Chapter 8- The Demon Within
Mai and Shippo walked out of the hut. Mai had needed some fresh air to think, and Shippo didn't want her to wander alone. Mai finally turned to Shippo, her golden eyes full of mixed feelings.
"Shippo, I…just want to say-" Mai was cut off though, as she noticed something coming towards them. It looked like a ghostlike snake dragon. She stared at it, frozen in fear. Kikyo walked up to the two slowly.
"I believe you have something of mine, Mai."
Mai faced Kikyo and looked into her empty eyes.
"I don't have anything of yours!" Mai said loudly and Shippo stood tall by her side. Kikyo laughed, a cold echo-like laugh.
"How about the soul I need to be living again? Or did your daddy not tell you?" Mai glared at the dead priestess.
"Go to hell and leave me and my family alone!" Mai yelled. Kikyo laughed again.
"First I'll be taking your soul…" Mai balled up her first and screamed
"Nooo!" That's when she started to change. The demon blood coursing through her veins seemed to take over. She stood still and her hair fanned about her face. She screamed and fell to the ground.
Her hair turned into a silvery white, and her eyes burned. She held her face with her hands, which grew sharp claw-like nails and her eyes disappeared into dog ones atop her silvery head. And with the transformation complete Mai stared at her hands trembling.
She had become a half-demon.