Chp 8: Changes
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Kagome slowly woke up. She at first had a foggy mind of where she was, but then she remembered. She sat up, careful to set Shippou to the side. She felt something soft and fluffy by her hip and thought, 'Must be Shippou's tail.' She reached down to brush it away but stopped when she saw that Shippou's tail was curled around himself. She thought, 'If Shippou's tail is around him, then what is by my hip?' She looked to her hip and saw something black and fluffy. 'What.The.Hell.Is.THAT!!!!' She quickly stood up and brushed a strand of her Raven colored hair from her face. Wait.Why.is there.GREEN.IN MY HAIR!?!?! She took a lock of hair and found that her hair had emerald green ends. 'WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HAIR!!' Then she felt something tickle her bare feet. She almost screamed at what she saw. There was a long, black, fluffy, appendage by her feet. She followed its length and all the while thinking, 'Please don't let that thing be what I think it is.' She followed until her gaze met with just above her tailbone. Now she did scream.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!"
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Sesshoumaru awoke to a most unpleasant sound.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!"
He had to cover his ears to refrain from being deafened. The noise had come from too doors to his left. 'Great, What's she screaming about now?' He thought as he quickly put on his daily attire. When he was finished he walked over to Kagome's room only to find her staring at herself in the mirror. She turned to him and she was an unhealthy shade of white. That was when he noticed, the tail, the emerald colored stripes on her cheeks and arms, the red crescent moon on her forehead that had a flame and a water droplet in front of it, the green in her slightly longer hair, the claws, the pointed ears, Her eyes that instead of the normal gray-blue, were a greenish-blue, and the horns that came out of just above her temple. 'What the hell happened to her?'
Kagome was mortified. But that was nothing until she felt a tingly feeling on her back. All of the sudden black, feathered wings appeared out of her back. She turned her head to look at them and if possible her face got whiter. Then she noticed Sesshoumaru staring at her. Obviously she had woken him up with her scream. She looked at him with a horrified expression. He looked at the wings on her back with indifference. She felt a pulse in her hand. She looked down to see it was the dragon pendant her mother had given to her. Her mother.Somehow she knew her mother had something to do with this. She ran past Sesshoumaru and into her mother's room. Her mother sat there on the bed and looked at her with and expression that said, 'I-know-I-should-have-told-you-but-I-didn't-and-I'm-sorry.' Despite the expression Kagome screamed at her mother in a panicked voice. "MOTHER!!! What the hell happened to me!!!" Aiko walked over to her daughter and took her now clawed hand and walked her over to the bed and sat her down.
"Ahhhh. It looks like I've got a lot of explaining to do. Well, honey. First you need to calm down." Kagome looked at her mother.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN?!! I've got a TAIL for Christ sake!!! How the hell am I supposed to calm down?!"
Her mother looked at her. "Honey, I'll explain all of this if you just calm down." Kagome got a grip on herself and calmed. Though she was a little worried about having a tail, and wings no less!
"Well honey this will come as a shock but please wait until I'm finished. Well, when you were a baby and I was living at the shrine with your Ji- chan, a man and a woman came to the shrine with you. The woman was and Inu- youkai, and the man was a dragon. They were your biological mother and father. The man told me that they knew they did not have much time left to live and they would be killed. So they gave you to me and told me the pendant would seal your youkai blood until you found your miko powers. They had been from the feudal era and had brought you here to protect you, they said you would find a way back here but they did not know how. The only thing they said about who was going to kill them was he was a hanyou. I'm so sorry I couldn't tell you but, I promised them that I would keep it a secret. Please understand."
Kagome, bluntly putting it, was completely and totally shocked. 'So my mother is not my real mother, my parents are youkai and so am I, I was born in the feudal era, I am half dragon and half Inu-youkai, my biological parents were killed by a hanyou. UGH!! I'm giving myself a headache.' She held her head in her hands until she felt something. She looked to se her mother stroking her tail and admiring it. 'Wow' she thought. 'That feels good' "Uhhhh. mom? What are you doing?" Her adoptive mother looked at her and smiled. "I'm sorry, but your tail is just so KAWAII!!!" My eye twitched and I pulled my tail away. "Ummm. I think I need to go to my room and think for a little while." Her mother nodded knowingly and let her go.
During this whole exchange, Sesshoumaru and Shippou, who had woken up from Kagome's shrieking, watched and listened unnoticed by the door. Shippou had to stifle a giggle when Aiko made the comment about Kagome's tail. Shippou ran to Kagome's room when she started to head out the door. But Sesshoumaru just stepped aside. Kagome, not noticing him, walked into her room and sat down and the floor by the windowsill. 'This is so confusing.' She thought. But then she thought, 'Hey I've got wings!' She stood up and looked at them. She flapped experimentally. 'COOL.' She thought. Then she noticed Shippou on the bed looking at her. "Oh! Hehehe. Good morning Shippou-chan. Did you sleep well?" He looked at her and smiled a big smile. But then it turned into a mischievous smile. Which made Kagome wonder just WHAT that kit was planning. Shippou hopped up on her shoulder and looked at her wings. Kagome looked at him quizzically. "Ummm. Shippou? What are you doing?" Then Shippou started stroking Kagome's wing feathers. 'If I thought having my tail stroked felt good.' Before she knew what she was doing she had sat back down on the floor and was purring. 'Wha? I'm PURRING?!?! How embarrassing! But this just feels too damn good.' She was brought back to reality by Shippou's giggle. "What?" Shippou started laughing uncontrollably and started rolling on the ground. "Hahahahaha! Y-you, hahahaha, w-were p-p-purring! HAHAHAHA!"
SWEATDROP!!
Kagome blushed really hard until she heard a voice coming from her door.
"I see you've undergone some changes." A monotone voice she instantly recognized as Sesshoumaru's said. She looked up at him and stood up. "Oh.heh, heh, heh. Yeah, I did. About that." She was about to tell him what her mother had told her, but he cut her off. "I already heard. You do not need to explain any thing." Kagome looked at him. "How do you know?" He just looked away and said with indifference and said, "I heard your mother talking to you." Kagome looked peeved. "OOOOH! So you were eavesdropping?" He looked at her with his piercing gold eyes. "I was woken up along with half the household, by a shriek and decided to investigate what it was that had caused it, and came to find yourself the way you are now, looking absolutely mortified. I decided to see what had happened. I believe as the lord of the house I have every right to know what's going on." Kagome blinked then laughed sheepishly. "Heh, heh. Sorry about that. but, I was kinda freaked out after waking up to find out I have a tail." Then she felt her tail twitch and looked at it. Shippou had decided to play with her tail. Her eye twitched and she wrapped her tail around Shippou. "EEEP!" Shippou squeaked as he was lifted from the ground. Kagome brought Shippou up so he was in front of her. She raised an eyebrow while half-heartedly glaring at him. Shippou smiled at her and gave her an innocent look that said, 'You-don't-really-want-to-hurt-me-I'm-too-cute.' And said, "Sorry but your mom was right! Your tail is kawaii!" Kagome glared at him and flung him from her tail onto the bed. "Hmph! Next person that tells me my tail is cute is gonna get it." She spoke to soon, for right at that moment Rin decided to arrive.
Rin got one good look at her and ran towards her squealing. Kagome sweatdropped. 'O.k. maybe not.' Rin ran behind her and grabbed her tail and immediately started hugging it and said, "Kawaii, kawaii, KAWAII!! Rin thinks Kagome-neechan is so pretty! Neechan's tail is soft!"
SWEATDROP!!!
"Uhhhh.Arigatou Rin. Could you please let go of my tail?" Rin looked at her and giggled while she dropped her tail. 'Damn, I've got to keep my tail out of her reach.' Then she thought of how Sesshoumaru kept his tail over his shoulder. 'Hmmm. That might work.' She put her tail over her shoulder and Rin giggled again. "Would Kagome-neechan go to the garden and play with Rin?" Kagome looked down at the child and said, "Sure Rin, I'd love to. But first I need to change my clothes." She had just realized she was still in her pajamas. "You and Shippou go ahead of me while I change my clothes okay?" Shippou and Rin answered in unison, "Okay!" Then they ran off to the garden. Kagome was about to pick out a kimono when Sesshoumaru spoke up. "Do you plan on wearing what you usually wear?" She looked at him and then remembered, 'Oh yeah, DUH! I've got a tail and wings, I can't wear a kimono.' Then she noticed the shirt and pants she was wearing had ripped where her tail and wings had come out. (A/N: She was wearing one of those tank top and pants lounge outfits K?) "Ummm.I guess not. But what am I gonna wear?" She asked more to herself than anyone else. Her mother decided to come In at that time. "I believe I have the answer to that problem Kagome." Aiko handed her a dark blue kimono that had gold lining the seams and the sleeves. It had a hole in the back that laced at the top so she could get it on and off. And a hole at the, ahem, bottom area, where her tail could fit comfortably in. "I had a feeling you would need something to wear so I made that for you a while ago." Kagome smiled at her mother and thanked her. Sesshoumaru had left the room so Kagome could change. When she was done she went out to the gardens and played with Rin and Shippou until Breakfast.
****At breakfast****
All Rin and Shippou could do at break fast, was keep glancing at her tail and wings. It gave her the heeby jeebies. 'If they are planning to do something to my tail.' Her thoughts were cut short by a loud giggle from Rin and a shushing sound from Shippou. I looked them suspiciously. Shippou gave me an innocent smile and Rin just giggled again. 'Hmmm. innocent my ass. Now I KNOW there planning something.'
Sesshoumaru was watching this with amusement sparkling in his eyes, but kept his always-stoic expression. 'That kit and Rin are planning something. This should be interesting.'
Shippou was conversing quietly with Rin. "Shhhhh! We don't want her to hear! Remember she's got better hearing now! Well like I was saying. I rubbed her wings and she-hahaha- she purred!" Rin covered her mouth as she giggled. "So what're we gonna do Shippou-chan? I really wanna see if she likes Sesshoumaru-sama!" Shippou sweatdropped. "Uhhh. I don't think this is gonna be easy. First we gotta get them alone somewhere." (A/N Shippou and Rin are so diabolical! O.o)
****After breakfast****
Shippou and Rin ran off to go play in the gardens. Much to Kagome's annoyance leaving her with a certain demon lord. She sat in an uncomfortable silence trying to ignore the fact that Sesshoumaru was staring at her. She was about to break the silence when Sesshoumaru beat her to it. "You will be starting your training tomorrow." Kagome looked at him quizzically. "Huh? Training? For what?" Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to sigh and roll his eyes. "I assume you have no idea how to use any of your newly acquired attributes?" She mentally kicked herself for being so stupid. 'He must think I am the most unobservant thing on the planet right now.' "Oh yeah, that training." Then she thought. 'Right now this kimono is the only thing I can wear, that's gonna be a problem.' "Uhhh. Sesshoumaru? What am I going to wear? I don't think I'll be able to train in a kimono, and I don't have anything else that will quite, meet the needs of my tail and wings." Sesshoumaru looked at her with indifference, again. "I have already covered that. Go to your room and see for yourself." Kagome looked at him for a moment before standing up, bowing, and leaving to go to her room.
When she got to her room she saw several kimonos on the bed as well as an outfit similar to that of Sango's Tajiya apparel. But where hers was pink, (Not sure about that color but that's what it looks like.) Kagome's was red. And it was not so skin tight, but rather billowed at the sleeves and legs. Kagome thought, 'Wow, looks comfortable, easy to move in, AND modest.' Kagome examined the kimonos.
They had the same, laced part on the back so her wings could go through, and the same hole for her tail, as the kimono she was wearing now. One of them was sky blue with white feathers embroidered on it. Another one was, silver with a red dragon twisting form her left shoulder around her body to the bottom left of the kimono. Another was a white one with gold weeping willows on the back. It had a gold obi with black ends. She liked that one the most. She looked at the back of the training outfit. Unlike the other kimonos that had laced parts for her wings, this had two slits where her wings would go out separately, but had the same hole for her tail. 'Wow. These are really nice. How the hell did he make them on such short notice?!?! It's only after breakfast!!' Then she noticed another presence in the room and she turned around.
There was Sesshoumaru leaning on the doorframe, watching her examine the kimonos. She was startled but hid it. She smiled at him. "Arigatou Sesshoumaru-sama, but, how did you make three kimono's and a training outfit in barely more than three hours?" Sesshoumaru looked at her and smirked. Kagome thought briefly, 'Ya know that smirk is really startin to irritate me.' "I had my seamstresses make them for you right after your mother gave you the kimono you are wearing now. I am sure that three kimonos will be enough until they can make more." Kagome quickly answered back. "No! No! I didn't mean it like that! I just thinks it's amazing how they could make three kimonos plus a training outfit in three hours!" Sesshoumaru smirked again. "Well they had a little.motivation." Kagome gave him an annoyed look. "Let me guess. Death threat?" He turned around and headed out but tossed over his shoulder. "You could say that."
After he walked out and was down the hallway Kagome muttered, "Pompous ass. One of these days I think I might just break his aristocratic nose!" Kagome looked at the kimonos on her bed and decide to put them away, but when she cam to the training outfit she thought. 'Hmmm. why not try it on?' She slipped out of the kimono Aiko gave her and put on the Training outfit. She had a little trouble getting her wings through at first but succeeded. She looked at herself in the mirror. 'Hmmm. niiiice. Comfortable too.' She put her tail over her shoulder and looked at herself again. 'I hope I don't look too much like Sesshoumaru. Whoa! What's that?' She looked at her wing tips and saw they were turning green. Then she looked at her hair and saw she was getting green streaks in it, and Her tail! 'Man! I'm getting green in everything! I wonder why?' She studied the mark on her forehead. 'Well I guess the Crescent moon symbolizes I'm part Inu-youkai, but what about the flame and water droplet? What the hell do they mean? Oh well, I'll ponder this another time. I might as well go and relieve Jaken before he gets hurt. No telling what those two would do if they got the chance.'
She started to take off the training outfit but stopped when she saw a strange mark on her left shoulder. She walked over to the mirror and looked at the mark closely. She could dimly make out the shape of an eye. 'What the hell? Weird.very strange.okay enough of this I think I hear Jaken screaming.' She quickly changed outfits and went to the garden to play with the children. But she still had no idea what the hell that mark on her shoulder meant. She decide she would ask Aiko about it later. She found the children in the middle of the garden sitting next to a sakura tree, with Jaken tied up and decked out in all sorts of flowers. 'Poor Jaken. I guess I came just in time.' "Rin! Shippou! Would you like to come play with me for awhile?" Rin and Shippou jumped over to her and hugged her legs. "Yes Kagome-neechan! Jaken was starting to get boring!" Said Rin while the tugged her legs. "I'll be there in a minute you guys go and sit by that weeping willow." She walked over to Jaken and cut the strings they had been using to tie Jaken up and plucked some of the flowers off him. Jaken gave her a very grateful look and picked up his staff of heads and walked out of the garden. 'Better get over to the Kids before they do something that will make me regret leaving them alone.'
She played with Rin and Shippou until Lunch. 'Where the hell did the time go? I came out here only an hour after breakfast.'
Sesshoumaru did not attend lunch because he did not need to eat as often as humans. Instead he sat in the library going through scrolls to get a better explanation of what had happened to the girl.
He came upon some old letters hidden in a book of records. (Records of what had happened in the lands not music records.) He opened one of them. It was from the counsel of the northern lands.
To Sesshoumaru-sama, Lord of the Western lands.
We regret to inform you that the Lord and Lady of the Northern lands have been assassinated. We do not know exactly who the culprit is but we do know he is Hanyou. We feel it is a great disgrace that their demise was brought upon by a halfling and we will continue to search for it. The only heir to the throne has gone missing. We fear she has either been taken or has been killed as her parents. We have not found a body as of yet, the rule of the throne has gone to the Lords brother, a Dragon named Kakusaretakawa. (Name means hidden river.) We are also looking for the missing child, Noyoroha. We fear that there may be more assassination attempts on the other lords and ladies so be on your guard. If you have an idea on who this halfling may be, please notify us. Please also consider this an invitation to the funeral of the Lord and Lady.
Thank you
The counsel of the northern lands.
Sesshoumaru read the letter again.
'I believe I remember this. 17 years ago it happened. I attended the funeral. Funny, this is the second time I've received a letter warning me about a hanyou.' He put the letter back and was about to continue his search when a high pitched screech cut the air. Sesshoumaru quickly put the record book back on his shelf and ran towards the source of the sound.
When he reached his destination, which was Kagome's Room, there was truly a sight to behold.
********* Kagome had gone up to her room after lunch to change her kimono. Shippou had started a small food-fight with Rin and before she could stop them got caught in the crossfire. She had helped clean the two up before she had cleaned up herself. She told them to play with Jaken until she came and got them. 'Poor Jaken' she thought as they dragged him to Rin's room.
She had chosen to wear the sky blue kimono that had white feathers embroidered on it. She had stripped her other kimono and given it to a servant to be washed. She was putting the kimono on when she started having trouble with getting her wings through the hole. She was about to call Tsume for help when she heard a scuttling sound and a 'thud'.
She ignored it and continued to struggle with her kimono deciding against calling for help. That is until a certain retainer came bustling in her room shutting the door behind him and leaning against it. Under any other circumstances she would have laughed at how Jaken looked, but right now she was half dressed.
She quickly wrapped her tail about her top half and let out an ear piercing shriek.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!! EWWWWWW!!!! TOAD HENTAI!!!!!! OUT!!! OUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUT!!!!!!!!!HEEEEENNNNTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAIII!! !!!!!" She started throwing every object she could find at him. Brush, *WHACK* shoe, *WHAM* other shoe, *SMACK* box, *POW* (I'm starting to put batman sound effects in so beware. MWAHAHAHAHA!! O.o) When she couldn't find anything else to throw she ran over to Jaken who was huddled in a corner, picked him up, and drop kicked him out the window. Her wing- feathers were puffed up and bristling. And her tail looked like it had a bad run in with and electrical wire. She watched Jaken soar over the trees in the garden to land in the middle of the pond. She yelled out the window to a sputtering Jaken.
"BE GLAD I GAVE YOU A REMOTELY SOFT LANDING YOU HENTAI TOAD!!!"
**** Sesshoumaru watched highly amused as Kagome threw every object within reach at his retainer. When she ran out of things to throw she ran over to him and grabbed him by the back of his robes. She walked over to her open window and drop-kicked Jaken out into the afternoon sun. A resounding splash told him he landed in the pond. 'Good, now I won't have to revive him.' He thought.
**** Kagome turned around with a huff, but stopped abruptly when she finally noticed Sesshoumaru standing in the doorway. He had on his emotionless mask, but she could see the amused twinkle in his eye. She tightened her tail around her top half and turned red as a cherry. She gave an, "EEEP!" and said, "I'M SURROUNDED BY HENAIS!! I GOT ENOUGH OF THIS FROM MIROKU!!!"
Sesshoumaru winced at the volume of her voice, and he cut her off. "I heard a rather unpleasant screech and came to investigate. I believe this is the second time this has happened." He growled at her. "And I will not tolerate being called a hentai. And I would appreciate if you did not try to kill my retainer." 'She's cute when she's angry.' 'Whoa! Where'd that come from?'
Kagome realized her mistake too late. 'Oh shit! I just called the lord of the western lands a pervert! I must have a death wish!' "Ummm.Sorry, about that. But he deserved it! He didn't even knock! What was he running from any way? Oh shit!" She just remembered that she only had her tail covering her breasts. "Uhhh. would you mind leaving until I am fully clothed?" She asked slightly irritated.
Sesshoumaru inwardly smirked at her. 'Humans - er - former humans, and their modesty' He would have greatly enjoyed causing her more discomfort but he had other things to do. He walked out of the door and back to his study to resume his search.
Kagome had managed to get into her kimono without much trouble and was currently looking for the children. She came upon them playing with Aiko in Rin's room. When Kagome entered her mother looked up at her and smiled.
"Konnichiwa Kagome-chan. What were you yelling about?"
Kagome blushed at her mothers comment. "Erm.It was nothing. Just a bit of trouble with Jaken, which he'll probably be feeling for a while."
Rin giggled at the mention of Jaken and Shippou outright laughed. "Did Kagome-neechan like Jaken's new look?" Shippou got his laughter under control and grinned evilly at Kagome. "Yeah, did we do a good job?"
Kagome thought, 'So that's why he was wearing a girls kimono.' Kagome smiled and said, "Yes you did a very good job. Although, all the makeup you used on him is probably washed off now."
Shippou looked at her quizzically. "What do you mean?"
Kagome grinned. "Let's just say that I sent him for a little swim."
Aiko didn't miss the mischievous glint in her adoptive daughter's eyes. "Rin, Shippou. Why don't you go look for Jaken in the garden?"
Rin and Shippou exchanged grins. "Okay! Let's go Shippou-Chan!" Rin took Shippou's hand and ran out the door dragging him behind.
Aiko smiled after them and sighed wistfully. "Ahhh, the energy of the young." She dropped her smile and turned to Kagome. "Okay, spill. What did you really do with Jaken?" Asked Aiko with a suspicious eye squint.
Kagome smirked evilly and laughed dryly. "I was changing kimonos after I got in the crossfire of a small food-fight. I had trouble getting my wings through the hole so I was only half dressed. Then Jaken comes running in my room and doesn't even knock! I wrapped my tail around my top half and shrieked. I threw everything that I could find at him and when I ran out of ammo, I picked him up, dropkicked him out the window, and he landed in the pond. Obviously my shriek attracted Sesshoumaru and he came running to see what happened and probably saw the whole thing. And when I finally noticed him, I shrieked again, and called him a hentai. I thought for sure he was going to kill me, but all he did was tell me off. And you know the rest."
Aiko smiled, and then laughed. "You might want to work on you temper. And keeping your other senses alert while doing something. If you had, you might have noticed Sesshoumaru earlier. Now, go and save Jaken from the dynamic duo."
Kagome laughed at the knick-name Aiko bestowed upon the two, and left after saying goodbye. 'I have a feeling my stay at Sesshoumaru's castle is going to be interesting, very interesting.'
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Kagome slowly woke up. She at first had a foggy mind of where she was, but then she remembered. She sat up, careful to set Shippou to the side. She felt something soft and fluffy by her hip and thought, 'Must be Shippou's tail.' She reached down to brush it away but stopped when she saw that Shippou's tail was curled around himself. She thought, 'If Shippou's tail is around him, then what is by my hip?' She looked to her hip and saw something black and fluffy. 'What.The.Hell.Is.THAT!!!!' She quickly stood up and brushed a strand of her Raven colored hair from her face. Wait.Why.is there.GREEN.IN MY HAIR!?!?! She took a lock of hair and found that her hair had emerald green ends. 'WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HAIR!!' Then she felt something tickle her bare feet. She almost screamed at what she saw. There was a long, black, fluffy, appendage by her feet. She followed its length and all the while thinking, 'Please don't let that thing be what I think it is.' She followed until her gaze met with just above her tailbone. Now she did scream.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!"
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Sesshoumaru awoke to a most unpleasant sound.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!!"
He had to cover his ears to refrain from being deafened. The noise had come from too doors to his left. 'Great, What's she screaming about now?' He thought as he quickly put on his daily attire. When he was finished he walked over to Kagome's room only to find her staring at herself in the mirror. She turned to him and she was an unhealthy shade of white. That was when he noticed, the tail, the emerald colored stripes on her cheeks and arms, the red crescent moon on her forehead that had a flame and a water droplet in front of it, the green in her slightly longer hair, the claws, the pointed ears, Her eyes that instead of the normal gray-blue, were a greenish-blue, and the horns that came out of just above her temple. 'What the hell happened to her?'
Kagome was mortified. But that was nothing until she felt a tingly feeling on her back. All of the sudden black, feathered wings appeared out of her back. She turned her head to look at them and if possible her face got whiter. Then she noticed Sesshoumaru staring at her. Obviously she had woken him up with her scream. She looked at him with a horrified expression. He looked at the wings on her back with indifference. She felt a pulse in her hand. She looked down to see it was the dragon pendant her mother had given to her. Her mother.Somehow she knew her mother had something to do with this. She ran past Sesshoumaru and into her mother's room. Her mother sat there on the bed and looked at her with and expression that said, 'I-know-I-should-have-told-you-but-I-didn't-and-I'm-sorry.' Despite the expression Kagome screamed at her mother in a panicked voice. "MOTHER!!! What the hell happened to me!!!" Aiko walked over to her daughter and took her now clawed hand and walked her over to the bed and sat her down.
"Ahhhh. It looks like I've got a lot of explaining to do. Well, honey. First you need to calm down." Kagome looked at her mother.
"Calm down? CALM DOWN?!! I've got a TAIL for Christ sake!!! How the hell am I supposed to calm down?!"
Her mother looked at her. "Honey, I'll explain all of this if you just calm down." Kagome got a grip on herself and calmed. Though she was a little worried about having a tail, and wings no less!
"Well honey this will come as a shock but please wait until I'm finished. Well, when you were a baby and I was living at the shrine with your Ji- chan, a man and a woman came to the shrine with you. The woman was and Inu- youkai, and the man was a dragon. They were your biological mother and father. The man told me that they knew they did not have much time left to live and they would be killed. So they gave you to me and told me the pendant would seal your youkai blood until you found your miko powers. They had been from the feudal era and had brought you here to protect you, they said you would find a way back here but they did not know how. The only thing they said about who was going to kill them was he was a hanyou. I'm so sorry I couldn't tell you but, I promised them that I would keep it a secret. Please understand."
Kagome, bluntly putting it, was completely and totally shocked. 'So my mother is not my real mother, my parents are youkai and so am I, I was born in the feudal era, I am half dragon and half Inu-youkai, my biological parents were killed by a hanyou. UGH!! I'm giving myself a headache.' She held her head in her hands until she felt something. She looked to se her mother stroking her tail and admiring it. 'Wow' she thought. 'That feels good' "Uhhhh. mom? What are you doing?" Her adoptive mother looked at her and smiled. "I'm sorry, but your tail is just so KAWAII!!!" My eye twitched and I pulled my tail away. "Ummm. I think I need to go to my room and think for a little while." Her mother nodded knowingly and let her go.
During this whole exchange, Sesshoumaru and Shippou, who had woken up from Kagome's shrieking, watched and listened unnoticed by the door. Shippou had to stifle a giggle when Aiko made the comment about Kagome's tail. Shippou ran to Kagome's room when she started to head out the door. But Sesshoumaru just stepped aside. Kagome, not noticing him, walked into her room and sat down and the floor by the windowsill. 'This is so confusing.' She thought. But then she thought, 'Hey I've got wings!' She stood up and looked at them. She flapped experimentally. 'COOL.' She thought. Then she noticed Shippou on the bed looking at her. "Oh! Hehehe. Good morning Shippou-chan. Did you sleep well?" He looked at her and smiled a big smile. But then it turned into a mischievous smile. Which made Kagome wonder just WHAT that kit was planning. Shippou hopped up on her shoulder and looked at her wings. Kagome looked at him quizzically. "Ummm. Shippou? What are you doing?" Then Shippou started stroking Kagome's wing feathers. 'If I thought having my tail stroked felt good.' Before she knew what she was doing she had sat back down on the floor and was purring. 'Wha? I'm PURRING?!?! How embarrassing! But this just feels too damn good.' She was brought back to reality by Shippou's giggle. "What?" Shippou started laughing uncontrollably and started rolling on the ground. "Hahahahaha! Y-you, hahahaha, w-were p-p-purring! HAHAHAHA!"
SWEATDROP!!
Kagome blushed really hard until she heard a voice coming from her door.
"I see you've undergone some changes." A monotone voice she instantly recognized as Sesshoumaru's said. She looked up at him and stood up. "Oh.heh, heh, heh. Yeah, I did. About that." She was about to tell him what her mother had told her, but he cut her off. "I already heard. You do not need to explain any thing." Kagome looked at him. "How do you know?" He just looked away and said with indifference and said, "I heard your mother talking to you." Kagome looked peeved. "OOOOH! So you were eavesdropping?" He looked at her with his piercing gold eyes. "I was woken up along with half the household, by a shriek and decided to investigate what it was that had caused it, and came to find yourself the way you are now, looking absolutely mortified. I decided to see what had happened. I believe as the lord of the house I have every right to know what's going on." Kagome blinked then laughed sheepishly. "Heh, heh. Sorry about that. but, I was kinda freaked out after waking up to find out I have a tail." Then she felt her tail twitch and looked at it. Shippou had decided to play with her tail. Her eye twitched and she wrapped her tail around Shippou. "EEEP!" Shippou squeaked as he was lifted from the ground. Kagome brought Shippou up so he was in front of her. She raised an eyebrow while half-heartedly glaring at him. Shippou smiled at her and gave her an innocent look that said, 'You-don't-really-want-to-hurt-me-I'm-too-cute.' And said, "Sorry but your mom was right! Your tail is kawaii!" Kagome glared at him and flung him from her tail onto the bed. "Hmph! Next person that tells me my tail is cute is gonna get it." She spoke to soon, for right at that moment Rin decided to arrive.
Rin got one good look at her and ran towards her squealing. Kagome sweatdropped. 'O.k. maybe not.' Rin ran behind her and grabbed her tail and immediately started hugging it and said, "Kawaii, kawaii, KAWAII!! Rin thinks Kagome-neechan is so pretty! Neechan's tail is soft!"
SWEATDROP!!!
"Uhhhh.Arigatou Rin. Could you please let go of my tail?" Rin looked at her and giggled while she dropped her tail. 'Damn, I've got to keep my tail out of her reach.' Then she thought of how Sesshoumaru kept his tail over his shoulder. 'Hmmm. That might work.' She put her tail over her shoulder and Rin giggled again. "Would Kagome-neechan go to the garden and play with Rin?" Kagome looked down at the child and said, "Sure Rin, I'd love to. But first I need to change my clothes." She had just realized she was still in her pajamas. "You and Shippou go ahead of me while I change my clothes okay?" Shippou and Rin answered in unison, "Okay!" Then they ran off to the garden. Kagome was about to pick out a kimono when Sesshoumaru spoke up. "Do you plan on wearing what you usually wear?" She looked at him and then remembered, 'Oh yeah, DUH! I've got a tail and wings, I can't wear a kimono.' Then she noticed the shirt and pants she was wearing had ripped where her tail and wings had come out. (A/N: She was wearing one of those tank top and pants lounge outfits K?) "Ummm.I guess not. But what am I gonna wear?" She asked more to herself than anyone else. Her mother decided to come In at that time. "I believe I have the answer to that problem Kagome." Aiko handed her a dark blue kimono that had gold lining the seams and the sleeves. It had a hole in the back that laced at the top so she could get it on and off. And a hole at the, ahem, bottom area, where her tail could fit comfortably in. "I had a feeling you would need something to wear so I made that for you a while ago." Kagome smiled at her mother and thanked her. Sesshoumaru had left the room so Kagome could change. When she was done she went out to the gardens and played with Rin and Shippou until Breakfast.
****At breakfast****
All Rin and Shippou could do at break fast, was keep glancing at her tail and wings. It gave her the heeby jeebies. 'If they are planning to do something to my tail.' Her thoughts were cut short by a loud giggle from Rin and a shushing sound from Shippou. I looked them suspiciously. Shippou gave me an innocent smile and Rin just giggled again. 'Hmmm. innocent my ass. Now I KNOW there planning something.'
Sesshoumaru was watching this with amusement sparkling in his eyes, but kept his always-stoic expression. 'That kit and Rin are planning something. This should be interesting.'
Shippou was conversing quietly with Rin. "Shhhhh! We don't want her to hear! Remember she's got better hearing now! Well like I was saying. I rubbed her wings and she-hahaha- she purred!" Rin covered her mouth as she giggled. "So what're we gonna do Shippou-chan? I really wanna see if she likes Sesshoumaru-sama!" Shippou sweatdropped. "Uhhh. I don't think this is gonna be easy. First we gotta get them alone somewhere." (A/N Shippou and Rin are so diabolical! O.o)
****After breakfast****
Shippou and Rin ran off to go play in the gardens. Much to Kagome's annoyance leaving her with a certain demon lord. She sat in an uncomfortable silence trying to ignore the fact that Sesshoumaru was staring at her. She was about to break the silence when Sesshoumaru beat her to it. "You will be starting your training tomorrow." Kagome looked at him quizzically. "Huh? Training? For what?" Sesshoumaru resisted the urge to sigh and roll his eyes. "I assume you have no idea how to use any of your newly acquired attributes?" She mentally kicked herself for being so stupid. 'He must think I am the most unobservant thing on the planet right now.' "Oh yeah, that training." Then she thought. 'Right now this kimono is the only thing I can wear, that's gonna be a problem.' "Uhhh. Sesshoumaru? What am I going to wear? I don't think I'll be able to train in a kimono, and I don't have anything else that will quite, meet the needs of my tail and wings." Sesshoumaru looked at her with indifference, again. "I have already covered that. Go to your room and see for yourself." Kagome looked at him for a moment before standing up, bowing, and leaving to go to her room.
When she got to her room she saw several kimonos on the bed as well as an outfit similar to that of Sango's Tajiya apparel. But where hers was pink, (Not sure about that color but that's what it looks like.) Kagome's was red. And it was not so skin tight, but rather billowed at the sleeves and legs. Kagome thought, 'Wow, looks comfortable, easy to move in, AND modest.' Kagome examined the kimonos.
They had the same, laced part on the back so her wings could go through, and the same hole for her tail, as the kimono she was wearing now. One of them was sky blue with white feathers embroidered on it. Another one was, silver with a red dragon twisting form her left shoulder around her body to the bottom left of the kimono. Another was a white one with gold weeping willows on the back. It had a gold obi with black ends. She liked that one the most. She looked at the back of the training outfit. Unlike the other kimonos that had laced parts for her wings, this had two slits where her wings would go out separately, but had the same hole for her tail. 'Wow. These are really nice. How the hell did he make them on such short notice?!?! It's only after breakfast!!' Then she noticed another presence in the room and she turned around.
There was Sesshoumaru leaning on the doorframe, watching her examine the kimonos. She was startled but hid it. She smiled at him. "Arigatou Sesshoumaru-sama, but, how did you make three kimono's and a training outfit in barely more than three hours?" Sesshoumaru looked at her and smirked. Kagome thought briefly, 'Ya know that smirk is really startin to irritate me.' "I had my seamstresses make them for you right after your mother gave you the kimono you are wearing now. I am sure that three kimonos will be enough until they can make more." Kagome quickly answered back. "No! No! I didn't mean it like that! I just thinks it's amazing how they could make three kimonos plus a training outfit in three hours!" Sesshoumaru smirked again. "Well they had a little.motivation." Kagome gave him an annoyed look. "Let me guess. Death threat?" He turned around and headed out but tossed over his shoulder. "You could say that."
After he walked out and was down the hallway Kagome muttered, "Pompous ass. One of these days I think I might just break his aristocratic nose!" Kagome looked at the kimonos on her bed and decide to put them away, but when she cam to the training outfit she thought. 'Hmmm. why not try it on?' She slipped out of the kimono Aiko gave her and put on the Training outfit. She had a little trouble getting her wings through at first but succeeded. She looked at herself in the mirror. 'Hmmm. niiiice. Comfortable too.' She put her tail over her shoulder and looked at herself again. 'I hope I don't look too much like Sesshoumaru. Whoa! What's that?' She looked at her wing tips and saw they were turning green. Then she looked at her hair and saw she was getting green streaks in it, and Her tail! 'Man! I'm getting green in everything! I wonder why?' She studied the mark on her forehead. 'Well I guess the Crescent moon symbolizes I'm part Inu-youkai, but what about the flame and water droplet? What the hell do they mean? Oh well, I'll ponder this another time. I might as well go and relieve Jaken before he gets hurt. No telling what those two would do if they got the chance.'
She started to take off the training outfit but stopped when she saw a strange mark on her left shoulder. She walked over to the mirror and looked at the mark closely. She could dimly make out the shape of an eye. 'What the hell? Weird.very strange.okay enough of this I think I hear Jaken screaming.' She quickly changed outfits and went to the garden to play with the children. But she still had no idea what the hell that mark on her shoulder meant. She decide she would ask Aiko about it later. She found the children in the middle of the garden sitting next to a sakura tree, with Jaken tied up and decked out in all sorts of flowers. 'Poor Jaken. I guess I came just in time.' "Rin! Shippou! Would you like to come play with me for awhile?" Rin and Shippou jumped over to her and hugged her legs. "Yes Kagome-neechan! Jaken was starting to get boring!" Said Rin while the tugged her legs. "I'll be there in a minute you guys go and sit by that weeping willow." She walked over to Jaken and cut the strings they had been using to tie Jaken up and plucked some of the flowers off him. Jaken gave her a very grateful look and picked up his staff of heads and walked out of the garden. 'Better get over to the Kids before they do something that will make me regret leaving them alone.'
She played with Rin and Shippou until Lunch. 'Where the hell did the time go? I came out here only an hour after breakfast.'
Sesshoumaru did not attend lunch because he did not need to eat as often as humans. Instead he sat in the library going through scrolls to get a better explanation of what had happened to the girl.
He came upon some old letters hidden in a book of records. (Records of what had happened in the lands not music records.) He opened one of them. It was from the counsel of the northern lands.
To Sesshoumaru-sama, Lord of the Western lands.
We regret to inform you that the Lord and Lady of the Northern lands have been assassinated. We do not know exactly who the culprit is but we do know he is Hanyou. We feel it is a great disgrace that their demise was brought upon by a halfling and we will continue to search for it. The only heir to the throne has gone missing. We fear she has either been taken or has been killed as her parents. We have not found a body as of yet, the rule of the throne has gone to the Lords brother, a Dragon named Kakusaretakawa. (Name means hidden river.) We are also looking for the missing child, Noyoroha. We fear that there may be more assassination attempts on the other lords and ladies so be on your guard. If you have an idea on who this halfling may be, please notify us. Please also consider this an invitation to the funeral of the Lord and Lady.
Thank you
The counsel of the northern lands.
Sesshoumaru read the letter again.
'I believe I remember this. 17 years ago it happened. I attended the funeral. Funny, this is the second time I've received a letter warning me about a hanyou.' He put the letter back and was about to continue his search when a high pitched screech cut the air. Sesshoumaru quickly put the record book back on his shelf and ran towards the source of the sound.
When he reached his destination, which was Kagome's Room, there was truly a sight to behold.
********* Kagome had gone up to her room after lunch to change her kimono. Shippou had started a small food-fight with Rin and before she could stop them got caught in the crossfire. She had helped clean the two up before she had cleaned up herself. She told them to play with Jaken until she came and got them. 'Poor Jaken' she thought as they dragged him to Rin's room.
She had chosen to wear the sky blue kimono that had white feathers embroidered on it. She had stripped her other kimono and given it to a servant to be washed. She was putting the kimono on when she started having trouble with getting her wings through the hole. She was about to call Tsume for help when she heard a scuttling sound and a 'thud'.
She ignored it and continued to struggle with her kimono deciding against calling for help. That is until a certain retainer came bustling in her room shutting the door behind him and leaning against it. Under any other circumstances she would have laughed at how Jaken looked, but right now she was half dressed.
She quickly wrapped her tail about her top half and let out an ear piercing shriek.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!!! EWWWWWW!!!! TOAD HENTAI!!!!!! OUT!!! OUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUT!!!!!!!!!HEEEEENNNNTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAIII!! !!!!!" She started throwing every object she could find at him. Brush, *WHACK* shoe, *WHAM* other shoe, *SMACK* box, *POW* (I'm starting to put batman sound effects in so beware. MWAHAHAHAHA!! O.o) When she couldn't find anything else to throw she ran over to Jaken who was huddled in a corner, picked him up, and drop kicked him out the window. Her wing- feathers were puffed up and bristling. And her tail looked like it had a bad run in with and electrical wire. She watched Jaken soar over the trees in the garden to land in the middle of the pond. She yelled out the window to a sputtering Jaken.
"BE GLAD I GAVE YOU A REMOTELY SOFT LANDING YOU HENTAI TOAD!!!"
**** Sesshoumaru watched highly amused as Kagome threw every object within reach at his retainer. When she ran out of things to throw she ran over to him and grabbed him by the back of his robes. She walked over to her open window and drop-kicked Jaken out into the afternoon sun. A resounding splash told him he landed in the pond. 'Good, now I won't have to revive him.' He thought.
**** Kagome turned around with a huff, but stopped abruptly when she finally noticed Sesshoumaru standing in the doorway. He had on his emotionless mask, but she could see the amused twinkle in his eye. She tightened her tail around her top half and turned red as a cherry. She gave an, "EEEP!" and said, "I'M SURROUNDED BY HENAIS!! I GOT ENOUGH OF THIS FROM MIROKU!!!"
Sesshoumaru winced at the volume of her voice, and he cut her off. "I heard a rather unpleasant screech and came to investigate. I believe this is the second time this has happened." He growled at her. "And I will not tolerate being called a hentai. And I would appreciate if you did not try to kill my retainer." 'She's cute when she's angry.' 'Whoa! Where'd that come from?'
Kagome realized her mistake too late. 'Oh shit! I just called the lord of the western lands a pervert! I must have a death wish!' "Ummm.Sorry, about that. But he deserved it! He didn't even knock! What was he running from any way? Oh shit!" She just remembered that she only had her tail covering her breasts. "Uhhh. would you mind leaving until I am fully clothed?" She asked slightly irritated.
Sesshoumaru inwardly smirked at her. 'Humans - er - former humans, and their modesty' He would have greatly enjoyed causing her more discomfort but he had other things to do. He walked out of the door and back to his study to resume his search.
Kagome had managed to get into her kimono without much trouble and was currently looking for the children. She came upon them playing with Aiko in Rin's room. When Kagome entered her mother looked up at her and smiled.
"Konnichiwa Kagome-chan. What were you yelling about?"
Kagome blushed at her mothers comment. "Erm.It was nothing. Just a bit of trouble with Jaken, which he'll probably be feeling for a while."
Rin giggled at the mention of Jaken and Shippou outright laughed. "Did Kagome-neechan like Jaken's new look?" Shippou got his laughter under control and grinned evilly at Kagome. "Yeah, did we do a good job?"
Kagome thought, 'So that's why he was wearing a girls kimono.' Kagome smiled and said, "Yes you did a very good job. Although, all the makeup you used on him is probably washed off now."
Shippou looked at her quizzically. "What do you mean?"
Kagome grinned. "Let's just say that I sent him for a little swim."
Aiko didn't miss the mischievous glint in her adoptive daughter's eyes. "Rin, Shippou. Why don't you go look for Jaken in the garden?"
Rin and Shippou exchanged grins. "Okay! Let's go Shippou-Chan!" Rin took Shippou's hand and ran out the door dragging him behind.
Aiko smiled after them and sighed wistfully. "Ahhh, the energy of the young." She dropped her smile and turned to Kagome. "Okay, spill. What did you really do with Jaken?" Asked Aiko with a suspicious eye squint.
Kagome smirked evilly and laughed dryly. "I was changing kimonos after I got in the crossfire of a small food-fight. I had trouble getting my wings through the hole so I was only half dressed. Then Jaken comes running in my room and doesn't even knock! I wrapped my tail around my top half and shrieked. I threw everything that I could find at him and when I ran out of ammo, I picked him up, dropkicked him out the window, and he landed in the pond. Obviously my shriek attracted Sesshoumaru and he came running to see what happened and probably saw the whole thing. And when I finally noticed him, I shrieked again, and called him a hentai. I thought for sure he was going to kill me, but all he did was tell me off. And you know the rest."
Aiko smiled, and then laughed. "You might want to work on you temper. And keeping your other senses alert while doing something. If you had, you might have noticed Sesshoumaru earlier. Now, go and save Jaken from the dynamic duo."
Kagome laughed at the knick-name Aiko bestowed upon the two, and left after saying goodbye. 'I have a feeling my stay at Sesshoumaru's castle is going to be interesting, very interesting.'