Chapter 4: It Starts To Show

It was late at night when they arrived because it was around 10pm when they went for a walk.

"It's ok. Its not your fault. It would of eventually happened anyway. I thought you had the hots for me at some point, but I wasn't sure." Kagome told him as she got on his back "Ouch, what the…?" She felt a pain growing in her mouth.

"What's wrong now wench?" He asked lovingly, sort of.

"I don't know…" she said and immediately gasped. "Inuyasha look at my mouth! Quickly, I…" she said as they arrived at Kaede's hut. He put her down and she opened her mouth to let him see.

"Kagome,… did you… want to… be one, a hanyou I mean… You've got fangs!" Inuyasha told her

"I guess…"

"Oh my god! Then you're turning into a inu-hanyou!"

"What did you say Inuyasha?" Shippo said as he bounded out of the hut. He saw Kagome had her mouth open and saw her fangs. "Kagome! What-" the he saw the matting mark on her neck.

"Inuyasha! What happened to Kagome?" Shippo said questioning him, just then Kiara, Sango, and Miroku rushed out of the hut and stopped dead when they saw Kagome.

"Um, I'll talk to you about this in the morning. Right now, lets get some sleep… We've had a rough day." Inuyasha said to them. He lifted Kagome up bridal style and sat in a nearby tree on the highest branch with her.

"But…" Shippo muttered as they jumped away.

"Thanks for that save back there Inu." Kagome said once they were in the tree.

"Oh, I just thought it would be better to tell them once you will look like a hanyou."

"I'm fine with that too, but…why are you staring at me?"

"Because of these!" Inuyasha said as he reached out and rubbed a fuzzy triangle ear and he heard a purr from her while he did this.

"Wait. Oh my God! Look at my hands!"

"You have claws now too!"

Kagome and Inuyasha sat; there was a moment of silence between them. Kagome finally turned back around but he pulled her back.

"Kagome your eyes are changing!" Inuyasha mumbled. She now had green eyes with amber specks in them. She also had fuller, blood red lips.

'Damn she looks as gorgeous as hell!'

"In the morning we have to talk to Kaede. I'm afraid I might purify myself if I'm not careful!"

"YOU"LL WHAT?!"

"Just get some sleep. We'll fix this in the morning."

"No, I can't have you purify yourself."

"But it'll be easier to talk to her once she knows that I'm a hanyou."

"Ya, I guess. Sleep well Kagome."

Kagome nodded as she fell asleep on his chest.

The Next Morning:

"Kagome's a what?!" Everyone shouted.

"Kagome's a hanyou now!"

"Are you sure it's Kagome? Kagome doesn't have green eyes, dog ears or claws."

"Well duh it's me!"

"Kaede, now that Kagome is a hanyou; she's afraid she'll purify herself if she doesn't do something" Inuyasha said

"Well, Kagome. There is a herb near the base of Goshinboku. Will you go get it. All of its parts please?" Kaede told her

Kagome nodded and within a 30 seconds she was there and back with the plants. She handed them to Kaede. She crushed it up and said to her, "Drink this in along with some water. It will allow your miko self to accept your hanyou self. Understood?"

Kagome nodded.

Later, it was near sun down. Kagome and Inuyasha were sitting in Goshinboku. It was near midnight when someone came up under the tree and stared at it. Inuyasha did not want to give his presence away so he tightened his grip on Kagome. It was Kikyo. She was just staring at the base of the tree and the turned around to walk away.

Inuyasha pulled one of his hands over his "mate's" mouth and nibbled at her ear for her to wake up. She did, and realized Inuyasha's hand was covering her mouth. She grunted lightly to let him know she was awake. He jumped out of the tree quietly but hushed his soon-to-be-mate and ran towards Kikyo.

'He's not gonna cheat on me is he? He better not or I'll sit him to hell!' She told herself.

Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga and was surprised because stopped and Kikyo said without turning around, "Are you going to kill me Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha got stiff but didn't answer her question.

"Well? You have the opportunity now. Kill me." Kikyo told him; still not turned around.

"I'm sorry; I can't have you here with my mate around too." Inuyasha said sadly.

'He still has feelings for her! I'll let him get away this time. She was his first love anyway.' Kagome told herself

"Your mate? Who-" Kikyo said quietly as she turned around in shock to see Kagome next to Goshinboku. She couldn't finish her sentence. "YOU TOOK HER AS YOUR MATE? INUYASHA YOU BROKE YOUR PROMISE TO ME!"

"I never said I would go to hell with you Kikyo. I'm sorry" he said as he lopped her head off in one fatal blow. Inuyasha sheathed the Tetsusaiga back and turned to Kagome. He saw her face before she turned her head away. She didn't notice him come up to her.

"I'm sorry Kagome. I should of done it sooner." He told her apologetically; he looked down.

"I know. It's ok." Kagome told him quietly. She buried her head in his haori. "I still love you though. I love you so much." she mumbled.

"I know mate, I know…" 'Oh no, I just called her mate! Please no Kagome!'

"Oh you boys, always getting too far ahead of yourselves! Its ok, I won't 's' you for that. I like it when you call me mate anyway. It's better than bitch or wench…"

He jumped back into Goshinboku, thankful that he didn't get sat for that, with his soon-to-be-mate. The sun just set. Her hair turned a silvery blue color, bluer than Inuyasha's but still silver and it was longer too, with her ears still black.

"Kagome, your hair. Its turned… blue." Inuyasha told her, but she remained quiet.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked after a while.

His ears perked up as he looked at her. "Hmm?"

"Do you truly love me and not Kikyo?"

"Of course I do? Why did I put her to rest if I would of loved her and not you?"

"I don't know." she sat up to look at his face "I mean this is all happening so fast. ME becoming a hanyou, you killing Kikyo, killing Naraku, everything. I would never of guessed that this would all happen so quickly!"

Inuyasha was looking at her with deep love in his eyes.

"And it's going to take me some time getting used to this side of you too." Kagome added.

"What side of me wench?"

"This soft, loving side."

"It's you're fault I turned this way!"

Kagome laughed, "Yea, I guess it was. Oh well…"

They soon fell asleep in each others arms.