A/N: Sorry about the pun in the last chapter title. I hadn't intended on making one but then it just decided to become a joke. Chapters 17 up til now have all been written in a single day so I may be getting a bit out of it. I started this at ten in the morning and it is currently eight at night, I only took one break and that was just before I started writing this. But yes, the pun was a very bad one and I apologize.

Disclaimer: I do not own Drizzt and Co. they belong to R.A. Salvatore. Kagome and the Inuyasha people belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I am merely borrowing them for a little while for entertainment and make no profit. Anyone else that you do not recognize are most likely my own characters. I think I already told all the characters I added in previous chapters. I probably wont add new ones.

And so we continue.

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Chapter Twenty-One: Realizing The Truth of Dreams

Drizzt and Kagome stared at each other for a long moment. They had not realized they had reached out to each other in the night. They both blushed slightly, though on Drizzt it was hard to tell.

The soft light of the oncoming sunrise only heightened their nervousness. Drizzt tried not to stare at the young woman but found it difficult, Kagome looked away in embarrassment.. Careful not to make any noise they both sat up and walked to get a better view.

The sun crested over the horizon and the soft pinks gave way to the bright blues and yellows of the early morning.

They said nothing until the sun was fully up.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know what I was doing." Drizzt said in a soft whisper.

"It's alright. It didn't hurt anything so it's not like it was a bad thing." she let out a light chuckle, her voice was no louder than his. "But I like you, I can overlook it ."

"I like you too." Drizzt let out his own laugh. "At least no one else noticed. They'd never let us live it down."

Kagome smiled back at him. "That's true. I don't think I want to picture what they would say."

The drow ranger matched her expression. "I know, especially Jarlaxle. He'd never shut up about it." They sat through the rest of the sunrise quietly, all around them the sound of the waking forest continued blissfully as though there was nothing else in the world.

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The female half drow trudged grudgingly through the forest. Thankfully Yuri had thought to teleport her almost to the others, and she didn't end up teleported into a tree. She was only a little way behind them.

They were almost to Maizuru. It wouldn't be good for her if they got to the port city and on a ship before she met up with them.

A light breeze wafted past her, she smelled a campfire and cooking food. 'Right on time' she thought.

Luna made herself known before they saw her. Kagome had already sensed her coming no doubt. That was good for the half drow, the others wouldn't attack her on sight. "Oh good, I caught you, " she said. "I have information. May I join you for a bit?"

"Yes of course," Kagome replied. "Sit down. What do you have to tell us?"

"We found out what the drow matron is looking for."

"How?"

"We had someone look in. Inquiries were being made in Memnon by a strange man, she followed him back to where Shiara said the drow were." Luna explained.

'Kitana' Kagome thought. Trust the demoness to do something like that. Not that it was a bad thing. "What is she looking for?" the young woman asked.

"The Charon's Claw, and the gauntlet that goes with it. Mostly she just wants the gauntlet, the sword would just be a bonus to her I would imagine. Not that she would be able to get it though." Luna laughed. The others joined her. There was no way that even a drow matron was going to get the Charon's Claw from Entreri. Unless is was through her heart...

"Anything else?" Kagome asked.

"Yes, about the man, he's a demon. Our informant said that he is very powerful. She mentioned that there was something very familiar about him but she could not place it. She also has reason to believe that he is the true mastermind behind the drow matron's plans." Luna bit her lip. "This isn't good. Either way she has a powerful demon on her side."

Kagome nodded. "Nira, you said that the one who imprisoned you was working for a drow matron right?"

"Yes," Nira answered. "He often bragged about it. He kept saying that she was just means to his own ends, and she was looking for someone as well."

"Who?"

"A renegade, her son I think. And also that one of her daughters was taken by another prisoner."

The words hit Drizzt like a brick. It couldn't be...

But it fit so perfectly. His dreams. The drow on the surface. Hadn't he always been a good excuse to the drow to come to the surface?

He looked to the three, they were following his exact line of thought. "I know who it is." he said. No one spoke so he continued. "Matron Malice, she searches for me as well as the Charon's Claw."

Luna nodded slowly. "I will take this back to Silver, though I don't know how much good it will do. We'll try to find out more about the demon, but our informant has other business in Calimport."

"All haste to Memnon then." Kagome stated. Nobody disagreed.

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Getting a ship to take them to Waterdeep had been easy. Kagome was well known among most of the ship captains for her services of destroying demons that had threatened their ships. The six of them were hired as guards on the Wind Dancer. The voyage would take them three days.

Kagome watched as Drizzt and a much younger looking Entreri sparred on the port side deck.

Entreri had needed to test out his renewed abilities, and Drizzt needed to take his mind off of things.

Watching those two was definitely a spectacle to behold. It was like a dance between two master performers. It was like they knew exactly what the other was thinking, every time there was an opening by one of them it was quickly filled by the blade of the other. And so it had passed for at least an hour.

She watched as Entreri launched a fast one-two thrust attack. He was foiled by Drizzt's feint of a left hand slash. The drow ranger struck him with the flat of the opposite blade. The hit was fiercely returned by a double-thrust low from the assassin. Drizzt went into the cross down routine and kicked his leg up between the hilts of his scimitars. Entreri ducked to the side and avoided receiving the rangers boot in his face. The two chose to end their match then. They were still even, though they were no longer enemies. Drizzt said something she didn't quite hear, but the two shared a good laugh at it. Kagome smiled, she would have to show them a few of her fighting techniques.

The rest of the voyage was uneventful. They made Waterdeep a day early because of a good wind. Now they just had to find another ship to bring them south.

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Shiara purposely avoided the Moonwood. The elves would not likely take well to Vierna.

He had put her back to sleep again and resumed his wild running. There was no point in stopping in any cities so he avoided those too.

He spent the next two days running, finally he could no longer run and keep Vierna asleep. He needed to rest. He found a good place to camp and gently set her down. He dropped his pack and collapsed down next to the drow. He would only need a few hours to sleep then they could continue. Silverymoon was less than half a day away now. A whole day if they were lazy.

He would have his answers soon enough. Then he would take the jewel back to Kagome and she could destroy the demon.

He fell asleep quickly. He would need all the rest he could get. Shiara knew that nothing would harm them, though not in Silverymoon, they were still in Alustriel's realm. Monsters and thieves were not foolish enough to attack them so close to the city, there were too many guards around.