BLOOD OF A NEKO

A/n: Welcome one and all to second ever story of our favorite authoress... SNOW CAT DEMON!

Scd: walks into room wearing pj's, yawning and stretching Whoa, what are you guys doing here? Rubs eye tiredly I just finished the one chapter of the other story.

Random reader: We won't let you go to sleep until you put up the first chapter of your new story!

Scd: And why not?

Sesshomaru: Because they won't let me go to sleep either. And If I can't go to sleep, neither can you.

Scd: Why is that? You hold absolutely no power over me.

Sesshomaru: Soon you will see the power that this Sesshomaru holds over you! Wields Tokijin

Scd: rubs temples in frustration Sesshomaru, stay. watches as he kisses the dirt Well, might as well get this done and over with.

Disclaimer: I do not, I repeat, not own Inuyasha and company!

Scd: Hey where's Oliver and Company?

Oliver: RUN!

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"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled as he got stabbed through his stomach with a tentacle.

"Hirokutsu!" Sango yelled as she threw her large boomerang to give Kagome a path to Inuyasha.

The taijiya dodged another tentacle as she saw her hirokutsu became lodged in the ground. "Damn you Naraku." She hissed under her breath, and pulled out her katana.

Miroku kept throwing sutras on the tentacles surrounding him, or hitting them with his staff. He saw that Sango was struggling to get over to him, so he decided to meet her half way there. He dared to take a peek over at Kagome and Inuyasha. Kagome was standing close to Inuyasha and Inuyasha, though slightly bent over, was still standing and holding his Tetsuaiga. Kagome had her bow in her left hand and a quiver of arrows slung over her right shoulder. Before he saw anything else, he blacked out.

"Houshi!" Sango screamed when she saw Miroku black out. She made it to his prone form just in time to keep one of Narakus' tentacles from beheading the monk.

"Inuyasha, you're hurt." Kagome whispered.

No matter how low she whispered, he still heard it and replied, "Obviously"

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Miroku fall to the ground, Inuyasha fell down on one knee, panting and wincing, and that's when she snapped.

"Naraku, you will pay for all of the times you've hurt us." She turned and looked him right in the eyes, and drew her bow taunt. With the arrow in place, she said, all too calmly, "And I will be the one to deal the last blow." With that, she let the arrow fly, and it hit dead on, and the puppet of Naraku dissolved into nothing but a wooded figure with a single hair wrapped around it.

"Kagome." Sango whispered as she turned to look at the other two.

"Sango, see if Miroku's alright!" Kagome yelled over to the taijiya.

She nodded and knelt down by his side, and was about to check for any injuries when she felt a certain 'wandering' hand on her butt. You could see a tick mark appear on her forehead as she slapped the monk and stood up. Bitterly, she yelled, "He's fine." And went to collect the hirokutsu.

"Inuyasha, here, let me help." Kagome said as Inuyasha sheathed his fang.

"I don't need your help. This would have gone faster if Kikyo was here." He grumbled.

"Well Kikyo's not here, so you could at least let me help you." Kagome hissed. Before Inuyasha could say anything else, Kagome put her hand on the hole in his stomach and channeled her miko powers through her hand to heal the wound. After a few seconds, the wound had stitched itself together and Kagome was walking away, towards her bike.

"Lets go you guys." Inuyasha said while standing up. He lightly touched his hand to where the wound had been, and where he still felt the tingling of Kagomes' miko power. 'Damn, I didn't know she could do that.' He thought

"Come on Kirara." Kirara transformed and Sango lifted Miroku up onto her back before hopping on herself. As they caught up with Kagome and Inuyasha, they heard Inuyasha say, "All I'm saying is that Kikyo is better than you when it comes to marksmanship and she can actually tap into her miko abilities."

Sango sweat-dropped as Kagome, all too calmly, said, "And I can't. I show you a little of what I can do and you throw it in my face. And I'll have you know that my aim has improved in these last few months. And also, why are you constantly scrutinizing me? Why don't you scrutinize someone else for a change?" she sighed and said, "You really are hopeless."

"I am not hopeless!" Inuyasha yelled back.

Kagome turned to look at him, and you could tell that she was angry. "Inuyasha, SIT! You know, I don't just sit around on my butt all day and do nothing. I do train! Yet, you still think I'm a weakling!"

"Sango, do you think that Kagome might actually like Inuyasha as more than just a friend?" The now awake Miroku whispered to Sango.

"I would have to say that it's a good possibility. Although, does she know about Inuyasha and Kikyo? I mean those two are extremely close and Kagome's just going to get hurt if she follows her heart." Sango whispered back.

Miroku sighed, "Yes, I know what you mean, but I think Kagome does know about them."

"Kikyo!" Inuyasha yelled when she came into view. "What are you doing here? You should be resting."

Kikyo laughed a little. "Inuyasha, a little cold will not keep me from greeting you back from your little journey." Kagome biked right past them, not even stopping to say hello. "What's with her?" Inuyasha shrugged.

Sango and Miroku said their greetings to Kikyo and followed Kagome. They found her talking to Kaede, with Shippo curled up in her arms. Kirara transformed back into her kitten form and jumped up on Sangos' shoulder.

"Ye are still considered a miko-in-training." Kaede said to the younger miko.

"Yeah, what about it?" Kagome asked, curiosity taking over.

"It is time you became a true miko."

"Okay, so how do I do that?" Kagome asked.

"Simply, ye must defeat a miko in a one-on-one battle. It does not have to be to the death, but in some cases it has happened." Kaede replied.

'Do I truly want to be a miko? Do I?' Kagome questioned herself. "Uh, can I have a little time to think about it?"

Kaede nodded her head, "Take as long as you need."

"Okay, thanks. Well, I have to go home for a little while, I'll be back in about a week!" Kagome said as she walked out the door. Kirara jumped off of Sangos' shoulder and ran into the forest.

"Where is she going?" Miroku asked.

"To hunt." Miroku looked at her weird so she added, "Probably."

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Kagome sat on the edge of the ancient well, and was about to jump in, but stopped when she thought she heard her name echoing around her.

"Who's there?" She yelled.

'Kagome, down here.'

Kagome looked down and saw Kirara sitting there. "Hey Kirara, what are you doing here?"

'You don't want to be a miko do you?' It seemed that Kirara was asking the questions.

"Wait, how are you talking to me?"

'Technically, I'm not. I have the ability called telepathy. Now, do you or do you not want to be a miko?' Kirara said.

"Well, I don't really want to be a miko, but there's no way to get out of being one." Kagome sighed.

'Not true. There is one way.' Kirara replied.

"What? How?" Kagome said in disbelief.

'It's called the Blood Ceremony. In order to perform the ceremony, you have to give up your miko powers and either drink the blood of a demon, or cut open your fingertips and put them together with the cut fingertips of a demon. Either way, you will become a hanyou, but that is subject to change.' Kirara explained.

"That actually sounds like a partially good idea, but who would the demon be?"

'And for that, I will volunteer my services.' Kirara said softly.

"So I would become a fire cat hanyou?" Kagome asked.

'Not necessarily. It all depends on how your body accepts my blood. My mother was an ice cat. My father was an earth cat, and see how I came out? I'm a fire cat.'

"Oh, I see, but when and where would we do the ceremony? Because if we do it here and now, Inuyasha would smell the blood and come running." Kagome stated.

'How about your time? I should be able to cross through the time barrier if you keep a hold of me, and you could bring me back and go back to your time.' Kirara suggested.

"Sounds like a plan to me, but how long will the transformation take?"

'A day to a week. And in the very odd chance, maybe two weeks.' Kirara told her.

"Alright, do you talk to Kaede at all?" Kagome asked the feline.

'Yes, I do, why?'

"Because When I bring you back, I would like you to tell Kaede of my choice."

'Will do.' With that, Kirara jumped into Kagomes' arms and they jumped into the ancient well.

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"Inuyasha, why do you let that girl travel around with you?" Kikyo asked.

"Huh? Never really thought about it. Probably only because She's the one who broke the Shikon no Tama." Inuyasha replied

"Yes, but in doing so, she freed me from my duties. And that allows us to spend more time together."

"Yeah, I guess it does, but do it scare you that Naraku both loves you, but want to kill you?" Inuyasha inquired.

"At first it did, but not anymore." A comfortable silence fell between the two.

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Miroku and Sango watched part of Inuyasha and Kikyos' conversation before moving away from the little clearing.

"Who does he think he is? He really is clueless! How can someone be so dense?" Sango nearly yelled.

"Sango, calm down. If he hurts Kagome one more time, then we can kill him." Miroku reasoned.

"Fine, but if I get to him first, there won't be anything left for you to kill." Sango mumbled.

"Fine by me, my dear Sango." Miroku said in a cheery voice.

"You touch me and I swear, you'll be dead within the next minute." She hissed.

"I would never think of such a thing, Sango!" He said as he pulled his hand away from Sango.

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A/n: Scd: Well, I hope you liked this first chapter, and sorry if it's kinda short, but I didn't want to go any further with it this time!

Random reader: BOO! YOU SUCK!

Scd: pulls out a bazooka Say that again pretty-boy, I dare you!

Random reader: EEP! runs away

Alright, well see ya later!