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Aishiteru

Chapter Seven: Unexpected Transformations

Kagome tilted her head, confused by such thoughts. But, as she turned to speak to Inuyasha, she could have sworn she heard her friend hiss, "Damn lecher." Shaking her head of the muse, she glanced up at the hanyou, and blinked, for he had grown what seemed to be a little frantic.

"What...what's wrong, Inuyasha?"

He glowered at her. "It's almost daybreak. We have to get out of here or we're so screwed."

"But...why?"

"This transformation, it only lasts as long as the full moon stays in the sky. As the moon sets and the morning dawns, I transform back into my other form."

As he spoke, his ears perked in alarm as many screeches and the sound of several beating wings sounded outside of the hut.

"Oh shit..." he growled, rushing outside to find his eyes widen in surprise.

"Kagome! Stay back!" he yelled to the girl over the griffins' noise, pushing her and Sango back into the building. "Want a piece of me, eh!" he called out to the incoming Riders. Flexing his long canine claws, baring his sharp fangs, he cackled as he swung his arms at the first griffin that dared approach. He cackled once more as his claws cut through the feather and flesh and tasted fresh blood.

"Raaaaaarghhh!" he roared as he went for the next, and then the next, his eyes a bright glowing red, his silver hair flying behind him. One purplish stripe decorated each cheek, and his fangs and claws grew in size. With a snarl and a ruthless laugh, he continued to slay the griffins that had the guts to assault the frenzied half-demon.

"Inuyashaaaaa!" Kagome called, bursting through the bamboo shades that covered the doorway to find the bloody corpses of slain griffins and Riders. "Inuyasha!" she called again, stunned. Sango, who stood behind her, also stared at the horrid scene in startled silence.

Inuyasha, ears perked, stopped in his tracks, a maniacal grin on his face. He flexed his claw-tipped fingers again, and his grin began to subside. Slowly, he looked down at his blood-covered hands, and his eyes began to change back. But, as a Gryphon Rider dove in to attack Kagome, all was forgotten in blind fury as he once more dove into his fighting frenzy.

In a heartbeat, he had slaughtered the incoming creature.

"Stop!"

Inuyasha looked about, somewhat dazed, his mind not exactly registering the voice to a body. "Rrrrghhh..."

"Stop it, Inuyasha!" Kagome cried again, rushing forwards.

"No, wait—" Sango began, attempting to grab the girl's shoulder but missing.

Kagome blinked tears from her eyes. It was the first time she had seen something so horrible since the death of Kaede. Perhaps, this was even worse. The uncontrolled killing, the unbridled fury that Inuyasha had released, had scared her into silence. Until now, where she clung to his blood-covered sleeve, tugging on it to try and get the hanyou's attention.

"Stop it, please..."

"Rrrrghhh..." Inuyasha blinked, ears flat, his claws falling limply to his side. He stared blankly ahead of him, the bloodlust leaving his eyes, the demon marks fading from his face. Claws and fangs retreated to their normal size, and now he merely stared at the girl on his arm, confused.

"Kagome...?" He pushed the girl off rather roughly, leaping backwards, looking at his bloody claws, at the tear-stricken girl, and then at the dead bodies around him. Without a word, the hanyou leapt off into the other direction, out of the villages and into the forest that lead away from Naraku's castle.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called after him, trying to run after. This time, however, Sango didn't miss. The woman held onto the girl's upper arm, restraining her from chasing after the dog boy. "But..." she began, looking worriedly back at her friend.

Sango shook her head. "No. Give him time to cool down, to realize what has happened. After the sun rises. That is when you can see him," she muttered quietly, letting Kagome's arm go.

Kagome felt her knees buckle, and she collapsed. Sango kneeled beside her, uttering words of comfort.

The sun had risen over the far off horizon for quite a while now, its body high in the sky and its rays striking Kagome square in the face through Sango's window.

"Uh..." The girl moaned and sat up, rubbing her eyes with clenched fists. "Sango...?" came her voice, still exhausted. "Sango!"

Said Taijya peeked her head into the doorway, her long black hair tied in a high ponytail and hanging over the back of her head.

"Yes?" The woman walked into the room, clad in a pink and purple kimono with sandals on her bare feet. She had her Hiraikotsu tied to her back already, a sack in her hand filled with rations and extra weapons, such as poisonous powder and several shuriken (ninja stars). Behind Sango came a tiny mew, and a fluffy, yellow cat emerged from behind her heels.

"Kirara!" Kagome exclaimed as she spotted the little demon cat, yellow all over, including the mane, with black stripes on her two tails and her paws, which were also dipped in black. The only other black on her was her onyx-engulfed ears and the four-pointed star on her forehead. With another tiny mew, the little two tailed neko leaped up into Kagome's lap.

The miko stroked the cat's soft, silky fur as she turned her chocolate eyes up to the exterminator.

"Sango..." she began, eyeing the sack in the woman's hands. "Are we leaving soon, or something?"

She nodded in response, holding up the bag. "Food and weapons. We shall head out whenever you are ready."

Immediately, Kagome was on her feet, her tiredness quite forgotten. "Erm, I'm ready!" She walked up to her friend with the cat in her arms. "We can head out now!" After last night, and after Inuyasha had run off so abruptly, she had been immensely worried, despite the fact that she only knew him, truly, as a griffin, and not for very long, either.

However, she seemed to be experiencing a tight bond with this Inuyasha. She felt as if she should stay by his side. She was quite aware that she had not known him for very long. She was also quite aware that she felt that she had known him since forever. For what reasons, she did not know. But she had been very anxious since the hanyou had disappeared prior to daybreak.

"We must leave now," she pleaded, placing Kirara back onto the floor, who began to purr and rub against her ankles.

"All right, all right..." Sango replied, placing her hands up and waving them. "I get it. We shall leave right away." The woman took her friend's hand, and walked out of the room, and then out of the hut. "Kirara! Come." The cat meowed and trotted after.

Kagome looked about, surprised. There was no sign of the fray from the previous night.

"Sango...what--?"

"The Taijya," she interrupted abruptly. "They got to cleaning this before the children arose. They, for one, do not need to see this gore."

Kagome nodded understandingly.

A/N: I couldn't think of anything else. ;-; This was probably my shortest chapter yet, but I hope you guys enjoyed it all the while. High school, I'm a Freshman, has been heckling things a whole lot, so I'm not able to update as often, but I'll try.