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Reviewer: Finally, she shows a little gratitude...

Sorry! Well, anyway, I have something else to apologize for due to the fact that this chapter took the longest to write, but has been the shortest one...(sweat drop) But, it took me a while to make time for it, and find the right words...Anyhow! Here it is, read it till the very end. Have fun!


Kagome could barely open her eyelids, and it was a struggle because it felt as if there were mountains of sand piled on top of each, but she refused to shut them because even if they were tired, her mind wasn't. Her mind felt like it had absorbed the energy from a hundred cups of coffee, and for some reason, she could process clearer thoughts and even remembered all that happened just before she had her nose pressed against a handkerchief that must've been scented with a strong substance that made her collapse. She remembered the 'operation', what had they done to her?

She sat up from a white bed, with white sheets, and saw, what else? White walls… This room was, if possible, more hospital looking than the last one with all the gray beds aligned beside each other. Then she took in another detail she hadn't noticed, the walls and the floor were not only white but also reflected light, they were shiny and looked like they contained some filling. She intended to land steady on her feet when she perked off the bed, but instead her knees bended and she fell limply on her face. She felt the shiny floor, and it felt somewhat like a cushion. She wanted to get up and walk around but her body didn't seem to want the same and ignored her orders. She felt numb, but she fought to regain control of her being.

After a quarter of an hour, she managed to stand, but she had to use her arms to hold the bed for support and balance her weight. Her legs were shaking and wouldn't stay in place. She decided to sit back on the bed and just observe her habitat from there. The more she observed, the more the room looked like one of the rooms insane people with straightjackets were put in at mental institutes. She laughed at her thought. Why would I be put in a room like that? I'm not crazy... she convinced her self over and over again that she wasn't crazy, but what about all the events that happened? Were they real?Her thoughts zoomed in her mind from the dog boy, to the doctors... What if they weren't? What if I truly am growing insane? Or maybe they thought she was insane and placed her there…not, that couldn't be…

A loud noise cut into her thoughts, it had come from a square part of the wall that looked the same as the rest of the wall, but opened up and closed as a door when a man came in. Doors came out of nowhere in this place! He approached her delicately as if she was a ticking bomb that could explode at any second, and questioned " He-lloo, can youu un-der-staand mee?" slowly, like she was mentally challenged. Kagome knew this low voice; it was the doctor from before!

"Yes, of course. I'm not retarded…or crazy." She answered.

"Oh" he sighed in relief 'Phew!' "Sorry, I just thought you would snap."

"Snap? I-am-not-CRAZY!"

"Yes, I know… I never said you were."

"Oh… Well, good." She was relieved as well, "Why is it I can't move properly? I feel like my body's dead…almost."

"Yes, well, you were shot with anesthesia for the operation. And you will probably feel that way until, about a few hours pass…"

"WHAT IS THE OPERATION! Tell me, please," she pleaded.

"Oh, sure! Now that we're through with it, I can tell you everything you want to know."

"Really!" she asked, ecstatic.

"Really."

"Okay…First of all, what is the operation? What exactly did you do to me?"

"I suppose that should be your first concern, because it involves you the most…" (AN: Drum roll!) He cleared his throat and began "This operation is used for the enhancement of the brain." Kagome was about to ask something but the doctor beat her to it and answered, "Not for expanding it in size literally, because then it wouldn't fit your skull (she calmed down) rather for expanding the amount of knowledge it can take in and store for later use. What I mean is, the normal human uses about ten percent of his/her brain at a time, while this little operation allows anyone who undergoes it to use fifteen percent of the brain at a time."

Kagome gasped, "Wow… So, this whole scientific thingy makes me…smarter?" Kagome asked, but by the manner she asked the question an onlooker would have contradicted Kagome on the basis that her vocabulary hadn't grown any more intelligent than a five year old.

"Precisely"

"And this affects me…how? I mean, what am I able to do now that I couldn't before?"

"That is, young girl, an excellent question, which I happen to know."

"Okay, could you tell me?"

"Oh, yes of course. This operation enables you to pick up any object you wish, when you wish, without any physical movement, or it makes you telekinetic. Also, it helps you think faster, and react incredibly quickly in a dangerous situation. And in some cases, when the 'Potential' test scores are high, you also obtain special extra abilities."

"Potential test scores?"

"Yes, it's similar to your IQ"

"I see… And what are some of the 'special abilities'?"

"It depends on the person, it could range anywhere from an unseen barrier or force field for protection, to energy bombs."

"Bo-bombs!"

"Yes, bombs."

Kagome gulped, but still wanted to know more, even though her conscience told her she knew enough to ask to leave immediately instead. She disliked bombs…

"Wha-at is this place? Where am I? And why did the other boy have…dog-ears? Are they real?"

"Yes, they are real. Oh! (he chuckled) That's why you though you were crazy…"

"Also because I'm in this…room."

"Oh don't worry that's just a precaution… But to answer your questions, you are in a shelter where a lot of ex-humans, I suppose you could call them, live and hide from scientists. They…we train here, in preparation for a war. The boy had dog-ears because he used to be a specimen of a genetics science institute in which, when he was human, he was paid riches to be tested on with genetic experiments. But he didn't know the risks. And in his case, he was introduced a few dog genes into his DNA, giving him the abilities of…dogs. And just like him there are many other part humans-part animals or insects, or even plants…"

"That's horrible, no wait, he has abilities? Then isn't that good?"

"Yes, it is. For him and only a few others."

"What do you mean?
"Well, the history of genetic experiments with bonding two DNA's have not been very successful, to say the least. Many of the first few experiments, resulted in deformed beasts with no brains, or soul… Most of them died only a few second later, but then the second experiments died a few minutes later, and the scientists kept experimenting with people until they had a few successes. These successes thought, and felt like humans, but could jump one story high, or carry twice their weight. The ones who survived the experiments, like the dog boy (he laughed), escaped and created shelters to live in and hide all over Japan, because they have to be constantly on the move. And they planned to reproduce into millions, only...Two experiments could never have a thinking child, it was either too weak to live or was more animal than human…so they tried to gather humans to have offsprings, and it worked! So they decided they needed to get the odds on their favor to fight a war against the twisted scientists so they could live and peace and not have to hide in fear for the rest of their lives, and with the humans, their numbers strengthened."

"Oh...my...gosh…" Kagome was breathless.

"Anymore questions?"

"Ye-eah, actually, (she found her voice) I would like to know if the humans that helped the partly-humans did this, willingly?"

"No, most of the first ones were abducted, and given an operation to make them feel…out of place, if they ever went back with the other 'normal' humans. And as a plus, the operation also was to 'assist', if you will, their mental capability. And in this shelter, and others all over the country, is where we train to use our 'abilities' to prepare for battle."

"So, now I can't go back home because I'll feel…out of place?" she asked softly.

"You can go back, but it'll feel…different"

"And I can go, as in now?" she asked in hope of going home.

"Nope, we need all the strong soldiers to be on our side."

"Well, I wasn't going to choose a side, because I didn't know any of this, so why make me choose yours if I wasn't involved? WHY ME!" She asked in frustration and anger.

"Well, you happened to fall into a hole which led here, and you sneaked in somehow…and you"

"This wasn't my fault! I wanted to leave so I… looked around for an exit!"

"Yes, and you found out our location, so for security principles we couldn't let you go. The choices were to a) change you into one of us and make you leave the rest of the world behind, or b) Kill you, and leave no trace of your existence…that means killing your family as well. Which one do you choose?"

Kagome didn't answer, she couldn't. She chose to keep asking questions, but in a more desperate manner, "So you won't let me go? And why are there more humans in this place than part humans?"

"No, we won't, it was our leader's strict orders. And there are more humans here, because you weren't the first fool to fall in through that hole…trust me."

"You mean, here, as in this shelter."

"See? You are growing smarter."

"…I'm never going to see my family again?"

"Maybe the operation hasn't 'kicked in' just yet…yes, you will NEVER see your family again, they will believe you've been kidnapped, and murdered. And now I will leave in case you start having a tantrum and your unknown abilities awake and cause some damage, so just stay here, in this indestructible room." He smiled nervously as he left, and closed the door.

"I'll have what?" was Kagome's last question, which was never answered.

It only took a few moments for the doctor's prediction to occur…Kagome was so, overwhelmed by, well… everything. She just had an unwanted operation that transformed her inside forever, altered her. She felt like a computer that had just been given a more up-to-date CPU, upgraded, and according to the doctor, that's all she was. She had no say in this, and that sickened her. That, andthe fact that she had to fight a war against people she had never met in her entire life. Plus her heart was being hacked into bits by a single thought, and as the seconds passed, the agonizing thought that was floating around in her head penetrated her even more…Like venom… I'm NEVER going to see my family again?

And with that thought, she snapped. The heat was rising to her head, and her brains boiled. Her blood boiled, and her pulse exceeded that of the average human during tachycardia. She clenched her fists, which were shaking with anger. Fire burned in her eyes, and on her…body? In the corner of her eye she saw light, or something burning. She looked at her fists, they were glowing in blood red and orange, but she didn't care…was that another of her abilities? That came from THE OPERATION! She was blinded from the world: her eyes saw the room she was in, but her mind didn't visualize it. Suddenly, the spark of anger that tinged her body now surged through her veins and created a massive wildfire. She didn't notice how she was now five feet closer to the ceiling, or how the shiny walls, floor, and ceiling now changed into red as they returned the light she gave off, which she also hadn't seen…

(in another room that read, 'surveillance':)

"Oh dear- Oh no!" A human-looking woman exclaimed. She had dark coffee eyes and hair. "Security! Call security!" she instructed a man sitting next to her, who took off running, but before he completely left she shouted "And advise the leader to come here, say it's urgent!"

She stared at the TV screen monitor before her in astonishment; I have never seen anything like this! She thought.

A few minutes later, the cavalry arrived. Five men with dark blue uniforms and clubs stepped in accompanied by a doggish boy wearing a red uniform.

"Leader Inuyasha, please, take a look! I have never seen a breakdown from our new members like this!" she pointed sharply at the screen. Inuyasha could clearly see a young girl who was floating in midair, enclosed by an abnormal, glowing blood red light. Was she…the source of the light?

"You five go inside the room and try to calm her down! She's more your kind anyway." He commanded, and the five men in blue uniform rushed out, and popped up on the screen running through the door. They were pushed about by an unseen force, and couldn't seem to be able to get closer; something was holding them back…or rather pushing them away. Blue-white bolts like lightning were suddenly caught on screen. They stroked the men and they were shaken violently, but didn't fall on their knees. They seemed to try and move forward, but it looked like they were pushing a heavy rock using their whole bodies for strength. The time came when they just couldn't get any closer, and Inuyasha realized he had to something, and soon.

"Forget it! If you want something done right, do it yourself!" he yelled and left. He was quickly three steps away from the door that lead in the girl's room, and he could hear the shouting of various orders being given at once, in panicked stutters. He launched the door forwards with his strength, which was required just to open the door. When he got in, the sole force of the light was able to close the door behind him. He felt as if gravity had now changed its rules, and decided to pull from side to side instead of from up to down…In other words, he was pushed against the wall.

"I want all of you out of here! I'll handle this; it's too strong for weak bodies!" He ordered. The men moved as slowly as if they were carrying hippos on their backs.

"Go already!"

"WE ARE TRYING! But our bodies can't move!" One explained. Bolts still flashed everywhere, and the men avoided being in their contact, one bad experience was enough. Inuyasha on the other hand, hadn't learned how 'hot fire' could 'burn', so he didn't avoid one bolt heading straight for him, instead he blocked, and it hit him causing the same effect on him but with less damage. "Shit!"

"Yeah, we try to avoid those."

"Why didn't ya tell me! Oh, forget it! Just leave!"

"WE CAN'T! This is as fast as we can go!"

"Oh, right. Well, the only way to stop this would be to… stop the source of it all."

"I think the girl is the source, sir!" Another man replied, in all seriousness thinking himself very smart and helpful.

"I think the walls are the source…" Inuyasha replied sarcastically.

"Well, I doubt it, sir."

"I know you dumbass! I'll handle this!" And with that, he jumped straight towards the floating girl with all his strength, and as he got closer and closer, his head started spinning. And it became warmer; it was like this girl was giving off…energy.

"HEY GIRL! Stop beating the crap out of us, would ya!" He could see the girl's face now, her mouth and nose were there, and her eyes too, but the pupils had disintegrated. Her eyes seemed almost…soullessly. Was she blind? Had she just become blind? He also saw her skin color; it was on the verge of peach to full-fledged orange! He had to stop this somehow. He reached out to her, and touched her outstretched arm, the only part of her he could reach. He linked his arms with hers, and the girl finally noticed him. Her eyes locked with his. And he was floating with her, he didn't fall like he had expected, was it possible that this girl was somehow… holding him up?

Kagome was transfixed into his gaze, after all of her negative thoughts; she saw his face…the dog boy's face. She dug deep into his amber gaze, and even though she couldn't see much else, she could see the potency ofhis eyes. And everything else was soon becoming clearer. She could now see his whole face, and soon his body, and she spotted her arm in his. Then the redness that stained everything under its path, seemed to die down, and Kagome was beginning to notice there were other colors than red. There was…the silver shine with snow white of his hair, the amber of his venturesome eyes, the light tan of his skin…All she could see, was he.

Inuyasha was taking short, quick breaths, as the girl stared at him and the tenseness of her arm was disappearing, allowing it to flex. The room's original colors (or color, for that matter) returned, and so did everyone else's. The floor was enlarging, inch by inch, as the girl and him descended in much the same way. They gracefully landed, standing. The too people who just 'stole the audience', were still looking intently at each other.

Inuyasha saw a black dot forming in each of the girl's eyes, and increase in size, they were her pupils. But then, something else caught his attention, as a color in her eyes diffused into the whiteness they had been, it was a breathtaking, midnight blue. And the shine of her innocence was displayed through shine on her eyes that imitated stars, in a way, better than stars themselves. All outlined by the pitch-blackness of her lashes. And her rosy cheeks were… nothing compared to her lips. Her features were mixed together with a peachy skin, which added the soft touch. All he could see…was she. He couldn't speak; his voice for once was…gone.

She spoke instead, "Wha-, what? What happened? I feel so…lost." She whispered, in a daze. Then, crystal tears streamed down her eyes, and she couldn't stop them as her former thoughts were being remembered.

Oh no, what had Inuyasha done to upset her? He didn't know…what could he do? But he didn't know he had really been the cause of her pain; that this was the girl he had ordered to have to undergo the operation without warning, and neither did she.

She collapsed against his chest, and he couldn't move as she sobbed and clutched his shirt. He held her for a few minutes, and those had been precious.

But he realized that not only were five of his men still in his presence, but also there was a brown-haired woman surveying the screen. But that was her job, so…

He let go of the girl gently, and she set her knees on the floor, crying into her palms now. He blushed as he cleared his throat, "U-hum! Get this girl to calm down, bring in a girl of her age and kind with a similar background. And soon she shall stay to begin her training, we need power like this!" but maybe that wasn't the only reason he wanted her to stay, he was kind of intrigued to find out who she was.

The men left to find a member that fit his description. And Inuyasha took off after them…Leaving Kagome to cry her heart out, but she paused now and then to remember his face, and his touch…What was it about him that gave her such, curiosity?

But she was only left with a few minutes to herself, as a girl walked in. Kagome didn't see her until she sat down beside her. She saw her sweet, cocoa eyes, and black hair tied in a high ponytail. She had on a kind smile, and she spoke with sympathy,

"Hey, I'm Sango. What's your name?"

"He-ello, Sango. I'm Ka-Kagome." Her voice was rusty, dry,and shaky, but it would have to do.


Mm...I wonder...did any of you at first think that Kagome was actually going insane, and that was what the story was about? Because I got a twisted feeling when I wrote it, like what if that was actually what I was going to write? But it ended up differently, thank god,and I hope my pathetic attempt to make it seem a little romantic worked...Hopefully...anyone?

Well, please review! I'm worried about this chapter...See ya!