Hey here we go, chapter seven. I wonder if I lost some readers but it doesn't matter, I'm happy with the one's that review. Thanks you guys are awesome. Ok I have fifty million ideas on where to take this, so stay tuned its going to be fun, I promise. So without further ado…

Chapter 7

Who Knew

"No, stay away from me!!"

"Kagome, you should know by now that you can't escape me. Soon you will be mine and there is nothing you can do about it. Give in," he said walking towards her.

"NEVER!!!" she shouted as she turned to run. 'Where am I? Why do I keep having this dream? Every time I come to this same place…where am I? Why can't I see anything…its so dark and so cold, Inuyasha where are you?'

"You don't have much time, why waste your energy running from me? You can't escape me…Kagome," he said reaching his out towards her.

The darkness engulf her, chocking the breath out of her, freezing her in spot. She couldn't breath and she couldn't move. What was happening to her? He approached her slowly, taking his time, deliberately making her suffer, in hopes of breaking her spirit. "I can make it stop you know, all you have to do is say you'll be mine."

She looked around her but there was nothing to help her. Strangely enough, she couldn't use her miko powers, she was too drained. She started coughing for air, her body trembling from lack of it.

"I hate to see you this way," he said as he stood in front of her, stroking her face with his right hand. "Just give in…it won't be as bad as you think."

The force that had been choking her loosen a little as he crushed her to him. The world around her was turning black bit by bit, not that it matter for everything around her was already black. "Kagome, you are my Kykio. You belong to me," he said as he leaned his lips closer to her.

"Inuyasha," she whispered as his lips claimed hers.

"Kagome!!!"

"No…no" she cried as tears spilled down her face.

"Kagome!!! Wake up!!!" she shouted as he shook her.

"NO!!!!" she screamed trashing about madly before her eyes finally fluttered open. Her heart was beating wildly as if trying to make its way out of her chest. Her eyes where still glazed over, she was still not fully awake from her dream.

"Kagome, Kagome, can you hear me. It's ok, I'm here…I'll protect you," he said soothingly as he held her close to his chest. Her hands where holding tightly into his hoary (is that spelled right) in a death grip.

"Inuyasha?" she was not sure, if she had heard his voice.

"Kagome I'm here, it's me," he said nuzzling her neck, giving her butterflies kisses here and there.

Her hold on him tightened as her eyes became focus. "Inuyasha!!!" she cried as the tears ran down her face. "Where were you? Don't leave me alone, I don't want to be alone."

"I'm sorry; you were sleeping so peacefully that I thought it was finally over. I had to get more firewood for the fire, I wasn't gone that long. I didn't think anything would happen."

"I'm so sorry Inuyasha; it's not your fault. Just please don't let me sleep alone. I can't take it, these dreams are horrible. I'm so scared…of him…of what'll happen if you're not there."

"Him?" Inuyasha questioned, Kagome had yet to tell him what her dreams where about. It bather him to no end, he was constantly worried. He couldn't be away from her while she slept or her dreams would turn to nightmare. "It's Naraku isn't?" there was no reply from her. "Kagome, why didn't you tell me? Kaede could have done something to fix this."

"I don't think there is anything she can do. I think this has something to with all his attacks on me. I've been fighting him off but I'm so tired. I can't keep it up anymore. Why doesn't he leave me alone? What does he want with me anyways?" she said relaxing in his embrace.

"I don't know but it can't be anything good and I'm loosing my patience with this journey. It has been a week and we have gotten nowhere following that riddle."

"I know give it time, it must be worth it. If it was easy it would not be worth it, good things are hard to come by."

"That's true"

"Yeah"

"Let me see…'the land where sun rest, an old ally waits to awaken, thy shall find your greatest challenge. Should you succeed victory shall be yours, should you fail, that which you hold dearest will disappear to be as you knew it.' well we have been traveling west, yet we have come across nothing. What does it mean? Do we continue? I don't know what to do or think, what do you think Kagome? Kagome?" he looked down at her but she was resting peacefully in his arms. 'Till tomorrow then, sleep well' he thought to himself kissing her softly on the lips and settling in for the night.

The next day…

"This is weird," Inuyasha said he stopped in front of what seemed to be a desert area. "How the land suddenly changed from grassy plains to a desert, it makes no sense."

"It must be part of the riddle. We are getting closer!!" she said excitedly from her position on his back.

"Ha ha ha, if I knew you were going to be this happy, I would have made it here faster."

"I can't help it. The sooner we find you what you are missing the faster we get home. I miss everyone and I'm worried about Miaka."

"Yeah me too"

"I don't know I have a bad feeling about all of this. We haven't been attacked the whole time we've been on this. It's strange; I want to get home as soon as possible. Something aint right, I'm really worried about Miaka.'

"OK, let's get a move on"

"Good!! You've made it here. I was starting to wonder if you would ever make it."

"IT'S YOU!!! BASTARD WHO ARE? WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT TO WASTE TIME WITH YOU!!!"

"Such hostility towards the one that will give what you seek. Tsk tsk I thought you would be friendlier by now. Hasn't your time though you any better. I guess not, can't change what was always there."

"HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THAT?!!!"

"I doesn't matter, for now you must focus and reaching your destination. Worry not for you are on the right track, in this place where life is non-existent, you will find a golden stone. If thy heart is pure and thy intensions are true, the way shall be revealed. Let's you stray and lose thy you will never see a living soul again. Be warned; be true to your self for the challenges ahead of you are difficult."

"OH GREAT MORE BULLSHIT!!!"

"Inuyasha calm down, this is not that bad. It actually sounds quite easy if you ask me. Come on lets go."

"So let's find this golden stone,"

"OK,"

As they walked in the wind blew harshly against them, making it difficult to walk. "Hold on Kagome," the was no reply. "Kagome?"

"Don't worry she is safe, but this test you must face on your own. You will find her when you find the stone."

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!! SHE BETTER OK OR YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'LL DO TO YOU WHEN I FIND YOU!!!"

"I'll look forward to it"

"Honestly…stupid, dumb, annoying voice, making me go through all this," he mumbled to himself as he continued against the wind.

The deeper he got the harder the wind blew. Then of all of a sudden it cleared and he found himself looking at the Goshinbu spelling again, I just don't like calling it the God tree) three. Everything around him was beautiful and peaceful.

"What the? What I'm I doing here?" He asked as he looked around him.

"Inuyasha," Kykio said stepping into the clearing.

"Who are you?" a part of him felt like he knew her but he had never seen her before. "Have we met before?"

"It's me Kykio," she looked at him confused. "What joke are you playing now you silly hanyou?"

"Game? What are you talking about? You do familiar, as a matter of fact you remind me of Kagome,"

"Kagome? Who is this Kagome? Oh that Kagome, my future self. Why are you worried about her? You no longer have to worry about anything. We can be together forever here, no worries. There is no Naraku, in your case you don't have to worry about school exams either or being a demon," walking towards him.

"I…what are you talking about? I need to find Kagome, and there are a lot of people counting on me."

"Inuyasha, those things have been taken care of. There is nothing for you to worry about. You can finally be here with me, we can be happy. Can't you see," she was standing in front of him, reaching out her hand to him.

"I don't feel so well…what are you doing to me?"

"I'm not doing anything to you, whatever are you talking about. Inuyasha don't you love me anymore?" she asked as she stroked his face.

Without him being conscious of it, he leaned into the touch. "I…my mind is getting cloudy, I can't think straight."

"Think there is nothing to think about. All you need to worry about is you and me. I love you," she said as she wrapped her arms around him bringing him closer to her.

Something inside him was starting to awaken, clouding his judgment. He no longer thought about Kagome or Miaka; he only wanted to be here with the woman he loved. "I…I love…I love you too Kykio."

"I've waited forever for you, knowing that someday you would return to me. Stay with me," she said kissing him softly and passionately on the lips.

Her lips felt warm and gentle against his, a part of him that he didn't know was coming alive. 'what's happening to me? Why do I feel like this? This Kykio…she must Kagome from the past and maybe my past self still wants to be with her. This can't be, Kagome needs me…yet I'm so at peace her…NO I CAN'T THINK THIS WAY!!!'

Their lips parted and she rested her head against his chest, basking in the feeling of being the arms of the one she loves. "Inuyasha," she whispered.

'STOP THIS…YOU CAN'T GIVE IN TO THIS, IT'S NOT REAL!!!KYKIO IS DEAD!!! WAKE UP, YOU HAVE TO BE STRONGER THAN THIS!!' he kept telling himself over and over.

'You lie, we love her. Even you feel it, why do you deny it. This is what we've wanted; you don't want to fight anymore. This whole situation with Naraku is driving you nuts and all you wish to do is go home, why not stay here and live in peace.' A voice spoke in his head, he recognize this voice. It was his old self, calling out to Kykio.

'Can't you see that this is a lie? Look, within yourself, you know what happened. She died beside and you were not able to do anything it about it. I can understand because I'm you as well, but the woman we love is not this one in front of us. It's the one that is waiting for us by the golden stone. The one that is trying with all her might to not give in to that bastard.'

'This feels so real, I've always dreamed that I would see her again. That we could be like this.'

'I know how you feel,' he said as his human future self stood facing his past hanyou self. 'But this isn't real, that will never be, all we have is our future and we must not throw it away. There are people depending on us, what would happen to Kagome without us. She is the real Kykio, would you let her die again by the hands of that bastard.'

'NO'

'Then you know what to do,' he said as the two halves became one.

"Inuyasha, Inuyasha are you ok?"

"What?!!!"

"You zoned out,"

"Sorry,"

"It's ok, nothing matters anymore. As long as you are with me."

"Kykio," he said lifting her face up to look at him. "I loved you as you are now a long time ago, but I can't continue with this charade. This is not real, please release me and let me go. You were my past, but the future is totally different."

"Inuyasha…"

"Please Kykio, you have to understand. The Kykio I knew would have not been selfish,"

"I understand, but remember that I loved you and that I still do," she said reaching up and quickly placing a kiss on his lips before everything disappeared around him.

He was back to the desert with the wind blowing madly against him. "Kykio…"

"Good bye Inuyasha," a voice called in the distance.

He bowed his head and continued to walk. Not long after the wind cleared up and a brick path was revealed. He walked along it not minding his surroundings.

Kagome had been waiting for a while at this spot by the stone. It was huge; she wondered what they were supposed to do with it. She had woken up and found herself here, but Inuyasha was nowhere insight. Had been worried but the voice had told her that this was a challenge he must face on his own.

So here, she was waiting patiently in front of it, looking into the distance for any signs of him. Then she spotted him, walking towards with his head bowed. "Inuyasha!!!" she shouted waving her hands in the air rapidly. "Inuyasha!!!"

He looked up at the sound of her voice. "Kagome!!!" he ran towards her.

"Inuyasha!!!" she called as she did the same.

They met half way, she throwing herself into his arms, and him crushing her with his embrace. "Oh Inuyasha, I was so worried but I knew you could do it."

"Kagome…Kagome I love, you know that right. I don't ever want to let go of you. I will do everything I can to protect you."

She buried herself into his chest. "I know…you always have and you always will. It's the same with me."

"You are my past and my future, I'm nothing without you. I'm just glad we found each other again in our time. I'll never let you go," he said leaning down and kissing her with all his love.

"Bravo…encore!!! She three thumbs up for a fascinating performance."

"Why do you always have to show up at the wrong time?" Inuyasha asked angry at the intrusion. Kagome only giggled at this, she could tell whoever it was a good nature person.

"Well excuse me, but I thought that your next riddle was important."

"Oh don't mind him, what's next?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome!!! Don't get friendly with him"

"Come on Inuyasha, whoever he is, he means us no harm."

"Thank you Kagome, at least someone has brains."

"Hey!!!" Inuyasha shouted which only made Kagome laugh some more.

"Anyways, Through the golden stone you must cross for though has proven thy worth. Now that the two halves have become one, will you risk it all for the one you love? Thy strength and thy courage ye shall need for this next test is not an easy feat."

"Whatever…do you have to be so dramatic? Geez open the fucking doors already,"

"Heed my words, for this will one of thy greatest challenges."

"Whatever,"

"Enter if though are brave" and with that the golden stone split in two open like a doorway. They were blinded by white light as they walked in hand in hand.

Well I hope you guys enjoyed it, it's not a cliffy or anything. I think I left this at a good spot. So review and tell me what you think. Feel free to criticize in any way you like. If you don't like it please don't hate to much. Love ya all, till next time.