Chp 9: Midoriko and.Mother?

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The rest of the day had gone fairly uneventful for Kagome, until she went to sleep.

*$*$*$*Kagome Dreamscape*$*$*$*

Kagome found herself in a large open field with a full moon over her head. Well, open except for the really big lake in the middle of it. She walked to the lakes edge and stared at her reflection. The girl staring back at her was so unfamiliar.

She touched the surface of the water with the tip of her green striped tail. The water rippled and all the sudden next to her were a beautiful, female, Inu-youkai, and next to her was a black-haired woman in miko garb. She recognized the latter. 'Midoriko?!?!' But the former, she felt she knew her from somewhere, but the memory was so vague it almost wasn't there at all.

The Inu-youkai was indeed, very beautiful. She had long black hair that flowed past her knees, creamy, pale, skin that seemed to glow in the moonlight, the only thing that disrupted the pale skin were the two green stripes on either cheek, and the red crescent moon that adorned her forehead. She had a long, silky, black tail that she wore over her shoulder in the same manner as Sesshoumaru, striking ice blue eyes that unlike Sesshoumaru's piercing look, were soft and kind, her claws had a strange blue tint to them which, if she didn't know better, looked like blue nail polish. On each eyelid she had an emerald green coloring.

'Her markings are so similar to mine.but why? And what is Midoriko doing in my dream?'

Before she could think any further, the Inu-youkai spoke.

"You are just as beautiful as the last time I saw you Kagome." She said in a loving tone.

Kagome looked confused. "The last time you saw me?"

Them Inu-youkai smiled at her. "Yes, sixteen years ago when I left you with Aiko."

If it were possible to unhinge ones jaw, Kagome's would be lying on the ground. "M-M-Mother?"

The Inu-youkai took a couple of steps toward Kagome. "Yes, it's me. I have waited so long to see you again as you were when we left you. And now I finally have."

The Inu-youkai now identified as Kagome's mother wrapped her arms around her in a loving embrace. Snapped out of her stupor, Kagome hesitantly hugged back. When she pulled away Kagome looked at her with a confused expression.

"But.what are you doing here? And with Midoriko?"

The latter mentioned finally spoke up. For her regal look, she had an incredibly soft voice. "We are here to help you train your new abilities."

Kagome looked from Midoriko, to her mother, then back to Midoriko. "Really?"

Lyanna, Kagome's mother, Laughed lightly at her daughters response. "Yes, now, I'd like to get this done before you wake up so, let's get going!"

Midoriko snapped her fingers and they were no longer in the field, but in a very small clearing in a forest. Midoriko and Lyanna sat down so Kagome decided to as well.

Lyanna took a deep breath and started. "Well a big thing you should know about is, some of your new attributes are still growing. Like, you will see more green streaks in your tail and hair, which will eventually be as long as mine. Your tail will grow as long as Sesshoumaru's, and your wings will grow until they are a span of 10 ft tip to tip."

Kagome thought about this for a second. 'So that's why I was having trouble getting my wings in my kimono.'

Lyanna continued. "Everything will grow much faster when you are asleep of course. Actually, your tail, wings, and hair have already grown a few inches since you've fallen asleep." Lyanna paused and looked at her daughter's wings. " Well, onto your markings. The Crescent moon on your forehead you inherited from me. It signifies that you are part Inu-youkai, now, about the flame and water droplet. Those mean that you are able to control the elements fire and water. Nifty, I know. Got that from your father. Now, the stripes on your face and wrists signify the poison in your claws. Now this poison is not exactly like Sesshoumaru's. It can take the shape of blades, similar to Inuyasha's blades of blood." She noticed how Kagome tensed at the mention of Inuyasha and made a mental note to avoid the subject of the hanyou. "Now, I'm sure you noticed the eye on your left shoulder right?" Kagome nodded. "Well, that means you have telepathic and telekinetic abilities. You'll need Midoriko and Aiko's help to train that. Now the one marking I'll probably never figure out, is the shape-shifting mark. You'll notice that you'll develop twin arrowhead markings on your ankles around the same time your wings fully develop." Lyanna waited a few moments to let the information sink in.

"Okay, now that that's covered, onto the abilities! Okay, you obviously know about the flying, running, jumping, enhanced speed and all that, so, how about we start with your poison claw? Okay, you have poison glands in your palm that create and contain the poison, in order to bring the poison out you need to flex, and, well, relax the poison glands to make the poison flow. You need to learn how to make your poison glands relax and tense to control the amount of poison that comes out. Definitely gonna need Sesshoumaru's help on that one."

Kagome wrinkled her nose at the thought of Sesshoumaru teaching her. "Oh goody. I get to have The Ice Prince teach me how to use my poison claw."

Lyanna laughed a little before she continued. "Well, you are going to need Midoriko's help on most of the abilities left so I'll let her take over."

Midoriko cleared her throat before starting. "Well, the shape-shifting is definitely going to be the hardest to perfect. You will not be able to shift into complicated figures until your markings have fully developed which will take 3 days at most. Okay, first you need to relax your mind and concentrate on what you want to shift into. Then, using your mind's eye, see yourself as what you want to shift into. Once you learn, and grow in strength of mind, you will be able to hold shapes for extended periods of time, and create shapes outside of your own body. In order to shift back, you just concentrate on your body and shift back into it. Now before I move on I would like you to try and shift into something very simple, like a cat. I know this is only a dream, but it will have the same effect and experience as in the real world. Now do as I said before."

Kagome didn't know if she would do it right but tried anyway. She closed her eyes. She relaxed her mind and took all thoughts except for those of what she was doing, out of her head. Then, she concentrated on shifting into a cat, then, she saw herself as a cat. She suddenly felt a strange tingly sensation go through her body and then she got the feeling she was swimming. When she opened her eyes, everything was bigger than her, and all she could see were Midoriko and Lyanna's feet. She followed their legs up their body to their faces. She could tell they were hard pressed not to laugh.

Kagome wondered what they could be laughing at. Then she got a good look at herself. She was a kitten. A little, black, kitten. She gasped, or would have had she been human. But instead being a cat, it came out as a little 'mewl!'. Now both Midoriko and Lyanna were laughing their heads off. She gave both of them a glare, which probably didn't look intimidating considering she was a kitten, and concentrated on going back to herself.

After they got their laughing under control, Midoriko continued. "Okay, on to your telepathic powers. With this you are able to read minds and also talk to people inside their head. It is not the easiest thing to master and can be quite confusing. You are able to hear thoughts when you concentrate on those of a certain persons, but can actually see things when excelled enough. When you spread your telepathic senses around you, you can hear what someone is thinking without concentrating on a particular person. The last is the easiest to do because it does not require as much control as the others. Now, try to do the last one."

Kagome concentrated on her telepathic powers. She spread them around her like a blanket and all the sudden heard voices. 'Oh! She looked so kawaii as a kitten! Maybe I can get her to shift into one again! I hope she gets these things right!' Kagome thought. 'Okay! Definitely my mother's!' Then she listened to the other voice. 'Kagome, I know you can hear what I'm thinking. In order to stop hearing others thoughts, concentrate on withdrawing your senses.' 'Okay that was Midoriko's.' She did as Midoriko instructed and withdrew her senses.

"Very good Kagome! We are running short on time so I will have to only explain the last things. Your ability to control fire and water is probably hardest to learn aside from shape shifting. Okay, you concentrate on your youki and then by using your eyes or your hands control the water. It is the same with fire. When you learn to control this skill enough. You will be able to create water and fire out of nothing. The fire you create cannot burn you, nor can the fire you control. You can also turn the water into ice, which can be a valuable weapon."

"Your telekinetic powers are used the same way your ability to control water and fire is, only you can't make anything appear out of thin air. As this abilities strength grows, you will be able to lift heavy things with your mind like they are nothing, and will be able to rip a boulder in half."

"If you mix your miko powers in with all of this. Some things rules change, and others become stricter. You will need my help and Aiko's help with training your miko powers. One thing I know for sure is that for some reason, the color and potency of your poison responds to your emotions. Also when using your telekinetic powers, your eyes will glow different colors responding to your emotions. So when experiencing different emotions the strength of some things will differ. We have run out of time for tonight so I will continue training you in some things tomorrow. Goodbye Kagome!"

With that Lyanna and Midoriko faded into a gray mist.

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Kagome woke up feeling very strange. She had pins and needles in her legs and the top of her night outfit seemed too tight. She glanced down the front of her shirt and squeaked. "EEP!" It wasn't a loud enough squeak to make Sesshoumaru come running so she didn't exactly worry about him, right now there were more pressing matters. When she glanced down her front, where she normally would have seen her toes and half of her foot, she saw breasts. Her breasts. 'Holy shit! What happened!?!? Why are my breasts TWO FRIGGIN CUP SIZES BIGGER!?!?!?!' She thought franticly. Then she remembered her legs. The pins and needles had stopped only to be replaced by a dull ache. She rubbed her legs and slowly the pain subsided. 'What am I going to tell Mom?' (A/N: referring to Aiko in this sentence, not Lyanna.) "Great, Mother forgot to mention my OTHER aspects that might be growing. It would have been helpful to know this before hand."

'Midoriko?' She thought.

Kagome used her telepathic abilities to talk to Midoriko. 'Oh. Well, will my breasts get any bigger after this? I don't think I could bare the constant backache.'

Midoriko chuckled softly.

Kagome looked confused for a second but looked in the mirror. She gasped. 'Yipes! So that's why my legs had pins and needles. Damn, I must be five inches taller than my mom!' (A/N: Once again, Aiko not Lyanna.)

'Wait! Midoriko! Midoriko is a mouthful. Can I call you something shorter? Like. Mio?'

'Bye Mio!' 'Ugh, this demon transformation of mine is causing serious stress.' She decided to wear one of the kimonos she had, even if it would be a little tight. 'WAIT!! Duh Kagome. Training? STARTS TODAY!!! How could I forget? Oh yeah, I woke up with Dolly Parton's rack. Oh well, let's see if you can manage to get into that training outfit, WITHOUT hentai toads sneaking around.' *picks up training outfit and puts her legs in and struggles with the top* "Stupid.freakin.eeeerg.chikuso!" *falls onto her ass* "Damn outfit! I give up!" 'Hmph! Stupid outfit. Doesn't even fit anymore. And it's only been a day! I guess I'll have to wear a kimono until I get something to wear.' She picked up one of the kimonos that looked a little bigger than the others and, after a brief struggle, managed to get it on. 'Okay.definitely a little tight in the chest area, and the thing only goes to my calves! Damn. I grew more than I thought. I think I'll pay a visit to Ice Prince to inform him of my 'predicament'.'

******* Sesshoumaru had been listening to the miko struggle in her room. 'Probably having trouble getting her wings through the slits in the Training uniform. I don't believe I'll send anyone to help her this time. Wouldn't want ANOTHER one of my servants to get drop kicked out the window. Besides, if the wench needed help she would have called for Tsume.' He heard a thump and then cursing. 'Stupid human.' After a while the struggles stopped and he could hear her walking towards his study/library. He was still researching what happened to the wench.

******* Kagome got up to Sesshoumaru's study door and knocked twice loudly. "Come in wench." Kagome got a little pissed at Sesshoumaru for calling her wench, which didn't help her already less than perfect mood. "Houston, we have a problem." She said as she walked in the study.

Sesshoumaru watched her as she walked into the study and immediately noticed the changes. Her wings were bigger, as were her bosoms. Her hair longer as was her tail, and she was at least 6 inches taller than when he last saw her. He noticed how the kimono fit VERY snugly around her breasts and he tore his eyes off them. She was looking at him with an expression that said. 'I'm in a bad mood so don't EVEN mess with me.'

Kagome noticed his eyes travel over her body and settle on her breasts where they stayed a moment longer than she liked. Her bad mood raised another notch. "Look, I was visited by Midoriko last night in a dream and she told me that I would keep growing until my wing span was 10 ft, my hair was about knee length, and my tail as long as yours. Some OTHER parts of my body have grown too, but she said that was the last of their growing. She also said I grow faster when I'm asleep. The problem is, I won't STOP growing for another 3 days. What the hell am I gonna wear? That training outfit you made is way to small and you can see what I look like in a kimono."

Sesshoumaru thought about this for a minute. 'Hmmm. She grows faster when she's asleep. That would split the time in half if not in thirds' "I believe I have a solution to this. I will tell you when I bring it." With that he rose out of his chair and left.

Kagome growled at him as he walked by and her bad mood raised another 5 notches. She stomped out of Sesshoumaru's study and back to her room where she listened to music until Sesshoumaru was done doing what he was doing.

Actually, Sesshoumaru was in the hospital wing as Kagome was sitting in her room listening to music. He went through the herbs, poultices, and potions until he found what he was looking for. 'Ah.here it is. Hmmm. Sleeping potion could knock out even me with a good whiff. Perfect.' He made sure that the bottle was sealed tightly before he continued to Kagome's room.

Kagome had her headphones on and her eyes closed. She didn't sense Sesshoumaru until it was too late. He had shoved a cloth that had some odd smelling liquid on it right under her nose.

Sesshoumaru catching her as she fell off the bed was the last thing she saw before she blacked out.

Okay, review. I kept my promise. You keep yours. What promise? Oh, it was an invisible contract I made, I post one chapter a day, and you review them. Why must I listen to music while writing? "Cant hold us back" by with Christina Agularia and little Kim doesn't exactly inspire me, but that's what I get for listening to 103.5 kiss f.m.

Ja.

Sesshoumaru: Your era certainly has strange music.

Kagome: *sighs* It's called rap, hip hop, or whatever you wanna call it. And it's strange because that's what people like.

Sesshoumaru: I never said I didn't like it.

Kagome and Amreld: *sweatdrop* You do?

Sesshoumaru: Yeah, it's almost as good as that, what was it you called it? Ev-Evanescence? Yeah that.

Amreld: *sweatdrop* Okay, strange. I'm beginning to wonder if that's really Sesshoumaru.

Ja!

Kagome: P.I.M.P is playing now!

Amreld: SHUT UP!!!!