Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha alright! Leave me alone. I also don't own the song Enigma by Trapt.
Okay, I think this idea is somewhat original. I was thinking about it 4 a while and the last few words in this song seemed to fit perfectly. If you have the song, I suggest u put it on repeat when u read this fic...well it fit's more to the end of this chapter anyway.
//////////////////////////
Still Dreaming
By: Endless Moonlight
Our favorite group of heroes slowly approached the castle. It was surrounded by a dark purple miasma and there was no doubt it was Naraku's. They all stood in silence in front of the giant doors. They were now all that seemed to stand between them and the evil half demon who had cursed Miroku and all generations to come with the kazaana, who had killed nearly all the demon slayers leaving only Sango and her brother who has lost almost all of his memories, who had so cruelly played with Inuyasha's heart and killed Kikyo, the evil half demon, Naraku.
/Do we know how to get the message across /
/We turn the lights off to find a way out /
/It's hard to get through to grasp what was lost /
/Don't turn the light off and leave me in the dark/
Kagome stood next to Inuyasha and watched as he drew the tetsuiga. They were ready for this, whatever the end result was. Kagome reached out shakily and grabbed his free hand. She gave it a tight squeeze as if trying to convey all the feelings she had towards the hanyou in such a simple gesture. When this was over, she promised herself, she would tell him how she felt for real
Inuyasha looked down at his and that was now held tightly by Kagome's and then up at her face. She was scared; he could see it in her eyes. They all were. Then he gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, making sure not to hurt her, and promised to himself that, when this was all over, he would tell her have he really felt. Then her let go and turned to the group. "Let's do this."
/Hey, I'm pleading, my soul is bleeding /
/I don't want to be left alone,
not when I'm right next to you/
What are you thinking, it's so misleading /
/ Is it not for me to know,
I think it's just hard for you to show/
Inuyasha stepped forward and pushed the door open. They all followed him as he stepped into a giant courtyard. It was dead silent. The only light was the haze purple light that managed to filter through the miasma that seemed to block out the sun. The all looked around, expecting something to have happened upon there entrance, but nothing did. Inuyasha turned to Kagome.
"Do you sense any jewel shards?" He said in a low whisper. Kagome closed her eyes for a moment and concentrated. Then her eyes almost immediately shot open.
"They're all around us! There's too many, I can't pick any out." She said panicking a little.
"Naraku you bastard!" Inuyasha growled out. "Come down here and show yourself!"
As soon as the words escaped his mouth Kagura and Kanna appeared. "Such a fool." Kagura said with a slight laugh as she and her sister approached them. "Do you honestly think Naraku would waist his time dealing with you?"
"Kagura!" Miroku yelled. "Tell us where Naraku is!" Kagura simply laughed and with a wave of her fan demons suddenly appeared all around them.
Kagome gasped. "They all have a shard of the jewel! And some are really big!"
"Damn." Inuyasha said looking around. He couldn't figure out why he didn't smell them when they first entered.
Kagura laughed again and waved her fan once more, causing the demons to charge at them.
"How is she controlling them?" Shippo asked, fear clearly showing in his little voice. "There's no way Naraku could have killed so many!"
"They're not dead." Inuyasha said as he charged at them swinging his sword.
"Kanna must have their souls trapped in her mirror." Sango said tossing her boomerang and taking out two demons. Once the demons were 'dead.' A small swarm of Naraku's bees came and took the shards.
"Miroku wait!" Kagome said running up to the monk. "Don't you dare use your wind tunnel!" She said pulling his arm back down.
"Kagome's right!" Shippo piped in. "Who knows how many of those poisonness insects are around here!" Miroku obeyed and began to attack the demons with his staff.
Kagome notched and arrow and aimed for a demon. She let her arrow fly and watch as it took out the demon, as well as cleared away some of the miasma. She was about to shoot another that had a rather large shard of the jewel when she felt something go through her side near her stomach.
Kagome slowly looked down and saw blood pouring out of the fresh wound. There was no reminiscence of whatever had passed through her. Everything seemed 2 b moving in slow motion. She looked up and saw Inuyasha turn around to see her just as she fell to her knees...
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran over to her. "Kagome! Are you okay? What happened?" Inuyasha said instantly at her side. The others were holding off the demons as best they could so he and Kagome weren't attacked.
Kagome just looked at him. For a moment, studying his features, his worried expression. "I...I'm fine..." She said softly. Then she slowly started to close her eyes...She could hear Inuyasha calling her, but continued to close them...the pain seemed to be fading...
/We never spoke in the words that we want /
/We turn the lights off to find a way out /
/We've never chosen to keep what we've got /
/Don't turn the light off and leave me in the dark/
Kagome heard a voice still calling her name. She felt two hands on her shaking her slightly...hands much too small to be Inuyasha's, but way to big to be Shippo's.
"Kagome! Get up already!" The too familiar voiced yelled. Kagome slowly opened her eyes and turned to face the person attempting to wake her. Her eyes got wide when she saw who it was. She shot up, now wide awake.
"Souta!" She yelled. Shocking the boy and causing him to lose his balance and fall on the floor. "What are you doing here! How did u get here!?!" She demanded.
"Uhhh..." He said stunned. "I used the door?"
"Huh?" What door..." He voice faded as she looked around. She was in her room. Why was she in her room! She looked down to her waist and lifted her shirt up enough to see where her wound should be. There was nothing there. She felt around her neck 4 the jewel, nothing was there.
"Are you feeling okay Kagome?" Souta asked standing up.
"What's going on? Why am I here?"
/Hey, I'm pleading, my soul is bleeding /
/I don't want to be left alone,
not when I'm right next to you/
/What are you thinking, it's so misleading /
/Is it not for me to know,
I think it's just hard for you to show/
"What are you talking about?" He asked getting ready to leave. "You're gonna be late for school if you don't hurry..." He said leaving the room.
Kagome just sat there. Shocked beyond belief. Why was she home? She should be in the feudal era, fighting Naraku. Did she just dream the battle? She never remembered coming home though. No...She couldn't have been dreaming that. It was too real. Kagome slowly got out of bed and went downstairs. Screw school, she was getting to the bottom of this.
She slowly made her way downstairs, still in her pajamas. She went into the kitchen where everyone was eating breakfast. Everyone looked up at her when she entered the room.
"Kagome dear, you need to get ready for school." Her mother said.
"Mom..." She asked. "Why am I here?"
"See! I told you she was acting weird." Souta whispered to their mother, but she ignored him.
"I know you have a big test today so don't think you can play sick." She scolded. "I don't want you to fall behind in your studies."
"What do you mean fall behind?" Kagome's voice was slowly getting louder. "I'm already as behind as I can get! I try to keep up as much as I can but Inuyasha-" She stopped mid-sentence. Inuyasha? Where was he? Why couldn't she remember coming home?
"Who is this Inuyasha?" Her grandfather asked sternly.
"Oooo! Kagome's got a boyfriend!" Souta teased.
"What do you mean who's Inuyasha?" She said getting more and more irritated. "He's the half demon you always attack whenever he comes to get me!" Then she turned to her mother. "Mom, why am I here? Where is Inuyasha?" They all just stared at her like she was crazy. "What is wrong with you? Why won't you answer me!"
"Kagome..." Her mother said getting up and going to her distressed daughter. "Are you sure you're feeling okay?" She said placing a hand on Kagome's forehead. Kagome quickly pushed it away.
"Did something happen and you don't want to tell me? I want to know what's going on!" Her voice was rising as she began to panic. "Why am I back in my time? The last thing I remember is fighting Naraku and getting hit...and... Why am I here!"
"Sounds like you just had a bad dream Honey." Kagome's mom said trying to calm Kagome down.
/I thought it would be nice to lie down and close my eyes /
/It never occurred to me that I am already asleep/
Kagome just shook her head violently. "Stop lying to me!" She screamed. "I WASN"T DREAMING!!!" Then she turned to face Souta and her grandfather as well. "Did something happen to the well? What are you hiding from me?"
"The well?" Souta asked.
"Yes, the well. The well that takes my back to the feudal era where I have to find all the shards of the Shikon no tama and..."
"I think you've listened to one to many of grandpa's stories." Souta's comment only got a look from Kagome.
Kagome had had enough. She stormed out the house and through the shrine grounds until she came to the well. She looked down it, and then jumped in. She burst into tears when she hit the bottom.
"No..." She sobbed. "That wasn't a dream...the well is just sealed because I don't have the jewel..." She said to herself. She wouldn't believe what her mom had told her. How could it have been a dream, it was too real.
She slowly picked herself up and whipped her tear stained cheeks. She climbed out of the well and found her family staring at her.
"Kagome...honey," Her mom said approaching her calmly. "Why don't you stay home today and we can talk about this..." She said gently placing her arm on her daughter's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. Kagome just shook it off angrily, which was not something she would normally do.
"Stop! Stop acting like I'm the one who's crazy." She said holding back tears. By now she was beginning to doubt herself. "Just watch, I'll go to school and everything will b normal there." She said shakily. Then she walked past them and went inside.
Kagome made her way towards the school. She wasn't sure how she had managed to make it there on time after the morning's events, but she did. She sighed as she just made it into her seat and sat down. Her first classes went by uneventful, especially since she didn't know what was going on. After the morning class she and her friends were eating lunch in the cafeteria.
"Kagome," Eri started to ask, "Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah," Aumi agreed. "You looked really upset this morning."
"Huh?" Kagome said snapping out of whatever daze she had been in. "Ohh, yeah, I'm fine." She didn't want to go into the details of the mornings events. She was trying to forget any of it had happened.
"Look, there's Hojo." Yuka said. "Wouldn't it be so cool if one of us were to go out with him?"
"Yeah, but he's like the most popular guy in school." Eri whined.
"What are you talking about?" Kagome asked. "I've been going out with him." Then she added under her breath, "thanks to you guys."
"Yeah right Kagome." Yuka said before taking a bite of whatever it was the school was serving for lunch that day. Kagome was about to argue with her when Aumi spoke.
"So how do you think you did on the social studies test Kagome?" Aumi asked. "Was it hard? I've got it next period."
"For me it was...but I've missed so much school lately...." She said with a sigh.
"What are you talking about?" Eri interrupted her. "You have almost perfect attendance." Kagome just stared at her. What was wrong with her? Why did it seem like all trace of what she thought was her life was suddenly gone?
"I..." She said shakily as she stood up. "I've got to go.." Then she left the cafeteria before anyone could protest. From there she went straight out of the school.
She was walking fast when she climbed the steps of the shrine. She ignored the strange looks people had given her on her near run home. She went straight into the well and jumped in...
/Don't be the one to be let go /
/Don't be the one to be alone/
She burst into tears when she hit the bottom again. It really was a dream...
//////////////////////////
Okay, so please tell me what u think. I kno it's kinda dark and all, but I really want to kno cuz it didn't turn out like I originally planned and I want to know if I should rewrite it. So please BE HONEST! But please review. Even if u thought it was the worst thing u've ever read, tell me. Ohh, I will continue if u really want me to...