Kagome was unaware of the hand reaching out to her shoulder.
"We will start the spell tonight." Kaede told Kagome as she placed her hand on Kagome's shoulder to turn her to Kaede.
Kagome nodded and followed Her grandmother into one of the ship's rooms.
The dark was reaching all corners of the room except the middle.
All the oldest Mikos were sitting in a circle around a thick black candle that had flames casting odd shadows on the ship wall.
Kagome spotted Kikyo at one side with a seat waiting for her.
As soon as Kagome was in the circle, the old women began to chant something so ancient and un real that even Kagome being a powerful Miko couldn't understand any little bit of it.
"This task is much harder then it seems," Kikyo whispered in Kagome's ear. "we have to make sure it gets right to Raku and no one else."
Kagome nodded and closed her eyes, but when she did it was darker inside her mind. She had this terrible feeing that something was going to go wrong.
"Grandmother Kaede," Kagome tried to call her quietly. "Kaede, Ow!" Kagome piped as she felt Kikyo's elbow nudge her in the ribs.
"Not now. We can't disturb them." Kikyo whispered to Kagome.
Kagome nodded and swallowed hard, her mind dreading what would happen.
(with Inuyasha.)
Inuyasha's eyes flashed open and he realized that he was suddenly craving pan cakes.
"Come on Miroku! We are going to the diner!" Inuyasha shouted, shaking the sleeping Miroku by the shoulders.
"It's four in the morning!!" Miroku almost screamed as he stared bewildered at his digital alarm clock.
"I know, I know. I just feel so famished! And you know how the diner is open all Saturday night." Inuyasha explained to Miroku as he shoved his sleepy friend into the bathroom and shut the door.
"Inuyasha," Miroku called to him from behind the door. "You have cravings like a woman about to have a baby."
Some minutes later Inuyasha and Miroku were walking along the sidewalk as a few cars zoomed by and the street lights flickered.
"This is great. We should do this more often." Inuyasha told Miroku, grinning at him.
"You need a girlfriend." Miroku told him back, his sleep deprived face frowning.
"And so do you." Inuyasha replied.
Inside the diner was almost empty except for a few truckers and night job employees.
Inuyasha had a stack of pancakes while Miroku just had a cup of coffee. "It's too early to eat." Miroku mumbled.
After they were done, Inuyasha decided that he and Miroku should go the long way home on the path through the forest.
Inuyasha stopped walking. He sensed something. He knew he did, he always had a knack for sensing stuff.
Miroku bumped into the stopped Inuyasha and practically fell asleep on his back if Inuyasha didn't yell,
"Look over there!"
"Huh? Digital Pancake what!?" Miroku asked as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
Inuyasha just gave him a funny look.
But then suddenly Miroku also spied something behind some trees a little ways ahead of them.
"Look." Miroku whispered, pointing towards the shadow.
It was a person in a black cape. They seemed to be hiding from something the way they walked, then stopped, ducking behind every few trees.
"He-hello?" Inuyasha called out in their direction. The person in the cape turned, revealing the face of a young woman with red eyes, but what was even stranger was this odd shape of light speeding towards her from the sky Inuyasha had noticed.
"Well hello there. No need to by shy." Miroku grinned as he ran up to the young woman. Inuyasha could feel it. Something wasn't right about this woman. The expression on her face, those red eyes, and the way she looked towards the sky and stood behind Miroku.
Wait, Miroku!
Inuyasha snapped out of it and realized whatever was coming from the sky it would hit Miroku.
"Miroku, Watch out!" Inuyasha yelled, running swiftly between trees as he felt his quickened heart beat as the bright light started to break through the tree branches.
Just as the light was about to hit Miroku, Inuyasha had pushed him out of the way, accidentally becoming the light's next victim as it pierced him.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled as he got to his feet and stared helplessly at his friend laying on the ground, surrounded by some strange light.
Miroku looked to where the woman was to find it empty.
"Uhg, It's burning into my flesh!" Inuyasha choked.
He was right. The strange light was seeping into his pores and evaporating under his skin.
Inuyasha's veins felt like they were expanding and about to explode. He knew something in that light was doing something to his body. He could feel it happening.
Miroku gasped and backed as far as he could against a tree as he watched his friend start to do some kind of mutating process.
It looked like Inuyasha's bones were snapping out of place, then going back in somewhat different.
Miroku held his ears because he didn't want to hear the screams of pain coming from Inuyasha.
Miroku tried getting closer to Inuyasha, but Inuyasha just told him to go get help.
Miroku was about to go, but then suddenly Inuyasha started changing again.
So Miroku, worried that something might happen if he left Inuyasha stayed by his side.
"What's happening to me?" Inuyasha almost whimpered as he lifted up his hands to see his short nails becoming longer and thicker like those of an animal.
He felt a weird sensation on his head as suddenly his hair grew long, almost down to his hands.
Then the most painful things, in his mouth he felt like two of his front teeth were being pulled out.
He could almost taste the blood.
When he put a finger to one of the hurting teeth, he was shocked as he ran his finger up and down on a smooth fang like point.
Suddenly his ears began to twist and turn, his head throbbing from all the pain.
Then It was the weirdest thing, like somehow his ears just moved from the side of his head onto the top of his head.
They were doing all this sort of curling and bending, and when it stopped he reached up to feel something small and fuzzy like a cat's ear on top of his head.
Then everything grew silent and still as Inuyasha lay there panting.
"Are....You alright Inuyasha?" Miroku asked, peering over him, Miroku's eyes widening as he looked at what his friend had become.
"Inuyasha! You....what's going on?"
All of a sudden Miroku noticed a couple slash marks forming on the sides of Inuyasha's cheeks, and Inuyasha's eyes grew a bright bloody red.
"Inuyasha....?" Miroku said quietly as a soft low growling noise erupted from Inuyasha.
Inuyasha hopped up and Lunged forth at Miroku, slamming him into a tree as he held him high up into the air by his neck.
"Inu....yasha....What are you doing?" Miroku managed to say between a wheeze. Inuyasha's grip was getting tighter.
Then, Miroku caught a glimpse of small purple and tan fang shaped things heading towards Inuyasha at the speed of light.
They wrapped themselves in a necklace style around Inuyasha's neck.
A worried expression overtook Inuyasha's demon like face as he stared down at the beads.
"Sit!" A female voice called.
"We will start the spell tonight." Kaede told Kagome as she placed her hand on Kagome's shoulder to turn her to Kaede.
Kagome nodded and followed Her grandmother into one of the ship's rooms.
The dark was reaching all corners of the room except the middle.
All the oldest Mikos were sitting in a circle around a thick black candle that had flames casting odd shadows on the ship wall.
Kagome spotted Kikyo at one side with a seat waiting for her.
As soon as Kagome was in the circle, the old women began to chant something so ancient and un real that even Kagome being a powerful Miko couldn't understand any little bit of it.
"This task is much harder then it seems," Kikyo whispered in Kagome's ear. "we have to make sure it gets right to Raku and no one else."
Kagome nodded and closed her eyes, but when she did it was darker inside her mind. She had this terrible feeing that something was going to go wrong.
"Grandmother Kaede," Kagome tried to call her quietly. "Kaede, Ow!" Kagome piped as she felt Kikyo's elbow nudge her in the ribs.
"Not now. We can't disturb them." Kikyo whispered to Kagome.
Kagome nodded and swallowed hard, her mind dreading what would happen.
(with Inuyasha.)
Inuyasha's eyes flashed open and he realized that he was suddenly craving pan cakes.
"Come on Miroku! We are going to the diner!" Inuyasha shouted, shaking the sleeping Miroku by the shoulders.
"It's four in the morning!!" Miroku almost screamed as he stared bewildered at his digital alarm clock.
"I know, I know. I just feel so famished! And you know how the diner is open all Saturday night." Inuyasha explained to Miroku as he shoved his sleepy friend into the bathroom and shut the door.
"Inuyasha," Miroku called to him from behind the door. "You have cravings like a woman about to have a baby."
Some minutes later Inuyasha and Miroku were walking along the sidewalk as a few cars zoomed by and the street lights flickered.
"This is great. We should do this more often." Inuyasha told Miroku, grinning at him.
"You need a girlfriend." Miroku told him back, his sleep deprived face frowning.
"And so do you." Inuyasha replied.
Inside the diner was almost empty except for a few truckers and night job employees.
Inuyasha had a stack of pancakes while Miroku just had a cup of coffee. "It's too early to eat." Miroku mumbled.
After they were done, Inuyasha decided that he and Miroku should go the long way home on the path through the forest.
Inuyasha stopped walking. He sensed something. He knew he did, he always had a knack for sensing stuff.
Miroku bumped into the stopped Inuyasha and practically fell asleep on his back if Inuyasha didn't yell,
"Look over there!"
"Huh? Digital Pancake what!?" Miroku asked as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
Inuyasha just gave him a funny look.
But then suddenly Miroku also spied something behind some trees a little ways ahead of them.
"Look." Miroku whispered, pointing towards the shadow.
It was a person in a black cape. They seemed to be hiding from something the way they walked, then stopped, ducking behind every few trees.
"He-hello?" Inuyasha called out in their direction. The person in the cape turned, revealing the face of a young woman with red eyes, but what was even stranger was this odd shape of light speeding towards her from the sky Inuyasha had noticed.
"Well hello there. No need to by shy." Miroku grinned as he ran up to the young woman. Inuyasha could feel it. Something wasn't right about this woman. The expression on her face, those red eyes, and the way she looked towards the sky and stood behind Miroku.
Wait, Miroku!
Inuyasha snapped out of it and realized whatever was coming from the sky it would hit Miroku.
"Miroku, Watch out!" Inuyasha yelled, running swiftly between trees as he felt his quickened heart beat as the bright light started to break through the tree branches.
Just as the light was about to hit Miroku, Inuyasha had pushed him out of the way, accidentally becoming the light's next victim as it pierced him.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled as he got to his feet and stared helplessly at his friend laying on the ground, surrounded by some strange light.
Miroku looked to where the woman was to find it empty.
"Uhg, It's burning into my flesh!" Inuyasha choked.
He was right. The strange light was seeping into his pores and evaporating under his skin.
Inuyasha's veins felt like they were expanding and about to explode. He knew something in that light was doing something to his body. He could feel it happening.
Miroku gasped and backed as far as he could against a tree as he watched his friend start to do some kind of mutating process.
It looked like Inuyasha's bones were snapping out of place, then going back in somewhat different.
Miroku held his ears because he didn't want to hear the screams of pain coming from Inuyasha.
Miroku tried getting closer to Inuyasha, but Inuyasha just told him to go get help.
Miroku was about to go, but then suddenly Inuyasha started changing again.
So Miroku, worried that something might happen if he left Inuyasha stayed by his side.
"What's happening to me?" Inuyasha almost whimpered as he lifted up his hands to see his short nails becoming longer and thicker like those of an animal.
He felt a weird sensation on his head as suddenly his hair grew long, almost down to his hands.
Then the most painful things, in his mouth he felt like two of his front teeth were being pulled out.
He could almost taste the blood.
When he put a finger to one of the hurting teeth, he was shocked as he ran his finger up and down on a smooth fang like point.
Suddenly his ears began to twist and turn, his head throbbing from all the pain.
Then It was the weirdest thing, like somehow his ears just moved from the side of his head onto the top of his head.
They were doing all this sort of curling and bending, and when it stopped he reached up to feel something small and fuzzy like a cat's ear on top of his head.
Then everything grew silent and still as Inuyasha lay there panting.
"Are....You alright Inuyasha?" Miroku asked, peering over him, Miroku's eyes widening as he looked at what his friend had become.
"Inuyasha! You....what's going on?"
All of a sudden Miroku noticed a couple slash marks forming on the sides of Inuyasha's cheeks, and Inuyasha's eyes grew a bright bloody red.
"Inuyasha....?" Miroku said quietly as a soft low growling noise erupted from Inuyasha.
Inuyasha hopped up and Lunged forth at Miroku, slamming him into a tree as he held him high up into the air by his neck.
"Inu....yasha....What are you doing?" Miroku managed to say between a wheeze. Inuyasha's grip was getting tighter.
Then, Miroku caught a glimpse of small purple and tan fang shaped things heading towards Inuyasha at the speed of light.
They wrapped themselves in a necklace style around Inuyasha's neck.
A worried expression overtook Inuyasha's demon like face as he stared down at the beads.
"Sit!" A female voice called.
