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Chapter Two Dreams In the Haven

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The three girls plunged into the trees, the three dogs leading the way. Swiftly dodging in and out of the branches that they knew so well, they all speeded towards their glade.

Though technically it didn't belong to them, they felt like the Glade had meant for them to find it, and they felt
obligated to protect and fight for it.

Strangely enough, it seemed that the dogs understood the need to get to the Glade, because they were practically flying over the ground, although never leaving the girls sight.

Suddenly they all three slammed to a stop and raised their noses to the air, sniffing.

The entrance to the Glade was only a few feet away.

The girls skidded and Tara even tripped, falling right on top of Inuyasha's back. Becca and Lori giggled a little bit at her and Inuyasha calmly licked her cheek before returning to sniffing the air. Tara stood up, brushed herself off, and motioned for the girls to follow.

The girls and the dogs moved silently up to the gate, and looking at each other, they made a decision and nodded.

"Go boy!!" They yelled together at the dogs, who took their cue and darted into the Glade entrance.

After waiting five seconds, they tore in after them, but were frozen stock still by the sight that met their eyes.

The three ferocious dogs, who by the way, were all hip tall at the shoulder, whose fangs and growl could easily scare the bravest man...were running around in circles chasing after the intruder.

Which happened to be a bunny.

"A bunny?" Lori said, mouth gaping.

"We followed a bunny?" Becca asked as well.

Tara sank to her knees on the emerald green floor.

"We got all worked up...over a freaking rabbit?!" she yelled dramatically, and fell fully to the ground.

Becca and Lori began laughing, also falling to the ground and cackling their heads off.

The dogs didn't seem to mind, as they were having a lot of fun chasing after that darned rabbit. Yapping and barking like puppies, Inuyasha, Koga, and even Sesshomaru ran around after the poor little creature.

The rabbit was obviously not smart enough to realize that if he simply left the Glade he'd stop being chased. Dumb creature.

Tara got up off the floor and moved over to where the girls were still giggling and smacked them fondly on the heads. The girls grinned and yanked her down to sit between them. For several minutes they just watched the dogs chase the mentally challenged bunny around in circles in their haven.

"We should have a sleepover guys." Lori said, and looked at the girls.

"Oh my gosh we so should! We haven't had a sleepover in ages!" Becca said excitedly.

"Yeah! I'm so bringing the movies!" Tara squealed.

Lori giggled.

"Alrighty then, how bout we all go to our houses and get stuff, then come back here and watch movies till dawn?" she asked.

"Woohoo!!" Tara and Becca cried.

This must have distracted the dogs from their chase, since the bunny somehow got away. Inuyasha and Koga seemed to pout as they walked over to Tara and Becca and plopped down beside them. Sesshomaru sniffed and walked gracefully over to Lori before sitting beside her, head held high.

Lori had noticed when she'd taken him home last night that he always stayed very close to her, but never lied his head in her lap or licked her face like Inuyasha and Koga often did the girls.

While it saddened her somewhat, she told herself that it was truly the way she would have expected the real Sesshomaru to act.

'I certainly picked a good name for you, didn't I Sesshomaru?' she thought to herself as she looked at the white dog beside her.

He must have sensed her looking at him, because his head turned to look at her. His golden eyes were almost catlike, and showed a sharp mind behind them.

As the girls had realized before, these animals were much, much smarter than normal creatures. Probably than many humans they knew.

"Lori?" she heard her name and snapped back to reality.

"Yeah?" she asked, looking at the girls.

"You wanna come back to the Glade now?" Becca asked grinning.

Tara giggled.

"She must have been daydreaming about her favorite demon." she said as she hugged Inuyasha.

Lori smiled and said, "Actually...I was. I was just thinking how much Sesshomaru reminds me of the real Sesshomaru."

"How so?" Tara asked.

"He'll sit by me like he is now, but doesn't lick at my face or pull at my clothes or anything. And he acts so dignified." Lori said thoughtfully.

Tara tilted her head in thought.

"I can see how you'd think that. He does act very...well dignified." she said with a smile.

Becca stood up and brushed her pants off.

"Well chica's, lets get to our houses! I wanna start watching movies!" she said, reaching out her hands which the girls took.

Tara also brushed herself off and righted her skirt.

"Watch movies, talk about guys, consume junkfood." she ticked off her fingers.

The girls laughed and Lori smacked her on the back of the head.

"Consumed? You're such a drama queen!" Lori and Becca slapped high fives.

Tara sighed.

"I'm so abused. The only one who loves me is Inuyasha!" she cried to the sky, but was quickly enveloped in a hug from both sides.

"Nah just kidding Darlin', we love you!" Lori said.

"Yeah! If we didn't, we wouldn't pick on you!" Becca said, a large smirk on her face.

"Choking! Can't...breath!" Tara said, then started laughing and hugged her friends back.

They all walked arm in arm for the way back to the road. When they reached it, they were only about five blocks from the split up.

A smirk covering Tara's face, she swiftly pulled her arms from the girls, slapped their arms and yelled, "Race ya!" and quickly took off with Inuyasha.

"Hey! You cheater!" Lori cried and ran after her with Becca beside her.

Lori looked at Sesshomaru who was running smoothly beside her. She grinned.

"Go get her boy!" She told him.

Sesshomaru's white ears flicked and he seemed to grin before putting on a burst of speed that quickly caught him up to Tara.

Tara noticed that she had a big white blur quickly closing in on her and screamed, diving for her house door.

Lori and Becca saw Tara and Inuyasha slip into the house and close the door and started laughing.

Suddenly they heard a blood curdling scream from inside her house and darted.

Reached the door, Lori and Becca pounded on the door.

"Tara?? Tara!! Open this door! What's wrong?" the girls screamed, and didn't even notice that Sesshomaru and Koga were sitting probably five feet away with doggy grins written all over their faces.

Lori heard a sound from behind the door, and the front door wrenched open, revealing a grinning Tara.

"Just kidding!" and the door slammed closed again before Lori and Becca could strangle her.

They heard her laughter on the other side of the door and began laughing as well, both of them heading for their houses.

"Meet in five minutes!" Lori yelled to Becca as they parted, who nodded and went inside her house with Koga.

"Come on Sesshomaru." Lori said fondly to the white dog, and walked inside her house. She made her way quickly downstairs to her room, hearing the soft pads of Sesshomaru's feet on the carpet.

"Do you know where I put that bag Sesshomaru? I had it last night." she said aloud, looking in her closet, under her bed, in the bathtub, anywhere she could think of to find her bag.

She was beginning to get irritated when she turned around to see Sesshomaru on her bed with the bag beside him. He had a proud look on his face. Kind of like, "Stupid girl." but a little nicer than that.

Lori giggled and said, "oh." and started throwing random things in her bag.

Sesshomaru watched as mp3 player, speakers, laptop, cd's, movies, notebooks all flew into the bag. He watched as Lori stood in front of him, thinking of what else she needed.

"Oh...clothes!" Lori giggled again and moved to her closet.

Standing in her closet, she grabbed the clothes she wanted to wear as well as pajamas, and heard a strange sound that sounded like laughter. Poking her head out of her clost door, she stared at Sesshomaru.

He was sniffing and rubbing his nose. Somehow, still looking dignified.

Lori laughed. "Am I amusing you My lord?" she asked sarcastically. Sesshomaru sniffed again and she laughed all the harder.

Finally getting everything in her bag that she wanted, she turned out all the lights and left the room. She locked the front door as she left and when to the meeting point in between the three houses. Becca was waiting for her there with Koga.

Lori smiled as she watched Becca rub Koga's head and him slip his head beneath her arm and snatch the hair tie from her hair. She laughed and waved at them.

Becca saw her and grinned.

"Tara late?" Lori asked.

Becca rolled her eyes fondly and nodded.

"Probably looking for the videos. As much as she loves them, she's constantly misplacing them." she said.

"Speaking of devils..." Lori trailed off sarcastically as they saw Tara walk out her door.

"I heard that!" they heard her yell, her back turned as she locked the door.

After securing the lock, she ran quickly across the road, Inuyasha padding along with her.

"Ready?" she asked, hefting her bag strap higher on her shoulder.

"Yep!" Lori and Becca answered, and the trio once again linked arms and made their way back to their house, their dog companions running around them.

The journey to The Glade was shorter than usual it seemed, and within no time at all, they were at the vine door, slipping through and making their way up their staircase.

They were laughing and chatting like normal teen girls as they marched into their home in the trees, throwing their bags every which way and tossing their shoes off.

"How bout some tunes?" Becca said with a grin, and pushed a cd into the stereo, cranking up the volume.

Thats a great thing about having a house not only in an isolated place, but also in the sky. You could turn your music up pretty darn loud!

To their delight, the first song that played on her homemade cd was "Can't Fight The Moonlight." More than likely because of their obsession with the Inuyasha men, they positively loved this song.

At one point in time, they had even come up with a dance for it!

So, dressed in pj pants and their t-shirts, they danced around the room, watching only by the eyes of their dogs. Who were clearly enjoying the show, judging by the wagging tails they were trying to hide.

"Can't fight the moonlight noooo!" They sang at the top of their voices, giddy with excitement and all tension of the day washing away.

When the song ended, they plopped down on the bed, out of breath but smiling.

"Who's up for soda and a certain show?" Tara asked, and jumped up to run to their minifridge, which was among their most cherished posessions.

Lori and Becca held up their hands, and as soon as the soda's were in their grasp, proceeded to press the cold cans to each others necks. Call it a tradition of sorts. Who can make the other scream loudest, or something like that.

Having lost the coke war, Lori got up and pushed the cd in, then plopped down on the furry rug in front of the tv with her friends. The dogs laid themselves comfortably around them, and as she expected, Sesshomaru laid down beside her, keeping contact but never making another move.

Lori nudged Tara, who was in the middle and said, "Typical male huh? Never makes the first move!" Tara laughed and relayed the message to Becca who also laughed. Then the sound of their favorite show came from the speakers and they squealed and watched.

It was their favorite episode ever of Inuyasha, one that showed all three of their guys! Typical Inuyasha and Koga fighting over Kagome and Sesshomaru waltzing around killing little things and smiling when the worlds doom is near. And the girls totally loved it.

They sang along with the japanese song, just mouthing along nonsense with the japanese parts they didn't know. Lori noticed that the dogs ears perked up at hearing the introduction of the show. But then her attention was diverted by the show.

They laughed, quoted lines, and snorted at the retarted things the boys did.

They all three noticed though, that the dogs seemed much more interested in the show than normal things.

Raising an eyebrow, Tara rubbed Inuyasha's ears, as his head was in her lap. He had just been growling and sniffing at something the show Koga had said. Something along the lines of "FIlthy Mutt." You know, normal Koga behavior.

Becca leaned over and whispered to them.

"They sure are acting funny."

"Maybe they're identifying with their characters!" Lori giggled. She squealed as Lord Sesshomaru came on screen, did some powerful demon stuff, abused Jaken (which they all thought was hilarious.

Lori saw Sesshomaru even sniff a couple times which she could have sworn sounded like snorts of laughter) and called Inuyasha stupid. Again, typical Sesshomaru behavior.

The girls watched in silence as Koga wiggled closer to Inuyasha from where he lay across Becca's lap and nipped at Inuyasha's tail, making him growl .

Becca patted Koga gently on the head in disapproval and Koga wagged his tail innocently.

Tara was giggling her head off at all of this, and was surprised to feel something flicker around her waist. She looked down and noticed it was a black tail. She looked at Inuyasha who was seemingly staring innocently at the tv.

"Yes?" she asked, grinning. Inuyasha ignored her, so she turned her attention back to the show.

For the rest of the show the dogs behaved themselves and the girls were free to enjoy the show, each other, and the comforting presence of the dogs.

Around midnight, the three of them began drifting asleep. Not even bothering to pull out the other beds, the girls curled up next to their dog and went to sleep.

Becca lay with her head on Koga's stomach, his tail lying across her stomach, and Tara was in a position quite like that. She looked like she had a fluffly black scarf. A biiig scarf.

The last one to fall asleep, Lori blinked sleepily, watching the tv blearily as the credits ran. Slowly she layed her head down on the rug, and just as she was drifting asleep, felt a soft warmth around her.

Burrowing into the soft white fur, she fell asleep with a peaceful smile on her face.

Lori looked around the dark room, lit only with a soft crystal lamp. Taking in her surroundings, she saw she was standing in the center of a room, with the door straight in front of her.

The room was gorgeous, elegant and antique looking, almost as if it were from a fairy-tale castle picture.

She shivered as a cold wind brushed across her shoulders, and a sound pulled her attention to the door.

She watched with wide eyes as it opened slowly, light pouring into the room, almost blinding her.

She shielded her eyes and saw a large figure standing in the light of what looked like a hall.

"Who's there?" she asked, her voice shaking slightly.

"Fear not love, it's me." a smooth, deep voice answered her. She shivered again, but it wasn't from the cold.

"Are you cold?" the voice asked with concern.

"A little." Lori answered truthfully.

"Here." She saw the figure move and something very soft and very heavy was placed around her shoulders, and she gasped as she was pulled close to the man.

"Who are you?" she asked, but strangely, felt no fear.

She saw the figure smile, and caught a glimpse of fangs. She never heard what he whispered, all she could think about was him leaning down and pressing his lips to hers in a warm kiss.
Lori's eyes snapped open, and mentally she groaned.'It was such a nice dream!' she sighed aloud, and felt a wet nose touch her cheek.

She looked up into golden-brown eyes and smiled.

"Hey Fluffy." she said, and kissed his nose. To her surprise, he didn't do anything except put his head back down next to hers.

Deciding to think about it in the morning, she closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

The only ones who weren't asleep, were the three dogs who simply stared at one another, eyes glittering in the darkness.