Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co.

A/N: Oh No!!!! I got another idea for a story. I hate that when it happens. I really want to write it, but I already have a million and one other things to do. Oh well, one more story to fiddle around with and rack my brains with.

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Chapter 5: The Ability Under the Cloth

"Let's go sit in the field, Sango." Kagome suggested.

"Alright, hold on." Sango replied as she put Hiriakutsu onto her back.

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"So, do you want to talk about something?" Sango asked.

"No, not really. I just wanted to get some fresh air." Kagome said. She sat down cross legged and closed her eyes.

"Why are you wearing that cloth?" Sango asked.

"I have no idea what's under it." Kagome replied.

"Shall we look?" Sango asked slyly.

"No, we shan't." Kagome replied just as slyly and picked up her bow and arrows and left the clearing.

She turned a corner and slumped next to a tree. She looked at the cloth and remembered what the spirit had said:

You are the only one who will properly be able to wield the 'Kiss of the Dark Dragon'. Use it well and to protect people. This mark is deadly but I feel that you will be able to control it. Do not look under the cloth unless you absolutely need to. When fighting youkai's on your upcoming journey, remember to use it with special care.

She nodded to herself and walked back to where Sango was waiting for her.

"You want to go the hot springs?" Sango asked after a while of silence.

"Sure. I feel grimy." They laughed and went into their hut to collect their things.

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"Hanyou, leave this place!" The youkai hissed at him.

"Feh, like I'd listen to a low life bastard like you!" he yelled back. He unsheathed his claws and ran at the youkai who was blocking the cave he wanted to get into. He sliced the demon in about a hundred different pieces and went into the cave.

He sniffed around until he came to a wet spot on the dry stone floor. He ran his hand over it and sniffed it. The smell of blood was all over his hand. It wasn't just any blood. It was the smell of the blood of a…god. A kitsune god to be precise. (What's it with me and gods? Maybe too much Princess Mononoke. Hee Hee)

He looked around frantically. Then, out from the far back of the cave, a red kitsune god came out. It limped over to the hanyou and growled.

"A hanyou? What are you doing in my den?" the kitsune growled.

"Feh, I smelt blood. I came runnin' over to see the fight but I see it's already done." He answered.

"Huh…the battle was between me and two youkai's. I hired some halfwit to protect this cave which holds my pups but I see that he has done unworthy work." The god said.

"I smell youkai in here. Obviously you aren't holding a baby god in there. I can smell about five kitsune god-lings and…" Inuyasha sniffed the air again and smiled a wicked smile. "…and one youkai kitsune." He finished and pushed passed the bleeding god.

"So what if I do have a youkai kodomo with me. What are you going to do about it?" the god asked. He shot in front of the Hanyou so quickly Inuyasha almost tripped over him.

"I want to see the little fur ball." He replied.

"Fine." The god simply answered.

Inuyasha blinked and watched after the god. That was too easy, he thought.

"His name is Shippo. He isn't fully capable of any attacks yet." The god commented.

"He looks strong for just a pup." Inuyasha said. He examined the little kitsune and smiled to himself. The kitsune had a small bushy tan tail and short red hair on his head. He had bluish eyes and when frowned he revealed sharp fangs. Well, as sharp as a kodomo's fangs should be. "Huh? This kodomo is…a trickster?" Inuyasha asked the god.

"Yes, he is. Talented and talkative this one. My other pups haven't even started speaking yet." The god said as he nudged his kodomo in the side with his nose. Shippo glanced at his father and smiled. He hugged his father and fell asleep then and there.

"I can smell her in the forest. I need to go." Inuyasha said carelessly.

The kitsune god smiled and lied down next to his kodomo.

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"So Sango, do you like anyone?" Kagome asked her friend while they settled in the hot springs.

"No one. Why?" Sango asked.

"I just wanted to know." Kagome replied. She seemed as if she were in a daydream. She had a dreamy look in her eyes. A breeze passed through the area forcing the girls to pull their white bathing kimonos tighter around themselves.

"Uh…Kagome...behind you." Sango said pointing behind her friend.

Kagome quickly picked up her bow and reached out for the Shikon no Tama which was sitting next to her. Before she could reach it a crow youkai grabbed it by its chain and flew away.

"Damn you!" Kagome growled.

Almost like reflex she started to unwrap the cloth around her arm. She whistled and Sempfrey ran to her in almost in instant.

"He stole the jewel!" Sango yelled. "Kirara!" she yelled for her neko youkai.

The neko came through the air and let the youkai taijiya climb on her back.

Sempfrey and Kagome had already set off. Kagome clutched at the last bit of cloth which still clung to her arm. When the crow came in sight she cautiously pulled the last bit of cloth off of her arm and looked down at the black dragon shape indented into her skin. She shook her head and nudged Sempfrey onward, following the path of the crow youkai.

There was a green fire burning on her arm, coming off of the dragon. It started to rise off of her skin and form into a large and more solid form of the dragon. It had red insides and black skin. The green glow changed to a generous pink. The dragon seemed to turn more vicious as the green disappeared. It cried out and it turned toward her. Then it seemed to become sweet. It curled around her and rubbed against her and Sempfrey.

"See that youkai?" Kagome asked the dragon.

It immediately rose up.

"Ready? 'Kiss of the Dark Dragon'!" she cried. She pointed her arm which the end of the dragons' tail was attached to at the crow and the dragon twirled at it. It bit down on the youkai. There was a cracking sound and a bright light. Several shards of light blasted off in all different directions as the Dark Dragon swallowed remains of the youkai.

"The jewel was still in there! NO!" Kagome cried. She flicked her arm back, making the dragon retreat back into her arm and shrinking back into the skin colored indent on her arm, turning it black. It started to steam a dark pink and gradually change to a nice green. The steam came out inn great amounts and didn't stop as Sempfrey jumped down the mountain side to meet up with Kirara.

"Your arm?!" Sango cried as she watched the black mark steam into the air.

"The forest spirit gave it to me. I think my dragon shattered the jewel." Kagome said guiltily.

"This is not good." Sango said, equally as guilty.

"We need to search for the shards. I saw the pieces fly away in all different directions. Maybe this is the journey the forest spirit was talking about." Kagome thought out loud.

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*kodomo: child, kid. You get me right?

I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. I was sick. Really!

Anyway, please review!!!

Stay tuned for the next chapter:

*The Death of the Kitsune God*

Preview:

"Father, you saved me." Shippo stuttered. He looked up at the ugly youkai with wrapped the kodomo's father around his hips.

"NO! OTO-SAN!!" Shippo cried. He ran in the other direction, away from the laughing youkai.