"Dammit, get out of my head!" Kiki snarled suddenly, causing everyone to fall back from her in surprise. She struggled against the bed as if restrained by invisible ropes and then suddenly went limp.

"The hell?" Inuyasha snapped, pointing at her. "She's gone crazy!"

"On the contrary, my good man. She's completely sane… All things considered." Kiki chuckled in an eerily familiar voice that wasn't her own.

Clearly feminine, the voice had a slight demonic echo to it. Kiki opened her eyes completely and slowly sat up as Miroku and Sango recoiled from her once more. Kiki turned an inquisitive head toward the hyperventilating humans and a wide-eyed half breed. "What? Is it the eyes? Do red eyes freak humans out? Or is it my hair, my face… my fangs?"

"Red eyes would scare anyone!" Sango protested, pushing her hair back from her forehead. "It wasn't as if we were expecting red, anyways. Purple, yes. Red? No."

"Wait, what do you mean by "humans"? Kiki, you are a human as well." Miroku exclaimed, calmly trying to recollect himself. "Unless you're not… Kiki…?"

"Very nicely done. I have to give you credit for figuring it out so quickly. Then again… I've always had a soft spot for you creatures." Kiki sighed again and brought a newly clawed hand to her face, tracing the tattoos that had now formally appeared. Pulling away from the marks she ran her hands through her blood red hair, bringing some strands out in front of her to examine the color.

"If you're not Kiki then who are you?" Inuyasha demanded, grabbing her wrists and forcing her to look him in the eyes. "What are you doing to her body?"

"Oh, pipe down you idiot. She'll go back to normal if I give up control. However, why would I want to do that? When Naraku's not around I'm actually a pretty nice girl…" Kiki seductively licked her lips and smiled. "You don't want me to leave, do you?"

"Of course I do!" he barked, his own eyes starting to glow. He roughly pulled her to her feet brought his face close to hers, snarling. "Get out!"

"Inuyasha, trying to force her out of Kiki's body isn't going to get us anywhere. Let me handle this!" Miroku shouted, yanking Inuyasha away from his possessed lover. He grasped the demon's hands between his own and looked deeply into her glowing red eyes. "Will you bear my child?"

The demon slapped him and spat in his face, shoving him backwards. Dizzily he leaned against the wall and allowed Inuyasha grab one of her wrists and hold it in the air.

"Like I'd ever bear the child of a human! Let go of me, you dirty half breed! Any harm that comes to this body is felt by your woman! You don't want that, do you?" Kiki snapped, putting emphasis on the word 'your'. Inuyasha let go of her and stepped back, watching as she rubbed her wrist and glared at him.

"Ryoko's your name, right?" he asked, earning a softer look from her. She stopped massaging her wrist and sighed.

"That's correct." She replied with a deep, hateful glare. "Yet coming from you it sounds distinctly repulsive." Inuyasha growled at her.

"Why have you overpowered our friend?" Sango offered, digging for information. "Do you need to tell us something?"

"Actually, yes." Ryoko snapped. "My originally plan was just to use her vocals. I had no idea she would submit to my power so easily. Half-breed, that's probably your fault."

"My fault? Why is it my fault?" Inuyasha objected, raising a fist. "I didn't do anything!"

"I beg to differ! Your mark is causing me an infuriating amount of pain! It's protecting her from her demonic half!" Ryoko roared at him. "The consequences of your idiotic actions are going to end up killing this body! And then I'll never be free!" Inuyasha stepped back from her in horror. "She cannot handle this pain!"

Inuyasha nabbed her by the shoulders and stared straight at her. She stared right back, not uncomforted. "Fine." He spat, pushing her head to the side so the mark was visible. "I'll try to get it off."

"Inuyasha! Are you sure that won't make things worse?" Miroku piped up as he was about to lower his head towards the mark. "You might regret this later. Plus, she might hold some valuable clues toNaraku's whereabouts."

"Screw the consequences. Even if there's only the slightest chance this will help… I need to try." With that he put his mouth on the mark and Kiki's face flushed.

Ryoko's eyes widened in surprise and she weakly squirmed against him. Inuyasha only leaned deeper into her, ignoring the stares Miroku and Sango were intently fixing on him. When he finally pulled away the bite was gone, but the skin were it had been scarred over.

"You just…You just…" Sango searched for words, covering her mouth. "You just…!"

"Aggressive little dog, aren't you…" Ryoko muttered, turning her head and pulling down her neckline in a pitiful attempt to see the skin. Inuyasha turned away, a small blush crawling up his face.

"Feh. Don't call me a dog." He replied. Ryoko smirked and placed a claw on his cheek.

"I'll call you what I please." She said, emphasizing her point by sinking the claw into his skin. He winced in pain but let her.

"You have your wish. Now let Kiki come back." He demanded. Ryoko smirked.

"As you wish." she sweetly answered, closing her eyes. A sudden wind whipped around her, and bright white light poured out from under her eyelids. Her hair flared into the air and then quickly morphed into its original color. The scars faded from her face, and then her body began to limply fall forward.

Inuyasha scrambled for her falling body, catching her just before she hit the ground. He watched her carefully, as her chest heaved up and down with deep, gasping breaths. Her eyes fluttered open, revealing their natural, unnatural purple color.

"Kiki!" He exclaimed, relieved. "Are you ok?"

"Um…" Kiki murmured and then a blush exploded onto her face. "What? I… Oh, gross…"

Inuyasha's face blushed intensely at the thought of what Ryoko might have said to her. Slightly angered at the thought, he dropped Kiki unceremoniously onto the floor. With an 'Oomph!' and a grumble of distaste Kiki lifted her head and looked him straight in the eyes.

"I'm sorry. I'm fine, really." She assured him. "I just need some rest."

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Kiki woke up with a yawn and a headache. The first thing she noticed was that Inuyasha was not in the room, as he had been when she dozed off. She sat up in confusion, having half expected him to be sitting over her. She instead saw Sango playing with Kirara on the porch to her right. Sango turned from the playful demon and looked at her.

"Oh, good! You're up!" Sango exclaimed with a smile. "It was almost time for Miroku's shift and I was getting a little worried."

"Shift?" Kiki inquired in confusion, raising an eyebrow. Sango shook her head as if to say that it was a conversation for another time and laughed. Kiki smiled with her and then subconsciously reached for the necklace that kept the jewel in place, fingering the beads. Ok, it's safe.

"Inuyasha and Miroku are out training. I think it is around noon." Sango said, explaining Inuyasha's absence. "Inuyasha wanted to see this 'Wind Tunnel' thing Miroku has."

Kiki raised her eyebrow again and started to get out of bed. "I've gotta see this." She explained and Sango laughed in reply.

"Feh." Inuyasha said amusedly, cracking his knuckles just as they arrived. "No more impressive than some of the things Kiki can do." Miroku sighed and pulled the beads that contained his wind tunnel tighter around his hand. The land before them was torn to shreds, large hunks of the earth having been yanked out by the strong winds Miroku's hand produced. Inuyasha's ears perked slightly at the sound of oncoming footsteps and he turned to see who was coming. A horrified Sango and an awe-filled Kiki were coming towards them.

"The-the-THE COURSE!" Sango shrieked, stomping forward in fury. "LOOK AT THE COURSE!"

"Indeed! Your tunnel must be amazing, Miroku!" Kiki exclaimed in delight. "I can't wait to see it!"

"Not in your life!" Sango objected in anger. "He'll never open that thing again when I'm through with him!"

Miroku cautiously took a step away from the oncoming women, as if preparing himself to bolt. Inuyasha looked severely amused by Sango's reaction. "Now, Sango… I didn't mean the village or anyone harm…"

"Harm? HARM? Didn't mean anybody HARM? Look at the course you perverted baka! It's in ruins!" Sango howled, coming up in front of him and jabbing an accusing finger sharply into his chest. "You DESTROYED it!"

"Sango, I think you're overreacting just a tad…" Kiki sighed, just as amused as Inuyasha by Sango's reaction. "It's not so bad."

"It's horrible! Look at it!"

When Kiki examined the field a little more closely she realized just how horrifying the situation was. People would have to take precious time from their days to fix this mess, and that would cost the village greatly in food.

"Sango I didn't mean to-"

"I can fix it." Kiki said calmly, turning to face Sango and Miroku. Sango's eyes widened in relief as she turned to look at her and Inuyasha snickered in disbelief. Miroku looked like he was going to kiss her for saving him from a most unpleasant death. "Miroku, open your wind tunnel again."

Sango's look faded and Miroku looked uneasy. Kiki's good mood was angrily tainted at their lack of trust in whatever she was thinking. "Look, just do it. I'll make sure nothing bad happens. Inuyasha, Sango, get behind Miroku and me."

Hesitantly, Sango got behind Miroku while Inuyasha slitted his eyes. "What are you up to?" he accused, but Kiki just grinned slyly and shook her head. Once Inuyasha was also behind her and Miroku she nodded at him to open his wind tunnel.

"Kiki are you sure this is a good-"

"Just do it!"

Reluctantly, Miroku pulled the beads from his hand and unclenched his fist. "Wind tunnel!" Great gusts of wind began pulling at everything in front of him, almost as if his hand was a black hole. Kiki put her hands out in front of her and concentrated on the wind.

"Wind!" she called, and the wind from Miroku's hand began bending to her will. She used her powers to evenly pull at the earth and fill in holes. As she worked, sweat began to run down her face and into her eyes, and her headache got even worse. The training area was now sloped at the sides, but the ground was evenly distributed everywhere. She nodded at Miroku and he yanked the beads back on.

"This is beautiful!" Sango exclaimed gleefully. "It's so perfect! All we need is a good rain and the ground will be set!"

"I'm on it!" Kiki replied, closing her eyes and clasping her hands together in front of her chest. There was a rumbling in the distance, like thunder. She was pulling a storm towards the village.

"Oh!" Sango exclaimed in realization, looking even happier than before. "Kiki, you're wonderful!"

Miroku sighed in relief that Sango had forgotten about how he had destroyed the area, and Inuyasha looked sour that nobody was going to be murdered for it. Kiki opened her eyes and smirked at them, although completely drained.

"The rain should be here in a bit. We should head back to the house."

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"Bragger." Inuyasha accused as Kiki set her swords in front of her for a spiritual tune up. They were in their room, stuck inside until the rain stopped. "Fixing the course like that."

"I couldn't very well keep it destroyed." Kiki laughed. "Sango would have killed Miroku in seconds."

"That's the point. I wanted to see that." Inuyasha muttered in disappointment, watching as Kiki sat in front of her swords and let her hands hover over them. "And haven't you pulled enough out of your powers today? You shouldn't be doing that."

"I'll be fine." Kiki assured him, discarding the fact that she knew she was fatigued. "It's only a tune up."

Inuyasha stood up and walked over to her, squatting down and grabbing one of her hands. "No. Last time you tried to do this, you were tired. You got sick."

Kiki remembered all to well how sick she had gotten, but was still irritated that Inuyasha was trying to stop her. "I have to tune them up! If we don't leave this village soon, Naraku's trail will be covered and none of us will get revenge!"

Inuyasha looked surprised and loosened his grip on her hand, allowing her to snatch it back. "Revenge?" he asked quietly, his eyes becoming mere slits in his head. "What do you mean?"

"Revenge for creating me without purpose. For killing Kikyo and Kohaku. For tricking you, and Miroku's family. For putting all of us through suffering! I will kill him, my creator or not." Kiki hissed. "He can't escape me at this point."

"Kiki, I highly doubt you were created without a purpose. And don't you think I want to kill him, too?" Inuyasha snapped. "You're tired, though! Do it tomorrow! We'll leave in two days or something!"

"That's not soon enough!" Kiki snarled in fury, turning back to her swords. "We have to leave sooner!"

"Kiki!" Inuyasha growled, grabbing both of her hands and turning her towards him. "I don't want you to get sick or hurt again!"

Kiki's angry glare softened, and she didn't pull away from him. "You're worried about me." She accused softly, and Inuyasha blushed and looked away. "You're very worried." Kiki leaned forward and kissed him lightly on the lips as he turned to look at her again. His eyes widened and stayed wide as she pulled away.

"Thank you for worrying."