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And Those Amber Eyes of Sunlight...-Chapter Twelve: Nightmare

When Kagome went to sleep that night, she didn't really sleep, for nightmarish images filled her mind, plaguing her dreams throughout the night with visions, that on a normal basis, probably would've made her sick. Whimpering faintly, Kagome woke from one particularly terrible dream with a start. Sitting up in her bed, she sat with her head bent, panting, and her hands clutching the comforter until her knuckles were white.
Glancing at the bedside table, she read the time.

3:11

'Lovely', She thought, running a hand through her hair before getting up and walking to the bathroom in the darkness. Turning on the fossit, she held her hands beneath the cold water, splashing some on her face to clear her head. When she lifted her head and turned to walk out, she stopped, frozen in place at the doorway. In front of her stood the person who had caused the nightmares in the first place, Naraku.

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Inuyasha sat up, tossing his covers aside as Kagome's high pitched scream made its way into his room. 'Naraku.' Pulling his inheritance, the sword Tetsusaiga, from beneath his mattress, he pulled open the door, almost ripping it off its hinges as he dashed up the stairs. 'I knew this peace wouldn't last long after that damn bitch, Kugara, came knocking.'
When he got there, unlike Kagome, he didn't just freeze. Instead, he ripped his sword out of the sheath and jumped at Naraku who had stopped in his ascent toward Kagome. But before he could lay a hit upon the evil hanyou, Naraku's tentacle came out of nowhere, knocking him against one of the canopy poles.
Landing on the ground, he groaned, rubbing the back of his head before glancing to the side where Shippo already lay unconscious, tossed and forgotten halfway beneath the bed. Growling, Inuyasha stood and made for Naraku again but was only knocked back again.

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Kagome watched in horror as Inuyasha was repeatedly batted away from Naraku. Each time he went in to strike, Naraku's tentacle would just strike out at every angle, bashing and smashing him against everything and anything.
Finally, not being able to watch anymore, she balled her hands into fists and screamed, "Naraku! Stop, please!" Not hearing, or not heeding her words, Naraku kept his attention on the slowly weakening hanyou. Taking the opportunity before her, she ran and leapt onto his back. Locking her legs around his waist above the place where his tentacles came forth, she grabbed his hair and began pulling, beating his head with her fist at the same time.

Her attempts were futile though, for at that moment, Naraku turned back to the nuisance on his back and reached his arm around, catching her ankle. Pulling, he ripped her from his back, flinging her into the wall and laughing as she hit, causing the plaster to shatter as she fell to the ground.
Grinning, he looked once more to the annoying hanyou who was staring at Kagome with wide eyes before turning to Naraku.

Snarling, Inuyasha felt something snap in the back of his mind, and not caring in the least, he dashed for Naraku, sword raised high as his vision began to blur and go red. As he got closer, he felt something split through his middle. He was to gone to feel it and went on anyway, cutting through the offensive thing.
He drew closer to his target and excitement swelled through him. 'I'm going to lay a hit!...I'll rip him to pieces!' But just as he was about to bring his sword down right through the middle of Naraku's head, a familiar face appeared staring at him with frightened...and...sad eyes? 'Kagome!'
Hissing, he jumped back, landing at a crouch, his eyes clearing as he slumped forward slightly, leaning against the Tetsusaiga. "Naraku, let her go," He snarled.
Kagome, held both at her waist and throat, was dangling about a foot off the ground, her voice coming raspy and low as she said, "Inuyasha! Just do it! Just kill him." A dark laugh came from Naraku as he turned her to face him, sticking out a long snake-like tongue to run up her neck and over her cheek. This made Inuyasha's blood boil as a loud growl vibrated continuously in the back of his throat, helpless to do anything as long as the bastard held Kagome as a shield.
"Where is the Shikon no Tama, dear priestess, give it to me and I'll see about sparing your friends life over there...Well...for whatever life he has left." Looking confused, Inuyasha glanced down at that mark, realizing what he meant when he saw the gaping hole through his stomach that was non- stop gushing blood.

Kagome was crying now, she had seen the tentacle go through Inuyasha's stomach and could do nothing about it. "Please, please Naraku, just leave him alone," she wailed, oblivious to Inuyasha who, still crouching, was staring at her. 'Is she crying for me?'
"Give me the Shikon no Tama," Naraku yelled back, driving Inuyasha into another attack, but as he drew near, Naraku held the weeping Kagome in his way, causing him to drop back with a growl. "Inuyasha, just run! Get out of here, use the Shikon no Tama when it's safe and heal yourse-Ah," she screamed as Naraku's hold around her tightened and a loud crack of her ribs echoed through the room. "Naraku, you son-of-a-bitch! Let her go, dammit," Inuyasha yelled, his voice cracking in desperation as he ran towards him in another attempt to bury his sword in his enemy's gut. But like every other time, Naraku's tentacle came up to bush him away. This time, Inuyasha expected it and jumped, dodging the attack, and brought his sword down through the tentacle, cutting it off. Growling, he stood panting, 'Two down, two preoccupied, now's my chance! Just as he was about to make for another attack, Kagome's agonized scream reached his ears and he skidded to a stop a few feet away to see Naraku's remaining tentacles constrict around her. 'No!'
"Hanyou, do you really want to lose her? Do you want to watch as she dies in vain or do you want her to live," Naraku asked, his voice low, but in it, Inuyasha could hear the slight desperation that undertoned it. "What kind of question is that," He snapped back. Smirking, Naraku's constrictions around the now unconscious Kagome, stopped, and he said in return, "Inuyasha, whenever you are ready to bring me the Shikon no Tama, I'll be waiting."
With that, he faded away, leaving a silent Inuyasha to stare in the place where both he and Kagome had stood just moments before slumping to he knees and falling unconscious.

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AHHHGGHHH!! It seems like my chapters are just getting shorter and shorter! Gomen Nasai!! I promise to make the next one very long, cha, or try anyway! And please don't get mad at me for Kagome getting kidnapped, it's just the way things have to go for now. Anyway, review please, and tell me what you think.