Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha and I never will so there!
Author's Note: Please don't kill me, but my computer has finally died and I wont be able to get another one for quiet awhile, so the updates will probably be kinda spaced out from now on.
Riinika4 - Thank you for the names, I greatly appreciate them and yes I will be using one of the choices you gave me and also for your advice I will use part of it also. Hope you like it.
Sunstar-1217 - Yes I have been thinking about doing an alternate ending if the votes are close enough and if people want me to do one or having Kagome mate with two demons if the votes are tied.
Sora Moto - Thank you for the name it was a nice name but I decided to use another one, Sorry, but if you have any other advice I would love to hear it.
Van-Stolin - Thanks for the idea of doing a prequel I might do it so that others might get the general idea of what the Demon Shifter tribe was about, but if I do it, none of the characters will appear till the very end.
Chapter Four
Near the central most part of the Western Lands the demon witch was preparing for a ritual that would reek havoc with Kagome's shape shifting powers, making her miserable and possibly uncontrollable.
Kagome had regained consciousness just in time to see the witch bring a knife down on her arm and take off a fair amount of skin and place the blood that was running down her arm in a bowel.
"Why are you doing this?" Kagome finally asked testing the ropes that held her down and found them tainted with a magic that not even she could undo.
Smiling the demon witch walked over to Kagome and held her face in her hands and smiled at the bound kitsune with a smile that sent more shivers of disgust through Kagome's body and purred out her answer.
"You are the last of your kind of course, I'm going to play with your gift, it should prove to be an interesting diversion for your friends to try and fix, while my Lord Naraku continues looking for the jewel shards."
Walking back to the cauldron the witch continued to stir the potion while murmuring an incantation under her breath, so low that even with her demonic hearing Kagome was unable to understand any of the words.
"Alright lets see if the potion worked as planned." the witch said pouring a small vile of the potion down Kagome's throat causing her to gag and cough until she passed out.
"Yes, did it work as planned witch and was it worth your life?" another much colder voice questioned as the witch watched Kagome for any sign of disorder in her powers.
Turning quickly she came face to face with both the Lord of the Western Lands, Sesshomaru, and the Lord of the Eastern Lands, Ryuukitsu.
"Lord Sesshomaru, please forgive this old witch for trespassing on your lands." she said bowing to the irritated Lord.
"Sess, this girl is still alive, but it looks like she will out of it for quiet awhile." the Eastern Lord stated from his position beside Kagome.
Sesshomaru tilted his head in acknowledgment that he had heard his friend's statement and turned his attention back to the witch that had been trying to escape while he had turned to look at the young kitsune girl.
"Stay where you are and tell me why you have trespassed on to my lands." he demanded appearing in front of the witch causing her to give a small scream of fright.
"My Lord Naraku bid me to come to this place with the young demon shifter to perform a spell on her."
"You lie, that race has been extinct for more than two hundred years, it is not possible for this child to be one." Sesshomaru countered grabbing the witch by the throat, he began to slowly squeeze the life out of her, almost missing her next few words.
"She is the last of her kind and the princess." she gasped out making the Western Lord stop.
"Explain and I might let you go." he demanded throwing her next to the still unconscious Kagome.
"The young prince was sent to the future during the battle that destroyed all the demon shifters and that is his daughter, the young miko girl that travels with your half brother Inu-Yasha."
Both Lords processed this information and looked at the young fox girl, Sesshomaru in shock that this young miko was the last of the most powerful demon race that had ever existed and Ryuukitsu in curiosity at seeing on of the fabled demon shifters in the flesh.
"What did you do to her?" the kitsune lord inquired as he continued to study the girl in front of him.
After a moment of hesitation from the old demon, both lords began to advance on her with their weapons drawn and looks of death on their faces.
"Every time she thinks about another type of demon she will automatically change into that form until she thinks about another."
Ryuukitsu stopped his advancement as he gave the witch a look of disbelief, before turning back to see Kagome wide awake and tearing at her restraints in fear.
"Hold on little fox and I'll get you out of those things."
Hearing this said Kagome lifted her head quickly and watched as a red and black colored fox make his way over to her and begin to work on the ropes until they gave way and she was freed.
"Who are you?" she asked watching the new demon carefully as she tried to get some feeling back in her legs.
"I am Ryuukitsu, Lord of the Eastern Lands." he said surprised that she didn't already know this information.
Kagome thought hard about what she had just been told and suddenly remembered hearing that the lords of the Eastern and Western lands had taken to traveling together for fun.
'That means that Sesshomaru is near by!' she thought trying to make sure the dog demon wasn't around.
Ryuukitsu watched as the girl in front of him went several shades paler when she spotted his friend dealing with the demon witch and wondered what had happened to get such a reaction from the such a lovely kitsune.
"Thank you for releasing me, but I have to get going now, bye." Kagome rushed bowing slightly before taking off into the woods leaving a confused and bewildered lord in her wake.
"Ryu, are you really going to stand there like an idiot or help me catch that girl?" an amused voice asked cutting threw the fox's train of thought.
"Don't worry Sess, she can't get far, after all she doesn't have complete control over her powers, I can tell, she will get exhausted before too long." the kitsune lord stated running off into the woods.
Sesshomaru let a small smile grace his face before he also took off after his childhood friend and their new prey.
*Meanwhile*
Trees whizzed by Kagome in a blur as she raced to get away from the two lords and into the protective circle of her friends and companions.
As she continued at her break neck speed she was unable to fully stop when she saw a cliff coming into view and as she went over the edge the back of her shirt was grabbed and she was pulled back roughly and into the arms of Ryuukitsu.
"Damn foolhardy wench, you should watch where your going, trying to get your self killed." a rough voice scolded her as she was held even tighter.
"I agree with Ryu, you my dear shape shifter are much to valuable to lose to such a pitiable death." another voice added but much colder and more aloof.
"Sesshomaru." Kagome whispered upon seeing him and struggled to get out of the kitsune's hold and failing miserably.
"Tell me wench how I was unable to sense that you were a demon shifter every time I encountered you." Sesshomaru demanded looking Kagome straight in the eye.
"A royal shape shifting demon can always mask their presence if they want to remain hidden." Kagome answered rushing threw her entire explanation not seeing the glint of amusement in either lords eyes.
"Hold on a moment Sess, your going to take her word and not even let her change her form to something else, she could be lying?" Ryuukitsu suggested winking discreetly to his friend as he carried the bewildered Kagome to a safer clearing far away from the cliff.
"But I can't change for another two weeks." Kagome protested as both demons looked at expectantly.
"That is where you are wrong my dear little fox, just think about another demon form and you will be able to change to it." Sesshomaru countered.
Kagome looked at both demons and realized that they weren't going to let up till she had done what they had asked of her and let out a humongous sigh to show her irritation and annoyance.
"Alright, I'll try, but give me some room alright, you don't have to be so close." she demanded pushing the two frowning men back a few feet until she was satisfied with the distance between them.
Kagome made sure that they weren't going to lunge at her in any minute and began to think of becoming something different and tried to think of something that would surprise them both.
"AAAACCCHOOOO!!!"
Sesshomaru and Ryuukitsu couldn't believe their eyes when the white and blue fox girl suddenly changed into a white tailed, red striped haired dog demon before their eyes.
"Looks like I can change my form, thank you for the information Lord Sesshomaru." Kagome said giving the stunned lord a mocking bow.
Realizing that both of them were still in a state of shock Kagome turned around to run when she felt something soft and fluffy wrap around her waist and hoist her up into the air.
"I do believe that you are now going to be a permanent guest at my house." a silky voice purred into her ear causing shivers of delight to run down her spine.
"Yes I do believe that she would make a lovely mate for you my friend, if it wasn't for one thing."
"What is it?"
"Those glowing beads around your neck and her smug smile."
Sesshomaru put his hand up around his neck to feel a small beaded necklace around his neck and glanced down to see Kagome giving him a smug smile before she shouted.
"Down Boy!!!!"
Ryuukitsu watched as the beads glowed even an even brighter pink and suddenly Sesshomaru was on the ground with Kagome sprawled on top of him shaking with laughter.
"Now that, Fluffy, is how you subdue a demon." Kagome stated as she began to laugh uncontrollably.
"Wench, take these cursed things off at once!" Sess growled grabbing the laughing girl once the spell had worn off.
"No way, the only way I will ever take them off is if you agree to help me."
Sesshomaru gave his captive a disbelieving look and turned to look at his friend and found that he also had a string of beads around his neck that he had not noticed yet and had to give the girl credit for her cunning.
"And what my dear lady do you want us to help you with?" Ryu inquired inching closer not watching Sess giving him a look to stop in his tracks.
"STAY, you will help me get back to my friends and along the way if I sense any jewel shards you will help me get them, DOWN!" Kagome said subduing both demons.
After a few more 'stays' and 'downs' both demons soon realized that if they wanted to keep this female in sight then they would have to agree to help her with her quest.
"I will agree to your conditions." Ryuukitsu announced once he was finally able to get to his feet.
"I will also help you." Sesshomaru stated kissing Kagome's hand.
"Great, then lets move out and find my friends and some shards!" Kagome squealed bounding off.
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A/N: Well what do ya think, R/R. I had to give Sess and Ryu short nicknames cause it takes a while to write them both out.
I also took of the Hawk and Cat so now you only have to vote for three.
Dog: 65
Wolf: 42
Kitsune: 28
Author's Note: Please don't kill me, but my computer has finally died and I wont be able to get another one for quiet awhile, so the updates will probably be kinda spaced out from now on.
Riinika4 - Thank you for the names, I greatly appreciate them and yes I will be using one of the choices you gave me and also for your advice I will use part of it also. Hope you like it.
Sunstar-1217 - Yes I have been thinking about doing an alternate ending if the votes are close enough and if people want me to do one or having Kagome mate with two demons if the votes are tied.
Sora Moto - Thank you for the name it was a nice name but I decided to use another one, Sorry, but if you have any other advice I would love to hear it.
Van-Stolin - Thanks for the idea of doing a prequel I might do it so that others might get the general idea of what the Demon Shifter tribe was about, but if I do it, none of the characters will appear till the very end.
Chapter Four
Near the central most part of the Western Lands the demon witch was preparing for a ritual that would reek havoc with Kagome's shape shifting powers, making her miserable and possibly uncontrollable.
Kagome had regained consciousness just in time to see the witch bring a knife down on her arm and take off a fair amount of skin and place the blood that was running down her arm in a bowel.
"Why are you doing this?" Kagome finally asked testing the ropes that held her down and found them tainted with a magic that not even she could undo.
Smiling the demon witch walked over to Kagome and held her face in her hands and smiled at the bound kitsune with a smile that sent more shivers of disgust through Kagome's body and purred out her answer.
"You are the last of your kind of course, I'm going to play with your gift, it should prove to be an interesting diversion for your friends to try and fix, while my Lord Naraku continues looking for the jewel shards."
Walking back to the cauldron the witch continued to stir the potion while murmuring an incantation under her breath, so low that even with her demonic hearing Kagome was unable to understand any of the words.
"Alright lets see if the potion worked as planned." the witch said pouring a small vile of the potion down Kagome's throat causing her to gag and cough until she passed out.
"Yes, did it work as planned witch and was it worth your life?" another much colder voice questioned as the witch watched Kagome for any sign of disorder in her powers.
Turning quickly she came face to face with both the Lord of the Western Lands, Sesshomaru, and the Lord of the Eastern Lands, Ryuukitsu.
"Lord Sesshomaru, please forgive this old witch for trespassing on your lands." she said bowing to the irritated Lord.
"Sess, this girl is still alive, but it looks like she will out of it for quiet awhile." the Eastern Lord stated from his position beside Kagome.
Sesshomaru tilted his head in acknowledgment that he had heard his friend's statement and turned his attention back to the witch that had been trying to escape while he had turned to look at the young kitsune girl.
"Stay where you are and tell me why you have trespassed on to my lands." he demanded appearing in front of the witch causing her to give a small scream of fright.
"My Lord Naraku bid me to come to this place with the young demon shifter to perform a spell on her."
"You lie, that race has been extinct for more than two hundred years, it is not possible for this child to be one." Sesshomaru countered grabbing the witch by the throat, he began to slowly squeeze the life out of her, almost missing her next few words.
"She is the last of her kind and the princess." she gasped out making the Western Lord stop.
"Explain and I might let you go." he demanded throwing her next to the still unconscious Kagome.
"The young prince was sent to the future during the battle that destroyed all the demon shifters and that is his daughter, the young miko girl that travels with your half brother Inu-Yasha."
Both Lords processed this information and looked at the young fox girl, Sesshomaru in shock that this young miko was the last of the most powerful demon race that had ever existed and Ryuukitsu in curiosity at seeing on of the fabled demon shifters in the flesh.
"What did you do to her?" the kitsune lord inquired as he continued to study the girl in front of him.
After a moment of hesitation from the old demon, both lords began to advance on her with their weapons drawn and looks of death on their faces.
"Every time she thinks about another type of demon she will automatically change into that form until she thinks about another."
Ryuukitsu stopped his advancement as he gave the witch a look of disbelief, before turning back to see Kagome wide awake and tearing at her restraints in fear.
"Hold on little fox and I'll get you out of those things."
Hearing this said Kagome lifted her head quickly and watched as a red and black colored fox make his way over to her and begin to work on the ropes until they gave way and she was freed.
"Who are you?" she asked watching the new demon carefully as she tried to get some feeling back in her legs.
"I am Ryuukitsu, Lord of the Eastern Lands." he said surprised that she didn't already know this information.
Kagome thought hard about what she had just been told and suddenly remembered hearing that the lords of the Eastern and Western lands had taken to traveling together for fun.
'That means that Sesshomaru is near by!' she thought trying to make sure the dog demon wasn't around.
Ryuukitsu watched as the girl in front of him went several shades paler when she spotted his friend dealing with the demon witch and wondered what had happened to get such a reaction from the such a lovely kitsune.
"Thank you for releasing me, but I have to get going now, bye." Kagome rushed bowing slightly before taking off into the woods leaving a confused and bewildered lord in her wake.
"Ryu, are you really going to stand there like an idiot or help me catch that girl?" an amused voice asked cutting threw the fox's train of thought.
"Don't worry Sess, she can't get far, after all she doesn't have complete control over her powers, I can tell, she will get exhausted before too long." the kitsune lord stated running off into the woods.
Sesshomaru let a small smile grace his face before he also took off after his childhood friend and their new prey.
*Meanwhile*
Trees whizzed by Kagome in a blur as she raced to get away from the two lords and into the protective circle of her friends and companions.
As she continued at her break neck speed she was unable to fully stop when she saw a cliff coming into view and as she went over the edge the back of her shirt was grabbed and she was pulled back roughly and into the arms of Ryuukitsu.
"Damn foolhardy wench, you should watch where your going, trying to get your self killed." a rough voice scolded her as she was held even tighter.
"I agree with Ryu, you my dear shape shifter are much to valuable to lose to such a pitiable death." another voice added but much colder and more aloof.
"Sesshomaru." Kagome whispered upon seeing him and struggled to get out of the kitsune's hold and failing miserably.
"Tell me wench how I was unable to sense that you were a demon shifter every time I encountered you." Sesshomaru demanded looking Kagome straight in the eye.
"A royal shape shifting demon can always mask their presence if they want to remain hidden." Kagome answered rushing threw her entire explanation not seeing the glint of amusement in either lords eyes.
"Hold on a moment Sess, your going to take her word and not even let her change her form to something else, she could be lying?" Ryuukitsu suggested winking discreetly to his friend as he carried the bewildered Kagome to a safer clearing far away from the cliff.
"But I can't change for another two weeks." Kagome protested as both demons looked at expectantly.
"That is where you are wrong my dear little fox, just think about another demon form and you will be able to change to it." Sesshomaru countered.
Kagome looked at both demons and realized that they weren't going to let up till she had done what they had asked of her and let out a humongous sigh to show her irritation and annoyance.
"Alright, I'll try, but give me some room alright, you don't have to be so close." she demanded pushing the two frowning men back a few feet until she was satisfied with the distance between them.
Kagome made sure that they weren't going to lunge at her in any minute and began to think of becoming something different and tried to think of something that would surprise them both.
"AAAACCCHOOOO!!!"
Sesshomaru and Ryuukitsu couldn't believe their eyes when the white and blue fox girl suddenly changed into a white tailed, red striped haired dog demon before their eyes.
"Looks like I can change my form, thank you for the information Lord Sesshomaru." Kagome said giving the stunned lord a mocking bow.
Realizing that both of them were still in a state of shock Kagome turned around to run when she felt something soft and fluffy wrap around her waist and hoist her up into the air.
"I do believe that you are now going to be a permanent guest at my house." a silky voice purred into her ear causing shivers of delight to run down her spine.
"Yes I do believe that she would make a lovely mate for you my friend, if it wasn't for one thing."
"What is it?"
"Those glowing beads around your neck and her smug smile."
Sesshomaru put his hand up around his neck to feel a small beaded necklace around his neck and glanced down to see Kagome giving him a smug smile before she shouted.
"Down Boy!!!!"
Ryuukitsu watched as the beads glowed even an even brighter pink and suddenly Sesshomaru was on the ground with Kagome sprawled on top of him shaking with laughter.
"Now that, Fluffy, is how you subdue a demon." Kagome stated as she began to laugh uncontrollably.
"Wench, take these cursed things off at once!" Sess growled grabbing the laughing girl once the spell had worn off.
"No way, the only way I will ever take them off is if you agree to help me."
Sesshomaru gave his captive a disbelieving look and turned to look at his friend and found that he also had a string of beads around his neck that he had not noticed yet and had to give the girl credit for her cunning.
"And what my dear lady do you want us to help you with?" Ryu inquired inching closer not watching Sess giving him a look to stop in his tracks.
"STAY, you will help me get back to my friends and along the way if I sense any jewel shards you will help me get them, DOWN!" Kagome said subduing both demons.
After a few more 'stays' and 'downs' both demons soon realized that if they wanted to keep this female in sight then they would have to agree to help her with her quest.
"I will agree to your conditions." Ryuukitsu announced once he was finally able to get to his feet.
"I will also help you." Sesshomaru stated kissing Kagome's hand.
"Great, then lets move out and find my friends and some shards!" Kagome squealed bounding off.
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A/N: Well what do ya think, R/R. I had to give Sess and Ryu short nicknames cause it takes a while to write them both out.
I also took of the Hawk and Cat so now you only have to vote for three.
Dog: 65
Wolf: 42
Kitsune: 28