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Chapter XI– A Simple Twist Of Fate

Her eyes slowly blinked open, resisting the light of the day that was streaming through the window of the room, or wherever it was that she was lying in. She had no idea of her whereabouts herself.

The world around came into sharp focus faster than it should've, but she wasn't alarmed by it, for some reason.

Neither was she alarmed by the presence of another in the room, she felt the aura first, something she had learned to do some time ago. It was that of a youkai…but then something else confirmed it…

Was it scent?

No…that couldn't be right…but still…

Kagome shielded her eyes from the daylight that was illuminating the room with her arm. She groaned slightly and sat up, and then was surprised she could do so without all the blood rushing to her head making her sick.

She looked to her side at the amber colored eyes that were soaking up her form with concern clearly shining in them.

She smiled –doing so finding her lips sliding across something that wasn't there before, but she brushed the suspicion aside for the time– "Oi Inuyasha".

Then she choked and tried to gulp after talking; her throat was dry and scratchy. Apparently she had been out for a while.

She caught him sigh, then he pushed a mug in her hands. "Here, Kaede-baba said to drink this". Inuyasha said softly.

Kagome smiled again –gratefully this time– then drained it greedily. It tasted like cinnamon and Camille tea, and it washed her vocal chords so she could speak again. Somehow she caught some unknown herb in it that must've been medicinal because it cleared the groggy feeling that was weighing her down at the time.

Then, as she swallowed the last bit, her eyes shot open in reaction to the memories of what had happened last night flooded back into her conscious mind. The Shikon No Tama going over the brink. Midoriko. A flash of light, then…

She slammed the cup down on the floor; cracks webbed out from the base at the impact. "Oh my God, what happened, Inuyasha?! Are you alright?! is everyone else alright?! Where's The Jewel?! Is Midoriko gone?! I-I blacked out! What happened?!"

In reply he gulped nervously. "I…um…" he looked away as if to get help from some invisible other in the room.

Finally he looked back at her and sighed feudally. "We're alright…Kagome."

The girl blinked and clamed down. She didn't like the way he put the emphasis on "we're". Then it came back to her. Midoriko had to do something to her to cleanse the Jewel.

"She did something to me…didn't she?" It was more of a statement than a question.

The hanyou nodded slowly.

Kagome glared slightly at his caution, getting annoyed that he was afraid to tell her. "What is it?"

"Well, the good news is that Midoriko is gone, the jewel is at the temple because Kaede said it's still too dangerous for you to wear all the time, and we haven't had an attack for a while."

She continued to glare irritably. "Inuyasha, that's not what I asked."

Then she blinked and her anger melted as she realized something bad must have happened for him to be so cautious. "So…what's the bad news?"

Inuyasha sighed again. "Kagome…" He rubbed the back of his neck in uncertainty as he spoke.

"I don't know how to tell you this, but…" he stopped his gesture.

Then he took her hand in his. Kagome blinked at him in confusion but found no answer in his eyes, so she looked down instead.

Her eyes widened in sheer shock.

She had claws! She stared at her hand as if it was Inuyasha's and not hers. No, it was most defiantly hers for she could tell his from hers with ease, so…

'What the hell!' she mentally screamed.

Kagome held her hand in front of her face and then the other with wide eyes of confusion. Yep. Claws. Each of her fingers was tipped with a white, semi-long, sharp talon that eloquently curved like normal fingernails at the base then came to a point at the tip. Just like Inuyasha's.

They were kind of cool, but she forced that thought out of her mind. 'This is not cool, this totally freaky!!!'

Kagome looked up to lock eyes with the demon at her side. "Inuyasha…?" she whispered weakly.

He gulped, leaned back in that way he always does when he's afraid (but he'd never admit that), and his eyes unconsciously traveled to the top of her head.

Her hands followed his eye's path, starting at the sides of her head. 'What in the seven hells is going on here?!' she silently shrieked as she touched her skin.

Her ears were gone. Not there. Just gone.

And for reasons she herself couldn't understand, her hands continued their ascent to find that her ears were there…

Just at the top of her head, amongst her hair. She felt them. They were furry and delicate, started with curves like Inuyasha's but came to a sharper point at the top than his.

Kagome met Inuyasha's eyes once more. "Inuyasha?" she asked shakily.

He nodded once.

Her arms dropped to her side as if they had suddenly gotten too heavy, "What happened?" she breathed.

He gulped, hesitated, but then decided he couldn't avoid the subject any more 'She's going to find out sooner or later…' he reminded himself.

"Kagome…"

He had her full attention, it she finding it hard to breath…

"You're a hanyou now".

Seconds passed, her eyes remained blank as if she hadn't heard what he had told her.

Then.

"WHAT THE HELL?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed as loud as she could, then jumped up and burst out of the room at a run.

'Shit' was the one word that went through Inuyasha's mind before he jumped up and was after her.

Moments later after chasing her a bit, outside in the forest, Inuyasha slid to a halt and reached out in front of him and wrapped a strong arm around Kagome's tiny waist and gently pulled her back to his chest, then securing his other arm around her.

She pushed against him "ARG! LET ME GO!!!!!"

"Shhh, calm down." Inuyasha gently commanded into her hair

Kagome took a few calming breaths and relaxed, after a moments she hung her head in shame. "I'm sorry…I don't know what came over me…I…. I just ran…" her voice was barely a whisper, she felt like crying. What was happening?

"It's okay…you're just scared…but it's all right." he eased in the same tone as earlier. His warm breath on her neck was soothing enough; she didn't need anymore to be convinced she that she wasn't going crazy.

Kagome took another breath. "Am I really a…?" she couldn't finish.

Inuyasha finished for her "Yeah."

As Inuyasha let his arms fall away from her waist Kagome felt scared again, though she had no idea why.

He stepped away from her and nodded to the pond they had just happened to stop at. "See for yourself." he said softly.

Kagome gulped and then forced herself towards the edge of the pond. Hesitantly she leaned over a little and peered in the water. What she saw made her gasp.

She was a hanyou! But…she still looked like herself, sort of. It was hard to explain. She looked different but the same at the same time.

Her hair was still black, although it now fell to her waist, but it still had that pretty slight wave to it. 'Wait'…she gracefully bent down on all fours to look closer in the water. Her hair wasn't completely black; it was as if the rays of the sun had splashed blue into her hair! (A/N: ever notice how Kagome sometimes has a blue tint to her hair, like it's laid on the tops her hair and bangs? Well, she looks exactly like that only now its permanent).

The claws on her hands didn't surprise her since she had been introduced to them earlier.

She focused now on her ears, they were black with white interiors and looked exactly like Inuyasha's save that they were pointier…now that she got a good look at them, they were kind of…cute (although not nearly as cute as a certain other hanyou's that she knew all too well).

Then she caught her eyes, they were no longer hazel but an exotic silver-blue, but besides the color they were still her eyes, full of emotion and light. (A/N: in the anime her eyes are brown, but in the manga they're blue…so I thought that was kind of cool to make that change).

Before she knew why Kagome found herself opening her mouth for inspection. She instantly saw why. She had fangs! Not huge ones, but big enough to see, another feature that bore a great resemblance to Inuyasha.

After a long while of studying her new features in the reflective water she finally stood and looked and at Inuyasha "I'm an inu-hanyoukai, sō?"

He nodded.

She looked back at her reflection. Unbelievable…wait a minute! Holy crap! That's what her dream was about! The dream she had before the Shikon No Tama woke her up! The same dream that Midoriko had referred to…

"I will awaken with is dormant within you"… Modoriko's voice went through her mind in a whisper.

'What did she mean by that? …'

"Kagome?"

Inuyasha's concerned voice snapped her out her trance, she met his eyes.

"Are you okay?"

The girl looked away and off to side as if contemplating. "I don't know…yes physically…"

Then the mood shifted and she looked up with a smile "I feel like I have more energy than ever before…so I feel great!"

Inuyasha blinked at her. "You're not mad or scared or anything?!"

"No…for some reason…I'm not at all…anymore…" She looked at him. "Thanks for coming after me."

For some reason, he blushed and looked away "Don't thank me…"

Kagome cocked her head to one side, why did he look so sad all of a sudden? She was about to say something when–

"Kagome-chan!" a voice cried out behind her.

The addressed spun to see her caller; a bright smile crept across her face. "Sango-chan!"

Sango caught up to her and the girls embraced in a friendly hug.

"We were all so worried, are you alright?" Sango breathed as they let go.

"Daijobu, Sango-chan…I just…um…" Kagome unconsciously looked at her claws.

The slayer smiled knowingly "Surprising, isn't it?"

Kagome looked up at her friend questioningly "You…knew…?"

The huntress laughed then smiled again. "Yeah, we were there while you changed…so we all know…"

Kagome sighed a sigh of relief. She was glad she had been spared explaining why she had changed to all her friends…especially since she didn't quite understand it herself.

Sango's smile suddenly melted, she put her hand on Kagome's shoulder. "You're really okay?"

The miko smiled reassuringly. "Yeah…I am."

"Good, I'm glad…we were all really worried about you…weren't we Inuyasha?" Sango asked with a smile and directed the last part at the hanyou.

He blinked once and stared for about a second as if deciding how exactly to answer, then he looked away stubbornly and said a crude "keh" and with that he walked away.

This time it was the girl's turn to blink as they watched him go.

Kagome felt hurt for some reason, "Inuyasha?"

Sango cocked her eye brow, "What's up with him?" then she turned to Kagome, who was staring in the direction, saw the pain in her eyes, and came to the conclusion her friend was just as clueless as she was.

"Kagome-chan…" the miko looked at her.

Sango continued, "He didn't leave your side you know." she said quietly.

The hanyou (Kagome, kids, that's going to be one of her new antecedents because I erm…I like to use them) cocked her head to one side, "Huh?"

"You were out for five days, and he wouldn't leave you. He didn't eat or sleep, we would come in every day to make sure you were okay, but he didn't leave your side for one second."

Kagome blinked in shock.

"…And when we told him he'd die if he eat or anything he said he didn't care."

The miko blinked once more then looked down. Why did he do that?

Sango smiled "Just thought you'd like to know."

Kagome quickly decided to stop worrying about everything, letting the optimist in her win. She smiled back "Thanks."

Sango smiled, "Let's go shopping!"

The hanyou sweat dropped slightly, "Huh?"

"Well…you told me it was one of your hobbies and um…"Sango looked down.

"What is it, Sango-chan?"

"Er….that uniform that you wear all the time…the blood didn't come out of it."

"Nani?!"

"The battle a couple of days ago…"

"Oh." Kagome looked down in defeat, "Crap."

"Cheep up, Kagome-chan, you're going to need clothes to train in anyway."

The miko looked up at her friend. "Huh?"

The slayer smiled "I have a feeling this new part of yours will come in handy."

Kagome smiled back. "You know…I think you're right."

Owari Chapter Jūichi

Amehana: glomps Kagome welcome to the hanyou club Kagome-chan!

Inuyasha: we have a club? …

Amehana: uh…we do now!

Inuyasha: sweat drop

Amehana: soooooo did I surprise ya? Kinda stupid, I'll admit, but, I didn't just throw the Kagome changing part in here on a whim, I've been planning this from the beginning. And it is a critical part in the plot line; otherwise this would be any other fic…kinda.

What will happen next? You'll have to stay tuned to find out!

Guess what! This chapter is also an allusion! Yay I love those! "Twist of a fate" is a song by Bob Dylan, he's so cool…

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