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The Darkness Within
Chapter 1: Dream or Reality
Darkness.
That's all that surrounded her.
She was completely engulfed in a dark void that she couldn't escape.
She looked around her surroundings, trying to find any kind of light that could lead her out from this place.
"Hello…" she whispered softly, almost scared who might answer her back.
"Where am I? Is anyone here! " She yelled out loud in frustration. She sighed heavily, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples softly, she was starting to get a headache.
She blinked a couple of times, hearing footsteps…
"Hello!" She yelled trying to see if someone could help her. She squinted her eyes, trying to see if she could see anyone.
The footsteps were getting louder, they seemed to be running. She noticed a small figure running towards her, it seemed to be a little boy. He looked to have a distressed face, as if he was running away from a monster.
"…Shippo?" She asked, watching the boy run towards her. She watched as the little kitsune in question come running up to her, jumping and clinging himself to her waist in terror.
"Shippo what's wrong?" She asked softly to the distressed little boy, trying to calm his nerves. She looked down at his quivering form, her eyes widening slightly. She noticed he was bleeding at his side…it seemed like claw marks….
"Oh my god Shippo what happened!" She hurriedly asked looking down at the kitsune in worry. She quickly ripped the hem of her shirt, exposing some of her stomach, but she didn't care. She quickly pressed the cloth against his wound, hoping to stop the bleeding. She watched him wince in pain, and look up at her with wide eyes.
"Kagome…"He took a sharp intake of air, and continued, "You have to run…he's coming…" He said quickly, his eyes lowering.
"Shippo…" She said softly, staring down at him. She gritted her teeth as she told herself that he'd be okay. She wiped away the tears that were already forming with the back of her hand. "Who's coming…?" She asked him curiously.
"He…is coming for you…" He responded to her…his breathing was becoming ragged…"Kagome…run" He warned her, before his eyes finally went dull…and his breathing finally ceased…
"Shippo…" She called to him, her eyes widen. She shook him lightly "Come on…stop playing…" She continued, staring at the boy in her hand…his face pale…and drained of life..."Shippo…" She said quietly realization finally hitting her…he was gone…and wasn't coming back…She gripped his body to her closely in a hug…tears slowly cascading down her cheeks.
"What the…?" Suddenly there was a loud yell…but it wasn't a normal yell…it sounded inhuman…it sent shivers down her spine…why was she so scared? " He's coming for me…?" She repeated words Shippo had just told her…could it be Naraku. She thought to herself. She slowly placed Shippo down on the floor…frowning she placed her hand over his eyes, slowly closing them for him. Without another word, she ran off in the direction Shippo had come from.
Up high in a tree…a pair of golden eyes were watching curiously from up in his perch. InuYasha was never really the type to sleep on the floor with the others. He liked being in high places…it made good for keeping guard for any demons that might want to attack them and because it was comfortable. He looked down inspecting his surroundings.
Miroku was of course…sleeping against a tree, with his staff snuggled securely around his left arm. While his right hand twitched and groped around for its usual prey. InuYasha stared at the monk in disgust, as he turned his attention to the person only a few feet away from the lecherous monk. Sango was comfortably lying on her side, with Kirara, her small, but fierce in battle cat demon, sleeping curled up in a ball next to her. InuYasha sighed heavily his ears twitching slightly. He looked down to see what was happening…he saw Kagome snuggled into one of those…sleeping bags…as she called them…with a small fur ball sleeping peacefully underneath the sleeping bag on Kagome's stomach. He glared, obviously jealous of the little kitsune's position on HIS Kagome! 'Wait…my Kagome? When the hell did I start thinking of her like that?' He thought to him self, ' You always thought of her that way…because you care for her…' his inner voice responded back to him. 'Shut up! That isn't true! She's just a stupid shard detector and nothing more! ' He argued back. His ears twitched again, his thoughts being interrupted with something moving around underneath him. He quickly jumped down from the tree, landing quietly next to Kagomes' sleeping form.
"Kagome?" He looked at her curiously noticing her being slightly restless…he blinked a couple of times…he smelled salt…was she crying? He stiffened when she suddenly turned to face him…the camp fire illuminating her face perfectly…making her look almost angelic-like when she slept. He stared at her…just taking in her features…she was defiantly different from Kikyo…which he constantly reminded her from time to time. Unlike Kikyo…Kagome was full of life, and is always happy and smiling…but Kikyo…even when she was alive 50 years ago…she didn't show a lot of emotion…she just kept a serious face…only occasionally smiling or laughing at something he might have done. Now even back then…Kikyo was never content with him just being a half-demon. She had wanted him to use the shikon jewel to turn himself into a human…like her, so they could be together, but…Kagome was different. She liked him how he was…they usually got into arguments about him wanting to use the shikon jewel to become a full demon, and she would always get mad at him. He didn't know why it even mattered to her.
His thoughts were again interrupted…the smell of salt getting stronger. He could clearly see the tears were now freely flowing down her face. He tilted his head to the side curiously…watching her. He wondered what she was dreaming that would make her cry…
She could hear what sounded like a battle or struggle…She hoped she could find Sango, Kirara, and Miroku, just so she would know if they were okay…she didn't think that she could take losing someone else…
She stopped breathing heavily. She had been running anxiously…wanting to know if her friends were all right, hopefully he was with them…then she could be sure they were safe. She took a deep breath, and continued running towards her destination. She picked up her pace, having an empty feeling at the body of her stomach; she knew she had to find her friends right now.
She blinked stopping with a skid…she finally made it to her destination…how did she know? Well…because in front of her was Kaede's village… and it was on fire, she shielded her eyes from the fierce flames, that were now engulfing the whole village…her eyes widen…she saw bodies…the people who lived in the village…the men…who seemed to had tried so hard to protect their home and loved ones. She cringed at the site of women, and children…not moving…just staring ahead with their soulless gaze, She closed her eyes tightly. She had just seen Kaede…She was face down on the floo, with her cross bow next to her…why…why was this happening! It's not fair! She felt light headed…She needed to find her friends…
"Watch out Sango!" A man yelled in warning, it was Miroku…they were here! She opened her eyes and ran for where the voice had come from…it wasn't too far from the village. She came out from behind a tree and coming up into a clearing…Sango and Miroku were there…and they were fighting some demon she couldn't recognize…she couldn't see them clearly. Suddenly, there was a loud growl and something big crashing to the floor. The creature in question let out a small growl in pain before it went into silence.
"Kirara!" She heard Sango yell in worry for her fallen friend. Kagome shook her head quickly, running over to Kirara, also in worry for her friend.
"Kirara…you okay?" She asked the neko youkai softly, running her hand softly over her head, caressing her…wanting to ease her pain. Kirara transformed to her smaller form, letting out a silent meow…and just like Shippo…she went silent and still…Tears fell on the little kits fur…her friends were dying…
"Kagome you shouldn't be here! You need to go back to your time, and seal up the well for your own safety!" Sango yelled to her friend anxiously. She brought her Hiraikotsu behind her and with all her strength hurled her weapon towards the demon that was causing all this chaos…
It had to be Naraku…who else would be so heartless…as to cause all these deaths…
"Kagome you shouldn't be here…" A masculine voice said from behind her, she recognized the voice instantly. It was Miroku. She turned around to face him, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Miroku…who's doing this!" She yelled desperately…she needed answers…She looked at him helplessly. The usually lecherous monk, who was always joking around and joyful…was serious…and he wouldn't even look at her, why! She noticed him turn his attention back to Sango, their eyes widen. The young youkai taijiya had thrown her weapon, but the demon easily jumped gracefully in the air, avoiding the demon exterminators' blow. There was a pause in time. Kagome's eyes widen, her head was spinning…she could see from the corner of her eye Miroku running towards the whole thing in slow motion…he was trying to save her before it was too late…Kagome screamed as time went back to normal, the demon bringing its claws down on her, slashing her from the shoulder down. Kagome closed her eyes, still hearing the sickening rip of skin, and blood splattering all over the ground.
"SANGO!" Miroku yelled running at the demon, he swung his staff at him, but the demon easily jumped back…watching the monk with amusement…Miroku quickly fell to his knees next to Sango, holding her carefully in his arms…He stared down at her…"Sango…please…don't leave me…"he gritted his teeth, tears stinging the corners of his eyes. He hugged her tightly to him. "Please…come back…I promise I wont flirt with any other girl…Sango…you're the only one I want to be with…" He whispered silently in her ear, hoping she would hear his plea.
The demon watched on in amusement…licking its claws clean of the blod of the women he had just killed…how he loved the taste of human blood…it made his blood boil with excitement when it got to see the fear in her eyes…now it was the monks turn…
Kagome shook her head…please…if this is a dream, let it end! Why couldn't I just dream of stupid math equations attacking me! Tears now freely flowed down her face; she didn't think she could stop crying…She opened her eyes to see Miroku holding Sango's now lifeless body…no…why! She kept screaming these questions to herself, and there didn't seem to be an answer to them. Her eyes widen, the demon was heading for Miroku. She panicked and tried warning him, but when she went to yell, no sound came out from her mouth, she held her throat…why wasn't she able to say anything! She looked on as the demon finally reached him. The demon smirked down at the boy who was saying worthless nothings to the corpse in his arms. Kagome tried yelling to Miroku to warn him, but still no sound came from her! The demon quickly descended its claws through the boys back, watching with amusement at the monk letting out a short, but sweet yell of pain…the demon quickly retracted his hand from him…watching him fall limply on the girl…He smirked widely…staring at the blood dripping down his claws…Yes…he loved this.
Kagome watched helplessly…Why isn't he here! If he were here, this wouldn't be happening! Her eyes widen, the demon was looking straight at her…Oh no…She slowly backed away…the demon growled walking towards her…No…he's going to kill me next…Her head was spinning like crazy now…the smell of flesh and blood lingering around her, was making her nauseas. She continued to back away, until she tripped over something, causing her to fall back. Ow… that hurt…she sat up…wondering what had caused her to fall. Her eyes widened…it was…Kouga…he was just lying there…his lifeless eyes staring her…Her whole body was shaking…She was scared…she wished he was here to help her right now…She looked to see the demon already a few feet away from her…She quickly scrambled up to her feet…and started running.
The demon just watched on in amusement…this was like a game for him…He easily jumped in a tree…disappearing.
InuYasha watched Kagome closely…he was getting kind of worried…she was still crying, and her body was shaking…He lowered his face…his nose almost touching hers…I wish I could help you Kagome…he thought to himself sadly.
"Trying to sneak a kiss I see…" A mischievous voice said from in front of him. InuYasha fell back quickly…cursing underneath his breath…he was so caught up on Kagome…he didn't even hear him wake up.
"Shut up monk…" He yelled standing up " I wasn't doing that…" he glared daggers at him…he was on the others side of Kagome.
"Uh huh…" Miroku responded to his hotheaded friend. "So what was it you were doing then?" He stared at his friend …tilting her head to the side curiously.
"She was making noise, and I just came to check on her…I can't get any sleep if the wench is here making noise…" InuYasha responded with his usual annoyed tone. His ears twitched…he quickly looked to Kagome…Her breathing was becoming ragged…and her face was contorted…seemed to be like she was in pain…
"Miroku…do you think we should wake her up?" InuYasha asked the monk in front of him…he kept his gaze on Kagome…waiting for him to respond his question.
"Yeah…maybe we should…" Miroku said in his serious tone…noticing the state Kagome was actually in…and for InuYasha to be like this…it would mean there was reason to be worrying…
Kagome was being lifted up from the ground. She stared down at the demon that killed her friends, and was now going to do the same to her. The demon stared up at her with a cynical smirk. He enjoyed the fear he was inflicting on her. He tightened his grip on her neck, lifting her higher in the air…he watched her wince in pain…as he drew some blood from her neck…
She grabbed the demons hand that was keeping her from breathing…She squirmed, trying to get from his grasp…her eyes slowly falling…it was starting to get dark again…
"Inu…Yasha…"She whispered…in hopes that he would show up like he always did…and save her.
The demon smirked watching his pray squirm. He tilted his head to the side when he heard her say that name. He tightened his grip on her neck…"Sorry…he isn't here right now…" he responded to her…bringing his face closer to hers. Her eyes widen…it couldn't be. He smirked…seeing her reaction. She closed her eyes tightly feeling herself being shaken…
"Wake up Kagome!" She heard someone yell to her in the distance.
"Wake up Kagome!" InuYasha tried again…shaking her shoulders. Miroku watched on…waiting for her to wake up. They watched the girl in question shoot up from her sleeping bag, causing the furl ball kitsune to roll out from her sleeping bag…She stared ahead…breathing heavily and holding her neck…
Miroku and InuYasha blinked a couple of times…watching her worriedly. "Kagome…you okay?" Miroku asked softly…not wanting to startle her…
Kagome heard that familiar voice…and turned to him quickly. Tears streamed down her face. She quickly hugged Miroku, crying silently on his shoulder…"You're okay…"she mumbled in his shirt…hugging him tighter…afraid that he would go away again…
InuYasha blinked a couple of times watching the whole scene unfold in front of his eyes…What the hell was going on…
"Seems Lady Kagome has finally realized she wanted me all along…" Miroku said in his usual suave voice…InuYasha glared at him angrily. Suddenly Kagome turned to face InuYasha…her eyes widening in fear…
InuYasha stared at her curiously…she was staring at him with…was that fear…in her eyes?
Suddenly Kagome forgot about everything…her body shivering suddenly…as she felt the almost too familiar hand of a certain lecherous monk groping her backside…She let out a scream…InuYasha quickly grabbed her from him protectively…glaring at the monk. Then there was a bone-crushing thud. A very pissed off demon exterminator had brought her huge boomerang down on the lecherous monks head. Sango glared down at the pervert…crossing her arms over her chest, and turning her back on him. Miroku laid on the floor unconscious…a huge bump forming from his head.
"Baka…" Shippo mumbled sleepily…rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Kirara's tail waved around lazily behind her. She let out a small meow…as if agreeing with her kitsune friend.
Well, thats chapter one...please tell me what you thought, it would really help me if you would give me any ideas on maybe what you want to see happen or something, or any advice ...or ya know tell me if I did something wrong...or might have written something wrong about our favorite Inu gang.