Chapter 3
Yume Kaze

Kagome and Inuyasha sat at the police station with complete silence. Every now and then, they would glance at each other, but then look down. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hand and rubbed the back of it with his thumb, "It'll be all right, Kagome... I promise..."

"Are you sure," Kagome looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"Hai, I wouldn't lie to you..."

Kagome smiled at him, kissed him on the cheek, and rested on his shoulder.

"Yo, lovers," a rather young cop commented. "You both get a five minute phone call, only one."

Kagome nodded and got up with Inuyasha. The two walked over and Kagome picked up the phone. She put in a few coins and dialed Sango's number. The phone began to ring.

"Hello," Sango, who was extremely tired, answered.

"Sango," Kagome said.

"What are you calling so late for? Did Inuyasha ditch you?! Oh that yarou--"

"No, no, Inuyasha didn't ditch me. He's right here, except, um, right here is the police station..."

"Nani?!"

"Um, yeah. Inuyasha took me up to this hill and apparently, it was private property and we got busted so I need bail..."

"How much...?"

"Heh, heh... Um, yeah, it's five hundred yen. We're at the south side police station, nasai!" Kagome hung up the phone quickly and sighed. "Your turn!"

Inuyasha picked up the phone, he searched his pocket for change, but couldn't find any. Instead, he went into the pockets of the jeans that Kagome was wearing, it the back pocket was the change he needed. "Thanks, babe," Inuyasha winked at Kagome as she turned red.

Inuyasha dialed Miroku's number, fortunetly, he answered, "Hey... Total hot sex machine Miroku Hoshi here..."

"Hello, dear," Inuyasha said, faking Miroku's mother's voice.

"Mama?!"

"No, you baka, it's Inuyasha," he replied, returning to his normal voice, but ready to die laughing.

"What are you doing?"

"I need bail."

"Again?"

"Yes, again! If I call Sessohumaru, he'll torture me, chop me up, throw my pieces in a ditch, and leave me for the fishes to eat!"

"Ugh, fine. How much?"

"500 yen, I'm at the south side police station, sai'onara!" Inuyasha hung up the phone and the two walked back to their seats.

After a long silence, Kagome finally peeped up, "What did you mean when you said, 'Yes, again?'"

"Oh, um, well, I'm not that innocent of a child..."

"I'd say," said the cop from the front desk. "Drugs, achohal, parties, trespassing, shoplifting. What a history!"

"Ursai," Inuyasha clenched a fist, avoiding to run up and rip out his heart.

"So... I'm dating an ex-criminal," Kagome said, silently confused.

"Hai... Lovely isn't it? Wouldn't your parents love me?"

"Oh, yeah," Kagome's voice had an extreme amount of sarcasim in it. "You'd be my parents' favorite kid on the planet! They'd wish us good luck in getting married! Hell, they'd let us get married right away, when I'm only fifteen!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "All right, you don't have to go that far."

Kagome leaned on Inuyasha, "You're coat is really warm..."

"Hai, it was a gift when I was younger, I guess. You can keep it if you want..."

"Me? Keep this? Oh, no... I-I couldn't! I mean, you said it was a gift and it really is yours, I just wore it because you gave me a tank top. Ano, I wasn't intending on keeping it--" Kagome was interrupted by a brush on her lips.

Inuyasha kissed her to silent her and because he kind of wanted to, "I want you to keep it, consider it as my first gift to you..."

"All right, I'll keep it, just because it smells like you which is really nice," Kagome snuggled in closer, closing the jacket more for warmth. Inuyasha put an arm around her and rested his head on hers. The two fell asleep like that.

In every breath in, Inuyasha took in Kagome's scent, loving it more and more. That's when he realized, his plan was going down hill. He cared for Kagome. This isn't what he intended to happen, but all he did was ignore these spurs of realizing and thought of Kikyou. That didn't work really well, since Kagome's scent was surrounding him and it was drowning him in temptation.

Kagome dreamed while laying beside Inuyasha. Whenever she fell asleep, she always felt like she was being flown off with the help of something she called Yume Kaze--dream wind. It made her feel free like she could go anywhere and dream anything, the freedom you don't really feel everyday like when you're in the middle of class. You're trapped in that classroom, but once you begin to doze off, you feel that hint of freedom until the teacher asks you a question, you answer stupidly, and then everyone laughs at you.

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Sango and Miroku arrived at the sametime a half hour later. They walked in and saw the two sleeping. They looked at each other and smiled. They went over to the desk and paid a thousand yen for the sleeping couple and sat on each side of them.

Miroku and Sango nodded, they poked them and they woke up, realizing that their friends had caught them sleeping. Kagome looked down and turn red. She put a hand upon the other one that was laying on her shoulder. They both got up and began to straigthen their clothes at their friends grinned.

"Shut up," Inuyasha grumbled.

Kagome looked down and turned blood red, "Ano, we better get going then!"

"Yeah, don't wanna leave you two together too long," Miroku said, very slyly and grinning like he had a hanger in his mouth. "Who knows what might happen!"

Sango smacked Miroku upside the head, "You etchi! Don't think that! This is their first date, I don't think Kagome would do that on a first date."

"You never know with girls..." Miroku winked at Sango.

Sango rolled her eyes and walked out with Kagome. Sango began the conversation, "What are you wearing?"

"Inuyasha haori..." Kagome replied, clutching to the haori tightly.

"You're not wearing you dress...?"

"Oh, we rode his motorcycle to the hill and I was afraid of my dress flying up. So, he let me wear a pair of his jeans, one of his 'niece's' large shirts, and his haori for warmth."

"That's very... Nice..."

"What's wrong with you, Sango?"

"I'm worried. Inuyasha has a bad history of--"

"Drugs, achohal, parties, trespassing, and shoplifting. The cop said so out loud... But Inuyasha's different now. He's really sweet, I mean, a druggie or an achohalic can't be as sweet as him..."

"Are you feeling all right? You're calling Inuyasha really sweet... Do you have a tempature?" Sango felt Kagome's head.

Kagome pushed her hand down, "I'm all right, I just met the nice Inuyasha, not the mean, stubborn, selfish, jealous hanyou you've known for a long time."

"You must be dating some other Inuyasha, because that does not sound like any Inuyasha around here."

"Sango! I'm trying to prove a point here, Inuyasha can be extremely sweet, it's just probaly some past times that make him, well, bitter."

"And he'll probaly moero in jigoku for all the shit he's done."

"Sango...!" Kagome shrieked as Inuyasha came up from behind her and poked her in the stomache on both sides. "Itai! Don't do that!"

"Aw, you know you love it," Inuyasha walked with her and he began to nibble on her neck.

"Maybe that nibbling, yes; the poking part, no!"

Inuyasha grinned at looked up at Sango who was giving him a stern look, he ignored it and went back to nibbling on Kagome's neck, careful not to puncture her skin.

Miroku came up from behind Sango and whispered, "What would you do if I started nibbling on your neck like that?" Miroku grinned and put his arm around her.

"I would have to say I'd break yours," Sango replied, taking his hand off her shoulder. Even though Sango adored Miroku, she couldn't help, but hide her feelings or play hard to get.

Miroku backed off, but he still grinned very slyly, without a care if Sango caught this girn upon his face. Sango decided to bring up a topic both boys were fairly embarassed to talk about, "So, how's the band going?"

"Band," Kagome raised an eyebrow.

"You'll regret bringing that up, Sango..." Inuyasha growled.

"Tell me about your 'band,' Inuyasha." Kagome got in the car and Inuyasha went into the back seat with her.

"You explain Miroku, Sango can drive. Maybe that'll keep her mouth shut..."

Inuyasha folded his arms and scowled at Sango. Miroku switched seats with Sango and Miroku turned back to talk to Kagome.

"You see, when Inuyasha and I were freshmans, we were fairlly retarded," Miroku started and Inuyasha growled at him. "We wanted to start a band called 'Zettai Youkai.'" Kagome raised an eyebrow and Miroku continued. "We thought it sounded cool, you know, Zettai Youkai-- Never Demon."

"It sounds all right to me," Kagome said.

"Well, there's still more. Inuyasha's the lead singer--"

"You're a lead singer?!"

"Shut up..." Inuyasha grumbled

"And guitar--"

"Guitar too?!" Kagome exclaimed, staring at her hanyou boyfriend.

"Yamero, it's getting old," Inuyasha said.

"Go on Miroku."

Miroku cleared his throat and continued, "I was bass and we never got a drummer."

"Interesting..."

"So, we were and still are drummer less. Every now and then, we'll pick up our insturments and start playing some of our songs..."

"I wanna hear one!"

"No," Inuyasha said.

"Onegai," Kagome began to whine. "Onegai! For me?"

"We have no drummer, what's the use?!"

Sango cleared her throat, "How thick headed are you men?"

"Thick headed enough to not know what you're talking about," Miroku replied.

"How do you think I can throw my Hiraikostu so well? It takes a lot of cordination with your feet, hands, and strength."

"You're still not making any sense, Sango," Inuyasha groaned.

"I can play the drums, you bakas. I have been able to since I was eleven!"

"How come you never told us," Miroku exclaimed.

"Because Inuyasha was always so damn rude!"

Miroku glared at Inuyasha, "Would you like to play drums for us?"

"Sure, since Kagome wants to hear something so badly."

"Fuck," Inuyasha cursed. "I have to get a fucking song out now... Or write one or something..."

"Yeah, man," Miroku said. "You gotta get working."

"Ursai."

"No problem!"

Inuyasha sat Kagome in his lap and began to fell Kikyou fading from his head the more Kagome sat on his lap. He knew this wasn't good, but couldn't help to feel that he loved her. That she was the most important thing, that he was the one he must protect. He failed to protect Kikyou, so he would protect Kagome.

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Kagome drifted off again with Inuyasha nibbling on her neck in her apartment. She fell into dreamland, being swept off by the Yume Kaze. She dreamed she was by the ocean and Inuyasha was there with her. She was wearing the red haori that Inuyasha gave her and Inuyasha was walking beside her, shirtless. Kagome and Inuyasha sat down on rocks by the water and the waves splashed, wetting them both a little bit.

Inuyasha sat there beside her, holding her in his arms. Kagome felt safe and warm in her dream. Suddenly, an arrow came out of no where and struck Kagome. The dream seemed so real to Kagome, that it affected her in the real world. When Kagome fell, she looked up. Inuyasha was holding her, crying out her name and shaking her.

Behind them, was a girl dressed like a miko. She stared at them with no emotion at all. She seemed to look like Kagome, but more mature and much paler. Kagome glared at the girl, pain in her eyes. The girl simplely stood there, putting down her bow and she said, "Inuyasha belongs to me, Kikyou, not to some pathetic copy who hurt him in the first place..."

Kagome had no idea what she was talking about, but all she could do was fall back and die.

Back in reality, Inuyasha woke up when he lost the sound of a heartbeat. Inuyasha looked down at Kagome and realized she felt a little cold. He bent his head down to her chest, but couldn't hear her heart. Inuyasha, very panicked, screamed out, "Kagome, wake up! Kagome!"

Sango came running out and saw Inuyasha holding a limp Kagome. She gasped, "What did you do?!"

"Nothing," Inuyasha snapped. "We were sleeping and then I lost a sound of a heartbeat, so I woke up and checked Kagome. Her heart wasn't beating"!

"Damnit! CPR!"

"I'll do it, she might be kind of creeped out if she wakes up with you doing mouth to mouth with her." Sango gave Inuyasha a dirty look, but he continued. "You press down on her chest and I'll breathe."

Sango nodded and came over and began to press down on her chest, hoping that her heart would give in. Inuyasha bent down, plugged her nose, and breathed into her mouth. Sango continued to press down, "Come on, Kagome, wake up, onegai!" Sango stopped for a moment and listened, still no heartbeat. She pressed on, nodding at Inuyasha to continued to breathe.

Inuyasha plugged her nose again and breathed, when he got up again, he cried out, "Kagome! You've got to wake up!" Inuyasha breathed into her mouth again. Still no response from her heart.

Sango, still pressing down on her chest repeatedly, said, "Inuyasha, she's gone."

"No, she's not!"

"Inuyasha--"

"Keep pressing!"

Sango continued and Inuyasha breathed into her mouth again, "Don't die on me damnit! Not again, Kami! You can't take her away from me too."

"Inuyasha, she's gone," Sango kept pressing.

"Keep pressing bitch or else you'll lose your fucking head!" Inuyasha breathed again. He checked her pulse, still no response. "Kagome! Kagome! Kagome!"

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Kagome was looking around the place she was in, it was actually really nice. A man walked up to her and said, "Hello, Kagome..."

Kagome looked up, "D-Daddy?"

"Hai, honey. It's me... It's me..."

"W-What are you doing here? Where am I?"

"You're in a place that's between death and life. You have a choice Kagome."

"B-But Daddy, can't you come back with me?!"

"I can't, I'm already six feet under and I've mostly decomposed."

"So! You can get another body, just onegai, you've got to come back! You're the only one who can actually convince Mama that loving hanyous and youkai isn't a bad thing! It's good! It brings to races together! Onegai, Daddy! You've just got to come back with me! I miss Mama and she won't call me daughter anymore because she knows that I get attracted to hanyous and youkai! Hojo broke up with me because of that too! Onegai, Daddy, onegai!"

"I can't, Kagome... I came here to take you to death or return you to life. You have a boy down there who won't give up, even though your friend knows you've passed on... Basically."

"I-If I'm dead... Can I visit Inuyasha?"

"Hai, but he wouldn't be able to know that you were there. You would only see him, but he wouldn't see you, he couldn't hear you either. It's a rule of the deceased... The living can't know we're there. If they do, they'll lose all their beliefs and only believe that there is a world after this one."

"B-But who cares?! If I can see Inuyasha, I want him to be able to see me! I want to be with you, Daddy!"

"Kagome... You have to pick... Be with me in Heaven or stay on earth and be with the hanyou, Inuyasha. He cares very much for you, Kagome..."

"I-I don't know what I want..."

"I don't mean to pressure you, but you've got to hurry. Inuyasha is beginning to lose hope himself. Onegai, Kagome, whatever you chose, you will be happy."

Kagome looked down and bit her lip. She imagined Inuyasha giving her CPR, demanding himself not to give up. Yet, she imagined death with the only man who understood her feelings, her father, the only man who could convince her mother that falling in love with hanyous or youkai wasn't a bad thing. She looked up at her father, "How will I know if you visit me?"

Her father smiled, "I'll leave you a white tulip everytime I come. That way, you'll know that I was there and that I saw you... Growing up."

"Thank you, otou-san..."

"Wo ai ni, Kagome and I always will..."

"Wo ai ni too, otou-san!" Kagome lunged at her father and gave him a hug.

He hugged her back and whispered, "You better take that Yume Kaze back to home before Inuyasha gives up hope." Kagome nodded and left in the other direction, waving goodbye to her father.

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Inuyasha breathed again and Sango was worn out from pushing. Sango complained and stopped so Inuyasha could listen for a heartbeat, "Inuyasha, it's been five minutes. She's gone."

"No," Inuyasha said sternly. "She's not dead! She's just not!"

"Inuyasha stopped, you're going to break her ribs!"

Inuyasha breathed into her mouth and pressed on her chest. At that moment, Kagome woke up and looked around, "I-I-Inuyasha...?"

Sango stared in disbelieve as Inuyasha embraced Kagome into an extremely tight hug, "I didn't want to give up... Sango thought you were gone for good! Don't ever do that to me again!"

"I'm sorry, Inuyasha," Kagome cried on his shoulder. She looked over at the side table next to the couch, there was a white tulip sitting on it. She smiled and hugged Inuyasha tighter.

Inuyasha felt warmth in his heart, like it was mending its self or something. He didn't understand this feeling that he's had since he met Kagome until the moment he had almost lost her. She was the love of his life... He believed Kikyou was the one, but that wasn't true. It was Kagome, always Kagome. The bit missing from his heart was Kagome's love. Inuyasha kissed Kagome, knowing that this would last forever.