Kagome an inuyokai

chapter 6

Inuyasha sat in a tree brooding while Sango and Miroku were below planning their future. He truly did not know what to think about Kagome becoming an inuyoukai, it scared it him if he was honest with himself. They would be arriving at the palace in a just a few days the wait was driving him crazy.

He had wished to be a full yokai for so long and the one gaining his lifetime wish was Kagome. It boggled the mind.

He glanced down at the two love birds and rolled his eyes, they were taking their time getting to the western palace, so they wouldn't be there too soon. If it had been up to him he would already be there and taking Kagome away from his bastard of a half-brother, after spending so much time with ice for balls, she was certain to be wanting to leave long before the end of the month.

Sango looked up from paper she had been drawing on, it was from Kagome's stores which she had left with Sango, it was a sketch of her's and Miroku's new home when they were able to build it, she knew Inuyasha was unhappy with the current arrangement. She and Miroku weren't very much happier, but there was nothing they could do about, before they started out Miroku had taken a trip to the temple he had grown up in, to see if there was anything to be done for the transformation Kagome was going through, there had been nothing they could do.

There had been some old records of curses to this effect though, and they hadn't told Inuyasha one of the parts of the curse, that Sesshomaru was most likely the one most bound by it, yes Kagome was transforming but she would be able to mate as she chose once the transformation was complete. He would not be able to, even if she mated another he would not be able to have another mate.

Sango and Miroku actually felt sorry for the taiyoukai, and they hoped he was at least honest with Kagome about it, the main thing was she missed her sister.

Meanwhile at the palace, Kagome was in the training room sparring with one of Sesshomaru's guards, learning how to use the dagger, well it was more of short sword now. Since at the rate it was growing it would be a long sword by the time the transformation was complete, she practiced with a normal sword with Setsusaiga tied at her waist.

Sesshomaru watched the two spar, he was attempting to get as much sword training in for her before the transformation of her energies took place, originally he had expected that to start not long after her pack arrived but at this rate it would set in before they arrived, which would be inconvenient.

He was happy that she even now wore the pendant he gave her, he had watched her tuck it into her shirt before the sparring had started and he would be giving her another gift after this training session. He watched as she used her miko energy to hold her sparring partner off, then easily putting her sword to his neck.

Sesshomaru nodded and she removed the sword, they bowed to each other, and Sesshomaru dismissed the guard.

"You are doing very well Kagome, though you need to learn to fight without relying on your energies," he explained.

Kagome nodded, "I will do my best in the next sparring session."

Sesshomaru pulled a small silk bag out of his sleeve, "for you Kagome."

She smiled with a sigh, the tip of of her mokomoko twitching slightly, "Thank you," she took it from him and pulled the strings to open it, and pulled out an ornate comb for her hair, it had a Sakura blossom on it with pearls embedded on the handle, "it is beautiful."

Sesshomaru nodded, "you are very welcome Kagome," he motioned for her to come with him as he left the training room, "I have noticed you are progressing through the transformation very quickly, I fear that the Setsusaiga will be putting you to sleep so you may go through the second stage of the transformation which will be the most painful, when your blood and energies will shift to yokai energies, though I do not think you will lose your miko abilities. It seems that this might happen before your pack arrives at the palace, if it does I am sorry."

Kagome gulped, "I know, she let me know that tonight I would go to sleep for approximately two weeks, that while I am out she will control the body enough for bare essentials to be taken care of."

He nodded, "I will do my best to make your pack comfortable until you wake."

She smiled, "Thank you Sesshomaru."

To see her smile warmed his heart, it surprised him so much, part of him hated his father for pushing this on him but the other part was grateful, for if circumstances had been different, he would never have met this wonderful woman, much less court her. Sesshomaru truly did not like the idea of Inuyasha here but there was nothing he could do about it without losing the amount of trust she had in him.