Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and the cast but as I said previously, I do of course own Kuroki and some of the original characters that I'm gonna
through in, maybe....

Chapter 2

A few days past, it was finally her birthday. It was early in the morning, it was an hour before dawn. She had woken up early, because of her dream.

She had been having alot of strange dreams lately.In the past few days. She saw a man in her dream, actually two men, two women and two demons. But the man in red caught her attention the most.

But the strange thing was, she was seeing through his eyes. The only time she saw what he looked like was when he walked by the lake and stared at his reflection.

He was dressed in a red kimono. Which, odly resembled a hoody and had red bottoms to match.

Sitting at the kitchen table, she took a quick swig of her coffee and turned back to her drawing. She was sketching out an image, one that was burned deep in her mind.

It was strange, she could see it so clearly. It was from the dream she had recently woken up from. It was an odd dream she thought to herself.

Everytime she had a weird dream like that, she always drew what she had seen.

In her dream, the man she saw. He was fighting some other guy with black hair. She couldn't see what the man in red looked like because, she was seeing through his eyes. But had seen him once, through his reflection in the lake. Why was he starring at his reflection though? She thought to herself as she continued to sketch.

It was strange. But she figured that it must of been someone elses memory. His memory. Thats what it was, but whose memory was it? Who would have a memory like that? She thought.

The place that the two men were fighting at looked like feudal Japan. It was deep in a forest, and was very dark. From what she had observed. She had figured it to be feudal Japan because the clothing the people she was around had been wearing.

She also remembered, the man in red had claws and a sword. It was strange. The Tetsuaiga, was what it was called. Atleast that's what the man thought.

As she glarred at her sketchbook, that she had propped up on her knee. She began to pick apart her dream. As much of it as she could anyway. Some of it was a blurr to her but she could remember most of it clearly.

Her dream, had no ending . But it was cut off when she was waken by her cat. Everytime, she layed down her head it came back to her, as if picking back up where it had left off.

She had been sitting at the kitchen table for three hours it felt, and was finaly finished with her drawing. She squeeled in delight as she starred at it.

It was such a great picture, she couldn't wait to show it to her dad.

" This is my favorite", she smiled. Her voice was no higher then a whisper. She didn't want to wake anyone. It was at least 6 in the morning now, she thought to herself.

A yawn, peirced the silence of the room. Her father was finally awake.

" Good mornin', Happy birthday", He said to her as he swept passed the table. He was headed towards the counter. The scent of fresh brewed coffee filled his nose. Kuroki must have just made coffee, he thought to himself.

"Hey dad, she said softly as she turned to him. " Your up early, whats the occasion?" He asked as he poured some coffee into a red mug.

After putting sugar and milk into his coffee he took a seat next to his daughter. She smiled happily as he sat next to her.

" There isn't really an occasion. I had a weird dream..." she trailed off stairring down at the table. " Oh. And what about? May I ask", He asked bracing himself for the awnser.

" There were two guys, they were fighting. It was really weird. Its kinda hard to explain, here" She said. " Here's a picture of what they looked like, I just got done drawing it. " She said as she handed her sketchbook into her father's hands.

" Oh", He said as he looked the picture. It was him and Naraku fighting. " Damnit" He muttered under his breath. " What's wrong dad?" Kuroki asked, with a hint of concern in her voice.

Something wasn't right, she could feel it. " Dad" she asked again, clearly concerned. He was really starting to worry her. Maybe she shouldn't have shown him the drawing.

" It's nothing" he replied. " That guy looks like you", she added as she pointed to the guy with dog ears.

He laughed softly at that, trying to hide his true feelings." Umm, " He said nervously trying to find the words he wanted to say. Honestly, he couldn't tell her that was him. If he did she would ask alot of questions.

" Nevermind, He covered. " Well what's on the agenda for today?" He asked, raising his voice alittle. He had to change the subject.

" Nothing really, It's just my birthday. I don't think I want to do anything", She sighed heavily. "Why not?" He asked. " Well, theres nothing really to do you know. And I don't feel like celebrating." She replied with a soft smile.

" Why don't you want to celebrate, It's your sixteenth birthday. You should want to celebrate." He said to her. ' What's with her. I've never seen her so unhappy before.' He thought to himself.

" I just don't feel like it." She said as she got up from the table. She left Inuyasha at the kitchen table as she walked to her room.

"I should get her birthday present out of the closet." He said to himself as he arose from his seat. He debated with himself over weither or not to give her present to her yet. She might not like it, But it was from the heart. He thought to himself. _____________________________________________________________________