Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I do own what's about to happen to Kagome…

Author's note: Okay listen I see that I left you guys hanging… Very sorry… There is one cuss word in this chapter too, but Kagome has ample reason for it.

Chapter Nine: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes part IIII

"WHAT THE HELL!" screeched Kagome as Sesshomaru was almost knocked out of his chair by the bloodcurdling sound, "EXPLAIN IF YOU PLEASE!" 'What the…' thought Kagome anxiously. She was staring at herself… sort of. The girl in the mirror had long black hair exactly like hers, except it was a foot longer and faded out to a frost blue at the tips. She had a dark blue star in the middle of her forehead, and two simple dark blue stripes going down either cheek. Kagome looked at her hands, they were now dainty talons. 'Oh no, this is just too weird,' Kagome thought as she continued to survey herself. She looked at her eyes, they were the same dark blue as before, but there was a thin ring of frost blue around the edge. Kagome sighed and looked at her complete self in the mirror again, her eyes bulged. She had been so preoccupied with her face that she had not realized the- "WINGS AND A TAIL!" Yeah, she had a dark black furry tail, and dark black-feathered wings. Kagome sat down calmly, and then started hyperventilating. Sesshomaru watched all of this with amusement and occasional pain when Kagome decided to screech. He watched as she started to hyperventilate, and then decided it was time to intervene.

"Calm down. You are simply a youkai." Sesshomaru said, surveying her for himself. She was a most peculiar mix; she seemed to be exactly half wolf youkai, and exactly half bird youkai. This meant that one of her parents was pure-bred wolf, the other pure-bred bird youkai, meaning they would both be high-class. Sesshomaru could tell she was exactly half-and-half because she had the tail of a wolf youkai, which only came if you were at least half wolf, and the wings of a bird youkai, which only came if you were at least half bird. She also had the most peculiar color of wings, black was an uncommon color among bird youkai; it signified power, and wisdom. And her eyes, Kagome's eyes were now so elegant… -

"Ya know you can stop gawking at me now." Kagome said with a hint of annoyance in her voice. Sesshomaru resisted the urge to roll his eyes. –You were gawking you know.- 'Go away.'

"Why would I want to gawk at you?" he said, with a touch of childishness. Kagome shrugged.

"Well I always thought to leave the lord to his own business; after all, he must have his own reasons." Kagome said with an audible mock in her voice. Sesshomaru immediately raced to pin her against the wall by the throat, the only problem was that she wasn't in his grasp, in fact, she was clinging to the ceiling.

"Rather useful feature with the wings and all…" Kagome said, giggling. 'I know Sesshomaru wouldn't really have killed me, he just saved my life.' Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, so you would like to do it that way then?" he said, Kagome saw the amusement flash in his eyes. She quietly wondered what Sesshomaru was thinking… He started to come closer, and closer. Kagome did what came naturally, she ran. She opened the door and ran down the hall; she could not help the hysterical giggling noise she was making. Sesshomaru ran after her. They both took off running through the halls until Kagome reached the front door and ran outside, tumbling into the grass, still giggling. Kagome panted, she was out of breath. Sesshomaru sat down next to the girl, willing himself not to smile. 'Was I just… playing?' Sesshomaru thought curiously, but with no disgust. –Yes, you were, and you enjoyed it. - said his conscience with an air of satisfaction. The regal youkai ignored it and decided to change the subject.

"You need to train; years of being a pitiful human have left you unable to fight." Kagome growled, catching another raised eyebrow from Sesshomaru.

"Look, I have no clue who my real parents are, if they're alive, or why the heck I'm a youkai in the first place. I still don't really know what happened and I'm just…" said Kagome, looking downward, "I'm really confused, ok?" Sesshomaru smelled the salt from her tears, she had started to cry! What had he done now?

"Kagome," Sesshomaru said softly, catching the girl's attention, "You should not cry, crying does not help at all. Come, we will train in the dojo. You must be prepared." Kagome nodded. 'So he's not all that bad,' she thought, with a distant smile, 'Inuyasha would've just yelled at me. I wonder where he is now.' Sesshomaru could read whatever she was thinking, of course, but it was polite to respect one's privacy. Even if his claws were itching every second with want to hear what she's thinking…

With Inuyasha (Finally.)

"My half-brother is heading straight to the castle," Inuyasha announced to the group, only in somewhat more colorful words.

"What does he want with Lady Kagome?" Miroku asked worriedly. Inuyasha growled.

"I don't know. But if he touches a hair on her head, he's dog meat, literally!"

End of Chapter

Review Please! I'm so sorry it took me longer to get this chapter up, confusion is rampant in my household….