" " -speech ' ' -thought Chapter 1: Where Is Kagome?
+ Inuyasha, you are important.
You shine like the third star to the right.
Keep doing what you do best.
Kagome counts on you, she believes in you— do you know that? Inuyasha, you are a half demon. You get teased and hated.
You are not what other people expect for their hero, but Kagome thinks differently.
Can you tell?
Do not yell at her and put her down.
She believes that you are her hero. She trusts you.
Do you trust her?
Trust her, Inuyasha. Don't forget her, Inuyasha.
Inuyasha woke up, struck by what his dream-self told him.
'What...was that all...about?' he thought.
He yawned as he stretched. Then he scratched his nose. 'Hmm? Is that what I really do to Kagome— put her down?'
He jumped off his tree and looked back and forth.
'That's strange. Where is everybody? Let's see, where did everybody sleep last night'
He closed his eyes, putting it all back into his mind.
"Okay, Kagome was in my lap. Sango and Miroku were sleeping at the root of the tree, and Myoga, Shippo, and Kirara were sleeping... in Sango and Miroku's lap. That sounds about right."
He looked back and forth again. Where was everyone?
'AHH! Why would they run off without waking me?'
He heard Sango calling, "Here, Kirara!"
Inuyasha ran in the direction of her voice.
"Sango!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Oh...Uh...yeah, Inu— Inuyasha?"
"Where's Kagome?" he asked with a worried look on his face.
"UHHHHHH...Well...I-I don't know Inuyasha...Uhhh, why don't you ask...ummm...Kaede?"
"Umm...Oookaaay. Whatever"
He ran off slightly puzzled at Sango's behavior. 'Sango seems to know something that I don't.'
He walked into Kaede's house.
"HEY, OLD HAG!" he yelled.
Kaede sighed, "Aye, Inuyasha?"
"Where's Kagome?"
Her eyes widened.
"She is not with you?"
"Feh! If she were, do you think I'd be asking you?" He sat down violently.
"Nay, child. Do you think she was mad at you when she left?"
"NAY!" he teased. "I was asleep when she left."
"Oh. Well then, Inuyasha, where does she usually go when she is mad at you?"
"GRRRRR! Old hag! She is not mad at me!" he yelled. Then he whispered, "She goes to the lake under the Great Moon."
"Aye, now go and see about her."
He got up and left. As he walked to the lake, he started to think.
"Hmph! My dream was a hoax! I mean, if she thought of me as 'her hero' she wouldn't hate me like she does!" he stopped and looked down at his hands,
"I— I am a half demon. That's all; Kagome only thinks of me as a-a-a half breed."
He pulled the locket Kagome gave to him and opened it.
"Ka-Kagome, why did you make this for me? We argue all the time; I mean, even in our pictures in this locket we are arguing."
Suddenly the photo of Kagome looked at him and yelled, "Inuyasha! SIT BOY!"
Then it stated to another argument, "I HATE YOU, Inuyasha!"
He looked away from the locket and closed it as a tear ran down his face. Then he heard something.
"INUYASHA! DON'T DIE!"
He looked back and forth. "Kagome! Kagome! Where are you?"
The voice repeated, "Inuyasha, Don't die! Don't die! Don't die on me"
He could hear her crying. He ran everywhere searching for her, but then realized her voice was only inside his head. He ran towards the lake that she always went to when she was upset.
"Kagome! I am here! Kagome! Please, I am not dieing; I am here!" He looked back and forth and realized that she was not there.
"KAGOME!"
+ I know, everybody, this is a bit sad, but it gets really exciting as it goes along!
Tohru Honda.