Summary: A group of youkais watch as a young girl struggles with becoming a kitsune youkai and being betrayed. The youkais watch and help lead the girl- turned-kitsune youkai along in finding hope, joining another group, and maybe finding love again.

Disclaimer: Really people, if I owned the story, why would I be making a FAN fiction? ¬.¬;; Really if I owned it I'd be rich and have cool things.

'thinking' "talking" +action sounds+

F.Y.I: Yeah! It's the meeting chapter! Bwhahahah! Didn't think I would get it up so soon did you people? 3 Yes! Your Great Kitsune-sama works in mysterious ways! ¬¬ I wish I could get out of having to do that 'plan a wedding' project, it's fun.....but tiring. Oh a few people, not in reviews, but have actually emailed me and asked me about the Tetsusaiga, and is Sesshomaru gonna keep it. Well we'll find out about it in this chapter hopefully. +pouts+ But I'm disappointed, no-body has even given a comment on my Anubian Angel, my YGO fic...not even a damn flame! ;O;

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Sesshomaru had been raging for weeks now. No girl had ever gone against Sesshomaru's word, no one except this hardheaded miko-turned-kitsune youkai. He had sent spies out to look for her and bring her back if they found her. When he did find her, she would have hell to pay for disobeying him and taking his heir with her.

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Aiba had carried Kagome and Kitaru well. They had made it to the Northern Lands in only 2 days ride instead of four as it would have taken Kagome alone on foot. They had easily found the insect youkai that was hording two shards.

Now she was standing in front of the large beetle-like youkai. It looked like a Hercules Beetle, only it was the size of a normal house in these times. It was gonna be a hard insect to cut the jewel shards out of, since it was a beetle, an insect known for it's hard shell, and a youkai one at that. Kagome needed a plan. The insect had the jewel shards set under each wing. 'How can I make that thing fly?' Kagome thought quickly, dodging sloppy swings of the monstrous insect's hooked nose. Using her sword she battled against the insect's nose sword, hard as hers. She easily bested the sloppy insect, but still had no way to get to the shards, she had to get on it's back. The insect was actually smart enough or paranoid enough to try to keep her always in front of it, and would spin anytime she managed to get to the side or catch her with it's horn and throw her back in front and charge her again.

Kagome was tired and cut up, and sick of her sword not being able to penetrate the thick shell of the youkai beetle. She was about to dodge another swing, but wasn't fast enough out of her tiredness, and the beetle's curved horn tip rammed into Kagome's side, as it swung it's head upwards trying to throw her off the horn. Her breathing now in pants, she held on to the horn, wincing as the sharp tip moved in her wound as the beast swung it's head in every direction trying to get her off. The beetle then threw Kagome into the air, this was her chance! She let go of the horn, and flew upwards. In the air she went into a freefall downwards, holding her side with one hand and her sword with the other. In air she somehow managed to land on the insect's back. It roared loudly as she rammed her sword down in the split of the shell on it's back. But instead of going into the monster bug's back, the sword blade shattered!

"Oh Kami-sama no....." Kagome whispered.

The beast roared the flung the distracted Kagome off it's back and into a tree, knocking her unconscious. Aiming it's horn, it prepared and charged towards Kagome. Kagome's eyes fluttered open just as the giant bug was closing in, and Kagome's body wouldn't move for some reason.

'Kami-sama please help me!' Kagome's mind screamed.

A blinding light flashed between the youkai insect and the unmoving miko- youkai. The monster reared to a stop, flinging it's head back to keep from being blinded by the light. As the light started to fade, the bug started to move it's head back to see what was there.

Between the youkai insect and youkai-miko floated the Tetsusaiga.

'Kagome call for the Tetsusaiga!' A bell-like voice screamed in Kagome's head.

Kagome pushed herself up and grabbed the hilt of the sword. When her hand fully grasped the hilt the fang-sword changed to a beautiful katana. The hilt turned white and black, as the blade glowed with the light of purification.

'Kagome charge the bug now!' the voice commanded.

Not sure why she was listening to the voice in her head, Kagome charged and sliced glowing sword through the bug's head.

The bug was disintegrated before Kagome's eyes. All the was left now was the ash of the monster.

Plopping down, Kagome decided now to deal with the voice in her head.

'Hey, who are you?' She asked in her mind.

'Kagome,' The voice said in a softer tone than before, 'It is destiny time.....are you ready?'

'Destiny time? Hadn't it already started, like when I first fell into the well? And who are you?!'

'First of all, I am Midoriko, and yes, that was destiny for you to do so, but this is also part of destiny.....it is time for our souls to combine.'

'But I thought your soul was in the Shikon-no-Tama!'

'There is a piece of it in there.....but mainly the Shikon is a collection of many youkai souls fused together, that is why it is so easily turned to evil. But with the purity of a powerful miko the souls can be made good and do nothing to harm.'

'But then why did it come from your heart?'

'Because that is where I draw the souls of the youkai to purify, into my heart, the most strongest part of a powerful miko.'

'So if we fuse our souls.....what will happen?'

'You will become more powerful and your appearance may change to look more like me.....So Kagome, are you ready for us to combine our souls?'

Kagome gulped but then nodded, 'Yes I am.'

Kagome's body started to glow with the purifying colors. Her hair changed to a deeper more crimson red that blood roses would envy. Her body changed to a more perfect human than youkai look, her chest becoming smaller but still very supple, and her body not as extremely curvy as a youkai woman, but more sweetly curved, but still enough to catch a man's eye. Her body took on a more adult-like tone, her teen-ish look changing to that of an 18 year old woman. Her clothes changed to that of a miko's only her hamaka being royal blue. Tied to her waist was the dormant Tetsusaiga in it's sheath. Over her clothes was light miko armor and her tabi socks changed to white. The ribbon in her hair was loosened and lost on the wind as her deep crimson hair fell down from the high pony tail around her shoulders.

As her glow faded away Kagome looked over herself. Her minor wounds had been healed and her large side wound was clean and healing slightly faster than before. She also looked at the Tetsusaiga at her side.

'Midoriko?'

'Yes?'

'Why do I have the Tetsusaiga? I thought it only worked for those who protected a human.....'

'It does, but you are an exception. When you were human you pulled the Tetsusaiga out of it's stand correct?'

'Uh-huh.'

'Well the sword chose that it would protect you and any friend that you cared for, but it was your choice who would wield it. Because you believed that Inuyasha would protect you, the sword allowed him to use it to fight. But now since you believe you will fight for yourself, the Tetsusaiga will let you wield it. And you shouldn't worry, the youkai powers in you will not be harmed by the sword.'

'Oh.....'

'Any more questions?'

'No.'

'Good, then I leave you to yourself and your family.'

Midoriko's voice faded away from Kagome's mind as Aiba walked up, Kitaru still on his back.

"My my Kagome, you look slightly different." Aiba noted.

"Ohhh yeah! Mama's even more prettiful than before!" Kitaru exclaimed sliding off the huge Aiba and bouncing her rear on the ground. "Ouch!" Kitaru whined rubbing her small bottom indignantly.

Kagome smiled and picked her daughter up and tapped her on the nose, "You need to be more careful Kitaru." She said simply, and placed her back on Aiba's back, before getting on herself. Kicking Aiba in the side, they cantered off further north.

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She was being overwhelmed by the multitude of lower youkais. Naraku had sent youkais to find and try to take the Shikon from her. Kagome was putting up a good fight, but because of the sheer number of all the youkai, they still managed to hurt her, and tire her down. They were all backing up for a charge towards her, she being in the middle of a circle she had outlined from her sword.

"I can't die here, Kami-sama please help me!" Kagome panted.

As the youkai started their closing in charge towards the tired Kagome all prayers seemed futile. Kagome waited for the first tearing of the youkais at her flesh.

The youkais never came.....

Kagome looked up to see I giant white kitsune with nine tails. She heard another growl and looked to see a giant white inu like Sesshomaru's inu form. She spun her head around to see the last giant youkai, a red kitsune with nine tails, standing in attack form like the others.

"Kagome-sama are you alright?" Kagome's eyes widened in shock when she heard that voice.

"Kagura?!" She turned her head quickly to the side to see Kagura and Kanna beside her. Kanna was standing and Kagura was down on her knees checking Kagome over for wounds. "What is going on?"

"We'll have to explain to you later, please just trust us now." Kagura said softly, hoping for the best.

Kagome looked at both of them and thought for a moment. "Okay, I'll trust you."

"Good, c'mon Kanna!" Kagura called to her sister as she pulled the feather from her hair. She grabbed hold of Kanna and Kagome and shot up to the enlarged feather. Kagura then set for safety.

The giant white kitsune youkai smiled and barked, the signal for attack. All three giant youkais began their attack on the weak youkai.

After the battle, all that was left was those three youkai standing in pools of blood and severed youkai.

The three youkai then galloped to the camp.

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"So.....sooner or later I'll heal you and Kanna and you two will become loyal to me?" Kagome asked, still stunned by the story these 5 had given.

Kagura nodded. The children had come back now, and Rin had cooked dinner, instant ramen as usually, eh, it was better than nothing.

Young Kitaru sat in older Kitaru's lap, the younger slurping and the older with more manners slurping.

Older Shippo was eating some ramen beside Rin and Kanna, and Kagura and Kagome were sitting by each other, and Aiba grazing nearby.

"So Raikou was with you guys before Shippo gave him to me?" Kagome asked.

Kagura nodded again. Kagome just sighed.

"Well at least now I have another group to help me find shards." Kagome concluded.