-- I haven't been flamed yet, so I'm assuming I'm good at this...
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O.O...HIEI!!! Chibi-Hiei: - "Sowwy..." Shrug Well, I haven't been metaphorically "flamed" yet... Anyway, beginning a little bit here, the story starts to get a little bit more adult...nothing too bad, no lemons, limes or stuff like that, just "the facts of life" and a little gore possibly later... ONTO THE STORY!!!
In what felt like an instant Takashi aroused from his unconscious state. He feared to open his eyes...Who knew what surrounded him?
He curled up in his position on the ground...he was surprised when he realized that he was on a wooden floor; yet he was still too afraid to look at where he was. The heat in the air prickled at his skin, making his hairs stand on end. The warm, damp feeling to this place reminded him of the air before a thunderstorm.
-What happened? The last thing I remember was fainting inside of a dark cloud...and-
He gasped and opened his eyes, screaming as he saw his hand. His entire body shook as he stared at his fingers.
He had claws.
His breathing was raspy as he ran a hand through his hair, trying to calm himself down. His hand brushed against his ear, causing more distress as he hesitated upon reaching it. He felt the shaping of his ear, and began to panic. He stared around the dark room, then screamed as he saw Naraku sitting in the corner, watching him. He quaked and whimpered as his cold voice rattled with a low chuckle.
"What a waste of power...what cruel joke was it to bestow such gifts to you?"
Naraku's voice seemed infinitely louder; it pounded in Takashi's ears. Suddenly, Takashi no longer felt fear, but anger. He stood up from his place on the floor, stomped over to Naraku, who stood up as well. He grabbed his kimono by the collar with both hands and shook him violently.
"Where am I! Why am I here!!!"
Naraku made no reply; he simply stood there and continued to quietly laugh. Takashi felt his anger rising...and a low, intimidating growl escaped his throat. He stepped back in surprise from the action, startled that he made such a noise.
"I would have thought the first question you'd ask would be what's happened to you."
Naraku waved his hand idly in the air, miraculously producing a mirror out of thin air. He held the small mirror in his hand, gesturing it towards Takashi. He hesitated, not daring to look into the reflection. He took a deep breath, and reached towards the mirror with his clawed fingers. He winced at the sight of them again. He pulled the mirror quickly from Naraku's grasp, and slowly turned his head towards its gaze.
He screamed as he stared at himself in the mirror. He touched his bangs, pulling the feathery strands through his fingers. His eyes had changed as well; the left was still brown, but had drastically lightened from the dark chocolate they had once been...the right, however, was a blazing gold iris. He drew his attention to his ears and pull back a few strands of hair to look- instead of his normal, rounded human ears, he now had long, pointed ears much like Shippo's.
"WHAT AM I!!!"
"Your mother never told you? Hmm, I suppose the subject was too painful for her..."
He laughed again-Takashi couldn't help but let out another fierce growl.
"W-why have you brought me here?"
Naraku smiled and sneered down at Takashi.
"This place...is five-hundred years into the past. Your mother, Kagome...she had the ability to come and go from here to your time as she pleased. She had great powers conferred to her- she was the reincarnation of a powerful priestess whom protected a sacred jewel; the Shikon no Tama.
"As the son of such a powerful priestess, I knew you would have the same spiritual gifts...and that the Shikon jewel would once again be reborn...-And not only would you have the power in spirit of your mother...; but the strength of your blood."
Power of spirit? Strength of blood? Was he really that extraordinary? What did he want with him because of this "power"?
"...If you think I'm going to serve you, think again! I'll do everything I have to in order to get out of here!"
"Oh, Takashi, I don't intend to have you serve me..."
Naraku laughed loudly and disappeared in a swirl of purple smoke. Takashi fell down to the floor, the stress proving too much for him. He began to hyperventilate, clawing at the floor with his new hands. He fell on his back and began pounding the floor and crying out for help.
But in his terrified state, a scent past his nose. He rose up, and sniffed the air, focusing his senses. He couldn't put his finger on it...but something was telling him it was a demon.
Wait...he knew what demons smelled like?
He looked around the room, realizing that everything was effortlessly sharper in his gaze. He remembered how loud Naraku had seemed...he took his clawed finger, and gently tapped it once on the ground; the vibrations seemed like thunder in his ears.
"So...I have heightened senses now...?"
"KAGOME!!!"
Takashi raised his head to the mention of his mother's name. Could his mother have come to this place to get him? But...who was the voice who called her name? He thought when he smelled demon that it might have been Shippo...But this voice seemed rougher, and the scent was...much different.
Takashi stood up and crept to the sliding door, peeking it open to see what was going on. Suddenly, he fell back on his rear end as somebody else slid open the door with great force.
"Kagome, are you here?! Huh?"
The shadowed figure stood in the path of the doorway, staring down at the frightened Takashi. It growled threateningly, approaching him. He backed up on his hands and feet, afraid of this stranger.
"Kagome's here...It may have been 16 years, but I'd still know her scent anywhere! Now tell me kid; WHERE IS SHE?!"
-How does this guy know Mom? Or is it another Kagome?...
-...No...he smelled me, and thought I was Mom...
"K-Kagome...Higurashi?"
The shadowed figure, took a step back, his tense muscles relaxing in hesitation.
"How do you know her full name? Who are you?"
"Takashi..."
"What are you doing in a place like this?"
Takashi forgot his former curiosity about his mother, deciding it was more important to get out of here first...Maybe this stranger could help him.
"I was kidnapped by a demon named Naraku...!"
"Naraku?!"
The stranger growled again...from his scent, Takashi guessed he was the demon he smelled.
"I could have sworn he was dead...DAMN IT!...But...Why would he want to absorb a little weakling like you?"
"He said I have hidden powers...That I inherited from my mother..."
Takashi folded his arms and snorted.
"They must have hidden themselves pretty well, I've never so much as taken a punch..."
"Who are your parents?"
"Well, my mother...is Kagome Higurashi-"
"What?! You're Kagome's son?"
Takashi nodded nervously.
"But...you couldn't be...she was..."
"Huh? Who are you, anyway?!"
The shadowed figure stepped forth, revealing himself. He had crystal blue eyes, and long black hair that he tied up high in the back. He had clawed hands and pointed ears, two fangs sticking out as he casually flashed a smile. He wore thick brown furs, and a long brown tail swished back and forth behind him.
"The name's Kouga; I'm an old friend of your mother."
"What are you?"
"I'm a wolf demon; you wouldn't know much about this world, would you? I bet your mother never told you."
"You know my mom?"
Takashi felt a flood of questions fill his mind, urging him to ask them.
"How do you know her? "
Kouga eagerly slapped his hand over Takashi's mouth.
"Shut it, pup! Somebody could hear you!"
He slowly pried his hand off of Takashi's mouth, turning around to look out the door.
"Um," Takashi whispered. "Why did you call me 'pup'?"
"You're a young demon aren't you?"
Takashi sighed in frustration...so far he didn't like being a demon.
"Come on, it looks clear..."
Kouga grabbed Takashi's wrist and led him through the halls of the castle.
Naraku smiled while he sat in another room. Everything was going precisely as he needed it to. Takashi would now tell the others...and the plan would be set.
-I would like to take this time to respond to my reviews:
loveyaa- My first reviewer EVER! Thank you very much; your review made me feel sooooo successful.
Simply a Lady- I'm glad you like it! And I'm trying VERY hard to keep updating this...darned school...
Janet- O.O I didn't even realize I had made it funny...Ooh! Do you mean when he shouts in caps and stuff when he's confused? I'll try and put more of that in if I can...Writes a memo
btrain126- Thank you very much! I'd like to know myself...my mind has been misbehaving on me lately...it won't do what I tell it to...Slap myself in the face O.O HEY! BAD NEURAL-SYSTEM-THINGY!!!
pogogirl- Hey, cool name! I'm glad you think my fic is cool. I just go by what I think would be cool... you know, something that if I read from somebody else's or saw it on TV would make me squeal with excitement...It seems to be working well!
EvilRyuA13- Whoa, wiiiiicked penname! Gotta find out how you came up with that... O.O Anyway, regarding your review; At least you were devoted enough to come back! TvT I know it took me a while to update...O.O wait...I was...on...your fave's list?!?! ToT Oh, c'mere you! Cyber hug Yeah, I was totally excited when I came up with the idea for a full grown Shippo...I'm gonna try to draw a pic of him really hot and stuff -
Mr. P Coat – HA AHAHAHAHAHHAHJHAGH WHAT THE HECK DOES JSZH MEAN?
Claire- Gasps as she types with all her speed and might I'M DOIN' WHAT I CAN!!! - Thank you for your review please come again!
O.O...HIEI!!! Chibi-Hiei: - "Sowwy..." Shrug Well, I haven't been metaphorically "flamed" yet... Anyway, beginning a little bit here, the story starts to get a little bit more adult...nothing too bad, no lemons, limes or stuff like that, just "the facts of life" and a little gore possibly later... ONTO THE STORY!!!
In what felt like an instant Takashi aroused from his unconscious state. He feared to open his eyes...Who knew what surrounded him?
He curled up in his position on the ground...he was surprised when he realized that he was on a wooden floor; yet he was still too afraid to look at where he was. The heat in the air prickled at his skin, making his hairs stand on end. The warm, damp feeling to this place reminded him of the air before a thunderstorm.
-What happened? The last thing I remember was fainting inside of a dark cloud...and-
He gasped and opened his eyes, screaming as he saw his hand. His entire body shook as he stared at his fingers.
He had claws.
His breathing was raspy as he ran a hand through his hair, trying to calm himself down. His hand brushed against his ear, causing more distress as he hesitated upon reaching it. He felt the shaping of his ear, and began to panic. He stared around the dark room, then screamed as he saw Naraku sitting in the corner, watching him. He quaked and whimpered as his cold voice rattled with a low chuckle.
"What a waste of power...what cruel joke was it to bestow such gifts to you?"
Naraku's voice seemed infinitely louder; it pounded in Takashi's ears. Suddenly, Takashi no longer felt fear, but anger. He stood up from his place on the floor, stomped over to Naraku, who stood up as well. He grabbed his kimono by the collar with both hands and shook him violently.
"Where am I! Why am I here!!!"
Naraku made no reply; he simply stood there and continued to quietly laugh. Takashi felt his anger rising...and a low, intimidating growl escaped his throat. He stepped back in surprise from the action, startled that he made such a noise.
"I would have thought the first question you'd ask would be what's happened to you."
Naraku waved his hand idly in the air, miraculously producing a mirror out of thin air. He held the small mirror in his hand, gesturing it towards Takashi. He hesitated, not daring to look into the reflection. He took a deep breath, and reached towards the mirror with his clawed fingers. He winced at the sight of them again. He pulled the mirror quickly from Naraku's grasp, and slowly turned his head towards its gaze.
He screamed as he stared at himself in the mirror. He touched his bangs, pulling the feathery strands through his fingers. His eyes had changed as well; the left was still brown, but had drastically lightened from the dark chocolate they had once been...the right, however, was a blazing gold iris. He drew his attention to his ears and pull back a few strands of hair to look- instead of his normal, rounded human ears, he now had long, pointed ears much like Shippo's.
"WHAT AM I!!!"
"Your mother never told you? Hmm, I suppose the subject was too painful for her..."
He laughed again-Takashi couldn't help but let out another fierce growl.
"W-why have you brought me here?"
Naraku smiled and sneered down at Takashi.
"This place...is five-hundred years into the past. Your mother, Kagome...she had the ability to come and go from here to your time as she pleased. She had great powers conferred to her- she was the reincarnation of a powerful priestess whom protected a sacred jewel; the Shikon no Tama.
"As the son of such a powerful priestess, I knew you would have the same spiritual gifts...and that the Shikon jewel would once again be reborn...-And not only would you have the power in spirit of your mother...; but the strength of your blood."
Power of spirit? Strength of blood? Was he really that extraordinary? What did he want with him because of this "power"?
"...If you think I'm going to serve you, think again! I'll do everything I have to in order to get out of here!"
"Oh, Takashi, I don't intend to have you serve me..."
Naraku laughed loudly and disappeared in a swirl of purple smoke. Takashi fell down to the floor, the stress proving too much for him. He began to hyperventilate, clawing at the floor with his new hands. He fell on his back and began pounding the floor and crying out for help.
But in his terrified state, a scent past his nose. He rose up, and sniffed the air, focusing his senses. He couldn't put his finger on it...but something was telling him it was a demon.
Wait...he knew what demons smelled like?
He looked around the room, realizing that everything was effortlessly sharper in his gaze. He remembered how loud Naraku had seemed...he took his clawed finger, and gently tapped it once on the ground; the vibrations seemed like thunder in his ears.
"So...I have heightened senses now...?"
"KAGOME!!!"
Takashi raised his head to the mention of his mother's name. Could his mother have come to this place to get him? But...who was the voice who called her name? He thought when he smelled demon that it might have been Shippo...But this voice seemed rougher, and the scent was...much different.
Takashi stood up and crept to the sliding door, peeking it open to see what was going on. Suddenly, he fell back on his rear end as somebody else slid open the door with great force.
"Kagome, are you here?! Huh?"
The shadowed figure stood in the path of the doorway, staring down at the frightened Takashi. It growled threateningly, approaching him. He backed up on his hands and feet, afraid of this stranger.
"Kagome's here...It may have been 16 years, but I'd still know her scent anywhere! Now tell me kid; WHERE IS SHE?!"
-How does this guy know Mom? Or is it another Kagome?...
-...No...he smelled me, and thought I was Mom...
"K-Kagome...Higurashi?"
The shadowed figure, took a step back, his tense muscles relaxing in hesitation.
"How do you know her full name? Who are you?"
"Takashi..."
"What are you doing in a place like this?"
Takashi forgot his former curiosity about his mother, deciding it was more important to get out of here first...Maybe this stranger could help him.
"I was kidnapped by a demon named Naraku...!"
"Naraku?!"
The stranger growled again...from his scent, Takashi guessed he was the demon he smelled.
"I could have sworn he was dead...DAMN IT!...But...Why would he want to absorb a little weakling like you?"
"He said I have hidden powers...That I inherited from my mother..."
Takashi folded his arms and snorted.
"They must have hidden themselves pretty well, I've never so much as taken a punch..."
"Who are your parents?"
"Well, my mother...is Kagome Higurashi-"
"What?! You're Kagome's son?"
Takashi nodded nervously.
"But...you couldn't be...she was..."
"Huh? Who are you, anyway?!"
The shadowed figure stepped forth, revealing himself. He had crystal blue eyes, and long black hair that he tied up high in the back. He had clawed hands and pointed ears, two fangs sticking out as he casually flashed a smile. He wore thick brown furs, and a long brown tail swished back and forth behind him.
"The name's Kouga; I'm an old friend of your mother."
"What are you?"
"I'm a wolf demon; you wouldn't know much about this world, would you? I bet your mother never told you."
"You know my mom?"
Takashi felt a flood of questions fill his mind, urging him to ask them.
"How do you know her? "
Kouga eagerly slapped his hand over Takashi's mouth.
"Shut it, pup! Somebody could hear you!"
He slowly pried his hand off of Takashi's mouth, turning around to look out the door.
"Um," Takashi whispered. "Why did you call me 'pup'?"
"You're a young demon aren't you?"
Takashi sighed in frustration...so far he didn't like being a demon.
"Come on, it looks clear..."
Kouga grabbed Takashi's wrist and led him through the halls of the castle.
Naraku smiled while he sat in another room. Everything was going precisely as he needed it to. Takashi would now tell the others...and the plan would be set.
-I would like to take this time to respond to my reviews:
loveyaa- My first reviewer EVER! Thank you very much; your review made me feel sooooo successful.
Simply a Lady- I'm glad you like it! And I'm trying VERY hard to keep updating this...darned school...
Janet- O.O I didn't even realize I had made it funny...Ooh! Do you mean when he shouts in caps and stuff when he's confused? I'll try and put more of that in if I can...Writes a memo
btrain126- Thank you very much! I'd like to know myself...my mind has been misbehaving on me lately...it won't do what I tell it to...Slap myself in the face O.O HEY! BAD NEURAL-SYSTEM-THINGY!!!
pogogirl- Hey, cool name! I'm glad you think my fic is cool. I just go by what I think would be cool... you know, something that if I read from somebody else's or saw it on TV would make me squeal with excitement...It seems to be working well!
EvilRyuA13- Whoa, wiiiiicked penname! Gotta find out how you came up with that... O.O Anyway, regarding your review; At least you were devoted enough to come back! TvT I know it took me a while to update...O.O wait...I was...on...your fave's list?!?! ToT Oh, c'mere you! Cyber hug Yeah, I was totally excited when I came up with the idea for a full grown Shippo...I'm gonna try to draw a pic of him really hot and stuff -
Mr. P Coat – HA AHAHAHAHAHHAHJHAGH WHAT THE HECK DOES JSZH MEAN?
Claire- Gasps as she types with all her speed and might I'M DOIN' WHAT I CAN!!! - Thank you for your review please come again!