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A/N: ok this was a pretty interesting chapter to write for myself. Again I hope you guys enjoy reading this story as much as enjoy writing this story. Please read and review. Your reviews make me a better writer for you guys

Chapter 7: Nightmare

"Mama?!?! Mama?!?! MAMA?!?! Where are you???"

"Souta?? Jii-chan??? Where are you guys??"

Kagome shouted at the top of her lungs. Everything was pitch black and in pure darkness; so dark that it could drive anyone insane. Kagome was very scared. She could not see or feel anything in front of her. Scared, she started running. She ran and ran as far and as fast as her legs could carry her in that dark and black world she was in. no human should ever be in that place. There was no life, no hope, no good and no evil. There was nothing. Absolute nothingness. Can you imagine that? To have absolutely nothing around you, no one around you. In that world only existed Kagome, all alone, so vulnerable, so frail. Strong as she was, Kagome started to freak out. Panic began to sit in. Fear slowly crept up. She ran.

"MAMA!! SOUTA!! JII-CHAN!!!??? ANYONE!! ANSWER ME!! WHERE ARE YOU???"

Kagome continued to shout hoping that someone, something, anything would answer her. To give her a sign, anything would do. And as if a being from higher up heard her desperate calls, Kagome saw a faint glimmer of something in far horizon. Hopeful, Kagome picked up speed. She ran hard towards that faint glimmer. She ran and ran. The distance did not close. So she ran harder and harder. Much harder that what she would have usually ran. Running as hard as she could, she felt a little bit better emotionally. Was hope starting to build as she ran towards that faint glimmer? Was that light representing her hope as well? Kagome did not know. But something told her that when she reached that faint glimmer everything will be alright. As soon as she thought that, the distance was reduced. She was getting closer to that light, albeit slowly. After what seemed like an eternity of running, she was getting closer to the source. So close that she could feel that she could touch it just by stretching out her hand. As she got nearer to that glimmer, she could see something just beyond that horizon.

Swinging from left to right, right to left in a pendulum like motion. Something was hanging, attached to what seemed to be an invisible string. It was too dark to tell what it was attached to but the swinging object was clear. In that dark world she was in, that was the only visible object in sight.

Kagome was about 100 feet away. 80 feet away, now 60 feet. The object seemed a little bit more visible to the eye.

30 feet, visibility was much better. As Kagome slowed down her pace and approached the object. She screamed. How she wished now that she had not ran towards the light now. How she wished that she had just stayed where she was. In the darkness, where there was nothing for her to see, hear or hope. It was a cruel experience. Taking away a persons small ray of hope. To give hope just to take it away, that was what that dark world did to Kagome.

There, on that invisible string swung dear Kagome's dearest mothers' decapitated heads, swinging from left to right, right to left. Mouth left wide open, eyes, wide open and full of blood, blood trickling down from her eyes, mouth and ears. The skin on the face was dry and peeling. What used to be a very well nurtured brownish colored hair that sat on her mothers head now looked ash black as though she was lit on fire. Bits of the spinal cord could be seen hanging from the neck. The head was not decapitated with anything sharp at all rather it was forcefully ripped out from her body.

Drip, drip, drip.

Like drops of water dripping down from a broker faucet, the blood dripping from the head dropped lightly on that dark floor producing that nasty sound. It was the most terrifying sound to Kagome. Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs. Tears flowing from the side of her eyes. No child should see their parent like that. It was traumatizing.

"Kagome…", someone whispered softly from behind. the volume just for the grief stricken Kagome to hear. She turned around.

It was Souta who called out to her. His head pale, eye balls missing, nose cut off. His head was attached to his skeletal body just barely able to hold his head in place.

"Nee-chan, help me. It's so painful. I'm scared" Souta meekly said. Soute began walking in a very zombie like motion, towards his sister.

"Nee-chan, help me. It's so painful…"

"Help me…"

As if seeing her mothers head swinging wasn't enough, the sight of Kagome's younger brother in that state was enough to drive her insane. She screamed and screamed hoping that someone, anyone would save her from this horrid nightmare.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

~*~*NIGHTMARE ENDS*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Kagome!! Kagome!! Relax!! Oi, relax!! You're safe!! You're safe!!" someone shouted.

Kagome heard the voice despite her shouting. It was familiar. Comforting. After taking a few heavy breaths and trying to calm down, she turned towards the direction she heard the voice and there he was, the man that had saved her the other night. The man who stole her first kiss.

"Kagome, are you alright? How are you feeling?" he said.

Silence. Thinking that she didn't hear him, he repeated again. Still silence. He wanted to repeat for the third time but was abruptly interrupted by Kagome.

"I'm… fine… who… where… wha??" slurring her speech. There was just so much things that was going on in Kagome's head at that moment that she just did not know what she should ask. But there was one thing she wanted, no, needed to know as her mind became more aware and realization hit her.

"Mama, Souta!! WHERE ARE THEY??!!" she shouted. It was easy to tell how she was feeling. Her facial expressions showed one filled with worry, with hope. Though she knew what she saw back at the shrine, she wished someone would tell it was all just a joke. The man looked right into her eyes, he was sad for her. He knows the feeling of losing your loved one unjustly. He knew the feeling all too well but what was he to say to her? How was he to console her? Should he lie just to make her feel better? Or the truth? She will find out eventually.

"Kagome, listen to me", the man said while he placed both his hands onto her shoulders and grabbing them firmly, his eyes looking directly at hers. "Your mother, your brother, your grandfather…" his voice trailed off. Try as hard as he could he could not keep a straight face as he told her this. He could not bring himself to look right in the eye and tell her that her family is gone. Murdered in cold blood and mutilated. He just couldn't. he averted his eyes and opened his mouth in a weak attempt to say something but Kago spoke up, "They're dead, aren't they?"

Realizing that there was no point in trying to lie to her, the man steeled his balls, looked up into her eyes. "I'm sorry"

There it was, the words that she didn't want to hear.

"Looks like this is twice that you saved me, stranger," she told the man. Her voice was so soft, weak and frail. "I don't even know your name."

"Inuyasha", he replied her softly.

"Inuyasha, I'm sorry but I'm tired. Could you please just leave me alone for a little while", Kagome told him.

"Sure, I'll be outside so if there is anything…"

"Thank you, Inuyasha"

With that, Kagome lied back down on the bed and Inuyasha walked out of her room, gently closing the door behind him. He was greeted by a group of people, who were waiting anxiously outside the room.

"How is she?" a concerned Sango asked Inuyasha.

"She… needs some rest. We can talk to her tomorrow but for tonight, just let her sleep"

"What happened back at the shrine Inuyasha?" Miroku asked, his face looked very serious. Like a man who is ready to go out to battle and die at anytime. Very unlike his usual self who makes silly jokes and goes around groping women. No. this was a man who was ready to kill whoever is responsible for inflicting this cruelty onto this innocent girl. Sango noticed this and held Mirokus hand. His hand was hot and sweaty. But this was normal. His hatred for Naraku ran deep, just like anyone that was standing felt towards that bastard.

Inuyasha motioned for them to sit down before he started explaining what happened.

"Back at the shrine…"

TBC!!!!

A/N: Just to clear up confusion, this chapter is after the incidents that happened back in the shrine in chap 6. I decided to go with this story flow as I think it helps build up more suspense, don't you think so?? And the dark world that Kagome was in was her nightmare. Sorry if I had caused any confusions with this chapter. Anyway thanks for reading and just for an FYI, imma be busy the nest week coz I got some relatives coming dwn frm hong kong to visit. But don worry I will try my best to update this story as soon as I can.

Thanks to the-real-inu-girl and kaitlynpope77 for being the first to review. It really means a lot to me. Let me know what you guys think about this chapter. I'm open for suggestions and critisicism!!!!