ROSES OF ICE

Chapter 3

*~Kagome's POV~*

I wandered around the complete black.

"Where am I?" I asked no one in particular.

"This is a dream." A voice scared the crap out of me.

"Holy crap!" I shouted, leaping back from the voice. "Who the hell are you?" I snarled. A girl my age stepped into my vision. She looked like me. Correction: she was me. Only…different?

She had my hair, only it was tinted black-midnight blue, not the usual pitch-black. Her eyes were a luminous stormy-blue with flecks of ice-blue, with cat pupils, and a rose mark was on her forehead. She grinned, showing snow-white fangs. Black fox ears poked from her head, tipped with pale lavender. Multiple black fox tails poked from behind her, and I made an effort to count them. Ten furry, black-with-lavender-tips fox tails. Long white claws protruded from her fingers, and her posture was elegant.

Behind her was the human me. And next to her was… WTH is that?! A huge black fox curled in the corner, ten tails, and ice-blue eyes. Its ears and tails were tipped lavender, as was its paws. White claws, and I realized, with a jolt that fox was another me.

"Who are you all?" I asked warily.

"We are you." The human answered. "Look in the mirror." A mirror appeared out of freaking nowhere, and I looked into it. I was the fox-human girl, minus the rose. I looked back at the others. The fox-human was gone, and I realized that she was actually another mirror. The human rose.

"My name is Kazumi. I am your human side. That fluff ball over there is your demon side, Amaya." I nodded. My human was harmony and beauty, and the fox was night rain. Amaya growled, resenting the fluff ball comment, and Kazumi chuckled.

"So… any reason I'm here?" I asked. I felt jumpy, like I was playing Slender in the middle of the night. Any touch and I could freak.

"Just to tell you what you are." Amaya growled. I looked at her, startled. I hadn't thought she could talk, but she sort of telepathized the thoughts into my head. Her voice was rich and sweet. It reminded me of caramel in a way.

"So…" I asked.

"You are a ten-tail." Kazumi said bluntly. I flicked my tails around, irritated.

"I figured. What is a ten-tail?" I asked.

"Well…they don't have an actual description. They're so rare no one really knows anything about them. We do know that each is unique in their powers, and have a specific demon they…well…are. Yours is obviously a fox." Amaya yawned, and fell asleep.

"Their purpose is to protect what's called the 'Ice Rose.' It's ridiculously powerful, more than the Jewel of Four Souls. Each ten-tail has an 'Ice Gem', which communicates to them in a dire situation, and warns them if the Rose is in danger. Yours is right here." Kazumi held up a small silver chain, which held a pendant.

The pendant was designed to look like a chain of roses and lilies, and it held a black jewel. It was some sort of diamond-like substance, but it definitely wasn't diamond. I noticed that it was the some substance as the spears that attacked Naraku earlier. Kagome touched it, and a pleasant cold sensation tingled throughout my body. I looked closely at the gem, and saw a pair of ice-blue fox eyes staring at me. I didn't jerk away though. The eyes held me captivated, and I soon saw the black fox, sitting in the jewel, watching me. I smiled, and I waved goodbye to everyone as tug started to pull me back into reality.

I jolted awake, and saw four pairs of concerned eyes watching me. The now-half-demon Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Kirara. Shippo was asleep against my side, but he awoke, and leapt on me.

"Kagome! I've been so worried. And why are you a ten-tailed fox demon?" He asked, confused, and I reached up to feel my fox ears. I ran my tongue over my fangs, and looked at my claws. Then I realized I still had the pendant in my hand. I lifted the gem up, until I could see the fox again. He was stalking some rat. I put the necklace on, ignoring the others. Then I rose out of bed, and walked over to the fire. I sat down between Sango and Miroku, and wrapped my ten tails firmly around my body. I know it sounds weird, but it felt like someone was giving me a hug.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. I didn't want to talk about me at the moment, so I changed the subject.

"How are all of your wounds?"

"We're all fine, Kagome, but we're worried about you." Sango murmured, placing a hand on my knee. Man, they're good. They aren't going to let this subject go.

"I'm fine, but I think we should head back to Kaede's to rest up. I need to ask her about some stuff." I suggested hopefully. They all understood my not-so-subtle hint, and started to pack up.

You hope Kaede has some answers?I recognized that voice in my head immediately. No one but Amaya could have that caramel voice.

Amaya? How? But? What?

I can communicate with you. Kazumi can't, thank god. Anyway, I'm here to get you used to your new powers.

Which are?

Elemental and Dark magic.

Dark? You're kidding me, I'm Kikyo's reincarnation! How can I have dark powers?

Do I look like Kami? I don't know. But those are your abilities. As well as you have twin swords. Totosai will give you those before too long, as well as your battle gear.

Say what? Battle gear? Twin swords? Last time I checked, I was your average teenage time traveler, not a flipping warrior! How'd my life get so messed up?

I don't know. But you might want to go now. The others are waiting.

I snapped out of my reverie, and ran over to Inuyasha and the others. I didn't need Inuyasha to carry me, I had loads of energy. I ran myself, easily keeping up. Once running didn't satisfy my energy, I leapt into the trees and jumped branch to branch, singing 'Angel of Darkness.' Nightcore'd. (Nightcore is a sped-up high-pitch version of a song. It's awesome!)

Soon I began doing flips and such, once jumping on branches no longer became a challenge.

"Kagome! Wait up!" Sango cried. I stopped, and looked around to see they were far behind, and staring at me with an expression of utter shock. Now I know how Shippo gets all his energy. I feel like I've had seventy liters of pure coke, with several kilograms of raw sugar.

"Sorry. I just feel hyper." I apologized. I saw Sango and Miroku exchange a look, but I knew they were concerned. I was. I mean, I was a mythical creature I had never heard about! How the hell will I cram solving this mystery in my timetable? Heck, why don't I just freaking drop school? I know Inuyasha won't complain. My shoulders sagged a little. But then I won't have any excuse to go back into my time. Dammit Karma, what did I do to deserve this?

Inuyasha's POV

I watched Kagome. She seemed distracted, and annoyed. I guess she must be angry about being a…half-demon? She didn't smell half-demon, but she did smell half something. I wasn't complaining. I found that Kagome looked beautiful as a fox-girl. Her body had kept its shape, but was more masculine. Her hair was a midnight-blue, dark enough to look black, but definitely blue. Her eyes were stormy, flecked with the most luminous ice-blue, and her tails and ears were silky and furry. She was gorgeous. The only problem with that was…

"Koga's coming." Kagome announced. Speak of the devil. The familiar whirlwind came rushing up, and I let out a growl. The wolf-demon stopped in front of Kagome, and immediately grabbed her hands.

"Kagome!? Are you a half-demon?! Did that mutt harm you in any way?!" He asked in a panic. Before Kagome could say anything, he whirled around and attacked me.

"What did you do to Kagome!? If you've mated with her, I'll kill you!" He snarled as he rushed me. I saw Kagome facepalm.

"Koga…" She began. Koga didn't listen.

"Koga…"

Nothing

"Koga…" He voice rose slightly, but nothing happened.

"I'll rip your head off!" Koga spat at me.

"KOGA! FOR GODS SAKE! STOP ATTACKING, YOU DAMN WOLF!" Kagome shouted. I stared at her. Kagome didn't…swear.

"Jay-zuz. What the hell, Koga?" She snarled at him. He gave her a sheepish smile, and gave her a hug. I growled, and was *this* close to ripping his spine out.

"I'm sorry, Kagome. I was scared to lose you." He said charmingly. I snarled again, and lunged at him. But Kagome beat me to it.

"Nice try, Koga." She spat, and somehow shoved him into a tree. I stared. So Kagome is stronger too. Huh. I looked at her, and she gave me a smirk.

"Let's go." She said decisively. I looked at Koga, and laughed.

"Who's going to kill who, Koga?" Kagome called over her shoulder. I ran to catch up with her.

"How'd you do that?" I asked

"What slam Koga into a tree? I shoved him. Nothing complicated."

"No, how'd you do it. As in, why did you do it?"

"He was pissing me off." I stared at her. Her tails were flicking, and I saw her ears twitch.

"He's not happy." Just then Koga came rushing up.

"Kagome…" He growled.

"Yes, Koga?" She asked sweetly. Damn she was awesome now.

"I have to take my leave now; I now see that you are more powerful, so will you consider coming with me, so we can get married?" He said in one breath. I snapped. I rushed at Koga, and ripped my claws down his arm. Oh no. Kagome is gonna sit me so bad. I thought he was gonna dodge! Koga leapt away, a look of fury on his face. He ran towards me, only to stop when Kagome said,

"Once you finish fighting, you can catch up." Then she turned around and walked away, her tails flicking. I stopped, and turned to follow her.

"Hey! We haven't finished fighting yet! Come back here!"

So…What do yah think? I'm not the best at fight scenes, especially with Koga and Inuyasha, where all they do is freaking dodge and attack. No one gets hurt, and it's hard to make that interesting. Anyway…

I highly recommend listening to Nightcore, the only problem is once you listen to it, the real song seems slow. But give it a go.

Now I don't own Inuyasha, surprise, surprise, and that little box down there with the button that says reviews? You need to type in that to keep me making stories, kay?