The Blood of the Moon
By Kokuei Sogekihei
Kagome looked down at the seventeen candles and made a wish before blowing them all out in one breath, generating applause from her family and close friends. Cake and ice cream was served and the Hojou only stuck around to see Kagome open his gift, which were lovely…therapeutic sandals, before leaving to do errands. Eri, Yuka and Ayame put their limited funds together for a gift card to a famous spa downtown. Kagome cried and hugged them tightly, knowing she would absolutely love this when she needed to be away from InuYasha and drown some problems for a while.
The trio left early as well however, for they had a triple date planned.
Soon Kagome was left to watch her mother and grandfather, noticing that their movements were…jittery, as if they were intensely excited about something. Souta, however, was sticking Kagome's fourth pair of "Hojou Sandals" on Buyo's large form, the cat wailing as he was suddenly forced to balance the thick shoes on his neck, trying not to move much so his air passage wouldn't be restricted. Suki had taken a picture before lashing at the hysteric Souta while her grandfather cackled merrily.
Kagome was snickering as she released the cat from its suffering after posing Buyo in strange forms and taking pictures, receiving a tongue-lashing from her mother as well. However, Kagome noted, Suki had a bright gleam in her eye and her large smile was kind of off-putting when she was supposed to be angry.
Soon night time was reached and Souta was sent to bed, the boy sniggering as he imagined the photos they would develop tomorrow. Suki called Kagome over to sit outside under the God Tree with herself and her grandfather. Kagome was happy to oblige, not even remotely tired.
They stared at the bloody moon for a while before Suki cleared her throat, capturing her daughter's attention to distract her from the near-at-hand transformation. "Kagome, I want you to listen to me no matter what, okay?" Kagome nodded, feeling herself changing somehow as her mother told her their history: how they were originally from Sengoku Jidai, who her father was, that Jii-chan wasn't her grandfather, but her father's advisor, that she Souta and Kagome were shadow inu youkai, and Jii-chan's real name, which was Riku. She also found out that he was a powerful Chinese dragon that was her father's first and best friend.
Kagome's vision began to swim as her mother told of how she met her father, InuTashio, but she focused on her voice like she requested. She scratched her ears and rubbed her forehead as they began to itch and burn, but continued to listened to the soft melody of her mother's chiming voice as it grew bitter and hard when she told her of when InuTashio took a second mate, a human, who had been heavy with half-breed child.
Kagome smiled when her mother spoke of InuYasha lovingly, not hating him for his scheming mother's past transgressions. "You know you have to save your father tomorrow, right? Bring him back so that I can beat into a bloody pulp?" Suki said and Kagome nodded with wariness etched into her face as she saw her mother's feral grin. "Boy is Chichi-ue in for it! 'she thought.Suddenly there was a silence before Suki told Kagome to stand, which she hesitantly did, swerving a bit. Suki and Riku helped her into the house and went to a full-length mirror in Suki's room so Kagome could look at her true self.
Kagome laid eyes on the reflection before her that looked exactly like the demoness in her dreams. She had the longest of moon-blue hair with two chin-length bangs framing her face and shorter bangs covering her forehead and the fluffiest likewise colored tail that flicked behind her. Her eyes were greenish-silver that Suki said she had gotten from her grandmother. Opening her mouth, Kagome watched in fascination as two long canine teeth protruded from her lips and shimmered in the light. Looking at her face, she noticed she had two silver slash marks on each cheek, wrist, ankle and hip with green-gold crescent on her brow, where her bangs parted.
Comparing herself, Kagome noted that she was taller than InuYasha and had become more…womanly in certain areas. Kagome mentally sighed as she thought of Miroku's reaction. Then she remembered Sango and smirked softly.
It was then that she took in her mother and Riku's appearance. Riku was probably a head taller than Sesshoumaru with long auburn hair tied into a low ponytail, his long, armored black dragon tail swishing behind him. His sparkling green eyes reminded her of Shippou. There was a black star on his brow and two maroon jagged slash marks on his left cheek. Broad shoulders squared and his head held high, Kagome would have never fathomed this man was her pretend grandpa.
Then Kagome glanced at her mother, the glowing gold eyes, navy blue crescent and maroon stripes the first thing she noticed. Her mother was indeed towering over her, but was a head shorter than Riku. Her silver hair was ankle-length and she had several bangs framing her face and shorter ones that parted where the crescent was proudly presented. The air around her just screamed power and royalty as her long silver tail gently swayed behind her.
Kagome began to wonder what was wrong with her father if he had betrayed her mother. How could a mere human be more appealing than the epitome of perfection before her. But then Kagome's reasoning kicked in. He was probably perfect too, so having someone that wasn't perfect probably seemed very appealing. After all, opposites supposedly attract.
Suddenly Kagome fainted from lack of energy that had been spent on her transformation, her dreams no longer plagued by distant memories, but of her blurry father figure that stared down at her in his arms, a large grin on his face.
Kokuei: Hi! I just wanted to say thanks to everyone reviewed and I'm going to let you in on a little secret. This is not my first fanfiction. Far from it actually. This is just the first fiction I've ever posted.
Tizzi: o.O'
Kokuei: I know…anyway, hope you enjoyed. Please review!
