Chapter 2 Kilala's journey into the wood's..

We ended, when Kilala walked into the beginning of the lighted path on the boundary of the wood's, she had turned to her big cat demon form.

She walked in further and heard a voice say, "Good my child, come, do not be afraid."

She stopped and looked around for what made the voice but just brushed it off as nothing and continued down the path. The path lead her to a opening in the woods, a clearing of a sort with rock's and ended there. She looked around and heard, "Good, you have come."

She stood still, she looked and looked then finally she could see something emerging from the woods in front of her. She got on her guard, bent down, growled and hissed in fear as it approached. When she got a good view of it, a light surrounded it and was glowing. It was a lion, the size of a horse. This lion had beautiful golden skin, a light peach muzzle, blue unusual, peaceful lion eye's, and a red mane. She all of a sudden felt calm, yet scared at the same time and continued to growl as it got closer.

"Do not fear me child, I mean no harm." He said.

She looked into his eye's and felt very relaxed, she can tell he meant what he said, so she let down her guard and turned her head sideway's in confusion. She wondered why he had called her there.

The lion opened his mouth, and released a blue glowing mist from his mouth. The mist floated in one spot and the lion blew on it towards Kilala. Kilala got scared, she went to run or go on her guard but she couldn't. She felt as she was glued still in the position she was in. When the mist got to her, it surrounded her and caused her to close her eye's. She felt very calm from it, and the mist felt cool. Once the mist went away the lion said, "Now child, say something."

Kilala looked at him funny as to say how, then turned her head side way's confused. She squinted her eye's and said "How am I to..." gasp "How did I.." Gasp

The lion smiled warmly, he closed his eye's half way and got closer, "Child, I gave you the gift to speak."

Kilala's eye's lit up in shock, "How? who are you?"

The lion smiled again, "You do not know, because you do not remember. I am Aslan, the great lion, that is all you need to know of me for now. I have released you from your suffering, and gave you the gift to speak. You will alway's remain the form you are standing before me, until your curse is lifted."

Kilala didn't understand, she was confused, "Curse? What curse?"

"All in good time child, you have a curse upon you, you do not know of. It is not time for you to learn what is upon you, yet all I can do is give you the gift I have just given you, and remain in the form you stand before me," Aslan said, then swished his tail.

Kilala smiled, and looked smarter then she was, and can think as a human can, "Thank's, but why do you call on me tonight?"

Aslan sat down and put his head down, "To give you the gift, and to give you, your full strength back. I will explain everything when the time is right, but do go back, and tell the other's you have seen me and to expect a visit from me, very soon, for I have a task for them."

"How soon?" Kilala asked and sat down her self.

"Soon can be any time child, I am not a tame lion," Aslan said.

"Oh, okay then," Kilala said.

Aslan turned around to walk off, "Now child go, when you get back your friend's will wake. Tell them what I have asked you to tell, and follow the path I've marked so you can get back. I will be seeing you soon, good bye," he said.

Kilala nodded, turned around and walked down the lighted path again. She got back and as Aslan said she was still in her big cat form, no longer a small cat.

As he said everyone was sitting up awake and worried about her because she had vanished, and some how it was now morning with the sun shining brightly. Miroku and InuYasha were standing by the rubble form the fire. Shippo was looking around the area for Kilala, but in sight. Kagome was trying to comfort Sango who was worried about her. once Kilala walked amongst them, Sango ran over to Kilala, "Kilala!"she shouted, then put her arms around her to hug her, "Where on earth have you been?"

Kilala purred, her purr sounded like a lion or big cat purr, "I was in the woods," Kilala said.

Sango backed up in shock and everyone gasped, all eye's were on Kilala in shock. Kagome walked over to Kilala with her eye's widened, "Did you just speak?" Kagome asked.

Kilala nodded her head and said "Yes, I was called to the wood's by a big lion named Aslan."

InuYasha and Miroku looked at each other, "Huh?" they said to each other. Then InuYasha folded his arms, "Who's this Aslan? What did he want?"

Kilala walked over to InuYasha and said "He is some great lion he said, he's the size of a horse. He is who gave me the gift to speak, and said that there is a curse on me. That he is going to appear to us soon, when he chooses, and will explain everything because he has a task he want's us to do."

InuYasha turned, "Feh, whatever," he said, "Why should we listen to some over grown cat who call's himself Aslan."

Kagome shook her head, she was looking at InuYasha to hear what he had to say, then she turned to look at Kilala, "Are you serious! We must be dreaming."

Sango was still shocked, she walked by Kagome and stood next to her, "She's gotta be telling the truth," Sango said.

Shippo shook his head and ran over next to Kilala, "Of course she is, how else is she speaking now, and never has before?"

Kagome rubbed her eye's and opened them again to be sure she wasn't dreaming, "I don't know, this is weird," she said.

Kilala sighed, and turned her head to the side, "I swear on what I saw, Shippo's right, how else am I to speak? Or remain in my full form?"

Sango smiled she walked up to Kilala and hugged her, "Oh this is great, now you can speak to us now."

"Huh," InuYasha said, "Great, another big mouth around."

Kilala growled at InuYasha, "So what! You got a problem with that?"

Miroku looked at Kilala puzzled, "You say remain in your full form, dose this mean you will remain the way you are?" he asked.

Kilala nodded her head to answer Miroku.

InuYasha walked a short distance from them and said, "Well just don't stand there, let's go, we have jewel shards to find."

Kagome nodded, "Right," she agreed.

They all agreed, and started to walk off. Not to long after they left, InuYasha stopped walking. Everyone else stopped also, "What is it InuYasha?" Kagome asked.

"I smell something foul," he said sniffing the air. Not a moment to soon, a tornado came in there sight ahead of them and stopped in front of Kagome, "Hey," the person said that caused the tornado.

Kagome turned red, she blushed, and smiled, "Oh hi Kouga, eh-heh-heh," she said.

InuYasha folded his arms, "I thought I smelt a rat," he said.

Kouga just ignored him, and held Kagome's hand to kiss it. "What bring you around here?" Miroku asked.

Kouga smiled at Kagome and said, "Just making sure this mutt didn't do anything to allow my future wife to get hurt."

InuYasha's face turned blank, he got between them and shoved Kouga away from Kagome, "She is not a flea bag like you, your future wife!" InuYasha shouted, "She dosen't like you, get it through your thick head!"

Kagome smirked, "Eh-heh, he's right," then a sweat bead appeared on her forehead.

"Oh you don't have to pretend not to Kagome," Kouga said, and closed his eye's half way, "I know your just saying that because this mutt is here, I know your true feeling's Kagome."

Kilala was standing next to Sango, and they were slightly behind Kagome. "Don't you ever give up?" Kilala asked, and approached Kouga.

Kouga gasped, he looked at Kilala amazed, "Oh, you can talk? When did this happen?"

InuYasha pushed Kouga, "That's none of your concern, why don't you go back to your hole in a rock," InuYasha snapped.

Kouga shoved InuYasha back, "You stupid mutt, I'm looking for Naraku!" Kouga snapped back. Well, this just set InuYasha off to shove him back. They went at it, because one thing lead's to another, so they started brawling.

Kagome folded her arm's and shook her head. Shippo who was next to Kilala shook his head too and said "There they go again."

This little brawl didn't last long, "Sit boy!" Kagome shouted.(Boom!) InuYasha fell to the ground, with a small mushroom cloud of dust flying up above him. "Aaahh! Traitor!" InuYasha said in a shakey tone of voice with his face in the ground.

Miroku looked at Kouga and said "Naraku has been dragged to hell, he's gone, there's no need to be looking for him."

"What?" Kouga said in surprise, "Are you serious! You mean to tell me this mutt had the pleasure of killing Naraku and I didn't!"

Miroku held up his hand where the wind tunnel was, and unraveled the cloth and beads around his hand. When his hand was exposed he showed Kouga his hand, "See, my wind tunnel is gone, I'm no longer cursed by Naraku. He was taken down to hell by the priestess Kikyo."

Kouga turned away, and folded his arms in disappointment, "Fine, then I guess I'll be taking Kagome with me, now my opponent is killed."

InuYasha jumped up from the ground, got in Kouga's face and said "You will not! She's not going anywhere with the likes of you!"

Kagome nodded her head, she put her hand's to her side's to make fists, "That's right, I'm not your property, I'm sorry Kouga, but I'm staying."

Kouga closed his eye's in disbelief, "That's okay, I understand. Your just saying that because this mutt is here. I'll be back for you Kagome," he said, then took off in a tornado.

"Not if I can help it you filthy wolf!" InuYasha shouted as Kouga left.

Kilala shook her head, "He just dosen't give up," she said.

Kagome nodded, "I know," she said to Kilala.

Then they continued walking to find the shards. After a few hour's past, Kagome stopped walking, "Uh, guy's I sense a jewel shard," she said.

Everyone stopped. InuYasha turned to look at Kagome who was behind her, "Where kagome?" InuYasha asked.

Kagome looked around and pointed to the north, "There, it's sent is stronger there," she said. InuYasha squatted down, "Come on Kagome, get on my back," he said.

She did, then he stood up, "Kilala, please take the other's along, follow me," InuYasha said, then ran off. Kilala gasped, "Oh hurry, please do, get on my back," she said to Sango, Miroku and Shippo. They did and she took off after InuYasha.

End of Chapter 2... Next Chapter 3...Kotoyo...