The Demon Within Us
His eyes quickly focused on the dark surrounding finding nothing but rocks. The cave was very damp, and a rancid smell came from deep inside.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked into the darkness. Nothing replied. The dog-demon slowly crept deeper into the cave, calling out his friends names as he went.
"Sango? Mirkiou? Shippo?" Inuyasha spoke each name louder, his voice echoed off the stone walls. Before long he made it to the source of the smell, his sharp eyes made out a large pile of demon bodies. "Ughh" Inuyasha muttered, covering his nose.
Suddenly an evil laugh came from the darkness. A figure clad in bone armor appeared in front of Inuyasha. "Naraku! What have you done with the others?"
"Glad of you to join us" he spoke in a cold, cruel voice. "I assure you your friends are all right, for the time being…"
"Naraku you bastard, I'll cut you to pices!" Inuyasha unsheathed the tetsugia, temporarily brining light to the room. He had caught a brief glimpse of Naraku, and the pile of bodies that surrounded him. He charged forward ready to cut him down, but his barrier shocked and burned his body. "Fool"
Naraku easily threw Inuyasha onto his back; the tetsugia flew from his hand and landed a few feet away. "Inuyasha!" a voice yelled from a corner of the cave. Kagome! Inuyasha thought, he got to his feet and reached for his sword.
Naraku extended one of his tentacles and wrapped it around the half-demon's body. "Now Inuyasha, watch as your friends die!" right on queue the cave light up, revealing his friends tied in the very back. A thick miasma filled the cave, they began to choke. No matter how much Inuyasha fought he could not break Naraku's grip, he could only sit back helplessly as his friends died. His vision soon began to fade, Naraku raised a bony arm.
Inuyasha awoke gasping for air and sweating like mad. He looked around him and suddenly realized it was all just a nightmare, he lay back against the tree he was sleeping on. "Inuyasha?" Kagome asked from the darkness causing Inuyasha to jump.
"Don't scare me like that!" he told her sitting back down. "I'm sorry, it's just you were talking in your sleep…" Kagome said quietly. Was I? What did I say? "Well its nothing, go back to bed" he ordered closing his eyes.
"Nothing? Look at you! You're covered in sweat!" she said rushing forward. "I said I'm fine, just leave me alone already!" he braked, shooing her away. Kagome turned angrily and walked away muttering something along the lines of, "Stupid Inuyasha".
The half-demon held his sword close and tried to get some sleep. He could still remember the dream perfectly, that terrible laughter, and his friend's desperate shouts for help. Shaking his head Inuyasha forced the thoughts out and went back to bed.
