Disclamer: I still do not own Inuyasha, Rumiko, or Suess,

I have a pet moose,

That when let loose,

Became a masseuse…

Oh yeah, I'm still not Suess!





Bad Dreams

Inuyasha's eyes shot open to darkness and the faint sound of

trickling water to his right. He couldn't remember anything about the

end of the encounter with the demon. He stood up quickly and surveyed

the scene around him. Everyone else was asleep, except he couldn't

find Kagome. Inu suddenly heard a snore from his foot area. He looked

down to see what it was, and discovered that it was Kagome. She had

been sleeping not a foot away from him! He snorted and said "Hmmm, I

wonder WHY she's sleeping next to me; maybe she likes me more than

she lets on… and why not? Kikyou liked me…" He looked a little closer

and realized her kimono was hanging up on the tree next to them, and

it had blood-stains on it. He looked down at the sleeping girl and

furrowed his brow in concern. 'I wonder if she's okay…' Inuyasha

thought worriedly. He didn't remember her getting hurt, but he didn't

remember the end of the fight either. Come to think of it, he didn't

really remember how they won at all. All he remembered was when the

sun-demon had stabbed him, he blacked out and dreamt a very strange

dream. It started out with him and Kikyou having just a normal day,

and suddenly Tetsusaiga un-sheathed itself and flew into her sternum.

The moment Kikyou stuck to the tree, Kagome jumped out from behind it

and screamed his name. She pointed an arrow at him and was about to

let go. Inuyasha didn't care, he felt like he deserved it, but right

as she fired the arrow Sesshoumaru came out from behind her. He

grabbed her and drug her off to his castle. All the while, the arrow

was again stuck in his sternum and he couldn't go save her. 'Why do I

want to save her?' he thought, 'I should just want to die here with

Kikyou, but, while a part of my heart goes with Kikyou, it's almost

like I'm not meant to die yet.' He looked down at the arrow, grabbed

it as if to pull it out, then died. That's when he woke up. Now

scared and confused, he decided to pick a tree to go back to sleep

in, he could tell that he hadn't fully recovered yet. When Inuyasha

had found a tree, he tried to leap into it, and smacked right into

the trunk. "What the he…" he mumbled out. He caught sight of his hand

and smacked himself in the head, causing more pain. His claws were

gone. It was his time of the month, no wonder he hadn't recovered

more by now. He knew when he fought that fight with the demon that

his day was three days off. So he had been sleeping for three days?

Damn, that is a long-assed nap… He felt bad that he hadn't been there

to protect Kagome. She probably wouldn't have gotten hurt if he had

been there.

"Why the fuck do I keep thinking about Kagome? She's a Priestess,

goddammit, she should be able to protect herself." He huffed as he

stomped off to find a tree with a lower branch so he could sleep

'till morning…

"So, it's the first day of the month, huh?" Miroku yelled up into the

tree.

"What the fu-" Inuyasha started to say before falling out of his low

tree-branch. "How the hell do you know that, Houshi?" Inuyasha

sniffed.

"Because we saw you transform last night while you were still

sleeping." Sango answered, walking up from behind Miroku.

"Well you bastards better keep your mouths shut, or I might just have

to kill you…" Inu started to say before Miroku cut him off.

"Right, anyway, we've been trying to find out where we actually are

for the past three days you've been asleep, and we've finally been

able to pinpoint our location."

"Which is…?" Inuyasha asked.

"On the east side of Kaede's village" Miroku sighed. Every one looked

down at their feet. This was no good.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome's eyes flew open and she screamed. She was

sweating and her hair and blankets were sticking to her as her eyes

widened with horror. Inuyasha was beside her in a flash.

"Kagome, shhh, shhh, it's okay, it's all gonna be okay…" he petted

her back as she cried in his arms. Sango and Miroku were dumbfounded,

they didn't understand what was wrong.

"Ummm, Kagome" Sango started to say.

"What, can't you see the girl is crying here?" Inuyasha snorted.

"Well yeah, but," Sango started to say again.

"Maybe we should leave them alone." Miroku said, staring at them with

a suspicious bit of drool snaking its way out of the corner of his

mouth. Sango hit him over the head.

"Lecherous monk." Sango snipped, then turned to Kagome, "Just keep

your damn covers up." Suddenly, Kagome pushed Inuyasha away and

pulled her covers up over her breasts and blushed a scarlet red.

"Uh, thanks, Sango… Kagome stuttered. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"As if I noticed." He mumbled to himself. Sango ignored him.

"What's wrong Kagome?" Sango asked her worriedly. There was a reason

that she woke up screaming Inuyasha's name, and she wanted to know

what that reason was.

"I had a bad dream, that's all." Kagome looked down and rearranged

her blankets.

"Not just a normal bad dream would make you yell for Inuyasha."

Miroku stated.

"Well, maybe I don't want to talk about it." Kagome huffed. She

couldn't help the way she felt, but she didn't want everyone to know

it either.

"C'mon, just spill it out already, Kagome." Inuyasha said

impatiently. He was surprised when Kagome turned on him with a red,

and very angry, face.

"I don't have to tell you anything, Inuyasha, and if we're going to

get to your and your brother's place in time, we have to leave right

now. There's no time to waste on my silly little dream!"

"Okay, sheesh, I'll get your kimono. Lord, woman…." Inuyasha

continued to mumble while he fetched her kimono.

"Lordy, Kagome, you really let him have it, huh?" Sango commented

while Miroku also walked off to gather up the stuff.

"Yeah, I guess so." Kagome blushed slightly. Sango looked down at her

knowingly.

"You're starting to fall for him, aren't you?" She gave Kagome a

stern look. Kagome fell over and groaned.

"That jerk, heck no!" Kagome stuttered.

"Uh-hu, yeah, okay, I think it's time to go." Sango looked at her

funny as she handed her her kimono Inuyasha had just handed to her.

"Put this on and let's get going." Sango said. "I'll wake up the

Kitsune."

(A/n: Okay, sorry it took me a while to finish this extremely boring

[yet, necessary] chapter. My computer gipped out on me and I had to

convince the dell computer dude that I really did need a dell. So I

had to get it and set it up before I could continue. I should be

writing more regularly now, as long as my sports don't keep demanding

all of my free time! I love you all and you get a kiss for reading

all of that all the way through!)

*Mwah*

mumu (Sorry, there's no capital "M")