Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Entering Another Realm ❯ Fox Form ( Chapter 9 )

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Fox Form

~Makai~
~Kagome's POV~

I could feel my breath catch in my throat as the sword was brought down. I screamed at the
top of my lungs and willed against all hope that my stupid miko powers would do something.
Anything. The sword was deflected against a flash of blue light...
I felt my knees buckle beneath before I collapsed to the ground. "W-what was that?" I
whispered. I grinned, contradicting the action I should be taking in such a situation. Whatever I
just did had bought Youko enough time to pierce Jiro's ass. "Pick up the shard now!" I croaked,
grimacing at my hoarse voice. I forced my eyelids open long enough to see Youko do as I had
bid. Guess even a kitsune like him will listen to a human when the situation calls for it. If I
wasn't so weak and the situation wasn't so life threatning, I wouldn't have rubbed that bit of
information in his face.
Well, I guess I can let it go for now. This was my last thought before falling into
dreamland. I failed to notice when Youko had collapsed along with me, shards still clenched in
his hand. We both slept, for how long, I didn't know.

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~Feudal Era~

"It's only a matter of time before Inuyasha returns." murmured Miroku, rubbing his red
hand print. "And only a matter of time before Lady Sango forgives me."
"Meow." snorted Kirara. Direct translation: As If.
"Really, I didn't mean for my hand to wander there." Miroku defended himself.
"Remember, my hand is cursed!"
"The real cursed body part of you is you mind." pipped in Shippo, rubbing the sleep from
his eyes. "It's quite terrifying. Who knows what goes on in that perverted mind of yours."
"Shippo, I'm hurt." mourned Miroku. "How can you say such harsh words to me? My
heart is deeply pierced by your unthoughtful words. I don't think I can ever..."
"That's enough, houshi." ordered Sango, bringing her boomerang down on Miroku's
skull. Sango sighed in defeat before taking a seat and began polishing her weapon.

~With Inuyasha~

"Will..you....just...leave...me...alone, ya...mangy...wolf?!?" gasped out Inuyasha from the
burden of carrying Kikyou and running for hours upon hours.
"Not until you tell me where my woman is!" yelled Kouga, throwing a punch at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha pulled out Tetsusaiga from its sheath and swung it at Kouga.
"I'm not holding back anymore, wolf-breath!" growled Inuyasha, placing Kikyou on the
ground.
"Did I ask you to, you damn mutt?!?" retorted Kouga. They engaged in a brutal battle
before Inuyasha raised his sword to land the finishing blow....

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~Makai~

Kagome slowly cracked her eyes open and scanned the area. Trees...plants...ashes...
corpses...silver fox...dirt...more trees...more plants....more corpses. "Youko?" asked Kagome,
when she couldn't spot Youko anywhere. Panic began to rise in Kagome as she stood up on
wobbly legs.
"Youko!" Kagome called out again, this time a bit more urgently. "YOUKO!" Kagome
all but yelled, before a low growl answered her. Kagome walked over towards the source of noise
and stared at the silver fox. Concentrating on what little of her energy she had left, she felt the
power of the shikon under the fox's paw.
"Wait, Youko had the shard last...does that mean your Youko?" murmured Kagome,
looking at fox, who still had his eyes closed. Kagome bent down and nudged the fox slightly but
it did not respond. Kagome nudged it a bit harder before poking it in various areas. The fox
snapped its eyes open in annoyance, revealing its all to familiar golden eyes.
"Youko, is that you?" asked Kagome with confused eyes. The fox growled in response.
"What happened...." murmured Kagome in confusing, before panic entered her eyes. "Oh no, Jiro
must have cursed you! Well, don't just *sit* there, lets go! We have to find a way to reverse the
spell!" panicked Kagome, hefting the bloody fox up.

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~Feudal Era~

Just as Inuyasha was about done saying "Kaze no Kiz..."

*Bam* (remember Kagome just said sit, even though it was unintentional)

Kouga blinked before placing his foot on top of Inuyasha's head and pushing it further
into the soil. "Now tell me where my woman is!" growled Kouga. Kouga was barely able to
dodge when an arrow filled with dark energy was aimed straight at his heart. Kouga looked to the
source of the arrow to find the ever emotionless Kikyou.
"Leave Inuyasha alone." was Kikyou's cold command. "My reincarnation is never
coming back."
"What do you mean?" demanded Kouga, red seeping into his blue eyes. (Is his eyes
blue?)
"Just as I have said. She isn't coming back." repeated Kikyou in a deadpan voice.
"Then I'll just have to kill you...." snarled Kouga, charging at Kikyou with incredible
speed. He raised his claws intending to rip the clay doll to shreds.

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~Makai~

"Kuronue." cried out Kagome, when the castle finally came into view. "Please help
Youko, my healing abilities aren't working."
A black blur landed in front of Kagome, who was about to collapse under Youko's
weight even though he was in his fox form. The silver fox was almost as large as Kagome
herself, causing the act of carrying him back to his fortress quite a hard feat. His many tails were
caked in mud, while blood continued to flow from his wounds.
Kuronue after quickly analyzing the situation, took Youko's weight off Kagome and
bounded towards the castle. "I'll get him patched up, you go get yourself cleaned." Kuronue
called back from over his shoulder.
Kagome quickly made her way to the indoor hot spring and disrobed. A female servant
brought her a new kimono before excusing herself. Kagome quickly scrubbed the dirt and grim
away from both her body and hair with tired arms before getting out of the hot spring. She
messily tied on her kimono before racing towards Youko's chambers.
"Kuronue, how is he?" gasped out Kagome, stopping just short from toppling over
Kuronue. Kuronue eyed Kagome's state of mess and quirked an eyebrow. Kagome ignored
Kuronue's questioning gaze and looked down at Youko, who had stopped bleeding, but was
wrapped in layers upon layers of white rolls of bandages. The fox glared heatedly at Kuronue,
who only shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
Kagome kept herself from giggling at the fox who resembled a mummy. His legs and
arms were wrapped tightly to his body. The only places not bandaged was his nose and one
golden eye. "Well, this is the first time Youko has gotten himself into this condition." explained
Kuronue. "I've never bandaged anyone before. We usually heal ourselves, but Youko is to weak
to do that right now."
"It's all my fault." admitted Kagome, face falling into seriousness. The earlier trace of
laughter leaving her face. "It's my fault Youko was cursed by Lord Jiro and turned into a fox.
Now he can't even speak, not that it's a bad thing mind you, though I feel so responsible."
Youko glared at Kagome with his only free golden eye in annoyance.
"Kagome, this isn't your fault." started Kuronue.
"Yes it is." argued Kagome. "He's been turned into a fox and, and, and he can't talk!"
"Kagome, Youko is a fox." cut in Kuronue, as Youko rolled his one eye.
"Oh." replied Kagome. "But, I made him mute!" whispered Kagome in regret. "I kinda
miss his big, loud mouth and his stupid, meaningless advice. His advice was never something
anyone should listen too, but they did provide entertainment."
"Of course foxes don't talk." interrupted Kuronue, before Youko injured himself further
at Kagome's words. "Have you met a fox that talked?"
"Yea, I did." replied Kagome, looking at Youko. "Well, at least it *use* to talk...until
now. It's just like my toy teddy bear. It used to talk too, until it broke."
"I'm sure Youko appreciates being compared to your broken ‘companion' but I think
we're getting off topic." murmured Kuronue. "Anyway, Youko will be back and talking before
you know it. He just couldn't hold his humanoid form in his weakened condition. He'll be fine."
Youko scoffed, translating to "as if, do you call being wrapped like this fine?!?"
"Maybe...*I* should bandage Youko, he doesn't look to comfortable." suggested
Kagome.
"Yea, that might be wise, though the mummy fox is one of a kind." sighed Kuronue in
mock defeat. "Guess we can't have a mummy fox after all..."
Kagome giggled in response before gently peeling Kuronue's bandaging off Youko.
Kuronue quietly snuck out of the room to catch their dinner. "You know, you are quite
troublesome." stated Kagome in an admonishing tone.
Youko gave her a look that said your-one-to-talk-miss-I-have-to-run-away-in-the-middle-
of-the-night.

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