Chapter 25
Kagome dropped the sword
Inuyasha and the others were done eating the fish and Kagome was finished playing with the kids and looked around the village huts and the villagers seemed okay. Kirara and Shippo went with Kagome on her walk after she finished putting the antidote on Inuyasha's face. Then she walked away and Kirara and Shippo walked with her.
"Those two keep on following her, I wonder why?" Sango looked at Kirara as she was walk next to Kagome.
"Maybe we can ask her later today." He replied
"Feh, catch you guys later." Inuyasha said as he leaped towards the way Kagome went.
Miroku and Sango only shrugged went to play with the kids in the village because they tugged at them.
Inuyasha found Kagome in sight; she was inside the forest that wasn't far from the village. She was looking up and then Inuyasha tried to see where she was looking at and looked down she was gone. 'She is starting to creep me out a little' he thought. He heard a demon yell and ran towards it. He was extra quiet this time and didn't let her notice him. All of a sudden Atsuko came by Kagome. Inuyasha had to strain his ears to hear them.
"About time you gained its energy. I was beginning to think you lost your touch." Atsuko grinned as she jumped out of the tree
"Very funny Atsuko, did Lord Sesshomaru send you again?" she mumbled
"No, but your going right? Rin misses you, we all do" Atsuko gave her a hug.
"Yeah, I am, and I miss you guys so much" she replied
"I came to ask if you needed anymore ninja stars."
"No, but why did you scratch Inuyasha? He's being a baby about the antidote." She giggled and sat on the boulder behind her.
"Well... he grabbed me, he deserved it." She defended her self
"Sure he did... weak against a doggy?" She giggled.
"You should talk Kagome" She smirked
"Shippo, you and Kirara go over there." They nodded and did as told
"Heh, bored already Kagome" She teased
"Yup!" She went to attack Atsuko but she dodged it and got Kagome in a lock.
"That won't work Kagome." Kagome struggled a little.
"No, but this will!" Kagome broke the lock Atsuko put her in and under kicked Atsuko to make her fall. But Atsuko did a back flip which was what Kagome wanted.
"Take this!" Kagome punched her and she crashed into a tree trunk.
"... Uh... What the hell is going on, they acted like friends a minute ago." Inuyasha thought as he was still hiding in the bush. He kept trying to watch their fighting but they kept going faster to where he got dizzy.
Shippo and Kirara just watched. They knew they were playing around.
"Ow, my back." She removed herself from the tree.
"Sorry" she bowed and Atsuko punched in the stomach
"You know better than that Kagome" she laughed
"Yeah apparently I forgot" She said, her sheath dropped from her waist belt with the sword inside it without them know.
Atsuko cracked her knuckles and punched Kagome in the face and sent her to the ground. Kagome kneeled up and laid a hand on the ground with the other on her knee.
"Uh... Atsuko?" Shippo said as if he was scared.
"Yeah, what?" she wondered what was wrong.
"It looks like Kagome has claws from here, is that bad?" he asked.
Atsuko looked closely and saw claws and the looked around her waist and there was no sword and gasped.
"Who touched the sword last besides Kagome!?" She shouted at Shippo and woke Inuyasha from his dizziness.
"Uh... Sesshomaru did, why?" Shippo answered.
"... Oh shit..." Atsuko replied and looked at Kagome starting to transform.
Kagome's nails and ears were like Sesshomaru's and she was growing small fangs like Inuyasha's size. Atsuko put a small bracelet on Shippo.
"Quickly, look for her sword, it should be around here and we both know it." She quickly said
"What will you do?" Shippo asked worriedly
"I'll try to hold her off while you look for the sword and the bracelet will help you find it, now go!" She shouted as Kagome was starting to stand. Shippo was being tugged to the sword by the bracelet. Inuyasha was getting worried and really confused and looked towards Kagome. 'Kagome looks a little like Sesshomaru! What the hell is going on here!?' he thought as he heard Atsuko running.
Atsuko was running towards Kagome and pinned her to the ground. "Kagome listen to me! Concentrate your powers as much as you can." She knew that wouldn't work, Sesshomaru's demon powers were way to strong and so Kagome pushed Atsuko away.
"Heh, what's the matter Atsuko, don't like who I am with demon power?" Her throat sounded scratchy because it's the first time she transformed like this (Don't worry; I'll explain this soon, sorry for the suspense).
Inuyasha couldn't believe his eyes; he couldn't believe THAT was Kagome. He walked out of the bush slowly and was walking towards them. Kagome and Atsuko saw him.
"No! You fool, stay back!" Atsuko yelled at him
"What the hell happened to her!" he shouted.
His voice went to Kagome's ears, she knew who he was and started backing away slowly. She couldn't let him near but she stared at him while gathering more power from what Sesshomaru gave through the sword and her eyes becoming were becoming amber very slowly.
"She has demon power going inside her, stay back!" Atsuko said as she went and charged at Kagome trying to break her eye contact on Inuyasha.
Kirara and Shippo finally came back with the sword and saw the way Kagome looked and he got a little scared.
"Atsuko, we have it! We have the sword!" He shouted
"Throw it over her now!" She said while pinning Kagome to the ground again.
Shippo quickly tossed the sword and thankfully Atsuko caught it and placed it near Kagome's neck so she would touch it and tried to remove it.
When Kagome tried to remove it as was planned, she lost the demon power and was now back to normal and was unconscious. Atsuko asked Shippo to give her a string to tie the sword around her waist.
"Phew, that was close." Atsuko said as she sat down wiping sweat off her forehead.
"Explain what the hell just happened!" Inuyasha barked out as a command
Atsuko just glared at him and Shippo jumped on his shoulder.
"You can tell him because he loves Kagome even though he never admits it." He said cheerfully then got hit on the head by Inuyasha and fell on the ground and sat next to Atsuko.
"Fine." She replied to Shippo.
So Inuyasha sat down to and got ready to listen to the story about the sword.
"Kagome's sword is just like the Tetseiga but has a different in a way. The sword that Kagome has gives her the strength that she has. She fights demon a few times a month to bring her strength back." She waited till they gave a nodded to go on.
"The sword was made purposely for Kagome as the suggestion was from Sesshomaru which was to let the sword be one with Kagome."
"So, what your saying is, Kagome and that sword are one and the same?" Inuyasha asked.
"Correct. It worked perfectly but something happened. Her sword has the same affect on her as Tetseiga does to you but it is a lot more dangerous for her."
"Why is that?" he asked again
"Unlike you, Kagome is full human and you are not, you have some demon in you."
"So why is it more dangerous?"
"Human hearts are too weak and fragile. Sesshomaru was the last demon to give her some energy, so she started to get his demon that he gave her. How ever, she doesn't transform like that when her life is in danger, but only when she is tired and loses her strength as if from a battle like we were fighting a while ago."
"I see." He nodded his head.
"Do not touch her sword, and do not let others touch her sword either, only those two can for they are pure demons and have strength when it comes to the sword thanks to me.
Kagome started to wake up and jumped in the tree above her rubbing her head.
"Ugh, my head, what the heck happened?" She said while being a little dizzy
"Bout time Kagome, what's up, besides you that is." Atsuko asked
"Huh? Oh, my bad." She said and Atsuko jumped in the tree and landed right in front of her on the branch.
Atsuko looked at her eyes and they were a different color. But that was the only physical thing she noticed.
"What the heck happened Atsuko? I remember you punching me and then I black out, but I heard... Inuyasha." She said as she looked down at him.
Inuyasha's eyes were wide open. 'Her eyes... their... like mine... and my brothers!' Shippo and Kirara saw her eye and looked amazed.
"What's wrong you guys? You look like you saw a monster." She teased and Atsuko tapped her.
"Kagome, you were the monster." She replied
"Huh?" She back up a bit then fell off the tree but landed safely on the ground.
"Kagome, I hate to say it... but... IF YOU DROP YOUR SWORD ONE MORE TIME YOUR GOING TO TURN INTO A DEMON AND DIE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IS FILLS LIKE TO FIGHT!" Atsuko yelled and jumped down.
"Huh? I dropped... my sword?" She looked confused.
"YES! SHIPPO AND KIRARA HAD TO LOOK FOR IT!" she kept yelling to get it through her head.
Kagome felt bad, she didn't want to be a demon, she wasn't even a half demon for that matter and she ran away to the village.
"Poor Kagome... I know she doesn't want to be a demon because she would lose her heart, too bad she can't use the Shikon Jewel because she's going to give it to Inuyasha" Shippo said as he sighed.
