Hey guys, Sorry for the long wait for an update! I've gotten a little distracted with things lately. cough Boyfriend coughcough. Anyway, I went through all of the chapters and fixed the Miroku problem. I apologize again, but i wrote this a couple years ago, and was very naive back then
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Chapter 5
When the others got themselves prepared, and Kagome packed her backpack, they all headed toward the Bone-Eaters well. When the reached it, nobody knew quite what to do next except for Inuyasha and Kagome.
"Just, well, jump through." Kagome tried to explain.
"Um. Ok then." Miroku said, hesitating.
Myroku climbed over the edge of the well and jumped.
"Ok Kaede, you next." Inuyasha said, picking her up. He jumped down to bring her through the well, and returned moments later.
"Sango, its your turn." He said, holding her hand as she jumped through. He soon returned.
"Alright Shippo, go on." Inuyasha told him, helping him down the well.
"Don't worry, I didn't forget about you, the most important person of all." Inuyasha said, kissing her on the cheek. He began nibbling on her ear, running his hands through Kagome's hair. He stared to move his hand up toward her thigh, and then started going up her shirt.
Kagome stopped him from going farther upward.
"No. Not yet. Its not time yet." Kagome teased. She giggled.
"Come on. The others are waiting for us. They're probably lost in my backyard."
Inuyasha picked up Kagome and jumped through the well to Kagome's time.
As they reached the other side, the others were waiting in the well house.
"Alright you guys, are you ready to meet my family?" Kagome asked them. "Let's go then."
She opened the door to the well house, revealing a large temple-like house, and Inuyasha's favorite tree.
"I know where I'm sleeping tonight." Inuyasha said, looking quite pleased.
"You're not going to sleep in my room tonight?" Kagome asked.
"Maybe." He said with a smirk.
Kagome returned the smirk and walked out of the well house, telling the others, "Just follow me you guys." The group did just that; they followed her over to the side-door of her home. They weren't paying much attention though; they were too busy looking at her beautiful yard.
"This is it you guys." Kagome said. She opened the door and walked in. The others followed and looked around the inside of her house amazed.
"Wow." Shippo said.
"Beautiful." Sango told them.
"Intriguing!" Miroku exclaimed.
Immediately, Inuyasha spied Sota's (Kagome's little brother) video games.
"Alright!" he said. He ran over to the television, and turned on Sota's video game console.
"Let's see if I remember how to do this." Inuyasha said, fumbling with the controller. In a flash of color and lights, Inuyasha was off, in a racecar game. And by the looks of it, he was winning.
"Inuyasha, clam down." Kagome told him. "Well guys, this is called a television, or a TV for short."
"Oooh." And "Ahhh." Was all you could hear.
"Kagome? Is that you?" Someone called on the other end of the house.
"It's my mother. Inuyasha, turn that thing off right now." Kagome demanded.
"But I'm getting the high score." Inuyasha whined.
"NOW!" Kagome demanded yet again. Inuyasha did what he was told, and turned off the game.
"Kagome?" the person said again.
"Yes maim, I'm here." Kagome answered.
Kagome's mom came walking through the hallway, and stopped with a surprised look and said, "Kagome dear, who are all these people?"
"Well mom, you already know Inuyasha. This woman is Sango, a demon slayer, and this is a highly honored Buddhist priest named Miroku. This kind elderly woman is Kaede, The priestess in the village where she lived. And this cute little thing is called Shippo." Kagome told her mom.
The others bowed very politely and said their hellos.
"Hello everyone." Mrs. Higurashi bowed, "how are you?"
"Oh," She added, "look, more dog ears."
"Actually ms. Kagome's mom, those are fox ears because I am a fox youkai (demon)" Shippo said cutely, "Inuyasha is the one with the dog ears."
"Oh so there are two demons staying in my house." She said.
"They are welcome here right?" Kagome asked.
"Of course they are Kagome. I was just thinking that nobody would believe this if I told them." Her mom laughed.
Kagome showed her guests the entire house, and explained what they meant.
"This is the bathroom. Sango I'll show you how to work the bathtub after this." She told them.
"This is the kitchen. I will cook for you since you are guests in my home."
"This is my bedroom. This is where I sleep at night." They all took turns sitting on her bed, feeling its futuristic comfort. "You will be sleeping on beds just like these tonight."
She told them everything there is to tell about her house.
"Hello Kagome. Are you back for a few days?" A voice said. It was Kagome's grandfather.
"Oh hello grandpa, yes I am staying for a few days. I have brought all of my friends from the feudal era."
Kagome introduced them to her grandpa.
"Interesting." He said, studying Kaede.
He brought Kaede into his library of ancient Japanese books to talk to her about her experience with the jewel and her everyday life.
"Maybe we should leave grandpa to talk to Kaede." Kagome suggested.
DING-DONG!
It was the doorbell.
Kagome went to answer the door only to find Hojo with yet another health remedy for her.
"Kagome, its good to see you better now. Your grandfather told me that you had a terrible case of hepatitis. Here, I brought you a gift set of aromatherapy candles."
"Thank you Hojo, that was very kind of you to do for me." Kagome told him. "Um, would you like to come in for a cup of tea?"
"Sure thing." He answered.
Kagome opened the door farther to let Hojo in, "I have some guests, if you don't mind them here."
"I don't mind at all." He said.
"Hojo, I would like you to meet Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Inuyasha. They are visiting from, uh, a small town in eastern Japan. They live life every day without telephones, televisions, computers, cars, and everything else that has to do with technology." She lied.
"Oh really, why don't you have any technology in your village Miroku?" Hojo asked.
"Um, because we are Buddhist. And we do not believe in these leisurely items." Miroku lied.
After they had their tea, Kagome walked Hojo to the door, "I hope that I can make it to school on Monday. If I do, I hope to see you there." Kagome lied again.
"Thank you for allowing me to stay for tea Kagome, I hope that you do make it to school." He said, kissing Kagome on the cheek.
When Kagome closed the door, she saw Inuyasha's jealous face.
"Aw Inuyasha, I don't like him "that" way, he's just a boy from school with a crush on me." She tried to tell him, "Besides, I love you." She said, pulling him in for a kiss. He flattened his ears in pleasure.
"You do know that there are children present right." Miroku teased.
"Oh Miroku, quit talking about yourself like that." Sango giggled, she really couldn't help but do that.
"Ha ha, very funny Sango." Miroku said sarcastically, "But Kagome, have you even told your mother about your relationship with Inuyasha?"
Actually, no I haven't, but I have decided something though. I have decided that I am going to use the jewel of four souls to become a hanyou as Inuyasha is."
Everybody's jaw dropped, even Inuyasha's.
"You're going to what?" A voice said.
Sota came walking into the living room where they were sitting.
"Sota!" Kagome said with a horrified look in her eyes, "your home from school early!"
"My friend gave me a ride home from school today instead of having me walk like I normally do." Sota said. "Hey, what are you doing here, and what are you talking about?"
"I am home for a few days, and we weren't talking about anything so mind your own business." She said smugly.
"And who are all these people?" he asked, "I already know Inuyasha."
Kagome introduced the others and told Sota, "Why don't you go play with Shippo outside?"
"Alright!" Sota said happily. "We can play hide and seek."
Sota and Shippo walked toward the backdoor and outside.
"Well leave you two alone for a while." Sango said.
"No. That's ok Sango, well go up and talk in my room." Kagome said innocently.
Kagome and Inuyasha walked up the stairs toward her room.
"Don't they make such a cute couple Miroku?" Sango asked him as the couple left.
"Yeah. How come they are in love and I am not. Well, I am but the one I love will not return love to me." Miroku said sadly.
When they reached Kagome's room, the opened the door and sat on her bed.
"Come over and sit with me." She said, crossing her legs Indian style. Inuyasha did the same, sitting across from Kagome.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Inuyasha asked Kagome.
"I am absolutely sure. Inuyasha, I love you more then anything on the world. And I would like to spend the rest of my life with you."
Kagome broke into tears. Inuyasha brought her into his arms and held her closely.
"If it is going to hurt you in any way, then you don't have to do it."
Kagome was still crying on Inuyasha's big, soft shoulder. Inuyasha began to kiss Kagome's hair, and rub her arm.
"I love you no matter what you are. Human, hanyou, or even youkai. You are still Kagome, and I love Kagome." Inuyasha told her, telling the full truth.
He plucked her off of his shoulder and brought her to his lips for a long, pleasureful kiss.
"I'm going to do it." She told him.
"I'm going to do it... tonight."
"I will tell my family at dinner."
"But tonight is the first night of the new moon. The night that I become a full human." He told her.
"I know that. You always looked so cute when you were like that." Kagome teased.
"Hey, now that were on the subject of being human and hanyou, what is it like to have ears like that?" she asked him.
"Well, it takes some getting used to, but it is pretty neat. You might want to stop jumping right into the river. With those ears, you will have a head full of water as soon as you get wet." He joked.
"Do you think I will look different?" She asked.
"Yes, but only a little bit. Just imagine yourself with ears, fangs, different shaped eyes, claws, and about 50 years of age added to yourself. I am 67 years old because I was originally 17 years old until Kikyo shot me with that arrow. So you will be as old as me, you will me taller, and you will be a little "bigger" around the chest area." He laughed.
"Kagome, Inuyasha, its dinner time." Kagome's mom called.
The happy couple walked out of Kagome's room and into the dining room.
They ate in silence, occasionally glancing around the table. Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other as they ate. They tangled one another's feet around the others, playing footsies. As the table finished their dinner, Kagome stood up to speak. "I have an announcement to make everyone. I would like to tell you all that I have decided to use the Shikon No Tama to become a hanyou. I am going to spend the rest of my life with Inuyasha." Kagome said, clearly and loudly so that everyone could hear her.
"Congratulations Kagome!" Sango praised, running over to hug her.
"Oh Kagome." Her mother said, joining in the hug.
Inuyasha just stood there, looking at the other guys. He had an embarrassed look on his face.
Miroku looked back him with a defeated look in his eyes. "I guess you win Inuyasha. You beat me to it." He said laughing.
Kagome's grandfather looked him with warning in his eyes. "You'd better take good care of my granddaughter."
"Don't worry about it. She's in good hands." Inuyasha answered.
"Kaede, what must be done for this to happen?" Kagome asked her.
"Well Kagome, ye must first go outside and prey to the jewel for what ye desire, in your case, to become a hanyou. Then it will, well, it will happen." Kaede replied.
"Alright then, lets go outside and do it." Kagome said.
They all piled out of the door to her backyard, and when they got there, something was different. Inuyasha went under the process of the new moon. He will not return to normal until dawn.
"Um Kagome, are you sure this will work tonight?" The human Inuyasha asked.
The others turned around to see a human boy with black hair, normal ears, and violet eyes standing in their doorway.
"It should Inuyasha, I mean, I am not a hanyou yet so I cannot do that like you do." She replied.
"Alright, go ahead." He told her.
"Wait." He said, "Before you do that, I want to do this."
Inuyasha walked up to Kagome and kissed her. They did so for a few minutes.
"Break it up you guys." Miroku told them.
"Ok, here I go." Kagome said, stepping backwards away from the others. She quietly whispered her prayer to the jewel, hoping that it would work.
In a matter of moments, a great bolt of purple lightning fell from the sky, enveloping Kagome in a ball of purple light. She rose from the sky, floating twenty feet from the ground.
Kagome head tipped back, and her eyes glowed bright red. For the second time in one week, Kagome's soul was drawn from her body. It glowed an eerie blue color, and swirled around through the purple lightning, growing a little larger. It sank back into her chest, releasing her head from that tilted position. Kagome reached the ground, still standing up like before, and still enveloped in purple lightning. But that too faded away, leaving Kagome Higurashi, the newly become hanyou.
"Wow. That was strange. Well...how do I look?" Kagome said, feeling a little weird.
"You look beautiful." Inuyasha told her.
"Incredible." Grandpa said.
They were soon forgetting those words. Kagome was a human again.
"Oops. I hate to say I told you so but, I told you so." Inuyasha said.
The new moon had done it again. Well, it was only Kagome's first transformation. Inuyasha couldn't even remember how many times he has transformed.
"Darn it. I'm going to have to wait until morning now." Kagome complained. "But it was fun while it lasted." She added.
"I still think you look beautiful." Inuyasha said.
"Aw. Your so sweet Inuyasha." She said, walking over to hug him. "Hey, lets take a picture. Mom, can you get the camera please?"
"Sure Kagome." Mrs. Higurashi said, walking inside to retrieve the camera.
When she returned with the camera, Inuyasha eyed it strangely.
"What in all of the seven hells is that thing?"
"It's called a camera Inuyasha." Kagome told him, kissing him on the cheek.
"Everybody, I need you to stand in a group and look at me. On the count of three smile. One... two... three!" Mrs. Higurashi said.
When the picture was taken Mrs. Higurashi said, "I will take this to get developed tomorrow."
A large, moan-like sound came from the group.
"Oh. I'm sorry. I yawned." Inuyasha said, a little embarrassed. "I think that I might go to sleep now." He told them.
Inuyasha walked over to the god tree and tried to jump in the branch. He had a little trouble doing it so Inuyasha had to climb to his branch. He stretched his arms and legs out wide and let out one more big yawn. He lazily placed his arms behind his head and closed his eyes.
"I think I'll do the same thing." Kagome told the group, walking toward the door.
"I think that we all want the same thing." Grandpa said, with an outstretched arm on the door to let in the others.
They all walked in to find Kagome already in her pajamas, walking down the stairs.
"Would you like me to show you where you will be sleeping?" Kagome asked.
She showed her quests to their rooms spread throughout the house. Kagome walked back up the stairs and into her room. She stood beside her window and sat on the windowsill.
"Inuyasha?" she said in a playful voice, "Where are you hiding?"
"Down here." Inuyasha replied, "This might just be a problem. I'm still a human, and your window is thirty feet from the ground. How do you expect me to get up there?"
"Um. Just climb up I guess." She answered.
Inuyasha stood from the branch he was sitting on and began to climb up to Kagome's room. He finally reached the window of her room and quietly climbed through, hoping not to wake anyone in the house.
"Before we do anything, I would like to give you this." He said, reaching into his kimono for something. He pulled out a bundle and handed it to Kagome.
"I would like to give you this set of clothes to wear when you are a hanyou. You may wear them tomorrow if you'd like. I asked Kaede to make them for you. I hope that they fit." Inuyasha rambled on, blushing the whole time.
Kagome took the bundle and unwrapped it, revealing just as Inuyasha said, a set of clothes. They were colored a dark pink, and they look kind of like Inuyasha's.
"Aww. Thank you Inuyasha, you're so sweet." Kagome told Inuyasha.
"Would you like to try them on?" He asked her.
"Sure." She replied, kissing Inuyasha on the cheek. She walked over to her closet and opened the door.
"I don't want you getting any ideas." Kagome told him.
She walked through the closet doorway and closed the door.
A few moments later, Kagome slowly opened the closet door revealing her in a beautiful set of old fashioned clothes.
"Well. How do I look?" Kagome asked Inuyasha innocently.
"I'm speechless." Inuyasha replied, a little embarrassed.
Kagome giggled, followed by a long yawn.
"While you may be speechless, I'm tired." Kagome said, walking over to her bed. When she sat on it, it didn't feel as comfortable.
"It feels weird. It's not right." She complained. "I want to... sleep...in a tree."
"Alright then." Inuyasha said. "We can sleep in the god tree."
"I'll climb down, and you can jump when Isay so. Ok?" he told her.
"Ok." Kagome replied.
"Wait. Before we leave, I would like to do this." Kagome said, reaching her hand toward his neck. At that moment, Kagome removed Inuyasha's rosary, freeing him from the spell that would keep him from harming her.
"Now you can do whatever you want." She told him.
"You are all I want." He replied, giving her a hug and kiss.
Inuyasha began to climb down the tree, and yelled, "Ok Kagome, you can jump now."
"Alright." She answered, a little nervous. She jumped down from her window, with her eyes closed.
"I don't like thi-" Kagome yelled, but was interrupted by Inuyasha catching her.
"Wasn't that so much fun?" He told her, laughing.
"Not really. Can we go to sleep now?" She asked.
"Yes." Inuyasha replied.
They walked over to the god tree, and climbed to Inuyasha's favorite branch. They snuggled up together, Kagome's head resting peacefully in Inuyasha's comfortable chest. They both fell asleep like this, both still full-blooded human.
When dawn crept over the Higurashi shrine, a bright flash went off. There was also some mumbling going on.
"We should frame this."
"Oh yes, I am going to."
"They look so cute together like that."
"Picture perfect."
Some familiar ears twitched.
"Uh. What's going on?" Kagome mumbled, waking up.
Inuyasha woke up also.
"What are you guys doing out here this early in the morning?" Inuyasha asked sleepily.
"Good morning sleepy heads." Kagome's mom said.
"How did our favorite couple sleep last night?" Sango asked.
Kagome jumped down from the tree and tripped while walking over to the group.
"I don't know about Inuyasha, but I slept like a rock. Maybe I should start sleeping in trees more often." Kagome said, now wide-awake.
"Um. Kagome, would you like to go take a shower and wake up?" Her mom asked.
"Sure." Kagome replied, walking toward the door.
She walked inside the house and toward the bathroom. When she reached the bathroom, she opened the door, and walked in to look in the mirror to check for zits. She has to stay beautiful you know.
"Ahh!" Kagome screamed, looking at herself in the mirror.
She closed her eyes and thought to herself, "Ok Kagome, your going to look back in the mirror and your not going to freak out at your new body."
She opened her eyes and looked in the mirror. She let out a sharp gasp when she looked at the top of her head. Kagome realized that she had her new ears. "Aww. They're so cute." she said, trying to wiggle them.
She then analyzed her now amber, cat-like eyes, and her pointy, sharp new fangs.
"Neat." She said, looking at her new claws. And when you add the clothes that Inuyasha gave to Kagome last night, she looks like the female version of Inuyasha.
Kagome realized something that she had overlooked something else. She looked up next to new ears and saw her hair. For some reason, when Kagome prayed to the jewel, it chose to give her silver hair like Inuyasha's. Only Kagome's hair had highlights of black running through it. After Kagome finished analyzing herself she opened the door to the bathroom and ran out of the house.
"It worked!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
Inuyasha apparently not opened his eyes when he woke up before, and he had also fallen back asleep. That had changed when Kagome started yelling. Inuyasha woke up surprised, looking around because he forgot where he was.
He looked at the ground and all the people that stood there, looking back at him with smiles on their faces.
"Congratulations Inuyasha." Sango told him, hinting over to Kagome, who was running around everywhere she could.
Inuyasha jumped down from the tree and noticed that he was a demon again. Kagome saw him jump from the tree and began to run toward him. Inuyasha saw her coming toward him, and wiggled his ears. Kagome finally reached Inuyasha and threw her arms around him. He swung her around a few times and stopped.
"Good morning beautiful." Inuyasha said, "I see that you are happy about your new self."
"Yes I am." Kagome replied, "I am very happy about my new self."
The others took the hint that the couple wanted to be alone and they started to scatter.
"Hey Sango, would you like to go and get these pictures developed?" Mrs. Higurashi asked her. "I can take you to a beauty salon."
"Sure!" Sango said excited. "I'd love to go with you."
"Alright. I'll go and get you some normal clothes." She replied, hinting for Sango to follow her inside.
"So Miroku, can you and Kaede help me explain the past?" Grandpa asked.
"Sure. We would be honored." Miroku answered.
They went inside leaving Inuyasha, Kagome, Sota, and Shippo.
"Hey Sota. Can you teach me to play those vid-ee-o gam-e things?" Shippo questioned.
"Alright Shippo, follow me." Sota replied.
Finally. They are alone.
"You look beautiful." Inuyasha told Kagome.
"You don't look half bad yourself, handsome." She said.
"How do you like it?" He asked her.
"It is wonderful. Can you teach me how to move my ears?" Kagome asked.
"Ok. Just do like I do." Inuyasha said, slowly moving his ears back and forth. Kagome attempted to do the same thing struggling. But, she managed to succeed in doing it.
"Would you like me to teach you everything else there is to being a hanyou?' Inuyasha asked Kagome.
"Oh yes. Please." Kagome replied.
Throughout the day, Inuyasha taught Kagome everything there is to being a hanyou. He taught her how to jump hundreds of feet in the air. He taught her how to use her sharp nose. He even taught her how to be agile and quick.
"Are you ready for the true test of your skills?" Inuyasha asked Kagome.
"Yes." Kagome replied.
"Then follow me. And were going to need an apple too." He said, jumping toward the city and away from the shrine.
Kagome did as Inuyasha told, getting an apple and following him the whole time.
They reached a high building and stood on the roof.
"I want you to chase me through the entire city. We will cover as much ground as possible. I need you to chase me around until you can get this apple from the top of my head." He told her.
Inuyasha thought for a moment. "I'm not being too hard on you am I?" He asked.
"Oh no. I'm having fun actually." Kagome replied.
"Ok then, I'll keep going. We should try to stay off of the black and gray things."
"You mean the roads and sidewalks?" she asked.
"Yes." He replied. "Ok. Are you ready? GO!" he yelled.
Inuyasha was off, jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Kagome wasn't too far behind him, running as fast as her new hanyou legs would carry her, which was still pretty darn fast.
Inuyasha continued to run, and Kagome jumped as high as possible. It was so easy for Inuyasha that he ran backwards, so that he could see Kagome coming.
"I'll get you yet Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled at the top of her lungs, reaching behind her for her bow and arrow. She got and arrow and came up toward the edge of a building. She gathered up all of her courage and took a swan dive, readying her arrow to fire. As Kagome fell, she passed an office with an open window. With just her luck, they all had video cameras because there was an important birthday party going on. The cameras caught her falling past the building, and they soon forgot about the birthday party. They taped her going downward and she was falling at a fast rate. Kagome ignored them and concentrated on the shot. She shot the arrow straight up past the building roof, catching Inuyasha's slick eyes. He stopped and waited for Kagome to come up from the side of the building and did not see her. He soon found out why. Inuyasha felt something move on his head followed by half an apple falling from both sides of his head.
"I win." Kagome said.
"I guess so." Inuyasha replied, "So I suppose that the student has surpassed the teacher."
"Yup." She said.
"So how did you do that anyway?" Inuyasha asked Kagome eagerly.
"Well. I took a swan dive off of a building and shot the arrow toward the sky so that it would distract you. Then I jumped on the windowsills on the sides of the surrounding buildings to jump around and sneak behind you." Kagome explained.
"Wow." Inuyasha said, "That was ama-"
He stopped. "Something's coming straight for us." He told her.
Kagome could hear it now. "It sounds like a-" There was a loud whirling noise, "Helicopter!" Kagome yelled.
"Inuyasha run! Don't blow it up, just run! Follow me!"
Inuyasha did as Kagome said, refraining from blowing up the large, whirly, noisy thingy. They jumped toward the far edge of the city, in the opposite direction of Kagome's house. They jumped and ran for some time, with the helicopter still following them, until they reached a building and jumped down into an abandoned apartment complex. Inuyasha didn't know where in the world they were, but Kagome did. They waited for a while for the helicopter to stop circling the building and fly away. Their wish had been granted.
"Whoo, I'm glad that's over." Kagome said, looking up at the sky.
"Hey Kagome, what was that thing?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, that was called a helicopter. It is a machine that helps humans fly inside it. The people inside it were news people, or human people who work on something called 'the news' on the TV. The news helps tell people what's going on in the world." Kagome explained.
They started off toward Kagome's house, being careful not to run into any helicopters.
JaNe!
Anna