Kim: Thankies for all the reviews! I'm having a hard week so they made me smile . First I find I'm failing English despite my efforts, then my best friends boyfriend says he's going to commit suicide and skips school the next day with his phone off, then I find my boyfriend stabbed my back AGAIN, then my eldest dog has to have surgery because of a life threatening disease and they think there's a 25 percent chance she wont make it. (this is just like last year! My dog and 3 turtles died over spring break) Anyways…

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Recap:

"I know but-" Kagome fell to the floor and InuYasha dropped to his knees, grabbing at the back collar around his neck.

"Wh…what is that, InuYasha?!" But he was in too much pain to answer.

"It's a collar containing poison. If he disobeyed Naraku, it will kill him…" she vanished.

End Recap

Chapter 9: The Mystery of the Poison Collar

InuYasha!" Kagome screamed. He was on all fours with one hand gripping the collar. When he looked up, he was full demon. He turned and bit the side of Kagome's left arm. She screamed in pain and pushed him away. She backed up to a wall and collapsed on the ground.

"Kagome!" Sango and Kaede ran to her side. Miroku pulled out a sutra and threw it on the collar. The collar immediately burned to ash and fell to the floor. InuYasha was gasping for air. He, too, collapsed.

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InuYasha was the first to open his eyes. He pushed himself up against a wall.

"Awake are ye?" He rubbed his head. "You didn't get as much poison as Nraku would have hoped, but you got enough to make ye sick."

"How long have I been out?" He rubbed the sleep from his eyes.

"A day." He stopped rubbing and his hands dropped to his lap when he saw the sleeping miko, injured, next to him.

"What happened to her?!" He gently touched her bandaged left arm. A pain shot from her body and up into his fingers, all the way to his shoulder.

"You bit her," Miroku said softly. He looked up to see him and Sango standing at the door.

"It wasn't your fault. You lost control when you went full demon." Sango tried to make him feel less guilty, but it was going the wrong way. InuYasha felt more guilty as he heard what had happened.

"Has she been up at all?" InuYasha never took is eyes off Kagome.

"Once. She complained her arm hurt and that the rest of her body felt weird." Kaede said.

InuYasha groaned. "I think I know what's happening. Dammit! I need to find him." He said to himself.

"Find who? What's going on?" Miroku asked. InuYasha continued to mumble and Miroku only caught tid bits here and there. "…half demon…poison…blood…same thing happened…Rin…" was all he got.

Miroku knew who it was he had to find, but had no clue why. He was about to ask, but InuYasha got up and ran into the forest.

'Perfect. I smell Rin clearly now! What are the chances they'd be near when I need them?' He jumped into a clearing and walked up to Rin. She sniffed the air and turned around.

"Oh, hello Master InuYasha!" Her newfound black dog ears blew in the wind, and her pink marks, similar to Sesshoumaru's, on her cheeks glittered in the late morning sun.

"Where's Sesshoumaru?" he asked, looking around for him.

"He went off somewhere. I can't smell him anymore, so he must have gone far. Did you need something?"

"What happened to you when you drank the potion from the mountain witch?"

"Why?"

"Cause I think the same thing is happening to Kagome."

"Oh, well, I got sick for a few days. My entire body felt like it was kinda numb," she put her pointer finger to her lips and looked up at the clouds, thinking. "Then my features," she pointed to her ears and teeth, "appeared. Then lastly, I had to find out what my abilities were. Does that help any?"

Yes, a lot. Thank you." He was about to run back to the village when a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"How did you know about the potion and me becoming a demon?"

"Your scent changed. And it has a certain smell when a potion is used. It's demonic, but sweeter if you know what I mean." He swatted her hand away and ran off.

"Feeling any better Kagome?" Sango asked, helping her into a sitting position.

"A little. My body stopped hurting. Now it feels…umm…" she tried to think of a word to describe how she felt.

"Numb?" InuYasha stepped into the hut. Everyone turned towards him. She smiled slightly and nodded. "Can I talk to you alone, Kagome?"

Miroku nodded in understanding. He walked out, followed by everyone else. Once Kagome was sure they were out of earshot, she spoke.

"So I guess you're free from Naraku?" He could hear her weakness in her voice. Her skin was pale, but the color in her cheeks was slowly coming back, and her big, beautiful brown eyes had dulled a little.

"Yeah," he paused and sat down at her feet. "Look, I'm really sorry, Kagome…" He looked down at his lap, the sorrow in his eyes hidden by his bangs.

"It's okay! Besides," She smiled. "I'll get better."

"You'll never be the same…" Kagome looked at him funny.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your…" he was afraid of how she'd react, but he had to tell her. "…morphing."

"In…to…what exactly?" She asked, a little afraid of what the outcome may be.

"A half dog demon…" He sounded really sorry. "I'm really sorry Kagome…I really didn't mean to…Naraku had me spell bound…" his voice trailed off.


Kim: ohhhh…how do you think Kagome is going to react? Review with your guesses and I'll post more.

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