Nightmares

"DIE NARAKU!!" Kagome yelled as she released her sacred arrow straight at the demon. With a smirk, he turned towards her and caught the arrow in his hand.

"You're sacred arrows won't have any affect on me!" He broke the arrow with one hand and grabbed Kagome's throat with the other. She choked and dropped her bow as she was lifted off the ground. She coughed and gasped, but Naraku's grip only tightened as his smirk widened. "You will die now!"

"No…. no…" Kagome rolled over under her sleeping bag, the material catching around her legs and making her unable to move. "No…. Naraku….." Sweat covered her face and neck as she slept on, oblivious to all around her except for the nightmare.

Kagome saw InuYasha standing off to the side holding Kikyo's hand as he watched her and Naraku. His face appeared expressionless as he watched Naraku kill her. "No…InuYasha…" Kagome reached for him, but he was out of her grasp. Tears began to fill her eyes as Kikyo's voice filled her ears.

"He has chosen me. There is no place here for you. There never was! Now die!" Suddenly, it was Kikyo who was clutching Kagome's throat, with InuYasha standing just behind her.

"No…K-Kikyo…." Kagome gasped, "Inu-In-InuYasha!!" Kagome choked out.

"Inu…Ya…sha…." Kagome mumbled in her sleep. "InuYasha!!" Kagome awoke with a start, sitting up suddenly, startling a sleeping Shippo.

"Kagome…What's wrong?" The young kitsune asked drowsily. He rubbed his eyes, and laid his head back down on her pillow, falling back asleep just as quickly as he had been awoken. Kagome sat up, panting and clutching her face. After a few moments she looked around the small camp to see Miroku and Sango asleep with Kirara on the other side of the campfire. She glanced around again, looking for the comforting sight of InuYasha, only to see that he wasn't there.

'Oh InuYasha…' Kagome thought as she looked up at the sky, the lingering effects of the nightmare making her wide awake. She stared at the full moon for a moment before noticing something slide into and out of her vision. 'Kikyo's soul collectors…' She thought as she untangled herself from her sleeping bag. She grabbed her bow and quiver of arrows, as she ran from the campsite, following the white creature to Kikyo. 'InuYasha must be with her…' She thought as she hurried after the soul collector.