Reflection of Gold: Chap. 3

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters. But I do in fact own Ketsurui.Chapter 3-
Confrontations

The night was a crisp autumn night. The leaves rustled in the sharp wind and all seemed peaceful. Inside Kaede's hut everyone slept, except for Inuyasha who took his usually place on the roof.

Shippo lay snuggled next to Kagome in her sleeping bag, his little snores the only sound breaking the silence.

Kagome's muscles were tense and her face twisted into an expression of anger. Little did everyone know that she was fighting a battle at that very moment.

She was running, she didn't know why or even where she was. All she knew was that her brain was telling her to run from something, something that she couldn't even sense was there.

A root suddenly appeared below her foot causing her to trip and land on the hard earth. She tried to scream for help, but no one came. Slowly she tried to get up but something very heavy landed on her back pinning her down.

"Inuyasha!" she screamed, immediately associating safety with amber eyes and silver hair.

That's when she looked up to see the horrifying image in front of her.

There in a giant puddle of blood, lay Inuyasha, his throat torn wide open, a look of horror instilled in his motionless eyes.

Tears clouded Kagome's eyes as the image became blurred. Suddenly, a piercing laugh broke the silence sending shivers up the young miko's spine. She quickly rolled over to see two sets of gleaming fangs sprayed with blood and a pair of golden eyes, thirsty for the blood flowing in her veins.

"Yes," a cold slithery voice echoed, "Kill the girl."

A swift clamp of the fangs and the life was cut out of her soul.

"Kagome!" a voice asked from far away, "Kagome!"
Kagome awoke to a pair of amber eyes hovering above her face. She was being shaken, lightly.

"Kagome," the worried hanyou asked, "Are you alright?"

Kagome's eyes blurred with tears as she wrapped her arms around him, burrowing her face in his chest.

Inuyasha blushed slightly and placed an arm around her back trying desperately to comfort her, "It's ok Kagome. Whatever it was that was bothering you is gone now." His voice was soft and comforting to the girl.

The monk and slayer lay across the room, both of them were indeed awake, but chose to pretend to be asleep. Shippo lay with them, have gotten up only minutes earlier to sleep with Kirara.

Inuyasha slowly let go of Kagome and began to walk out of the hut, but her arm shot out, pulling him back.

"Please don't leave me," she whispered between silent sobs.

Inuyasha looked over at the monk and growled lightly, "Come on." He picked her up and walked out into the cool night air. Her soft cries steadily tapered off into silence.

Inuyasha jumped onto the roof and once again found his spot. He sat down leaning back against the slant of the roof. He took off his haori and gave it to Kagome pulling her closer to his chest. Wrapping his arms around her and keeping her in place, he slowly closed his eyes, drifting off into sleep.

Far off in the distance, a crackling laughter pierced the deathly silence.

"Find the girl, and kill her. Kill whoever gets in your way of completing your mission," the voice whispered into the trees, "Now Ketsurui, GO!"

There was a quick rustle of leaves and the forest was once again blanketed with the sound of the eerie, cold laughter.

The full moon shone high above the land, lighting the way for the running creature. The wolf's soft pads pounded silently against the hard earth as her nostrils searched the air for a hint of her victim's scent. Her throat ached for the feeling of warm blood pouring down hitting her stomach, but for now that would have to wait. The most important thing to think about now was getting to the girl without the hanyou picking up her scent.

Ketsurui's lips wrinkled up into a distorted grin. She had thought of the perfect plan.