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My eyes flutter open. It looks like four gold eyes are looking at me.

"Inu- Inuyasha?" I mumble.

"You're finally awake," Inuyasha whispers smiling a little. I realize that he's holding up my head, cradling me in his arms. My heart flutters and even though my body feels so weak I reach up and hug him. It feels like forever ago since I've been in his grasp.

For the first time I realize that it's more than just Inuyasha and me in the room. I quickly sit up. That probably wasn't the best idea though because my head starts to pound.

I put my hand to my head trying to act like it didn't hurt. Inuyasha's to close; the eyes on me are too intense this can't be real. "Am I really awake?" I ask my voice is raspy and barely audible. Doubt starting to fill me. How did I know this is really the actual world?

I quickly get up to my feet and stumble away to the corner of the room. I put my hand on the wall. The pain in my head is horrible and it feels like the ground is spinning. I start to crumble to the floor.

"Kagome," they all seem to say at once.

Inuyasha is the first to get to me. Then Miroku and Sango follow. Inuyasha holds me up while Miroku brings over some drink. It smells absolutely horrible.

Inuyasha grabs the drink and brings it close to me, "Kagome, please drink this."

At first I want to argue but I sigh because I know that I won't win this fight. I mean if this is a dream I won't end up dying I'll just wake up. I grab the disgusting drink and take a sip. I gag. This potion, drink, whatever it is tastes horrible. I mean worse then it smells and it smells pretty bad.

"What is this?" I whisper taking another sip trying not to throw it all up.

Kaede walks over slowly, "Lady Kagome it will make ye feel much better."

I sigh hating how they won't tell me anything about it. I take another sip. My cheeks start to flush; everyone is looking intently on me. I look down at my cup taking another sip.

Silence fills the room. I know everyone's waiting for me to say something, anything but I can't not when their all staring at me like this.

Sango clears her throat turning to Miroku and Inuyasha. "I think it's time for us to go tell the others that Kagome's awake," she says and then turns towards me, "we've all been worried I'm glad your back."

I smile up at her grateful of what she is doing even if this is all a dream. Sango walks to the door and Miroku gets up and follows her out but Inuyasha won't go.

"Inuyasha ye should go with them," Kaede says quietly. But Inuyasha just sits staring at me.

"Inuyasha you need to go. I want you to," I say as firmly as I can with my raspy voice.

I see pain and then anger flash on his face. He gets up and leaves. I don't really want him to go but I just can't risk it anymore. When, well I guess if, I wake up from this dream I'm going to feel terrible because I'll know our love wasn't real.

"Keep drinking the potion," Kaede commands.

"Kaede, how do I know this isn't a dream?" I ask. I gulp down as much as I can.

"Well I guess ye do not. Ye are just going to have to believe. The last dreams ye had ye couldn't remember the other dreams before it, am I correct?"

I nod slightly.

"Well then this could prove that ye are awake. Ye need to remember all your dreams and tell me all about them."

I sigh and think about all the dreams I have and to my surprise I can remember them clearly. I look at Kaede in surprise. I didn't have just one or two dreams but ten or eleven. All of them having me go back to my home, living my old life but I always know something is not right. Then Inuyasha comes to save me but before I can fully sell my soul to him I realize that he's not real. Somehow every time I die and wake up into the next dream. Except the last one I woke up and I don't really remember how.

So I tell Kaede this; all about the dreams.

She nods, "Ye see we found that Nuraku made a wish on the Sacred Jewel. This wish was that anyone who was to wish upon it would have their wish only half granted. The wish would be more of a nightmare. If I'm correct throughout the whole time ye were unconscious Nuraku's spirit was controlling your mind. This potion should get rid of the rest of the control Nuraku has on ye."

Kaede points to the cup. I take another gulp obediently. My mind is going crazy. I have so many questions I don't know where to start. I almost fully believe that I'm awake. Almost.

"How long have I been to asleep?" I ask first.

"Six months."

My mouth drops open. Six months of being controlled how could that be. It felt more like a week.

"Why did I wake up this last time I can't remember what happened at the end," I tell her curious of what made this dream different from all the rest.

"We were afraid we would lose ye. Ye see, about five other times ye almost woke up but every time Nuraku brought back someone that ye knew ye may not have when ye woke up. That be Inuyasha. This last time ye were so close to waking up we knew that if ye got into that fake Inuyasha's grasp again ye would be lost forever."

I cut her off. "But why? I mean if I was so close to finding my way out I would have been fine again, right?"

Kaede shook her head. "Ye were so close to the truth that if you saw that Inuyasha was fine with the truth your spirit would be fine with it too. Which means ye would have stopped fighting; ye would be gone. Well that fake Inuyasha came, we knew because ye were whispering his name. Ye were fading. That's when the real Inuyasha came back. He been gone for a long time but he came back. He went straight to ye, Lady Kagome, and started to whisper into your ear. Ye woke up."

My mind is racing. Inuyasha saved me. He brought me back like I asked him to even if that wasn't really him. I'm so confused but one thing is clear now.

"I really am awake aren't I?" I whisper.

Kaede nods.

I gape. Inuyasha. I treated him meanly a little bit ago. What if he hates me and never wants to be with me? What if…Kikyou.

"Kikyou," I say voice still raspy, "what happened to that part of the wish?" I thought about the dream I had in my dream. It couldn't have been reality could it?

"My sister came back. She was weak because most of her soul was still in ye. She knew that if ye were not with Inuyasha ye may never wake up giving most of ye soul to her. My sister asked Inuyasha to go with her. They left and Inuyasha has just come back. Ye dream may have been true. My sister and ye were connected. Ye may have been able to tap into her thoughts."

Before I can even think about what Kaede just said, Shippo runs into the room followed by Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha.

"KAGOOOOOMEEEEE!" He shouts.

Shippo jumps on me and nearly kills me.

"I missed you, Kagome!" He says.

"Shippo," I barely say still stunned by his jump.

Inuyasha grabs Shippo by the foot holding him upside down.

"You idiot she just woke up don't go killing her," Inuyasha says in his usual annoyed voice.

Shippo thrashes around trying with all his might to break free. "Kagoommee," he whines, "make him stop. He's being mean."

Inuyasha stiffens expecting the 'SIT BOY!' But I just laugh. I can't help it even after everything that has just gone on it seems that things are still the same.

Sango and Miroku laugh along. "I'm glad your back," Miroku says.

Inuyasha smiles at me. I know I have to talk to him well I guess to everyone but for right now I want to bask in the happiness. To not care what happens or did happen. To just enjoy life.