Disclaimers: I don't own InuYasha or any related characters today, but the agents have notified me that as of tomorrow they are MINE! I hope they get the address right this time. Last time I filed for a few characters from Yu Yu Hakusho and they sent them to Shi-chan. It was strange, because her backyard was already a jungle but Kurama just... just... Let's just say that no one wants to go back there any more. At least her uncle. Shi-chan was perfectly fine with it; she likes the man-eating plants because she's female.
A/N: Let's skip this and get right to the action after that evil cliffie, ne? I'd just like to say that I like the way I've got Miroku here with his comparisons and all.
Review Responses:
SilverStarWing: You would think so, wouldn't you?
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Regression
This was not Kagome. That was all that InuYasha thought. He tried to push through the sheer agony of the one-sided mark, tried to focus on what was happening. He pushed himself against a wall in order to stay upright.
Miroku was in a state of shock, having recognized the change in the aura of the room and the condition of InuYasha. The hanyou had regressed to his physical state from the previous night, though his wounds were still healed. The weakness he suffered from because of the mating mark had to have something to do with it, though he didn't know how. Kagome, for her part, was not Kagome at all. That sugarry sweet sense that he got from Kagome's presence turned to ice and stagnant waters, which the houshi closely associated with Kikyou.
"InuYasha," Miroku blinked, not taking his eyes off of the not-Kagome. "Kagome has almost chaged into Kikyou." There was no real way to phrase his observations, so he hoped that InuYasha made the connection himself.
Behind Kagome, Kouga managed to grab one of her arms and knock her to the ground by hitting her behind her knees. He placed his knee between her shoulder blades, pinning her other arm to the floor. He was knocked away by a well-aimed fist in his jaw. It was anatomically incorrect for the not-Kagome to have punched him, wasn't it?
InuYasha stood above Kouga, recoiling his hand from a punch. The possessed Kagome had gotten to her feet, and was heading for the quiver of arrows and bow that lay by the entrance. Sesshoumaru stepped in her way, but was blocked by a blast of Kagome's miko powers. He had to take several steps to the side to keep on his feet. When Kagome turned again to the quiver and bow, they were gone.
The quiver was on Kouga's back, the bow easily snapped, though the released tension in the string recoiled and slashed at Kouga's face and arms, leaving shallow red cuts.
Having seen Kouga snap the bow, Kikyou, in Kagome's body, made to lunge at him with a blast of her purifying energy from her palm. InuYasha was suddenly in front of her, redirecting her hand upwards, rendering the concentrated energy useless. His other hand was around the wrist of her opposite arm, though his grip wasn't tight.
An evil chuckle worked its way from Kagome's throat, in Kikyou's voice. "You can't hurt me," Kikyou taunted. "You'll hurt poor little Kagome, too."
Kikyou grimaced, as if she was struggling to stay in control. She tried to pull away from InuYasha, and would have succeeded if Miroku hadn't realized what was happening, and shouted, "Kagome is gaining control, InuYasha! Don't let go of her!" After which InuYasha released Kagome's wrists in favor of giving her what looked like a bear hug, pinnin her arms to her sides as she struggled.
With a shudder that eased all the tension out of Kagome's body came a sense of health to InuYasha again. "I-InuYasha..." it was Kagome's voice, and InuYasha breathed a sigh of relief. "What just happened?"
