Any Inuyasha characters in this fic don't belong to me.
Strange Happenings--Shizu Town Inn--
Inuyasha looked over himself and gasped. "W-what is this?" he shouted in a panic. He looked to his hands and saw the sleeker curvature of his wrists, the smoothness of his palms and backhands. He then looked up his arms to his shoulders. They weren't nearly as broad as they were and looked far more feminine. His breathing became tenser as he looked down and saw two round mounds on his chest. Further down, he ran his hands down his waist and felt it thinner, but began to broaden the further he moved down. "I have hips and breasts!" the half breed squeaked. "Sweet Lord! I've been turned into a woman!"
Kagome stepped up to Inuyasha and took it all in at once. "I-Inuyasha?" she stammered. She was completely unsure of what to do or what to make out of this feminine Inuyasha. She simply took a careful step to him—or her—and maintained eye contact. "W-what happened?"
Inuyasha shook her head and shrugged, looking off to another direction. "That's what I'd like to know!" she exclaimed.
"Now, Inuyasha, try not to panic," Sango tried to calm her.
"Yeah, if you panic now, there'll be no hope for you," Shippo chimed in and hopped onto Kagome's shoulders.
Miroku sat up, in a state of shock; just gawking at Inuyasha's new feminine features with large eyes. The moment Inuyasha felt the sting of his lecherous gaze, she kicked him right in the chin and sent the perverted monk hurdling back against the wall. "Don't you ever stare at me like that! Got that, Monk!" she yelled and pointed a lithe finger at the spirally-eyed Miroku. Kagome and Sango watched with blank eyes at Inuyasha's reaction and… clapped. With blank expressions, but they clapped nonetheless.
A few hours of talking later, Inuyasha finally calmed down. They were trying to come up with a logical explanation about this strange occurrence. Miroku suggested that it was a sign from Buddha, saying that Inuyasha was meant to become a beautiful woman and lend her hand in populating the planet. Of course, that was way off. After Inuyasha pulled her fist out of the monk's mouth, Kagome suggested that it was a curse from a powerful Goddess because of the way he had treated women. Sound and reasonable, but not convincing enough. Miroku seconded that. Sango then suggested that it was perhaps a sign that a series of strange events were about to befall the world. Inuyasha shrugged at that, after she pulled her foot out of Miroku's mouth.
"Say, Inuyasha?" Shippo asked, "Did that Kira woman do something to you?" She nodded and crossed her arms at the fox. Because of her breasts, it felt awkward. "Like what?"
"She tried to poison me with this strange green potion." Shippo raised an eyebrow. "But I spat most of it out, and I was feeling some of its effects earlier. So there's nothing to worry about," the half breed shrugged.
Shippo leaped up onto Inuyasha's crossed arms and looked her in the eyes, nose-to-nose. "Maybe it wasn't a poison! Maybe it was a potion! To transform you into a woman!" Her gold eyes widened as everyone else jarred back. "You did say she wanted you to join her fleet, right?" Again, Inuyasha nodded at the fox demon. "But she didn't want you to because you were a man, right?"
"Shippo, where are you going with this?"
The fox demon rapped Inuyasha on the head with his small palm, "Imbecile! If she couldn't have you there as a man—"
"Then she must've wanted to turn you into a woman!" Sango and Kagome finished with a shocked tone.
Inuyasha became pale and fainted on the spot. Shippo jumped off her and watched on in concern, as did Kagome and Sango. Miroku simply cleared his throat since he had nothing to say. Suddenly, Inuyasha sat straight up, glared at Miroku coldly and pointed at him with a high degree of malice. "If you touch me in any way, shape or form, I will tear each and every one of your fingers off, jam them in your eyes, disembowel you, strangle you with your guts, decapitate you and shove your head up your ass!" she screamed at the top of her lungs and passed out again. Silence filled the room.
Once she recovered from her spell, she sat up with a cold towel on her head. "How long was I out for?" she asked.
"About fifteen minutes," Kagome replied sheepishly. Expecting more shouting from Inuyasha, Kagome was relieved as the dog demon merely sighed irritably and laid back down. "Well, we're all tired, Inuyasha," she said followed by a yawn.
"Alright," Inuyasha mumbled and rolled onto her side. Kagome apologized to her distraught friend. "Damn it, Kagome, why do you—" She was interrupted by the obviously saddened Kagome's glassy eyes. "…always apologize?" she finished, "It's not your fault."
Kagome forced a smile and nodded to her. "We're going back to Kaede's village in the morning. Maybe she knows how we can reverse this mess," she said sweetly and pat Inuyasha's shoulder. "So get some sleep, okay?" Kagome stood back up and went to lie down on the cot beside Shippo and Sango, whereas Miroku laid across the room from Inuyasha to give her some space… and to keep his fingers, eyes, bowels and head. Soon, the sound of soft snoring echoed monotonously within the room, boring Inuyasha into a state of slumber…
"Why is this happening to me? Why not that lecher? Argh, at least he'd like it… And these breasts are irritating! They feel like their getting bigger…… Whatever… I suppose I should get some sleep…"
The inn rocked with a shrill ear-piercing scream the next morning. Kagome, Sango, Shippo and Miroku all sat up at the sound and got into combat positions. Instead of seeing a hoard of cat demons, they saw a trembling mass of a certain red-clothed dog demon. Kagome blinked and leaped out of the cot. "I-Inuyasha?" she asked sheepishly and stepped closer.
Inuyasha continued to tremble as Kagome approached. "K-Ka-Kagome? Tell me this isn't a normal occurrence," she shouted and sat up, still her back facing her friends. "Just tell me this isn't gonna happen on a daily basis!" she shouted in a nervous haste.
"Slow down," Kagome pleaded, "You're starting to not make sense." Inuyasha turned around and her once modest breasts jiggled and bounced forward, almost a whole size larger. "I-I-Inuyasha!" she exclaimed and jumped back. "W-What happened?"
"Do you think I know!" Inuyasha screamed back, "What I would like to know is why, in the highflying hell, is this is even happening to me!" she yelled and gestured to her breasts. "Look! They bounce!" the dog demon wailed as she jumped a bit, making them bounce and almost come loose. She hobbled about and toppled forward with a loud thud, losing balance horribly. "Ahhhhhhhh! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! God damn it!" As she shouted, she slammed her fists on the floor in a fit of rage, "Zounds!" With that last shout, she hit the floor with both fists and caused it to fall down a whole floor, taking her with it, screaming all the way.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried as the demon fell. The group winced in unison as the sound of wood breaking was heard. "C'mon guys! We have to get down there!" she commanded and ran down the stairs, almost tripping as she slipped her shoes on. Following after her was Sango and Kirara, then Shippo sliding down the railing, and Miroku rushed after Sango.
They reached a dusty pile of shattered wood and stood before it. Just before Kagome took another step to the pile, the half breed demon burst out from beneath it and sent the debris flying all over the area with an aggravated howl. "Damn this shabby place!" she yelled, cursing the owner over 100 times. "It's falling apart at the seams!" She collapsed again after that angry shout, with all the inn's patrons staring at her in shock.
The innkeeper blinked at the hysterical half-breed before looking to her concerned friends. "So, will… you be taking your leave now?" he asked, confused. He received no answer or eye contact, just nods from each of the four people that had their eyes on their collapsed friend. "You know, since your friend here has had such an awful fall, your stay will be on me." Again, no eye contact and just a collection of nods.
--Road--
"Sango, I can hold myself up, you know," Inuyasha growled to her friend, irritably. The demon slayer sighed and let Inuyasha go, allowing her to take a few clumsy steps forward. "See, I told ya I could." She took another step and lost balance due to her large breasts, but she recovered quickly.
"Inuyasha, take it easy," Kagome warned, watching her carefully, "You don't want to trip."
She simply leered at Kagome and crossed her arms over her chest. "Kagome, I can do just fine on my own." Kagome simply glared back and placed her hands on her hips. "Don't give me that look. I can walk just fi-" Just as she said that, gravity caught her and forced her down to the ground harshly and with a thud. Sango sighed, Shippo shook his head and Miroku simply watched. Inuyasha's fist jolted up as a low growl was heard. "Not a single word from any of you…"
Kagome looked down to her and shut her eyes. "We wouldn't dream of it, Inuyasha. After all, you don't need anything from us." She turned and continued to walk. She didn't want to be so bitter, but she wasn't in any mood. It was hard enough to know that Inuyasha was so far in denial, but also to see her struggling? She knew she shouldn't be that way, but it was all she could do. Inuyasha picked herself up and started forward, awkwardly. Again, her balance was lost and she fell forward again. "Dammit, Inuyasha! Why don't you just accept it! You need help!" Kagome shouted, losing her temper.
Although it wasn't out of the ordinary to hear that tone from Kagome, it seemed to have an effect on Inuyasha this time around. "O-okay, Kagome…" She got up and stood carefully, trying to maintain her balance. However, she, again met gravity's uncaring grasp and toppled over. Fortunately for her, Miroku held out his arm and stopped her from falling flat on her face. She looked to him with a raised eyebrow, as if to propose a question.
"You best be careful, Inuyasha," the monk warned, "You're not used to your new form just yet." He moved his arm as the half demon composed herself. As she stumbled, Miroku gestured to the sheathe at her waist. "Perhaps you should use your sheathe to support yourself?"
Inuyasha looked to her waist and remembered the sheathe. She blushed a little out of embarrassment and took the sheathe. "Why didn't I think of that?" she asked and averted her eyes.
Miroku smiled a bit at that. "Well, you must not have been thinking clearly." The moment those words left Miroku's mouth, he was met with a powerful swat in the head by the sheathe. He shook off the dizziness and looked up to the red clothed demon with a confused expression.
"I was thinking just fine, Monk," she growled and positioned the sheathe on the ground like a cane.
Shippo shook his head and sighed. "Inuyasha, do you think beating on Miroku will return you to normal?" he asked in a snide tone, tapping his foot.
She looked away in thought for a second and looked back down to the fox after a few seconds. "You're right, Shippo. Maybe I should stop picking on Miroku," she stated.
"Really?"
"Yes. I should stop taking this out on him," she said and gave him a very sinister grin, "and start taking it out on you!" the demon declared and lunged towards the fox, teeth bared and evil eyes. Shippo yelped and scurried up onto Kagome's shoulder and Inuyasha simply laughed.
"Kagome!" the small demon whined, "Inuyasha's gonna take out his frustrations on me next!"
Kagome glared at Inuyasha dangerously and turned to face her. "Oh, c'mon, Kagome, I'm only kidding," she insisted with another laugh.
She sighed, as did Sango. "We all know Miroku's a pervert, but even Sango and I know when and when not to kill him," the modern girl commented, "If you're going to be a girl, you may fall pray to his perversions."
"Yes, and then you may strike him," Sango added.
Inuyasha sighed and shook her head. "Fine, fine." She then turned to Miroku, who had just recovered from the previous blow, and smirked at him. "I'm sorry Miroku." After that apology, she snorted a few times and began to laugh madly as if she had made a funny joke. The four remained silent and with blank expressions as the demon continued to laugh like a maniac. Kagome decided it was best not to do anything, and just continued walking. Sango shook her head at the hysteric half breed and followed Kagome silently. Miroku gave no real response; just followed the two women without a word. Shippo, the last to leave, simply scoffed at her and set off after the monk. "Oh, get a sense of humor," she managed and chuckled before following them to Kaede's village.
--Kaede's Village--
As they entered the village, all eyes were on this lovely, silver haired vixen in red garments. Strangely, she looked so familiar, yet at the same time, so mysterious. She turned her golden gaze onto all the staring eyes, raised her eyebrow and spoke in the most innocent of all voices… "What the hell are you all looking at, huh! You never saw a woman before? Stop the gawking, you all look stupid!" Suddenly, it became abundantly clear. This was no vixen; it was Inuyasha under some sort of spell. The village went about their normal chores.
"This be quite a charm on ye, Inuyasha," the old woman stated, examining Inuyasha carefully.
"Tell me something I don't know, hag," the irritable half-breed growled, "I'm lugging around grapefruits in my tunic, I can barely walk, and I can feel stinging gazes on my ass!" she shouted and looked behind her to several men leaning on their gardening tools, mouths wide open and drooling. The moment she spotted them, their tools fell over and they fell to the ground, then proceeded to work as quick as possible. "Yeah, let's keep it that way!"
Kaede simply shut her eyes and sighed. "I am glad to see that ye personality remained unchanged." Inuyasha rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Please, have a seat Inuyasha. We've much to talk about involving this strange state of affairs."
"No kidding."
Kagome stood up and leered at the half demon, "Inuyasha, can you at least be a little more grateful that Kaede's offering to help you?" The demon responded by looking away from Kagome and into the air, crossing her arms. "That does it. Sit boy!" The command was out, but the only response was a gust of wind and nothing more. Inuyasha's eyes widened with surprise, as did Kagome's. Sango, Miroku and Shippo also joined in with surprise. "Sit boy! Sit! Sit! Sit!" Kagome commanded again and again, but met with no result.
"Kagome? Say that again," Inuyasha asked, an air of happiness in her tone. Unable to do anything else, Kagome muttered the command again, with nothing happening. The demon jumped up happily, practically losing her balance, and laughed with glee. "I'm free! I'm free from that command! No longer am I bound by those two words!" A broad smile on her face and a howl of pleasure came from her. "I'm as happy as a child in a world of fried potato crisps!" she declared.
Sango nudged Kagome in the shoulder and whispered something into her ear. Kagome smiled devilishly, which made Shippo scared. "Inuyasha," she sang slightly and looked the busty demon in the golden eyes.
"Ooh, what are we gonna do, Miss Not-So-Powerful-After-All?" she asked, pretending to be scared.
The smirk on Kagome's face widened. She licked her lips and flashed her pearly whites. "Sit girl!"
Inuyasha's cheerful happiness was met with a painful slam to the ground. The earth beneath her shook violently as she came crashing down leaving her feminine imprint. Kagome giggled a bit, Sango smirked, Shippo laughed obnoxiously and Miroku simply turned away and scratched his nose. She slowly got back to her feet, face distorted in pain and clutching her chest. "D-Damn! That really hurt!" she stammered, still aching with pain.
Kagome stopped her laughing and looked to Inuyasha with a sorry expression. "I-I didn't think it would hurt that much," she started.
"Save it!" Inuyasha shouted to her. "Do you know how much that hurt! I'm gonna have a bruise the size of Mt. Fuji!" Kagome lowered her head. She had forgotten that Inuyasha would be effected differently from the charm, with his new features. She mumbled something and looked away. "What was that?" Inuyasha asked as she tilted Kagome's chin up.
Kagome averted her vision, chin still held by Inuyasha. "I said I'm sorry, Inuyasha…" she managed. "I forgot that your breasts would slam against the ground like that…" She turned completely away from her and crossed her arms.
Right now, Inuyasha felt like a real jackass. She never liked to see Kagome cry or upset like she is at this moment. She sighed and looked away, "Don't worry about it; it doesn't hurt anymore anyway," she lied. The pain was still great, but he didn't want to upset Kagome anymore than she already has. The demon decided to suck in her gut and eat the pain.
"Liar," Kagome barked. "If I was pushed down with that kind of force, I'd still be on the ground."
"Okay, okay, so it still hurts!" she snapped, "But not so much. And It's not your fault… I… deserved it…" Inuyasha said quickly and in a slightly quieter tone.
Kagome looked to her over her shoulder. Inuyasha simply turned her head a bit. "What was that?" she asked and started for her, "Did you say what I think you said?"
Inuyasha shrugged, "I guess…"
Kagome smiled and hugged the half breed tightly. "Apology accepted." Inuyasha mumbled something, making Kagome giggle a bit.
"Well, now that that has been taken care of," the old woman started, "I suggest we make a plan of some sort to reverse this charm." Everyone nodded as Kagome and Inuyasha sat back down near Kaede to hear her words of wisdom. "Now, can someone explain to me how this happened?"
"While looking for a jewel shard in a brothel," Shippo began, "Inuyasha bumped into a cat-demon with the shard, who was also the head mistress and leader of this all female army!"
"Kagome and I came in to see three of her followers holding Inuyasha down as she forced some kind of potion down his throat," Sango continued.
"We're not sure, but we think the transformation has something to do with the potion," Kagome said and gave a quick glance to Inuyasha. "She did say she wanted him in her army, according to Inuyasha, but didn't want a man in her forces."
"Given that," the half breed finally spoke, "we figured she wanted to turn me into a woman and brainwash me or something."
"Also, I have heard of some strange herbs that can cause transformations," Miroku mentioned. "Perhaps the demon made the potion with those herbs."
Kaede sat in her spot and made a low humming sound as her mind began to work. "I may be an herbalist and have heard of these strange herbs ye speak of, monk. But, mind ye, I cannot guarantee that I will be of assistance to ye, Inuyasha." The said half breed groaned irritably and shook her head. "However, I know of a master of herbal remedies that may be willing to help ye, young one," she continued.
They each sighed—Miroku especially—a sigh of relief. "So, where does this master herbalist live?" Inuyasha asked hastily as she stood up. "Figure we could walk there in a day or two?"
"Walk, yes. Day, no," the woman replied, "This herbalist lives high atop a mountain summit that is a week-long walk from here." Gruffly and grumbling, Inuyasha sat back down. "Though it is well worth the walk, Inuyasha. To my knowledge, Rumiko is the only one that can help you."
Inuyasha's ear shot up and stood straight. "This herbalist is a woman!" she cried loudly. Kaede nodded. "Great! Just great!" Inuyasha moaned. "With my attitude, she probably won't want to help! Oh, wonderful!"
"Oh, wonderful!" Miroku said happily just after Inuyasha. "Lady Kaede, is this Rumiko a beautiful woman?" The two girls narrowed their eyes, Shippo shook his head in pity and Inuyasha gave him the glare of glares. He quickly sat back down and crossed his arms. "Uh, forget I said anything…"
Each of them nodded at the one-track-minded monk. "Well, since it'll take a week to walk to the mountain," Kagome began, "we should go back to the well and to my house."
"What for?" Inuyasha asked nervously. "W-what do we need to go back for?"
Kagome crossed her arms and gave Inuyasha a slight glare. "We need to restock, Inuyasha. I have enough food for only a few more days if we ration it strictly."
"How strictly?" the demon asked quickly.
"Inuyasha!" she scolded. "Point is we need to have more food if we're going to walk for a week." Inuyasha sighed and turned away. She noticed something was wrong. She smiled cattily. "I'll let you bring back as many bags of potato chips as you want." Nothing from the demon. Immediately, Kagome knew the reason. "Mom, Sota and grandpa won't think any different of you, Inuyasha. I promise."
Hesitantly, she nodded. "Alright… Let's go back to restock your bag…" Kagome smiled and hugged her again. "But I'm not coming."
Kagome separated and glared at her. "Inuyasha," she growled dangerously.
"Kagome," the half breed growled back, just as dangerously.
This went on for twenty minutes, each getting more and more vicious. Kaede resumed her herb gathering with Shippo assisting her, Sango played with Kirara and Miroku pulled that old fortune-teller bit on the women again. Eventually, the peace died down as Kagome yelled 'Sit girl' and slammed Inuyasha to the ground, again, crushing her chest and making Inuyasha yelp in pain, which—in turn—made Kagome apologize like crazy.
End of Chapter II: Complications
Worenx's Corner
Worenx: Ahaha!
Shade: What?
Worenx: Ahahaha!
Shade: …
Chachi: He's laughing because your version is so bad it makes mine look good.
Shade+hits Chachi with a foam bat+ Worenx, you mind telling me what you think?
Worenx+face red from laughing so much+ Hold on! Hold on+snort+ Almost done!
Shade+sigh+ …
Worenx: Whew! That was funny. "Screw that! What are we gonna do about poo-poo's!"
Shade: … Don't tell me you were watching The Venture Brothers…
Worenx: Okay. I won't. Heh, heh.
Shade: Damn you…