(07/12/2010): Heeeyy I finished this chapter finally like I promised I would! I forced myself to do it, so I dunno how good it is. I'm not completely.. satisfied but it's all I can come up with at the moment ^^; So, sorry if it sucks!

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You're Kinda, Sorta, Basically, Pretty Much, Always On My Mind.

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I Don't Own Inuyasha

"Talking"

58. Yokai to Human

I smirked, and dropped into a crouch. I tasted the blood on my fingers, enjoying every bit of it.

"So the puppy wants to play?"

"Kaori-sama! Inuyasha! Stop!"

Inuyasha hesitated at the sound of the monk's voice. Seeing an opening I lunged forward; swinging my arm to slice through his skin. I heard the sound of Sango's voice, and an explosion of a thick miasma-like substance sent me tumbling to the ground. I coughed trying to push the purple smoke out of my lungs; holding my nose to prevent more from entering my system. I pushed against the ground hearing the sounds of footsteps, and tried to growl.

My mother came through the mist; Sango armed and following close behind. I bared my teeth and growled again -louder this time - however the smoke had me paralyzed and I couldn't defend myself. Mika stopped within arms length of me. She held out her hand, touching two fingers onto my forehead. Pain suddenly scorched its way through my system but in a second it was gone, and my mind was clear.

"Kaori-chan!" Sango cried behind her mask, "Are you alright?"

The smoke dissipated and I pulled myself onto my bottom. My head spun as I looked around, searching for Inuyasha. "I'm alright.. Where..?" I seen him holding his nose, flinching as Miroku kept a talisman pressed against his forehead. Around him lay splitered peices of bone, the hilt of a broken Tetsusaiga, puddles of blood and the lifeless body of Goshinki.

What the hell had just happened?

"You and Inuyasha turned momentarily yokai," Mika explained as if she could read my mind.

I growled, "Shut up! It was your fault!"

"What?" Sango gasped.

"Kaori, are you aware that the sword you friend wields, the 'Tetsusaiga' was made to constrain his yokai blood?" Mika asked.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I hissed.

She smirked, "That test was to see how strong the will to live was inside of both of you.."

"We could have died!"

"No, you wouldn't have."

"Whatever, I'm not interested in what you have to say," I got to my feet and headed over toward Inuyasha. My finger's reeked of Naraku's blood and it made me sick. They had made up a plan together.. my parents and that bastard.. If I hadn't a reason to hate them before, I most certainly did now.

"Unless Tetsusaiga is fixed, your friend's yokai blood will take him over each time he is near death.. until eventually he wont ever be able to return back."

I snorted, spinning around, "Oh yeah, and what about me? Didn't what just happened, whatever did happen, happen to me as well?"

"As long as my blood runs through your veins, the pure blood of Midoriko, you are saved from that fate."

I rolled my eyes not beliving her story.. However as I turned back around my heart sank as I realized dark purple bolts still scarred Inuyasha's cheeks and his eyes continued to flash from white to red despite the talisman. Soft hands hold my shoulders and a soft voice whispered, "You have enough power at this moment to subdue him.. however that abiliy will grow weaker with each episode.."

I shrugged off my mother hands feeling revolted by her touch and continued my way to Inuyasha. He growled at me as I approached, which made my heart drop down into my stomach. Feeling like a fool I copied Mika's gesture: pressing my middle and index finger to his forehead. He was still and silent for a moment, then suddenly he swatted away my hand.

"What the hell was that for! Are you trying to kill me or something! That hurt!" he shouted. He was completely back to normal, no trace of yokai anywhere on his face.

Tears blurred my vision and I wrapped my arms around his head, "I'm sorry.."

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"So that's it? You're just letting us go after all that!"

"Yes."

"Well what the hell! Why didn't you just tell us what you had to say in the beginning and safe everyone the trouble!"

Mika only smiled cheerfully in return. My hands were gripped into fists, as I glared up at her on her throne. My father only looked to the side as he always did, not saying a word.

"What was the whole point of that!" I shouted, stomping my foot through the wooden floor, "Getting Kikyo to take me to that damn cave and Shoji to kidnap me and keeping everyone locked up and then the god damn Naraku oni! You haven't explained that yet either!"

"Kikyo came to us wanting answers about the jewel, in return I wanted to see my daughter," Mika explained, "We wanted to see how strong capable Inuyasha was of taking care of you, and Naraku offered his Oni. It was basically really simple. If Inuyasha died then obviously you weren't safe and you would stay with us, of the oni was defeated you passed."

"And who in the world made you responsible for my safety! You weren't even around!"

"I made you human so you would be safe. The reason you're not anymore saddens me.."

"The fact that I come from such retarded people 'saddens' me!" I shouted in return. I turned my back on them and stormed out of the room, Inuyasha and the others following silently behind. It was such a giant trouble all for nothing! Tetsusaiga was now broken and Inuyasha's sanity was in Jeapordy.. FOR NOTHING!

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"Waaaa! You idiot! What the hell did you do to my precious Tetusaiga!"

"Shut up already! It wasn't even my fault! You could have fixed it by now if you hadn't been crying so hard!"

I sighed as Inuyasha and Toutousai argued about the shattered Tetsusaiga laying in the snow. We were back in that same clearing from so long ago where we had first met the crazy old man. No one really knew how he knew of the sword's demise but as soon as he had shown up he had started slobbering all over it.

"Fixing it is easier said than done, welp!" Toutousai snapped.

"Are you saying you can't do it?" Shippo sqeaked.

"Of course I can! With my skill it should be repaired in three days and three nights. However a filler will be necessary.." he pulled out a large pair of pliers from his kimono, "Inuyasha, open your mouth."

"Like this..?"

"Perfect."

"Ow what the hell!"

Toutousai inspected Inuyasha's canine tooth carefully that was caught between the pliers. "This one will do."

"What the hell're you doing!" Inuyasha shouted. With small tears in his eyes he punched the old man in the head.

"Oh, be quiet. A measly fang will grow back in half a day. You deserve it for breaking my precious sword!"

"Anyway, Jii-san," I interuptted before Inuyasha could strike him again, "Do you know anything about this yokai blood awakening junk?"

"Nothing more than what you've already been told I'm afraid." he replied, gathering all the pieces of katana together, "But it was a problem Hisao himself once faced."

"Hisao!" I gasped, "What about him! Who was he? He was a hanyo as well?"

"Well I should probably get to fixing this for that idiot. Bye-bye Kiri."

The man hopped on his three headed cow and raced off down the road.

"MY NAME ISN'T KIRI AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TELL ME ABOUT HISAO YOU SKINNY BASTARD!" I shouted after him. But he was already gone and either hadn't heard me or chose to ignore.

"Don't worry about it, Kaori-chan," Sango soothed, patting my shoulder as I sat back down with the others, "He'll be back in three days so you can hound him about it then."

"I think what's most important now is what we're going to do," Miroku added, "We cannot do much as Inuyasha is now unarmed."

"Hey! What the hell are you saying?" Inuyasha growled, "It's not like I'm useless without Tetsusaiga! I can fight plenty fine without it!"

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"Damn it all to hell. That old fart is slow."

"Not really, he said three days and three nights and it's only been two," I murermed in reply to Inuyasha's whining.

"Well his timing really sucks!" he snapped. I had to give him that. Inuyasha was human as we sat around a fire in an abandoned old shack.

Sitting beside me, Sango stared at him in shock, and in return he only gave her a dirty look. Dark haired, silver eyed, and defenseless Inuyasha was not pleased with staring. I kept my eyes on my rice to prevent from getting the same treatment.. It was hard though.. oh so hard..

"This is the first time you've seen this, huh, Sango," Miroku chuckled.

"Yeah, I have to say, he doesn't look as intimidating like this," she murmured, probably in response to his glares, "Kaori this happened to you too, two weeks ago."

I nodded, "Yeah, hanyo loose their powers once a month and turn human. I guess I didn't have time to explain then because of everything that was going on.. But I'm sure you've noticed that the time that it happens is a secret and no one should know of it."

"I see."

Inuyasha scoffed, "Isn't it funny how the number of people who know this secret are gradually increasing?"

"But isn't that a good thing?" I murmered, resting my head on my hand, "It means we have more friends that we can trust, doesn't it?"

As if the fact having friends offended him, Inuyasha got to his feet then and left the hut. I followed after him but he hadn't gone that far. He sat cross legged on a large boulder a few feet from the hut, but out of human earshot.

"So you don't like having friends?" I asked.

My voice startled him and he jumped. The turned around to glare at me, then went back to staring at the moonless sky above, "No just sometimes I have things to think about and I can't do that with all of you yapping at the same time!"

I sighed and stood in front of him, waiting for him to tell me what it was he was thinking about. But he didn't say anything.

"You know, if you're scared, I am capable of protecting you."

"Keh!"

"Or is this about your ego being bruised because you have to be protected by women."

"Oh I'm sorry. Women? What women? I just see an annoying monster shivering in the snow."

"Ouswari."

He fell off his rock head first as the beads dragged him down, and I stole his spot.

"Kaori.." he growled, pulling himself up, "Why the hell did yo-"

"Do you still want to be a yokai?" I asked.

He hesitated with his response.. maybe cause I had caught him off guard or he was carefully placing the right words together as not to offend me anymore.

"Because I don't.." I sighed, "It was scary.."

"What the hell!" he snapped, "You jerk, what's with that! If I hadn't transformed Goshinki would have eaten you and everyone else! The fact that you transformed at the same time is just a mere coincidence! You just have no self control! Shut up!"

"You shut up! You don't get what I'm saying."

"Then what the hell are you saying?"

"I was scared because even with Sango's scent bombs, and Miroku's talisman, you struggled to keep yourself normal! That side was pulling you away from me. I was scared because I wanted to kill you then and by your expression you felt the same!"

"Do.. Don't be such an idiot! Whatever happens, I am myself, and you are Kaori. There's no way I'd forget that and end up killing you and if it happens again you won't forget and try to kill me either!"

I sighed. He.. he didn't understand.. "I don't.. want you to become a yokai.. I want Inuyasha to be Inuyasha. A hanyo. If being a yokai makes you most happy.. then you can do that when you get the chance.. but.. I'll always love the hanyo Inuyasha most.."

"K-Kaori.."

"I'm going to bed," I leaped from the boulder, my face burning red. I cannot believe I just said something like that.. Of course he's not going to stay a hanyo just because of me. I'm not Kikyo and I don't hold the status to tell him what he should and shouldn't do..

"Kaori, wait!"

"Inuyasha! Kaori!" Sango and Miroku burst from the shack just as I had about to enter it, "Do you sense that?"

I stumbled back to prevent us from crashing into each other, and exhaled in relief for this distraction, "What is it?"

"An imensely dark aura!" Sango muttered, clutching her boomerage tightly in her hands.

Miroku nodded, scanning the area, "It's heading this way."

I spun around, catching a familiar scent in the wind. Standing high above us on a bare maple branch was the one and only, tall, dark, and redheaded stalker. Shoji.

"Well, hello, Kaori-chan," Shoji smirked, pulling an ivory blade bathed in dark red and black energy, from it's scabbard, "Long time no see."

End Of Chapter 58

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