"Damn, don't you ever clean up around here?" Inu Yasha asked as he eyed the electronics spread out on the kitchen table

"Don't touch those," Sesshomaru snapped, moving quickly to the table. "Those are all very expensive components, and I doubt you know the proper way to handle them."

"Feh." Inu Yasha answered. "What's wrong with you today, anyway?"

"Nothing."

Inu Yasha looked more closely at his brother. "You look like shit. Rough night last night, eh? Party hard, bring home some babes?" Inu Yasha nudged Sess with an elbow.

"Hardly," he replied. "Just not sleeping well, if you plan to aggravate an answer out of me."

"Hey, I hear Kagome's got some good drugs from her doctor to help her sleep since she started having nightmares. Want me to try to get a hold of some of them?"

Sess raised an eyebrow at Inu Yasha. "Nightmares?" he inquired. "About what?"

Inu Yasha shrugged as he stuck an apple in his mouth and ducked back behind the refrigerator door. "Don't you have anything to eat around here?"

"Inu Yasha," Sess began, "you no longer live here, why do you continue to act as though you do?"

Inu Yasha looked hurt...but only for a moment. Then he smiled and took another bite of the apple.

"So, what of these nightmares, Inu Yasha? Do you know?"

Inu Yasha eyed him curiously. "Why do you care?"

Sesshomaru paused for a moment. "I'm studying the brain waves of nightmares."

"Huh," Inu Yasha said without interest. "That what all this shit around here is for?"

"Something like that." Sess sat quietly for another minute, looking patiently at Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha looked back at him dully.

"The nightmares, Inu Yasha?"

"I don't know much," he began between bites. "Miroku said something about a forest and a fire and the whole gang. We must have been singing folk songs or something."

Sess slammed his hand quickly on the table, startling Inu Yasha. "I'm serious. Do you or do you not know anything about the dreams?"

"Dude, calm down. Something about some energy force. And everybody was a teenager in her dream. And I had claws." Inu Yasha seemed to think this part was cool and he further examined his hands, possibly hoping that claws would spring out of them at any moment.

"I see." Sesshomaru said neutrally.

Kagome wiggled her fingers and yawned. Dr. Myouga was still looking at his notepad. Suddenly he seemed to remember his patient was in the room, and leaned over and attempted to turn off the tape recorder. He seemed to completely miss the machine on the first try then managed to turn it off and almost eject it across his desk. He picked the tape up and set it on a pile of papers. Then picked it up, looked at it a moment, looked at Kagome, then set it on its final resting place on the corner of his desk. He took a deep breath and adjusted his tie.

"Kagome. How do you feel? Do you feel any different?"

She looked at him curiously. "No, I don't think so. Should I actually feel different?"

"Well, uh. Not necessarily. Does anything seem clearer or less confusing?"

"Nothing. Why do you ask, Dr. Myouga?"

"Sometimes things become clearer after only one session. But this will definitely take more sessions to put together. I'd definitely like to try again next week."

"That's it?" Kagome asked, rather abruptly. "What did I talk about?"

Dr. Myouga bent to his notepad once more. "Some of the things you brought up were quizzical, and I definitely want the opportunity to consult with another doctor." Dr. Myouga looked at her reassuringly. "Nothing in detail, we just work so much better when we put our heads together. I'll probably have more questions for you for our next session."

Kagome felt as though she were being dismissed. She leaned forward to speak again and the doctor continued.

"You may still have nightmares or instances like the blackout in your kitchen. Your homework assignment is for you to keep very careful track of everything and write it down so we can further discuss it. And that means anything. Dreams, feelings, or the like. Anything that feels...out of sorts. Okay?"

"That's it?" Kagome seemed disappointed.

Dr. Myouga looked at Kagome. "Rome wasn't built in a day, right? I know you want answers right now, but the truth is, they just aren't there yet. We are going to find all the answers you need, Kagome, in time."

Sess seemed to be floating as he watched the scene unfold below him. He was there, in long flowing robes, his eyes flashing red. Inu Yasha faced him, separating him from Kagome. Inu Yasha raised his sword to Sesshomaru. Then suddenly Sesshomaru began to transform. He watched as the figure before him stretched and contorted and finally grew into a large white...dog? As surprising as it was, it felt right for some reason. Where did that idea come from? Sess quickly pushed the thought from his mind and continued to watch.

Inu Yasha flew at the large dog, swinging and hacking with his sword. He seemed to be accomplishing nothing and Sesshomaru smirked at the bumbling inefficiency Inu Yasha regularly displayed, even here. Where ever here was.

Suddenly Inu Yasha's sword began to pulse and glow. Then slowly it grew to twice its length as it hissed and electricity seemed to swirl around it. With a mighty yell Inu Yasha dragged the blade up the giant canine's front leg and severed it. Sess felt his own arm tingle at the sight. The demon dog bared his teeth at Inu Yasha. Sess held his breath waiting for a counter-strike, but there was none. The dog seemed to disappear into a speck of brilliant light and float away.

Sesshomaru sighed uneasily. He raised his hands to run his fingers through his hair and looked down to find himself dressed in the long white robes that his other self had been wearing just moments ago. And his left arm was gone. He was full of anger and found his remaining hand beginning to unsheathe his sword.

"What am I doing, I have no idea how to use a sword?" he thought frantically. But he had no control over his movements and he heard his voice cry out to Inu Yasha.

"I will finish you now, Hanyo!" he roared. What am I talking about?

Inu Yasha turned to him completely surprised. He looked to the pulsing Tokijin in his hand and the emptiness where his other arm should have been, and for a moment seemed confused. But then his eyes filled with a wicked amusement.

"Not had enough yet, baka? C'mere, I'll cut off your other arm. Kaze no Kizu!"

And Sesshomaru came a foot off the bed, tangled in the sheets. His heart was threatening to beat right out of his chest, sweat was dripping down his forehead, and he was filled with a terror he couldn't explain.

A/N: Hi everyone. ::waves:: I'm the new kid, I guess. I'd love some reviews if anyone has anything to add/correct/suggest or just wants to say "Hi!" Thanks for reading!

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