Chapter 6: Becoming Demon
"Raina? Where exactly are we?" I stammered. Before my eyes were the many sleeping bodies of dragon demons, and I was truly afraid. "Why, you haven't noticed it yet, Rafe? How my name and the Rain Dragon's name are the same? You fool, I am the Rain Demon!" Raina bellowed. Her once soft voice became rougher like a dragon's. Her human skin turned scaly, her eyes turned into sapphire slits, and a tail and two pairs of sapphire wings sprouted out of her back and behind… Her hands and feet turned into claws, and her teeth were now replaced with sharp, dagger like fangs. "R-Raina why? I-I helped you!" I demanded. Two of the smaller dragons took hold of my arms, and one other held my head in place. "I will spare you life Rafe, for unlike you, many other sacrifices didn't help me, or feed me like you. So therefore, I give you a gift, the gift of becoming a Shadow Dragon Demon… So one day, you may find your lost brother in this form that has such keen eyesight and a strong tracking ability. Now Rafe, you become…Demon." Raina said softly. Her demon magic surrounded my body, twisting and reshaping bones, destroying my insides, I felt dead.
One Hour Later
"Raina?" I stammered. "Rafe, you're alright!" Tyra said gleefully. "Where, what, happened?" I asked. "We found you on the side of the river; the demons have chosen to keep you alive!" She said, hugging me tightly. "But, Tyra, don't you see?" I wondered. "Does she know I'm demon?" I thought. "See what, Rafe?" She replied. "I'm not human anymore!" I remarked. "Of course you're human, you look human, and you smell human too, so you are human Rafe!" Tyra pouted. She lifted me up into her arms, cradling me like a baby. "Listen, let's take you to Priestess Kayo, and see what she thinks of you, okay?" Tyra said happily. "No-Tyra—wait!" I stuttered.
Suddenly, a lot of flashes went around in my mind, and then I saw fire…
Priestess Kayo's house was on fire! Every villager rushed to put it out, but what was the cause? Me…That one word came up as I saw a dragon/human scorching the town. Then, I saw Tyra; her eyes filled with horror, watching her ten year old friend destroy everything they both loved. "Rafe, what the hell are you thinking? She was going to help you!" She shouted angrily. My voice was rough like sandpaper when I answered, "I told you, I'm not human…I'm, a demon you wretched fool!" The final scene was fire—fire burning the Dragon Village to the ground…And then, darkness.
"She's awakening m'lord!" Jaken's squeaky voice said. Sesshoumaru rose from the chair he had been sitting in, and rushed to my side. "Are you alright?" He asked softly. I nodded, Sesshoumaru handed me a glass of water, which, I drank down in a quick second. "What happened?" He asked. "Well—I learned…how I got my demon powers, and why my town was destroyed, but—"I started. "You didn't learn anything about your brother?" Sesshoumaru interrupted. I nodded and slid back against the pillows on the bed. "What now m'lord?" Jaken asked queerly. Sesshoumaru gestured Jaken to come outside with him. Once outside of the hut Sesshoumaru replied in a whisper, "I hate to say this, but we may need that half-breed's assistance if she wants to remember her brother." "WHAAT! Inuyasha help us! He wouldn't do such a thing, unless…" Jaken paused. "What hatched in your mind?" Sesshoumaru asked quietly. "We give him a Shikon Jewel shard, that's the only way, Lord Sesshoumaru." Jaken replied, closing his eyes like he just knew Sesshoumaru would hit him. "Maybe—Jaken, but first, we must attend to her…She's weak, if Inuyasha turns on her, it'll be the last I—I mean we see of her." He answered. "M'lord, why did you say 'I' would never see her again?" Jaken taunted. "OW!" Jaken moaned as Sesshoumaru hit him, hard, on the skull. "I will not speak of it!" Sesshoumaru snapped. "Y—yes Lord Sesshoumaru, yes of course…" Jaken murmured. While Jaken and Sesshoumaru had there"discussion" outside, Isat alone in the dark room, with nothing to accompany me but the moon's light. "Raina, you said you gave me these powers for a reason...I wanna know...Why?" I saidin a whisper.Afterwards, I swiftly crawled back intobed, and slowly fell asleep...To be continued…