A Miko Turned Youkai by Akitaisho

Chapter 1: A Horrifying Night

Her blood curling screaming broke the stillness of the night.

“Kagome!”

Her name was cried by many throats, a monk, a taijya, a hanyou, and a kitsune, but she heard none of them. The group rushed to the young miko’s side, eyes widening as they caught glimpses of her newly formed claws. As suddenly as it started, the scream was cut off, for the girl had fainted, the agony becoming too tremendous for her to bear.

Suddenly, the group was assaulted by a powerful demonic aura, one that forced all of them, even the hanyou, to their knees from the shock of it being so sudden and so near.

The hanyou, Inuyasha, was the first to recover, “What is this?” He managed to choke out.

“It’s even stronger than Sesshomaru’s aura,” gasped Sango, the taijya.

“Could it possibly be Kagome?” queried the monk, who was called Miroku.

“Nah, it couldn’t be,” scoffed Inuyasha, but doubt could be heard in his next statement, “Could it?”

Miroku replied, “I see no reason why not.”

“Except for the fact that she isn’t a demon,” Sango protested fiercely.

“Isn’t she?”Miroku questioned skeptically, “From what little I can see of her I can tell you that she is in no way human.”

Sango and Inuyasha were prevented from protesting when the enormous aura shifted and then was swiftly pulled into Kagome’s body.

“And there you have it,” declared Miroku.

But no one heard him, because Inuyasha chose that moment to scream, “What the hell!”

“Let’s find out,” Miroku stated reasonably, and the group started walking towards their fallen comrade.

Kagome had fallen face down, thus many of the physical changes that had occurred were hidden from the group of her friends, but when they flipped her over the source of her pain was revealed for all to see. The four pairs of eyes were immediately drawn to the young girl’s face, wherein several changes had occurred.

Her previously naked cheeks were adorned by two thin black stripes, the upper slightly longer than the lower, and her forehead now bore the symbol of a sun. Upon closer observation, you would notice that her cheekbones were slightly higher and her hair marginally darker. Any freckles and acne, so long combatted by various facial creams, had been erased instantly in her sudden transformation.

The eyes of her comrades then strayed to her newly formed claws and the lines of stripes ascending through the middle of her hands, up her arms, and vanishing under her shirt. Stripes also wrapped around her neck. Later, in private, the taijya would see how the stripes wrapped all the way up her arms and legs and around her back, ending in points that sharpened around her breasts and belly button.

Kagome also seemed taller and slimmer, lending her a graceful appearance. Her skin had also darkened to a deep tan colour, making it so she never would burn from long hours of sun on the road. Her body had recently that of an ungainly teenager, had transformed into a build that would make any model burn with envy.

Sango, wept for her adopted sister’s plight and the hardships to come. As a demon slayer, she and Kagome’s natures would automatically collide. Shippou, the kitsune, youthful and confused, simply starred at his adopted mother, his mouth agape. Inuyasha stepped back and growled low, jealous that his friend had become what he had sought to be for years, never mind that the girl would be horrified of her new state of being when she awoke. Kirara looked on, wide-eyed, fur standing on end, obviously unnerved by this turn in events.

Miroku simply placed his hand on Kagome’s head and closed his eyes, only to open them and instant later, revealing violet orbs that flicked through emotions, from fear to anger, finally settling on a look of confusion.

“What is she, Miroku?” prompted Sango, hoping against hope that her own assumptions were wrong.  

At his further hesitation Inuyasha growled, “Miroku spit it out, it can’t be worse than we already have assumed.”

Stepping back, he announced, “It appears that Miss Kagome Higurashi, for whatever reason, has become a tiger youkai.”

End Chapter

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