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Chapter 1

They felt the rise of powers and the very tainted aura of a demon and a very pure aura of a miko. They followed it to the edge of a small clearing in the trees right before the bottom of a cliff. The miko was pinned to a tree by a chunk of bamboo on the right side but the demon was on the left, bamboo side of the clearing. There was this black inky thing wrapped around her thus disabling her all the more from moving from the tree. They noticed the pieces of jewel fragments they both had, radiating power. They were entirely tainted with the demon and completely pure with the miko. Barriers surrounded them both. The barriers were meant to keep her from purifying him. The miko being a young woman donned a strange outfit, a white top with a short green pleaded skirt that goes a few inches above her knees. She had long black hair in a braid that seemed to go a bit past her waist. Her eyes a stunning shade of sapphire and seemed to have an inhuman glow about them. Her scent was not of a normal human. It just further proven she must be a pure miko and comes from a foreign land.

The demon had three tails coming from its back and black hair that reached his waist. His eyes are garnet red with blue on the eye lids. He wore robes of a lord. His mid section held a large red eye looking straight on at the priestess. She seemed angry but yet was struggling to breathe from the pain. Her spirit is as fiery as the sun. It did not look like either is giving in willingly.

They continued to listen to the discussion. "What is it now Naraku? If you wanted the jewel shards you could have taken them easily so I know you have some disgusting new scheme or plotting going on in that head!" He had managed to separate her from her group, entirely unnoticed. She was lured away from them by a demon with jewel shards. Now after battling the demon and taking the jewel shards she was taken by surprise when he appeared out of nowhere due to his barrier and struck her with a tentacle. Somehow during the battle a chunk of bamboo had pinned her to the tree.

Naraku had let a black puddle of seemingly blood, fall from his arm and then it became more inky and thick, almost like liquid tar. It slithered its way over to her like a snake and climbed its way around her and the tree. Naraku had barely been injured. He had sent a puppet out first to take me by surprise and once I rid myself of it, he, the real Naraku, had attacked me from behind. So now here I am, pinned to a tree watching Naraku chuckle darkly at my misfortune.

The demon seemed to take great pride seeing her like this and was greatly amused with her misfortune as she struggled to even breathe. "Miko, you seem to know me too well now. But not well enough to realize you were falling into one of my traps. Kukuku. This is just too great. Your companions are all separated from each other far away from one another and have not noticed your disappearance. They think your still within range when really; you had fallen for my lure, chasing after a demon with jewel shards. All I had to do is tell that demon I would let him keep the jewel shards if it lured you away from the others and commanded the others to separate the group. That kit will be so hurt once he learns you're not among them. I can't wait to tell them their miko is no longer but like you have guessed I have found a way to possibly taint you. I have also found out some juicy information about where you disappear to. I believe you jump into what is known as the 'Bone-Eater's Well' when you want to visit your family or as you call it,... home." They could see the panicked expression on the miko.

She seemed to be horrified like it was a deep secret. Her expression turned back to determination as she glared at the one known as Naraku. "What do you want? Only I and InuYasha are able to pass through the well. You can't possibly harm my family. They are safe there and I will make sure it stays that way. Sorry to rain on your parade but you have lost yet again with that." Naraku seemed all the more amused even though no understood what a 'parade' is but they seemed to understand what she meant in that piece of sarcasm. "Miko, I already figured that out. The stupid fool who provided me with this information thought I was your ally. She did not know me from my appearance. I wonder if she is still alive struggling to find you and your little group. The fool, she thought I would take her to you because she admired your purity. She said it rid her forests of the miasma and calmed the plants with its presence. Once I had learned that you are from the future about 500 summers, I had fed her and the forest my miasma. I'm sure she also enjoyed my youkai puppet. Kukuku. What do you have to say about that miko. Another being has suffered because of you. kukuku."

They watched the miko go through various emotions before she screamed at him. "It was NOT me Naraku, I will not be lead into this trickery. You jerk. You take such pleasure in other peoples pain it disgusts me. So many souls are deeply wounded because of you. I refuse to let you continue this!" Her aura was crackling against the barrier. She struggled to release herself but the inky black substance did not move, it seemed immune to her power.

The youkai chuckled all the more, like she said, taking pleasure in the pain of another being. "Yes, I believe it was a plant elemental demon that had lent me the information. I wonder how far she has made it. She was very determined to warn you but she has failed but she has not failed to the degrees you have miko. I will take great satisfaction with your new situation to come. It will be great entertainment to watch you fight within yourself. I will no longer have much worry about you." He paused for her reaction.

"What do you mean by my new situation? What are you talking about?" He was almost beaming at her stunned confusion, that he can put such fear into her.

"Demon, human, and hanyou alike will despise you for your blood. You will be like a paradox. It will be so fun watching you go through the changes and instincts. I wonder what your friends will do, especially when you can't control your powers and begin to purify everything. Eventually you will begin to purify your soul and then the rest of you from the inside out. If only I can find a way to take away your miko ki then you will go into rage and chase down your companions. It would be great to see the betrayed and frightened expressions on their faces. I wonder if InuYasha would be able to kill you." Kagome was horrified, desperately trying to find a way to get out.

Naraku stepped forward shrinking the barrier around her to fit along her frame. He began chanting holding something in his palm glowing an eery red aura. The aura flowed around the miko as it fought with hers. The panicked desperate expression on her face seemed to only fuel him more. Soon there was a full blown red aura around her like fire as she tried to repel it but it was futile. The Naraku character seemed to contemplate something. "After thinking long and hard on what demon I shall turn you into I come to the conclusion that an ebony would suit you fine. A seductress you will become, your instincts are only fueled the more in the night surrounded by plants and wildlife. You will like to trick and toy with your prey, no matter if it is seducing or giving them a scare before you kill them. You will be like a predator of the night. Your paradox of powers will fight each other and only if you can manage to fully control them both will you keep yourself and others alive by your hand or you will be the seeker of their death. You will live in hell as people believe they cannot trust a creature like you. Betrayal could be the ultimate demise. And to begin with, those clothes must change. I look forward to seeing how this all plays out miko. You will no longer disrupt my plans if you can't use your powers correctly." The miko fighting with every ounce of strength but they could tell it was losing battle right from the beginning.

"I curse you to be an ebony kitsune. Let's see if your precious kit can help you or be the first to fall, and what about that hanyou InuYasha you love and care for so much. Can he save you this time or be the one to end it and choose Kikyo over you, the dead over the living." Naraku let out another evil chuckle and then out right laughed as her transformation began.

Her hair became finer and silkier, slightly coming loose from the braid. Her eyes glowed as they seemed to narrow a bit as the eyelashes became fuller. Her sculpted eyebrows seemed to be perfect. Her human ears disappeared and then black fox ears appeared on her head coming from under her hair. A black fox tail came out from under her skirt and her nails turned into claws. The miko screamed and you could see the fangs growing. As the red aura began to clash with her blue miko aura her clothes began to burn away and you could see the finely sculpted body where the black substance left it bare.

Naraku pulled out a bundle of cloth and tossed it in front of the miko. With a sinister smile he turned to leave until an arrow went whizzing by his head. Another miko appeared that resembled the first, but wearing the garb of the miko. She had scent of clay and grave yard soil mixed in with her own scent. "Naraku." His sinister grin stayed. "Kikyo, don't tell me you came to save your reincarnation Kagome there. It's too late for that, the transformation has begun, the blood of youkai is pulsing through her veins."

She held the arrow notched and pointing at him. "Are you responsible for that demon woman? What are you up to this time Naraku?" He grinned. "So the fool succeeded in warning someone. She was too late anyways, the deed is done, now it's up to what you humans call fate. Will InuYasha kill Kagome in the end when she cannot control her powers? Will he choose the dead over the living? What do you think Kikyo?" Kikyo ground her teeth together.

"InuYasha is a fool for chasing after me even though he knows I am dead. He knows I only live off my hate and my wanting to revenge my death. I will see to it that you die Naraku." She let her arrow fly but it hit a barrier. Her eyes widened and Naraku ascended into the sky on his cloud of miasma. The other miko, Kagome, they presumed was now limply pinned to the tree. Only the black substance and the bamboo chunk keeping her in place.

Kikyo walked over to the bundle and it revealed a Cheongsam (chinese one piece dress). It was black silk like fabric but tougher like a taijya's outfit lined with an icy blue silk. It looked to come from china and very form itting. It had the mandarin collar and the short sleeves. Its slits on the sides followed up till she only had a forth of her thigh covered and the rest just covered her front and back. The back flared and the front narrowed, it goes to about ankle length with shoes(Shenhua style dress, look in my gallery for examples if confused). Kikyo then walked over to the younger miko. She leaned her bow against the tree while she used the tip of her arrow to cut away the black substance that seemed to pull away into the darkness. She then made quick work with the bamboo as the younger miko slumped against her.

Kikyo had managed to get her lying down. She wrapped the wound with a piece of cloth that had burnt off from the rest of her old top. She had then begun working on dressing her. The kimono was very form fitting and came with a silky lavender sash for most likely swords and style since the kimono was held together without it. She then took up shade under the tree. "What is it that Naraku is up to? Why didn't her powers and blood reject the youki. This must be bonded to her by curse or else it would not have worked. He didn't even take the shards. Changing her into a youkai does not taint our soul, she is still pure in heart and soul, she is too stubborn to let Naraku win like that." Kagome began to move after a while.

She cracked open her eyes' seeming to be trying to take in what has happened. Soon her face was set in fierce determination and she sat up and clutched her side in slight pain. She then noticed Kikyo and seemed confused. "Kikyo? Did you,.."

She seemed to be finding the words. "Naraku escaped but yes, I dressed your wound on the side and clothed you. They were laying in a bundle on the ground. Naraku left them." Kagome's face blank but then a slight confusion spread across herbrows as she went into thought. She then clenched her fists and flinched.

She looked down and had seen claws and her eyes widened. She seemed a bit panicked if her face was anything to go by. Kikyo had watched her closely. "Do you know what Naraku is up to?" she distracted the younger woman or miko-youkai. "I don't really remember. He mentioned thebone-eaters well, and something about my powers not under control..its still a bit jumbled but clear to see that Naraku has decided I'm his new source of entertainment. The others..." She seemed to realize something. "He wants to taint me but have solely done by my companions. If I don't learn to control both powers correctly I could purify myself and others. That or if he finds a way to take my miko powers from me, he said 'I will go in rage and chase down my companions. That he wants to see InuYasha under the pressure of either killing me or letting me kill him'." Her face went crestfallen. Kikyo seemed to pity the girl.

"Where are the others?" Kagome looked around her. She seemed to look over Kikyo's left shoulder towards the east. "We all got separated but I sense shards in that direction but it's very faint, meaning a long ways off." They both fell into deep thought but was broken when Kagome got to her feet and lent a hand to Kikyo who took up the offer with a questioning glance at her before retrieving her bow. Kagome glanced at her broken bow and quiver of arrows. She picked up the quiver and gave it to Kikyo. "You never know when you might need more arrows." Kikyo seemed to nod her understanding and accepted the gift. Kagome turned to her fully, her face set in determination as she glanced back east. "I must ask you a favor and I understand either way if you take it up or not." She looked back to Kikyo. "Will you warn my friends of the turn of events. I will stay away from them till I can find a way to control my powers and instincts. Until then I will only endanger all of their lives. I plan to head towards possibly the mountains, away from the villages. If you can, stay with the group and help them with the shard hunt or they should tell our other allies and return to the village and guard the well. It might have been destroyed, it might be years till I can return to my family. If you can do either of those it would be great. Should they not believe you then tell InuYasha I will sit him into next week. Other than that, InuYasha can continue getting supplies from my time should they need them."

Kikyo regarded her curiously. "You are sure about this?" Kagome nodded. She pointed to her bag. "You may take that as your proof." She then walked forward and took a weird scroll and writing utensil out and began to write something. She placed it back into the bag. Kikyo's soul collectors picked it up.

"I wrote a note to them, just in case of any further need. I will try to visit them soon. Thanks Kikyo." Kagome gave slight bow and Kikyo did the same in return. Kagome turned and began to leave. She was stopped by Kikyo's voice. "Should we cross paths again, I shall help you gain control over your powers. Hopefully with this new plot of Naraku's, InuYasha will learn I am dead and you are living. I have accepted it and so should he." Kagome nodded and left. They watched the older miko turn and leave headed east and the other, the opposite direction. They let them have some distance before they conversed.

"Who is this Naraku, and what is with jewel shards and the two mikos?" Youko turned to glance at his friend before he jumped from the branch into the clearing, no longer disguising there aura's with the forest. "I have heard rumors about them but never paid much attention to them. The jewel seems to cause more trouble than it would be worth for stealing it." Kuronue seemed to accept his answer and also leapt from his branch.

"Should we follow her?" He watched his partner look and take in everything from their surroundings.

"Yes, this should be interesting, night is soon upon us and should we have problems with this Naraku we will be prepared." Kuronue looked at the darkening sky and the start of the stars showing. He looked at the dead decaying plants and where they seemed to cling to life by the tree the miko was recently pinned to.

"Is it true her presence is calming to plant life?" Youko gave him a slight nod. "They seemed worried for her. They hate that demon and wish for the miko to live." They took off then.