Hey readers I am Lynn of RoseLynnTama and I am also known as ElementalHanyou on my own personal account. This is my competetive fanfic for the competetion between Rose and I. I hope you like it:) Please read and review. If you have any questions and want me to answer them please put LYNN in the reveiw. Thank you

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(AN: This chapter brings us back to the day after Inuyasha's grand escape)

Chapter 3: Many Changes

As the stars in the night sky slowly faded into a brightening sky, the birds were the first creatures to wake and greet the dawn with their lovely, yet loud voices. The higher the sun rose the quicker the earth dried itself off and warmed up. Both small and large animals also began their rather repetitive day of forging and wondering their territory. To the creatures of the forest it was just another regular in their home.

There was just one small thing that seemed rather out of place in the canopy of one huge and very old tree, however. Strangely there was a humanoid figure curled up in the highest branch, in ruined jeans and a raggedly jacket with bare feet. As the noises of the outside world built the creature uncurled from it's position and, seeming to forget it was high up in a tree, foolishly stretched. Yelping, the humanoid tumbled rather ungracefully to the grassy ground, landing squarely on his face. (LOL, at least it wasn't a 'sit' ;))

"Ow" exhaled Inuyasha as he tried to push up his body without inflicting anymore unwanted pain. How the hell had he fallen out of a tree? How the hell was he in a tree in the first place? The last thing he remembered was being strapped to the floor of Kikyou's hut, with the witch herself tracing patterns on his forehead. How had he gotten free? She sure as hell wouldn't have just let him go. A sound in front of him made his head snap up while he still remained on his hands and knees, not really in a position to escape very quickly.

It was just a stupid squirrel who after a moment scurried away like the devil was on it's heels. Wow how long had he gone without seeing another living thing beside Kikyou or himself? Oh yeah, almost a year.

Indoors for a whole year

After this small and ovious realization, Inuyasha took into account the cool breeze and soft grass on his feet and hands. He shifted onto his knees. He eyelids closed as his breathed in the fresh air.

Free.

He was free.

He could finally go home to Shikon (the town). Back to ramen, Back to his friends. Back to his family. Back to Kagome.

Absentmindedly he raised a hand to run through his unnaturally long hair that was rather greasy (I agree, ewww, but hey it's realistic, I mean come on how many hostages get to have the luxury of having a bath?) as he wondered how she would react to him returning. He knew she would be ecstatic to see him again like he was to see her. After a few days everything would go back to norma-

"OW!" Inuyasha cried out as a sharp pain stabbed his head where his hand was. Bringing down his hand to inspect it, he noticed how long his nails had gotten. That was strange, the last time he had seen them, they weren't so thick and long. How on earth did they become so sharp? The top of his head still stung and he rubbed it in an attempt to ease the pain. He froze in his administrations when his hand came in contact with a weird object on the top of his head. He poked it with his sharp nail and bit back a cry.

That frigging hurt.

Tentatively he cupped the 'thing' and it flicked in his loose hold. By the feel of it, it was triangular in shape with soft fur-like quality. As he covered the 'thing' some of the sounds around him, muffled slightly, which sparked a hunch. Reaching up with his other hand he found another furry triangle on the other side of his head. Hands slid down to feel his ears and he didn't feel anything. His ears were gone! He jumped to his feet, patting the sides of his head as if to locate what should have been there. In his thrashing, long strands of white hair obscured his vision. He grabbed his forelocks and tugged them to see the odd color.

What in the seven hells was going on?

He needed to see his reflection, to see what happened to him

He needed a mirror right away.

But he was still deep in the forest of Shikon and there were no mirrors.

Water. Water would work. Now he had to find a pool or a stream. Strangely enough he heard the soft sound of gurgling water, a thing he would have usually missed since it sounded so far away. Without any thought he took off to follow the noise, running faster than he had ever been able to move. He dodged trees as they practically flew past him, looking like a weird white blur to the forest animals. A wide river stretched into Inuyasha's point of view beyond the tree line and he skitted to a halt when he burst through the bountry of the trees. Stooping down he closed his eyes and took a deep calming breath, like he did when preparing himself for a kendo match.

Slowly he opened his eyes to see his slightly distorted reflection in the running water. He still had all the facial features he had before, but his eyes were a deep amber gold and when his jaw dropped he saw that his canine teeth (or eye teeth) were elongated into fangs. His inky black hair was waist length and had been bleached to a snow white. The craziest thing about Inuyasha's new appearance was the twitching husky dog ears on his head. He looked like a dog-man hybrid.

'Holy crap' was the only thought that ran through his head at the moment as he looked at himself with an awe that portrayed a combination of fascination and horror. What was he? A monster? Some sort of mythical beast or demon?

"Since my magic can only affect you physically I guess it won't be a problem to use the Demonic Transformorphus. It must have been fate to have me come across such a spell tonight. By using this curse I can replace your human mentality with a more primal and less complex conscious, the affects are both physically and mentally, making you more animal-like"

Kikyou's curse.

That bitch had made him a demon, a freak!

A deep growling snarl forced it's way from Inuyasha, reminding him strongly of an angry, threatened dog. A small voice in his head told him to go find Kikyou's hut, make her pay for what she did to him and force her to reverse it. As much as the notion appealed to him, he couldn't. Even if she did take off the spell, he would be in her power once again and he would never be able to escape the witch again. No, he wouldn't go back there if it was the last place on earth.

But, what should he do then?

He couldn't live in the forest for the rest of his life, it would be to boring and he would be alone all the time. If there was one thing he was afraid of besides rejection was loneliness. He wanted his old life back along with the people who had been in it. So his only option was too return home, figure something out and hope that he would find someway to return to normal.

Yeah like it would be that easy

No, he knew it wouldn't. He couldn't just walk into town like this, looking like a science experiment gone wrong, and expect everyone to welcome him with unafraid, welcoming arms. Instead they might freak out and that was the last thing he needed. No, he would just keep to the shadows until he could figure out something. Nodding in determination and excitement to go home, Inuyasha stood up and squared his shoulders.

"Now where is home?" he wondered aloud as he glanced around.

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It had taken quite a few hours for Inuyasha to navigate his way out of Shikon Forest and weirdly enough it was all thanks to his heightened sense of smell and finding a few landmarks to do so. He crouched in a thickly leaved tree gazing on his hometown, a place that used to seem tiny and boring until now when he saw it for the first time in a very long year. It was the middle of the day and the town was fairly busy from where he could see as people bustled about, some he actually recognized growing up with. He just watched for a while, observing everybody going about their business, hoping very much to see certain people from his vantage point.

Inuyasha had not left his tree for most of the day, but he had waited around in vain. A slight chill reminded him of his ratty attire and he wrapped his torn jacket more around himself. He would need new clothes or at least, ones that were mostly intact. He knew the perfect place to get them, the white house with a red door on Windscar Avenue, his families' home. He wanted to go there right away, but with the state he was in with the weird ears, re-coloration of his hair and eyes, not to mention the fangs and claws, he did not wish to be seen by anyone.

A lump formed in his throat as the view of his house met his eyes. It was his home, alright, but it looked different than he had last seen it. The house itself still looked presentable, but the white paint was chipping and had a grey tinge. The garden, however, made the house's appearance shabby and uncared for. All the plants his mother took so much pride in and cared for were wilted and brown from lack of attention.

"Why does mom's garden look like she hasn't worked on it? She would never just leave it to die" Inuyasha wondered to himself confusedly. Being careful to stay away from windows and not be seen, Inuyasha prowled around the house until he was directly under his window sill on the second floor. He stared up at the dark window before leaping into the tree closest to it with one jump, a feat he had been practicing earlier and had wished for the ability to have been able to do it before when he snuck out. Reaching out his hand he attempted to push the window up, but found the latch to be locked.

"Dammit" he cursed. Of course his mum and dad would have locked the window at one point. He didn't want to break it and alert his parents or brother that there might be a burglar trying to break into his room.

Alright, plan B, the back door to the kitchen, if he was lucky no one would be in the kitchen at the moment.

The cool grass still felt really good on his feet, and when he dropped to the ground, he welcomed the feeling. Walking to the rear entrance, Inuyasha peeked in through the window to make sure no one was there. Nope, the kitchen was empty, but the lights were on so that meant that they could come back in at any moment. He would just have to be careful.

Taking a deep breath he opened the door and as quietly as he could closed it behind him. He tentivily sniffed the air and was surprised that he didn't smell a trace of his mother's home-cooking at all. Frowning in confusion, Inuyasha approached the door to the living room, but voices alerted him that someone was coming!

Frantically he looked around for a hiding spot and ducked into the pantry, pushing himself as far as he could go and tried to slow his breathing, lest they hear him. The door to the other room swung open and he heard the deep voice of his father, Inutashio, and his older brother, Sesshomaru sound even louder as they carried their conversation into the kitchen.

"Those doctors are incompetent, Father. She's been there for nearly half a year and they still haven't been able to help her one bit. They just want our money" Sesshomaru intoned.

"What else can we do, Sesshomaru? Your mother is undergoing depression to the extreme and we're doing everything in our power to set her right, but you know her, she's unmovable" Inutashio replied tiredly.

'Mom's going through... Major depression? Is it over me or something else?' Inuyasha questioned infernally.

"I know, that's the biggest thing Inuyasha inherited from her, he was stubborn as a bull too, too bad he was so stupid through"

"Sesshomaru.." Inutashio had a warning in his voice.

"What, you know it's true. It's his fault that things are messed up in the first place"

"Enough, Sesshomaru. We have enough to deal with right now and we need to get to the hospital ASAP, your mother is refusing to eat again"

"You want me to drive or you, Father?"

"I'll drive"

When the back door of the house was closed and locked, Inuyasha waited a few moments until he heard a car pull out of the driveway . Emerging from the pantry, Inuyasha made his way to his upstairs bedroom thinking about what Sesshomaru and his dad had been talking about. That's why his mom's garden was in ruins and the house lacked the smell of home cooking, she wasn't there and by the sounds of it had been gone for a long time.

The doorknob felt familiar as he opened the door and entered his old bedroom. Gazing around he realized something right away. It was exactly the way he had left it, albeit dusty and smelt stale. The posters of his favorite bands and kendo fighters covered every inch of his right wall, the computer games and CDS were stacked haphazardly on top one another on a shelf along with some mangas, movies and old collectable action figures. For gods sakes his homework was still scattered on his desk.

The only thing that was different was the lack of his dirty clothes on the floor, but that was understandable. Instead, all his clothes were in his drawers.

Clawed fingers felt the soft fabric of a black t-shirt and the course material of baggy jeans. In seconds, his tattered attire was replaced with new ones, which felt weird to wear. Overwhelmed by all the changes of today, Inuyasha sat cross-legged on the floor as he continued to inspect his room. For a brief moment, he almost forgot the past year as he closed his eyes.

He was brought back to the world when he heard a car outside and the somewhat distance voice of Sesshomaru.

"Hold on, I forgot my Cell!"

No, the last year had indeed happened and it was foolish to pretend it hadn't. He looked down at his claws. He didn't belong here at the moment, he couldn't hide here in his house away from his brother and father, it was only a matter of time before they would find him. Disappointment shot through him at the thought and he moved to the window, eager to get out of his old residence. Twisting the latch he discretely opened the window and disappeared.

Footsteps dashed up the stairs and the floor creaked as Sesshomaru made his way to his bedroom across from Inuyasha's. Grabbing his cell phone from the charger beside his bed, he saw a text message from his girlfriend, Rin Kasuni. Responding to her text, Sesshomaru paused in front of Inuyasha's old room. He could hear sounds in his brother's room which puzzled him. Cautiously entering Sesshomaru noticed right away that the window was open.

'The window was locked from the inside how did it open. Dad hasn't been in here and Mom's at the hospital, how the hell is it open?' he wondered. A car horn honked, snapping Sesshomaru out of his thoughts. Closing and latching the window shut, Sesshomaru hurried back to the impatiently waiting vehicle.

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A few blocks away from Windscar Avenue there was Samiyosho Street which was the dead end of a subdivision. The house of the Koto family was much smaller in comparison to the Tetsagia home and it was as plain as they get. It was the home of Naraku and his two sisters, Kagura and Kanna. During dinner that night, while his father complained about work and his mother chattered with her eldest daughter over the clothes they had wanted to buy and had no money afford, Naraku ate quietly as he thought about what to do with the escape of Inuyasha.

From what Kikyou had said about the spell she had performed, Tetsagia was not an average human anymore and as such should not be treated as one. At the moment Naraku had no idea of what Inuyasha was capable of as some kind of demon. He would have to be careful, there was too much to lose if he didn't get things under control soon. Some research on demons was in order so soon as this meal was over and done with. He was not going to be underestimated by that cocky bastard anymore.

As long as he had the Jewel of Kikyou he was never going to be looked down upon again!

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