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"Rumiko can I have them?"

"No."

All the credit is Takahashi's.

Chapter 6:
Control

"So what do ye plan on doing now?" Kaede asked after we had told her our story.

"Just collect the jewel shards as usual I suppose." I answered her.

"Very well then, eventually though, you'll have to go after Naraku. Ye will have to defeat him if you want to complete the jewel." She said solemnly.

"We knew that already old woman." I said.

Like we didn't know that already, besides, every jewel shard he gets makes him more powerful.

"Either way, stay here as long as ye require for some recuperating." She said with a smile and started making stew.

"Thanks very much Lady Kaede." Miroku said respectfully.

"We will do just that." Added Kagome, she started acting like her old self again. We were a bit worried about her before. She was acting strangely. As long as she's alright I was happy. We all started doing some maintenance on our weapons. Kagome was sharpening her arrows, Miroku was working on his staff, Sango was improving her Hiraikotsu and even Shippo was trying to sharpen his spinning top. I leave anything to do with my sword to Totosai but I didn't want to leave the others. My sword was fine anyways.

Night had fallen and there was rain drumming against the roof of the hut. Everyone appreciated being inside for once in quite a while. Even I felt a little more comfortable out of the rain. There were heaps of villagers around and Kaede would surely wake us up if anything approached so I got some well needed rest. I fell into a nightmare filled dream.

Fire blazed around me in fierce bursts of heat. I was in a burning village; I looked down at my hands and saw that I was holding something, the Shikon no Tama.

"Die Inuyasha!" a voice screamed, I knew before looking, this was fifty years ago. The night Kikyo murdered me. She loaded her sacred arrow into her bow and released it. It struck my chest and I flew black into a tree, pinning me there. "You betrayed me Inuyasha." She said sadly, "How could you?"

"It's not true!" I yelled at her, knowing that it was in vain. "It was Naraku! He did it all!"

"Stop your wicked lies Inuyasha." She said as my life ebbed away and my vision went black.

I woke drenched with sweat and realised I was muttering Kikyo's name in my sleep. I was always having that nightmare but it didn't matter how many times I had it. I couldn't stop me dying and I couldn't stop saying the same things, every single time. I turned to the side and noticed Kagome pushing aside the curtain and storming outside. I got up puzzled and then a thought rushed through my mind.

Did she hear me?

I got up, not bothering to wake the others and burst into the forest. I sniffed her out and it seemed like she hadn't gone to far so maybe she was just out walking about. It was still dangerous but it was better her going to far. I dove through trees while crickets chirped their melodies in the trees. The moon was high in the sky, casting its silvery glow down onto the forest floor. I eventually ended up at the Sacred Tree; I saw the scar in the trunk that was made when I was seal and stroked my finger gently across it. "Kikyo," I said softly. Suddenly an arrow collided with the trunk very close to my head, I turned, my hand on Tetsusaiga ready to strike down on my attacker. Then I saw who it was, it was Kagome. "Why Kagome?" I asked pain consuming me.

Kagome, why? Is this going to turn out just like it did with Kikyo?

She spoke, "It's always Kikyo. Kikyo, Kikyo, Kikyo. I'm tired of being second-best Inuyasha. Now die." Her voice was Kagome's, she looked the same. I was certain this was Kagome. I'd turned her against me and now she was wishing for my death. She notched another arrow and fired, this one hitting my robe and pinning me to the tree.

"Kagome, don't do this!" I yelled, trying to reach her. But in her eyes were just clouded and distant. "You deserve this Inuyasha. You deserve it all. I will hate you as long as I live." She said, her voice seething with complete and utter loathing. She truly hated me. My heart collapsed in on itself and my mind went blank. She aimed a final arrow and aimed it at my heart, though it was too late. My heart was already shattered to pieces. Then I noticed something, a single tear rolling down her cheek. "Kagome?"

"N-n-no… P-pl-please d-d-don't make me." She stuttered and fell to the floor.

"N-no! No! NO!" She screamed, her body contorting grotesquely. Her bow lay stranded beside her and her arrows were spilt all over the floor. I snapped the arrow holding me to the tree and ran to her. "Kagome! Kagome!" I yelled at her.

"R-run I-Inuyasha." She whispered.

"No way!" I told her gently. "I'm not leaving you behind." She let out another ear-splitting scream. She was fighting whatever it was controlling her with all her being.

She slowly got to her feet and lashed out at me with claws. Her hands had grown claws and her eyes had gone black. I jumped back out of the way. "Now die, Inuyasha." She said with a smirk.

This isn't Kagome. This has to be Naraku's doing.

She came at me again, slashing wildly. I could do nothing but block and evade, for fear of hurting her. "Kagome, you have to fight it!" I shouted. Her hands gripped her hair and she started stuttering again, "G-go away. L-let me kill him." She hit the floor and curled into a ball shaking. "G-get out of m-my body. R-right now." She screamed out of pure pain and tears were falling freely from her eyes. Suddenly, everyone appeared behind us. "Kagome! What's the matter?!" Sango yelled.

"G-go away. Na-Naraku will k-kill us both." Kagome stuttered. "D-Don't b-be scared of him. W-we will d-defeat him. B-but you h-have to s-stop." Her eyes started flashing black again. She sprang up but instead of attacking me, she went after Sango. She struck Sango hard in the cheek, she had caught her by surprise, and blood started gushing from Sango's nose. Kagome then let out a shriek full of anguish, "STOP IT!" then suddenly a face started emerging from Kagome's body and was forced out. Kagome fell to the ground panting and sobbing. Miroku sprinted to the thing that came out of Kagome and we came and had a look at it. It was a small infant. "I was so close." It said with fury.

"Are you one of Naraku's incarnations?" I yelled at it.

"You could say that." It said with a sickening smile. Suddenly a barrier appeared around it and we were forced back. It flew up into the air and the infant disappeared into the distance. "T-Thank you I-Inuyasha." Kagome said as she her eyes closed and she went limp. "Kagome? KAGOME!"

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Caitlin