The Passing Of Love Through Time (An InuYasha FanFiction)

The Ceremony

Everyone has been such a huge help! My writer's block finally ended! YAY! This next chapter is a short one but it takes place during the night of the full moon. And Erikku, Ayame, and Koga have left but don't worry they'll be back. And Sesshomaru and Jaken are still here. SO enjoy and don't forget to review afterwards ;)

Chapter 16

Two Weeks Later

Kagome sat in the middle of the floor of the small shrine, naked.

Tonight was the night of the full moon, the night she becomes a half-demon.

The shrine was a little ways out in the forest, but it was perfect for the ceremony due to the whole in the roof allowing the moonshine through in a circle that Kagome sat in the center of. She was very uncomfortable that she had to be naked for the ceremony. But it was a requirement for the ceremony.

The moon was almost in position; InuYasha was just out of sight cleaning his hands for the offering of the blood.

He looked over his shoulder at his mate. In these past couple of weeks, her stomach had increased its size by three full and her mood swings were worse than ever but he still loved her all the same.

Kagome shifted nervously in her spot on the floor, the wind beating against her bare skin. InuYasha knew she was nervous and uncomfortable about this whole thing despite her insisting she's not.

Poor Kagome, she's so nervous and the mood swings are just making it worse. Kaede said that the offering was going to leave her exhausted and drained of her of energy. So we're both in for a long night.

Kagome started to shake when she thought about all the things that could go wrong.

What if something goes wrong? What if we do something wrong? What if someone gets hurt?

" . . . ome?"

Or worse, what if Okurimono get's hurt? Or InuYasha? She put her hands on either side of her head.

"Kagome."

What if that rose demon decides to show up?

"Kagome!"

Kagome brought her panic-stricken eyes to meet a pair of concerned honey ones.

"Hey," He brought his hand up to rub her cheek, trying to soothe her worries. "you okay? If you don't want to do this we could always just-"

"No!" Kagome gripped the front of his kimono, but relaxed her grip. "No, I'm fine InuYasha. As long as you're here with me, I'm fine."

"Okay." InuYasha said unsurely. He looked up at the glowing moon, it was time. "You ready?"

"Yeah."

And so the offering began.

They both started by chanting a few lines of scripture. Then they had to chew on a leaf of a lunar flower. As Kagome continued to chant, InuYasha brought his hand up to his mouth and used his fang to pierce the skin of his thumb and drew blood. This time InuYasha chanted, while he did Kagome took hold of his hand and slowly brought it too her lips. InuYasha held his breath as Kagome started to suck.

As the blood flowed past her lips and down her throat, she started to change.

Her pulse started to quicken and beat against her palms and neck. Slowly, small bumps started to form and grow on her head. Her canines sharpened, and her pupils narrowed, and the black puppy-dog ear unfolded on top of her head.

InuYasha released the breath he was holding as Kagome fell forward into his arms, falling into a deep sleep.

It's over now. She's gonna be okay.