The Curse of a Half-Demon
-Chapter 9-
The Dream of Kikyo (Still the Same Day.)

"There! The finishing touches of putting the bandages on! Can you stand?" Asked Kagome.

Sango gave her a smile and tried to stand. She could barely stand. But when she tried, she was trembling and almost fell. Kagome helped her to sit back down.

"I guess I can only tremble," said Sango.

"Just rest here until Miroku comes with that water," said Shippo.

She smiled at him. "I hope he comes soon. I need it for me to fight Naraku!"

"Hmph! A mere human won't be able to kill Naraku! I demon would!" Said Inuyasha.

"Are you talking about yourself!?" Asked Sango.

"Maybe! I may be talking about Boatpo!"

"I'm not Boatpo! It's Shippo!! Plus I'm too scared to fight him! He could kill me easily!" Said Shippo.

Sango laughed at Shippo and Inuyasha. She needed a good laugh anyway. "Thanks for making me laugh! I needed it!!" Said Sango.

Then she continued to laugh...Kagome joined her. Then Miroku barged in the house and ran to them. He was huffing and puffing when he got to them. He gave Sango a bottle of holy water.

"I cast a talisman on it. It should heal your wound in about 2 or 3 days!" Said Miroku.

"Hey! How come you didn't gave that to me! MY wound is going to take months!!" Angered Kagome.

"Sorry! I'll give it to you tomorrow then. Here you go!" He gave it to Sango. He first went on one knee to watch her drink it. While she was drinking it, she felt something touching her hip. She actually almost choked when her hip was being rubbed. She put the water down and saw Miroku's hand touching her hip! She had enough strength to smack him hard and put a handprint on his face.

Then she drank all of it. She felt a little stronger and re-energized! She got up a little quicker and stood up straight. Her body was still hurting her though.

"I feel a whole lot better!" Said Sango.

"What? You feel better after smacking Miroku to death?" Asked Inuyasha.

"No! I got my strength back and that I have enough of it to beat someone up! That could mean you Inuyasha!!"

"Oh really!? Try beating me up now! IF you can!"

"Inuyasha...sit boy!" Said Kagome. Like always, hit the floor flat on his face. (_ I love it when Kagome says that!) "You really have to stop fighting with everyone! Especially me!!"

"Why? Because I keep calling you servant!?" Questioned Inuyasha.

"Yeah! So JUST SHUT UP!! YOU-huh?" Kagome stopped because she just had an image in her head. It was about Inuyasha and some girl that looked like her. She suspect it was Kikyo.

Kikyo was in Inuyasha's arms bleeding to death. Some blood on her face, and on her clothes. She was saying something but Kagome couldn't understand it. Inuyasha was shouting out something but she couldn't understand that either.

Kikyo showed a mean expression on her face and tried to get up but she stopped because she was in pain. She had something round and pink in her hands and was saying something.

"[That must be the Shikon no Tama...]" said Kagme.

Still in the image, Kikyo kept saying something and closed her eyes. Inuyasha was yelling out something. Then the Shikon no Tama disappeared and the image was interrupted by someone's voice.

"Kagome..." said a voice. The image was gone and she was back into her living room. She looked at Inuyasha and everybody in the living room. She thought it was Inuyasha that called her name. "What's wrong?" Asked Inuyasha.

"Were you spaced out?" Asked Shippo.

"It seems like you didn't hear us because we kept calling out your name. Are you sure everything is alright?" Questioned Sango.

"Were you guys calling my name?" Asked Kagome.

"Well, all of us tried calling your name and Inuyasha didn't. None of us couldn't get through to you. But when Inuyasha called your name, you snapped out of it," explained Miroku.

"[Maybe it was because the image was starting to go away. Does this image mean anything to anyone...like Inuyasha and Kikyo?]" Questioned Kagome.

"Kagome...you're spacing out again," said Shippo.

"Oh really!? I didn't notice...I'm sorry guys! I just have...SO much things going on and I can't keep up," said Kagome.

"I see...Inuyasha! You sleep in her room tonight!!" Commanded Miroku.

Inuyasha stepped back and gulped when Miroku said that. "Why!? We're not even married!! Why should I sleep in her room!?" Shouted Inuyasha.

"Because you live with her. Something might happen to her so you can sleep in her room. Don't worry...I'm not asking you to actually sleep with her, I'm asking you to sleep in her room to watch her in case something happens to her."

"But why does it have to be me? Why can't it be you!?"

"Really!? I would be gladly to do it!!"

"Ah, no thanks Miroku! I would rather have Inuyasha to do that," said Kagome.

"Oh, I understand! I would do it with Sango then!" Excited Miroku.

Sango grabbed her boomerang and used it to hit his head. "There's no way you're doing it with me! If I'm going to stay at your place, I would be gladly to tie you up real tight and leave you in one spot in your room!" Said Sango.

"Okay! We can do that!"

"You better not try anything stupid! If you do, I'll use my boomerang to cut you in half!"

"Ok! I get the message!"

"Just in case...Kirara is going to watch me! Right Kirara?"

"Meow!" Cried Kirara.

Sango smiled at her. But when she looked at Miroku, he was on the floor feeling disappointed. "[Well, that ruined my plans for tonight!]" Said Miroku.

"Kagome...are you sure you're alright?" Asked Shippo.

"Yeah, I'm fine! Hmm...I'm starting to get hungry. Who wants dinner!!?" Cried Kagome.

"We do!!" Shouted everybody.

*~*~

After dinner was over, Sango, Miroku and Kirara left Kagome's house to get to Miroku's house. Actually, an apartment. A nice clean apartment for him to impress the girls. When they got to his door, he grabbed the keys and opened the door to his apartment.

Sango was actually surprised when she saw his apartment. Luckily, there was a bathroom and an extra room for her to sleep in.

"I'm going to bed. I wanna rest my body until my wounds heal up!" Said Sango.

"Great! Let me help you get ready!" Excited Miroku.

Sango took out her sword and pointed at Miroku's neck. He stepped back, making sure his neck doesn't get cut.

"Don't even think about it Monk!!"

"Sorry!!"

"Yeah right!" She put her sword back and got a rope with her. Kagome gave it to her secretly before she left the house.

"Uh...what's that for?"

"Remember? I said I'm gonna tie you up so you won't do anything stupid! Now hold still!" First she had to knock him out with her boomerang. When she did that, she began to tie him up. When he was concious, he found himself on the couch tied up in all kinds of nots.

"When I can get out of this?" Asked Miroku.

"In the morning!" Answered Sango.

"But what if I have to go to the bathroom?"

"I'll put you in the bathroom then! That way you won't have to travel far to get to the bathroom." She grabbed one of the ropes on him and dragged him in the bathroom. "Don't worry, I'll leave the door a little bit open. For you to breathe out some air. See you in the morning!"

She left him in the bathroom and went into one of the empty rooms to sleep. Kirara went to the same room as her.

"[I guess she wasn't lying about the tieing me up thing.]" Said Miroku.

A few hours has past and Miroku needed to go to the bathroom. Since he was sitting on the floor with his legs tied up too, he tried to stand up and use the toilet. He couldn't do it. So he kept calling Kirara.

Luckily, Sango's door was open just in case for Kirara to get out. Kirara went to the bathroom where Miroku was in and sat in front of him.

"(Hey! Can you bite the ropes off? I need to use the toilet!)" Said Miroku.

"Meow?" Questioned Kirara.

"(Shhh! I don't want Sango to know. Please Kirara! I don't want to wet the floor! It's my apartment!! I REALLY need to go!!)"

Kirara just watched him stupidly. Miroku kept moving to try and get the ropes to rip. But Kirara helped him a little. When Miroku was completly free, he told Kirara to leave so he can do his thing.

After that, he went out of the bathroom to go into Sango's room. But Kirara bit his leg and he stopped.

"(Alright! I'll go back!)" He went back to the bathroom and closed it. Then Kirara went back to Sango's room.

*~*~

Kagome was sleeping in her bed tiredly. Inuyasha was sitting on her desk to watch her every movement. He saw Kagome kept moving in her bed. She kept rolling around back and forth. He was afraid that she might fall of the bed. But she didn't. He wanted to laugh at her in the morning.

But then he thought she was having a bad dream. And she was.

(_ Let's take a peek in her dream!)

The dream was about the image she had earlier. But this time, she could actually hear them speaking. It started from right when Kikyo is in Inuyasha's arms.

"Kikyo...what happened?" Asked Inuyasha.

"What do you think what happened!? You gave me all the scares! You tried to kill me!" Said Kikyo.

"WHY WOULD I DO THAT!? I PROMISED MYSELF I WOULDN'T HURT YOU!!"

"Yeah right! Someday I will come back as a spirit and use a body to kill you! Ugh!" Kikyo was feeling pain and she knew she was near death and was about to die any second. She had the Shikon no Tama in her hands. "Shikon no Tama...go to someone, anyone that can watch over you and make sure no one evil can take it away!"

She closed her eyes and rested in peace. Then the Shikon no Tama disappeared from her hands and it was gone.

"Kikyo? Kikyo!? KIKYO!! WAKE UP!!!!! I SAID WAKE UP!! DON'T DIE ON ME! I WASN'T THE ONE THAT TRIED TO KILL YOU! I WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING!!"

Then everywhere in their turned black. And Kagome was in the middle of the black area. She was alone and didn't know why she was there. Until she heard a voice behind her.

"You must be Kagome, right?" Said the voice. Kagome turned around and saw Kikyo. She gasped when she saw her.

"Yes, I'm Kagome," answered Kagome.

"I see...you were the one hanging around with Inuyasha for the past few weeks."

"Why are you here?"

"To tell you to watch out for someone."

"Who?"

"To watch out for me!"

"You!? Why you?"

"Because my spirit is inside your body! At any time, my spirit will awaken and control your body to kill Inuyasha. Even if that never happens, he's still going to die in one month anyway!"

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see after he dies. Miroku and Shippo will tell you then, but Inuyasha won't because he would be dead by then."

Everything started to disappear. Even Kikyo. That's when Kagome woke and couldn't catch her breath.

Inuyasha was surprised to see Kagome rise so fast from her bed. He didn't want to move. But he did want to question her.

"Bad dream?" Asked Inuyasha.

When she catched her breath, she looked at Inuyasha which is sitting on top of the desk. "Yeah, a really bad dream," answered Kagome.

He jumped off the desk and sat on her bed and held her hand. "About what?"

Kagome's heart was beating fast when he was holding her hand. She thought she blushed and tried to hide her face.

"It...was about Kikyo."

"What happened in there?"

"I saw what happened...how she died. She died in your arms and she did send the Shikon no Tama to someone. But when that image was over, Kikyo herself came and talked to me. She told to watch out for herself because she said her spirit is inside my body. She also said it might awaken anytime soon."

Inuyasha became silent. He couldn't believe Kikyo's spirit is inside Kagome's body. He was getting worried that Kikyo might control Kagome to kill him. He didn't know what to do. He can't protect her from Kikyo. But the question is: When is the spirit going to awaken?

"It may be none of my business but, are you in love with Kikyo? When you yelled out her name, it sounded like you were in love with her," said Kagome.

"Who said for you to ask about my personal life!?" Angered Inuyasha.

"It's not your personal life anymore because THAT personal life entered into my dream!! You have to tell me about your past some time IF you want to be friends with me!"

"Who said you were my friend!? I didn't say you were my friend. You just-"

"Yes you did! After the battle you saw Sesshomaru in the woods and treated my arm at home, you said you didn't want to lose a friend! That means I AM your friend!!"

"I didn't say it literally! I didn't say CLOSE FRIEND, did I!?"

"No, but you did say I am your friend!! So tell me already!"

"There's no reason for me to tell you anything about my personal life!"

"I said it before and I'll say it again! YOUR PERSONAL LIFE ENTERED MY DREAM!! WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU!!"

"I DON'T CARE IF MY PERSONAL LIFE ENTERED YOUR DREAM OR NOT! I'M STILL NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING, SERVANT!!"

"I'M REALLY GETTING TIRED OF YOU CALLING ME SERVANT!!"

"FINE! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN SAY THAT 'S' WORD YOU LIKE SAYING...NO WAIT!"

She kicked him off the bed and said the one word over and over again. "Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! SIT!!"

(_ From all the banging on the floor flat on his face thing, would you think he would have bruises on his face by now? AND in the original story?)

"Now good night!!" Angered Kagome. She tucked herself in and face the wall. She started to think of what would happen if the spirit took over her body. "I'm sorry for entering your personal life...it wasn't any of my business."

Inuyasha got up and sat on her bed again. "I guess it's all right...and the answer to your question is: I was almost close to falling in love with Kikyo. But the point is, I didn't. I fell out of love somehow."

"Thanks for opening yourself to me."

"Yeah whatever! Just don't enter my personal life like that ever again! Do you hear me!? Huh?" She didn't hear him because she was fast asleep. She then rolled over to her right side and wasn't facing the wall anymore.

Inuyasha got tired too, so he laid on her bed next to her without putting the covers on. But she had it on. He noticed she was shivering a little and wrapped his arms around her and held her close and slept peacefully until morning. Kagome didn't roll over all over the place.