Chapter 14

He barely seemed to notice he had been shot. His main thought was what he was going to do to whoever just shot him. He recognized her scent as the one who shot him earlier. But she was alone this time. Easy prey.

"I'm gonna finish this once and for all, "Kikyo said, "You shall regret every meeting me you filthy half breed. I'm gonna kill you so fast you wont even know what hit you."

All but Kagome's eyes widened. They weren't scared for Inu-Yasha, they were scared for Kikyo. One thing they learned to never do was insult him while he was in this condition. The outcome would not be pretty.

Before they knew what was happening, Inu-Yasha was charging towards Kikyo, fangs bared and claws extended. That was their chance; they ran towards the tree's to avoid being attacked. They watched the scene unfold from behind a tree.

Kikyo took aim and shot Inu-Yasha just as he was about to reach her but he didn't stop or even acknowledge that he had been hit. He kept moving, fast as even until he had one clawed hand wrapped around Kikyo's throat. She dropped the gun from being surprised.

All they could do was watch, there was no way they could try to help and live.

He threw Kikyo to the ground and pursued after her, randomly slashing. She frantically ran, all the while trying to reach for her gun but he had it heavily guarded.

She had several slashes across her face where he had nicked her. He seemed to take pleasure in watching her struggle.

That's when he decided play time was over. He threw himself at her and SLASH right across her back. She kept on moving, trying with all her might to live.

She ran as fast as she could. She ran into the woods, hoping to find shelter but nothing of the sort was found. She didn't know what to do. That's when she heard a low piercing growl from behind. She turned ever slowly to see 2 red glowing eyes staring at her through the darkness.

Then he lunged at her. She screamed but stopped when a sharp pain entered her chest. She looked down to see his hand inside her body; she could feel the blood trickling from her open wound. She stopped running and moving for that matter, it was like she froze. Then she collapsed. Her last thoughts were, 'what went wrong?' and then she was gone.

The group stood still, afraid to move. Kagome thought she might cry. That is until Inu-Yasha turned around and faced the direction where they were standing.

They all stopped any movement, even breathing. Most of them didn't even realize they were holding their breath. Oh, look, he's walking towards them.

Now was the time for action. Sess slightly tightened his grip on the sword, no point in being quiet now, Yash knew where they were. But he still seemed to be fighting himself. His real side recognized them while the part controlling him thought of them as prey.

Sesshomaru emerged from the trees, holding the sword out to him again. But the part controlling Inu-Yasha made the decision, it decided to hit the sword out of Sesshomaru's hands and throw him into the trees. With a sickening thump, Sess hit a tree and fell to the ground.

Now Inu-Yasha was advancing on the rest of them. Kagome didn't know what to do. She had to save them though, She knew they were no match to fight them so how to make him normal again. She didn't understand the concept of the sword so she had to think of something else. She had understood that he only became out of control when angered so how to make him calm? Then she had it, it would be dangerous but she had to. No time for decisions, Inu-Yasha was standing before them, deciding what to do to them. He was becoming normal again but how long could that last and would it save them? She couldn't take the chance.

Slowly she walked up to him, tears swelling in her eyes. She looked up to the once friendly warm golden eyes that were now fierce, red, and intimidating. It was now or never. She stood onto her tippy toes and kissed him. (From the 2nd movie!) At first he didn't know what to do, neither did anybody else. But she stood her ground, never leaving his lips for a second. She felt him relax in her arms, she knew he was back. But then he collapsed.

By this time Sesshomaru was awake and looking in on the situation at hand. The girl was brave; he had to give her that. He joined the others looking at the now collapsed boy. "He's fine now."

The purple stripes were gone now. Then Inu-Yasha's hair started to turn black. He was turning human. It wasn't a new moon. He had spent a lot of his energy on being a demon that now he felt it was time to rest as a human. He didn't know how good that would be for him though. He suspected that he collapsed because some of his injuries were not healed yet. A human couldn't take pain like a demon, nowhere near. And they healed way faster too. Sesshomaru just hoped that Inu-Yasha would not spend too much time as a human.

"What's happening to him?" Kagome asked with teary eyes.

"I think it's best if Inu-Yasha tells you when he's feeling a little better." Sango replied.

The braver of the group (that being all except for Kagome) walked to where Inu-Yasha had been fighting with Kikyo. They found her body, blood stains were all over her clothing. Her eyes were still open as If she was still looking out onto the world even after death.

They decided it was best that they burry her there. No one was likely to find her here and it was better than explaining to the cops what happened. So that's what they did. Sesshomaru used his claws to dig a hole in no time flat. They deposited the body inside, buried her, and gave a silent prayer that her soul would make it safely to the next world, where ever that might take her.

When they returned they found Kagome holding the still unconscious Inu-Yasha in her arms. She was silently sobbing and it was barely noticeable. To these people it was easily recognized. A demon who could smell the tears and hear the sobs from the other side of the park, a girl who like most girls could sense when a friend was distressed, and a boy who had heard so many young women cry over almost every reason in the world.

Without another word Sesshomaru picked up his brother and headed home. The whole time they were walking all she could do was stare at him. She had seen him look different 4 times today, how he normally looked, with ears, with red eyes, and now with black hair looking virtually human. She wondered how she got herself into this big catastrophe. But oddly enough she didn't regret it and she never would.

Kagome had wanted to stay at Inu-Yasha's house but Sesshomaru argued against it. So she went home as did everyone else. She felt drained of all energy. She just wanted to sleep. But oddly she felt that she wouldn't be doing much sleeping tonight. There was way too much going through her head at the moment. She still didn't fully understand what happened today. No one would explain it to her. She felt so many different emotions at once, anger, fear, confusion, concern, and relief that it was over.

She checked the clock, '1:24. Wow, she didn't realize how late it was. The night flew by. This day had started out to be one of her greatest and ended as her worst.

She dragged her feet up the stairs and headed for the bathroom. She looked like a mess. Her hair was in tangles everywhere and the makeup she had applied for the concert was now smeared around her eyes. She cleaned herself up and headed for bed.

She layed down on her soft pillow as her eyes closed and felt heavy. To her surprise she actually fell asleep.

Kagome's Dream

She was once again in the forest. But this time the forest was normal colours. She could hear a man's voice calling her. The voice was strong yet welcoming so she ran towards the sound.

She found herself in the familiar clearing where she had been before. Once again she met the white dog. It was the one calling her. Then something amazing happened. A white light formed around him and he began to shrink. Then his whole body was changing. He was no longer a dog; he stood before her as a man.

Then it hit her, he was the man in that photo. This was Inu-Yasha's father. He was dressed in old fashioned clothing that looked like something a warrior would posses. He had armor and his hair was tied in a high pony tail. He had markings on his face just like Sesshomaru had for the concert and a white tail.

"Tonight you witnessed something of great importance to help you understand," he said, "Though you might not understand now you will in time."

He walked towards her, "You have seen my son for how he truly is. Now it is for you to decide what you will do with this new information." He turned away, "I leave you now but before I do I will tell you this. You have touched my son and cured his broken heart, you taught him to trust again and he is better because of it. He is stronger. Never before have I seen him fight off the demon within so well. For that I thank you Miss Higurashi."

Then he walked into the forest and he was gone.

End of Kagome's Dream

She awoke with a jolt. Someone was knocking on her door. A little shakily she got up and opened the door. It was her grandpa.

"Yes Grandpa?" she asked while yawning.

"I'm looking for my sacred Fork or Jujidi."

She just stared at him. He could be so annoying sometimes. "Try the dishwasher." She said flatly and closed the door. As she did she heard him yell, "OH NO! IT WILL LOOSE ALL SACRED POWERS." And then she heard footsteps running down the hall and down the stairs.

She just shook her head. It was 8 a.m. She didn't think she would fall back asleep now so she got dressed. She spent a while sitting on her bed, thinking about her dream. It felt almost real. It seemed real. She wondered if all of Inu-Yasha's girlfriends got a nightly visit from his father.

She couldn't stand it anymore. She had to see him. She threw on some shoes and ran to his house. When she got to the door she hesitated and wondered if she really should be visiting.

Earlier that Mourning

"Hey, you're awake,"

His eyes focused after a couple seconds and he sat up. He remembered the concert and he remembered winning the concert but he couldn't remember anything afterwards.

"Did we go get drunk or something?" he asked.

Sess cast a concerned glance towards him.

Then Inu-Yasha realized he was holding something. He looked down to see his beloved sword in his arms. "Tet- tetsusaiga..." he whispered. "Oh, no." He began to shake. The last time he had woken up with tetsusaiga in his arms he had done something terrible. Today was no exception. "What did I do?" he choked out.

So for the next 10 minutes Sesshomaru explained the horrors of events that occurred last night. He was ghostly pale when he was finished. "I-I-I killed Kikyo?"

Sesshomaru nodded. Then he felt his stomach plummet, 'Kagome saw it all.'

"She probably hates me for what I did." He closed his eyes. Why was it that whenever things were going his way something ruined it?

Then he punched the wall and ran from his bedroom. He ran down the hall and opened the door to his drawing room. He threw all the paper off of the desk, slumped into the chair, put his head on the desk and began to cry. It wasn't loud crying but enough to see.

Sesshomaru was just about to go inside the room he never knew was there but stopped when,"Leave me alone," escaped the lips of the crying boy. So he backed off. Just then he heard a knock on the door.

The Two Paths Meet

She waited patiently at the door. It had taken 5 minutes to decide to knock. She didn't know why she had such a big problem deciding. She was afraid that Sess might not let her in or that Inu-Yasha won't be normal yet. In the end she decided that he needed her and if she was going to help he first had to explain some things to her.

Finally Sess answered the door. He almost looked relieved to see her. Yash really needed someone to talk to. "He's downstairs... in a room I never knew was there."

Kagome instantly knew where this was. It was the drawing room; he had mentioned that even Sesshomaru thought it was a closet. So bolted down the stairs. When she got to the bottom her fast pace became a slow one. Very slow. She was just buying herself time. She needed to think about what she would say to him but nothing came to mind. He didn't even know how he was doing.

She was about 1 meter away from the door when she stopped moving. She listened. She could hear quiet sobs which meant he wasn't taking it well. Now was the time for action. She took in a deep breath, released it and walked into the room.

"I thought I told you to LEAVE ME ALONE!" he looked behind him only to see a beautiful girl, a shocked beautiful girl, standing there. "Kagome...I-I-..." he turned his head away from her as if he didn't want her to see him.

She walked to him, never saying anything. She pulled the extra chair from the corner and set it down next to him where she sat down. He refused to look at her so gently she took her hand and pulled his face to look at him. His eyes were red and puffy, his hair was a mangled mess and he looked slightly sick. She still didn't know what to say so she did the only thing she could think of which was to give him a loving hug. So that's what she did. It caught him off guard. He had expected her to tell him she never wanted to see him again or something like that.

"Kagome, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." He wept.

"Shhh, don't worry." She soothingly rubbed his back.

She pulled away from him, she wanted some answers. She needed to know the truth. She looked up to the top of his head to see 2 white ears there. "So... so this is what you really look like?" she asked and he nodded as if he was ashamed. She even noticed that his eyes were a brighter gold now. He was inhumanly beautiful.
"Why... why do you look like this?" there she said it.

"It's because I'm a hanyou." He replied quietly.

She was blown away; surely he couldn't mean that, "You mean that you're... half human half demon?"

He nodded, "Half dog demon to be exact."

Then it all made sense. The dreams, him always being called mutt, his sense of smell and sight and hearing, when he growled, how he could heal so fast, and his fast movement. Why hadn't she thought of something like this before? Because it didn't seem real, that's why.

"So what exactly happened last night? I saw you look different 4 times. I don't understand completely."

He sighed, "First you saw me with my disguise. I use an illusion charm to hide my demonic parts so mostly just my ears. Then I took it off and you saw my ears which is how I really look... After I got shot with the dart I became angry...when I become angry my demon blood takes over unless I am holding tetsusaiga which is my sword. Sometimes after I turn full demon my body becomes drained and I become human which is why my hair turned black and my ear turned to a human's."

There he said it, the one thing he had dreaded telling her for 2 months. It was all out in the open. "I can understand if you never want to see me again." He said just above a whisper.

She looked deep into his eyes as if she could see through them. Then for the second time that night she caught him off guard. She threw herself at him, and began to kiss him. She could care less what he was. She just wanted to be with him.

That was chapter 14! I wasn't planning on killing Kikyo but... you guys who reviewed all said she should die and go to hell so... that's what I did. Besides I couldn't think of any other way to get rid of her. This way was best I think. So yeah, reviews please. Hobey Ho! B4 I go I wanna ask you guys something. When you review can you tell me what you're favourite Inu-Yasha Episode is? I wanna see which one is most popular. Now I'm going.