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Disclaimer: Thank you for the review Demon Angel(Read stories). I really appreciate it! Pupkid, I got your review too. I appreciate that you gave an idea. I promise I'll put your suggestion in the next chapter. (Sorry, but this chapter was already planned and written when I got the review) The rest of you... WHY WON'T YOU REVIEW! You're the ones reading the story! You should give ideas! This is the last time I'm sayin' this!

Now that that's out of the way, I'd like to say that I don't own Inuyasha. On with the story!

Kagome's Pain

Chapter 10: More Trouble

Kagome was in a dark room. Dark? No... Pitch black describes it better. She wasn't even sure if it was a room! This place reminded her, all too much, of the nightmare she had with Naraku, just a few days ago. 'Oh! Great!' she thought sarcastically. 'All that's missing are the strange, anonymous voices.'

"Kagome."

'Wait! I was only kidding!'

"Kagome."

'Here we go again!'

"Kagome.. Kagome... Beware!"

"Beware? Beware of what?" The voices grew louder and more cluttered. "Ugh! Not this again!" She covered her ears, but that made no difference. The voices became torturous, and she shut her eye's, screaming with all her might.

Suddenly, everything went silent. Kagome suddenly felt dizzy, as if everything was going in circles. She fell to what she hoped was the ground and squeezed her eyes shut. Everything stilled after a while, but Kagome still refused to open her eyes. It was so quiet, she was afraid of what would be there once she did open her eyes.

"Kagome?"

'Not again... please...not again.'

"Kagome."

'Wait! I know that voice. It can't be!' Kagome slowly and cautiously opened her eyes. She saw a wooded floor and walls. The scent of medicinal herbs filled her nose. She was lying on a futon at Kaede's hut. But... How? 'This is just too weird.' Kagome thought, but she wasn't complaining she was with someone she knew and trusted. "Uh... How did I get here, Kaede?"

"Inuyasha brought ye here earlier this morning. Ye were acting very strangely. Mumbling strange things about voices in your sleep, ye were beginning to worry me."

"Oh." Kagome stood up, ignoring the fact that she still felt rather dizzy. "Ummm...Where is Inuyasha now?"

"I believe he is out by the well. Maybe ye should go talk to him. He was very worried about you."

"Alright. See you later!" With that, Kagome was out the door, walking towards the well. As she neared the clearing where the well was, she had an all too familiar feeling. "Kikyo" she said under her breath. She kept walking. She heard voices up ahead. She reached the clearing, just in time to see Kikyo walk up to Inuyasha and kiss him! Kagome hid behind some bushes and watched, but... they didn't move it was as though time had stopped. Soon, Kagome was able to hear laughing, but once she realized who was laughing she was frozen with fear.

"Does this" Naraku said with an evil smirk on his face. "look familiar? Is this not what happens every time Kikyo comes by? I assume you are upset by this. Yes… I can see it in your eyes that this event hurts you more than anything." Kagome just stood there, with eyes filled with both sorrow and horror. This only widened Naraku's smile. "I have an offer for you." He said, as he disappeared before her eyes.

"What?" Kagome whispered to her self. "Where did he go?" She gasped when she felt a cold hand on her wrist, and wanted to scream when she felt Naraku's arm come around her waist from behind her.

"You wish to be with Inuyasha, do you not?" Kagome stayed silent, watching as the scene of Inuyasha and Kikyo disappeared into darkness. She wished that Naraku would just let go of her and tell her what he wants. "How about we make a deal? I'll keep Kikyo out of your way, so you can try and win that half- breed's heart, but you must give me your shards of the jewel. What do you say?" Kagome kept silent with fear, but a bit of anger did spark up in her.

'If he really thinks that I would give him more power to serve my own needs...'

"No? Hehe. I didn't think that you'd go for it." He laughed a bit, and held her closer, breathing into her ear.

Kagome was starting to come out of her horror stricken shock. She came back to her senses and began to struggle. She kicked and screamed and tried her best to get away, but Naraku's hold just tightened. Kagome didn't know what to do, so she just cried. 'Inuyasha' she thought. 'Where are you? Someone?... Anyone... Help!'

Inuyasha woke up as the sun began to filter through the window. He looked at Kagome as she slept peacefully in his arms. He took in a deep breath, along with her scent, and noticed something. There was something strange about her scent. He could, not only smell, but also sense that she was becoming rather confused. 'I wonder what she could be dreaming about.' He thought as she became more and more confused and frustrated. Suddenly, as her confusion began to settle, she also seemed relieved. 'Whatever she's dreaming about, it can't be that bad. It's not like she's mumbling anything from it. She hasn't squirmed or made any weird noises.' He noticed that she was still quite confused, but there was also a sudden sadness welling up inside her. 'I guess I spoke too soon'

"What?" was mumbled out of her mouth, as her scent became filled with fear. Inuyasha brought her a little closer, trying to comfort her a bit, but her fear only rose and she began to move around, as if trying to get out of his embrace. As her movements became stronger, Inuyasha tightened his hold, wishing that she would calm down. He could sense anger and pure terror emanating from her. He saw a tear run down her cheek and soon a whole stream of them. "No" She said in a strained voice, causing Inuyasha to worry even more.

"Kagome" he said, as he tightened his hold on her. "Kagome, wake up"

Kagome felt Naraku's cold arms, wrapped around her waist, as they tightened around her. She was still crying, although most tears were held back, and had already stopped struggling against him.

"Now, here is my real offer." Naraku said calmly. "I think you should leave that worthless half-breed of yours. It's not like he could protect you properly anyway. Why don't you join with me?" Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing. " We could be of great use to each other."

Kagome felt a great anger build up within her. "If you think that I'd ever join forces with you..." Naraku disappeared before she could finish her sentence, dropping her to the ground.

"Ill give you time to think about my offer." she heard Naraku laugh. "Until then, I'll be waiting." His voice faded away. Kagome was alone, once again.

Kagome's eyes snapped open and she gasped. She was finding it rather hard to breath, and she had broken into a cold sweat. As she calmed her self down she adjusted to her surroundings. She was happy to see that she was back in her room, tucked safely into Inuyasha's arms. 'Wait' she thought. 'Inuyasha? Did he stay here with me the whole night?' She decided to leave that subject alone, and thought about the dream she just had.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha said with and unsure voice. "Are you alright?"

At that moment, something in Kagome snapped. The tears that she was trying to hold back came streaming down her face. She sobbed and cried into Inuyasha's chest. She told him everything that happened in her dream; from the voices to the offer Naraku gave her. Inuyasha held her as close as possible when she was done, doing his best to comfort and calm her. "Inuyasha." She sobbed after about a half hour of this. "What are we going to do?"

"I...I'm not all too sure, but... But I think we should get back to the feudal era. The others would want to know about this, and you'd probably be safer there." Kagome sniffled and nodded. Inuyasha gave her one last hug, to make sure she was calm, before getting up. He took of his fire rat top, which was soaked with Kagome's tears. "Why don't we have breakfast and get ready to go?"

"Before we do... Ummm... Last week... you were talking with Kikyo."

Inuyasha tensed 'She's still upset with me for that? Ugh! I wonder just how much of the conversation she heard.'

"I wanted to ask you.. What were the two of you talking about?" Kagome looked down. "It's not that I mean to be nosey or anything...but...I.. overheard something about killing me. Is it okay if I asked what's going on?" (A/N: Those who don't remember what Kikyo said about killing Kagome, please look at chapter three for the full explanation.)

Inuyasha sighed. He knew he would have to tell her this, but he hoped he wouldn't have to just yet. Things were upsetting enough for her, and he didn't want to make it worse. He sighed again. He had no choice. He sat down next to her on the bed and began to explain.

Naraku sat in the darkness of his castle, looking into Kanna's mirror. He listened, as Inuyasha explained Kikyo's plans to Kagome. "So that's what she has been up to." He said evilly. "This should be more interesting than I thought." He gave his usual laugh.

"So, she wants to kill me and restore her full power?"

"Yeah. That's about it."

"Why can't we just work together as a team?"

"I asked her the same thing. She said that she refuses to work with you. She thinks that you would only get in her way."

"Oh." Kagome had a rather worried look on her face.

"Don't worry about it, Kagome." Inuyasha said, hoping to cheer her up a bit. "There's no way that I'd agree to something like that. Let's get some food and get going. You know the others will want to know about all of this."

"Yeah.. Okay." Kagome said as she got up, still sniffling a bit. She went down stairs to find out what to eat.

Inuyasha sat on her bed, thinking about everything that happened this passed week. So much has happened, and Kagome is stuck in the middle of all of it! 'There has to be something I can do to cheer her up.' He thought, remembering how sad she seemed lately. Who could blame her?

Kagome looked though the kitchen for something to eat, but she was more focused on other things. Because of everything that happened the passed week, she has a lot of questions in mind. 'Why is all of this happening? How and when is this going to end?' But the questions that stood out most were; 'Why is Inuyasha being so calm and understanding? Since when was he so...well...nice?' She decided to let it go for now, and took out cereal, milk and two bowls. By then, Inuyasha had come down and sat at the table. "Hey, Inuyasha. Does cereal sound good to you?"

"Cereal?"

"Kagome sighed and pour him a bowl of Cocoa Puffs. (A/N: Just so you know, that was the only thing to pop into mind at the moment. Probably because I had that exact same thing for breakfast today.) When she sat the bowl in front of him, adding milk and a spoon, he just looked at it. "Just try it, Inuyasha." She said as she began pouring cereal into her own bowl.

Inuyasha ate a little, just to see whether he likes it or not. Kagome continued to eat hers while keeping an eye on what he does. "Hey! This isn't half bad!" Inuyasha said before he began eating in his usual manner.

Kagome was done with her food and decide to go back upstairs to pack. Inuyasha just stayed down there, pouring himself more cereal.

Within about a half hour, the two of them were ready to go. They walked towards the well house and were about to jump into the well, but Kagome suddenly became very dizzy. She wobbled a bit and held on to the edge of the well. Inuyasha kneeled by her.

"Are you alright?" he asked worriedly.

"I..I think so." She answered, standing up, slowly but steadily.

"What happened?"

"Uhhh… I'm not sure, but I'm sure Kaede would know."

"Okay. Let's go." With that, they jumped into the well.

All right! I'll have to stop there. I am sorry, once again, that I did not add the others. I know I had some big reason for putting them in the story, but I lost the paper that I put my ideas on. .;; --;;; Moving on! Thanks for all the great reviews, although I only got about three or four. They were nice anyway! Oh, and Sakura Li Samurai. If your reading this, I want you to know that your story on Kurama is alright. Just leave Karasu out of it! You know that guy creeps me out! To the rest of you, thank you for the reviews. Oh and those who made suggestions for the story, I'd like to especially thank you. I'll be using them in the next few chapters. Bye for now!