Chapter V
Kagome glared into the bushes as if to burn them down with her gaze, she retracted her claws to attack any enemy that may come out, but instead of an enemy a unicorn came out. Kagome was shocked at its beauty and that she couldn't smell it coming, its horn began to shimmer silver, the unicorn began to speak telepathically to Kagome.
"It is said that only an Angel will know that song, are you an Angel?" asked the unicorn in a noble and mystical voice
"I am a Hanten, half angel." Said Kagome sitting herself in traditional Japanese fashion
"May I ask your name young hanten?" the unicorn asked
"Kagome Higurashi, Demon Exterminator." Kagome bowing her head slightly
"Ah! Your work as noble Lady Higurashi I am Beryx," said the unicorn bowing to Kagome, "I am here to humbly ask you for your help. My mate has been attacked by a demon and has gone into labour but she needs help the help only an Angel can give."
"Take me to her." Beryx moved his body so Kagome could jump on, she did and they ran off into the forest as fast as possible, Kagome's hair blew in the winds rushing by them. Unknown to her she had begun to change to her real form, white melting over her raven hair, ice blue sparked in her brown eyes, her round ears pointed, and a white slim tail began to materialize.
"Tell me Beryx, why didn't you just ask me for help once I told you I was a Hanten?" Kagome asked
"We Unicorns must be careful now days several demons are killing us for our blood, they are posing as Tenshi to gain our trust then they kill us." Said Beryx
"I thought that your blood would turn anyone into a vampire. How could the demon get away with drinking it?" asked Kagome there are more truths in the demon and angel world then in the human world. The humans believe if you are bitten by a vampire you become one which is true, but there is another way, to drink the blood of a unicorn gives you a half life but it's a life of a vampire.
"Demons are already cursed souls, so the curse of the unicorn, dose nothing to them. We're here." Said Beryx, the unicorn's nest was beautiful hundred-year-old pine trees standing in the most crystal clear pond that Kagome had ever seen. Thick soft moss layered the floor of the water, the trees stretched into the sky blocking out the suns rays aside form a small island and other small rays, the injured unicorn lay on the island half submerged in the water breathing heavily. Beryx slowly walked threw the water reaching the island Kagome jumped off and gently placed her hands on the unicorns' stomach.
"She has gone into labour to soon; the baby isn't ready if she delivers now they will both die."
"Is there anything you can do Kagome?"
"Yes, but its risky there is a chance the baby will die due to it, but your mate will live, it's your choice to make." Said Kagome
"If there is a chance they can both live I want you to take it." Kagome nodded holding out her hands infront of her body Kagome began to breathe slowly and speak in Japanese.
"Here me spirits of the forest, come to me and grant me the power to save this unicorn and her baby. Come to me and grant me the power!" Kagome's hair began to flout in the air and an ice blue shimmered from her body beautiful transparent wings unfolded form her back, all kinds of colours streamed out of the woods and into Kagome's hands forming an orb, and it swirled and clashed into each other giving the illusion of waves and the ocean. Kagome slowly lower the beach ball sized orb into the womb of the unicorn, everything erupted in a blue light when it faded the baby unicorn lay limp in Kagome's arms but in moments it began to breath. Kagome looked at the mother who was looking Kagome right in the eye, she knew the unicorn was happy, Kagome placed the baby infront of it's mother.
"It's a girl." Smiled Kagome, Beryx began jumping and prancing around praising Kagome, But Kagome collapsed catching herself before falling to the ground Beryx and his mate looked at Kagome concerned she smiled at them.
"It's nothing; I was jabbed in my side and cut deeply on my arm yesterday by a centipede demon using that kind of magic wore me out and reopened the wounds I'll be fine, don't worry."
"I am sorry Kagome you reopened your wounds because of my mate and I it would have never happened if I hadn't asked for your help." Beryx knelt down low to Kagome
"Don't be, I knew this would happen and I still did it, my wound will heal again, and I was happy to be given the chance to save your mate and foul. If you need my help again please don't haste to come to me again." Beryx nodded
"Now I am vary tied, will you show me the way back Beryx?" asked Kagome, Beryx eyes sparkled
"I will be glad to take you Kagome; here hop on you shouldn't walk with that wound." Kagome and Beryx arrived back at Hogwarts in no time, Kagome prayed none of the students were back or that she wouldn't run into Professor Lupen she had to walk by his classroom to get to her dormitory
"Are you going to be all right Kagome?" Beryx asked
"I'll be fine Beryx; my wound has already begun to heal its self as long as I relax for a few days you wouldn't be able to tell I had one."
"Well all right but I'm going to stay here till you get inside though." Kagome sighed and walked from the forest edge to the school; vary thankful she wore a black turtle neck sweater and dark blue pants that day. Kagome's wounds were more serious then she told the unicorns she had crated an orb to seal the wounds but her hand had gotten some blood on it, Kagome knew she had to wash it off before Lupen could smell it. Kagome cautiously walked threw the halls to the bathroom she could smell Lupen's scent near by she had to wash this blood off before he had a whiff of it.
"Kyoko?" Lupen called to her, Kagome cursed to herself
"Yes professor?" she asked sweetly
"Are you all right?" Lupen asked,
"Perfect, why do you ask?" Kagome had hoped if she called him on how he knew she was hurt he would back off. The professor smiled not the sign Kagome was looking for
"Your hand has blood on it." Kagome was cursing herself big time now, for not paying close enough attention to her hand. She prayed with every fibber of her being he wouldn't notice the blue slivers in the blood
'Think Higurashi think.'
"I found a wounded animal by the lake this is it blood." Kagome lied 'Please God let him buy it.'
"Wasn't hurt too much I take it." Lupen asked Kagome could have screamed right there
"It was fine nothing serious." Kagome turned on her heels heading back to the bathroom but she wasn't ready for what happened next. Professor Lupen grabbed her left arm Kagome looked him dead in the eye with dark dangerous eyes, her arm was screaming for him to let go, the light cover, covering the wound wouldn't last long. Kagome ripped her arm out of Lupen's hand if she didn't make him let go as soon as she did she would have gone primal and ripped his arm off. Kagome hurried to the bathroom and washed off the blood.
Lupen looked at his hand there was frozen blood on it with blue slivers in the blood just like in the blood back at the lake this meant that Kyoko had lied to him and most likely she had helped the creature that killed the demon yesterday.
'This raises many questions.' Thought Lupen he thought it would be best to get more proof before going to Professor Dumbledore, Kagome came out of the bathroom and smelt fresh blood she examined her arm more closely noticed that blood was seeping threw the fabric and frizzing,
"Damn it," Kagome cursed, she quickly covered her mouth surprised at what she said, 'InuYasha is started to rub off on me.' She thought she leaned against the window seal her head pounding she did not know what to do about Lupen in the worst case he would go to Dumbledore about the blood he found on her and that was not bad she'll just have to give him a heads up. Now Lupen is going to be watching her, and that kind of attention is the last thing she needed Kagome was so tired using all that spiral power and her loss of blood exhausted her, at this rate, this stupid assignment was going to put her in her grave, she closed her eyes resting. When suddenly sharp pain spiked in her side wound Kagome's eyes flew open, a rat demon had ripped out her side releasing the Shikon Jewel, Kagome turned her razor sharp claws glimmered in the sunlight and ripped right threw the rat demon disintegrating it as her hand pasted threw him, the Shikon Jewel rolled for a few feet before resting the blood on the jewel didn't freeze only after if dripped off. Back when InuYasha had made his wish of being together with Kagome forever Midoriko spirit told her the Jewel will never be truly gone but the last thing Kagome thought was it would go back into her stomach.
"I must really be tired for that rat demon to sneak up on me like that." in Kagome's weakened state, she didn't noticed Lupen watching her from the hall he had seen everything. He stared at the jewel sitting in a small puddle of frozen blood; that came out of Kyoko's body it looked normal enough nothing seemingly magical about it aside from the dark aura it gave off, but then why was it in Kyoko body, Kyoko picked up the jewel, and the dark aura dissipated.
'Her hand is covered in frozen blood and the jewel was lying in some, Kyoko didn't tend to the demon that killed the Centipede demon, she is the demon.' Lupen's eyes grew wide with fear he was one of few wizards that knew of demons and how dangerous they are,
'If this demon is powerful enough to take human form there is no way I can kill it, I must warn Professor Dumbledore, perhaps with all the Professor's working together we could kill the demon.' Kagome looked up dead into Lupen's eyes; his fear grew so intense that even in Kagome's weakened state she could smell it, Lupen ran down the hall head toward Dumbledore's office he could only pray he could get there before the demon caught up with him,
'Damn it, Lupen must have seen the demon attack me and clued in that I'm not human.' Kagome took off after Lupen she had only one choice to save her identity, Lupen raced down the shadowy hall he could smell Kyoko scent around him everywhere, but there was no body or source to put it too so he picked up speed, suddenly the torches started to go out around him leaving him in darkness, taking out his wand to give him some light Professor Lupen heard footsteps coming behind him, trying to hide himself he ducked into a near by hall. Lupen's heart beat faster with every approaching footstep; suddenly they stopped just before his hiding place; he jumped out of his spot ready to cast a spell on his pursuer, but before he could even point his wand at her a hand grabbed his wrist and twisted it backward, Lupen dropped his wand and the lights went out Lupen was pulled to his knees. He tried to pull his wrist free but the grip was too powerful, he could feel claws starting to dig into his skin.
"I'm Sorry Professor." She said in a sad tone, a blue orb formed in her hand the light it gave off allowed Lupen to see the face of his attacker… it was Kyoko but with white hair and ice blue eyes, with inch long claws on her fingers. Kagome raised her orb over Lupen's head and smashed it into it, a blue liquid melted over Lupen's head and was absorbed into his skull, Kagome quickly left the hall and the torches relit themselves, Lupen got up and shook his head looking around him.
"What am I doing here?" Lupen walked back to his classroom disoriented with an oddly sore wrest, 'I must have blacked out; the last thing I can remember is grading papers.' Lupen walked inside and Harry was standing by his desk waiting for him.
"Can I help you Harry?" Lupen asked smiling Harry looked at him confused
"Professor you asked me to wait for you before you left."
"I did, When did I leave?" holding his chin
"Over a half an hour ago Professor." Lupen eyes widened
"Harry, I don't remember leaving you here or you coming in to see me."
"What?" Harry asked astonished
"What could have happened in that time, which would make me black out?" Lupen rested on his desk, that's when Harry noticed something in Professor Lupen's hair
"You have something in your hair Professor." Lupen ran his hand threw his hair pulling out flakes of ice inside, the ice with small blue slivers
"We have to talk to Professor Dumbledore." Both Lupen and Harry hurried to Dumbledore's office,
"What's the matter Professor?" asked Harry as he tried to keep up to Lupen
"You must have heard the about the demon that was attacking the school?" Lupen asked not slowing down
"We all know that Professor."
"Yes, but when you don't know is that the demon is dead, killed by another more powerful demon and some of the blood found at the scene was frozen with blue slivers in it, like this ice, and look." Lupen held out his hand to show Harry the frozen blood on it. They didn't have to go far to find Dumbledore he wasn't in his office but lucky in the hallway.
"Professor Dumbledore we have a problem." Said Lupen
"What's seems to be the matter?" asked the wise wizard
"I can't remember what happened in the last half an hour, I found frozen blood on my hand like the blood at the lake and ice in my hair with the same blue slivers in it." Said Lupen it wasn't his usual cool self, it was irrational
"I see, how did the demon get in the school? Harry you should go back to your dormitory, Professor could you ask the other teachers to meet me in my office?" Harry went to find Ron and Hermione, and Lupen to find the teachers once they were out if sight Dumbledore turned around next to him was a dark hallway with barley any light.
"You heard?" Dumbledore asked not looking down the dark hall
"I did." Said Kagome from the shadowy hall
"What are we going to do?" Dumbledore asked
"The only thing we can, I already tried to block Lupen's memories but that didn't work, and besides it would only last for a few weeks maybe. I don't want too many people knowing who I am it puts them into much danger." Kagome leaned against the wall with her arms crossed
"What do we tell them?" asked Dumbledore
"The truth," Said Kagome she wasn't sure about this it was the only choice it had to be done, and maybe it will come in handy.
End Chapter
Sorry for the shortness but I find myself running out if ideas I have only a few left