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Chapter 6: Sea of Transformation

Kagome ran frantically from one end of her room to the other while picking up things here and there to make the boy's outfits look even better if possible. Ever since the day she and her friends got the package that was dropped off at her office, she had spent every breathing moment to tend to the cloths, making them cleaner, brighter, shinier, and smelling better than they ever had been in their half millennia life span.

It was hard, though, since every now and then she'd catch one of the dogs doing what could only be compared to as to trying to wear the garments, but getting caught in the middle of their scheme. It was insane! It's like they gravitated toward the clothes when they never showed liking to any before. The girls had no explanation for it.

Once Inuyasha had been caught jumping about with his haori on, his paws barely making it through the sleeves, but Kagome found out about it and he spent a whole night sleeping outside their apartment.

Sesshomaru attempted the same, but to his surprise, he wasn't as smooth as he used to be, and was caught dragging around the boa on his back while holding part of his armor in his jaw. Rin had seen him and the first thing she did was laugh. He looked so adorable, especially with the little boots in his hind paws. Lucky for him she never told Kagome about it, or he'd still be in time out for misbehaving.

Kagome was so into her discovery that nothing could be better than getting the clothes ready for their display in her office and for her own work purposes. She had even neglected her household chores, something she had never done before, and Inuyasha had been left with only half an owner for a whole week now, since she only took care of the wardrobe instead of looking after her dog. He couldn't even sleep in her room like he was used to doing. Thankfully Rin was there to cheer him up every once and a while, when ever Sesshomaru wasn't looking.

The girl's habits made the days seem duller than they had ever been and the rest of the household was bored and tired of her not making time for them. So after a week, Rin decided that she had had enough. She walked over to Kagome's room and knocked on the door in a code that she had told her, to know if it was Rin at the door, or one of the dogs trying to get inside the clothes again. Somehow they could even make it inside with the doors locked, so Kagome practically lived inside her room in fear they would ruin her work.

Rin opened the door slowly after receiving a reply and looked at her friend who was, like always, running around like a maniac and treating the clothes on her bed like royalty. She suddenly sneezed and remembered to keep a safe distance away from the clothes because of her weird allergies against them. That was part of the reason why she hadn't bothered to help Kagome out or go in her room before, just in case her symptoms acted out again. Kagome never noticed, but the dogs knew, somehow, though they could do nothing because of it. After following her with her sight for a while, she asked in an annoyed tone, "Kagome, what are you doing?"

Kagome didn't even turn to look at her and continued with her work. "Well, I noticed last night that there was another wrinkle on the haori and I just had to iron it again!" Rin sighed and shook her head. Leave it to Kagome to be such a clean freak and spend a whole week just playing around with unfashionable clothes from the yester years. "Hey! Did you close the door, Rin?" Rin grunted and looked behind her. She could se the dogs in the hallway, looking sadly at the room, wagging their tales slowly; Inuyasha more so than his brother.

Rin turned to look at Kagome and said plainly, "No" and crossed her arms.

"Well then, close it! We don't want the dogs getting in here, do we?" Again, she failed to face Rin.

That was it. Rin held her hands into fists. "Kagome, look at you! You're like...like…like some robot ever since that came in the mail! You barely eat or sleep and you don't even talk to me anymore, except give me some stupid orders, like 'close the door, Rin,' and 'beware of the dogs, Rin.' Well let me tell you something, missy," she pointed her index finger at Kagome's back, "I'm tired of this! I can't take it anymore and I'm not gonna! Sure, I put up with you the first three days, but this has just gone too far!" Kagome kept tending to her things and Rin growled and shouted again, "Kagome! Aren't you even listening to me! Look at Inuyasha! Just look at him! Do you think he's happy, too!"

It was then that Kagome stopped and turned to look at the passage way where their dogs where. She noticed their sad looks, and heard Inuyasha whine a little. For a second she fell badly for him, remembering just how much she loved him too and had neglected him attention, and smiled shortly before realizing the door was open. "Rin! I thought I told you to close the door!"

"If you care more about some…some stupid piece of wool than your own family, than I suggest you stay in your room forever! I'm leaving, and I'm taking the kids with me!" she yelled, and stormed out of the room towards the front door of the apartment.

Kagome didn't understand how her friend could b so selfish, especially if she knew just how this whole thing meant to her. After all, she'd been waiting forever for this package to come in the mail, and Rin knew that better than anyone. She screamed back, "And where will you go, huh!"

"Like you care!" Rin shouted, making up her mind and running back to her room, slamming the door shut behind her and crying silently in her pillow.

"Fine then! See if I care!" Kagome screamed back. Getting a last look at their dogs, Sesshomaru had pranced up to Rin's door and was rubbing his nose on it, probably sensing his master's need for comforting. Inuyasha had his head down and looked at Kagome with the saddest eyes she had ever seen. Se knew she was wrong but didn't want to handle that right now, so she slammed her own door, and hid inside her room again.

After a while Rin noticed the sound of her best friend's low call, and she whiped away a few tears, sniffed her nose, and opened her door to let Sesshomaru come in. He did so gladly and instantly jumped onto her, his paws on her shoulders. Rin started sobbing again, since she rarely received even this much comfort from him, and she sank back in her bed with him on top of her, clenching his ears and burring her face in his fur. "Oh Sesshy! What do I do?" He prodded his nose close to her ear, the only thing he could do in her tight grip.

Minutes seemed like hours, but once Rin got a hold of herself, she got up and walked toward the small living room. Sesshomaru followed close behind. Inuyasha was on the floor looking down in the dumps, with only Myoga to comfort him, standing on his nose. He hid once Rin came in.

Rin sighed and stroked the dog on his head, but received no response. "Do you want something to eat, Inuyasha?" Still not responding, Rin left him a dish full of canned food and some water on the side. "I'll be back in a while, ok?" she told him, but still didn't get anything back from him. She knew he was devastated, but she had to clear her own mind first before she could deal with him.

She grabbed her things and Sesshomaru's leash from the counter and headed out the front door, whistling, "Come here, boy! Come here, Fluffy! Let's go for a walk!" Sesshomaru headed out with her; he didn't need to be told twice to leave the confines of his very small home, especially after one of the girl's fights. He got used to him and Rin taking walks to clear her mind after things like that and complied.

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While Kagome was tending to her masterpieces she thought more and more about how she'd been acting lately and realized how horrible she must have looked. She knew she had to make it up to them, but knew she wanted to finish everything first so she wouldn't have to think about it anymore and get it over with so she could finally send the clothes back to her office and not worry about the dogs ruining them anymore.

Myoga had kept an eye on her all this time so that she wouldn't damage the garments although he knew she'd treat the boy's clothes with her life, since history was her life. He knew he didn't have much time before she'd take away the clothes again, and he needed them for the transformation. Thinking this day would be perfect, he decided to get all the things ready, and left his master's snout to prepare for the day.

The flea took to his secret hiding places and slowly arranged everything as they should be when the time came, knowing that it was easier to leave everything indoors and wait until the perfect time to activate the Shikon Jewel, which meant having Kagome near by as well. Thinking it would be wise to transform the guys indoors, he'd then find a way to deal with the women freaking out later. He spent most of his day doing just that.

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After a while Kagome had finally finished what she was doing and was pleased. She stood with her hands on her hips, marveling at the two most beautiful possessions she could have ever had. Since the girl didn't want to risk damaging the garments in any way, she had laid both of them on her bed, stretched out as if in use. The haori's sleeves almost seemed like butterfly wings the way they were laid, and Kagome couldn't see why people those day in age wore such baggy and possibly hot clothing. One thing she did marvel at, though, was their strength.

She had accidentally passed the scissors too close to the fabric once while cleaning it, but nothing happened. In fact, the instrument almost snapped in two! Kagome was amazed at it; it was nothing she had seen before. It was as of the fabric was made from some strong material unheard of. Another thing she was grateful for was the fact that she hadn't damaged anything. Boy, would she be in trouble then! And she would make sure that nothing happened to them, that no one even dare touch them, not even lay a paw on her treasure! It had taken her years to get her hands on any type of ancient artifact she could find, and all her hard work had finally paid off. Of course, one thing she didn't know was that in her search for her own dreams, she had helped out two miserable four-pawed youkai descendents make their own come true.

After looking at Inuyasha's robes to her satisfaction, she suddenly felt a warm tingling in her stomach and decided it had been too long since she had gone to the little girl's room. Peeking her head out from the corner of the passageway, she noticed that Rin and Fluffy were gone and spotted Inuyasha silently watching a special on ancient swords on the TV, which was one of his favorite topics to watch, for some reason. Deciding that it wouldn't hurt to take a quick break she closed her bedroom door and fast-walked over to the bathroom, being as quiet as possible, to not disturb her pup.

Inuyasha, on the other hand, had kept a close ear on his master's doings and heard her go into the bathroom. Immediately, he got up from the couch and ran to her room, starting to scratch open her closed door around the knob. After a few tries and scraps on the wood, he managed to open the door and jumped in and sniffed his way to the clothing. First stopping at Sesshomaru's which was beside his own he held back a chance at giving it a whiz and jumped onto the bed to examine his haori. Never had he been so happy to see his old wear! He rolled on the bed and on the fabric, getting fur all over it—not to mention his happy slob, too.

Being so caught up in this, he failed to notice the bathroom's door open, and didn't even realize Kagome had gone into her room after she yelled at him like mad for what he was doing.

Inuyasha almost had a heart attack from the screech, and thought that his master would kill him from the way she looked at him. Again, Naraku would have been less terrifying, if he could even remember the guy. Knowing that this was one of those times that he regretted being in his dog state, he whined helplessly while Kagome yanked him from the fur behind his neck, dragging his butt out of her apartment, and slamming the door after him.

After Kagome finally found that her heart beat again, she quickly started to work on Inuyasha's clothes again, hoping that they hadn't been damaged somehow. Inuyasha stayed moping in the front door's hallway, hoping that somehow he could get back to his ensemble, up until Kagome opened the front door and made him come inside which, he found out later, was a wish he wanted to take back.

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After a few hours out, Rin and Sesshomaru had finally arrived home from their walk. Rin's mind and heart were refreshed and she felt a lot better.

But the first thing they were greeted with was a yapping hound and a delirious Kagome. Both knew that it was probably Inuyasha's bath time, so they ignored the insanity and went into the kitchen. Well, at least she's doing something different for once and Inuyasha is getting to spend time with her now, she thought.

Turning to her dog, she asked very giddy and politely, "So, what do you want, Sesshomaru? Water, beef, some fruit, perhaps? Or does my wittle puppy wuggie want a doggie biscuit?" Rin was now face to face with Sesshomaru, holding his snout in her hands and shaking it tenderly from side to side. Sesshomaru snarled at her comment and showed a fang while scrunching his eyebrows. Rin laughed. "Oh, come on! I'm only kidding, my little sugar cup!"

Rin stood up and started grabbing things from the cabinets. "Steak it is!" Her dog looked away and walked over to the couch, got up on it with the grace he always showed, and stood laying there, watching his human cook him a meal.

Inuyasha and Kagome were still fighting on the other side of the apartment in the bathroom and they could hear every bit of their argument.

"I said, sit boy! Sit, sit, sit!" Inuyasha yelped for the upteenth time, inwardly hoping Kagome wouldn't do that anymore. He fell jaw-first onto the tub's floor, but not without letting yet another pained whine. The bathroom was a mess; as always, there were suds everywhere and water was reaching the door, not to mention a very angry and wet Kagome was complaining once again about how the gods were punishing her for all her wrong doings in a previous life by giving her this mutt to live with.

Inuyasha couldn't complain too much, though, since he had gotten off on a "light" punishment, according to Kagome, after getting his paws on the clothes. The girl had thought that treating her dog for fleas and later giving him a bath would be wicked enough, giving him a well deserved punishment, in her mind. After all, he hated getting flea treatments and getting a bath!

Kagome kept scrubbing her dog in ways that could give him skin rash, forgetting that she was so mad at him for something else that she could actually hurt the dog. After making air bubbles underwater, Inuyasha got up and began jumping again, trying to avoid Kagome's rough scrubbing. Doing so, he made the majority of the water from the half-filled tub spill, which earned him another 'sit' and made Kagome turn on the shower to finally rinse him off.

In the kitchen, Rin had already begun cooking the steak while humming a tune, thinking that sometimes she could be just too soft on her Sesshomaru. Putting down her utensil and turning down the fire, she looked towards her dog and her eyes met with his beautiful, unique golden ones. Never had he laid his sight away from her ever since they walked inside the apartment. Rin suddenly blushed for some reason and let out a small, quick smile, walking over to her room to fetch something.

Sesshomaru followed her with his sight until she came back, apparently holding something behind her back. He turned his head as she sat next to him, and wagged his tail lightly when she pulled out his brush. Not wasting any time, he dropped to the floor, arranged himself in front of the couch between her legs, and closed his eyes as she started combing his brilliant fur.

Rin smiled; she loved combing his fur as much as her dog loved being combed. Combing from the top of his head towards the hair on the base of his tail, she repeated the motions until she needed to check on the steak again.

She started to get up when Sesshomaru opened his eyes and turned his gaze to hers, almost as if pleading for her not to stop. Rin noticed this and thought that one more minute wouldn't hurt, and sat back down again, stroking her dog once more. This time around, Sesshomaru started to hum very quietly, thinking that even she couldn't hear him. But she could, as she always heard him hum when she combed his fur.

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At another part of the apartment, Myoga was checking his list, and checking it twice, ¨Gonna find out who's naughty or nice…¨ The flea mentally slapped himself. This was no time to indulge in futuristic tall tails!

Going over Kikyo's list again and checking that everything was just right, he looked down at the pile of the miscellaneous rubbish he needed for the grand transformation. He also made sure to put in some extra little nothings to cure Rin´s rat allergies, one reason being that that was the least he could do for the women who had put up with his lords; second, because the three might be needing some further assistance from the girls and third, because having one of them allergic to one of his masters could make things a little more difficult than they already were and would become.

Thanks to Inuyasha´s recent bath, Myoga had enough time to swipe away the boy's cloths and lay them alongside everything else on the floor. Near by were the two swords, Tenseiga and the Tetsusaiga. Making sure that both his masters were inside the apartment so both were to transform at the same time, just in case the jewel disappeared after the wish, he sprinkled a few powders and glitter here and there, danced a little jig, said the magic words, hoping for the best.

A flicker of light and a small spark emitted from the pile of rubbish, but that was it. After a few seconds of nothing, he noticed what was missing. The Shikon Jewel, of course! How could I forget that!

Running as fast as his little legs could get him since Inuyasha´s bath time was almost over, he slipped under the bathroom's door and caught sight of Kagome under all the spilled soap and suds. Saying the last of the enchanted words that Kikyo had left him, he screamed the last line with all his might.

"Heed my words, oh powerful Jewel, and make them as they were, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru!"

Kagome looked behind her gasping, thinking she had heard a voice, but fell back unbalanced once the room started shaking. She clutched her chest hard that burned in horrible pain and let out a scream, making Rin turn her head toward the bathroom door, which was now emitting some strange, blinding light.

"Kagome!"

Suddenly the lights flickered out all over the city and Rin gasped afraid; after a second or two they came on again, but this time, followed by a strange change in the breeze, inside their apartment. Noises surrounded them, as if things were tapping on their glass windows and a loud hum vibrated throughout their walls.

Grey, then dark clouds started forming outside whirling wildly, encircling their apartment home. Thunder started to rumble and crack and lighting shook the city, making all of it's inhabitants run frantically towards the nearest shade, thinking it was going to start to rain.

But in a matter of seconds the ground started to shake with the power of an earthquake and made the alarms of parked cars cry, some cars sinking in the cracks that formed from the earth and the streets began to fill with many accidents of all kinds when drivers couldn't stop their moving cars, since their breaks didn't work. Grocery bags spilled on the floor and people fell to their knees, clutching tightly to their hats, children and loved ones, all screaming. Anyone left standing was thrown down on the cold, hard ground.

Walls started crumbling apart and fell from stories up, crashing down onto unsuspecting victims on the sidewalks. Objects fell from the balconies of buildings, often flying around in the monstrous wind before being thrown against something solid, breaking into millions of tiny pieces, mixing within falling leaves and other glass whirling in the air, stabbing at anything they pierced through. Power lines broke loose and whipped the air, lashing away at anything close to them and sending afire whatever they touched. Wicked rain started pouring down on everything, and the sun seemed to disappear, leaving everything in total darkness.

Never had there been such a chaotic scene; not in over five hundred centuries!

This went on for about a mile surrounding the girl's apartment, but everything beyond that check point was normal. The inhabits outside the scene witnessed it in pure horror, and soon the thing only described as some sort of nature's wraths was all over the news. This freak of nature kept wounding its fierce, howling winds around that small part of town like a hurricane, hurling anything light enough through the skies, including unlucky by standers and inhabitants that were thrown mercilessly away from the madness and hundreds of yards across town to their death. Things got worse once the electricity started to flicker on and off, finally shutting down completely and a bright, pinkish light shown masterfully across the skies, growing bigger and brighter by the second, spreading like a massive wave atop everything.

Inside the apartment, everything was less intense, though it still made the girls afraid for their lives. The doors flung open and shut like crazy and their furniture rolled around everywhere. They thought their building was being shook from side to side and thrown up and down as they screamed and covered their heads, thinking that the apocalypse must have caught up to them. There was little they could do and everything made their train of thought go blank, so they were lost in what seemed like in an eternity of nightmares. At times they remembered their canine companions, though they couldn't make their bodies out from all the blinding light and the noise of the wind and of things crashing down to the floor in their rooms. Some of them managed to cut the girls all over their bodies and felt as if they were being sliced, as lines of dirty blood dripped and flew in the air. Rin was a little better off, but Kagome still hurt from the Shikon Jewel in her body and she felt she would die from a pain she had never experienced before.

The dogs barked and growled at first then whined and howled as if being killed-- but for some reason their calamity ceased in the middle of the storm-like wrath, which worried the girls. Not only that, but strange noises started erupting from their rooms, almost as if some enraged monsters had made their way inside. They seemed hungry, angry, demonic, and ready to kill. The women feared for their lives as the horrific and grotesque snarls and roars filled their ears, but were left helpless once they tried to open their eyes, seeing nothing but blinding light in front of them. They weren't able to move at all, and they tried to hold out until everything stopped shaking and spinning.

The last they heard were those ghastly screams that changed from beast-like cries of pain and anger to almost human-like yells of terror that echoed in their heads over and over again and wouldn't go away, a small twister of light forming in front of each of them, engulfing their cries.

The sea of transformation had begun.

In time the earth stopped shaking and the lightning and thunder withdrew some, but the sky was still as dark as night and the angry clouds were now floating in circles around the top of the apartment building. The streets calmed a bit, and fewer things fell and crashed onto the apartment floor. The girl's consciousness began to waken as the bright, pink light dimmed some, finally dying out.

Myoga had held on to dear life on the closed bathroom door, and once the room stopped moving he let go of it and looked towards his hanyou master, afraid that something was amiss. He desperately pleaded to his gods that everything turned out right, that he hadn't messed up the incantation and ritual, and that his lord's two sons were finally the way they should have been.

But something seemed wrong—something Myoga couldn't put his flea-finger on, and he knew that he had made a deadly mistake somehow.

One that could earn him a quick visit to his one-inch grave.

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