Chapter One

"Silent Battle Among the Trees"

Or

"Oh My God"

It had been days since Kagome and the others had heard anything about Naraku, not even his malodorous

scent had sullied InuYasha's nose. Though the hanyou was pissed like always that they didn't even have a clue, Kagome was grateful for the short reprieve from battling. Though she felt the need to help defend and protect, she really didn't like to fight, and the verbal spars she entered into with InuYasha really didn't count.

Four years had passed since Kagome had fallen down the well, four long years in which she had fallen in love with the hanyou and out of love with the hanyou. Though she had a sneaking suspicion that he had been her first real crush and had mistaken it for love. It happened all the time and she was just an ordinary teenager whom had just happened to have the most extraordinary experience that some one her age could have ever wished for. Though she was not ordinary here in the feudal era, she was the powerful shikon miko and in the past two years she had surpassed her predecessor, Kikyo, now she was nothing like her. As her powers grew Kagome's eyes had changed, no longer the chocolate brown that brought her closer to looking like the dead miko, but a unearthly sapphire blue that had been streaked through with silver.

The more powerful Kagome had become the more controlled she became, she no longer had yelling arguments with InuYasha, no longer even uttered the subduing command at him. All she had to do was glare at him with those sapphire eyes and he stopped, he'd shut up and would go and sit in the nearest tree. Though it was nice not having to hurt him for being an ass, he still got surly not that that was anything new.

The thunderstorm out side let out another loud boom as lighting flashed all around the small abandoned hut that that group had taken shelter in. Though the sounds of nature at it's worst, or best depending on your point of view, had been tuned out by the others; it hadn't by Kagome, she loved the sound of a thunderstorm. The loud crashing and rhythm of the rain pounding on the wooden roof of the hut were soothing sounds to the miko.

Curling up in her sleeping bag, in her powder pink pajamas; Kagome listened to the others drone on about their plans for the following day, if the storm let up by then. But who was to say what would happen if and when the rain did stop. Being the type of person to pretty much fly by the seat of her pants as it were, plans only served to complicate things except in battle, that was pretty much the only real plan that Kagome believed they should stick with. They all knew what they were doing in general "hunt Naraku and collect jewel shards before he got his slimy tentacles on them" that was the same plan they had for the past four years. Kagome had never interfered with the plan making, because of her lack of experience in that department it was all the same to her as long as she got the gist of it all. Putting her thoughts aside for the moment Kagome allowed the storm to lull her to sleep.

Not knowing what had caused her to awaken but being steadily pulled from her sleep, caused the miko to roll on to her side and slowly open her eyes scanning the small space. The quiet of the now sleeping occupants of the hut was a little disturbing but nothing Kagome wasn't used to by now. The noise had been slight, at first she had thought she had imagined it, then it sounded again, it sounded almost like the clash of weapons. Looking around the darkened hut for InuYasha, she spotted him on the far side of the hut by the door, tetsusaiga placed in his lap his head tilted forward in sleep.

Slipping on her shoes she headed for the door as quietly as possible, making it as far as the middle of the hut before the cute little dog ears on InuYasha's head twitched, his eyes lifting to meet hers in the darkness.

"Where do you think your going" InuYasha said softly so as not to wake the others.

Kagome jumped slightly not expecting him to wake, she looked down at him, a small smile on her face.

"I need to use the little girls bush" she whispered and watched as he huffed and resettled himself.

"Be quick I don't want to have to go after you in the mud"

"I will" she promised and walked out of the hut. It wasn't until she reached the cover of the trees that she realised that the hanyou hadn't said anything about the sounds of battle off in the distance. Could it be that he hadn't heard anything?

A flash of magic and the power wave that followed hummed over Kagome, now that had really gotten her attention as it had left her body tingling in a fine line between pleasure and pain. Walking into the forest Kagome used the flashes and sounds to guide her to the battle that waged in the distance. She hadn't remembered the last time she had wandered off into the night unprotected though now she really didn't need protection, but she had forgotten her bow. Not a necessary item but still it was careless of her, well the walk had been originally intended as a potty break.

Wandering though the woods with out InuYasha was difficult but she let her miko senses guide her, following the feel of magic explode and the waves of said explosions grew stronger the closer she got. Kagome slowed her pace the closer she got, she didn't want to startle the fighters nor did she herself wish to be incinerated by the magic being used. The slower she was the more she was able to anticipate the movements of the others.

Only two waged in the battle before her, only two fighting for what ever they had deemed necessary to battle over. From the tree line Kagome could make out one of the two figures, his solid white clothing and silver flowing hair giving an identity to one of them. Sesshomaru moved with the grace of what he was, the Inu Taiyoukai danced in the air as if it was ground that he moved upon. The blasts from his sword Tokijin barely missing the other combatant, it was not a common thing that the Inu Lord missed his target.

Kagome watched from the shadows as Sesshomaru and his shadowy opponent fought. Watching as blast after blast was sent at each other, the glowing balls of magic missing the lord as his attacks missed as well. Not paying attention as it was drawn to the shadowy figure on the far side of the clearing, Kagome kept her eyes on the opponent and not the attacks it was sending, the sudden brightening of the area she was hiding in brought her attention to her current predicament. The ball of magic was headed straight for her and she was out of time to move, a surprised squeak left her lips, closing her eyes she waited for the inevitable to come.

However it seemed the Kami's had something different planed for the young woman as at the last moment arms swept around her still form and brought her out of danger. Opening her eyes Kagome noticed that she was no longer on the ground and in fact in the arms of the gorgeous yet dangerous Taiyoukai.

Her lips opened to ask why he had saved her but she never got the chance as a ball of magic hit them from behind. Sesshomaru's arms had tightened around her, his claws digging in to her sides as the white light of the magic surrounded them. Kagome felt the magic overwhelming her as darkness ate at her vision and she felt her self abruptly pulled from the relative safety of Sesshomaru's arms and an odd flying sensation came over her before everything when black.

InuYasha had woke the next morning in a panic, he couldn't believe what a fool he had been to trust that Kagome could do something as simple as peeing in a bush and not have something terrible happen. The hanyou had promptly fallen back asleep after he had heard Kagome in the bushes and had expected her back in the hut promptly. She had never come back in to the hut. He could have killed Shippo by now. The little kitsune had panicked the moment he noticed that Kagome was no longer in the hut and that her scent was fading.

"InuYasha" Miroku said calmly "Now is not the time for panic, we must find Kagome, you said she left after it had stopped raining, correct?"

The red clad hanyou nodded knowing that being an "ass" as Miroku put it, was not going to help anything, so InuYasha just stayed quiet and spoke as little as possible.

"Perhaps her scent and maybe her tracks are still about, they should have kept well in the mud"

"Yes, if it had stopped raining before she left I should have no trouble tracking her" Sango chimed in, standing and heading for the door.

Shippo who was sitting on the monks shoulder glared at InuYasha, sticking out his tong as Miroku walked passed the hanyou.

"Your just lucky that we may be able to find her, InuYasha, or you'd be in big trouble" Shippo said crossing his arms over a small chest.

The hanyou glared back and swiped his claws at the Kit, just barely missing the monk.

"Yeah, well, when we find Kagome I'll make sure she never brings back pockey for you ever again" the hanyou muttered petulantly.

"Shippo, stop bating InuYasha" Miroku scolded the kit watching as InuYasha stuck his own tong out at the kit.

"InuYasha, stop trying to take your frustrations out on Shippo, you know better, Kagome hates it when you hurt him" and now it was Shippo's turn to stick out his tong.

"Feh"

Rolling his eyes Miroku made his way over to Sango who was kneeling in a patch of wet grass, just inside the tree line. Adjusting his purple robes so they wouldn't disturb the ground; he too crouched down next to her.

"Find anything?" he asked, his right 'cursed hand' twitching desperately trying not to rub the black leather clad rear

"Yes, I have, her shoe tracks go that way" she said pointing into the forest. "InuYasha can you pick up her scent?" she asked looking over her shoulder.

She watched as the hanyou walked over to them and delicately sniff the air. He could catch a little bit of her scent, a small amount of that unearthly, heavenly scent.

Nodding InuYasha watched as the monks hand came up and stroked the soft curve of her rear.

"Hentai" she growled as she slapped him hard enough that he went face first into the mud.

Shippo looked at Miroku from his spot on the ground near Sango and shook his head.

"Miroku, when are you going to learn?" The kit asked,

"Yeah really Monk" the hanyou said before turning back to Kagome's scent.

Pain was the first thing that Kagome felt upon waking, her head was pounding, every sound was so loud and clear. She knew what that would mean, a migraine, the last thing she needed was one of those, they had a tendency to put her out of commission. The last thing she needed was InuYasha yelling at her when all she needed was a dark quiet and cool place to rest for a few hours before she could go back to normal.

The light on the other side of her eyelids seemed way brighter then it should be, wait a second, light? Opening her eyes as swiftly as she did had been a huge mistake as everything came into sharp focus, the colours blindingly verdant. Closing her eyes again she slowly reopened them allowing her to adjust to the light.

Looking around, at the tall grass the trees several feet away, it was a small field that she lay in. How in the world she ended up there she had no idea, last thing she remembered was going to sleep in the hut when the storm hit.

"Oh I know" she said to herself "this is all a joke, I over slept so they put me in the field and are waiting for me to wake up, there probably just inside the forest" laughing a little, Kagome jumped up and headed in the direction she thought her friends were in.

It only took a few steps to realise that she had never made it back to the hut the night before. Then she remembered being swept out of the way of the magic by none other than Sesshomaru. Then everything had gone black, now that she thought about it, where was Sesshomaru? Taking in a deep breath through her nose, Kagome stopped breathing as an intense burning sensation crawled up into her nose and into her sinuses. It was almost like breathing in eucalyptus vapour in a sauna. The scents of everything around her were way to strong.

She heard the far off voices then, voices she would know any where.

"InuYasha would you wait up, not all of us can run as fast as you" with a relieved sigh Kagome started off in the direction of her friends.

It had been a near thing with the sinus pain, she was probably getting an infection, though that only happened when they were climbing the mountains, not being use to the altitude was murder on her health.

The voices getting closer she decided to call out to see if they could hear her.

"INUYASHA, SANGO, MIROKU, SHIPPO, I'M THIS WAY" she hoped InuYasha would hear her

It took five more minuets before they came into view, and what happened when they did was completely unexpected. InuYasha took one look at her before she was pined to a tree, he was growling something, glancing over her shoulder to the others who were in defensive stances.

"What the hell did you do with Kagome, I can smell her on you, you Youkai bitch"

A sense of shock filtered over Kagome, surely he had to be joking. She wasn't a youkai, she was very human.

"InuYasha, you have to be joking with me right, is this punishment for me not returning to the hut after I went pee?" she asked confused.

It was the monk that realised something wasn't right, coming up behind the hanyou, Miroku looked deep into Kagome's eyes before placing a restraining hand on InuYasha.

"Look at her eyes InuYasha, I do believe something has happened to Kagome, and I do believe that she is the Youkai woman standing before us"

Kagome suddenly felt very dizzy, and then fell limp and unconscious in InuYasha's arms.

AN: Okay so I was browsing though some of the challenge fics on the net and came across this, now the original challenge wanted it to start where Kagome was demon and lady of the western lands, and Sesshy the human, I really couldn't do it, I hate fics that have Kagome as a demon or make her into a demon or her an sesshy have sex he bites her and she turns into a demon. Okay you get it so I don't' like Kagome as a demon.

So You're probably all wondering why I would write a fic that had Kagome turn into a demon, well, I'm going some where with this, so don't get too attached to the Idea.

Any way please Review, remember the more responses I receive the faster I can pump out another chapter. And I REFUSE TO ACCEPT "OH GREAT STORY" I want to know why you liked it or why you disliked it, this is the first story I have ever written quite like this.

Thanks For reading the first chapter

Penelope