Chapter 10

Kagome runs down the shrine stairs to get to the spot where she is to be picked up. "That's strange." She said to herself to see that her ride hasn't arrived yet. She pulls out her smart phone to see if there's anything from him. Nothing. "Might as well get going." She sighs and begins walking in the direction of Shikon. By the time she gets to her street's block, a car horn gets her attention. Kagome turns around to see a different car pulling up to her. The window goes down to reveal someone Kagome never met before. "Hey, are you Kagome?" The driver asks her. From the looks of the driver. She's in the same uniform that Kagome's wearing. Her hair is auburn red in pig tails with a thin headband with an iris on the side.

Kagome is very wary with strangers. "Who are you?" She rather asks the driver instead of giving her name. "I'm Inuyasha's substitute to escort you to Shikon High." Kagome doesn't move. "Answer the question." Kagome suggests the driver. "Oh. I'm sorry. I'm Ayame." Ayame smiles to Kagome. Knowing that Ayame isn't so bad, Kagome gets into the car and Ayame drives up. "So, Kagome can I ask you something." Ayame asks her immediately. "Sure." Kagome nods. "Did you meet Koga?" Ayame asks nicely. "Yeah. But I'm pretty sure that he's not supposed to hit on me." Kagome answers the question to the red hair.

"Ok. So far, you know about him. But what you don't know is that he's my future mate. He just keeps denying it. But I know for sure he'll come to his senses." Ayame sighs in relief. Kagome can see that Ayame is serious about this subject. "What about the security system at the school. Does the faculty know about it?" Kagome asks her as they pull into the parking lot. "Doubtfully. Even the Council knows about it as well." Ayame responds.

It doesn't take long for them to be friends. "Just make sure Koga stays away from. After all, he's supposed to be your future mate." Kagome smiles at Ayame. "Exactly. There are times I had to keep Koga on a lease to make sure he knows who's in charge of out relationship." Ayame smirks back. "Hey any idea where Inuyasha is?" Kagome asks as they enter their homeroom. Ayame shakes her head. "No idea. All I got was a favor from him to pick you up." Kagome takes her seat. "Do you think he's sick?" She wonders. All Ayame does is shrug. The teacher enters and begins the lessons.

Inuyasha is coughing like hell. "Damn, of all of the times for me to be sick." Izayoi is in the room handing over his medicine. "I guess that's what you get when Kagome zapped you yesterday." She comments to him casually. "What did I ever do to deserve this?" Inuyasha complains as he hands over the glass of water that he drank up. "From what your father told me. The moment the mating instinct kicks in, your body will be going through a drastic change. As such the sickness is just the beginning." Izayoi explains to him. She places her hand onto his forehead. "Still burning up. Let's see if your father has a stranger remedy than what I gave you." She leaves the room.

Inuyasha turns to his one side to rest up. Mate. Must have mate. An eerie spoke in his mind. 'Like hell I'm going to listen to you.' Inuyasha shouts back to it with a groan. I know for sure you want her. You cannot deny the fact that she's our mate. Now get out of bed and go get her. The voice taunts him. As such Inuyasha begins to pulse from within. His claws get a little longer, his fangs form over his lower lip. His golden eyes are crimson red with teal irises. His creeks created purple jagged stripes. Must go to mate. The eerie voice spoke from Inuyasha's mouth.

Izayoi opens the door to see Inuyasha in his full demon. "Inuyasha!" She calls out to him. "Don't. Stay back!" Inuyasha shouts with his own voice as he holds his forehead with one hand and gestures to stop with his other, "Mother. Where's the Tetsusaiga?" Inuyasha manages to speak. Izayoi slowly walks out of the room and then quickly runs to her husband's office to get the item that Inuyasha requested. She sees the glass case and opens it carefully so that she wouldn't cut herself. Once the case is out of the way, she grabs the item. A sword. It's sheathed in, but the handed looks so worn out that a few strips of the clothe around the handle are left out of place.

Izayoi quickly returns to the doorway but to keep her distance from her son. "Inuyasha!" She throws the sword to him. With little conscience left, Inuyasha catches the swords. With the hold, the demon instinct goes back into dormancy, thus reversing the transformation. "Thanks mom." He said in sincerity. He also pants after trying his best to control himself. "Inuyasha. We can't let you leave this house without it." Izayoi comes up to him.

"I know that. I just…never expect…this to happen so soon." Inuyasha keeps on panting. "Let's get you back into bed." Izayoi holds him up and puts him onto his bed. Inuyasha does his best to refuse the help, but knowing that whatever Izayoi decides to do with him, he obeys her. "Mom. Do you think that this is going to happen more often?" Inuyasha asks her tiredly. Izayoi smiles sadly. "I don't know, darling. Maybe your father would have the answer. For now it's best that we seal you in here in case another episode happens." She answers as she locks the windows and door. Inuyasha nods, not to argue with her suggestion.

Back at Shikon High, Kagome is taking notes from the dry eraser board. Sadly it's math, her least favorite subject. 'Might as well get it over with these formulas.' She thinks in her head. Soon the bell ring to end the day. "Finally." She said in relief. "Kagome!" Miroku comes up to her panting. "What is it, Miroku?" Kagome asks to see him in such a fright. "I just got a call from Inuyasha. And he's not feeling well." Miroku gestures her to follow him to his car in the parking lot. "Oh, well it's no wonder he didn't come in today." Kagome holds her chin.

"It's not a normal illness. It's his demon instinct that took over his body." Miroku seriously said. Kagome can tell that this isn't a joke. "OK. We need to go to his house." Kagome nods to him. Miroku however doesn't go to his house. "Where are we going?" Kagome asks in confusion. "We're getting Sango. I told her after Inuyasha call me." Miroku answers quickly.

It doesn't take long until they arrive at Sango's house. Sango doesn't waste a second to get in. "I hope Inuyasha is ok." Sango breaks the small pause. "I hope so too." Kagome agrees with her. Miroku pulls up to the gate. "Miroku, is that you?" Izayoi asks through the speaker frantically. "Yeah, we're here." Miroku responds. The gate opens up to let the group in.

Miroku just parks the car. "Izayoi, how is he?" Kagome asks first when she gets out. "He is for now. He has the Tetsusaiga with him to prevent his transformation." Izayoi hugs Kagome. "Transformation? I thought that he was sick." Kagome tilts her head. Izayoi sees Miroku and Sango. "I need you two to wait in my husband's office until this is all clear." Izayoi instructs the two teenagers. Miroku and Sango and do what she says.

"What's going with him? Why does he have this Tetsusaiga?" Kagome asks the woman in concern. "When Inuyasha was born, Toga had a friend of ours to create a sword that will suppress his demonic powers. Up until now, the sword managed to do fine so far." Izayoi explains so far. "Even though the school forbids the sword to in the area, me and Toga believe that it was okay. That was until we found out that you're his mate. When that came, the demon instinct managed to surface. As such, Inuyasha had to stay home to prevent him from killing anyone in his way. Only Toga and his older brother can subdue him if it were to happen."

They arrive at Inuyasha's bedroom. "For now, I'll be closeby and make sure that Toga is informed about this. I believe that you should be able to help him out." Izayoi knocks on the door. "Mom, I'm not stable enough to come out." Inuyasha shouts out to the door. "No it's me, Inuyasha." Kagome opens the door to come in. "Kagome? What are you doing here?" Inuyasha never expected to see her.