to his regular demon form as he ran. The
stench of blood was drowning his senses and he knew that Ami was bleeding
badly. He ran into a clearing and slashed his new claws straight through
the demon's throat, killing it instantly. He spotted Ami on the ground.
She had a deep gash in her right arm. Inuyasha walked up to the now
trembling girl. He licked his finger then rubbed it on the gash. Then he
walked off into the woods.
Then he walked back into the area in his disguised form. "Are you
all right?!" Inuyasha gasped, trying to look surprised. He grabbed her arm
and inwardly smirked at the fact that the wound was fully healed without
leaving even a scar. Ami tried to tell the boy about the attack, but he
told her that she must have been seeing things. There was a pile of dirt
where the 'demon' had been and since there was no blood anywhere. All that
was on Ami were a few scratches. Inuyasha told her that she had tripped
and hit her head on a tree root. Ami had a new bump on her head from where
the demon had hit her over the head and that's where Inuyasha said Ami hit
her head. Ami got up and Inuyasha carried her back to the shrine.
When Inuyasha got back to the shrine, Kagome was working on a new
group, but the rest of the second group were waiting near the God Tree.
Inuyasha hated that tree, even though it was one of the best places to
rest. He didn't hate the tree itself; he hated the memories of Kikyo, the
woman he once thought that he loved, pinning him to that tree and sealing
his soul for 50 years. He told Kagome through their mental link, and then
took Ami and the rest of her friends into the house. He got her some ice
and a glass of water with an Aspirin for her headache. Inuyasha had
secretly mixed a drop of liquefied energy into the water to help Ami's
recovery (only demon blood can turn you into a demon, liquefied demon
energy aids in the recovery processes of the body). Ami held the ice on
her head but put it down to take the aspirin with the water. She didn't
even notice the odd charging feeling she got when she drank the water,
although it shocked Kagome, who had recently walked in for her break and
lunch, who felt an energy source...from a cup of water. She just rubbed
her forehead and lay down next to Ami mumbling something about working way
too hard. Inuyasha gave Kagome a cup of water and an Aspirin as well. He
told her about the liquid energy in the water so that she wouldn't scare
herself out of her skin. Kagome was glad for the healing qualities that
the water gave and watched as Ami, who didn't need that much energy to heal
her body, just got up as though nothing had happened. They all had lunch
and Ami and her friends decided to stay and help out with the tours.
The day ended with only the attack on Ami occurring. Ami and Yuka
had dinner at Kagome's before going home. They decided that they'd come
back next weekend to help out with the tours again. Kagome went to her
room two hours later and let sleep takeover her body.
However, she was woken up by a noise from outside and an odd
feeling tingling in her brain. That's when it clicked; she was sensing an
amazingly powerful demon force coming from Inuyasha's room. She snuck in
and nearly fell over in shock. Inuyasha was just floating in the air with
huge silver wings folded over the front of his body (you can tell that I
was just watching Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (Wing Zero Custom!!)). There
were two smaller sets of wings in the middle of his back that looked kinda
like steel rockets painted to look like feathers. He had a long tan tail
with blotches of a very light shade of blue, which came from under his arm,
and then was tossed over his shoulder and the rest was dangling over the
ground. He had a golden glow around him that gave his white hair the
appearance of being a bit golden. A wind of energy seemed to be formed
from this fiery glow around him making his hair billow about behind him.
Kagome was being pushed against the wall from the force of the energy.
"So, this is Inuyasha's true form. I never would have suspected this kind
of transformation." Kagome said to herself, completely forgetting that she
was talking out loud. Inuyasha's bowed head opened its eyes and his ears
twitched. He just smirked and unfolded his wings from in front of him.
The front edges and tips looked almost like shiny chrome metal while the
rest of the wings wire a white/silver, a bit darker than Inuyasha's hair.
He folded his wings to his sides so that the tips of both wings were facing
Kagome's head. His tail unwound itself and wrapped itself firmly around
her legs and upper body so that she couldn't move at all. His tail seemed
to suppress her powers as well, all-in-all, she was completely defenseless.
He just smirked evilly as his large, side, wings seemed to pull back in a
stinging position, and then they started emitting a bright green glow and
shot toward her head. Kagome winced, waiting for her head to be chopped
clear off her shoulders. However, it never came. She opened her eyes to
see the glowing tips of his wings mere inches from her nose. He smirked
again, but this one was warm and caring. He pulled his wings back and a
tornado of wind and gold energy surrounded him. When it faded, Inuyasha
was back to normal. "You see why I didn't show you my transformation in
your room. Your body acted on instinct and formed a barrier around itself.
If you hadn't, your heart would have stopped from the amount of energy in
that tornado. Sango and Miroku might have been sent unconscious since they
have some powers, but they were trained and must be manually activated,
yours can work on pure instinct. Sorry about that though...I should have
warned you about how demons thrive on blood and the sense of fear, so that
look of terror on your face is like a candy to my demon blood. You'll get
used to it and you won't get scared as much so my demon blood will get
bored I guess and just give it up." Inuyasha explained as he caught her as
she fell when his tail vanished into the whirl-wind of energy. "You'll be
able to transform between a demon form and a semi demon form. You might
transform into a demon's final form, although it's never been accomplished
in history. I would take the form of a huge dog, kinda like my brother's
true form." Inuyasha explained to the now gaping girl in front of him. He
led Kagome to her room, and then went back into his room when the thought
of Kyoken entered his mind once again. "I won't lose you, Kyoken, not
again. Please be alive in this time." Inuyasha moaned as he fell asleep.
**(one week and four demon attacks later)***************
It was a Saturday again. Inuyasha had to do tours again, however, this time, Ami and Yuka were going to help. Kikyo had offered to help but Sango (ironically right then) told him that all of the possible positions were full. Everything was going perfectly. There were two snake demons out for breakfast which lost their need to eat when Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga decapitated them. This happened in the woods so nobody else saw. Other than that, everything was great. Nobody snuck into the woods and the groups had no problems. However, there was a bad feeling taunting Inuyasha and Kagome. It was so bad, in fact, that even the humans could feel that something wasn't right. All humans have a bit of powers. Mostly not enough to cast spells, but enough to give them the good ol' feeling of impending doom. "Shit, of all the demons...Yura..." Was all that Inuyasha said as he told Asami that there was an urgent problem with the shrine and that people could get hurt. Asami closed the tours and everyone was sent home. Not long after the tourists had been sent home, a single hair shot across the yard. "Inuyasha, what's the real problem?" Asami asked. "A demon, a powerful one, is way too close and it's vital that we destroy it." Inuyasha replied. "What is his name." Sota asked the boy who was back in his hanyou form. "Not 'him', Sota...Her...Her name is Yura of the Demon Hair. She commands strands of hair, and that hair is getting dangerously close." Inuyasha continued to explain. "Is that a hair?" Kagome asked him as she spotted a shimmering string stretching across the yard. "Wha...where?! You mean that you can see them?!" Inuyasha stammered. "What, you can't?!" Kagome gasped. A no was her reply as she and Inuyasha ran into the woods surrounding the yard, Inuyasha's Forest... Within minutes, Kagome and Inuyasha were entering a web of hair. Kagome could see the hair, and Inuyasha couldn't. Before they left, he gave her his Fire Rat Yukata to protect her from the hair that could cut through human skin like a hot knife through butter. It wasn't long before the two found the string of hair that was controlling the rest. Out of nowhere, a girl appeared standing on a strand of hair. Her clothes were very sluttish but she had a sword on her sash. Inuyasha took out his Tetsusaiga and transformed it. This Yura girl waved a comb in the air and long strands of strong hair came out of nowhere and wrapped around the Tetsusaiga's handle and ripped it right out of his hands with a strong pull. It flipped in the air and stabbed into the ground near a tree. Kagome looked at the tree and saw what looked like a cocoon of black hair hanging from the tree. She armed an ice spell and shot it at Yura, it completely missed and flew at Inuyasha who was currently tied in mid air with strands of the hair. Inuyasha managed to avoid the spell but it hit the cocoon of hair and it blew a hole in the hair and millions of skulls fell out. Inuyasha broke out of the hair and charged at Yura and jammed his clawed hand right through Yura's chest, under her throat. She just stood there as if nothing happened at all. "Yu..You're...WHAT THE HELL!!!" Inuyasha gasped as he pulled out his hand. "Blades of blood." He yelled as he slashed at the air with Yura's own blood on his hand. The blades were evaded except for one that cut off her hand. However, the hand was still holding the sword and the hand was now held up by hairs. Inuyasha was kicked to the ground and had the sword jammed through his stomach about three times. Yura was so distracted with hurting Inuyasha that she never noticed that Kagome had spotted a red skull and walked over to it. Kagome dropped her spell and activated her Tenkyoken Saber. She started hitting the skull with the tip of the saber. Yura just turned and froze at the sight that greeted her. "Stop that, girl!!!" Yura screamed just as the saber pierced right through the skull and it turned to dust. Yura screamed and turned to dust as the comb exploded with energy and incinerated itself in its own energy. Kagome helped Inuyasha up. "I'm fine!" He snapped at her as he pushed her away as he tried to stand up and did it successfully. Kagome patted him on the back and he just screamed in pain. That's when Kagome remembered that Inuyasha had stab wounds on his back and quickly said sorry. When Kagome and Inuyasha and Kagome returned to the shrine, Kagome was still in Inuyasha's outer yukata. Her mother came to help out with Inuyasha's injuries. He just told them that everything was fine. It was nearing eight now so it was about time for dinner. Inuyasha ate carefully, very carefully! Every so often wincing from a jolt of pain from his injuries. He went to bed after dinner, but Kagome followed him, again. They walked into Inuyasha's room and Inuyasha just lay down on his bed, completely ignoring Kagome until she closed the door behind her as she walked in. She laid a hand on his shoulder to get his attention. 'Hey, he's injured so if he gets pissed at me, I might be able to outrun him, just in case, I want to have my concealing spell where it can be deactivated quickly if he's gonna kill me or anything.' Kagome thought to herself as Inuyasha flashed one of those 'what-do-you-want,-you-better-not- have-bothered-me-for-no-reason' looks. "Well, ummm..." Kagome stammered, trying to find the right words. "Well.?" Inuyasha asked in a very impatient tone. "Ohh, umm, whoskyoken!" She said so quickly that even Inuyasha's demon ears were useless in Kagome's haste. "Hu..Wha..Say that slower." Inuyasha said, clearly confused. "Ohh, who's this Kyoken I heard you talking about a few day's ago?" Kagome choked out as, much to her worry, Inuyasha sat up like a bullet, then fell back with his face twisted in pain. "Oh, Kyoken, who told you about Kyoken?" Inuyasha gasped in a slightly shocked tone of voice. "I heard you mention her name once when I was walking to the bathroom." Kagome quickly lied to cover for the fact that she had been spying on him. "Your heart rate is giving away that your lying, Kagome. However, I won't press on that, I can practically sense the jealousy through our bond, but I won't press that(teasing is good, effects of teasing demons is not good but I'll let it go this time). Kyoken is, err, was, God, I don't know anymore. Kyoken is my....." and right as he said that, he passed out from loss of blood from his earlier wounds. Kagome decided to give it up for now. Inuyasha couldn't deal with this with his wounds, she headed to her room to think about what Inuyasha had started to say. 'Whoever, I now know for sure that Kyoken was a girl. Inuyasha used the term 'my' so he was obviously close to the girl. Was she his girlfriend or something? Is it fair for me to be looking for Inuyasha's affection when he still has a girlfriend, wait. didn't he say something about is or was, so he doesn't know where..or if..she is. Wait, maybe she's a relative...that could happen..." Kagome thought to herself as she lay down on her bed to continue to think. She suddenly found out just how exhausting fighting powerful demons was. She fell asleep in mid thought. She woke up from a dreamless sleep on a rainy Sunday morning. It was storming outside and Kagome watched as the rain slid down her window. The thoughts about Kyoken seemed to fly back into her mind. She walked back into Inuyasha's room after getting dressed from her PJ's into her regular school uniform. She didn't know why she wore that thing still, even though it was a weekend. She slowly opened the door to Inuyasha's room and peered inside. Inuyasha was still asleep. When she stepped into the room, she felt as though she had stepped through a wall of water for less than a second, then it went back to normal. Inuyasha was up on his feet like lightning in his usual 'arms crossed' position. She couldn't help but notice that the holes in his inner yukata were completely fixed. "How's your... do you sow or something, no, you were in too much pain to sow something up..." Kagome muttered letting her full amazement show. "Oh, this!? This kimono has been soaked in my blood so much that it appears to have adapted my abilities to heal itself." Inuyasha explained while smirking at he shocked look on Kagome's face. "How are you feeling. I couldn't help but notice that you aren't in pain anymore. The feeling of your pain has stopped jumping through my end of the link." Kagome said after she seemed to find her vocal cords again enough to speak. "Oh. Demon blood is great. I'm feeling near perfect right now. Internally I'm still a bit sore but I think that I can get used to that, it'll only be a few more hours before I'm fully healed." Inuyasha explained to the gasping girl in front of him. "Wow!" was the only word that Kagome could manage. 'Healed in a single night..." Kagome mused to herself as she thought about how she would have those powers once her demon blood finished growing. Kagome led Inuyasha down the stairs and to the table. It was still raining outside, judging by the 'pit-pat' sounds on the roof. No tours were going to be held today unless the rain stopped. After breakfast, Inuyasha just walked outside into the rain. She saw him walk back into the woods, then there was a russle of broken branches, then the sound of the Tetsusaiga transforming. There was an inhuman, piercing, scream, then Inuyasha walked back into the house wiping blood off of the blade. He sat down at the table with the huge blade resting on his lap as he wiped the blood off of it while saying something about demon blood that only those with great hearing could pick up. Kagome giggled at Inuyasha's efforts to leave no evidence of blood ever touching his sword. 'I have to agree with him in this at least...If anyone sees any blood anywhere, they're going to start digging where they shouldn't. Humanity might not be ready for demons.' Kagome mused to herself as Inuyasha finished up cleaning his sword and sheethed it. He tossed the rags into the air and incinerated them with an energy wave. "That solves your evidence problem." Kagome told the boy as he continued to eat his breakfast from where he left off. Inuyasha was in a much better mood than he had been last weekend at this time. Sota introduced the teen demon to Mario Kart 64, Sota also introduced Inuyasha to the art of losing. In no hidden terms, Inuyasha got his ass kicked!!! Inuyasha finally got bored of losing and decided to go to the mall with Kagome's friends and Miroku too. He wasn't too excited since he'd learned that 'Mall= hanyou shopping-cart', in other words, he was carrying the bags. Not that it was a problem and all, but he had to pay attention to the weight of each bag so as not to look like a living coat-rack. "Nyaaa, screw it...Let 'em carry their own bags." Inuyasha replied to himself as he climbed into the car that Asami would be using to drive them to the mall where they'd meet Miroku, Yuka, Ami and Sango. It was a regular day of shopping, of course Inuyasha's spelled credit card suffered a major work-out. Kagome was the only one who knew about the spell placed on the card. It had an infinite amount on it but didn't work outside of Inuyasha's energy range. At noon, the girls, followed by the guys, decided that it was time for lunch so everyone stopped by the food court. Inuyasha's credit card got used again here since he lost a bet and had to pay for everyone's lunches. Kagome was still, even in the middle of the line with her friends to order a large pizza, trying to hold a mental conversation with Inuyasha to get him to teach her the spell that he used to modify the card. Luckily for Inuyasha, the pizza was ready, Inuyasha paid for the pizza and made sure to keep his mouth too full to be able to talk to Kagome! The group decided to go home after lunch. There was going to be another sleepover tonight since it was beginning to be more of a weekend tradition for them. It was Sango, Miroku, Hojo, Ami, Yuka and Kagome with Inuyasha were the guests this time. However, Inuyasha couldn't help the feeling of impending doom that was rising in his gut. He couldn't help but admit that he was a bit scared of the feeling, but he'd never tell anyone that. What was going to happen, he knew that demons were much more in tuned with nature than humans...He didn't know what, it just scared him. That's when it dawned on him, tonight was the new moon, he would transform into his greatest weakness for tonight. The feeling of doom and the knowledge of his greatest weakness on the same night scared him shitless. He would never let any of the humans know about his weakness, they might be threatened by demons and might tell them. The second that happened, they'd just as well decapitated him. "Human..." Inuyasha growled to himself at the thought. Kagome had heard the growl and what she swore was 'human...' but that made no sense. Why would he growl? "Men make no sense.' Kagome mused to herself, then the thought of this Kyoken came back to her mind. She'd have to ask about her sometime, 'now might be the best time me to ask since he can't cause me any bodily harm here.' Kagome suggested to herself and she armed a message to be sent to Inuyasha. ************************* A/N: What do you think? I've dropped the rule about needing a number of reviews. Please look at the 'VOTE' in the end of chapter nine. Thank you for reading and I might have the next chapter done by next week, or maybe sooner. See Ya!!!
**(one week and four demon attacks later)***************
It was a Saturday again. Inuyasha had to do tours again, however, this time, Ami and Yuka were going to help. Kikyo had offered to help but Sango (ironically right then) told him that all of the possible positions were full. Everything was going perfectly. There were two snake demons out for breakfast which lost their need to eat when Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga decapitated them. This happened in the woods so nobody else saw. Other than that, everything was great. Nobody snuck into the woods and the groups had no problems. However, there was a bad feeling taunting Inuyasha and Kagome. It was so bad, in fact, that even the humans could feel that something wasn't right. All humans have a bit of powers. Mostly not enough to cast spells, but enough to give them the good ol' feeling of impending doom. "Shit, of all the demons...Yura..." Was all that Inuyasha said as he told Asami that there was an urgent problem with the shrine and that people could get hurt. Asami closed the tours and everyone was sent home. Not long after the tourists had been sent home, a single hair shot across the yard. "Inuyasha, what's the real problem?" Asami asked. "A demon, a powerful one, is way too close and it's vital that we destroy it." Inuyasha replied. "What is his name." Sota asked the boy who was back in his hanyou form. "Not 'him', Sota...Her...Her name is Yura of the Demon Hair. She commands strands of hair, and that hair is getting dangerously close." Inuyasha continued to explain. "Is that a hair?" Kagome asked him as she spotted a shimmering string stretching across the yard. "Wha...where?! You mean that you can see them?!" Inuyasha stammered. "What, you can't?!" Kagome gasped. A no was her reply as she and Inuyasha ran into the woods surrounding the yard, Inuyasha's Forest... Within minutes, Kagome and Inuyasha were entering a web of hair. Kagome could see the hair, and Inuyasha couldn't. Before they left, he gave her his Fire Rat Yukata to protect her from the hair that could cut through human skin like a hot knife through butter. It wasn't long before the two found the string of hair that was controlling the rest. Out of nowhere, a girl appeared standing on a strand of hair. Her clothes were very sluttish but she had a sword on her sash. Inuyasha took out his Tetsusaiga and transformed it. This Yura girl waved a comb in the air and long strands of strong hair came out of nowhere and wrapped around the Tetsusaiga's handle and ripped it right out of his hands with a strong pull. It flipped in the air and stabbed into the ground near a tree. Kagome looked at the tree and saw what looked like a cocoon of black hair hanging from the tree. She armed an ice spell and shot it at Yura, it completely missed and flew at Inuyasha who was currently tied in mid air with strands of the hair. Inuyasha managed to avoid the spell but it hit the cocoon of hair and it blew a hole in the hair and millions of skulls fell out. Inuyasha broke out of the hair and charged at Yura and jammed his clawed hand right through Yura's chest, under her throat. She just stood there as if nothing happened at all. "Yu..You're...WHAT THE HELL!!!" Inuyasha gasped as he pulled out his hand. "Blades of blood." He yelled as he slashed at the air with Yura's own blood on his hand. The blades were evaded except for one that cut off her hand. However, the hand was still holding the sword and the hand was now held up by hairs. Inuyasha was kicked to the ground and had the sword jammed through his stomach about three times. Yura was so distracted with hurting Inuyasha that she never noticed that Kagome had spotted a red skull and walked over to it. Kagome dropped her spell and activated her Tenkyoken Saber. She started hitting the skull with the tip of the saber. Yura just turned and froze at the sight that greeted her. "Stop that, girl!!!" Yura screamed just as the saber pierced right through the skull and it turned to dust. Yura screamed and turned to dust as the comb exploded with energy and incinerated itself in its own energy. Kagome helped Inuyasha up. "I'm fine!" He snapped at her as he pushed her away as he tried to stand up and did it successfully. Kagome patted him on the back and he just screamed in pain. That's when Kagome remembered that Inuyasha had stab wounds on his back and quickly said sorry. When Kagome and Inuyasha and Kagome returned to the shrine, Kagome was still in Inuyasha's outer yukata. Her mother came to help out with Inuyasha's injuries. He just told them that everything was fine. It was nearing eight now so it was about time for dinner. Inuyasha ate carefully, very carefully! Every so often wincing from a jolt of pain from his injuries. He went to bed after dinner, but Kagome followed him, again. They walked into Inuyasha's room and Inuyasha just lay down on his bed, completely ignoring Kagome until she closed the door behind her as she walked in. She laid a hand on his shoulder to get his attention. 'Hey, he's injured so if he gets pissed at me, I might be able to outrun him, just in case, I want to have my concealing spell where it can be deactivated quickly if he's gonna kill me or anything.' Kagome thought to herself as Inuyasha flashed one of those 'what-do-you-want,-you-better-not- have-bothered-me-for-no-reason' looks. "Well, ummm..." Kagome stammered, trying to find the right words. "Well.?" Inuyasha asked in a very impatient tone. "Ohh, umm, whoskyoken!" She said so quickly that even Inuyasha's demon ears were useless in Kagome's haste. "Hu..Wha..Say that slower." Inuyasha said, clearly confused. "Ohh, who's this Kyoken I heard you talking about a few day's ago?" Kagome choked out as, much to her worry, Inuyasha sat up like a bullet, then fell back with his face twisted in pain. "Oh, Kyoken, who told you about Kyoken?" Inuyasha gasped in a slightly shocked tone of voice. "I heard you mention her name once when I was walking to the bathroom." Kagome quickly lied to cover for the fact that she had been spying on him. "Your heart rate is giving away that your lying, Kagome. However, I won't press on that, I can practically sense the jealousy through our bond, but I won't press that(teasing is good, effects of teasing demons is not good but I'll let it go this time). Kyoken is, err, was, God, I don't know anymore. Kyoken is my....." and right as he said that, he passed out from loss of blood from his earlier wounds. Kagome decided to give it up for now. Inuyasha couldn't deal with this with his wounds, she headed to her room to think about what Inuyasha had started to say. 'Whoever, I now know for sure that Kyoken was a girl. Inuyasha used the term 'my' so he was obviously close to the girl. Was she his girlfriend or something? Is it fair for me to be looking for Inuyasha's affection when he still has a girlfriend, wait. didn't he say something about is or was, so he doesn't know where..or if..she is. Wait, maybe she's a relative...that could happen..." Kagome thought to herself as she lay down on her bed to continue to think. She suddenly found out just how exhausting fighting powerful demons was. She fell asleep in mid thought. She woke up from a dreamless sleep on a rainy Sunday morning. It was storming outside and Kagome watched as the rain slid down her window. The thoughts about Kyoken seemed to fly back into her mind. She walked back into Inuyasha's room after getting dressed from her PJ's into her regular school uniform. She didn't know why she wore that thing still, even though it was a weekend. She slowly opened the door to Inuyasha's room and peered inside. Inuyasha was still asleep. When she stepped into the room, she felt as though she had stepped through a wall of water for less than a second, then it went back to normal. Inuyasha was up on his feet like lightning in his usual 'arms crossed' position. She couldn't help but notice that the holes in his inner yukata were completely fixed. "How's your... do you sow or something, no, you were in too much pain to sow something up..." Kagome muttered letting her full amazement show. "Oh, this!? This kimono has been soaked in my blood so much that it appears to have adapted my abilities to heal itself." Inuyasha explained while smirking at he shocked look on Kagome's face. "How are you feeling. I couldn't help but notice that you aren't in pain anymore. The feeling of your pain has stopped jumping through my end of the link." Kagome said after she seemed to find her vocal cords again enough to speak. "Oh. Demon blood is great. I'm feeling near perfect right now. Internally I'm still a bit sore but I think that I can get used to that, it'll only be a few more hours before I'm fully healed." Inuyasha explained to the gasping girl in front of him. "Wow!" was the only word that Kagome could manage. 'Healed in a single night..." Kagome mused to herself as she thought about how she would have those powers once her demon blood finished growing. Kagome led Inuyasha down the stairs and to the table. It was still raining outside, judging by the 'pit-pat' sounds on the roof. No tours were going to be held today unless the rain stopped. After breakfast, Inuyasha just walked outside into the rain. She saw him walk back into the woods, then there was a russle of broken branches, then the sound of the Tetsusaiga transforming. There was an inhuman, piercing, scream, then Inuyasha walked back into the house wiping blood off of the blade. He sat down at the table with the huge blade resting on his lap as he wiped the blood off of it while saying something about demon blood that only those with great hearing could pick up. Kagome giggled at Inuyasha's efforts to leave no evidence of blood ever touching his sword. 'I have to agree with him in this at least...If anyone sees any blood anywhere, they're going to start digging where they shouldn't. Humanity might not be ready for demons.' Kagome mused to herself as Inuyasha finished up cleaning his sword and sheethed it. He tossed the rags into the air and incinerated them with an energy wave. "That solves your evidence problem." Kagome told the boy as he continued to eat his breakfast from where he left off. Inuyasha was in a much better mood than he had been last weekend at this time. Sota introduced the teen demon to Mario Kart 64, Sota also introduced Inuyasha to the art of losing. In no hidden terms, Inuyasha got his ass kicked!!! Inuyasha finally got bored of losing and decided to go to the mall with Kagome's friends and Miroku too. He wasn't too excited since he'd learned that 'Mall= hanyou shopping-cart', in other words, he was carrying the bags. Not that it was a problem and all, but he had to pay attention to the weight of each bag so as not to look like a living coat-rack. "Nyaaa, screw it...Let 'em carry their own bags." Inuyasha replied to himself as he climbed into the car that Asami would be using to drive them to the mall where they'd meet Miroku, Yuka, Ami and Sango. It was a regular day of shopping, of course Inuyasha's spelled credit card suffered a major work-out. Kagome was the only one who knew about the spell placed on the card. It had an infinite amount on it but didn't work outside of Inuyasha's energy range. At noon, the girls, followed by the guys, decided that it was time for lunch so everyone stopped by the food court. Inuyasha's credit card got used again here since he lost a bet and had to pay for everyone's lunches. Kagome was still, even in the middle of the line with her friends to order a large pizza, trying to hold a mental conversation with Inuyasha to get him to teach her the spell that he used to modify the card. Luckily for Inuyasha, the pizza was ready, Inuyasha paid for the pizza and made sure to keep his mouth too full to be able to talk to Kagome! The group decided to go home after lunch. There was going to be another sleepover tonight since it was beginning to be more of a weekend tradition for them. It was Sango, Miroku, Hojo, Ami, Yuka and Kagome with Inuyasha were the guests this time. However, Inuyasha couldn't help the feeling of impending doom that was rising in his gut. He couldn't help but admit that he was a bit scared of the feeling, but he'd never tell anyone that. What was going to happen, he knew that demons were much more in tuned with nature than humans...He didn't know what, it just scared him. That's when it dawned on him, tonight was the new moon, he would transform into his greatest weakness for tonight. The feeling of doom and the knowledge of his greatest weakness on the same night scared him shitless. He would never let any of the humans know about his weakness, they might be threatened by demons and might tell them. The second that happened, they'd just as well decapitated him. "Human..." Inuyasha growled to himself at the thought. Kagome had heard the growl and what she swore was 'human...' but that made no sense. Why would he growl? "Men make no sense.' Kagome mused to herself, then the thought of this Kyoken came back to her mind. She'd have to ask about her sometime, 'now might be the best time me to ask since he can't cause me any bodily harm here.' Kagome suggested to herself and she armed a message to be sent to Inuyasha. ************************* A/N: What do you think? I've dropped the rule about needing a number of reviews. Please look at the 'VOTE' in the end of chapter nine. Thank you for reading and I might have the next chapter done by next week, or maybe sooner. See Ya!!!
