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Wake Me Up

Chapter Seven: Play



Kagome never returned, and Inuyasha became a recluse to his own sadness. How long had it been now, eight months since she had left? Why hadn't she returned? Did she really want to leave so badly that she was willing to lie to the people she had fought side by side with for so long? So many questions and too few answers. If Inuyasha was anti-social before he was impossible to approach now. Not even Kaede could get him to acknowledge her presence.

"If he continues to live in this depressive state then he will die. Doesn't he realize this?" sighed Miroku.

Sango looked down at the sleeping form of Shippo sadly. They all missed her dearly. It was because of Kagome that they had stayed together to begin with. Even now, with them all being dear friends, the glue is loosening. Shippo stopped speaking to Inuyasha, convienced it was his fault that his psuedo-mother had not returned, Miroku seemed to only be converned with Sango and sometimes Inuyasha, Sango worried about everything, Kaede worried about Inuyasha and Kagome, and Inuyasha... lets just say no one had a single clue what was going on in his mind. He stayed to the shadows. Not even Kaede could tell if he had eaten any of the food she left for him.



"Grandpa, no!" Kagome screamed, "Give me back the Shikon no Tama, I need it!" Kagome reached for it as she ran to catch up with the old man. But, for his age, he ran pretty fast. Tears streamed down her face.

He turned his head ack to see her. "Listen to me, Kagome! This is for the best. You don't need to be invoking this jewel's demonic power any more than you have to. Just think about what it did to the Priestess Kikyo!"

Kagome shook her head, "That was Naraku, Grandpa! I just need it to go back and forth through the well so I can see my friends! Please, Grandpa!" A hard lump started to form in her throat from the crying and the sadness. She would never get to see them again unless she managed to get the Shikon no Tama. Kagome took a quick detour and went to the well house to retrieve her arrows and her bow.

"Kagome! Don't! Don't give in to this evil thing's power!" Her Grandpa pleaded with Kagome.

Kagome loaded an arrow on the bow and pulled it back. "Grandpa, I'm afraid that if you do not place the Shikon no Tama gently on the ground, " She narrowed her eyes, "that I'm going to have to shoot it out of your hand."

Grandpa nodded and stood up in front of her, placing the Shikon Jewel directly infront of his heart. "It's alright, my child. To save you from this evil I'm completely prepared to die. "

' I can't kill him, but I have to get the jewel back somehow. ' She thought as she lower her bow. "Grandpa, please, I need to go and see Inuyasha!" She pleaded one last time.

"No! I will have this jewel destroyed as soon as possible to ensure your safety from its mind warping aura!" Grandpa said as he nodded valiently as if a knight whom just slayed the terrible dragon and saved the lovely maiden.

Kagome just sulked up to her room. It was impossible to reach Inuyasha without the Shikon Jewel. It would take some planning to get the jewel back before Grandpa went over board with the destruction of the Shikon no Tama. ' Where did he get these weird ideas that the jewel was demonic? Is it because my life was endanger or because it made demons stronger? ' Kagome pondered. Sighing she slipped on her p.j.s and went into a fitfull sleep.



"Inuyasha! Inuyasha, its Sango! Please, come talk to me!" Sango had been combing the forest for the last few hours. She was loosing precious daylight, and with knowledge of Inuyasha's transformation upon the new moon, she pressed on. "Inuyasha! Where are you, Inuyasha?! Come out!"

Inuyasha just sat up in a tree and watched Sango meander around the forest searching for him. He could just go down there, but he refused. ' Not unless Kagome returns. Then and only then will I return to my friends. They'll be fine without me. After all, Miroku's got spiritual powers, as does Kaede and Sango has her boomerang thing... They'll be fine' he thought as he yawned and leaned back against the tree.

Sango froze. A change in the wind. Which way? To the west. She turned around to see the tall outline of the demon they knew as Sesshomaru. Her eyes windened, what did he want? He was definitely not the person Sango had idealy wanted to get Inuyasha to come out from his ridiculous hiding.

"Inuyasha, come down from your tree. Your woman has not returned. Get over it. Time to live life the way a true demon would. Seeing as how you wasted your wish, I can at least fulfill my duty as your brother and give you some satisfaction out of this pitifull exsistance you call a life." he said in a monotone voice. Coldly eyeing Sango, half-expecting her to attack him. His right hand rested on Tokijen.

"Screw off, Sesshomaru." Inuyasha's first spoken words since Kagome had left.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "So be it, but I am taking Shippo with me. He and Rin wish to keep each other company since your woman has abandoned him. Also, the monk has added that if you keep up this behavior that he too must move on. He has a master who requires his attention. I have not spoken with the demon exterminator, but I will assume that she would agree that you are being foolish." Sango nodded to show she agreed.

Sesshomaru turned to walk away but stopped and looked back at his little brother, "You are exactly like our father." He stopped and thought about something, "Inuyasha, please do not frett to ask me for assistance if you require help. I will aid you in any way possible. Remember this, brother." With that said he walked off.

Sango looked back up at Inuyasha, or in the general direction in which Sesshomaru was staring. "Inuyasha, I'll stay here. I'm leaving this village until you come down and talk to me. Just because she's gone, " Sango wouldn't dare say Kagome's name for it was just painfull to think the name as it was, "doesn't mean that I'm not here for you, because I am. "

He just leaned back into the tree, "I should've wished to become a full demon and left with Kikyo. At least she wouldn't have left me." A lie, yes. Inuyasha could only say ill things, it made him the least bit better. But then his brain registered the comment.

"Kikyo...Oh nevermind, Inuyasha. Just know that your not helping the situation, your hindering the healing process by denying the fact that it may have been something you did to drive Kagome off!" Sango walked off. How dare he even speak of Kikyo?! Especially after all Kagome went through because of that evil miko.



That evening, the grandfather snuck off with the Shikon no Tama to another spiritual shrine on the other side of Tokyo. The grandfather looked at the other robed man. "Are you prepared to destroy this sacred item?"

The man nodded. "It is for the good of your granddaughter, and the good of the world. No demon will ever posses it if we do this. The question is, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Absolutely." Was his only reply as he started to walk off toward the Cave of Midoriko*. They stood at the barrier. "You know how to enter, correct?"

"I have compassion for humanity. I am a human after all." They both chuckled and walked through the barrier. .

They found themselves standing before the statue of Midoriko, the maiden from which the jewel burst forth. Bowing ever so slightly in their walk toward her, they held up the Shikon no Tama so it could be seen by the statue. The gandfather walked reverently up to Midoriko and place the jewel in the small hole in her chest. In a flash of blinding pink light, the statue was conmplete... the Shikon no Tama was gone. Lost to the world for all eternity.

Then the ground started to shake.



Kagome snapped out of her bed. Something was gone.. something that had conforted her in her sleep. But what was it? She looked around her room. Wait. Why couldn't she feel the pulsing of the Shikon no Tama? Her eyes widened. "No! Grandpa!!"

She ran down the stairs. "Grandpa? Grandpa!" With the inspection of the house and no grandpa to find, Kagome grabbed a jacket. Where to go and look? She released an agitated sigh. She grabbed her bow and arrows. Run, just run. Its the only answer. After all, how hard is it to find a psychotic old man in this town?

Running down the sidewalk, Kagome readied her arrows. Something was going down. Something big. Then she saw it. A mile off was a dragon demon who was destroying everything around it. Kagome narrowed her eyes. Where did that dragon look farmilar? Recognition hit its mark. ' I'm going to use the jewel to become a full fledged demon. Hey! Hhheeeyyy! ' She smirked slightly remembering Inuyasha speaking aloud of his wish in front of Midoriko which caused him to be cast from the cave.

Cutting down an alley she tried to figure out some sort of plan of action. After all, she was on her own now. No Inuyasha, no Miroku, no Sango, no Shippo, and no Kiara. Kagome took three deep breaths. The alley ways cut down the mile to just a couple of blocks. When she was close enough she saw all the demon statues that had surrounded Midoriko were alive. "How am I gonna defeat all of them?!"

"Trust in your powers." Whispered a voice. It was a male voice, soothing and gentle. But from where? "Close your eyes and relax, young miko. Pull back your arrow and let it fly with all your anger, your rage, and all your sorrow. Think of the wind scar* as you do." Her eyes windened. They knew of Inuyasha? She did as instructed. She pulled back. "Aim for the dragon. Hit him dead between the eyes and I will aid you from there." She nodded and fired. The few seconds it took for the arrow to fly across the air felt like hours to Kagome.

The aura that surrounded her arrow disburst and was covered in the golden light that was released from Tetsuseiga. Kagome had just taken out one-hundred demons in one swoop. She looked around. Who spoke to her? It wasn't Midoriko, it was a male voice. It remindered her of Inuyasha. But it was warmer, higher. "Who are you?"

Kagome only recieved the crumbling of the statue of Midoriko as a responce. Her heart felt became heavy with sadness.. now there was no way to get back to see Inuyasha. She had broken her promise. Kagome fell her her knees and tears filled her eyes. "I never got to tell him.. tell him that..I-I loved him."

Two golden eyes watched her and smiled to himself. "Don't worry, Kagome. I'll help you get back to him. "



Six months passed and still no Inuyasha. Sango was growing a little more than impatient with him. He wouldn't even talk to them. She looked over at Miroku, whom she had convienced to not leave her alone to deal with Inuyasha. "Find where Inuyasha is. I'm going to knock him out of that damned tree of his." Miroku nodded and walked into the forest, Sango grabbed her boomerang. Today was going to be a very very interesting day.

Inuyasha just watched the monk who was doing a very good job of pretending he didn't see Inuyasha sitting in a thick patch of brush. That is, untill he turned and threw his staff at him. Inuyasha went to stand to jump out of the way, but the branch broke and he found himself face first talking to his good friend -- the dirt.

"Now will you cooperate with Lady Sango and I? We have a plan that we believe you will be interested in hearing. "



*Cave of Midoriko- In Episode 26 (The Secret of the Sacred Jewel Released!) They gang enters this cave, and Myoga tells them about how Midoriko was a power Miko who was fighting against a hoard of powerful demons when the Shikon no Tama burst from her chest.

*Wind Scar- The first attack Tetsuseiga is able to perform. Currently in the english version, the only attack.

A/N: Thank you, all of you! I apreciate the reviews! I never thought that this story would get so popular! Okay advertisement time: Comments? Suggestions? Ideas? Flames? Anything is accepted! Please R&R! Thanks!

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