Okay, well, let's see, this story needs a plan, desperately. Now then… what should I do with InuYasha…? Let's see… oh, whatever, I'll make it up as I go along. I own nothing. No copyright infringement intended.

InuYasha stopped, noticing the glint of light from the sliver of moon that was visible glancing off a body of water.

He changed direction so he was walking toward it. It couldn't hurt to get a drink. He'd stay out for a long while. Kagome could think what she wanted about Kikyo and him.

He drank deeply and dried his hands on his haori, knowing if Kagome was there she'd be scolding him for his poor manners. Damn – why couldn't he stop thinking about that wench? The hanyou stood and shook his head. No, he didn't care. She was just a weak human.

A particularly beautiful one, and kind too… no! InuYasha growled at his own stupidity.

"Feh. Humans. Who needs 'em?" InuYasha said aloud, mostly just to convince himself.

"What was that, young man?" an obviously aged voice queried.

InuYasha turned, eyes wide. How could he have missed the scent approaching? The weird thing was… he still couldn't smell the old woman he found himself face to face with. She had no scent.

"What do you want, old hag?" InuYasha asked rudely, turning around again and disregarding the strangeness of what he'd just noticed.

"Hm, a disrespectful little half-demon, too, I see. Ah, but we can fix that."

"What the hell are you-" InuYasha started, but he was cut off as the old woman smiled and put one wrinkled hand on his wrist. He suddenly felt unbelievably faint. He couldn't pull away. Instead, he sank to his knees, trembling.

"Hm, now what are we going to do with you? Perhaps if you couldn't speak… though I'm sure someone like you wouldn't like that, it doesn't seem like it would be enough to qualify as a curse. Hm, perhaps if we made you human, or a dog…"

InuYasha felt his eyes go wide. "Ya old hag, you wouldn't dare…" he mumbled.

"Wouldn't I?" the woman asked, smiling. "Perhaps I should do it all at once?"

He snarled and tried to stand, but some great force pushed him back down. "What do you think you're going to be able to do, human? Even if you're a priestess…."

"Human? Priestess? Oh, no. I'm not either of those, darling, I'm a spirit. I suppose I'm a mix of several things besides. Miko, monk, witch, sage… ah, yes. So many powerful beings. I'm capable of casting extremely powerful spells – and curses."

InuYasha cursed internally. Damn. This isn't good. But he wasn't about to call for help.

The spirit looked like she was considering something, then smiled. "That'll do fine, I suppose. Now then, I don't suggest you resist the next part of this. It'll only make things worse."

Out of nowhere the faint feeling changed, and InuYasha felt light as a feather. He just wanted to… sleep…. His eyes drifted shut slowly. No, damn it, no. Do not sleep, stay awake! The hanyou thought. He shook himself into awareness. The hag frowned, and InuYasha felt even dizzier, more exhausted. The ground suddenly seemed like the softest thing he'd ever felt.

Behind them was a rustle of branches, and just as InuYasha was finally giving up and losing consciousness, Kagome and Sango emerged from between the trees, followed by Miroku and Shippo. Their eyes widened when they saw what was happening.

Everything went black.

Obviously I'm putting off the actual change. I have no clue what to do! Hahahaha....