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Chapter Two: A Hanyou
The sun's rays fell upon her face like a golden silk and warmed her cold face. Gradually she opened her eyes, but quickly closed them and instead snuggled deeper into her blanket, though she couldn't understand why her blanket smelled like the forest and was warm yet hard at the same time.
Kagome snapped her eyes open and nearly screamed when she saw the hanyou below her, but his peaceful face made her think twice before yelling. Slowly, as not to awaken him, she got off of him, and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand. Though when she looked back down; to her horror, her hands were still clawed.
She raced over to the window, and gasped at what she saw. Her hair was now a silky white, her eyes were a gentle gold, and her ears were on top of her head. Instinctively she moved her fingers to her ears and tweaked them. She gasped when she realized that they were real.
"I have to be dreaming. I can't be a hanyou," whispered Kagome, as she shook her head. There had to be some mistake, she was a human, a human not a half-demon!
"Is there something wrong with being a half-demon?" Snarled a dark voice, it was filled with pain despite the venom in them.
Kagome looked up and immediately regretted her words. Her own amber gaze met a pair of hurt ones that were guarded by a cold exterior. She had hurt the hanyou's feelings.
"That's not what I meant Inuyasha, I was just... shocked," said Kagome as she bowed her head to look at her claws.
Suddenly a thought went through her head as she raised her head to meet his amber gaze.
"Aren't you concerned that I'm a hanyou?" asked Kagome curiously.
Inuyasha only snorted before replying sharply, "You were like this last night. Then again humans don't have very long memory spans."
"How do you know? I mean you were a demon, and you've never remembered anything when you're in your demon state before," stated Kagome a bit confused, ignoring his last comment.
"I don't know, but I remember," said Inuyasha, shrugging his shoulders before grinning up at her.
Kagome cocked her head at him in confusion, and blushed when she remembered that she had slept on top of him last night after he had held her to him.
"We better get back to the others," said Inuyasha as he stood up.
"What about..." began Kagome as she looked at herself.
"At least you'll be able to catch up with me," said Inuyasha before she could finish.
"I don't think I can face them like this," said Kagome, as she sat down and wrapped her arms around her knees.
"Is it really that shameful to meet people as a hanyou?" Asked Inuyasha, his voice was merely above a whisper.
"Inuyasha," said Kagome, her face full of guilt as she stood up and walked over to him. "That isn't what I meant, it's just that I... The others aren't use to me looking like this," she added hastily as to not offend him anymore than she had.
The hanyou only kept silent as his amber orbs looked into her sparkling ones.
"So when do I change back?" asked Kagome instead, she wasn't really excited about staying this way her whole life; she wouldn't be able to go to school, let alone be seen in public in the 21st century. People weren't exactly use to demons roaming around their back yards, let alone on the streets.
Inuyasha seemed to be in deep thought, but he only shook his head grimly.
"Don't tell me I'm stuck this way forever! I won't be able to go to school, and my mom would freak out," said Kagome; terrified at what she might lose because of her new transformation.
"I never said that you couldn't," said Inuyasha quickly when he saw that she was close to tears. He hated to see her cry, it brought so much pain to his own soul when she did. Each tear seemed to eat away at his soul, as if he had failed her someway to make her cry.
"There's a way?" asked Kagome as her face lightened up with hope.
"But we'll have to get Myoga's help," said Inuyasha bitterly.
"I almost forgot about him, he could drink the youkai blood out of me," said Kagome with a smile; she was going to be able to change into a human again.
"Yes, but he'll take most of your blood as well. Your blood has already mingled with my own," said Inuyasha with a frown.
"Y-you mean that I can't return back to a human without Myoga taking most of my blood? I'll be in a coma for days, weeks," said Kagome angrily.
"It's that or stay this way until my youkai blood is purified by your miko powers," said Inuyasha.
"And how long will that be?" Questioned Kagome.
"Until the new moon," said Inuyasha with a smirk.
"That's right, it's when your demon blood sleeps and my blood will be able to purify it, when your blood is at its weakest," said Kagome with a smile when the hanyou frowned.
"Yes, but the moon was just a night before last night," stated Inuyasha.
Kagome glared at his grin, and crossed her arms around her chest angrily.
"Let's just go find the others," said Inuyasha as he calmly strode toward open flap of the hut.
Realizing that she wasn't coming, Inuyasha turned around and glared at her before snapping, "Are you coming or what?"
"I refuse to go back to them until I'm human," said Kagome defiantly as she lifted her chin into the air.
Inuyasha growled low and threatening as he stomped back over to her. Kagome only growled back as she uncrossed her arms and glared at the hanyou before her. He might have saved her life, but he was also the one that caused her to become like this, and she wasn't one bit happy.
"We're going back, and we're going to look for the shards," said Inuyasha, his voice ten times deeper and one hundred times more venomous.
Kagome backed away when she realized that his eyes were turning red.
"I-Inuyasha?" Questioned the young miko as she instinctively took a step back as the youkai advanced with his own confident stride.
Before the demon could get within a foot of her, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "Sit boy!"
Inuyasha's body crashed to the floor, followed by the mumbling of curses as the miko knelt down beside his squashed form, before hitting him upside the head.
"What was that for wench?" Growled Inuyasha as he sat up and held his forming bruise.
"That's for scaring me," said Kagome as she lifted her chin and calmly walked out of the flap and into the light.
Growling about stupid mikos, the hanyou quickly followed.
"Why'd you stop?" asked Inuyasha when he walked up to Kagome, who seemed rooted to her spot just outside the hut.
Kagome was speechless as she looked at the scenery before her. The trees had to be at least 50 foot tall each as it surrounded the small hut, barely any light gleamed through the dense canopy above. The smell of fresh water and nature was lifted into the air by the wind, and not a single creature but them lurked around for miles. There was nothing wrong with the place, it was all beautiful.
It's so much beautiful with a hanyou perspective. Thought Kagome in awe, her keen senses picked up everything around them.
"It seems like I was the first demon here in years," came Inuyasha's silent voice from behind.
Kagome cocked her head and looked back at him in confusion.
"The only scent of intelligent life is us, there isn't a single thing in this place that's alive except for us and nature," said Inuyasha, his eyes seemed to sparkle as he looked up into the sky.
Confused by his sudden change of ways, Kagome only nodded before looking up with him.
"We better get back to the others," said Inuyasha, as he moved to walk back to Kaede's village.
"Do you think that this place was burned down, and someone rebuilt that hut? I can smell the faint scent of burnt wood on the ground," said Kagome, her eyes focusing on the ground as if it held the answer.
"Very perspective of you," said Inuyasha, he really didn't care about any of that stuff, as long as it was a safe place to stay. And at the time, he needed a safe place for Kagome to rest.
"I guess the fire was good for the trees, they grew back from the opening of their seeds," said Kagome with a smile on her face as she looked around, like a child would on their first visit to the carnival or fair.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes at her child-like manner, but was caught off guard when she raced ahead of him.
"Race you to the others," Yelled Kagome with a grin as she waved to him.
"You don't even know where they are," Shouted Inuyasha as he picked up his pace to catch up with her.
"True, but I can smell them," said Kagome with a grin as she raced before him again.
Narrowing his eyes he began to leap from tree branch to tree branch until he was way ahead of the new hanyou.
"Amateur," Shouted Inuyasha as he raced ahead with a grin.
Fuming, Kagome raced on to try and catch up with the experienced hanyou.
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"Let's go!" Yelled Shippo as he tugged at Miroku's robes. "We have to find Kagome," shouted the fox-demon in the monk's ear, after he climbed up onto his right shoulder.
"Calm down Shippo. I have a feeling that Kagome and Inuyasha will find us," said the monk calmly, but nonetheless his face was grim.
"Maybe we should wait at the well," came Sango's voice, as she walked out in her kimono with Kirara on her right shoulder.
"Yes, that would be for the best," said Miroku as he slowly pried Shippo from his head and placed him on the ground.
"All right, but if she doesn't come back then we have to go after her," said the small demon.
"All right Shippo, let's go," said Miroku as he carried his staff and led the way, followed by the others.
The forest, or most likely known as Inuyasha's Forest was beautiful. Its trees full of life, animals chirping about, flowers blooming into their full beauty, and not a single thing was out of place. The tree in which Inuyasha was held prisoner for 50 years still stood strong and tall, and fit perfectly into the scenery.
"It's been close to a year now, and this place still looks beautiful," said Sango as she sat down onto the grass near the old wooden well; Kirara jumping into her lap as she petted the creature.
"Yes it is," said Miroku, his dark eyes looking into the azure sky with its cumulous clouds.
"We should be looking for Kagome, not admiring the scenery!" Yelled Shippo from behind Miroku's shoulder.
"Lord Inuyasha is coming," came an old and small voice from Kirara's for head.
"When did you get here Myoga?" asked Sango as her eyes fell on the small flea.
"Uh... Well I came when I sensed that Lord Inuyasha's blood had changed," said the small demon as he scratched the back of his head.
Miroku's face suddenly turned serious as he moved into a fighting position with his staff faced out toward the forest.
"What's up Miroku?" Asked the young kitsune.
"There are two aura's coming, I'm not sure but they both seem... dark," said Miroku with a frown. The two battle aura's seemed stronger than most, and he couldn't distribute if they were hanyous or youkais.
Sango quickly stood as Kirara was engulfed in flames and came out as a large cat demon.
A rustle of leaves from the tree tops on their right caused alarm; Sango got into a stance and let Hiraikotsu go and fly toward the movement and fling back after snapping the tree branches off.
"Did you get them?" Asked Shippo, looking over Miroku's shoulder.
"No, the aura is still there," said Sango, her senses alert as she looked around. There was something oddly familiar with the figures near by, yet dangerous at the same time.
"We have no choice but to wait for them to show themselves," said Miroku over a whisper so they could all hear.
Nodding, they all waited in stand-still fighting positions for their unseen enemy.
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Kagome shut her eyes as she clung onto whatever there was so she wouldn't fall out of the tree. Sango's Hiraikotsu had almost cut her in half if her new ability and instincts didn't tell her to jump out of the way in time. She had wanted to jump out and surprise them, but now she thought better of it.
"Can you let go of me before you make us both fall?" Came a gruff voice.
Looking up, Kagome nearly fell from letting go of the red cloaked hanyou who was blushing a little tingle of pink upon his cheeks, but his snarl gave him a darker look.
She nearly fell if warm arms didn't wrap themselves about her waist and pull her up to the owner's face so they were nose to nose. Kagome blushed furiously as she noticed how close they were.
"Let go of me," snapped Kagome as she tried to push away.
"Fine," hissed back the hanyou as he slowly let his grip on her loosen.
"Ah! No," said Kagome, as her arms flung around until they wrapped around Inuyasha's neck tightly so that her body was pushed up against his own.
She closed her eyes tightly, thinking that if she fell it wouldn't hurt as bad. But upon feeling something warm against her chest area, she snapped open her eyes. She immediately let go of her captive and landed on another tree branch, her face burning crimson at the shocked hanyou before her.
Inuyasha stood there dumbfounded at what just happened. He mentally slapped himself to try and organize what had just happened seconds ago.
Shaking his head, he looked back at Kagome with a cold mask to hide his true feelings.
"Let's go," said the hanyou as he made to jump down to the others.
"No," hissed Kagome as she pulled on his sleeve before he could jump down.
"And why not?" snapped the hanyou, his amber gaze boring deep into her own.
"You saw how they reacted! They didn't even noticed you! Something happened. I'm sure that Kirara would have picked your scent up, if not mine too and not being looking for us like she would an enemy," stated Kagome uncomfortably.
Something snapped in Inuyasha's head. Of course! When giving Kagome his blood, he also lost something as well. Though wouldn't Kirara have noticed him if he had more human blood anyways?
His thoughts were interrupted when Kagome pulled him down harshly, so that he had to bend down beside her.
"Look," ordered Kagome, as she moved apart tree branches so they could peer down at their friends.
Inuyasha's eyes went wide at what he saw.
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A/N: That's it! I hope that this chapter was good. This is my first Inuyasha fic, so I'm kind of lacking that spirit that I know most of you have in this category. I write more Rurouni Kenshin fics, so that's why this fic might seem a bit odd. My next Inuyasha fic will come out when I finish an RK fic, and I promise you that it'll be much better!