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Chapter 10: Vivid Dreams

She was standing there, on a cliff, overlooking a huge, endless ocean, the wind hitting her face full on. Her skirt billowed behind her, her blouse having a mind of its own, showing her body through a very thin amount of cloth with the wind pushing against it. Why was she in her school uniform? She had almost forgotten exactly how it felt to wear this small outfit.

She stared out into the ocean, her hands limp at her sides, in loose fists. Her honey eyes were sad, it was evident from a single glance, especially if you knew her well. Her long, milky legs were straight, but they were quivering slightly, as if begging to fall, as if needing to rest and collapse. But she stood strong, her raven hair flailing about.

"Kagome…" she turned, and stared the hanyou in the eyes, gold with brown, and she felt her heart skip a beat.

"InuYasha…you're alive," she whispered.

"What're you talking about?" he asked. "C'mon, we have to go, we need to find Naraku quickly."

"But…you died…Naraku is ruling over…" Kagome said slowly.

"I don't know what you're talking about," InuYasha said, shaking his head, "But we need to go."

"But…" Kagome whispered as she took a few steps towards him. She walked behind him, her mind lost. Was it really all just a vivid dream? What about Sasuke and Naruto? And what about Sakura?

"Kagome! Why'd you wander off?" Shippou asked as she approached the rest of the group. Kagome blinked.

"I'm not sure…" she replied, staring off into space. She didn't remember a place like this, though. She sighed, maybe she had just been having a small black out from exhaustion. Yeah, maybe none of that had happened. She watched as Sango slapped Miroku for his devious ways once again, and felt tears come to her eyes. It had been so long since she had last seen that…

"She's shaking! What should we do?" Rin asked in a panic. She was watching Kagome, wide eyed. Sasuke stood beside her, watching the girl carefully, letting no emotion escape upon his face, but inside he was also panicking. What had happened?

"She's gone into a coma…" Gaara said behind them.

"From one little explosion?" Sakura asked.

"I'm amazed she's even breathing after that." Gaara replied. "That explosion was one most would be unable to survive unless you are highly trained and are able to block the impact somehow or get away from it. From what I know, she isn't exactly highly trained."

"It was probably Tetsusaiga." Sango said from behind Sasuke. "It protects humans…"

"Sango," Rin whispered, hitting her arm lightly, and the girl blushed.

"Sorry." She mumbled. "Anyways, Kagome will probably be fine, she's gone through worse. She's never been in a coma before, but I'm sure she can handle herself."

"Of course she can! Kagome can do anything!" Shippou mumbled out, huffing. The words of a hopeful child who knew better than to truly believe those words. Sasuke looked over at him and blinked his eyes slowly as he looked back at Kagome. Maybe every thing would be okay, though…

"Oi!" Kagome jumped as she was snapped out of her reverie. She could've sworn she had just heard Sasuke and Gaara. She shook her head and ran after the others. It was just a dream…

"Kagome, wake up." Kagome looked at Sango, who looked back at her with sad eyes, the eyes that were filled with loss from the one she loved, the ones who were wise and knew what Kagome knew. The Sango back in Konoha. "Kagome? Are you okay…?"

"Huh…?" Kagome looked again. It was the old Sango, the one before everything had happened. Kagome sighed, there was something wrong with her head…

The second day. Strange things were happening. She swore she saw not InuYasha forest but the wild forest beside Konoha, and she saw black and blue hair disappear behind trees, and whenever she went to see if Sasuke was there, he wasn't. When she looked at Miroku, one she swore she saw Itachi's face instead.

When they had passed someone on the road, she saw Naruto, and then when she blinked it was just a normal looking person in their kimono. The same thing happened again, but she saw Sakura instead. There were a couple of times she had mistaken InuYasha for Kakashi, and she swore Sango continuously gave her those strange moments, telling her to wake up. Wake up from what?

"Well?" InuYasha asked, looking annoyed. "Anything?" she was confused for a couple seconds. Then she remembered the jewel shards. Her eyes widened, and her hand went to her neck. "Kagome!"

"Huh…?" she blinked and looked over at him. "Oh…no…"

"What's wrong with you? You've been like this since yesterday. Did something hit you in the head or something?" Kagome glared sharply at him.

"Sit!" she snapped, and watched pleasantly as he fell to the ground with a crash. Ah, it felt good to do that…

"Wench!"

"Kagome…" Rin bit her lip and looked at the unconscious girl. They had reached Gaara's main building in the sand country, and Kagome had a room all to herself, with a huge bed, a canopy, and black and red sheets, blankets and pillows. If it weren't for the sweat or the fact that she had not been awake for the past few days or sweating slightly with a bit more strained face, someone would merely think she were sleeping.

"Hey, why don't you take a break?" Rin turned to find Sasuke and she smiled softly.

"Thanks…" she whispered, and got up. But right as she was about to leave, Sasuke grabbed her arm.

"Can I talk to you?" he asked, looking slightly nervous.

"Sure," Rin said, looking confused. She sat back down and Sasuke sat across from her.

"About Itachi…" he looked down at the ground. "Well, what happened between you two?"

"I don't know, one second we were walking through a city and I had a bruised wrist, the next we're sitting in a hut talking normally and being friends." Rin replied with a shrug. "He's actually really nice."

"He was never like that, even when he was happy…" Sasuke mumbled. "It's just…I think you changed him."

"Me?" Rin asked, laughing softly. 'Just like I changed SesshouMaru…' "Yeah, maybe I did. I've done it before. It's amazing that a little girl like me can do so much…"

"You're not very little." Sasuke said.

"You don't know the half of it," Rin replied, closing her eyes as a fresh memory of SesshouMaru came into her mind, the time when they had been sitting in a field, Rin picking flowers as usual. Jaken was grumbling as she placed a flower crown on his head, and SesshouMaru watched from a distance, but even from there she could see the hidden warmth in his eyes as Rin hummed softly.

"No one's really asked before, but what happened in your past?" Sasuke asked. Rin glanced at him cautiously.

"Something I don't like to discuss." She replied stiffly. "I would prefer if you did not ask me, Sango and Kagome that. Especially not Kagome… she's going through more than either me or Sango…"

"Fine," Sasuke sighed softly, looking at the girl in a coma. His eyes softened yet again, but he didn't know why. He barely even knew this girl, he barely talked to her, and yet he felt as if she was changing him. Maybe this wasn't a very good thing. He looked over at Rin. She was watching him carefully.

"I kissed your brother." She finally broke the silence, but maybe not with the best note.

"I overheard your conversation with Kagome before the explosion." Sasuke replied.

"Heh…" Rin looked down. She bit her lip, then looked back at Sasuke. "Is there a problem in your past?"

"I would prefer if you didn't dig into mine, just like you do not wish for me to dig into yours." Sasuke replied curtly.

"Alright, fine." She replied and sighed again. "Listen, I don't know why you two are on such bad terms, but maybe you can settle everything."

"We have tried that on our talk only three days ago." Sasuke replied. "I still wish to kill him and get my revenge."

"I'm just going to stop." Rin mumbled and got up. "I'll see you later."

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