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I will have different POV's (point of views) meaning, that I will switch to
Inuyasha mode for one scene, or Kagome mode, or something like that! Well
thats it! Enjoy! And Please REVIEW!
Chapter one-
She slowly and silently treaded through the forest. Her dark, emotionless eyes scanned the damp, darkness for a hidden demon, undetected by her abilities. Her eyes were free-falling and emotionless, yet full of memories. Just a blank expression that seemed as if it could bore right into your soul and see your darkest secrets. And sometimes, they did just that. Her face betrayed no emotion, as if she could feel nothing.
Anger.
Sadness.
Happiness.
Love.
Betrayal.
Yet she had felt each emotion, ten fold. Some more harsher than others. Painful memories flickered across her eyes in a brief instant, yet, so quickly that if anyone had seen, they would have thought they were just imagining things. Her Shinto miko clothes, which were a pair of red hakakmata and a snow-white haori, blew in the wind, gently caressing her skin. Her weapons, a mere long bow and a quiver full of arrows dangled from across her chest to her back. Her shinidamachu followed her, but suddenly flew off, glowing from the presence of a disconnected soul nearby. She let them wander, then stopped at a nearby lake, and looked at her reflection. Her dark eyes narrowed at a dark thought that made its way to the front of her mind, and she pushed it away.
Light from the full moon, spilled across the lake, like a blanket, making the surface look serene, and she slipped out of her sandals and her socks. Slowly, she stepped into the water, and immediately when her toes made contact with the water, ripples separated and met at the other edge of the lake. She continued to walk slowly into the water, the moonlight streaming onto her pale skin. The light was luminescent and made her look almost otherworldly. She stopped, when the water had reached up to half of her legs. The wind died and all was still. It was so silent, that she could hear the faint rustle of the grass, from little animals scurrying around. She closed her eyes and let her memories come back to her.
She stood in the tall grass, her right (?) hand clutching something tightly. She smiled briefly at the thought of what was to happen next. Her smile vanished when she caught the presence of someone evil coming closer, to fast to predict, and before she could make the slightest movement, she felt sharp pain on her right shoulder, and she fell to the ground, her hand dropping the Shikon No Tama. She looked up and saw him. Standing there with an evil grin on his face. Inuyasha. "You stupid fool. I never planned to become human. But ill take the jewel none the less, thanks." His voice was filled with malice. Every trace of his humanity was gone, as if it had never existed. His amber eyes, were cold and hard. He picked up the fallen jewel from the ground and turned away from the fatally injured miko, and left.
"Traitor!......Traitor!" Her voice rang through the trees, betrayal noticeable on the edge of her voice.
She opened her eyes, the raw emotion from the memory still evident in her eyes. She sighed softly, and her eyes became emotionless once again, and her face still held a blankness. She turned and walked back to the shore. Slipping her socks back on and then her sandals. She summoned her shinidamachu to her and they appeared from the dark shadows of the looming trees. They encircled her and she started walking again. They followed on either side of her, obviously sated, and ready to give her a soul, if need be.
As she walked more memories flooded her mind, and she gave into the desire to detach from this world, and remember. Absently, she walked slowly, her shinidamachu pushing away low branches, and leaves, that would strike her face or arms. She watched as the scene replayed across her eyes.
She stood, watching as he leapt through the air, and notched an arrow on her long bow. She pulled back her arrow, aiming it. Her face full of anger and betrayal.
"Inuyasha!"
She watched as he turned, the jewel in his hand, and before he could act she released her arrow and watched as it pinned him to the tree known as the Goshinkbu Tree. His hand released the jewel, on accident, and he watched as it fell to the ground, his arm outstretched as if to regain hold on the jewel. He didn't. He looked back up at his attacker, and his eyes flickered with emotions.
Confusion.
Bewilderment.
Anger.
Betrayal.
"K-k-kikyo..." Before he could say more, his hand fell to his side, and his head fell against his chest as his eyes closed.
Villagers surrounded the priestess, Kikyo, and her little sister ran up to her side, dropping to her knees, as Kikyos legs gave way and she fell to her knees. Her left hand held her right shoulder and the blood seeped through her fingers. A trail of blood was on the stone sidewalk where she was standing, and the right side of her white haori was covered in blood.
"Sister Kikyo! Sister Kikyo! Your injured!" Lady Kaede looked at her older sister, a bandage covering her right eye.
Kikyo ignored her sisters advice and held out the Shikon No Tama to her sister.
"Kaede, take the jewel. Take the jewel, and burn it with my body. To make sure that no evil can get a hold of it." With those last words, Kikyo had fallen to the ground, and the last thing she heard was her sister screaming her name, pleading with her to wake.
Kikyo, looked, shocked as she seemed to come from another world, out of her memories, and found she was standing in front of the Goshinkbu Tree. The same tree she had pinned Inuyasha to more that 500 years ago. But now he was free. Traveling with her reincarnation. Kikyo had not killed Inuyasha when she had struck him to the tree. That is what she had intended but her love for him was still strong even after his betrayal, so without her knowledge, she had placed a spell on her arrow, not to kill Inuyasha but to seal him to that tree, forever, in a deep sleep. But that wench of a reincarnation of hers had set him free. Her dark eyes narrowed as she made a mental vow to herself. She was going to kill him once and for all and that pathetic excuse for a miko that he seemed to love so much. And he couldn't kill her, to protect himself or her copy. She was, after all, already dead.
*
Kagome watched as Kikyo stood in the lake. She quickly glanced at her surroundings. She was in Inuyasha Forest. She was hiding under a tree, its low branches covering her from Kikyos view. She looked down at her body and found she was in her school uniform, but the skirt had been slashed, and a long piece of it dangled on the edge of breaking, exposing her thigh. She noticed a deep gash along her arm, that started from her shoulder and was still bleeding. Her arm felt numb but other than that she felt no pain. She didn't know how she got here but she was determined to confront Kikyo once and for all.
But the strangest thing happened. Before she could step from her hiding place, Kikyo vanished, into thin air. Surprised, confused, and despite herself, a little worried, she walked over to the edge of the lake, the water gently lapping at her feet. She gasped in surprised when she felt the cold on her bare feet. She hadn't realized she didn't have shoes on.
'Now this is way freaky,' she thought.
'Where are my shoes? And what am I doing out here? Its not even daylight!'
As she decided to turn and head back to the hut, her reflection caught her eye.
In her reflection, she was standing in a white background, the sun setting behind her, casting stray wisps of red light through the clouds. Her stomach knotted at the scene. The clouds were deep red, like blood. And they swarmed around her body like mist.
The scene quickly changed format, as she saw Inuyashas limp figure in her reflections arms. An evil grin was plastered on her face, and her gaze caught the flash of something shiny. Like metal. She knew what it was before she saw it. She watched as her evil reflection reached her hand from behind her back and brought out a long, silver blade.
She watched in horror as she drew the knife to Inuyashas neck. And brought it across, in one sickly quick motion.
Her eyes filled with tears, and fell as she saw Inuyashas blood fall from the wound. It was fatal, no doubt. The red liquid stained her white uniform. The blood gathered at her feet, and she felt its warm, sticky substance attach to her bare feet.
She felt nauseated and scared like she had never before. She opened her mouth and released an ear-piercing scream; calling the name of the one before.
*
Inuyashas eyes flew open. He looked around, ears straining for any sound that seemed out of place. He knew something had awoken him but wasn't sure what. His amber eyes seemed almost phosphorescent, glowing, as he quickly glanced around the room. He saw his friends sleeping figures on the floor and noticed that Miroku was much closer to Sango than he was when he first fell asleep. He couldn't stop the grin that came when he thought of what the exterminator was going to do to him tomorrow morning.
That's when he realized it. Kagome was gone. He could pick up her scent from where he was sitting now. He heard her scream and realized that was what woke up earlier. He heard his name fall from her lips in an ear- piercing scream that made his ears flatten to his head. He jumped up quietly but quickly, grabbing the Tetsaiga, and ran out of the little hut.
His feet crushed dead leaves, and broke unsteady branches off trees as he leapt through the air. His nose caught Kagomes scent blanketed with fear and an overwhelming sadness that left him with a childish desire to cry. Anger boiled inside him as his mind reeled at the possibilities of what made her feel that way.
"Kagome! Where are you?!" His ears turned every direction, trying desperately to catch her voice, or at least some clue as to where she was, besides her scent. The forest had a lot of its own scents and kept masking hers.
His ears perked up when they caught her voice. A voice of soft desperation.
"No, please no. Its not real. Its just a dream.....its not real. Your not real, you don't exist, your not real you don't exist." He heard her voice keep repeating the same phrase, over and over again.
His eyes widened slightly, when he saw her in front of him. She was on her knees, slowly rocking back and forth, her arms hugged around her body, tears falling freely down her cheeks. He lunged forward and realized he was making a lot of noise. He knew she had to have heard him, but she made no movement to suggest she even knew where she was.
He landed beside her, and knelt down, to find that her eyes were closed, but her scent was still covered with fear and sadness. He caught no scent of danger anywhere, and if a demon had been near even for a split second, he would smell something, in the least.
"Kagome?" He spoke softly, so he wouldn't scare her. He knew that she would consider his behavior strange, but he didn't care. He just wanted to make sure she was ok. She didn't answer him. She didn't even stir. It was as if she wasn't even really there.
"Kagome....." He heard his voice laced with worry and hated himself for it. He was supposed to help her not let her know he was concerned. He gently picked her up and leapt into the air. He landed back on the ground, about 15 feet away from the lake.
*
Sango and Miroku awoke to the sound of little feet padding around on the ground. Shippo was scurrying around, frantically looking for any sign of his 'mother' and Inuyasha." Their gone! Where did they go! They are both gone!!"
Sango sat up and noticed how close the monk was to her. She stood quickly, thinking that if she got up fast enough and stepped away he wouldn't have enough time to grope her.
Damn.
She was wrong.
"HENTAI!" Sango brought her hiriakotsu, that had somehow conveniently appeared in her hand, smashing down upon his head, knocking the monk unconscious.
The small distraction had caught the little kitsunes attention, drawing it away from the disappearance of his two comrades.
But only for a second.
In a flash he was on Sangos shoulder, his little feet rapidly hoping from one to another in a little dance.
"Sango we have to find them! What if something happened?! What if they never come back!!" By now the little kit had tears in his eyes and he had fallen into her arms, defeated as if he believed that Kagome and Inuyasha were gone.
After a quick glance at the lecherous monk, who seemed to find the floor very comfortable, Sango walked out of the hut to stand outside and wait for her friends return, Shippo in her arms.
*
Kagome heard someone calling her name softly but she was still staring at Inuyashas life-less form in her arms, his blood at her feet.
Kagome.... That voice....I know that voice....
Tears cascaded down her cheeks, leaving tear-stains, and it was futile to try to stop them. She tried to look away from the grotesque scene before her, but her eyes were glued there.
Kagome.... No! It cant be....but hes...
She mentally berated herself.
'This isn't real.....'
She kept telling herself that as her shoulders shook with, what she thought was emotion.
'Yes, it is.' A voice said
'No, its not! Go away!' She screamed.
'You killed him!'
'No, I didn't!' Kagomes voice echoed through her head.
'Yes, you did! You killed Inuyasha! The only person you ever loved! And now he is dead! And its on your hands!' As if magic, she looked down to find her hands covered in blood. Inuyashas blood.
Kagome, c'mon Kagome! Wake up! Please!'
Suddenly, she realized the voice belonged to Inuyasha. She heard him call her name and felt him roughly shaking her shoulders. Then, like magic, a veil seemed to lift, and the image of her hands, covered in his blood, cracked and shattered, like glass. At last her vision blurred and then became sharp, and focused and her eyes met Inuyashas.
"Kagome! Are you ok?" Absently, his hand reached up to her cheek and brushed away her tears with his thumb. She turned her head slightly, so she could feel his hand, and he pulled away slowly, his claws tracing her jawline.
"Inuyasha! Its really you! I thought you were..." She stopped unable to say the word.
He watched as relief washed over her face, and his eyes widened in shock in what she did next. She lifted her arms and wrapped them tightly around Inuyashas neck, and buried her face in his shoulder. Unsure, he wrapped his arms around her waist, his hand stroking her soft hair.
"Its alright Kagome. Im still here. I'll never leave you, I promise." He added the last part silently, not sure where it came from, but wondering if Kagome heard him.
She did, and she smiled.
*
Kaede handed Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo some tea, offered one to Inuyasha, who declined as usual, and settled down to listen to last nights encounters.
"Im not really sure what happened, except that I was dreaming. The only thing strange was that it felt as if I was really there." Kagome sipped her tea and the others looked at her with confused looks on their faces. The only two that seemed to understand was Inuyasha and Kaede.
"Well child, tell me what happened in yee's dream. Maybe I can make something out of it." She set down her cup and watched as Kagomes eyes clouded.
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Inuyasha watched as Kagomes expression changed, when the old woman had asked her to tell what the dream was about. He knew it had something to do with him, he just wasn't sure what it was yet. Kagomes strange behavior had worried him last night.
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Kagome took a deep breath and plunged into her story. She told of seeing Kikyo in the lake and noticed the way Inuyashas eyes narrowed in anger at the dead mikos name. Then she told of how she vanished, and of the evil reflection she seemed to have. When she got to that part her voice quieted and everyone had to stop what they were doing just to hear her. Even Shippo had stopped fidgeting so they could hear.
"I was looking into my reflection when I saw that I was holding Inuyasha in my arms. He was limp, like he was dead, but he was just unconscious." By this time tears brimmed in her eyes but she refused to let them fall. She continued, "I watched as my evil reflection, I guess you'll call it, brought a knife to his neck and cut him, exposing the main artery. Blood was everywhere and a voice kept telling me it was all my fault and that I kill the only one I ever-" She stopped, realizing that she was about to say 'true love'. She ignored the look on Inuyashas face, and didn't continue with her story. She shot Sango a look with her eyes saying 'get me outta here!', and thankfully she got the message.
Sango stood and grabbed two towels, and walked over to Kagome.
"I think we should go for a dip in the hot springs." Sango said cheerfully, totally out of character, and the others looked at her weird as her and Kagome made there way out of the hut, Kagomes posture visibly relaxing.
*
"Thank you Sango." Kagome sighed as she lowered herself into the hot springs and felt the warm water start to work on relaxing the muscles in her shoulders.
"No problem, Kagome, its just, what were you about to say when you stopped in the middle of your story?" Her friend looked at her with curiosity.
Kagome blushed.
"Um....well...the voice kept telling me that I was going to loose my one....true love. And I was afraid to say that in front of Inuyasha because I just.......didn't know what he would do."
*
Inuyashas ears turned as he sat in the tree near the hot springs. He had followed Kagome there, smelling a little fear mixing with her scent. Although, what is was for, he didn't know.
Yet.
His eyes widened when his ears picked up Kagome and Sangos conversation. They were talking about him. 'Feh, figures.' Then he heard the answer to Sangos question.
Now he knew what the fear was for.
True love? Did that mean him?
A/N: Wow! 9 pages! Whew! Anyways, I hope you like it! My goal is to get a lot of reviews for at least one of my stories, but I don't know! I hope you guys like it enough to stay until I finish! If anyone has any ideas I would be happy to hear them! Oh yeah, and does anyone know how I can make a profile that you guys can see, when your looking at my favorite authors and or stories? Thanks a lot! PLEASE REVIEW!
Chapter one-
She slowly and silently treaded through the forest. Her dark, emotionless eyes scanned the damp, darkness for a hidden demon, undetected by her abilities. Her eyes were free-falling and emotionless, yet full of memories. Just a blank expression that seemed as if it could bore right into your soul and see your darkest secrets. And sometimes, they did just that. Her face betrayed no emotion, as if she could feel nothing.
Anger.
Sadness.
Happiness.
Love.
Betrayal.
Yet she had felt each emotion, ten fold. Some more harsher than others. Painful memories flickered across her eyes in a brief instant, yet, so quickly that if anyone had seen, they would have thought they were just imagining things. Her Shinto miko clothes, which were a pair of red hakakmata and a snow-white haori, blew in the wind, gently caressing her skin. Her weapons, a mere long bow and a quiver full of arrows dangled from across her chest to her back. Her shinidamachu followed her, but suddenly flew off, glowing from the presence of a disconnected soul nearby. She let them wander, then stopped at a nearby lake, and looked at her reflection. Her dark eyes narrowed at a dark thought that made its way to the front of her mind, and she pushed it away.
Light from the full moon, spilled across the lake, like a blanket, making the surface look serene, and she slipped out of her sandals and her socks. Slowly, she stepped into the water, and immediately when her toes made contact with the water, ripples separated and met at the other edge of the lake. She continued to walk slowly into the water, the moonlight streaming onto her pale skin. The light was luminescent and made her look almost otherworldly. She stopped, when the water had reached up to half of her legs. The wind died and all was still. It was so silent, that she could hear the faint rustle of the grass, from little animals scurrying around. She closed her eyes and let her memories come back to her.
She stood in the tall grass, her right (?) hand clutching something tightly. She smiled briefly at the thought of what was to happen next. Her smile vanished when she caught the presence of someone evil coming closer, to fast to predict, and before she could make the slightest movement, she felt sharp pain on her right shoulder, and she fell to the ground, her hand dropping the Shikon No Tama. She looked up and saw him. Standing there with an evil grin on his face. Inuyasha. "You stupid fool. I never planned to become human. But ill take the jewel none the less, thanks." His voice was filled with malice. Every trace of his humanity was gone, as if it had never existed. His amber eyes, were cold and hard. He picked up the fallen jewel from the ground and turned away from the fatally injured miko, and left.
"Traitor!......Traitor!" Her voice rang through the trees, betrayal noticeable on the edge of her voice.
She opened her eyes, the raw emotion from the memory still evident in her eyes. She sighed softly, and her eyes became emotionless once again, and her face still held a blankness. She turned and walked back to the shore. Slipping her socks back on and then her sandals. She summoned her shinidamachu to her and they appeared from the dark shadows of the looming trees. They encircled her and she started walking again. They followed on either side of her, obviously sated, and ready to give her a soul, if need be.
As she walked more memories flooded her mind, and she gave into the desire to detach from this world, and remember. Absently, she walked slowly, her shinidamachu pushing away low branches, and leaves, that would strike her face or arms. She watched as the scene replayed across her eyes.
She stood, watching as he leapt through the air, and notched an arrow on her long bow. She pulled back her arrow, aiming it. Her face full of anger and betrayal.
"Inuyasha!"
She watched as he turned, the jewel in his hand, and before he could act she released her arrow and watched as it pinned him to the tree known as the Goshinkbu Tree. His hand released the jewel, on accident, and he watched as it fell to the ground, his arm outstretched as if to regain hold on the jewel. He didn't. He looked back up at his attacker, and his eyes flickered with emotions.
Confusion.
Bewilderment.
Anger.
Betrayal.
"K-k-kikyo..." Before he could say more, his hand fell to his side, and his head fell against his chest as his eyes closed.
Villagers surrounded the priestess, Kikyo, and her little sister ran up to her side, dropping to her knees, as Kikyos legs gave way and she fell to her knees. Her left hand held her right shoulder and the blood seeped through her fingers. A trail of blood was on the stone sidewalk where she was standing, and the right side of her white haori was covered in blood.
"Sister Kikyo! Sister Kikyo! Your injured!" Lady Kaede looked at her older sister, a bandage covering her right eye.
Kikyo ignored her sisters advice and held out the Shikon No Tama to her sister.
"Kaede, take the jewel. Take the jewel, and burn it with my body. To make sure that no evil can get a hold of it." With those last words, Kikyo had fallen to the ground, and the last thing she heard was her sister screaming her name, pleading with her to wake.
Kikyo, looked, shocked as she seemed to come from another world, out of her memories, and found she was standing in front of the Goshinkbu Tree. The same tree she had pinned Inuyasha to more that 500 years ago. But now he was free. Traveling with her reincarnation. Kikyo had not killed Inuyasha when she had struck him to the tree. That is what she had intended but her love for him was still strong even after his betrayal, so without her knowledge, she had placed a spell on her arrow, not to kill Inuyasha but to seal him to that tree, forever, in a deep sleep. But that wench of a reincarnation of hers had set him free. Her dark eyes narrowed as she made a mental vow to herself. She was going to kill him once and for all and that pathetic excuse for a miko that he seemed to love so much. And he couldn't kill her, to protect himself or her copy. She was, after all, already dead.
*
Kagome watched as Kikyo stood in the lake. She quickly glanced at her surroundings. She was in Inuyasha Forest. She was hiding under a tree, its low branches covering her from Kikyos view. She looked down at her body and found she was in her school uniform, but the skirt had been slashed, and a long piece of it dangled on the edge of breaking, exposing her thigh. She noticed a deep gash along her arm, that started from her shoulder and was still bleeding. Her arm felt numb but other than that she felt no pain. She didn't know how she got here but she was determined to confront Kikyo once and for all.
But the strangest thing happened. Before she could step from her hiding place, Kikyo vanished, into thin air. Surprised, confused, and despite herself, a little worried, she walked over to the edge of the lake, the water gently lapping at her feet. She gasped in surprised when she felt the cold on her bare feet. She hadn't realized she didn't have shoes on.
'Now this is way freaky,' she thought.
'Where are my shoes? And what am I doing out here? Its not even daylight!'
As she decided to turn and head back to the hut, her reflection caught her eye.
In her reflection, she was standing in a white background, the sun setting behind her, casting stray wisps of red light through the clouds. Her stomach knotted at the scene. The clouds were deep red, like blood. And they swarmed around her body like mist.
The scene quickly changed format, as she saw Inuyashas limp figure in her reflections arms. An evil grin was plastered on her face, and her gaze caught the flash of something shiny. Like metal. She knew what it was before she saw it. She watched as her evil reflection reached her hand from behind her back and brought out a long, silver blade.
She watched in horror as she drew the knife to Inuyashas neck. And brought it across, in one sickly quick motion.
Her eyes filled with tears, and fell as she saw Inuyashas blood fall from the wound. It was fatal, no doubt. The red liquid stained her white uniform. The blood gathered at her feet, and she felt its warm, sticky substance attach to her bare feet.
She felt nauseated and scared like she had never before. She opened her mouth and released an ear-piercing scream; calling the name of the one before.
*
Inuyashas eyes flew open. He looked around, ears straining for any sound that seemed out of place. He knew something had awoken him but wasn't sure what. His amber eyes seemed almost phosphorescent, glowing, as he quickly glanced around the room. He saw his friends sleeping figures on the floor and noticed that Miroku was much closer to Sango than he was when he first fell asleep. He couldn't stop the grin that came when he thought of what the exterminator was going to do to him tomorrow morning.
That's when he realized it. Kagome was gone. He could pick up her scent from where he was sitting now. He heard her scream and realized that was what woke up earlier. He heard his name fall from her lips in an ear- piercing scream that made his ears flatten to his head. He jumped up quietly but quickly, grabbing the Tetsaiga, and ran out of the little hut.
His feet crushed dead leaves, and broke unsteady branches off trees as he leapt through the air. His nose caught Kagomes scent blanketed with fear and an overwhelming sadness that left him with a childish desire to cry. Anger boiled inside him as his mind reeled at the possibilities of what made her feel that way.
"Kagome! Where are you?!" His ears turned every direction, trying desperately to catch her voice, or at least some clue as to where she was, besides her scent. The forest had a lot of its own scents and kept masking hers.
His ears perked up when they caught her voice. A voice of soft desperation.
"No, please no. Its not real. Its just a dream.....its not real. Your not real, you don't exist, your not real you don't exist." He heard her voice keep repeating the same phrase, over and over again.
His eyes widened slightly, when he saw her in front of him. She was on her knees, slowly rocking back and forth, her arms hugged around her body, tears falling freely down her cheeks. He lunged forward and realized he was making a lot of noise. He knew she had to have heard him, but she made no movement to suggest she even knew where she was.
He landed beside her, and knelt down, to find that her eyes were closed, but her scent was still covered with fear and sadness. He caught no scent of danger anywhere, and if a demon had been near even for a split second, he would smell something, in the least.
"Kagome?" He spoke softly, so he wouldn't scare her. He knew that she would consider his behavior strange, but he didn't care. He just wanted to make sure she was ok. She didn't answer him. She didn't even stir. It was as if she wasn't even really there.
"Kagome....." He heard his voice laced with worry and hated himself for it. He was supposed to help her not let her know he was concerned. He gently picked her up and leapt into the air. He landed back on the ground, about 15 feet away from the lake.
*
Sango and Miroku awoke to the sound of little feet padding around on the ground. Shippo was scurrying around, frantically looking for any sign of his 'mother' and Inuyasha." Their gone! Where did they go! They are both gone!!"
Sango sat up and noticed how close the monk was to her. She stood quickly, thinking that if she got up fast enough and stepped away he wouldn't have enough time to grope her.
Damn.
She was wrong.
"HENTAI!" Sango brought her hiriakotsu, that had somehow conveniently appeared in her hand, smashing down upon his head, knocking the monk unconscious.
The small distraction had caught the little kitsunes attention, drawing it away from the disappearance of his two comrades.
But only for a second.
In a flash he was on Sangos shoulder, his little feet rapidly hoping from one to another in a little dance.
"Sango we have to find them! What if something happened?! What if they never come back!!" By now the little kit had tears in his eyes and he had fallen into her arms, defeated as if he believed that Kagome and Inuyasha were gone.
After a quick glance at the lecherous monk, who seemed to find the floor very comfortable, Sango walked out of the hut to stand outside and wait for her friends return, Shippo in her arms.
*
Kagome heard someone calling her name softly but she was still staring at Inuyashas life-less form in her arms, his blood at her feet.
Kagome.... That voice....I know that voice....
Tears cascaded down her cheeks, leaving tear-stains, and it was futile to try to stop them. She tried to look away from the grotesque scene before her, but her eyes were glued there.
Kagome.... No! It cant be....but hes...
She mentally berated herself.
'This isn't real.....'
She kept telling herself that as her shoulders shook with, what she thought was emotion.
'Yes, it is.' A voice said
'No, its not! Go away!' She screamed.
'You killed him!'
'No, I didn't!' Kagomes voice echoed through her head.
'Yes, you did! You killed Inuyasha! The only person you ever loved! And now he is dead! And its on your hands!' As if magic, she looked down to find her hands covered in blood. Inuyashas blood.
Kagome, c'mon Kagome! Wake up! Please!'
Suddenly, she realized the voice belonged to Inuyasha. She heard him call her name and felt him roughly shaking her shoulders. Then, like magic, a veil seemed to lift, and the image of her hands, covered in his blood, cracked and shattered, like glass. At last her vision blurred and then became sharp, and focused and her eyes met Inuyashas.
"Kagome! Are you ok?" Absently, his hand reached up to her cheek and brushed away her tears with his thumb. She turned her head slightly, so she could feel his hand, and he pulled away slowly, his claws tracing her jawline.
"Inuyasha! Its really you! I thought you were..." She stopped unable to say the word.
He watched as relief washed over her face, and his eyes widened in shock in what she did next. She lifted her arms and wrapped them tightly around Inuyashas neck, and buried her face in his shoulder. Unsure, he wrapped his arms around her waist, his hand stroking her soft hair.
"Its alright Kagome. Im still here. I'll never leave you, I promise." He added the last part silently, not sure where it came from, but wondering if Kagome heard him.
She did, and she smiled.
*
Kaede handed Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo some tea, offered one to Inuyasha, who declined as usual, and settled down to listen to last nights encounters.
"Im not really sure what happened, except that I was dreaming. The only thing strange was that it felt as if I was really there." Kagome sipped her tea and the others looked at her with confused looks on their faces. The only two that seemed to understand was Inuyasha and Kaede.
"Well child, tell me what happened in yee's dream. Maybe I can make something out of it." She set down her cup and watched as Kagomes eyes clouded.
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Inuyasha watched as Kagomes expression changed, when the old woman had asked her to tell what the dream was about. He knew it had something to do with him, he just wasn't sure what it was yet. Kagomes strange behavior had worried him last night.
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Kagome took a deep breath and plunged into her story. She told of seeing Kikyo in the lake and noticed the way Inuyashas eyes narrowed in anger at the dead mikos name. Then she told of how she vanished, and of the evil reflection she seemed to have. When she got to that part her voice quieted and everyone had to stop what they were doing just to hear her. Even Shippo had stopped fidgeting so they could hear.
"I was looking into my reflection when I saw that I was holding Inuyasha in my arms. He was limp, like he was dead, but he was just unconscious." By this time tears brimmed in her eyes but she refused to let them fall. She continued, "I watched as my evil reflection, I guess you'll call it, brought a knife to his neck and cut him, exposing the main artery. Blood was everywhere and a voice kept telling me it was all my fault and that I kill the only one I ever-" She stopped, realizing that she was about to say 'true love'. She ignored the look on Inuyashas face, and didn't continue with her story. She shot Sango a look with her eyes saying 'get me outta here!', and thankfully she got the message.
Sango stood and grabbed two towels, and walked over to Kagome.
"I think we should go for a dip in the hot springs." Sango said cheerfully, totally out of character, and the others looked at her weird as her and Kagome made there way out of the hut, Kagomes posture visibly relaxing.
*
"Thank you Sango." Kagome sighed as she lowered herself into the hot springs and felt the warm water start to work on relaxing the muscles in her shoulders.
"No problem, Kagome, its just, what were you about to say when you stopped in the middle of your story?" Her friend looked at her with curiosity.
Kagome blushed.
"Um....well...the voice kept telling me that I was going to loose my one....true love. And I was afraid to say that in front of Inuyasha because I just.......didn't know what he would do."
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Inuyashas ears turned as he sat in the tree near the hot springs. He had followed Kagome there, smelling a little fear mixing with her scent. Although, what is was for, he didn't know.
Yet.
His eyes widened when his ears picked up Kagome and Sangos conversation. They were talking about him. 'Feh, figures.' Then he heard the answer to Sangos question.
Now he knew what the fear was for.
True love? Did that mean him?
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