A/N:  Hey…konnichiwa!  Thank you for the reviews.  Though…I don't like it when people think they can guess what is going to happen.  sighs  And yes, this is an Inu Yasha/Kagome, Miroku/Sango fan fiction.  And why wouldn't I have them go save her?  Sure…Kagome isn't my favorite character, but it would be too OOC if I didn't have them go save her from Naraku.  And I'm not that cruel as to leave Kagome with Naraku.  And if you paid attention to the very beginning of my fic, you would also see some foreshadowing for the end of the story.  Now…I'm going to shut up, and type this out.    Enjoy the fic!

Disclaimer:  sighs  Haven't you gotten it yet?!  I don't own Inu Yasha!  And if I did, he would go to my dear friend…

Chapter 9: Kagome finds comfort in Inu Yasha

            ((Inu Yasha's POV))

            I was trying to find a way out of the barrier Kikyou had created using Naraku's jyaki, but was having no luck when I noticed Miroku, Sango, and the runt had disappeared.  I thought I was mad the way it was because of Kagome being taken, but finding that they had left me in the barrier to find my own way out only made it ten times worse.

            I finally got out of the barrier and I quickly ran off in the direction of Naraku's castle.  It was just down the path a bit in the next village.  I could smell Naraku all over the place, it seemed that he had wanted me to find him.

            I got to the village just as night fell.  There were villagers finishing their business and getting to their huts for the night.  The village seemed to not even notice that Naraku's stench covered their entire village.  I looked around and knew that I wasn't going to get a nice place to stay for the night and jumped into a tree on the edge of the village that was well covered in leaves.  I slowly fell into a dark, nightmare filled sleep amongst the leaves.

Inu Yasha's Dream

            I cautiously walked through the mist and the never ending darkness.  I had a foreboding feeling in my stomach, but paid no attention to it as I walked.

            Then, in the distance, I saw her, I saw the one I always had mixed feelings for.  Her eyes didn't hold their usual shine and joy, but rather, they were dull, scared, and dead.  It pained me to see her like that.  I felt my heart break as I started to run towards her.

            She looked at me with those eyes, they pierced my heart, my soul, and she saw me.  As I got closer to her, her mouth curved into a smile of hope and a bit of hope sparkled in her eyes.

            "Inu Yasha!"  Kagome ran up to me as I neared her and threw herself into my arms and she wrapped her arms around my waist and rested her head on my chest.  I wrapped my arms around her shuddering body and realized she was crying and clinging to me as if I were her life line.

            "Ka-go-me…?"  She clung tighter to me, but I didn't care.

            "Inu…Yasha…d…don't let go…please don't…"

            "I won't."  I held her close to me as she continued to cry into my haori.

            "Kagome?"

            "Hm?"

            "Why are you crying?"  She didn't respond for a while, and after a couple minutes, she finally said, "N…Naraku…h…he…" 

            Whatever she was about to say was lost in her sobs.  I gently started to stroke her hair in a soothing manner.  I was trying to stop her from crying, and she soon stopped crying and sobbing and started sniffling.

            "What did Naraku do?"  She was quiet for a while and said, "H…he…he broke me…"  I could feel my temper rising, but when Kagome started crying again, it faded and I tried to comfort her.

            When she stopped crying, it was because she had fallen asleep in my arms.  I didn't know what to do, but I was more determined to kill Naraku then I had ever been.  I sat down right where I was, still holding Kagome.  She started to wake and curled up more in my lap.

            "Inu Yasha…"  Her voice was soft and muffled against my chest.

            "Hm?"  I looked down at her to see her shivering.

            "Why is the world so cold?"  Her voice held sadness and no trace of her old cheerful voice.

            "I don't know Kagome.  I honestly don't know."

            She sighed sadly and sat up in my lap.  "Inu Yasha, you know this is a dream, right?"

            I had been denying it, hoping that this wasn't a dream.  I wanted Kagome back and in my arms, but she was right, this was nothing but a dream.  She felt so real sitting in my lap, I could feel the tears soaking through my haori.  I looked at her and shook my head not wanting to believe it.

            "Inu Yasha, N-naraku has me.  I mean, he has control over my body.  H-he…"

            She buried her face into my haori, crying again.  I started stroking her hair again, but now it felt different.  It felt dirty, greasy, and was in a huge mess, when just before it was clean and neatly brushed.

            "Kagome…what's Naraku doing?"

            She tried hard not to cry.  "H…he's…he's using me for his own pleasures…I don't know of anything else…yet…"

            As soon as she finished speaking, she started crying harder then ever.  I held her as she cried, it pained me to know she was crying, but she was crying because of what Naraku was using her for.

            I closed my eyes, holding Kagome.  She had found comfort in me.  "Inu Yasha…Sango knows what happened as well.  Find them…they can help as well."

            It was the first time she had spoken in nearly twenty minutes.  "Kagome, as soon as I get you away from that bastard, your going back to your time…its too dangerous here."

            She clung tightly to me.  "I won't leave you Inu Yasha.  I won't."

            I sighed and pushed her away so I could see her face.  Her eyes were red and puffy from crying and her cheeks were stained with tears.  "Kagome…you need to go back."

            "No!  I don't belong there anymore.  I know it and so does everyone else.  Once we get the Shikon Jewel from Naraku, I plan on severing all ties I have to the future and staying here…hopefully with you Inu Yasha."

            I was a bit shocked by her resistance, but said, "You have to go back Kagome…its too dangerous here…"

            Her eyes started to water as she pushed away from me and stood up.  "Fine…"  She turned her back on me and she was gone.  I sat there staring at where she had been and felt bad.  The scene around me faded as I felt myself waking up.

End Dream

            I woke with a slight, startled gasp and sat up in the tree.  Kagome was with Naraku and he had done immoral things to her.  He didn't care that Kagome had told him to find Sango and the others.  He didn't need them, not when they had left him to find his own way out of the damned barrier.  I jumped out of the tree and headed for Naraku's castle once again.

A/N:  Sorry for the late update, but I finally have my thinking abilities back.  And I might be gone for a while due to finals…so yeah…