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Title: A Broken Heart Mended With A Touch of Fluff

Chapter Nine: Jenna the Fox Demon

Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Inuyasha. I only own Haley, Jenna, Taylor, and the other characters not related to Inuyasha. Sheesh.  If any of you have any ideas, drop them by me and I’ll consider using them. If I do use one, I’ll make sure to dedicate the chapter I use the idea in to the person I got it from.

November: Just get on with the freakin’ story! I think you have talked enough!

KW: I was getting there! Gosh. Here you go, Chappie Nine!

'whenever words look like this' Haley is thinking.

"whenever words look like this and no one is speaking directly" it's Haley's inner demon.

I watched as my Sesshomaru began his demon lesson and was surrounded by the loose dirt on the ground. Jenna didn’t look as confident as before anymore. Actually, she looked kind of scared. 'Please don’t do anything that will scare the hell out of Jenna,' I silently told Sesshomaru. Once the dirt settled, Sesshomaru was revealed as his forty foot tall doggy self. I laughed at the random thought of seeing Sesshomaru sitting on a curb in a city with a sign saying ‘Please take me home’ around his neck. I was probably the only one who would want to adopt Sesshy as a dog.

Sesshomaru stood proud and tall. He kept his mouth closed so that his acid drool wouldn’t destroy the ground beneath him. He took one step towards Jenna and she freaked. “Oh my God! Oh my God, there’s a forty foot tall dog in my yard!” Jenna yelled.

I smacked my forehead. 'Why didn’t I warn Jenna about Sesshy's size?'

"Because you just forgot to."

'Yeah, but now she's going to start running around in circles feeling like a trapped fox.'

"If she doesn't get a hold of herself, she'll never be able to unlock her inner demon!"

'I thought her inner demon was already released. I believe she called it 'Indigo’.'

"That’s not what I meant and you know it! What I meant was that Jenna will never see herself as a real fox demon is she doesn’t settle down," my inner demon assured.

Sesshomaru backed down and lied down on the grassy floor. He waited patiently for Jenna to stop freaking out. During the time that Jenna was frolicking about in circles, Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. I walked over to him and transformed in to my true form. I was only half of Sesshomaru’s size (A/N: 25 feet tall if y’all don’t wanna do the math) whenever I was in my panther form, but that was plenty to get Jenna to freak out even more.

“What happened to Haley? Oh my God, you ate her didn’t you, you oversized cat!” Jenna squealed. Sesshomaru looked at me as if saying, “Did you think she wasn’t going to fear you too?” I shrugged. I didn’t know what to expect from Jenna, but I didn’t realize that she would just get more frightened if I changed to my true form.

Whenever I felt a small rock hit my shoulder, I glared at Jenna with my blue cat eyes. “I am Haley, you idiot! This is my true form!” Jenna stopped throwing rocks and gawked at me. I lied down with Sesshomaru. We were prepared to wait as long as necessary for Jenna to take a chill pill and take fox transformation instructions from us.

“Okay. So you are Haley," Jenna pointed at me and then pointed at Sesshomaru, “and you are Sesshomaru. And, if I do everything you guys say, I will be a fox?”

Sesshomaru and I nodded. Jenna stared at her hands and focused really hard. I noticed her demonic aura getting stronger. 'What is she doing?' I wondered.

"Probably trying to become a fox without your help. She wants to see if she can do it without being taught to be a fox demon," my inner demon answered.

'Well aren't you up to date on things?'

"Did you think that I wasn't? Of course, you need to know that I'm going to know some things that you won't. It's just my nature."

Jenna focused harder and harder. As the time passed, she finally gave up. What I noticed was that her demonic aura was still as strong as it was the moment before. Sesshomaru stood again. I followed.

Sesshomaru swallowed all of his acid spit before he spoke. “Jenna, focusing all of your demonic power won’t transform you. As soon as you change for the first time, you can change into a fox at any time you want. Now, listen to me and Haley. This won’t work unless you go by every word we say.”

Jenna nodded. She was tired of trying by herself. She was ready to accept help now. 'Damn stubborn fox trying to do everything herself. She won’t get anywhere with that.'

"Agreed! Oh, and watch out for Jenna. Once she transforms, her fox instincts will be stronger than ever and keep getting stronger every day. Before you know it, she’ll be the sneaky self her inner demon already is!" my inner demon warned.

'Thanks for the heads up.'

"Anytime."

Sesshomaru told Jenna to let her body feel like it was numb, and knowing Jenna, that wasn’t going to be very hard for her. Jenna had had a hard time in life just like me. Jenna used to be really depressed. Jenna’s life was turned upside down at one point of time in her life. She was happy and cheery on the last day of sixth grade, but she came back to school really upset. She didn’t want to tell anyone what was making her sad. She started wearing black, like me, and she was quiet most of the time. Jenna used to talk all the time, but after seventh grade started, she didn’t really enjoy opening her mouth very much. She told me that sometimes whenever she was swimming in her pool or taking a bath, she wanted to slip under the water and die. I was shocked at this confession. The Jenna that I had previously known wanted to be a cheerleader and wear pink. After she got depressed, even the word pink made her want to hurl. I wasn’t going to try to make Jenna feel better. I knew that time would make her happy again eventually. Then Taylor came along. They had gotten together the week before sixth grade ended, but Taylor kicked it into high gear after he realized that Jenna wasn’t going to get happy again by herself. He started holding her hand and telling her that he loved her. He told her she was pretty and sexy and took up the habit of kissing her all the time, even in front of teachers. They didn’t care if anyone saw them kissing. They practically wanted everyone in the known universe to know that they loved each other. Before anyone knew it, Jenna was back to her old self. She stopped wearing her black hoodie and I believed that everyone was glad that she really did wear a t-shirt every day. Jenna wore that jacket all day and never took it off except for during P.E. because she had to change clothes so people were suspicious about her wearing an actual shirt.

Jenna was relaxed and looked to be asleep while standing. Sesshomaru told Jenna to focus on all of the bad memories in her life, exactly like he told me the day that I had met him. Jenna’s face twisted and contorted as she remembered all of the bad times. Jenna started shaking. I was starting to get worried. She didn’t look safe. She looked like she was about to explode rather than change into her true form. I was hoping that Jenna would stop shaking and just transform already, but the tremors just got worse.

“Uh, Sesshomaru?” I asked. Sesshomaru ignored me. “Sesshomaru, I’m getting scared. I think you need to stop Jenna from remembering,” I continued. Sesshomaru kept ignoring me. “Sesshomaru!” I finally yelled. I was going to make him pay attention. Jenna was in trouble and, if all Jenna was going to earn was unlocking her ultimate fox powers, it wasn’t worth her getting hurt.

Before Sesshomaru could actually listen to my pleading, a bright white light shot from Jenna’s body. "Back up," my inner demon ordered.

'Why? What’s wrong?'

"Just do it! If you don’t get out of the way, you could get seriously hurt."

'What are you talking about?'

"Jenna’s fox demon blood is getting too strong for her human blood. She might only be an eighth of fox demon, but her fox demon ancestor seems to have been a taiyoukai, or a great demon, which means that Jenna might become very dangerous if she transforms."

'Oh my God, I have to help Jen!' I yelled inside my head.

"Haley! Are you mad? Did you listen to a single word I just said?! Jenna is dangerous. If you go near here, she might try to kill you."

'I don’t care. Jenna is my friend and practically my sister. I won’t let her demon blood overtake her body!'

I ran towards Jenna before Sesshomaru or my inner demon could stop me. Since I was twenty-five feet tall, which made my legs about ten feet long each, and since I was only a hundred feet away from Jenna, it only took a few strides to get to her. I changed back to my human form and started shaking Jenna. The white light was still shooting out of her body. Jenna’s eyes were closed tight and she didn’t look like she was going to open them anytime soon.

“Jenna! You have to snap out of it! Jenna!” I yelled.

She started shaking her head. I heard her mumble, “Don’t hurt me.” I was confused. Why did she think that I was going to hurt her? I just figured that Jenna was thinking of a time in her past whenever someone had tried to hurt her. I kept shaking Jenna. I was hoping to death that Jenna would awake from her nightmare and learn to transform into a fox in a different way.

After I realized I wasn’t going to be able to get through to Jenna, I looked around desperately for Taylor. If I couldn’t help Jenna, I figured that Taylor could. They loved each other and I had heard a few stories from Kagome about her being able to save Inuyasha from getting badly hurt with just her voice because they were in love. If Kagome could save Inuyasha, surely Taylor could save Jenna.

I spotted Taylor twenty feet from Jenna and I. He was frozen stiff from shock and fear. “Taylor! Taylor, I can’t get through to Jenna! I think only you can help her! You have to save her, Taylor!” I cried to him. A single tear ran down Taylor’s face. He looked away.

“I can’t. I don’t know how,” I heard him whisper. At first I was sad that Taylor was thinking about not even trying to save his loved one, but then I was mad.

I walked up to Taylor and shouted in his face, “How dare you Taylor Wayne Sprouse! I know you can stop Jenna’s transformation! Go over there and hold her! Kiss her and her human emotions of love will kiss you back! You can save her from becoming a raging demon!”

Taylor trembled a little bit at the thought of Jenna being a demon. He looked at my devastated face and ran up to Jenna. He took her in his arms and she slowly stopped shaking. The light was still protruding from her body though. Taylor kissed Jenna and her eyes opened. She kissed back, briefly, and fell limp in Taylor’s arms. A few tears ran down Taylor’s cheeks but only because he was happy that Jenna was going to be okay now.

Sesshomaru walked up behind me, and I hid my face in his shirt. Sesshomaru put his arm around me. I saw that Sesshy was still wearing the long sleeved hoodie from the day that we had gotten on the plane in Japan. I made a note to myself to give him a different outfit as soon as I made peace with my dad and I was allowed back in the house.

Sesshomaru and I walked up to Jenna and Taylor. Taylor picked Jenna up bridal style and stared at Sesshomaru. “How could you do that?” he whispered in an angry voice.

“What do you mean?” Sesshomaru asked back. “Jenna was the one who wanted to learn how to become a fox.”

“But you knew that she could get hurt!” Taylor yelled at Sesshomaru. “You knew that her demon blood was too strong! I knew as soon as you said you could sense which of Jenna’s relatives was mated to a demon that you knew that the fox demon blood in her was going to be tougher than her human blood if she transformed. You were risking Jenna’s life without telling her of the possible consequences!” I was taken aback. I had never seen Taylor this angry before. He had yelled and shouted and fought before but never like this. This was about Jenna, his one true love. I knew that if something happened to Jenna, Taylor would probably kill himself. It was unbearable for him to live without her.

Sesshomaru looked a little surprised, too. “This is true,” Sesshy responded. I looked at Sesshomaru. I couldn’t believe he was admitting that he had known that Jenna could get hurt without telling her. I saw Taylor’s hands clench harder around Jenna’s unconscious body.

“You bastard! You are a total bastard, and I will never trust you again! You looked like an okay guy whenever you walked through the door to Jenna’s house, but now I see that you are just another asshole in disguise!” Taylor shouted as loud as possible at Sesshomaru. Taylor turned on his heel and stormed off with Jenna still in his arms.

I looked at Sesshomaru. “Sesshy? Honey, are you alright?” I asked. Sesshomaru didn’t move. He was clearly thinking over what Taylor had just said. “Sesshy, babe, don’t worry about what Taylor said. He’s just upset that Jenna was almost seriously hurt. But... why didn’t you warn Jenna about the consequences?”

Sesshomaru shook his head. “I knew that Jenna’s fox demon blood was from a taiyoukai, but I didn’t think that her fox blood was going to do that to her. I knew that it might be a little bit more upsetting for her during transformation, but I surely didn’t know that her fox blood might kill her on her first transformation.”

“You didn’t know that Jenna could have died.  You just thought she might get hurt a little bit. It is a bit strange, since you usual are sure of a lot of things, but you just did not know this time. Jenna is okay. That is all that matters right now. Let’s go check on her,” I said.

Sesshomaru followed me inside Jenna’s house. We saw Taylor holding Jenna in his lap on the living room couch. Jenna was awake, but looked very distressed. Taylor heard us coming and looked up. He glared rabid screeching monkeys at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru, for probably the first time in his life, flinched at Taylor’s glare, but I think that he only flinched because he realized, again, that he had put a friend in danger.

“What are you doing here?” Taylor asked with a harsh voice. “Haven’t you realized that no one wants you here any longer?” Sesshomaru almost looked sad at the hate in Taylor’s questions.

“I just wanted to say that, um, that, um…” Sesshomaru mumbled. “That I was s-sorry.” I felt sympathetic for Sesshy. He had never had to say sorry to anyone before so this was a first for him.

“It’s okay. I’m sure you didn’t know,” Jenna said with a raspy voice. Taylor scoffed.

“You’re wrong, Jenna,” Taylor said to her. “Lord Sesshomaru did know that your demon blood was stronger than your human blood. He knew that this entire thing could happen. He just didn’t tell you because he wanted to watch you suffer.”

Jenna looked crushed. “What do you mean? Lord Sesshomaru wouldn’t do that,” Jenna whispered mostly to herself.

Taylor laughed. “What did you expect from a heartless demon, Jenna?”

Sesshomaru got mad at this. “You shut your pathetic mouth miserable human! I am not heartless! I did not know that Jenna’s fox blood was going to be that harsh to her human blood. I knew that she might possibly be a little more uncomfortable during the process of transforming into her true demon, but I didn’t know that she would go through that apparently agonizing pain she had!”

Rin walked into the living room with Jacey. She looked surprised. “Daddy?” she asked. “Why are you screaming?” Sesshomaru glanced at his daughter but just replied that it was not necessary for Rin to know.

“Run along with Jacey,” Sesshomaru ordered.

Rin smiled. “Of course, Daddy!” She skipped away with Jacey once again. Sesshomaru sighed and rubbed his temples. It was obvious poor Sesshomaru was having a lot more troubles in Modern Texas than he ever had in Feudal Japan.

“Listen, I said I was sorry,” Sesshomaru started. “You are lucky I lowered my standards. I have not ever considered apologizing to higher demons, much less a human. Lady Jenna, you are my friend. I truly am sorry that I did not warn you of your demon blood. Taylor, I am sorry that you hate me for endangering your loved one.”

Taylor sighed through a clenched jaw. “It will take a while before I can trust you again,” he said.

Sesshomaru gave a short laugh. “Like I care. That is your decision.” Jenna had not said anything for a while. She still looked pretty crushed.

“Lord Sesshomaru, I guess I understand why you didn’t tell me about my demon blood. I still want to transform into a fox though,” Jenna said in her raspy voice. Sesshomaru gave a weak smile at Jenna’s persistence to become a true fox demon.

“Very well, as soon as you are a bit better, we will continue in our “How To Reveal Your True Demon” class,” Sesshomaru said in his used-to-be signature tone. Jenna gently smiled. She thanked him and snuggled into Taylor. Taylor blushed at Jenna’s closeness only because he had not seen Jenna quite this peaceful in quite a while.

Taylor situated himself so that his back was against the couch end with his legs spread apart. Jenna was lying against his chest with her fingers laced through his. Taylor got the same peaceful look Jenna had.

A while later, Jenna was energetic again and was ready to continue her lesson on becoming a fox with Sesshomaru. They walked outside again and Taylor and I joined them. Sesshomaru went through the same steps that he had mentioned earlier, but this time, Jenna’s body didn’t explode with the bright light.

Sesshomaru threw his whip at her, like he had with me, and she dodged it just like I had. A few moments after Jenna dodged the attack, she was a twenty foot tall fox. 'That’s ten feet taller than I thought Jenna would have been,' I thought.

"It’s because her fox blood is from a taiyoukai," my inner demon reminded me.

'Oh, of course.'

Jenna smiled like a serial killer and rejoiced after she realized she had actually turned into a fox. Jenna started prancing around her country yard. Sesshomaru watched with a straight face, but his eyes gave away his happiness for her. I was happy for Jenna, too. Taylor looked like he was glad that Jenna could finally do what she was almost killing herself over a couple of hours ago.

Jenna stopped prancing and crouched down in front of Taylor. “Isn’t this cool? I’m finally a fox!” Jenna told her boyfriend. Taylor did an anime smile. You know, the one with the closed eyes and satisfied look on his face.

“Oh yeah, it’s pretty awesome. Now I can say that my girlfriend is a fox. Literally!” Taylor laughed. Jenna licked him and he complained that she was getting drool all over his favorite shirt.

“Hey, climb up on my back,” Jenna told Taylor.

“Huh?” he asked. “Why?”

“I want to try something.”

“Okay then. I’m trusting you,” Taylor said. He looked a little worried, but he climbed up on Jenna’s orangish brown coat and held on to her fur. Jenna ran at a fast speed into the opposite direction on her house. She ran smoothly so that Taylor was comfortable. She laughed with joy as she ran.

I saw that Sesshomaru had changed into his true form, so I joined him in mine. We ran to catch up with Taylor and Jenna. Jenna was so glad being a fox, I realized I was quite content being a panther. Sesshomaru looked like he would rather be a dog any day of the week than keep his usual human state. Taylor looked as happy as a clam riding Jenna around the countryside.

As I looked at my friends and boyfriend, I found joy in our company. We all enjoyed each other so much. I started a game of tag with Sesshomaru, who eventually brought Jenna into the mix.

As I watched us play, I noticed that I would have to go back home soon. However, I decided not to dwell on this fact. I just kept playing with Taylor, Jenna, and Sesshomaru, who looked like he was loosening up for the first time since his childhood days, until the sun went down.
Chapter Nine. This one was fun to write because there was some tragedy and some fun parts. Especially whenever I got to write about my relationship with Taylor and how much he dislikes Lord McFluffers. Aw!!! Sesshy likes to play little kid games! :aww:

Sesshomaru and Rin and other Inuyasha characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi.

Haley and Jenna and Taylor and everybody else not related to Inuyasha belong to me so that I can torture them. Kukuku...
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nice chapy 9! *favs*