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Chapter 4: wildcat ears and taunting

InuYasha POV

He stared down at the young miko in his arms, or was she even a miko any longer? Her hair was no longer black but now an auburn color. (More like the color of a bobcat's fur or something) One lock of hair next to her right ear, or were her human ears would be, was a red- violet color. Atop her head were two little wildcat ears, InuYasha smirked at this; he almost wanted to touch them, but didn't because he was still in awe. Her face markings were simple, a solitary streak of red-violet running from the corner of her eye straight down to under her chin on the left side of her face. Her features were the same, he was glad for that.

"But still, what the HELL happened!' he thought, 'wait , she is a hanyou now,' he was partly glad because he knew he would not always be there for her, and now she could at least protect herself a little. Still, now she would be shunned by society like all hanyous, like he was, 'I never want her to know that pain.' He decided to do every thing and anything in his power to protect his Kagome, "hold on, MY Kagome?' he stopped to ponder, 'I could get used to that,' after all they just confessed their love to each other.

'None of this is answering my question, what happened?' He sighed and thought over the whole incident, ' ok, I feel a pure youkai presence, a soul darts into clearing, Kagome feels no threat, so then it shoots into her, and now she is a hanyou?' Still utterly confused, he decides that the best thing is to get her to Kaede's hut, to see if she could solve this.

'I wonder what color her eyes will be,' she said as a last thought before bounding out of the clearing.

Oblivious to them, someone was at the edge of the clearing, lurking behind a bush. He had watched them the whole time. "I have found you at last, you have been missing for many a year, his majesty will be pleased to know of your presence in the world of the living, your highness."

With that that said the figure slunk back into the darkness of the forest.

AT KAEDE'S HUT

"Kaede!" InuYasha yelled as he entered to hut, "were are you, hag,"

Inside the hut, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara looked over to the yelling hanyou as he entered the hut.

"Hey, Inuyaha, … were is Kagome?" Shippo saidseeing that Kagome was not with him

"Right here." He said gesturing to the hanyou in his arms.

They then noticed the hanyou in his arms, "Who?" said Miroku, he took a second glance at the woman in InuYasha's arms, "Kagome?"

"What happened?" asked Sango as she rushed for her friend. 'Is it really her?' she thought

"Keh, your guess is as good as mine, we were by the well and a soul came and shot into her, a few seconds later she turned into this." InuYasha said, still very confused.

"Were is Kaede, she may be able to help," Sango said as she motioned for InuYasha to place Kagome down ona futon.

" Ye called, child?" Kaede said as she entered the hut,

"Kaede it's Kagome…" Shippo said, pointing toward The futon on which Kagome laid.

"Goodness child, ye must tell me what happened!" she said apon seeing Kagome's condition.

After they told her what happened. She assessed the situation, "by the looks of her aura she has her full soul back," an eerie silence swept over the room, and everyone gave a side-glance at InuYasha. If Kagome had her full soul back, then that ment that Kikyou was dead.

"Kikyou doesn't even matter anymore," he said more to himself than anyone in the room,

Knowing to say nothing more, the other occupants of the room let it go, and turned back to Kaede.

"What esl can you tell us Kaede?" Miroku asked, wishing for her to share her wisdom on what she thought happened.

"There is a rule in the spiritual world, or so there is thought to be, that when a spirit is split and placed into two entities--"

They all knew that she was talking about Kikyou and Kagome, and when part of Kagome's soul was taken and placed into a clay replica of Kikyou,

"And the original person falls in love, with another--"

They all looked to InuYasha, who was supporting a slight blush,

"And the other person returns the love--"

The blush was increased tenfold, 'shit!' InuYasha thought, 'now I'll never hear the end of it,'

Everyone turned back to Kaede, who was oblivious to their stares at the dog hanyou,

"If these things happen, then the soul contained in the second entity is released and rejoined to the original entity,"

They all knew that Kagome's soul really was whole now, But decided to taunt the hanyou latter, after they knew their miko friend was ok. The feeing was mutual.

Still blushing, only a little less, InuYasha looked to Kaede, " that still doesn't explain why she is an hanyou," he said, with a slight defensiveness to his voice.

Nay, it doesn't, but it does reveal something…" she said looking to the blushing InuYasha with a little twinkle in her eye. The others in the hut were of a similar disposition. To hell with waiting to taunt him.

Instinctively defending himself, He said, "Keh!it's only true if this rule of yours really exists!"

"What is true?" said Miroku, with an innocent grin on his face, " we never said anything,"

Alas, the 'interrogation' ended when they heard Kagome, stir in her sleep. InuYasha was by her side instantly he saw a look of pain and fear on her face. They all gave Kagome a worried glance as they headed for bed, forgeting about taunting the silver hairedhanyou.

'I wonder what she is dreaming, to make her be so afraid,' InuYasha thought as he leaned against the wall next to her bed, fully intent on keeping watch all night, he only drifted into a light doze.

END CHAPTER

A/N: not much of a cliffy, but still leaves you thinking, thankyou for all of the reviews,

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