Chapter 4: Eyes Like A Cat

Her eyes slide open to the sound of a bird chirping its annoying song out side her window, she pushed herself onto her hands and knees stretching her spine pack and forth before she stepped off her bed. Yawning several times as she went, finally she looked out her window at the small annoyance that disturbed her slumber. "You know you would make a better meal than a singer," at this the bird abruptly stopped twittering out its tune and sat stone still eyeing Kagome like she was a cat. Looking down at the clock on her night stand she realized with horror what time it was, "Oh shit, my math teacher is going to skin me if I don't take this exam". She quickly stuffed her backpack and crawled out the window. She moved with ease on the roof having no problem with the height she went to the lowest part of and dropped off onto the soft grass in her lawn. She was going to take a short cut one that was a little more dangerous than the usual traffic in the streets if she pulled it off it would save her 20 min of running through the streets. If she didn't well hopeful Inuyasha was around, she felt lighter on her feet than normal feeling like she could climb to the top of the world. She ran down the slop hoping she didn't find the loose gravel she ran, she one large leap catching a low hanging branch she swung up into the tree and followed the largest branch to the roof of some apartment buildings. She sprinted across the rock and pitch roof, nearing the end she jumped for the a nearby flag pole sliding down it at top speed and rolling as she hit the ground, her hands where burning from the metal, her back pack thumped the ground as she rolled reminding her that she had to be careful. She ran on coming to some waist high fences she hurdled them, all the time glad she had signed up for track and field last summer. On the last one her toe caught momentarily on a vine that had been creeping up the chain link for the last 7 years, her head barely avoided the pavement as she rolled out of the fall keeping her momentum up with only agility. Rolling onto the street she had not looked for the cars that would inevitably be coming, one stopped ahead and to the right of her as another pulled up a hair behind it. No time to waist she leaped onto the cars hood hoping that they did not decide to take off while she was crossing, as she leaped down the passenger yelled at her, "what the fuck you bitch." She paid him no attention but guessed that he was saluting her with his finger, it seemed to be the new rage among angry drivers these days. As she rounded the corner she noticed a problem in her wrought the yards that she would usually run through had been fenced in recently hey where 6 feet high and 2 ½ inches wide, and she remembered that there always was several dogs prowling around every yard. The last time she had run through there she was bitten several times luckily the dogs had only bitten her trailing backpack. Nearing the fence she jumped as high as she could to her amazement she made it to the top of the planks touching down on a perch only cats and birds used. She looked down the near straight row of planks; she knew that if she had the balance she might be able to walk the whole of it with out falling. A dog stepped out of the shadow of the house seeing her there it started barking, at the sound her back arched and her nose crinkling in arrogance. Muscles tensed and posed she waited several seconds. The dog came closer to her perch menacing its fangs, for a second she laughed at it, then took off running down the length of the planks knowing that the next step she took might be her very last. With each yard she passed she aged on more barks from angered dogs all growling and snapping as she passed out of reach. 3 yards, 4 yards, 5 yards, she wavered on the next yard slowing to a tip toe. On one side a dog suddenly leaped up catching her off guard and knocking her into the other yard, "HHHHEEELLLLPPPPP", she screamed as she twisted and turned in mid air only to land on all fours safe as if she never left the ground. Opening her eyes she noticed the neat landing and relaxed. luck being there the yard she landed in was unoccupied by any dogs of all sizes and shapes so she continued her breather, securing her nerves before she continued on. "What the hell am I thinking," she breathed unable to contole her panic she shook with fear and excitement since when was she this good she was never an outstanding athlete yet she was jumping higher than most humans could. "screw it ill figure this out latter," as she stood up a door slammed open accompanied by, " hey what the hell are you doing in my yard?" She didn't look back to answer as she leaped up to the fence again to continue her kamikaze course. The end of the fences was coming up fast 4, 3, 2 yards left, half way across the last yard a board swings free of the fence as her passages weighs on it. Launched by the lack of footing she plummeted towards the ground head first, the image of her neck snapping on contact sickened her and she nearly screamed, closer the ground came still she was powerless. Suddenly her instincts kicked in as before she rolled out of it this time tucking into a ball and taking her momentum farther, as she came around for the third time she kicked out her legs connecting with a solid wall. She pressed harder transferring all of her momentum into the fence and fully extending her legs, it gave way with a bone chilling crack the two planks her feet had been pressing against shattered sending the wooden shrapnel in place of her body. Breathing a sigh of relief Kagome rolled to her feet and looked at the new opening in the fence it was roughly 3 feet high and a foot ½ wide. She whistled as she examined it, "Wow!" A deep low familiar growl sounded behind her, now she remembered which yard she was in, Chomper's.

This extremely nasty Doberman got its name from several incidents involving trespassers, she had only herd the stories but she had encountered this beast once before and she still shook from the nightmares he had spawned.

She slowly turned around to face a fear that was at one point as devilish as Naraku himself, she shook even more as the dog stepped forward teeth bared in a ghastly smile. She desperately searched for an opening of some sort so she could escape this hellhound. There where none and she was faced with a childhood nightmare once again. Frozen with fear as Chomper took another step forward, she could see the drool dripping from his dark muzzles like poison from the fangs of a demon, her thoughts whirled by full of what ifs and death all she could see is the creature standing over her body tearing at her flesh.

A door slammed open drawing both of their attention, a thick bodied man stood in the entrance wearing nothing but a towel around his waist, "Oh fucking shut up Fluffy, you bloody mutt. Miss she is harmless just fucking annoying she wouldn't harm a flea, on the other hand you better get the hell out of my yard be for I call the cops on you, got it." He stepped back into the house slamming the door; Fluffy turned and cowered over to her bed leaving Kagome in a wave of relief. "Fluffy? What the hell is up with that dog?" Shrugging her pack off and shoving it through the hole in the fence she then squeezed after it glad to be out of that place and away from all those dogs. She ran on down the street still pondering fluffy and her scary history, as she looked up she could see the walls of her high school ahead.

Kagome sat down in her desk just as the bell rang starting the lesion, she flinched at the sound bringing her hands up to her ears to hold it out.

One of her friends was sitting behind her, "hey Kagome, are feeling better, has your hemophilia stopped acting up?"

She turned around to face her friend a look of puzzlement, "what are you talking about, I…" she was interrupted by her friends squeals.

"ooowwww, Kagome where did you get those wicked contacts, I never knew they had them in that style it so you, and why did you miss the first period?"

"uhhhh," she pulled out her mirror from her back pack it was cracked in one corner from her early morning exercise but she could clearly see her dark amber eyes and the slited pupils that ran vertically down them. "uuhhh yea I just got these contacts a few days ago for my eyes," why was she making up such lame excuses? "the doctor said It was glasses of contacts so I choose these."

"wow, cool though your not the first she covertly pointed to two other girls in the back of the class room", both wearing dark eyeliner and black lipstick." They got some contacts similar to yours a week ago; guess you didn't know since you where in the hospital from your hemophilia."

Kagome sighed well she was safe for now, still what the hell is happening to her its like she was becoming more like Inuyasha. The though froze her there as the teacher opened the door and stepped in, "ah, I see you finally came miss Higurashi, I do hope you are prepared?"

She blinked then realized her situation, "yes… I have been able to study." Yeah I hope it was enough to pass this exam, as she remembered the few hours she was able to get, before her other life intruded.

The teacher passed out the exams and allowed the class to start giving them the entire period to finish the exam. Kagome poured over it pulling her small hours of study together enough to scrape by most problems. Halfway through the period the first student stood up scraping his chair against the floor Kagome flinched again quickly bringing her hands up to her ears to protect them from the grating sound. She turned back to her test still focusing on it when she heard some one whispering to themselves, then another one each second she could hear more and more people whispering their ideas. She covered her ears again closing out the voices but she still had to use her hands to work, looking around she stuck a hand in her pocket and fished for some tissue that she knew was there. Pulling a piece out she tore it in half and stuck each half in an ear. The sound was dulled she could concentrate again; she went back to work barely finishing before the bell rang ending the exam.

Inuyasha sat against the trunk of his favorite tree on his favorite branch on the edge of the clearing next to the bone eaters well. He was bored out of his mind waiting for Kagome's arm to heal so that they would be able to get a move on. Well Sango and Miroku had already gone ahead scouting a region for rumors and tales that might be linked to Naraku or the Shikon no Tama. He let out a deep sigh as he went over the memory of Kagome so finely etched in his mind. He missed her scent and longed to smell her hair in the wind, it was always pleasant when her scent was around him. Well he might as well visit her, dropping down from the branch he leapt over to the well scenting the air and looking around before he dove in.

On the other side he grabbed the red Angels cap from the hook at the entrance to the shrine covering the well. He set off in the direction of her high school hoping to find her quickly. He easily stayed out of sight hopping from roof top to roof top making a jagged line. Ending on the wall that encircled the large building. He smelled the air easily picking out Kagome's scent, wait and something else. "Shit, its that fucking cat demon again," Cursing he leaped towards Kagome's smell which was coming from the roof, along with the demons scent. On his way up he drew Tetsusaiga transforming it to its full length, reaching the top he yelled, "Kagome." He found her curled on the roof in a ball she looked to be unconscious no signs of any injuries the demon's scent was all around her. He landed next to her reaching a hand out to her shoulder, she stirred a sigh of relief escaped him good she is breathing. She stirred again this time moving more turning over on her stomach she slowly got up stretching first then yawning, "what is it Inuyasha," she replied in an annoyed voice.

"HEY this no time to sleep, that cat demon is back and it smells like its right on top of us." Kagome leaped to her feat putting her back against Inuyasha's, "where is it do you know, I can't sense any new jewel shards nearby."

"Good then it will not be as strong as it was before," he checked the scent again pivoting around Kagome he swung his sword unleashing the wind scar on open air. It tore through the guard fence around the top of the building leaving it's signature gouges in the roof. "HEY careful with that thing Inuyasha there are people in this building, and you don't want to bring any attention to yourself got it."

"OK, damn it," he scented the wind again, shit its fast; the scent was coming from behind him now. He pivoted around her again bringing Tetsusaiga up as a shield and smelling the air again, the wind was blowing in his direction he should be able to pickup the scent but it was completely gone, also the whole time the scent was faint as if it where at a great distance, wait he caught a whiff of it again this time studying it. No it was two scents mixed together, Kagome's and the cat demons. He then turned to her a scowl on his face; she ducked away from him avoiding eye contact. "HEY Kagome look at me," her back was to him and she refused to turn around, "come on Kagome answer me." Panic was rising in his voice, what was happening to her he had to know. He moved over in front of her and crouched down, now he could see the drops falling from her chin. "Kagome why won't you tell me what's wrong," she just stood there sobbing. Inuyasha stepped closer taking her chin in his hand he lifted her face up closer to his, he couldn't stand it any more he couldn't let her cry any more. As their lips met he knew that he would rather die than see her cry he was not about the give up on her and hell if he let her go he knew that he would regret it. They stood there eyes closed savoring the moment never wanting it to leave or let go, slowly ever so slowly they separated from each other Inuyasha opened his eyes to look upon the woman he loved, "Kagome what ever it is I will not leave you I promise that I will be with you through this."

She took a breath releasing it slowly, "Inuyasha" she sobbed, "something is wrong with me…I …I think… (deep breath) I think I am becoming a demon." With that she opened her eyes revealing the dark amber iris split in the center by black pupils.

Inuyasha stood there stunned how could this happen, "Stupid girl what the hell did you do to your self," half teasingly.

"BAKA" she screamed and took a swipe at Inuyasha's face, her sharp nails traced three thin scratches across his face drawing blood that slowly dribbled down to his chin and fell to the ground in dark red puddles. He reached out pulling her close to him they embraced holding each other tight. They stood there till the sun set over the horizon and night fell on the city.