Ok, second chapter :-)

Chapter 02 - Transformation

"Kagome?" Sesshoumaru seemed to be as surprised as me.

"Huh? You know each other already? That's great, isn't it?" Mum said excitedly. I really didn't want to break her good mood, but I couldn't help it.

"It couldn't be worse." I snapped and turned to leave, running back to the well house.

I stopped in front of the well. How am I supposed to go back to Inuyasha and the others after what I just found out? They're all waiting for the news about my father, but there's no way I could tell them something like this.

I looked down to the well, wondering about what should I do, when I felt someone's hand on my shoulder. It was too big for mum's or Souta's and there was only one other possibility.

"Let go of me!" I turned around to face him and in that process shook his hand off of my shoulder. "I don't want to talk to you!" I yelled at him, but it was as if my words had no effect at all.

"There is a few things we should talk about." He stated calmly. How come he is still so calm? Even after all of this? I took a deep breath and asked.

"Why you? Of all the people, why it must be you?" He just raised his eyebrows and I sighed.

"Fine, I know you're not exactly a human, but the question is still the same." He still didn't say anything and just kept on watching me. It seemed as if he was waiting for something and then it hit me.

"W-wait! You're a demon! Then it must mean that I am..." I trailed off, not able to finish the sentence. Say it out loud seemed unimaginable and unnatural. Well, we both knew what I wanted to say, so there was no need to actually do so.

But if I really was a half-demon, I should have some demonic powers. I had nothing like that. I was always just an ordinary girl, if I don't count the powers as a priestess. So how could this be? Why didn't I notice anything?

"From your face I can see, that you have some questions, but this isn't the best place to talk about it." He turned to leave and I followed him, more out of the instinct than that I'd thought about it.

We walked through the city quietly. I knew he refused to take his car on purpose and I was really glad for it. The picture of sitting in the closed space of the car with him was creepy. Even just walking beside him wasn't much comfortable, so the car was out of question.

I don't know how long we were walking, but in the end we stopped in front of a big mansion. The old man, who I guessed was probably Jaken in some kind of disguise, opened the door in an instant and we walked in.

Sesshoumaru led me through the house, which according to the size of the house, seemed like whole eternity.

"Do you live here all alone?" I asked, because the silence started to be unbearable.

"With Jaken." He stated simply and I frowned. That wasn't what I meant. This house was just too huge, even if the two who were living here were demons.

"Is it surprising?" He looked at me and I thought about it for a second.

"Not at all." I started. "I mean, with your personality and such, there's nothing so strange about it." I paused, looking at him. "And don't laugh like that, it gives me the creeps!" It just made him laugh more and I frowned. Actually, it was just a normal laugh which you would expect from anyone else, but this was Sesshoumaru.

Until today, I wouldn't be able to imagine him even smile, much less laughing. But here he was, right in front of my eyes, laughing like if it was the most natural thing for him. Could have someone like him changed so much?

Finally we sat down on a sofa in one of the many rooms in this house. I didn't know what should I say and I was quite nervous as well. As long as we were walking, I could focus on the moves of my body, but now, when we were sitting still, I couldn't do that anymore.

"How come you look like a human? And Jaken as well." I asked after a few moments of silence. After all, he took me here to give me answers for my questions, but I didn't want to start with the serious ones yet.

"We use these rosaries to hide our true form." He pointed to the one around his neck. "It's easier to pass among humans like that. Humans these days are paying too much attention to everything uncommon and that's something we don't need." He explained.

"You don't act like you don't want them to pay attention to you. With your behavior and such house and car..." I pointed at the room around us to support my words.

"You're probably right, but it's better if they think I'm just rich snob with strange interests than if they knew the truth. They wouldn't believe it anyway." This time was my turn to laugh. "What?" He asked with irritated face and I laughed even more.

"Sorry... it's just... that you really... changed a lot... and I can't... get to... used to it." I couldn't stop laughing. Really, Sesshoumaru insulting himself was just too much. Maybe it won't be that bad after all.

He watched me for a while, then he probably guessed why I was laughing and smiled. "If you say so." After a while I calmed down and thought about my next question.

"Why did you go to the college? I don't think you needed to study or something."

"I just had a lot of spare time, that's all."

"So you was attending the school because you was bored? I thought you hated humans. Why would you go into such place? I am certain there was a lot of other things you could do."

"Sure, but watching people is interesting and can be funny sometimes." He smirked.

"Funny?" I raised my eyebrows. "Whatever. But then, why did you ignore them?"

"I'm not interested in talking to humans. They're not worth it for me to talk to them."

"Is it because of Rin, that you keep distance from the others?" I asked without thinking and immediately regretted it. He didn't answer. Rin was human after all, so even if she lived a long life for human, for a demon as Sesshoumaru it would be just a short while. And from what I knew, he really cared about her, even if he didn't show it.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring it up, but if you are so stubborn about it, why did you get yourself involved with my mum?" There was a silence for a while again, but then he started.

"Your mum was different. At first I thought she is just like the others, but she changed my opinion about her very soon. Everyone quickly realized that there was no point in trying to talk to me, but not her. She followed me like a shadow. No matter where I went or where I looked, she was always around. For a moment I wondered if someone would notice her absence, if I had killed her."

I gave him a glare and he paused for a moment.

"I didn't do it, as you can see. She impressed me. I didn't meet someone as stubborn as her for a long time and in a certain point I just couldn't ignore her anymore."

"I guess she didn't know about who you really are, did she? And still doesn't." I pointed out.

"No, she still knows almost nothing about me, but she always seemed, she didn't care so much about it. She seemed to be happy just because of the fact, that she succeeded in breaking the walls I built around myself. Even if it was just for her."

"Yeah, that sounds like mum..." I smiled and finally decided to move to more serious topic.

"Why don't I have any powers. As a half-demon I should have some, shouldn't I?"

"I sealed them before I left, to let you live a normal life." He stated calmly and my eyes widened.

"Wait a second, you knew that mum was pregnant and still you left?" I asked surprisingly.

"It was the part of 'live a normal life'. With me around you could hardly live even close to normal. And your mum soon found a good man, who took great care of both of you."

"You was watching us?" I asked, glaring at him.

"Only to make sure you'll be okay." He answered as if it was the most obvious thing. I sighed, this was going to nowhere. Maybe I should change the topic back to where it started.

"My powers, can you unseal them?" I asked and he nodded.

"Sure, but you shouldn't take it lightly. This will turn your life upside down and nothing will be like before." I thought about it. I lived as a human until now, so this will be really big change.

I will have to get used to a lot of new things and I don't know if I will be able to tell about it to the others or if I even should do so. Even if I will, how will they react? There was probably more cons than pros, but I already decided.

"I know, but I want to be who I really am." I said firmly.

"Ok, if you're sure then let's go." He stood up and headed to the door in the corner of the room we were currently in.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"To the basement, it's soundproof so it will be easier for you to get used to your powers." It made sense. Both Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha have perfect sense of hearing and I probably wouldn't be an exception.

Behind the door, there were really long stairs leading down. At the bottom of the stairs, there was another door and when we passed through it, we came into a room which was probably as big as the whole house upstairs.

The ceiling was high above us, so in the dim light which was there, I could hardly see it. On the wall nearer to us were a lot of various weapons. I recognized some of them, but one caught my eye almost immediately.

"Is that Tetsusaiga?" I asked with interest.

"Yes. Once you will have your powers unsealed, you can try to use it." He didn't turn at me, but I was sure he smiled again.

"Really?" I asked excitedly. "But... How did you get it?" It was Inuyasha's sword, why should Sesshoumaru have it? "Don't tell me you really killed him after all!" I said with fright in my eyes. He turned to face me and looked at me as if he wasn't sure if I am serious or not.

"Of course not. He gave it to me, because he didn't need it anymore." This caught me off guard. I expected a lot of answers from him, but not this.

"Wait, what do you mean by 'he didn't need it anymore'?" I stared at him and waited for the answer.

"You'll find out on your own, when the time comes." He turned again to where he was heading and I frowned. It seems that I won't get the answers for everything after all.

We stopped in front of a huge mirror and I looked at Sesshoumaru questioningly.

"I thought you would like to see what will you look like as a half-demon." He smirked. I looked back at the mirror and at the reflection of myself in it. This was probably the last time, when I could see myself as a human.

Well, I knew I would be able to use the same way as Sesshoumaru and Jaken to look like a human even after this, and once a month I would probably lose my powers as every other half-demon, but still. It will never be the same.

"Are you ready?" He asked. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"Yes."

For a few seconds nothing has been happening. I kept my eyes shut not daring to open them. All I could rely on were my ears, but I couldn't hear anything except of the pounding of my heart in my head. I still didn't know what exactly should I expect and my heart was beating faster and faster until the point I thought, it wasn't even possible. Then it started.

I felt like if something awakened in me and that something wanted to come out really desperately. At first it was as if some kid tried to reach the candy on the table but then it was more and more aggressive and finally it was closest to explosion.

My body was burning and I was shaking all over. I didn't know where or who I was. Everything was so confusing. The pictures in my head, the memories, the wishes, the faces of people I suddenly didn't know where to put them. Nothing of it made sense to me at that moment.

It was like if my head was going to be teared apart and I thought I wouldn't be able to stand it anymore, but then everything stopped at once and all my thoughts were settled back to their place again. I calmed down a little and opened my eyes.

Sesshoumaru was standing behind me, in his demon form, and there was no way I could deny the resemblance between us anymore. Our hair and eyes had the same color and even my ears had the same shape as his. Well, at least, I didn't have the dog ears like Inuyasha.

I brushed the bangs from my forehead and I could see another sign of our relationship. There was the same blue crescent moon, with the only difference that mine was only half the size. I sighed. Until now I could hope that this was all just a bad dream, but these hopes already faded away.

Sesshoumaru put his hands around me protectively and I leaned against him. Neither of us spoke for a while and I just stared at the reflection in the mirror.

"I think you look great." He said with smile on his face.

"Sure you think so." I said defensively and folded my arms. "I look just like you." He started to laugh and I tried to keep my face serious. I really tried. But in the end, we were both laughing our heads off.

"So, what will we do now?" I asked when we calmed down.

"At first you must learn how to control your powers, so you won't hurt anyone around you or yourself." He announced. I nodded and wondered that this was probably going to be a long night.

I know that I didn't mention Kagome's grandpa here. I didn't feel like to do so, so let's just say he's out of town somewhere ;).