Hello, everyone! I hope that you like this story, it's my first fanfic.
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Disclaimer : I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters. ( However, the version of Elves and their abilities in this story is completely my own and totally off limits! Thanks again! Enjoy.
Chapter One
Kagome fought to hide the pain from her companions for a long time. She managed to fool them for a little while, but soon even Miroku, whose attention was normally focused on Sango, could plainly see that she was hurting. Kagome tried to brush them off by saying that it was just cramps and would go away soon, but none of the believed her. Especially Inuyasha, who could almost smell her discomfort with his acute demon senses. Shippo soon hopped off of Kagome's shoulder and bounded up to Inuyasha. He landed spryly on the dog demons shoulder and whispered urgently in his ear.
"I think that we should stop for Kagome. She's really sick." Inuyasha was concerned for Kagome, but she had told him once before to stop pampering her. She didn't enjoy being singled out as the weakest person in the group.
"If Kagome wants to stop and rest, all she has to do is say so." Inuyasha replied to the small kitsune. Shippo rolled his eyes at the dog-demons seeming callousness, and walked back to Kagome.
"We can stop for a while, if you want to." he told Kagome, giving her his best cute face and dewy eyes. She smiled and picked him up.
"Thank you, Shippo, but I'm starting to feel better, now. I don't need a rest." Boy, that was a lie if she ever told one, and the rest of the gang knew it, but they let her continue traveling for a good hour before Sango put her foot down.
"We are stopping here until Kagome feels better." she declared. The rest of the group halted, but Kagome wanted to keep going.
"Oh, come on you guys, I'm fine. I can go on for as long as you can." But the Inuyasha wouldn't hear of it.
"Now you listen here, wench," he growled "You are obviously in more pain than you are letting on. We are stopping here until you feel better and that is final." Kagome snorted.
"Let's at least get to the next village before it gets dark." she pleaded. The others were adamant, however, and would hear nothing of it. Inuyasha forced Kagome to sit while the others gathered firewood and set up camp. Kagome was sending Inuyasha death glares that would have made even Naraku tremble in fear.
"I hate being useless." Kagome grumbled. Inuyasha smirked at her as she sat cross-legged beside him, with his hand on her arm. Every time she tried to get up and find some way to help, he would pull her back down. She was getting impatient with the game and finally told Inuyasha to 'sit'. While he was struggling against the spell that held him flat on his face, Kagome went to help Sango prepare the evening meal, which was several packages of the ramen she had brought from the other side of the well. Finally, the spell on Inuyasha wore off and he leapt up, furious to see Kagome cooking instead of resting, like she should have been.
"What are you doing?" he yelled, his face turning red with fury, "You have got to rest, Kagome!" He started to drag her back to the tree where they had spread out the sleeping gear, but she calmly sitted him again. When the spell released him he got up grumbling about what a stubborn wench she was and climbed up the tree to watch her, ready to leap to her aid if she passed out or anything. Despite all of the bad names he called her sometimes, and the stupid things he said, he really cared for the girl deeply. He knew that she felt that he was just using her as a replacement for Kikyo, but nothing could have been farther from the truth. What he had felt for Kikyo was shallow and hollow compared to his feelings for Kagome. But he wasn't quite ready to tell her how much he really cared for her, yet.
"You really should be resting, Kagome." said Miroku gently, "Recover your strength. You don't have to be so ashamed of your pain." Kagome sighed to herself. She couldn't tell them what was causing her pain, not yet. It wasn't supposed to happen so soon, the transformation wasn't supposed to take place for another year. She knew exactly what was happening. Her human body would undergo a painful metamorphosis and change into an Elven body; that was why she couldn't tell them. She would soon be given full range of her youkai-like powers, but she still clung to the hope that this was just a false alarm, and she wouldn't morph yet. The transformation was terrible. She would be in excruciating pain. Judging from how her body felt, she had another few hours before she would be forced to bind her hands to keep herself from doing something, drastic.
"Inuyasha! Time to eat." Shippo called. The hanyou quickly came down from his perch and waited eagerly for his portion of the noodles. Kagome had to find some excuse to get away from her friends until the change was either complete or had ceased for the time being. Then she would have to tell them the truth. However, not only was she an Elf, she was a Silver Warrior, a very high-ranking Elf. Royalty.
Inuyasha sighed as he tried to sleep that night. Kagome had insisted on taking the first watch, and against their better judgment, her friends allowed it. Inuyasha had just started to drift off to sleep when he heard the bushes rustle ever-so-slightly. He sat up and peered down to see Kagome silently slipping away from the camp and moving quickly into the woods. Inuyasha leapt from the tree and followed her, thinking venomously 'I bet she's sneaking off to see that no good Kouga. If she is I'll pound him good.' He was utterly shocked to see Kagome methodically tie her hands to a sturdy tree branch and sit down, almost like she was waiting for something. Inuyasha decided that the time for action had come.
"Kagome! What do you think you're doing? Get back to camp, it's not safe out here." Inuyasha paused as Kagome's face went an unnatural shade of green, and she began to writhe against the bonds holding her hands motionless. She made no response, indeed she didn't even seem to know that the hanyou was there, her face was utterly blank. But the smell, the smell of her pain, increasing tenfold for every beat of his heart, was nearly unbearable.
"Kagome! Kagome!" he cried, "Let me help you! What can I do? Kagome, please, answer me!" But still she made no response. Inuyasha sat down beside her and put his arms around her. She stopped wrenching her hands and turned her face into his chest. Inuyasha fell asleep with Kagome in his arms.
When Kagome awakened from the dark recesses of her transformation dreams she was surprised to see Inuyasha beside her, his arms wrapped around her gently, and fast asleep. She quietly stood and took in her new body. Her ears had grown pointed, and her hair was silver, like Inuyasha's. She was a little bit thinner, and was now clothed in leggings, a loose short-sleeved shirt and a bodice tightly laced. Her new garments were various shades of green and brown, and suited her very well. Her skin was much whiter than it had been, but it was a healthy paleness, and her eyes were silver, ringed with black. Beside her Inuyasha began to stir.
When he sat up he was alone. Nearly panicked, Inuyasha rushed back to the camp to see Kagome calmly beginning to prepare the morning meal. Or was it Kagome? She was wearing even weirder clothes than normal, and she was much paler. And those ears, were they pointed? 'It must be a Youkai, pretending to be Kagome!' thought Inuyasha, 'But where is Kagome?" He snarled at the intruder and prepared for battle.
Inuyasha's colorful language and roars of frustration woke the rest of the group, whose reaction to Kagome was almost the same as Inuyasha's. Sango's boomerang was flying before they could blink, flying straight for her. Amazingly, Kagome leapt up into the air and did a back- flip to avoid the weapon, resuming the conflict with Inuyasha moment she landed. He couldn't seem to touch her. Miroku went for his wind tunnel, but a flash of blue light from Kagome's hand sealed the rosary beads closed. Only Shippo saw Kagome for what she truly was.
"What are you doing, Inuyasha? Lay off!" Kagome yelled, still dodging his attacks. Shippo began shouting as well, though no one heeded him.
"What did you do with Kagome?" he yelled back.
"What do you mean? I am Kagome, you freak!" Inuyasha snarled and prepared to use the Scar of the Wind. Kagome stopped fighting.
"You can't hurt me with that, Inuyasha."
"Feh." he replied, and swung with all his might. When the dust cleared, Kagome was still standing, unscathed. She took one look at Inuyasha and then, tears filling her eyes, turned and fled.
Several hours later, Kagome was fifteen miles from Inuyasha and co., sitting with her back against a tree. She had sensed the bear youkai hours earlier, but chose to appear ignorant of their presence. The demons stepped into the glen, eyeing her hungrily. The largest youkai, apparently their leader spoke.
"Well, what have we here? A pretty little maid all by herself. What should we do with her?" The gang laughed and began making lewd comments and very inappropriate noises.
"I would advise you to leave now before one of you gets very seriously hurt." Kagome said rather icily. The demons growled and moved to attack, but Kagome merely gestured towards them, blasting them to pieces and calmly gathering shards of the Shikon jewel from their corpses.
Several other demons had been watching, but Kagome made no move to attack them. After all, they had not threatened her. She ignored the pattering of their feet as they scampered away.
Jaken was trembling before his Master's rage.
"Who do they think they are?!?" roared a displeased Sesshomaru, "They can't force me to take a mate. I don't even want a mate. They have gone too far this time. Jaken, prepare my things for a journey." Glad for any excuse to get out of his Master's presence, the toad youkai fled. Sesshomaru continued to snarl. He looked at the letter in his hand again.
"To Lord Sesshomaru." it read, "Greetings. This letter is to inform you that, since you have failed to make any attempt whatsoever to acquire a mate before the time stated by our law, the other Lords and Ladies will be holding a contest to determine the maid who is most worthy for your hand. All eligible maids will ..." Here he stopped reading. It merely gave the date, time and place of the contest.
An hour later the Lord set off to meet with the other Rulers. They greeted him ecstatically.
"Isn't it a simply marvelous plan?" gushed Tae, "This way we don't have to worry about you killing her after you've been joined." Sesshomaru snarled.
"Why don't you busybodies just stay out of it?" Tae just smiled and led him to the arena.
'How do I get caught up in these things?' Kagome thought. She had been minding her own business when, out of the blue, a nasty little green youkai had ordered her to get to the arena fast, or she wouldn't make it into the contest. When she questioned him as to what the contest was, he responded by shoving her into a line of girl youkais. 'Apparently I attract trouble.' There were all sorts of snide comments about her throughout the line.
"Who does that girl think she is?"
"She'll never make it."
"Eeeww! A filthy Human!" And so on and so forth. Kagome ignored the rude remarks and black glares and concentrated on figuring out what the contest was about. By reading the thoughts of those around her, she discovered that the girls were there to fight each other one on one, and whoever was the strongest would become the mate of Lord Sesshomaru. 'Him again. Why does he always have to turn up at the most inopportune times?'
Kagome found herself being pushed into a large group of demons as they watched the fights take place. There were Cat-youkai, Dog-youkai, Kitsune, different reptile demons, and many others. Soon, however, only Kagome had not fought, and the only two left in the ring were a Cat-youkai and a Lizard demoness. They fought for a long time, longer than any of the others, but in the end, the Cat-youkai triumphed.
Kagome sighed as she was pushed into the ring. The cat sharpened her claws and grinned wickedly at the girl.
"A mere Human!" she mocked, "Like you could actually defeat me!"
"I have no wish to fight you, but I will if you force me to." said Kagome quietly. There was silence in the crowd. The demoness snickered.
"Have it your way!" The youkai leapt for Kagome's throat, but she nimbly dodged the attack. Sesshomaru leaned forward with interest. That girl closely resembled Inuyasha's wench. 'This could prove interesting.' The Cat-youkai continued her assaults, and Kagome continued to dodge. The crowd became impatient.
"Come on!" they screamed, "Stop running and fight! Coward!"
Kagome continued her dance around the demoness, until the cat was thoroughly worn out. Then she grabbed her by the throat.
"I am not a Human. So do not underestimate me." With that Kagome released the youkai and began to walk out of the arena.
"Stop her! She needs to collect her prize." Several wolf demons barred the exit. Kagome watched calmly as Lord Takahashi and Sesshomaru approached. Sesshomaru didn't seem to recognize her.
"Well, my child, that was an impressive strategy back there. What is your name? What kind of Youkai are you?" asked Takahashi, kindly.
"I am called Kagome. And I am an Elf, not a youkai." She almost smirked when Sesshomaru started. So he did recognize her.
"Well, Kagome the Elf, by successfully defeating the last youkai standing, you have won this tournament. Your prize is to become the mate of Lord Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru's eye' narrowed into golden slits. He did not want her, besides she was already mated, wasn't she? He was about to protest when Kagome turned to walk away, waving over her shoulder.
"Thanks, but no thanks. Let him choose his own mate." she said coolly.
"But, butbut..." the Lord Takahashi stuttered.
"No buts, my Lord. I'm not mating him and that's final."
"Do you find me so repulsive, then?" Sesshomaru asked smoothly, immediately regretting that he had spoken.
"Do you want the truth?" Kagome asked. He nodded, struck suddenly mute by the beauty of the woman in front of him.
"Outside you are very handsome, even beautiful, but inside you lack everything worth having. Goodbye."
Oooh, dis! How will Sesshomaru respond? Tune in next week for the next exciting chapter. Please review, if you don't it will take a really long time for me to update.
Disclaimer : I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters. ( However, the version of Elves and their abilities in this story is completely my own and totally off limits! Thanks again! Enjoy.
Chapter One
Kagome fought to hide the pain from her companions for a long time. She managed to fool them for a little while, but soon even Miroku, whose attention was normally focused on Sango, could plainly see that she was hurting. Kagome tried to brush them off by saying that it was just cramps and would go away soon, but none of the believed her. Especially Inuyasha, who could almost smell her discomfort with his acute demon senses. Shippo soon hopped off of Kagome's shoulder and bounded up to Inuyasha. He landed spryly on the dog demons shoulder and whispered urgently in his ear.
"I think that we should stop for Kagome. She's really sick." Inuyasha was concerned for Kagome, but she had told him once before to stop pampering her. She didn't enjoy being singled out as the weakest person in the group.
"If Kagome wants to stop and rest, all she has to do is say so." Inuyasha replied to the small kitsune. Shippo rolled his eyes at the dog-demons seeming callousness, and walked back to Kagome.
"We can stop for a while, if you want to." he told Kagome, giving her his best cute face and dewy eyes. She smiled and picked him up.
"Thank you, Shippo, but I'm starting to feel better, now. I don't need a rest." Boy, that was a lie if she ever told one, and the rest of the gang knew it, but they let her continue traveling for a good hour before Sango put her foot down.
"We are stopping here until Kagome feels better." she declared. The rest of the group halted, but Kagome wanted to keep going.
"Oh, come on you guys, I'm fine. I can go on for as long as you can." But the Inuyasha wouldn't hear of it.
"Now you listen here, wench," he growled "You are obviously in more pain than you are letting on. We are stopping here until you feel better and that is final." Kagome snorted.
"Let's at least get to the next village before it gets dark." she pleaded. The others were adamant, however, and would hear nothing of it. Inuyasha forced Kagome to sit while the others gathered firewood and set up camp. Kagome was sending Inuyasha death glares that would have made even Naraku tremble in fear.
"I hate being useless." Kagome grumbled. Inuyasha smirked at her as she sat cross-legged beside him, with his hand on her arm. Every time she tried to get up and find some way to help, he would pull her back down. She was getting impatient with the game and finally told Inuyasha to 'sit'. While he was struggling against the spell that held him flat on his face, Kagome went to help Sango prepare the evening meal, which was several packages of the ramen she had brought from the other side of the well. Finally, the spell on Inuyasha wore off and he leapt up, furious to see Kagome cooking instead of resting, like she should have been.
"What are you doing?" he yelled, his face turning red with fury, "You have got to rest, Kagome!" He started to drag her back to the tree where they had spread out the sleeping gear, but she calmly sitted him again. When the spell released him he got up grumbling about what a stubborn wench she was and climbed up the tree to watch her, ready to leap to her aid if she passed out or anything. Despite all of the bad names he called her sometimes, and the stupid things he said, he really cared for the girl deeply. He knew that she felt that he was just using her as a replacement for Kikyo, but nothing could have been farther from the truth. What he had felt for Kikyo was shallow and hollow compared to his feelings for Kagome. But he wasn't quite ready to tell her how much he really cared for her, yet.
"You really should be resting, Kagome." said Miroku gently, "Recover your strength. You don't have to be so ashamed of your pain." Kagome sighed to herself. She couldn't tell them what was causing her pain, not yet. It wasn't supposed to happen so soon, the transformation wasn't supposed to take place for another year. She knew exactly what was happening. Her human body would undergo a painful metamorphosis and change into an Elven body; that was why she couldn't tell them. She would soon be given full range of her youkai-like powers, but she still clung to the hope that this was just a false alarm, and she wouldn't morph yet. The transformation was terrible. She would be in excruciating pain. Judging from how her body felt, she had another few hours before she would be forced to bind her hands to keep herself from doing something, drastic.
"Inuyasha! Time to eat." Shippo called. The hanyou quickly came down from his perch and waited eagerly for his portion of the noodles. Kagome had to find some excuse to get away from her friends until the change was either complete or had ceased for the time being. Then she would have to tell them the truth. However, not only was she an Elf, she was a Silver Warrior, a very high-ranking Elf. Royalty.
Inuyasha sighed as he tried to sleep that night. Kagome had insisted on taking the first watch, and against their better judgment, her friends allowed it. Inuyasha had just started to drift off to sleep when he heard the bushes rustle ever-so-slightly. He sat up and peered down to see Kagome silently slipping away from the camp and moving quickly into the woods. Inuyasha leapt from the tree and followed her, thinking venomously 'I bet she's sneaking off to see that no good Kouga. If she is I'll pound him good.' He was utterly shocked to see Kagome methodically tie her hands to a sturdy tree branch and sit down, almost like she was waiting for something. Inuyasha decided that the time for action had come.
"Kagome! What do you think you're doing? Get back to camp, it's not safe out here." Inuyasha paused as Kagome's face went an unnatural shade of green, and she began to writhe against the bonds holding her hands motionless. She made no response, indeed she didn't even seem to know that the hanyou was there, her face was utterly blank. But the smell, the smell of her pain, increasing tenfold for every beat of his heart, was nearly unbearable.
"Kagome! Kagome!" he cried, "Let me help you! What can I do? Kagome, please, answer me!" But still she made no response. Inuyasha sat down beside her and put his arms around her. She stopped wrenching her hands and turned her face into his chest. Inuyasha fell asleep with Kagome in his arms.
When Kagome awakened from the dark recesses of her transformation dreams she was surprised to see Inuyasha beside her, his arms wrapped around her gently, and fast asleep. She quietly stood and took in her new body. Her ears had grown pointed, and her hair was silver, like Inuyasha's. She was a little bit thinner, and was now clothed in leggings, a loose short-sleeved shirt and a bodice tightly laced. Her new garments were various shades of green and brown, and suited her very well. Her skin was much whiter than it had been, but it was a healthy paleness, and her eyes were silver, ringed with black. Beside her Inuyasha began to stir.
When he sat up he was alone. Nearly panicked, Inuyasha rushed back to the camp to see Kagome calmly beginning to prepare the morning meal. Or was it Kagome? She was wearing even weirder clothes than normal, and she was much paler. And those ears, were they pointed? 'It must be a Youkai, pretending to be Kagome!' thought Inuyasha, 'But where is Kagome?" He snarled at the intruder and prepared for battle.
Inuyasha's colorful language and roars of frustration woke the rest of the group, whose reaction to Kagome was almost the same as Inuyasha's. Sango's boomerang was flying before they could blink, flying straight for her. Amazingly, Kagome leapt up into the air and did a back- flip to avoid the weapon, resuming the conflict with Inuyasha moment she landed. He couldn't seem to touch her. Miroku went for his wind tunnel, but a flash of blue light from Kagome's hand sealed the rosary beads closed. Only Shippo saw Kagome for what she truly was.
"What are you doing, Inuyasha? Lay off!" Kagome yelled, still dodging his attacks. Shippo began shouting as well, though no one heeded him.
"What did you do with Kagome?" he yelled back.
"What do you mean? I am Kagome, you freak!" Inuyasha snarled and prepared to use the Scar of the Wind. Kagome stopped fighting.
"You can't hurt me with that, Inuyasha."
"Feh." he replied, and swung with all his might. When the dust cleared, Kagome was still standing, unscathed. She took one look at Inuyasha and then, tears filling her eyes, turned and fled.
Several hours later, Kagome was fifteen miles from Inuyasha and co., sitting with her back against a tree. She had sensed the bear youkai hours earlier, but chose to appear ignorant of their presence. The demons stepped into the glen, eyeing her hungrily. The largest youkai, apparently their leader spoke.
"Well, what have we here? A pretty little maid all by herself. What should we do with her?" The gang laughed and began making lewd comments and very inappropriate noises.
"I would advise you to leave now before one of you gets very seriously hurt." Kagome said rather icily. The demons growled and moved to attack, but Kagome merely gestured towards them, blasting them to pieces and calmly gathering shards of the Shikon jewel from their corpses.
Several other demons had been watching, but Kagome made no move to attack them. After all, they had not threatened her. She ignored the pattering of their feet as they scampered away.
Jaken was trembling before his Master's rage.
"Who do they think they are?!?" roared a displeased Sesshomaru, "They can't force me to take a mate. I don't even want a mate. They have gone too far this time. Jaken, prepare my things for a journey." Glad for any excuse to get out of his Master's presence, the toad youkai fled. Sesshomaru continued to snarl. He looked at the letter in his hand again.
"To Lord Sesshomaru." it read, "Greetings. This letter is to inform you that, since you have failed to make any attempt whatsoever to acquire a mate before the time stated by our law, the other Lords and Ladies will be holding a contest to determine the maid who is most worthy for your hand. All eligible maids will ..." Here he stopped reading. It merely gave the date, time and place of the contest.
An hour later the Lord set off to meet with the other Rulers. They greeted him ecstatically.
"Isn't it a simply marvelous plan?" gushed Tae, "This way we don't have to worry about you killing her after you've been joined." Sesshomaru snarled.
"Why don't you busybodies just stay out of it?" Tae just smiled and led him to the arena.
'How do I get caught up in these things?' Kagome thought. She had been minding her own business when, out of the blue, a nasty little green youkai had ordered her to get to the arena fast, or she wouldn't make it into the contest. When she questioned him as to what the contest was, he responded by shoving her into a line of girl youkais. 'Apparently I attract trouble.' There were all sorts of snide comments about her throughout the line.
"Who does that girl think she is?"
"She'll never make it."
"Eeeww! A filthy Human!" And so on and so forth. Kagome ignored the rude remarks and black glares and concentrated on figuring out what the contest was about. By reading the thoughts of those around her, she discovered that the girls were there to fight each other one on one, and whoever was the strongest would become the mate of Lord Sesshomaru. 'Him again. Why does he always have to turn up at the most inopportune times?'
Kagome found herself being pushed into a large group of demons as they watched the fights take place. There were Cat-youkai, Dog-youkai, Kitsune, different reptile demons, and many others. Soon, however, only Kagome had not fought, and the only two left in the ring were a Cat-youkai and a Lizard demoness. They fought for a long time, longer than any of the others, but in the end, the Cat-youkai triumphed.
Kagome sighed as she was pushed into the ring. The cat sharpened her claws and grinned wickedly at the girl.
"A mere Human!" she mocked, "Like you could actually defeat me!"
"I have no wish to fight you, but I will if you force me to." said Kagome quietly. There was silence in the crowd. The demoness snickered.
"Have it your way!" The youkai leapt for Kagome's throat, but she nimbly dodged the attack. Sesshomaru leaned forward with interest. That girl closely resembled Inuyasha's wench. 'This could prove interesting.' The Cat-youkai continued her assaults, and Kagome continued to dodge. The crowd became impatient.
"Come on!" they screamed, "Stop running and fight! Coward!"
Kagome continued her dance around the demoness, until the cat was thoroughly worn out. Then she grabbed her by the throat.
"I am not a Human. So do not underestimate me." With that Kagome released the youkai and began to walk out of the arena.
"Stop her! She needs to collect her prize." Several wolf demons barred the exit. Kagome watched calmly as Lord Takahashi and Sesshomaru approached. Sesshomaru didn't seem to recognize her.
"Well, my child, that was an impressive strategy back there. What is your name? What kind of Youkai are you?" asked Takahashi, kindly.
"I am called Kagome. And I am an Elf, not a youkai." She almost smirked when Sesshomaru started. So he did recognize her.
"Well, Kagome the Elf, by successfully defeating the last youkai standing, you have won this tournament. Your prize is to become the mate of Lord Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru's eye' narrowed into golden slits. He did not want her, besides she was already mated, wasn't she? He was about to protest when Kagome turned to walk away, waving over her shoulder.
"Thanks, but no thanks. Let him choose his own mate." she said coolly.
"But, butbut..." the Lord Takahashi stuttered.
"No buts, my Lord. I'm not mating him and that's final."
"Do you find me so repulsive, then?" Sesshomaru asked smoothly, immediately regretting that he had spoken.
"Do you want the truth?" Kagome asked. He nodded, struck suddenly mute by the beauty of the woman in front of him.
"Outside you are very handsome, even beautiful, but inside you lack everything worth having. Goodbye."
Oooh, dis! How will Sesshomaru respond? Tune in next week for the next exciting chapter. Please review, if you don't it will take a really long time for me to update.