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~Dark~ The story has gone through yet another revision due to mistakes...gomen... Now though we are satisfied with it and think we have fixed ALL the mistakes.

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I could feel the arms wrapped around me comfortingly rocking back and forth slowly. The soft material holding me filled my sensitive nose with the smell of sweet flowers from the garden and the faint hint of smoke mixed with the acidic smell of burnt metal, that was so faint I barely noticed it. I could hear someone humming a lullaby as I curled up against them feeling relaxed and almost drifting off when I heard a deep laugh forcing me to open my eyes and realize I was alone. I looked around before noticing I was back at the garden and the images in the waterfall were back. I walked over to it and tried to see the images but instead of seeing the female demon and the man all I saw were a hazy image of them with InuYasha and Kagome standing in front of them.

"Feeling sentimental?" A deep voice filled with malice asked as I looked around the brilliant white landscape for the owner of the voice not seeing anyone.

"Who's there?" I called out as a man with long faint purple hair suddenly appeared. He wore a knowing smirk on his face as he stood looking at me. "Monomaru." I spat as I struggled to stand up. He laughed as his cold eyes drilled their way into me until it felt like I had two holes in my body.

"What do you want?" I snapped at him only to blink and struggle for air as he suddenly stood in front of me, a smooth cold hand wrapped around my neck and becoming tighter with every breath I tried to take. Monomaru laughed softly as I clawed at his arm, my claws sliding off of his skin effortlessly. Suddenly as I saw my vision become scattered with spots I was flung to the side, hitting the ground hard and sliding a bit. As I slid to a stop I grabbed my neck greedily gulping in air and turned to look over at the villain only to feel the air I had struggled to get suddenly choke me.

"What?" I choked out as I looked at a small female demoness with black hair and defiant and cold silver blue eyes wearing a solid white outfit. Her face was familiar but at the same time unfamiliar with a single blue slash on each cheek and a proud blue star that stood out on her forehead where her bangs had been parted. "Who are you?" I gasped as the girl smiled at me and waved a clawed hand at me in greeting.

"I'm the demon you," she said in a cold amused voice making me cringe. "Don't you recognize yourself?" She asked stepping closer to me making me notice how sharp her claws and fangs were.

"No you're not." I said and winced at the sound of panic in my voice. Apparently the other me thought it was amusing because she laughed.

"I am you and I know what we want." My voice told me as I gulped and tried to deny it but for some reason I couldn't speak.

"You can have everything you desire and so much more Akari." Monomaru said laying a hand on my other self's shoulder as she looked up at him with a look of adoration. I stepped away from them, keeping out of reach as I carefully looked around at the now blank whiteness that surrounded.

"Why should I listen to you? You just tried to kill me!" I yelled as Monomaru smirked as if I had told him a joke.

"Is that your choice?" He asked in an almost kind voice as something in the back of my mind tried to push itself forward. "I tried to help you, but now you can suffer the consequences." He continued as a sharp memory of loneliness echoed through me.

"Whatever! Who cares?" I yelled part of me wanting to kill him right then and there but another part wanting to know what he meant.

"Really? Is that the case?" Monomaru asked as I grabbed my head, covering my ears as I tried to ignore him. "Prepare yourself," I faintly heard him say.

"I'm not listening!" I yelled as his voice began to echo before turning into screaming as the scent of blood and death hit my nose making me want to retch. "No!" I yelled and closed my eyes against the sight of a female demoness's dead body lying next to a man's.

...

I jerked up in the darkness panting hard and clutching my under shirt, which had twisted around me and was choking me. After a moment of gasping for air I looked around for my jacket and quickly put it on. I sat there feeling the comforting material wrap around me before quietly slipping out into the dark night lit only by the moon and stars. I let my arms wrap around myself as a chill swept down my spine, remembering the nightmare and how real it had seemed. Needing a distraction I carefully breathed in the smells of the night and looked up at the moon wincing as I did.

"I need to leave," I mumbled as I walked aimlessly, wanting to forget the dream for a while. After a time I became aware of my surroundings and looked around while rotating my ears to catch any unnatural sounds. I stared at the giant tree in front of me wondering blankly why I was here and where exactly where 'here' was.

"It's called the Goshinboku." A cold voice said dully causing me to spin around suddenly to see the man from before standing in the shadow of one of the trees watching me with calculating gold eyes. I growled and flexed my claws defensively making him 'hmm' to himself.

"Me Lord! Lord Sesshoumaru!" An annoying high-pitched voice called just as a stick with two heads came bobbing into view. I blinked in slight surprise at the sight before noticing a small green toad wearing clothes and panting holding it. "My Lord!" The thing said loudly before bowing at the other demons feet.

"Girl, who are you?" Sesshoumaru asked me in a bored tone as the toad turned around to look at me with large yellow eyes filled with surprise. I ignored him and carefully stepped back, placing one foot on a root carefully. Doing so proved to be incredibly stupid on my part, because as I did Sesshoumaru suddenly vanished and appeared in front of me surprising me into losing my balance and falling backwards. Instinctively I reached backwards to break my fall but just as my eyes widened the front of my outer shirt was grabbed and my fall was stopped with a jerk. I looked up into the cold eyes that seemed to hold some emotion for a split second before they released me and allowed me to catch my balance.

"Insolent child! Answer me Lord!" The toad yelled breaking the strange silence with his annoying voice. I turned to glare at him before crossing my arms and looking back at Sesshoumaru as the wind blew bringing the scent of InuYasha towards us both.

"Akari," I said quietly hoping he hadn't heard me. Without a word Sesshoumaru turned and left the clearing quickly vanishing among the shadows without a sound. I stood there for a minute before turning and moving to leave.

"Hey!" A voice yelled as I tried to stop myself mid leap. I slipped on the same root as before and this time hit the ground before getting up and glaring at InuYasha, who was facing me with his arms crossed and a concerned look on his face as he scanned the area and sniffed the air. "Where's that damn bastard at?" I heard him mutter as I quickly got to my feet and leaned against the tree, my nightmare tugging at the back of my mind but when I tried to recall it, it slipped away.

"Where were you going, brat?" InuYasha asked snapping me out of my thoughts. I glared at him before shrugging in answer and going back to ignoring him. "Oi! Brat!" InuYasha called sounding annoyed as he stared at m with sharp eyes.

"My name is Akari!" I snapped at him making him grin a little before speaking to me as if I was a slow child.

"Well Akari, it is way past time you went to sleep." He said making the hair on the back of my neck stand up in anger as I bared my teeth at him.

"You're not the boss of me." I growled low as he lost his annoyed air and became slightly angry.

"Since you came here I am. Now get your little butt back to the hut. Now." He growled the last part making me flinch slightly as I watched him head back through the trees before jogging after him, catching up rather quickly. We walked in silence for several minutes before I opened my mouth to speak.

"Why?" I asked him quietly voicing all of my questions into one word as we walked. I looked over at him as the moonlight filtered through the dark trees as a soft wind blew through the leaves creating the sound of rain and carrying the sent of fresh ground and sleeping animals.

"Hmph, you shouldn't ask questions." He mumbled as his ears flinched drawing my attention for a minute before I carefully touched my own noting how small they were compared to his. "How'd you get here?" He asked after a minute of quiet walking and me messing with my ears. I jerked my arms down and felt my face burn slightly as we walked.

"Ummm...don't know," I told him honestly hearing him hum something to himself before suddenly slapping his neck and looking down at his palm.

"So cruel...Master InuYasha." An annoying voice said as a little flea popped up and looked at him while moonlight hit InuYasha in a halo of sorts.

"What do you want Myoga?" InuYasha asked tiredly as the old flea coughed into one of his hands before sitting down solemnly.

"Master InuYasha, is it too hard to believe I simply came to visit you?" Myoga asked calmly as my ears twitched slightly at the familiar voice.

"And when have you ever visited for no reason?" InuYasha asked arrogantly as he moved to throw the flea over his shoulder and continue on his way.

"Master InuYasha! I am insulted!" Myoga yelled angrily jumping up and staring defiantly into InuYasha's face. "But if you must know, Totosia wishes to speak to you about your pup." He continued in a calmer tone once he knew he had InuYasha's full attention. I watched as InuYasha's mouth twitched slightly and I caught the faint hint of blush on his face in the light.

"Wait, how did you even know Kagome was pregnant?" InuYasha growled as he gripped the flea tightly in his hand.

"You mean you are having another child? What news!" Myoga cried weakly from InuYasha's palm making me confused.

"What do you mean another?" InuYasha growled sending a cold glare down at the demon as he opened his palm to look at him.

"What do you mean? Is that not your child there?" Myoga asked turning his attention to me. I blinked and looked at InuYasha then at the old flea before growling and flexing my claws while pinning my ears back. "I mean no disrespect!" Myoga yelled fearfully as he jumped onto InuYasha's necklace. Before I could launch myself at the demon InuYasha shot me a look that ordered silence before he spoke.

"Myoga. This is not my pup by blood," he said dangerously making me blink in surprise at the sound of calmness in his voice. I watched as the flea gulped before nodding his head.

"My apologies then, forgive an old flea." Myoga said his voice shaking slightly before he jumped down onto the still outstretched hand that InuYasha was still holding out. "I will go back to Totosai for now," Myoga said before jumping out of InuYasha's hand and onto a bat. I immediately moved to jump after it but was stopped when InuYasha knocked me back to the ground.

"How many times do I have to say it before it gets through that think head of yours? Hut. Now." He commanded pulling me to my feet and pushing me towards the direction of the hut roughly, enough to make me stumble a few steps before I looked back at his glaring amber eyes.