Ok, time for some review responses.
Patchcat: Thanks for the input, it really helped. I think that is a great idea, have a morale and all that. But I thought it was just too different from the storyline for her not to change back so I think I will make her change back. I have a good idea for that too! It will all come together!
Ashley: There is more coming... no worries!
Phoenix in Flames: blah, it's supposed to be confusing... =^-^=
Change and Cherry Blossoms: Chapter 4
"Kagome?" Inuyasha said, puppy dog look in his eyes. "I didn't mean to make you cry, please don't cry."
Inuyasha was silenced by a well placed kiss. He reacted quickly, wrapping his arms around her waist.
Their embrace did not last long however, Kagome wanted to know the truth.
"Inuyasha? Do you still love me, as what I have become?" She whispered, inches from his face.
"Hai, I told you. I will love you no matter what you become." Inuyasha whispered in return.
"I am glad. Though, I am afraid of what my family may think... They have been very good about the well, and you... but this might be too far." She looked down at the branch below her feet.
"If they don't... You will always have a place here, with me." Inuyasha said.
Of course no special moment is to go unhindered, and just as Kagome opened her mouth, the wind began to blow. Inside her head something screamed at her to jump down from the tree with Inuyasha. It was HER turn to protect him. This danger was familiar, she was meant to deal with it.
Kagome grabbed the unsuspecting hanyou's arm and dragged him down the tree; they hit the ground with a graceful touch and faced the threat.
"WHO ARE YOU WHO THREATENS US!" Kagome cried through the wind, surprised at the energy level the creature contained, it had four huge shards
The wind suddenly stopped to reveal a small girl, whom would have looked quite innocent had it not been for the evil smile playing across her lips. A dangerous glint caught Kagome's maroon eyes and she glared at the little girl.
"I was having a MOMENT that I would have rather not had INTERRUPTED!" Kagome yelled.
The thing spoke.
"I am pleased to see I have interrupted you at such a special time, I was hoping for such. Now, are you so rude that you forgot to ask the name of your attacker?" it smiled innocently. "No need, I am Katara, controller of Hydrogen, and the lack of."
"I see, Katara." Kagome spat, Inuyasha watching the scene closely. The presence of the shards has come out of nowhere.
"You seem to have something I want." It said calmly. "And to get it, I must kill you. So, prepare to die."
At that the girl lunged towards Kagome. Kagome drew her sword and used the handle to block the incoming blast. Every sense in Kagome's body was doing it's best to sense everything.
'Hydrogen... what did we learn about hydrogen...' Kagome thought as she dodged another attack, gasping for breath as a cloud of hydrogen was pushed over her.
'It's flammable!' Kagome concluded, cursing herself for having to think that ahrd on something so obvious.
Inuyasha was taken aback by this new demon's powers, and he decided to let Kagome take this one on her own. He would intervene if she was in trouble.
The hand not holding the sword began to pulse. Kagome could feel tingles running all over it. Her hair stood on end as a ball of yellow light formed in her hand. She willed it forward and it flew toward Katara, hitting her square in the stomach. Katara gasped for breath as flames encompassed her body. She recovered quickly though, and began her attacks again.
"Ha ha ha. Weak human... is that all you can do? Even with the enchanted blossom?" It laughed.
"Enchanted blossom?" Kagome questioned.
"Do you not even know of your power?" Katara said, taken aback. "You truly do not deserve this."
"NANI!" The same tingling sensation filled her arm, and this time, she concentrated all of her energy into it and let it go. The blast SURGED through the air and hit Katara in the face this time. When the smoke cleared her face was beaten and bloody.
"Come... come hana ga saku..." The weak figure called, beckoning something toward itself.
Kagome felt a jolt of pain on the back of her neck. When she felt the oxygen begin to leave her, and hydrogen take it's place, she shot another electricity ball, jumping out of the way of the flames. The explosion led all the way back to Katara's mouth, where she had presumably blown the hydrogen out of. Katara writhed as fire jumped out of her ears and nose. The blue flames enveloped her and consumed her flesh, leaving the four shards in a pile of ashes.
She kneeled on the ground, hands carefully folded into her lap. She collected each shard in a tiny jar she carried with her.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered. "It's... it's all gone."
Inuyasha just stared at the graceful figure in the middle of the field. The power Kagome had just displayed was even greater then his! She had protected him from the threat, and this was new to Inuyasha.
'She can't be more powerful then me... but that demon she just defeated was more powerful then Sesshomeru, I could feel it! What am I supposed to do if I cannot protect her, it is what I have done ever since I met her...'
"Inuyasha..." Kagome sobbed, "I am afraid... these powers are not mine! Yet I must protect them..."
"Nani?" Inuyasha whispered, now by Kagome's side.
"It was something that the demon said, about an Enchanted Cherry Blossom. It made me remember something that the voice said to me, it said that the blossoms picks a guardian, and that person must guard it until their demise." Kagome informed him.
Inuyasha was silent. She was guarding this thing? Why, then, did it give her such terrible powers.
'Perhaps it is because her soul is pure, and she would only have good intentions to use it.' Inuyasha thought.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome pulled him out of his thoughts. "Can I tell you something that I have never told anyone before?"
"Hai." Inuyasha replied.
"I remember my first boyfriend. He was very popular, and I thought I loved him. He asked me out during lunch one day, and there was to be a dance that night. I prepared all day after school for that dance, making myself as pretty as possible. I even made myself a necklace to match my outfit. That night I went to the dance, near the end one of his friends came up to me and told me that he was breaking up with me. I waited until I got into my bed that night and I cried my eyes out." Kagome paused. "I felt my heart break in two that day, I still keep that necklace I made very close."
Inuyasha quietly listened; horrified at the experience Kagome was sharing with him.
"You wouldn't do that to me would you?" Kagome asked, staring at Inuyasha.
"I would never..." Inuyasha hesitated. "Though you will have to forgive me... I admit I am jealous of your new powers."
After recovering from surprise that Inuyasha had admitted he was jealous, Kagome realized something... She had just defeated a very powerful demon with no harm to herself. It was very easy in fact. Had her powers increased to the point where they were greater then Inuyasha's?
"Have my powers... Are my powers... Greater then yours?" Kagome asked innocently.
Inuyasha nodded jealously.
Kagome's eye dilated, the world spun. Was she really that powerful?
Kagome got up slowly and Inuyasha rose with her.
"I need to be alone." Was all Kagome said before sprinting in the woods.
Inuyasha tried to follow her but found that she was running much faster then him, and he gave up.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome bolted up a nearby mountain to the very top. She looked about the landscape, tears forming in her eyes.
"Why did it have to choose me." She whispered to no one in particular. "I am not worthy!"
The wind played with her hair, making it dance about her. The sun was just setting and the sky was every color you could imagine. Red, purple and pink clouds dotted the sky. Yellow ran into green and then blue before disappearing into black. In the distance, Kagome could see the silhouette of a small shrine with a banner hanging out in front. At the foot of the mountain, a small hut stood, filled with the smells of a dinner cooking.
Kagome thought about all that had changed within the past few days. And what would she do now that her powers were greater then Inuyasha's? He has always protected her, from everything, ever since the day they met. The wind shifted directions and Kagome could smell what she now knew as Inuyasha's scent. He was searching for her, and he was about three miles away and closing.
Remembering the night they had spent together in the forest, she blushed a little. 'Maybe I want him to find me...' she giggled, nearly forgetting her powers.
She was awoken from her daydream when Inuyasha appeared at the foot of the mountain. He began up the side of the rock slope, heading towards her. Waiting patiently, she stood perfectly still, watching him climb up the mountain.
When he reached her, he immediately tried to blurt something out, it sounded like a question.
"Mou ichido onegai shimasu..." (once more please) Kagome asked.
"I have been meaning to ask you... What was your wish?" Inuyasha said a little slower this time.
"My wish... was for something to happen that would improve things between us." Kagome said quietly. "And it was granted at first, but now the reverse is happening."
They were both seated now, gazing at the dark landscape.
"Will you still protect me?" Kagome asked out of the blue.
"Hai." Inuyasha replied proudly.
The two drew closer together and met in a passionate kiss. This seemed to wipe away Kagome's concern that she was unloved by Inuyasha.
"This might even be fun!" Kagome snickered.
Inuyasha's eyes lit up as if he had an idea.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" he whispered mischievously.
"Race you to that mountain!" Kagome said, pointing to a particularly tall mountain in the distance.
The two both jumped from their positions, soaring through the air and touching back down again. They were neck in neck the whole way, laughing all the while. When they reached the mountain, they both laughed and sighed, collapsing on the snow covered slope.
"Hey, I gotta try something." Kagome said, getting up.
She raised her hand in front of her and began to draw electricity into them. Concentrating it on the side of the hill, she let it go. The snow was blasted away to reveal a small cave, which Kagome crawled into, followed by Inuyasha.
"Wow! How did you know this was here?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
"I smelled the musky smell, you know like how a cave smells." Kagome said happily.
"Ohh yah, I should have noticed that!" Inuyasha said, sniffing the air.
The two sat down on the cave floor, Inuyasha tried to pull Kagome onto his lap.
"Oh no you don't." She said, tackling him.
Laughing, Inuyasha shifted his position so that he was on top of Kagome.
"You win!" Kagome whispered.
"Will you be my mate?" Inuyasha said, Kagome still pinned under him.
Kagome's eyes widened, seeming to get even redder then they already were. Time stopped, the cave was silent.
"Yes." She gasped, whisked away in his amber eyes.
He smiled at her, and then bent down and placed a welcome kiss upon her warm lips.
"At least with your new powers I don't have to worry as MUCH about you, but that doesn't mean I can't worry at all." Inuyasha smirked.
"What, and you're saying you worried about me before?" Kagome said, sarcastically surprised.
"Why yes, even the great Inuyasha can worry!" Inuyasha stated proudly. Making Kagome giggle.
They were now laying on their sides facing each other, arms and eyes locked.
"You know, Inuyasha, I am so glad I fell into the feudal era. I fit so much better here, and I also don't know what I would do without you."
"I would be nothing without you."
Kagome sighed happily; she was here with the hanyou she loved in a high mountain cave, just the two of them. Also quite enjoying their current position in which Inuyasha mostly covered Kagome from the cold with his warm body. Inuyasha finally broke the comfortable silence.
"Do you want to go back to your time?" He asked.
Kagome nearly chocked in surprise.
Hey, that's all I have time for today! I'll start on the last chapter soon. The part about Kagome's first boyfriend was a bit randomly placed, and the reason for that is that I originally had a different and really depressing ending written, and then I changed it. That was the only thing I kept since that actually happened to me, and yes, I was heart broken. Anyway, please review! Ja.
Patchcat: Thanks for the input, it really helped. I think that is a great idea, have a morale and all that. But I thought it was just too different from the storyline for her not to change back so I think I will make her change back. I have a good idea for that too! It will all come together!
Ashley: There is more coming... no worries!
Phoenix in Flames: blah, it's supposed to be confusing... =^-^=
Change and Cherry Blossoms: Chapter 4
"Kagome?" Inuyasha said, puppy dog look in his eyes. "I didn't mean to make you cry, please don't cry."
Inuyasha was silenced by a well placed kiss. He reacted quickly, wrapping his arms around her waist.
Their embrace did not last long however, Kagome wanted to know the truth.
"Inuyasha? Do you still love me, as what I have become?" She whispered, inches from his face.
"Hai, I told you. I will love you no matter what you become." Inuyasha whispered in return.
"I am glad. Though, I am afraid of what my family may think... They have been very good about the well, and you... but this might be too far." She looked down at the branch below her feet.
"If they don't... You will always have a place here, with me." Inuyasha said.
Of course no special moment is to go unhindered, and just as Kagome opened her mouth, the wind began to blow. Inside her head something screamed at her to jump down from the tree with Inuyasha. It was HER turn to protect him. This danger was familiar, she was meant to deal with it.
Kagome grabbed the unsuspecting hanyou's arm and dragged him down the tree; they hit the ground with a graceful touch and faced the threat.
"WHO ARE YOU WHO THREATENS US!" Kagome cried through the wind, surprised at the energy level the creature contained, it had four huge shards
The wind suddenly stopped to reveal a small girl, whom would have looked quite innocent had it not been for the evil smile playing across her lips. A dangerous glint caught Kagome's maroon eyes and she glared at the little girl.
"I was having a MOMENT that I would have rather not had INTERRUPTED!" Kagome yelled.
The thing spoke.
"I am pleased to see I have interrupted you at such a special time, I was hoping for such. Now, are you so rude that you forgot to ask the name of your attacker?" it smiled innocently. "No need, I am Katara, controller of Hydrogen, and the lack of."
"I see, Katara." Kagome spat, Inuyasha watching the scene closely. The presence of the shards has come out of nowhere.
"You seem to have something I want." It said calmly. "And to get it, I must kill you. So, prepare to die."
At that the girl lunged towards Kagome. Kagome drew her sword and used the handle to block the incoming blast. Every sense in Kagome's body was doing it's best to sense everything.
'Hydrogen... what did we learn about hydrogen...' Kagome thought as she dodged another attack, gasping for breath as a cloud of hydrogen was pushed over her.
'It's flammable!' Kagome concluded, cursing herself for having to think that ahrd on something so obvious.
Inuyasha was taken aback by this new demon's powers, and he decided to let Kagome take this one on her own. He would intervene if she was in trouble.
The hand not holding the sword began to pulse. Kagome could feel tingles running all over it. Her hair stood on end as a ball of yellow light formed in her hand. She willed it forward and it flew toward Katara, hitting her square in the stomach. Katara gasped for breath as flames encompassed her body. She recovered quickly though, and began her attacks again.
"Ha ha ha. Weak human... is that all you can do? Even with the enchanted blossom?" It laughed.
"Enchanted blossom?" Kagome questioned.
"Do you not even know of your power?" Katara said, taken aback. "You truly do not deserve this."
"NANI!" The same tingling sensation filled her arm, and this time, she concentrated all of her energy into it and let it go. The blast SURGED through the air and hit Katara in the face this time. When the smoke cleared her face was beaten and bloody.
"Come... come hana ga saku..." The weak figure called, beckoning something toward itself.
Kagome felt a jolt of pain on the back of her neck. When she felt the oxygen begin to leave her, and hydrogen take it's place, she shot another electricity ball, jumping out of the way of the flames. The explosion led all the way back to Katara's mouth, where she had presumably blown the hydrogen out of. Katara writhed as fire jumped out of her ears and nose. The blue flames enveloped her and consumed her flesh, leaving the four shards in a pile of ashes.
She kneeled on the ground, hands carefully folded into her lap. She collected each shard in a tiny jar she carried with her.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered. "It's... it's all gone."
Inuyasha just stared at the graceful figure in the middle of the field. The power Kagome had just displayed was even greater then his! She had protected him from the threat, and this was new to Inuyasha.
'She can't be more powerful then me... but that demon she just defeated was more powerful then Sesshomeru, I could feel it! What am I supposed to do if I cannot protect her, it is what I have done ever since I met her...'
"Inuyasha..." Kagome sobbed, "I am afraid... these powers are not mine! Yet I must protect them..."
"Nani?" Inuyasha whispered, now by Kagome's side.
"It was something that the demon said, about an Enchanted Cherry Blossom. It made me remember something that the voice said to me, it said that the blossoms picks a guardian, and that person must guard it until their demise." Kagome informed him.
Inuyasha was silent. She was guarding this thing? Why, then, did it give her such terrible powers.
'Perhaps it is because her soul is pure, and she would only have good intentions to use it.' Inuyasha thought.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome pulled him out of his thoughts. "Can I tell you something that I have never told anyone before?"
"Hai." Inuyasha replied.
"I remember my first boyfriend. He was very popular, and I thought I loved him. He asked me out during lunch one day, and there was to be a dance that night. I prepared all day after school for that dance, making myself as pretty as possible. I even made myself a necklace to match my outfit. That night I went to the dance, near the end one of his friends came up to me and told me that he was breaking up with me. I waited until I got into my bed that night and I cried my eyes out." Kagome paused. "I felt my heart break in two that day, I still keep that necklace I made very close."
Inuyasha quietly listened; horrified at the experience Kagome was sharing with him.
"You wouldn't do that to me would you?" Kagome asked, staring at Inuyasha.
"I would never..." Inuyasha hesitated. "Though you will have to forgive me... I admit I am jealous of your new powers."
After recovering from surprise that Inuyasha had admitted he was jealous, Kagome realized something... She had just defeated a very powerful demon with no harm to herself. It was very easy in fact. Had her powers increased to the point where they were greater then Inuyasha's?
"Have my powers... Are my powers... Greater then yours?" Kagome asked innocently.
Inuyasha nodded jealously.
Kagome's eye dilated, the world spun. Was she really that powerful?
Kagome got up slowly and Inuyasha rose with her.
"I need to be alone." Was all Kagome said before sprinting in the woods.
Inuyasha tried to follow her but found that she was running much faster then him, and he gave up.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome bolted up a nearby mountain to the very top. She looked about the landscape, tears forming in her eyes.
"Why did it have to choose me." She whispered to no one in particular. "I am not worthy!"
The wind played with her hair, making it dance about her. The sun was just setting and the sky was every color you could imagine. Red, purple and pink clouds dotted the sky. Yellow ran into green and then blue before disappearing into black. In the distance, Kagome could see the silhouette of a small shrine with a banner hanging out in front. At the foot of the mountain, a small hut stood, filled with the smells of a dinner cooking.
Kagome thought about all that had changed within the past few days. And what would she do now that her powers were greater then Inuyasha's? He has always protected her, from everything, ever since the day they met. The wind shifted directions and Kagome could smell what she now knew as Inuyasha's scent. He was searching for her, and he was about three miles away and closing.
Remembering the night they had spent together in the forest, she blushed a little. 'Maybe I want him to find me...' she giggled, nearly forgetting her powers.
She was awoken from her daydream when Inuyasha appeared at the foot of the mountain. He began up the side of the rock slope, heading towards her. Waiting patiently, she stood perfectly still, watching him climb up the mountain.
When he reached her, he immediately tried to blurt something out, it sounded like a question.
"Mou ichido onegai shimasu..." (once more please) Kagome asked.
"I have been meaning to ask you... What was your wish?" Inuyasha said a little slower this time.
"My wish... was for something to happen that would improve things between us." Kagome said quietly. "And it was granted at first, but now the reverse is happening."
They were both seated now, gazing at the dark landscape.
"Will you still protect me?" Kagome asked out of the blue.
"Hai." Inuyasha replied proudly.
The two drew closer together and met in a passionate kiss. This seemed to wipe away Kagome's concern that she was unloved by Inuyasha.
"This might even be fun!" Kagome snickered.
Inuyasha's eyes lit up as if he had an idea.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" he whispered mischievously.
"Race you to that mountain!" Kagome said, pointing to a particularly tall mountain in the distance.
The two both jumped from their positions, soaring through the air and touching back down again. They were neck in neck the whole way, laughing all the while. When they reached the mountain, they both laughed and sighed, collapsing on the snow covered slope.
"Hey, I gotta try something." Kagome said, getting up.
She raised her hand in front of her and began to draw electricity into them. Concentrating it on the side of the hill, she let it go. The snow was blasted away to reveal a small cave, which Kagome crawled into, followed by Inuyasha.
"Wow! How did you know this was here?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
"I smelled the musky smell, you know like how a cave smells." Kagome said happily.
"Ohh yah, I should have noticed that!" Inuyasha said, sniffing the air.
The two sat down on the cave floor, Inuyasha tried to pull Kagome onto his lap.
"Oh no you don't." She said, tackling him.
Laughing, Inuyasha shifted his position so that he was on top of Kagome.
"You win!" Kagome whispered.
"Will you be my mate?" Inuyasha said, Kagome still pinned under him.
Kagome's eyes widened, seeming to get even redder then they already were. Time stopped, the cave was silent.
"Yes." She gasped, whisked away in his amber eyes.
He smiled at her, and then bent down and placed a welcome kiss upon her warm lips.
"At least with your new powers I don't have to worry as MUCH about you, but that doesn't mean I can't worry at all." Inuyasha smirked.
"What, and you're saying you worried about me before?" Kagome said, sarcastically surprised.
"Why yes, even the great Inuyasha can worry!" Inuyasha stated proudly. Making Kagome giggle.
They were now laying on their sides facing each other, arms and eyes locked.
"You know, Inuyasha, I am so glad I fell into the feudal era. I fit so much better here, and I also don't know what I would do without you."
"I would be nothing without you."
Kagome sighed happily; she was here with the hanyou she loved in a high mountain cave, just the two of them. Also quite enjoying their current position in which Inuyasha mostly covered Kagome from the cold with his warm body. Inuyasha finally broke the comfortable silence.
"Do you want to go back to your time?" He asked.
Kagome nearly chocked in surprise.
Hey, that's all I have time for today! I'll start on the last chapter soon. The part about Kagome's first boyfriend was a bit randomly placed, and the reason for that is that I originally had a different and really depressing ending written, and then I changed it. That was the only thing I kept since that actually happened to me, and yes, I was heart broken. Anyway, please review! Ja.