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Kagomes POV
I vaguely remember fighting Kikyo… and I know I won… I wasn't going to let her hurt anyone of the people I cared about, so I risked my life… I know that Inuyasha showed up, just as things were getting darker… I couldn't think of why he would have woken up, then I remembered I had been shot by Kikyo… I paid no attention to it then, because I wasn't going to let her get passed me… he must have felt my pain… when Inuyasha showed up I could feel my body beginning to get stronger… I was somehow beginning to heal myself, and that is one thing that I wasn't supposed to be able to do. I completely regained consciousness at the camp, where I had been before… I could hear Sango and Inuyasha talking, Miroku was praying. " Inuyasha… will she be okay? She is my…my best friend…" she was crying. " I think she will be okay… she has to be okay… if she's not I don't know what I will do… I need her…" I slowly began to open my eyes to see Inuyashas worried face staring back at me… Sango was behind him, and Shippou and Kirara were sleeping in on the other side of the fire. Inuyasha grabbed my hand and Sango sat on the other side of me, Miroku knelt at my feet, still praying. " Kagome, are you okay?? Please be okay…" he had a tone in his voice that I had rarely heard him use, especially not on me… " Kagome, please be okay…" Sangos voice was shaky I was almost unable to understand it… I tried to force my self to speak… I wanted to say " yes Inuyasha, Sango, I am fine… I did what I had to do… everyone was asleep and I could sense her coming, and I knew you guys were week… so I went… it turns out I was the only one who could defeat her…" why wasn't my voice working… I so desperately wanted to talk to them… I wanted to let them know that I was in fact okay. Inuyasha bent down and wrapped his arms around me, carefully holding me… I loved being so close. "Inuyasha, why isn't she talking… Kagome, please be okay!! I need you, you are like my sister now… the only family I have… since Kohaku… since Naraku has him…" Miroku stood up and hugged Sango. " Sango, my dear, I promise it will be okay… she used a lot of energy with her newly discovered power… and her body is probably too weak to speak…" Sango cried on his shoulder. I could feel an evil presence… it was Naraku… he was getting closer… but not in human form… its like he was just coming for me… could no one sense him… was it just me… I looked into Inuyashas eyes, pleading with him to sense this… " Na…ra…ku…" that's all I could force out of my lips. " is he coming Kagome?" I shook my head no, and then yes and pointed at myself… " oh no he is going to come for Kagome!" Inuyashas emotions were so confusing, he was angry and worried… I could feel it all. He gripped me tighter. " I will kill that bastard if he even thinks of hurting you." I felt safe for a moment, then I could feel something inside my mind… it was evil… dark… and cold… how did he infiltrate my soul… my body began to tremble… Naraku was trying to force me into a dream… " Kagome!! Oh no!! he is in her soul!! Kagome fight it, don't fall asleep, don't let him have you… please you have to fight!! Kagome!!" he was shaking me now, trying to keep me from giving in… I was fight as hard as I could, but Naraku was in my mind, and he was becoming to strong… I couldn't figure out what he was trying to do… was he trying to put me in a state of misery… or was he trying to use my body to kill Inuyasha, cause he knew Inuyasha wouldn't hurt me… I could barely hear Inuyashas frantic voice telling me to fight and to not give in… I couldn't fight anymore… this was a loosing battle, Naraku was too strong… I felt myself stop trembling and fall into a pit of darkness…
Inuyashas POV
No Kagome, don't fall pray to his plan… don't close your eyes… Sango and Miroku were looking around to see if they even sensed Naraku, I knew it was him though… I sensed him for a brief moment right before Kagome quit shaking… he was in her soul… I had to save her… I was sure he was going to pull the same thing Kikyo did on me… and if I know Kagomes heart she will die in a state of misery seeing me go to hell with Kikyo… Kagome was so insecure about that, and I really don't blame her… I was after Kikyo for so many years… then I met Kagome, who resembled Kikyo but was nothing like her… I used to look at her and see Kikyo, now I would look at Kikyo and see Kagome. I set Kagome down… I had to find a way to wake her up… I was not going to let her die like that… I would give my life for hers… I sat on top of her, and bent down to kiss her… nothing… I stroked the hair lightly out of her face… still nothing… I had to wake her up… Kagome, please wake up… don't leave me like this… I could feel her heart rate begin to increase she was extremely upset… I could sense it… Miroku and Sango were back… Miroku walked up behind me. " Inuyasha, is she… is she…" he went to touch my shoulder and I pushed him back. " leave us alone!! Just give me a few more minutes, please… all of you leave us alone!" he stepped back and grabbed Sango… who reluctantly followed him… I could feel myself do something I never wanted to do… I was about to shed tears over this woman… not just any woman, my soul mate as she had called it… I bent down and held her in my arms, I began to whisper : " Kagome… you cant do this to me… I love you too much… please… I am nothing without you… I live for you… and without you I will just be the shell of a man… please… I cant live with out you…" I could feel a single tear run down my cheek… it landed on her face, and she began to twitch… she was fighting to wake up… come on Kagome, you can do this… you are stronger than that bastard… she began to open her eyes… and she looked very weak and very hurt… I wanted to make her feel better, but I didn't know what I could do… all of a sudden she latched onto my neck and began sobbing… what had she dreamed, what had the bastard done to her… I could hear Sango and Miroku coming… Sango was running. " Kagome!! Thank the gods!!" Kagome was still holding on to me. "Inuyasha, I knew… I knew, you wouldn't let me die… I knew you would wake me up… it was horrible Inuyasha… it was horrible and I just… I need you…" its like she didn't even hear Sango… what the hell had he done to her… I was going to kill the stupid bastard… he had no right to hurt her… I could feel my anger begin to boil… " its ok Kagome, I am here now… I will not let him hurt you again… I will kill him…" I didn't know what else to say to comfort her… I hated seeing her like this… she looked up into my eyes, her eyes were filled with terror and pain… I wanted to know what in the hell Naraku put her through… she had the will to speak now… that was good… she looked like she wanted to tell me something, then she noticed Sango looking at her… " I'm okay, I promise Sango." Sango walked over to us and sat down next to Kagome… " what did he do to you in your dream like state? Maybe there is a clue to how we can defeat him… and I know it is painful to talk about… I still don't want to think about what I was forced to experience…" Sango looked away, and then back at Kagome and I… would Kagome be able to talk about what happened?
Kagomes POV
Naraku was in my soul, I was surrounded by darkness, he was all around me, but I couldn't pin point where he was… I couldn't fight him… the next thing I knew he had shot me to a tree with Kikyos bow… " you are not going to get away with killing her you stupid wench… I am going to kill you the same way my Kikyo would have killed you… although I wont be that cruel… she really hated you." he walked toward me, glaring at me… what was he going to do… Inuyasha, wake me up please!! Please I beg you, wake me up!! Naraku pointed to a dark place in the woods that began to brighten up… it was Kikyo, and Inuyasha, they were holding hands and walking this way. " you will die from the pain of your broken heart, because you know he deserves better than a sorry girl like you, he deserves that beautiful woman…" I could feel the sorrow in my heart over taking me… don't give in, he loves you… no he doesn't he never has loved me, he's always wanted her… and he always will… you know better than this, do not let Naraku kill you, Inuyasha will always save you… Inuyasha and Kikyo were getting closer and closer to me… Naraku faded away into the darkness… Kikyo pointed at me. " look, there's that stupid wench who thought she deserved a chance with you… ha, she must be really stupid, huh?" Inuyasha looked at me and smirked. " we should really just put her out of her misery Kikyo… I love you and I want nothing to do with that girl… that girl is worthless… if we kill her no one would miss her." he smiled and then he and Kikyo kissed… I wanted to get away… I couldn't watch this… the sorrow was slowly killing me, I was crying now… "Inuyasha… how could you do this…after everything you said to me…" Kikyo looked angry now… "girl, did you not realize that no matter what he may have had with you, he will always come back to me… I am the one that holds his heart… you are nothing, you would be better off dead!" she pulled out her bow and arrows… Inuyasha grabbed her arm… " let me take care of her… let me take care of our problem Kikyo, then we can be together… with no more interruptions… just you and I…" he licked his claws… " are you ready to die?" come on girl… fight this… Inuyasha would never do this… fight to wake up… break the spell… break it… do it for Inuyasha, before you die… the darkness around me started to fade, and the Inuyasha and Kikyo that were in front of me began to fade like holograms, this was all a trick… my heart ached… I have never felt such misery… then I opened my eyes and Inuyasha was holding me… I was so relieved… now Sango wanted to know what had happened in my dream… I didn't want to relive what had happened, but I knew Naraku would be coming again… there were no clues that I could think of in my dream… " Sango trust me... There were no clues… but please don't make me talk about it… it was bad enough that Naraku made Inuyasha and Kikyo be together… but he was gonna make Inuyasha kill me… they kept saying I was nothing… I would be better off dead…" Sango and I had walked off a bit from the others, but I knew that Inuyasha would be listening in… " the pain I felt in my heart was unbearable… I thought I was going to die and if I hadn't of broke free when I did Inuyasha would have killed me…" Sango looked surprised… " Naraku was trying to kill me through my misery, and the one thing that would kill me like that is for Inuyasha to say that I mean nothing to him… and then to finish me off and put me out of my misery… I have no doubt that Naraku will be coming after me again… but I think it will be in person again, cause he only had one of Kikyos charms… next time he attacks it will be on all of us… and we can win that, I know we can… and plus unless if I am severely injured I can heal you guys if you get hurt." Sango was pleased with my answer. " I am so sorry about what Naraku put you through… you realize that Inuyasha and Miroku are most likely spying on what you've said…" I smiled a bit. " I don't care, I am glad if they are, then I wont have to repeat myself…" Inuyasha and Miroku stepped out from behind a tree looking a bit guilty. Inuyasha walked over to me. " I am so sorry Naraku did that to you, Kagome, I love you… I would never do anything to hurt you… I cant stand seeing you in pain…" he wrapped his arms around me and embraced me… I loved him as well. " Inuyasha, I know… that is why I tried so hard to break free… it was so terrible… when Naraku comes we have to kill him." Miroku had his arm around Sangos waist. " don't worry Kagome, we can kill Naraku… and we will…" Miroku was serious, he had his reasons… " Inuyasha, promise you will never leave me, I love you, just promise me this…" "Kagome, I will never leave you, I promise, I wouldn't be able to live with out you.