Disclaimer: For some reason, I just can't get away from the cross-overs! And this one'll be a little weird; I can assure you of that. But I keep dreaming scenes from it, so obviously I've gotta type it, or be driven insane. And no, again, I don't own Inuyasha, or the Carpathian novels. Oh, and REMINDER: Kagome is 17 when this story starts off.

Summary: Sesshoumaru and Kagome are now allies in the fight against Naraku. But, one day, they're flung into a portal by Naraku's newest creation, a creation which none of them can seem to combat. They're thrust into an unfamiliar world with creatures neither human nor demon, and Sesshoumaru's blind!

Dark Days

Chapter 1

"Inuyasha, Osuwari!" Kagome Higurashi's loud voice cut through the silence of the forest, forcing birds to take wing. A loud crash followed her yell, after which was an even louder curse.

"Dammit, wench, stop saying that!" The strong hanyou known as Inuyasha growled from his position in the Inuyasha-sized hole he was lying prone in.

"Don't call me "wench," Inuyasha! Osuwari! And don't curse around the children! Osuwari!" The Inuyasha-sized hole was now an Inuyasha-sized crater. Thankfully, Inuyasha merely growled again, instead of saying anything else.

Kagome sighed and turned to her other, human companions, the youkai slayer Sango and the houshi Miroku, her cerulean eyes still flashing with ire. "Sango-chan, will you help me with dinner? Miroku-san, would you please set up camp for tonight?"

Miroku nodded, his brown eyes catching Sango's own brown eyes, smirking. She blushed and looked away, her long black hair swishing in its pony-tail. She got out the packages of Ramen Kagome kept in her huge yellow bag, the only food they had at the moment. Miroku began setting up a barrier with his long golden staff, to ward of unwanted youkai visitors in the night. Kagome smiled and went over to the inu taiyoukai Sesshoumaru, who was Inuyasha's half-brother, although they hated each other immensely.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, will you hunt tonight? I've got extra Ramen for Rin-chan if you decide to."

Sesshoumaru looked at her with his cold amber eyes, the eyes of his powerful inu bloodline. Inuyasha had them as well, but his brother's were much more powerful and mesmerizing. He snorted, the two maroon stripes on his cheek moving with his mouth. "This Sesshoumaru will stay at camp tonight." Was all he said, his navy-blue, inverted crescent moon glinting in the waning light.

Kagome nodded and grinned, silently admiring the thick, silky hair that hung straight down past the knees of this great Adonis. It was a silver color, although looking at it, it appeared more white in color. It was smooth, unlike Inuyasha's rough, wild silver hair that didn't hang nearly half as long as his did. Kagome envied him for it, twirling a lock of her own inky black hair; it fell to just past her butt.

On Sesshoumaru's sash were his two swords; the fang of healing, Tensaiga, and the possessed sword that only Sesshoumaru could conquer, Tokijin. Tensaiga's brother fang, the fang of killing, Tensusaiga, hung on Inuyasha's fire rat haori. Both had cute fangs peaking from firm lips, and sharp claws tipping their fingers, although Sesshoumaru's, being the full blooded youkai, were sharper and bigger/longer.

Kagome sighed as she boiled Ramen for cooking, smoothing out her green school-girl outfit. (a/n: We all know what that looks like, and the clothes that everyone's wearing, so I'm not going to go into detail explaining them. They all look the same; use your imagination, for gosh's sake!) It was a secret, but Kagome did admire him from afar. But who could help it; he was a god in youkai skin; an ethereal beauty.

"Okaa-san?"

Kagome felt a tug on her skirt, and looked down at her adorable adopted son, the kitsune youkai Shippo. "Yes, Shippo, what's wrong?" She asked, smiling.

"I don't feel so good. Something smells...off." He told her, holding his stomach.

"Huh? "Off?" What do you mean?"

"He is correct, Miko. There is something wrong with the air." Sesshoumaru's deep, lyrical voice came from behind her, and she turned; she was never angry that he called her "miko," for it was more of a title from him.

"You mean, like miasma?" She grabbed her bow and arrows from her pack, just in case, but he shook his head.

"No. It smells like Naraku, but not like him." Although there wasn't any sign of it in his voice or on his face, she knew he was annoyed that he couldn't scent right away the danger.

Next to her, Shippo crawled up to her shoulder, and the fire cat, Kirara, hissed as she, too, scented danger.

"Kagome! Get out of the way!"

Kagome turned at Inuyasha's urgent shout, only to see a tentacle come out of nowhere and attack him. She was just going foreword to help him when she felt herself thrust aside, and heard a soft grunt from Sesshoumaru. Gasping, she looked up at him from her prone position on the ground, only to see his face covered in some kind of smoking slime stuff. (a/n: Sweet; alliteration!)

"Sesshoumaru! Duck!" She commanded without thinking, raising her bow to shoot an arrow full of her miko energy at the large tentacle coming towards the youkai.

Sesshoumaru growled and withdrew Tokijin, the evil energy spraying from the tip and melting the whole tentacle, even though he couldn't see anything at the moment. Mere feet from him, Miroku and Sango had their own hands full with some sort of creature; a giant spider with a human face, tentacles for legs, and a spray of miasma shooting from its abdomen. It appeared to be trying to get to Kagome.

"Kagome! Run!" Miroku called, pulling out five sutras and shooting it at the spider. It didn't seem to do anything, though.

The spider swung its head to face Kagome, who now stood next to Sesshoumaru, her body trembling with the energy emitting from Tokijin. "So, you are the miko, and that is the 'great' Sesshoumaru. You two don't look like much, but Naraku has commanded I get rid of you, so goodbye. Have a nice time spending eternity in the void." He spoke emotionlessly, his hand outstretched as a ball of...nothingness began to grow in his palm. It grew to about the size of a large excercise ball, before shooting out of his palm and towards the two of them.

Kagome shrieked and dove in front of Sesshoumaru, for some reason she didn't know, throwing Shippo out of the way before he, too, got caught in the ball of black that grew to encompass both her and Sesshoumaru as it passed through the air. She threw her miko power out around her, but there wasn't anything for it to purify, Fearful, her miko powers still flaring, she drew close to the taiyoukai, who growled threateningly as an unusual scent of...nothing, of complete cleanliness enveloped him.

The last thing Kagome heard before the darkness closed around her was Inuyasha's loud cry of, "Kagome! No!"

The first thing that returned to him was his sense of smell. He could smell the miko's scent, smoke and peaches, with the spicy undertone of her miko powers. He could smell the dirt under him; they were in what smelled like a clearing, with large pine trees and rich soil surrounding them. Then his hearing returned. He could hear birds calling to one another, the soft scratches of animals running across the earth. He could already feel pain; his whole face was burning from that sticky, slimy substance that youkai had thrown at him in the fight. He tried to open his eyes, and found they seemed to be stuck shut, due to the slime covering them.

He was blind.

That's the first chapter! It seems so short, and I probably could have made the fight scene more detailed, but you know what, it's like 1:30 in the morning, and although I'm not tired, my back's hurting from sitting on this stool for so long. So excuse me if it's a little short, and the fight scene sucks. But please! Go ahead and tell me what you think! I enjoy reviews so very much, and flames will help keep me warm, because for some reason, it's freaking chilly all the time, and it's in the middle of fucking june! Excuse my language, and yes, please review for me.

Ayame