Chapter 2: Whats going on

Kagome had walked off into the forest, she didn't have her walking stick, her foot was feeling alot better, she just wouldn't be able to run or anything. She made it to the Goshinboku, her favorite place to think, she put her hand over the place where Inuyasha was pinned. It was like a scar, no bark could grow there, she just felt it like she was somehow reaching out to Inuyasha...where ever he was.

"Was it something I did?" She thought to herself. "Why would he just leave like that, after he.."

"To be honest I...I love you. I will always have love for Kikyo, but I love you."

Kagome thought back on that moment, the moment he had kissed her, it wasn't the first time they had kissed but, it was just that it was the first meaningful kiss.

"Why did you go?! Could you not at least tell me?!" Kagome cried aloud as she already had tears run down her face.

She remembered the sincerity in his golden eyes when he told her he loved her, so why is he gone now? Kagome didn't want to leave the Goshinboku, but her friends would soon come after her if she did not return. She walked slowly through the forest so she could get her thoughts together. By the time she reached the village she had dried the tears at least, she went down to Kaede's hut and entered.

"Did you find him?" Sango asked sitting with everyone else around the fire pit.

Kagome could feel the hot tears forming in her eyes, she had just dried the other ones, but she stopped them from falling and just shook her head 'no' and walked back to a dark corner and set her cot there and lay down. She couldn't stop thinking of what could have made Inuyasha leave. Sango noticed Kagome's sadness, she walked over into the corner and sat by her friends cot.

"Kagome, I'm sure he is fine, okay. You know he's strong. I don't know what made him leave, but I know he will be back." Sango said putting a hand on Kagome's shoulder.

"Thanks Sango, I needed that. I don't know whats come over me, but I can't stop thinking of him. I've been trying to put the pieces together to try and figure out why he left without saying anything. But maybe, I shouldn't know, maybe he just had to take care of something." Kagome said, she couldn't stop a tear from streaking gently down her cheek.

"Don't let it get you down, come and sit with us for a while okay. Kaede's stew smells awfuly good."

Kagome smiled, it was nice to have such friends like Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kaede, and even Inuyasha. Sometimes she thought about staying there in the fuedal era forever. She got up and walked over to the fire pit and sat down between Shippo and Sango. Kaede was busy checking the stew, Miroku babbling on about something (as always), sitting beside Sango, and Kirara in Sango's lap sleeping. Shippo got up and started bugging Kaede.

"Is it done yet.?"

"Not quite Shippo but soon."

(5 seconds later)

"Is it done yet?"

"Shippo I told ye...ur, just go and sit ye self down somewhere, I'll tell ye when it is finished." Kaede said getting agrivated, but she couldn't lie, this was the part of her life she enjoyed the most, spending time with the group.

Shippo got tired of bugging Kaede and went and sat back by Kagome.

"Kagome, will we continue our search? You know without Inuyasha?" Shippo asked.

Kagome waited and looked at Sango and Miroku. "I don't know yet, we'll all talk about it tommarrow, but for now lets just enjoy our stay."

"Okay!" Shippo said excitedly, he liked when they had group descusions for some reason or another.

Kaede finally announced the stew was ready, everyone got up and got a bowl of it. It was delicious, celery, carrots, somekind of meat?, potatos, and a whole bunch of other vegetables. After they all ate, they sat around talking on different subjects, they all had agreed not to talk about Inuyasha's disappearence for Kagome's sake.

"Well I'm going to bed now. Goodnight everyone." Kagome said walking back to her cot with the little fox child in her arms.

She gently laid him on her cot and laid beside him, just like she had always done.

"Yeah I'm pretty tired too, I'm gonna go to bed too, goodnight." Sango said picking up Kirara and putting Kirara in her cot with her next to Kagome's.

"Well thats my cue, night Keade." Said Miroku dragging his cot next to Sango's and laying down.

Sango peeked open her eyes. "You try anything monk and I'll make to where you won't be able to move." She said.

Miroku's eyes widened, he decided that it would be best if he just kept his hands to himself. He fell asleep fast.

Kagome had already fell asleep, she wanted to fall asleep, to see what would happen, to see...Inuyasha.

Once again she found herself in her dreamworld, she was this time in a village, she wasn't familiar with this village. It suddenly lit on flames, and people were screaming. She tried to run and help, but she couldn't move, it was like she was frozen in place. She saw the people running away from the village, but a child was left crying sitting on the ground and no one was there to help her. Kagome tried to move to help her, but she couldn't.

"Move Kagome! Come on move!" She yelled to herself.

It seemed to have helped she regained her movement just in time to save the girl from a burning tavern colapseing on her. Kagome ran and got the little girl out of the village to the people watching the village burn. She let the girl down and ran back intothe village, any fool would have fled from it, but she knew something was about to happen. She stood there in the spot where she was before she moved. Then she saw him, walk through the fire unfased, she didn't expect it to bother him. It wasn't who she wanted to see, no not Inuyasha. It was but his shape shifted to a more evil person, Naraku. He walked up to her.

"What is going on here Naraku!?" Kagome didn't ask it was more like she demanded. "Where is Inuaysha!?"

"How would I know of such? Kagome, why do you want to know so bad? Oh I see you love him don't you?" Naraku laughed.

"Shut up! Its none of you buisness, but I know you have something to do with him leaving, and I won't stop until I find you and kill you! I swear that!"

"Wow you really do sound like your mutt don't you." Naraku laughed as the whole village and himself faded.

Kagome awoke to Sango shaking her. The sun was already up but Kagome could tell it was still early though.

"Damn!" Kagome yelled.

"Sorry to wake you so early, but you were shaking and...growling in your sleep." Sango said wearily.

"Its fine. I was just having a bad dream again." Kagome said reasurring her friend.

"Okay, Come on lets go find Miroku and Shippo and talk about what Shippo had brought up last night. Alright?" Sango said.

"Yeah."

Kagome got up off her cot and walked with Sango outside, they found Miroku telling stories of their travels to the village children and Shippo, by the fence on the edge of the village. Kagome listened to the tales, they weren't fake they were real, about real encounters they had with demons and such. When Miroku noticed Kagome and Sango standing behind the children he finished his tale quickly.

"Well kids thats all I'm telling today, it seems I have buisiness to take care of, come on Shippo you too." Miroku said and walked with Kagome and Sango back to Kaede's hut with Shippo trailing closely behind. They went in and sat in a circle, Kaede was busy finding herbs in the forest while their talk took place.

"Okay, So the question is, do we continue our search with Inuyasha being absent?" Miroku brought up.

Everyone was quiet for a moment.

"Its risky." Said Sango. "But we can't risk losing a lead should we find one."

"I think we should continue, and who knows maybe Inuyasha will show up somewhere." Kagome sugested.

"What do you think Shippo?" Asked Miroku.

Shippo noticed all eyes were on him. "Well I think we should go ahead and continue, I mean what else are we to do, its the only thing we know."

"Shippo, I never noticed before. You are pretty wise for your age aren't ya?" Miroku said putting a hand on Shippo's head.

"Shut up Miroku! You're bout to be missin a hand there if ya don't move it!" Shippo growled.

"My appologies." Miroku paused. "Well then its decided we move out soon, so get all of the supplies we need and extra. Without Inuyasha it is risky so we have to be prepared at all times." Miroku suddenly became the leader of the group, it was only right since Inuyasha wasn't there.

Kagome and Sango spent the rest of the morning getting herbs and Kagome stocked up on arrows. They were ready by sunset, they would at least get some kind of distance in. It was different traveling without Inuyasha, everyone noticed it. It was already dark when they had made it to a remote village in the foothills south of Kaede's village. They got two rooms at the towns tavern, Shippo and Miroku had one room, and Kagome, Sango, and Kirara had the other. They ate, and got settled into their rooms.

"Well I'm going to the hotspring we passed on the way here, I wreak. You comming?" Kagome asked Sango.

"Nah, I bathed in the river in Kaede's village last night. I think I'm gonna call it a night we're leaving early according to Miroku."

"Way for him to step up." Kagome and Sango laughed.

Kagome got some clean clothes and went to the hotspring that was in the forest right by the village. She still had to limp some, thats probably why they moved so slow when they had left Kaede's. She took off her clothes and walked slowly into the hotspring, it was comfortable and relaxing, the steam rolled off of it which soothed Kagome. She sat in the hotspring for a good 20 minutes before she finally got out and got dressed. Then she started walking back towards the tavern after gathering up her dirty clothes.

"Ah, that was great, I feel so clean now." She said to herself as she walked up to her room and opened the sliding door. She noticed Sango had already fell asleep with Kirara, so she just climbed into her cot and under the silk covers and fell asleep.

The dream she had, she was not prepared for.

Darkness surrounded her as it did once before, but this time it seemed different and...uncomfortable. She didn't know what was going to happen, but all she could do was wait for it. Inuyasha shown through the darkness, his red eyes glaring as they do when he is in demon form. He walked towards her. She just stood there, now he stood within two steps from her.

"Inuyasha, is that you?"

He growled, that was answer enough for Kagome, she knew that if Naraku wanted to hurt her in her dreams he would just show his face.

"Inuyasha, where are you? Please tell me?" Kagome asked pleadingly.

"Die wench! I want nothing to do with you!"

Kagome was shocked, but then again she knew what the demon inside did to him. What was she going to do? She had no idea where he was or how he was. All she knew was something was wrong and it had Naraku's name all over it.

Inuyasha raised his clawed hands to Kagome and was about to slash her wide open, when she suddenly was awakened.

Kagome opened her eyes, it was still dark, but Sango was standing over her. Sango put a finger to her mouth that symbolized for Kagome to be quiet.

"Get your bow and arrows and go get Miroku, now." Sango whispered.

Sango ran out of the tavern door, Kagome got her arrows and bow and slowly crept out of her room to the room across from hers. She saw Miroku and Shippo sleeping soundly, she shook Miroku.

"What is it?" Miroku asked.

"Shh. Sango just woke me up and told me to get my bow and arrows come on get Shippo and go outside." And with that Kagome went out of the tavern to find Sango fighting Kagura, but she wasn't alone, there were hundreds of demons behind her. Sango and Kagome were soon joined by Miroku and Shippo.

"Kagura what is it you want here!?" Yelled Miroku.

"I'm afraid thats none of your buisiness! Dance of Blades!" Yelled Kagura as her deadly fan let out red cresant shaped blades.

They doged the attack.

"Kirara!" Sango yelled as she jumped on the koneko's back and took off after the demons behind Kagura.

"Miroku! I'll take care of Kagura, you go help Sango!"

Miroku nodded and took off towards Sango, Shippo just stayed low, there wasn't much he could do. Kagome took her bow and got an arrow ready, she pointed it at Kagura.

"Oh look, the little priestess wants to be a hero." Kagura laughed.

"Shut your trap!" Kagome said letting go of the bowstring letting the arrow fly through the sky with a purple glow following it. "Hit the mark." Kagome said.

Kagura disappeared before the arrow got to her as did the rest of the demons. Sango and Miroku went over by Kagome.

"They retreated, why?" Sango asked.

"I have no idea." Kagome answered.

The sun was just comming up.

"Well I think we should leave now, I don't know why they retreated but they went north, and Kaede's village is north and I have a bad feeling." Miroku said.

"Yeah, I've got no objections to that." Kagome said.

They went back in to gather their things, then Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kirara, and Shippo set out once again, but this time they were in a hurry, they all climbed on Kirara's back and soared off to Kaede's village which wasn't very far. They were relieved when they got to the village and everything was fine, but they thought maybe they'd give it awhile before they left again considering the fact that Kagura was out for them. They went into Kaede's hut and got some more rest since they were so tired form being woke to fight.

Later that afternoon when they all had woke aftering getting good rest, they all sat down to talk.

"Okay, why is Naraku attacking us now, how could he know Inuyasha is gone?" Miroku brought up the subject.

Kagome looked down. "I've been having these dreams."

"What do you mean?" Sango asked.

"Well Naraku is talking to me in them, I didn't want to tell you guys becuase I didn't want you all to get worked up. Well hes' not really talking to me but...taunting me, its weird. But I when I get injured in these dreams I really get injured in real life, like my ankle, I twisted it running in my dream and my arm." She said rolling up her sleeve revealing the scared claw marks. "A...demon grabbed my arm in my dream."

"So what you're saying is that you can reach Naraku in your sleep?" Miroku asked.

"Yes, but he won't talk about anything other than to..." Kagome had just passed out in mid sentence, just fell to the floor.

"Kagome!" Sango yelled. "Miroku go find Kaede now!" Sango yelled as she put Kagome's head in her lap trying to wake her.

Miroku found Kaede by the shrine and told her of what happened, Kaede was running into the hut. She instructed for Sango to pick Kagome up and put her on the cot in Kaede's back room. Sango did so but then was instructed to leave. Sango, Miroku and Shippo sat by the fire and waited for whatever happened next. It seemed that hours and hours had passed before Kaede finally came out of the back room and sat by the fire as well.

They all stared blankly at Kaede.

"What is it ye all want?" She asked.

"Well is she alright?" Sango asked.

"Hmm...yes Kagome is fine, she just has found herself in a very pressing state right now."

"What do you mean by that woman?" Miroku asked.

"I mean that Kagome is pregnant. The only way I can tell is demon children, half or full, make human women have an accelerated birth, lets just say ye all will be face to face with the son or daughter of Inuyasha in about 2 months, maybe less."

Everyone was speechless just looking at Kaede like she was crazy.

"I knew it!" Miroku yelled. "I knew Inuyasha was a dog!"

"Monk, keep on and I'll put my fist down your throat!" Sango said.

Kagome was overwhelmed with sadness yet happiness at the same time, she began to think more and more.