Chapter Twenty Five- Lake Of Mirrors

Kagome stood in the middle of an open lake. The water was glass clear, the mist collected around he slim shape. "Hello, is anyone out there?" she took a step on the lake, to her relief it didn't collapse. "I've been here before. I know this lake!" she turned around and looked to the west, finding a shrine.

Beginning to run she found that she could gain no ground on the temple. Whenever she stopped, so did the shire. She could hear her mother crying. Her grandfather had his arms around her. Souta was looking down the well calling out her name. "I left them, I left all of them and I didn't even get to say good-bye."

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"Kagome!" Kagome whirled around looking into the eyes of Inuyasha. He ran past her raising his ken up towards Kouji, striking him in the stomach. Kouji fell to the ground both hands on his stomach. "I don't know where she is you fucking half demon!" Kouji's eyes died to a deep gray color. His life faded around her, surrounding her like a plague.

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"Rin. Rin come here!" Sesshoumaru wandered the gardens. Walking right through her, causing her to lose her breath. He looked back trying to find someone there but obviously did not see her. Kagome followed him through the gardens till he came to the same tree that he had requested Kagome to act as his mate. Inuyasha caught up with him. "Why did Kouji mean you and Kagome are mates!"

"What does it matter to you, don't you have someone you love?"

"Kikyou-…

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The vision faded at her name, tears welled up in Kagome's eyes. "He will always love Kikyou."

Pitch black took to the sky, coloring the mist with a deep purple. "What do you mean you can not find her?" hissed the voice that echoed from within a deep cavern.

"She just disappeared. Kouji died and she was just kidnapped." Kagome could make out the image of Yuuichi's ears and face, but everything else was shaded in.

"Find her, and bring the bitch to me. That soul has kept me waiting long enough."

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"Why do you worry dear Kagome. Your life is not longer at danger as long as you remain on the lake of mirrors." The cloaked man came out of no where, looking into her chocolate eyes, with his deep golden orbs.

"Why do I keep seeing these things. All around me I just keep seeing visions." Kagome asked, fear and confusion in her voice.

"It is what your heart desires to see, it is you great desire to see what you want." Each vision had its own place in your heart."

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The palace was burning. The stench of burning flesh could be sensed from miles away. "Inuyasha. The boy shall be called Inuyasha. Now go quickly." The woman nodded, holding her only son tight in her arms. Running out of the building to the top of the hill, she watched it all, the palace collapsed, the pressure in the roof extinguished the fire. Nothing was left, no body, not even her dearest.

The child started to cry. His half brother slowly came to him, looking at the half demon his father had requested him to accept. What a pitiful creature he was. "Sesshoumaru, meet your little brother-…Inuyasha.

The older boy looked at her in disgust. "He will never be a brother of mine." With that the cold boy walked away. Away from his pain, away from love, from fear. Away from life.

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"You saved Sesshoumaru. You brought him back to the life he once knew. Though he will always continue his search for power. He has completed his hearts desire. Wake up Kagome. See the world through a new light. See it through your heart.

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Kagome woke, in her bed that was given to her by Sesshoumaru. She walked to the door of her bathing quarters, getting ready to present herself to Lord and his royal guests.