Mutation

Kagome

My body felt like it was being skinned alive. The pain was so intense that I could only whimper in torment and protest. As minutes went by, the pain greatly intensified and I wondered if this is what it felt like for a miko when he/she dies, was I really to die here?

Now?

Everything went black. I could no longer see anything, the last thing I did see throughout my waves of pain, was Naraku's grinning face. Maybe this was his plan all along, toy with me, train me, and even give me false hopes of killing Inuyasha, just to kill me in the end. I wanted to cry- no I was crying! How could I be such a fool?! Taking my enemy's side just to kill my friend!

I could already feel the hot tears streaming down my face- wait, how would I feel tears if I'm dead? Well that must mean I'm still alive, just unconscious or something- but what was happening to me then? Why was I in such horrible pain that it rendered me unconscious?

Not knowing the answer to any of these questions slightly pissed me off, but I did know who the hell was responsible for all of this.

After a severe wave of pain caused me to wake up, the first thing I did was check my surroundings. I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized I was just in the room Naraku gave me. Now looking around for the bastard, I saw him patiently waiting for me at the other side of my bed.

A deep growl rumbled from my throat at the sight of him- wait, a growl? Humans can't growl! I looked down at myself, my hands, my hair, even my feet just to notice I completely changed in appearance. I had these claw-like markings on my face (that were still bleeding) , my hair was very straight and unnaturally darker than usual, teeth poked at my bottom lip and if I moved them at the slightest, my lip would bleed.

I cried out in horror and stared at Naraku in bewilderment. Just what has he done to me?! What type of beast was I?! He seemed to get the idea of what I was thinking just by looking at me.

"Some of my youkai blood lingers in your body, as well as the poisonous miasma that I posses as well"

My mouth fell open slightly, was he trying to make me into a copy of himself and his other pawns?

"H-how is that even possible? My miko powers should have purified the blood as soon as it entered!" I muttered shocked.

How could my miko powers fail me?

Naraku chuckled and shook his head.

"Because of your barrier-like powers, it only searches for life threatening dangers. This enabled me to sneak pass with only a small amount of miasma mixed with my blood, and because your not technically human, your body was able to withstand the amount of poison"

I blinked and continued to look up into his black, swirling eyes. With that, I ran straight into the bathroom to get an accurate look at myself.

Almost screaming, I stared back at myself in horror. I had two pointy dog ear sitting on top of my head and my teeth were a lot my dangerous looking than I thought. The claws that I had were sharp and almost like talons to a bird of paradise.

I turned around to get a look at my back and almost fainted. Whipping and waving about like an excited dog, was a dark, bushy tail and staring back at me like a predator, were my own red tinted eyes with a thin, slim line down the middle much like a cat. That's when Naraku leaned in the bathroom using the frame of the door.

"This was nessecary for you to defeat and kill Inuyasha, and if you'd like...Kikyo too" he offered.

I narrowed my eyes at the thought. Me taking Kikyo's life as well as Inuyasha's hmmm...I grinned madly at the sudden picture I painted in my now twisted mind. Two big mounds sitting next to each other in a field, Kikyo and Inuyasha's graves.

Naraku

My my what a beautiful expression that was upon her face. She almost mirrored the expressions I wear after destroying a village filled with nothing but women and their children.

Her face continued to grow more and more into that of a sinister killer plotting their next victim as she imagined their deaths. Yes, this is exactly what I wanted out of her, she maybe more useful to me now than at any other time. It's even a win win situation now, she can gain the much wanted revenge she's always wanted and I'll gain more power with her by my side- yes we'll rebirth a new world together.

I grinned at the very thought of my new upcoming throne, and a new queen that was perfect for me.

Kagome was now, even more beautiful as a hanyou than her miko appearance. Her eyes pierced into the atmosphere in a piercing glare that saw no light in the darkness, and no consious to her actions- her eyes only saw the current world now as an ugly thing. Her talons retracted and extracted uncontrollably while her mild to low growls were a bit of a turn on ,but she could do more without the tail and ears (reminding me too much of Inuyasha).

Her loyalty to me seemed to grow more and more as she became more accostom to the youkai part of her, she now never wanted to leave my side. Annoying yes, but with those ears and eyes you couldn't really say no to her.

"Master-sama" she called.

I looked at her, giving my full attention.

"What type of hanyou am I mixed with?" she asked.

I happened to notice the excited wag of her tail as she looked up at me with sparkling, interested eyes. Raising my eyebrows at her, I figured out this was only to gain my attention.

I furrowed my eyebrows together in thought. When I was created I was combined with millions and millions of demons, finding out the nature of her youkai would prove to be difficult. Sniffing her slightly, she blushed lightly but stayed still.

"Hmmm...hell wolf annnnd...fox youkai" I told her.

Her eyes lit up and a smile grew slightly on her face. "Fox and hell wolf youkai?...at least I'm no part of dogs" she mused satisfied.

I chuckled then and she gave me a confused look.

"Wolves are distant relatives of dogs, the only difference is that they travel in packs and can howl very loudly to communicate with other fellow wolves"

Her mouth dropped for a few seconds and then contorted into a look of disgust. I couldn't hold it in anymore at that point, I held my stomach in and laughed.

Hakudoshi

What the hell was going on around here?! Has Naraku totally forgotten our whole ideal, or plan for Inuyasha's demise? Or is his head in the clouds?!

Never in all my days of serving under Naraku have I heard him laugh like that, maybe an evil chuckle or smirk, but never a whole hearted laugh. It reminded me of...those wretched ningens, preferably one that could laugh without a care in the world- a ningen that was enjoying his stupidly short life.

Pathetic, purely pathetic.

Maybe I should brush aside my minor fantasies about that miko wench for now, she was now becoming a problem instead of a solution. She had to be exterminated immediately.

Inuyasha

Not a trace. There was absolutely nothing in Naraku's old hideout that the gang and I discovered a few years back. Something was wrong, there couldn't have been no scent on Kagome because I always know what her scent smells like; yet there was nothing here.

No..something is not right.

My chest tingled a bit and I clutched at it. The uneasiness rising and falling within me at every breath I inhaled and exhaled. Shaking my head, the negative thoughts about Kagome had to leave my mind, the only thing I must truly worry about is saving her.

The tingling sensation didn't stop there, with every blink of my eyes, twitch of my ears, and every puff of air that came out of my mouth in an icy huff brought forth a new wave of anxiety.

With a new resolve forming once again, I clenched my fists and readied myself to just venture all over this part of the land. 'Whatever it takes' I told myself 'I'll go to the ends of the Earth just to get her back'

Oh kami, how my heart and soul yearned for Kagome to be by my side again.

Kagura

Oh kami it's been done...Naraku has done the impossible, and that was forcefully changing a regular ningen, into that of a hanyou. Not only was she a miko, but she was a ningen too and this could of very well killed her, the whole thing was a very big risk. Maybe I underestimated Naraku's true power, and this thought only terrified me more. The same man that turned a full fledged ningen (and a miko at that!) was the same person that could make anyone bend to his will and he owned my heart in his hands.

We all sat in the dining/living room in the hideout where Hakudoshi, Kanna, Kikyo and I sat on our knees in front of a standing Naraku and by his side, clinging to his arm, was none other then the hanyou Kagome.

"As you can all see, Kagome is now a hanyou...her two halves are the lengendary hell wolf and fox youkai" he announced.

Kami! Thats what he put in her?! This is only turning out worse than I thought, what the hell is Inuyasha doing...

All that came to my mind next was the history of the two races of youka that Naraku spoke of, the memories that came back to me in reference to those wretched races were terrifying in itself.

I was only a child then- a ningen child at that. There were always terrifying stories of the demon wolf youkai as well as the fox youkai, to warn the rest of the ningen children to stay out of their territory.

Those that did not heed, had their body parts and organs posted up throughout the villages as a warning. Children would not be spared..

Way before Inuyasha's and Sesshomaru's father became a legend, the lengendary race before that was originally the demon wolf youkai, not only did they rule the western lands ,but the eastern lands too.

The fox youkai were also a fearsome race as well, they were just as gruesome and bloodthirsty as the wolves were and had a deep grudge with the king of the underworld himself, who was also a hell wolf and the leader of the race itself.

Fueding started when the leader of the fox youkai was murdered and pinned against a tree- he was tied to the tree with his intestines and every other body part that would imprison him to the tree.

Every fox youkai mourned and cried for the loss, except the little kitsune that was too young to understand at the time- that same kitsune travels with Inuyasha and the other ningens.

After the burial ceremony, the pelt of the leader was taken and given to the family. Soon after, that same pelt was stolen by the thunder brothers, Matann and Hitann.

Anyways, there was a big war between the demon wolf youkai and the fox youkai and because of the insane numbers of the wolves, the fox youkai lost horribly. Unfortunately, their loss of the war was not enough to satisfy the wolves...no they needed to be annihilated even further.

Village through village, it was announced that the era of the fox youkai was over and the whole race was extinct. It was good news to say the least, but something still seemed a little off.

The wolves wanted everything, to be worshipped by the ningens, to be feared by other youkai and to own all the lands. That's when the great dog youkai from a foreign land, re arranged everything and the wolf youkai were over thrown and beaten onto the verge of extinction.

These are all just stories and myths from stupid ningen that were just afraid to die. I say rumors because ningens were too cowardly at the time to look to see if those rumors were true. Who knows those rumors might actually be a fact ,but there was thing that was true without a doubt.

Both races were VERY much real as well as the legendary dog general.

Even the appearance of a hanyou could be seen on the newly turned hanyou Kagome. The claws, the tail, the fluffy ears, but there was something else that caught my eye too and that was her red tinted eyes. They were very beautiful yes, but something wasn't right. A hanyou usually had golden or crystal blue eyes, yet hers were red as if she was a fullblooded youkai.

Kagome must have caught me staring at her, and all of Naraku's words faded into the background while her scarlet eyes laid on me. I noticed I was captivated, lost, and I also couldn't move- almost as if I was in a trance. Everything swirled and disfigured into objects undeciferable, all I saw were Kagome's predatory red eyes staring back at me.

Once out of my trance, I was back in my right mind in my same position, sitting on my knees in front of Naraku who continued to stand up in front of us with his lecture. My eyebrows furrowed into confusion and I cautiously looked back at Kagome, who only smiled slyly at my wandering eyes.

A weird wet sensation puddled about my knees so I quickly looked down. My eyes shot open in horror as I noticed it was my own blood pouring out of my body. There on the ground still functioning as if nothing happened, laid my own organs for me to see.

I opened my mouth to scream, but to my disappointment I didn't a hear a sound. Was no one fucking seeing this?! Finally hearing the scream I wanted to, Hakudoshi almost jumped out of his skin and looked at me with bewilderment.

"What the hell Kagura!" he screeched.

I ignored Hakudoshi and glared at the wolf bitch. She kept her face neutral ,but her eyes hid away so much more.

Naraku looked down at Kagome with an irritated look that told us all she was going to be reprimanded later. Her ears flattened down to her head and she pouted.

"May I remind you...do not use your strengths on my offsprings Kagome" he said angrily yanking on her tail.

She yelped loudly and I noticed the small brim of red liquid run across the lid of her eyes.

Her ears flattened down on her head and she nibbled her bottom lip like a child. Her eyes showed that she was a bit sorry, but she was only sorry because the thought of Naraku being upset with her got her to the point of a emotional break down. Naraku pointed to a corner and told her to sit in it and under her breath we heard a low growl, he smirked and lightly shrugged.

"Now that Kagome is a hanyou, you all will no longer be training Kagome"

We all looked at each other in confusion and Kikyo decided to ask what was all on our minds.

"She is mixed with two very dangerous types of youkai, how do you plan to help her control her powers?" she asked.

Naraku narrowed his eyes in thought, I guess he hadn't thought that far yet.

"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it, otherwise do not provoke her unneccisarily" he said lowly.

We all nodded, abiding his warning with subtle gestures. Looking back at Kagome, she seemed amused by something and I wondered what it was. She looked up at me from across the room and smirked, showing her gleaming canines.

Sesshomaru

A strange smell lingered the field I stood in, a scent almost like that of Naraku's ,but vaguely familiar, wrapped itself around my acute nose. Scrunching my face up in a scowl, I couldn't really recognized the type of youkai it was.

Whatever is was though, smelt ancient and very dangerous. My gut was telling me that very deadly events was going to occur. In preparation for that, I'll send Joken and Rin away for awhile until everything comes to pass.

"Milord! What are we doing for today?"

Looking behind me, I spotted Rin following with Ah Un and a stumbling Jocken walking steadily behind them.

"You and Joken will go away for awhile" I said.

Rin's bottom lip started to tremble and my eyes narrowed, we had no time for tears.

"B-but Rin has been a good girl for Lord Sesshomaru, has she not?" she asked twiddling her feet together.

I sighed and knelt down to her level.

"Rin has been a very good girl, and this Sesshomaru would never send you and Jocken away unless I was trying to prevent an...unfortunate event" I told her.

Her big brown eyes widened and she gave me a toothy grin.

"Ohhhh Rin gets it now! Lord Sesshomaru wishes to protect Jocken and me from danger!"

I blinked and stood back up and slightly turning away from them both.

"Think what you would like Rin, but just know I will be back to get you both with Ah Un in a month"

Rin nodded and ran off to play in the meadow with Ah Un until Jocken leads her away.

I looked down at Jocken, then back at the space of the wild flowers I was getting lost in.

"You feel it too Jocken"

He nodded and didn't say anything after that.

"There's a chance I may not come back from this" I told him.

He gave me a look of a disbelief and turned away from me abruptly.

"You always survive pety things like this Lord Sesshomaru, you have nothing to worry about" he reassured.

I shook my head in discontent.

"Arrogance and ignorance will only lead someone to a dishonorable death..." I muttered.

He looked at me then.

"I see...you've remembered what your father had told you"

I nodded and he looked out into the field along with me.

"It was an honor...to serve you Lord Sesshomaru"

For a moment I didn't say anything, I just continued to stare out into the field getting lost.

"It was a pleasure...to spend my valued time with you and Rin" I said.

I saw the small sprinkles of water drop on the grass under Jocken's feet and soon the sky opened up- pouring rain.

My hair and armour became drenched with water and my silver hair stuck uncomfortably to the sides of my face.

"Lord Sesshomaru it's raining!" Rin said running towards us.

Before she was able to reach us, I asked one last favor of Jocken.

"You shall take good care of Rin, for as long as you live"

After that I disappeared into the low mist, the last thing I heard from Jocken was this:

"With my life sir"

A/N

Phew! That toke me some days sorry ^^" I'm sorry if I made Sesshomaru seem a bit O.O.C but I wanted to show him in a light that exposed his softer self. Please review I love your comments!

The title of the chapter is: 'Inevitable'