AN: Ok, so this is edited now and I rewrote some parts. The other chapter is in the midst of being rewritten as well so once I coomplete that I have the update all ready for you.

DISCLAIMER: This will cover the whole fic cause I know that I will forget to do this in the future. I do not own Inuyasha.

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The silver light of the moon speckled through the trees to illuminate a stone statue standing in the middle of an enclosed courtyard. Circling the statue were twelve figures. All hooded and cloaked in brown, blending in with the surrounding woods. A school girl stood, hiding behind a marble column staring with awe. Quietly at first, the figures began to chant. Gradually their noise grew louder as they went. The girl couldn't understand what it was that was being said for it was an ancient language long ago forgotten by the common people of her time.

For what seemed forever she stood there, frozen, watching them circle the statue. Breaking from her trance the girl turned her attention toward the statue. It was an angel, or it seemed so at first, but with a closer look it wasn't an angel at all. It was an elvish looking woman, with the pointed ears and the long figure. She was being dragged down to the depths of hell by its minions at her feet. Searing pain flooded the school girl's head as she realized the chanting had stopped. She fell to the ground to land on a blanket of thick purple mist.

The girl kept falling and the mist faded away to reveal the courtyard had vanished but the statue remained and glowed an eerie pale green. She looked at the statue, falling as she was, through a never-ending void. She looking into the eyes of the woman, eyes although carved in stone held a depth of hatred and anger she thought impossible for even a living person. Then the eyes glowed brighter and brighter as she stared, unable to look away. A voice rang in her head and she broke eye contact only to be greeted with horrifying images.

She paid no mind to the voice as she cried and screamed at what she now saw before her. Her friends, her family, everyone she cared about, one by one she watched as each of them met gruesome deaths. She tried to close her eyes but it was no use; she saw them just the same. Some were impaled-multiple times, some were slowly burned alive and others were mercilessly tortured.

With each person she saw perish her heart ached and cracked. When the last person came into view her heart finally shattered. The pain she felt was unrivaled to anything she had ever felt before as she watched the life seep away from the eyes of the one she loved. She screamed out his name as she kept falling. She now felt as though she were the one who had died The voice in her mind became clearer now and she could easily make out its meaning. She kept falling, her head spinning with the echoed words . . . you will be mine . . .

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Kagome woke with a start. Her heart was racing and she was covered in sweat. She put her hands to her heart as it felt like it was about to burst from her chest. "It was only a dream . . . yeah . . . a dream." She kept repeating out loud to herself. Around her in the clearing everyone else was still sound asleep. After her heart had calmed, she glanced across the clearing with a grateful thought to see she hadn't woken anyone up, at least no one that she could see that is.

Kagome looked up into the branches of the tree above her. She saw no movement, so she laid back down in her sleeping bag and shut her eyes tightly, trying her hardest to rid herself of her nightmare. Her thoughts were scattered as she tossed and turned, her mind reeling with the echoed words of her nightmare.

As Kagome was on the verge of drifting into fitful state of unconsciousness, a figure jumped from the tree above her. The moon bounced off his immaculate silver hair, the only thing you could make out in the middle of the night. He landed with practiced stealth and kneeled before the sleeping girl. She was still tossing and turning, and just by one sniff he could tell she was on the brink of tears. Dog ears perched atop his head swivelled and turned, listening for any sign of rousing from the others in the clearing. Hearing nothing but soft snores and the occasional grunt, he turned his attention again to the sleeping girl before him.

Letting instinct get the better of him he ran his hand across her face, sweeping her hair back and smoothing out the lines of worry etched across her forehead. She leaned into his touch, but she was still restless, just barely on the edge of waking again. Clawed hands gently took the girl and lifted her head onto a warm pillow of crossed legs as the figure rearranged himself and the girl so that he rested his back against the base of the tree while her head laid in his lap. He ran his fingers through her hair, his warmth and presence finally calming the shaken girl. Just as she was passing into a more restful sleep one word passed her lips that stilled the hand in her hair, "Inuyasha."

The hanyou looked down at the girl in his arms and allowed a small smile to grace his lips. Then his hand continued moving through her hair, his fingers caressing her face every so often. A sense of calmness washed throughout his body, letting him relax, the demon in him was content with his current position. He sat there, his features soft, and looking peaceful, save for the constant twitching of the little fur-covered triangles on his head. One thought his demon left going through his mind as he finally let his eyes close, "Damn right bitch."