"So, the demon witch child was human before?" Sango asked, breaking on the
verge of confusion, but somewhat of a understanding.
Inuyasha nodded.
Once again, he had to be the one to tell every detail of what happened to kagome.
'Kagome....I hope you change back.' He thought, as he looked over to her sleeping form in the corner of the hut.
"I suspected the child to have been human before," Kaede started, her jaw set firmly as she looked up at Inuyasha across the room.
"Ye say the blue light that turned kagome into a child, was white this time?" Kaede asked.
"Yeah, and that demon witch child became see-through. It was really strange." Inuyasha replied, his features serious.
"Well, we will know if the demon witch child is really dead, and if the curse has been lifted on Kagome by morning." Kaede said.
"Why morning?" Miroku asked, looking over at Shippo as he lay in Kagome's sleeping bag, fast asleep.
"Because that is how long it took for Kagome to change last time." Kaede answered.
Everyone sat around thinking intently, until each one of them slowly fell asleep, everyone except Inuyasha, who tried his best to stay awake the whole night watching Kagome.
But sleep gave way, and a few minutes before sunrise, Inuyasha found himself in a deep slumber, having reoccurring nightmares of the day he killed Kikyo.
The whole scene rushed through his head, her face, his blood stained hand.
It felt like it was just a few seconds ago, his heart pounding as he silently moaned a few times in his sleep.
He wanted to wake up.
Inuyasha suddenly felt something warm lightly brush his face.
'Poor Inuyasha, he is having a bad dream.' Kagome thought as she gently brushed aside some bangs covering his eyes. Those beautiful Orbs that always seemed to see through her.
Just as she was pulling her hand away, Inuyasha grabbed it, his eyes snapping open as he stared wide eyed at her.
"You,....You changed back?" Inuyasha said, looking at every part of her, making Kagome feel a bit uneasy as he just stared into her eyes for the longest time, then suddenly pulled her forward into an embrace.
"Are you feeling alright Inuyasha?" Kagome said as she excepted the sweet embrace, her arms linked around his neck, and her head resting on his shoulder.
"Fine, Now that you are ok."
"Ok?"
"Um...Kagome? Do you,...remember anything from yesterday? Or any of the days before it?" Inuyasha asked, hoping for an answer he did not know of.
"Uh, Yeah! I was with you guys, and I was at home studying for an exam." Kagome replied, his face betraying a confused look.
Inuyasha was about to say something again, when kagome said,
"But I did have this really strange dream. I was a little kid, and you guys had to take care of me, and...you killed Kikyo."
On hearing that, Inuyasha turned his head, his bangs covering his eyes again, that small shot of pain resting in him.
Sango stirred a bit, hearing commotion going on, opened her eyes to see Kagome, her regular self sitting with Inuyasha.
"Kagome!" she said, getting up out of bed.
Miroku yawned and stretched as he awoke from his deep sleep.
"Lady Kagome!" he said cheerfully.
"Why is everyone acting like I just came back from my time or something?" Kagome asked, noting how everyone seemed suddenly cheerful, just by her presence that one morning.
"Kagome,....that dream you had, wasn't a dream." Inuyasha said quietly, his head still turned from her.
"What's this now? Inuyasha, she didn't remember?" Miroku asked.
"I didn't remember what? My dream? No way! I was a little kid, and,.... and Inuyasha killed Kikyo!" Kagome said, her mind running around a mile a minute.
'Could my dream have really happened? But Inuyasha...he must be so sad.'
"Inuyasha, is it true? Did you kill Kagome for my protection?" Kagome demanded, her voice soft and sad as she found a way to look him in the eyes.
"I had too. She was going to hurt you. I, didn't want to though. I don't know what made me." Inuyasha replied solemnly.
"Love for a woman always makes you do crazy things." Miroku stated, his grin proving that he had done crazy things.
"Yeah, like asking every woman you see to have your children?" Sango told him as she loudly cracked her knuckles, giving Miroku the warning sign for trying anything, and he was going to get the hand.
Kagome gave them a wearily smile, then noticed Inuyasha get up and leave.
"Inuyasha, where are you going?" Kagome called after him, getting to her feet.
"It would be best to leave Inuyasha alone for a while. After all, it is hard to loose a loved one." Kaede told her as she came in the hut, noting Inuyasha's upset face as he rushed past her.
Kagome nodded, and watched the door, a heavy feeling of sadness swallow her up into her thoughts.
'Was it my fault that Kikyo had to die? Of course it was kagome! What else would it be?
Why else would Inuyasha have reason to harm her? Oh Inuyasha, I made you feel this way. It was my own fault that lead you to hurt her.' Kagome thought, breathing deeply as she just stood in the same spot for minutes on end, remembering in vivid detail her "Dream."
'Why is everything always my fault? The jewel breaking, the jewel being stolen, and now kikyo's death! Oh...who else's life am I going to ruin next?'
"Kagome, are you alright?" Sango asked, placing on hand on the shoulder of her dazed and sad looking friend.
Kagome nodded and replied,
"Maybe it'd be best for me to go home now."
"Why Kagome? Inuyasha might need someone like you to be with him. He seems lonely." Sango said with a hopeful smile.
Kagome shook her head.
"I couldn't. I'd just make his life even worse. And, I probably should go home and get some more stuff to bring back here. Uh...well, Please tell Shippo I'll be back soon."
And with that, Kagome was off towards the direction of the well, her Heart feeling like it was being squeezed as she remembered all to well where the well lay, In Inuyasha's forest.
Inuyasha nodded.
Once again, he had to be the one to tell every detail of what happened to kagome.
'Kagome....I hope you change back.' He thought, as he looked over to her sleeping form in the corner of the hut.
"I suspected the child to have been human before," Kaede started, her jaw set firmly as she looked up at Inuyasha across the room.
"Ye say the blue light that turned kagome into a child, was white this time?" Kaede asked.
"Yeah, and that demon witch child became see-through. It was really strange." Inuyasha replied, his features serious.
"Well, we will know if the demon witch child is really dead, and if the curse has been lifted on Kagome by morning." Kaede said.
"Why morning?" Miroku asked, looking over at Shippo as he lay in Kagome's sleeping bag, fast asleep.
"Because that is how long it took for Kagome to change last time." Kaede answered.
Everyone sat around thinking intently, until each one of them slowly fell asleep, everyone except Inuyasha, who tried his best to stay awake the whole night watching Kagome.
But sleep gave way, and a few minutes before sunrise, Inuyasha found himself in a deep slumber, having reoccurring nightmares of the day he killed Kikyo.
The whole scene rushed through his head, her face, his blood stained hand.
It felt like it was just a few seconds ago, his heart pounding as he silently moaned a few times in his sleep.
He wanted to wake up.
Inuyasha suddenly felt something warm lightly brush his face.
'Poor Inuyasha, he is having a bad dream.' Kagome thought as she gently brushed aside some bangs covering his eyes. Those beautiful Orbs that always seemed to see through her.
Just as she was pulling her hand away, Inuyasha grabbed it, his eyes snapping open as he stared wide eyed at her.
"You,....You changed back?" Inuyasha said, looking at every part of her, making Kagome feel a bit uneasy as he just stared into her eyes for the longest time, then suddenly pulled her forward into an embrace.
"Are you feeling alright Inuyasha?" Kagome said as she excepted the sweet embrace, her arms linked around his neck, and her head resting on his shoulder.
"Fine, Now that you are ok."
"Ok?"
"Um...Kagome? Do you,...remember anything from yesterday? Or any of the days before it?" Inuyasha asked, hoping for an answer he did not know of.
"Uh, Yeah! I was with you guys, and I was at home studying for an exam." Kagome replied, his face betraying a confused look.
Inuyasha was about to say something again, when kagome said,
"But I did have this really strange dream. I was a little kid, and you guys had to take care of me, and...you killed Kikyo."
On hearing that, Inuyasha turned his head, his bangs covering his eyes again, that small shot of pain resting in him.
Sango stirred a bit, hearing commotion going on, opened her eyes to see Kagome, her regular self sitting with Inuyasha.
"Kagome!" she said, getting up out of bed.
Miroku yawned and stretched as he awoke from his deep sleep.
"Lady Kagome!" he said cheerfully.
"Why is everyone acting like I just came back from my time or something?" Kagome asked, noting how everyone seemed suddenly cheerful, just by her presence that one morning.
"Kagome,....that dream you had, wasn't a dream." Inuyasha said quietly, his head still turned from her.
"What's this now? Inuyasha, she didn't remember?" Miroku asked.
"I didn't remember what? My dream? No way! I was a little kid, and,.... and Inuyasha killed Kikyo!" Kagome said, her mind running around a mile a minute.
'Could my dream have really happened? But Inuyasha...he must be so sad.'
"Inuyasha, is it true? Did you kill Kagome for my protection?" Kagome demanded, her voice soft and sad as she found a way to look him in the eyes.
"I had too. She was going to hurt you. I, didn't want to though. I don't know what made me." Inuyasha replied solemnly.
"Love for a woman always makes you do crazy things." Miroku stated, his grin proving that he had done crazy things.
"Yeah, like asking every woman you see to have your children?" Sango told him as she loudly cracked her knuckles, giving Miroku the warning sign for trying anything, and he was going to get the hand.
Kagome gave them a wearily smile, then noticed Inuyasha get up and leave.
"Inuyasha, where are you going?" Kagome called after him, getting to her feet.
"It would be best to leave Inuyasha alone for a while. After all, it is hard to loose a loved one." Kaede told her as she came in the hut, noting Inuyasha's upset face as he rushed past her.
Kagome nodded, and watched the door, a heavy feeling of sadness swallow her up into her thoughts.
'Was it my fault that Kikyo had to die? Of course it was kagome! What else would it be?
Why else would Inuyasha have reason to harm her? Oh Inuyasha, I made you feel this way. It was my own fault that lead you to hurt her.' Kagome thought, breathing deeply as she just stood in the same spot for minutes on end, remembering in vivid detail her "Dream."
'Why is everything always my fault? The jewel breaking, the jewel being stolen, and now kikyo's death! Oh...who else's life am I going to ruin next?'
"Kagome, are you alright?" Sango asked, placing on hand on the shoulder of her dazed and sad looking friend.
Kagome nodded and replied,
"Maybe it'd be best for me to go home now."
"Why Kagome? Inuyasha might need someone like you to be with him. He seems lonely." Sango said with a hopeful smile.
Kagome shook her head.
"I couldn't. I'd just make his life even worse. And, I probably should go home and get some more stuff to bring back here. Uh...well, Please tell Shippo I'll be back soon."
And with that, Kagome was off towards the direction of the well, her Heart feeling like it was being squeezed as she remembered all to well where the well lay, In Inuyasha's forest.