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Chapter 3: Transformation
----Where Kagome's at----
'HOW COULD THAT BASTARD DO THIS TO ME? I LOVED HIM!' that was all the sobbing woman could think as she ran further into the forest. The branches of small bushes she ran through would tear at her clothes and skin, leaving red welts but Kagome didn't care. All that was on her mind was to run away from her problems, runaway from the betrayal, run away from Inuyasha,run until she collapsed.
Kagome ran as much as she could until she collapsed in exhaustion and started to sob harder. She ran a good distance away before she gave into exhaustion deep in the forest. Not caring of the dangers that lurk deep within the forest she beat the ground with her fists asking the same question over and over again. "Why? Why Inuyasha? Why? Why the hell did you do that to me?"
Midoriko, sensing the distress of the miko, erected a smallbarrier to protect Kagome in her weak state. Although the barrier was weak, it was strong enough to ward off unwanted demons.
Sobbing the miko was unaware of the slightly painful changes that were happening to her body. In one quick moment, the miko held her head to herself as pain over whelmed her. After a few minutes, Kagome then fainted due to her exhaustion and the added amount of pain as her watch struck midnight.
----In the Morning----
Groaning as Kagome got up, she felt peculiar. She tried to recall what happened the night before, and only succeeded into bringing tears in her eyes. Then she brought up her hand to wipe away the tears careful to avoid her claws. 'WAIT! CLAWS? WHAT!'
Kagome cleared her eyes and brought her hand into her view. Examining her finger nails she realizedthey had hardened and grown into long, sharp claws. Her eyes widened in disbelief she quickly brought her hand to her ears to see whether they were at the top of her head similar to a certainhanyou. She let out a sigh of relief when she found none, but then wondered if her ears were pointed similar to the full blooded youkai.
Slowly and steadily, Kagome raised her hand to her ears, dreading the answer. She gasped in surprise when her hands roamed around the side ofher head to her ears. Her ears were indeed pointed. "No this can't be happening to me..."
Kagome sat there in denial for a few moments, before she tried to stand up. Her knees and legs were shaky and felt like jello causing her to stumble and clutch onto a tree for support. Then she felt it... something silky soft brushed one of her legs.
"It's not what I think it is... it's not what I think it is..." Kagome chanted. Kagome's head felt light and dizzy while her stomach felt a bit queasy. Once she felt stable enough, Kagome glanced down at the long fluffy appendix.
"I'm dreaming. I must be dreaming. Yes, this is all a dream. And when I wake up, I'll be in Kaede's hut making food for everyone." Kagome took a few more breaths to try and settle down her shaking body.
"Oh who am I kidding? This feels to real to be a dream. Okay deep breaths Kags, you'll make it," Kagome mumbled to herself.
'I wonder if I would be able to sniff out a lake or stream so I would be able to see the rest of myself.' She took a sniff to find out the outcome. To her surprise she could smell water. Come to think of it, she could also smell the different scents that were common to the forest.
Kagomestumbled with her bag and weapons to where her nose led her careful to use some of the trees as support when she thought the whole world was spinning. Not long after she could hear the rush of water.Kagome hurried her pace, tripping over many of the roots that jutted out in her pathand found that she stood right next to a beautiful waterfall. Kagome hesitated to look into the water afraid of what would stare back at her. Finally making up her mind, she stumbled and collapsed next to the clear water.Kagome peered into the water to look at her reflection.
She gasped when she saw her reflection. Her normally chocolaty brown eyes were now a mixture of piercing blue and a warm green. Her hair seemed to be longer plus silkier and reached her waist. Her black hair now held ablue sheen when the light hit it at an angle.
The fluffy appendix was attached to her tailbone. it was beautiful long tail which was the same black and blue hues as her hair. Kagome also grew a couple of inches as well. Her muscles were well toned due to her training and transformation but she didn't look bulky, instead she held a strong elegant look. Her cheek bones were a bit higher and showed even more than before. On her face there shown three baby blue strips on each cheek and one strip on each arm. On her forehead, was another marking, it was a crescent moon cradling a five pointedstar. Her once dullcanine teeth had grown into sharp, pearly white fangs. In her opinion she looked amazing. She had transformed into a beautiful black inu-youkai.
'Midoriko? Are you there?'
'Yes child what is it that you need.'
'When we first met in my dream, did you mean these changes?'
'Yes indeed.'
'Can you explain to me how did I change?'
'I don't believe I am suited to explain this. Go back through the well in the forest of Inuyasha intothe futureand ask your mother.'
'Inuyasha... I can't believe he would ask that dead bitch to replace me… I should have known that he would never love me like he loved Kikyo. After all I'm just a copy… But it just hurts so much…' A tear slid down herivory cheek before furiously whiping it away. Kagome stood up and headed for the well, hiding her scent and aura on the way.
----Early Morning in Kaede's Hut----
SLAP! "HENTAI!" The young youkai taijiya yelled at the houshi which was now sprawled on the floor with a red handprint shown on his face.
"When will he ever learn?" said the adorable kitsune shaking his head disapprovingly.
Just then Inuyasha and the dead miko, Kikyo, entered into the hut. The kitsune immediatelytensed andstarted to growl, everyone in the hut stiffened giving the couple a cold stare.
'WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?' was what ran through everyone's head in the hut other than Kikyo and Inuyasha.
Ignoring their cold stares, Inuyasha immediately said, "Kikyo is joining our group since that bitch isn't much help."
"WHAT!" everyone shouted.
"You heard me or are you people deaf?" snapped Inuyasha.
"How can you do this to Kagome? You can't just replace her! You knew she loved you! How can you just run off to that thing that wants to kill you every time we see her! What would Kagome do when she returns seeing you with that clay bitch?" Sango yelled anger building up in her voice. Her her hands were fisted due to her anger.
"NO ONE! I REPEAT NO ONE CALLS KIKYO A BITCH!" a frustrated hanyou cried. "Where is that wenchanyways? That weak human is probably offcrying somewhere. We need to get the jewel shards from her and then she can just go on home to her own era. If not, I'll forcefully take it away."
Miroku soothed his anger and calmly responded to his comment,
"You mean Lady Kagome returned?"
"You mean that bitch hasn't come back yet? SHIT! She's nothing but trouble!"
"Why would Kagome return after you did this to her? If she dies I'm holding you responsible!" yelled Sango as she stormed out of the hut frustrated and angry.
"Feh" was what the hanyou replied.
(A/N: Thanks for all your wonderful reviews! I'm really happy you people like my story! Keep reviewing! Happy Holidays People!)
(Revised A/N: I felt a bit bored so I thought I would fix this chapter a bit. I'm trying to write the 23rd chapter, honest, but I'm getting a bit bored of thinking about it. Maybe I'll write another story for the heck of it. If I'm far enough in that story maybe I'll post it. Then again maybe not...)
