Author: dechanter
Rating: T
Warning: Violence
Summary: Maybe he's not better off alone, in real life or in his dreams... Part 14 of Eclipse series

Enter Never-Ever Land

"I'm so sorry," she meekly whispered with auburn eyes casted away as she rested her head against his shoulder.

"It's okay, it's not like you knew."

It was just a wound carved out of his chest that he had somehow learned to endure. It was fine, he was better off alone. There were fewer distractions that way—that was why his grades were so wonderful.

"I must seem like a bitch, huh?"

What with the fact that she did have a family but one she seemingly ignored, it was quid pro quo—her father had ignored her from about day one. After her bio-mother whatever pretty young thing showed up with enough class would catch his attention and bon voyage, she'd get a new nanny and never see him until they break up or—most likely, her father being the fool he was—divorce.

"Well, you have since the start," he lightly chuckled. A flick upside his head was an award so he countered with, "I'm sure you have a good reason."

"Mmhm," she murmured with shut eyes.

"Wait," he yawned, "wouldn't your dad be mad if I stayed the night?"

"As if I care," she grinned against his bare skin.

It took only a minute or two before they were both fading over to never-ever land—

—masked behind fumes of violet was a grand glowing light, so round and perfect that it could enchant swarms. Instead on that night it only added to the chaos that broke out. The sound of metal slashing through flesh, curdling screams, mixed with a thick stench of blood.

Two called out constantly only to echo in the endless poisonous mist along with hordes of monsters.

"Inuyasha?"

A pretty faced school girl kept glancing about, mud, blood, and dried tears smudged all about her as she ran about in frantic search for something—her lungs burning all the while.

"Kagome!"

The silver haired hanyou screamed through the hectic mess that he slashed his way through until he caught a faint, ever so faint, scent of her mixed in the mist.

But then there was a glimpse of green that he sped towards to grab the maiden by the waist and yank her towards him.

"Kami, Kagome, where've you been?" he panted painfully, "stay close to me, you moron."

"Of course, Inuyasha," a sassy smirk retorted before he felt a slicing sting of agony.

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