Here i go again secound instalment of this and i hope it works.
Chapter 2: A Merger
Kagome awoke to her little brother Souta talking quietly to Inuyasha, they where discussing the point of sports. "Wait so you guys just play it to impress the girls or to prove yourself, figures. I bet you have some one in mind when you play, or are you just bored?" Kagome groaned as she tried to role over on to her right side then remembered her arm and just turned her head. "So how long have you two been in my room?" They where both sitting against the wall across from her bed.
"Oh I just got up and wanted to know how your feeling you've been asleep since Inuyasha brought you back." Souta announced.
"Ok and how long is that?" Kagome looked a little irritated.
Souta smiled, "About one day, you got back Friday afternoon, but you where still asleep. Today is Sunday, and Inuyasha said that you had been asleep for already (begins counting on his finger) two and a half days, so about four days total."
Kagome's stomach grumbles, "huh, no wonder I feel so hungry, ugh and so much for studying I have a math test Monday." She sighs deeply and closes her eyes. "Well at least now I have time but, I can't write with my left hand so Souta can you help me?"
"What…well alright but you have to help me with my history homework okay. Hey sis moms at the store right now so do you want something to eat?" At the mention of food Inuyasha ears perk up like radar homing in on a signal, "RAMEN!" Souta Smiles at him, "sure," while Kagome roles her eyes. Whats up with him and ramen every time I cook a meal I find him riffling through my bag for the ramen. Then he complains when the water is not boiling fast enough for him.
Souta ran out of the room and was soon heard in the Kitchen clattering through the pans. Inuyasha got up and walked over to Kagome's bed a serious expression on his face. Kagome saw the worry in his expression as he knelt down beside her his face only inches from hers. "I'm…I'm sorry," he said, "it is my fault that you're in this condition I should have know, it was just a minor cat demon, and I couldn't even protect you from it. I though that I was going to loose you." With that he embraced her, "I was scared Kagome, I was scared that I was going to loose you. If that happened…I…I…wouldn't know what to do." He straitened up as they heard Souta's footsteps approaching Kagome's room, "and besides we wouldn't be able to find the jewel shards with out you," he said in a cocky tone.
As Souta reached for the handle to open the door the ominous sound of, "OSAWARI" rang out followed by the loud thud as Inuyasha's blunt head collided with the blunt floor. He knew it was a bad idea to enter the room so he just knocked to announce that breakfast was ready.
The door opened suddenly and Souta stepped aside as Kagome fume out, as she left she turned, "BAKA!" then slammed the door. As she stalked to the kitchen Souta followed after her, at a safe distance.
Kagome and Souta sat down at the table to begin breakfast, Kagome had a little of a hard time as she worked her Chopsticks with her left hand. A few minutes later Inuyasha showed up and sat down, out of reach of Kagome. He was a little skittish flinching at the slightest unpredicted movement she made. Their breakfast finished without anything breaking, as Kagome left the table the two looked after her. Relaxing only after they could not hear her any more, "she is scary when she's angry," Inuyasha bluntly stated. "I know, I had to live with her all my life," they both looked back to where Kagome left the room, a shiver running down their spines.
Souta started the dishes but paused when he noticed the deep gouges where Kagome had bitten the wood. It looked like she had fangs, and sharp ones at that. There also seemed to be some scratches on one of the bowls, the one that Kagome had. Man she must really be mad, what happened between them? Well no matter he continued on washing them and setting them aside to dry, when done he proceeded up to his room tiptoeing past Kagome's door.
Entering his room Souta opened his window to get some fresh air as he looked out the window he saw Inuyasha sitting on the roof just outside of Kagome's window. "Hey Inuyasha what was that about," Souta called. Inuyasha shrugged, "how should I know, she just started yelling at me."
In her room Kagome sat at her desk fuming as she pored over her math, why is it that she could always focus on her school work when she was mad, well at least I will be able to prepare for class tomorrow. She work for several hours only hindered by the lack of her right arm, she cursed the wound and hoped it would heal faster as she turned back to her work her tattered and torn clothes that she was wearing. She remembered the ripped sleeve, and cursed she still had to fix it before school tomorrow. She stood up and walked over to it pulling it off the bed post, as it came free so did the forgotten jewel shards. Oddly they where fused together and even odder in the shape of a cat, she laid down the uniform on the bed and bent down to pick up the shards. Her fingers touched the shards and she felt the hot breath on her neck, she wrapped her hand around the item. She felt that she was no longer alone; the stalking presence circled her invisible but there, very much there. Her hand clenched from fear and the shards pierced her skin drawing blood, she knew that she was in danger. The Gash in her arm began to burn, as her fist clenched even more she felt the jewel shards dig deeper into her flesh and then force itself into her hand. She screamed in pain as the shards burrowed deeper and deeper into her body burning as they went. They reached her shoulder breaking apart and each going in a different direction, she felt the blackness surrounding her covering her vision and forcing her to the floor. She expected the impact, the inevitable fall that came from being too high, hands where there the last thing she remembers was the distant voice of Inuyasha screaming her name.
She shivered in the darkness the creature was all around her enveloping her, then it converged on her chocking her and binding her she could not move nor speak. She looked down to her hands which where sprouting fur and claws, bones twist and muscles tear as her body changed into the visage of a cat. Then her body started to move of its own accord running on all fours through the shadows she could not stop nor could she control where she ran. All she could do was hope and hang on.
She rolled awake in the early hours of dawn sweat on her body and panic in her mind, she opened her eyes expecting so see two black paws where her hands should be, no it was just a dream. A sigh escaped her chest as she relaxed trying to shake off the fears of the night, a shower that's what I need maybe it is all that time with out a bath that is getting to her. "well I'm home for now so I guess I should make the most of it," talking to herself she rolled out of bed noticing that her arm felt much better today than it should. She quietly made her way to the bath room taking care not to make any sounds as she opened the door she instinctively flipped the switch for the lights, they burst on blinding her. She quickly turned them off in a panicked state, "why are the lights so bright what kind of bulbs Is mom buying nowadays. She looked around in the bathroom it was bright enough that she didn't need light anyway so she closed the door and turned on the water. She began unwrapping the bandages around her arm bracing for the pain but finding none, as the final bandages came off she gasped at what she saw.
She sat there for several moments going over the events in her mind, but how? Her arm was completely healed and there was not even any signs of a scar, even her stitches where gone. Her mouth was still gaping when something caught her sight in the mirror; she turned to look into her own eyes examining them, am I going crazy or something or are my pupils a funny shape. She still could not shake the memory of her injuries. "What happened to me one minute I'm recovering from a huge wound the next I feel completely healed," she moved her arm experimentally slowly at first then faster. She was sure of it everything had healed, that or the whole incident was her imagination. No it couldn't be the bandages and Inuyasha; this all is very much real. She sat there stunned thinking about what to do when the room started to fog up she was unable to see the mirror, "oh no the water is still running." She quickly moved over to the tub and grabbed the handle for the hot water, turning it down she then adjusted the show to the her perfect temperature and stepped in letting the water run down her body feeling the heat and letting it relax her tens muscles.
When she returned to her room she found her school uniform on her bed, "how did that get there," as she picked it up she noticed the crude stitches on the right sleeve. She knew that Souta could sew better than this and her mom had an excellent stitch but, "Inuyasha?" Could it be that he tried to fix her uniform for her, probably knowing him he stabbed himself several times over getting the needle through the fabric. It was also clean the blood and grime that it had on it where mostly gone, "thanks Inuyasha". After drying her hair and getting dressed she walked down to the kitchen to get some breakfast. She poured some cereal and milk into a bowl, when the cereal was gone she had to stop herself from sticking her face into the bowl and lapping up the milk, "huh, what am I thinking I'm not a cat," she laughed to herself.
Returning to her room she laid down on her bed and closed her eyes she, still had an hour before she needed leave for school.