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A/N: I am SO sorry for not updating in over a week or so. This week has been really rushed with HW and I had a concert (band) on Wednesday, and my 9th grade dance the following night (Thursday). On Sun-Tues I was doing HW for the whole week. -- so finally I am able to sit and write and I hope everyone likes this chapter!! -

Chapter 4- Come to Life

"The Mongols conquered much of the eastern world…" The history teacher prattled on and on endlessly. The class was supposed to be taking notes but most were doodling, passing notes, or plain spacing out. Their teacher read directly from the textbook so they could just get the notes later. Inu-Yasha sat at his desk deep in thought about his most recent disturbing dream

'Why so they all end like that?' he asked himself and upon not hearing a response from his oh so helpful conscience, sighed in dismay. As he sat pondering this in his own little corner of the room his thoughts were interrupted by a loud MEEEEEEEEP! His classmates gathered their books as quickly as possible and almost ran out of the class darting down to the cafeteria. Inu-Yasha was left in the dust as usual but didn't mind, he was used to it. 

As he sauntered down the hall once again deep in thought and not looking where he was going, someone accidentally bumped into him…hard. As papers scattered both were thrown backwards off their feet. The whole hallway held their breath and covering their ears waiting for Inu-Yasha's bad temper to come out. 

Instead he gathered the papers for the girl and looked at a few. The books she was carrying were very old and a few looked like they had changed owners a few too many times. Some of the pages had ingredients and some had weird words on it. He thought nothing of it since people just seemed to get weirder everyday. "Watch where you're going, wench" he said and walked away leaving the girl thoroughly stunned.

3:00pm

"I will tell you something today" Inu-Yasha said to his psychiatrist. 

"Go on"

"I had the dream again, except this time I was walking on a city street instead of in a building with no exit."

"Hmm…well why do you think you're getting these dreams?"

"I dunno. Sometimes, I feel like she's still alive but she's in pain. Then I usually get worse. You know aren't YOU supposed to be the one analyzing ME?" He asked wondering why the hell he was telling her this. She would never understand.

"I suppose but I just wanted to get your opinion of what it might be" she paused as if she was thinking of something. Finally she spoke, " I believe that you are still going through denial. You feel she's alive when you know she's dead, you think she's alive, you can't get her off your mind that's why you're getting these dreams. The interesting beginning to each dream reminds you of how close you came to death, however you lived. The boiling water and fire that seems to emanate around her might just be you mind playing games with you. There you have it, my analysis. Now I think you should live with someone besides the ghosts of your past. Stay with a friend or relative for a while; see if the dreams come back. Times up, see you tomorrow"  

Inu-Yasha departed quickly after hearing her analysis and decided to ask the Becker's if he could stay with them. He didn't go home that day at all. He spent the night at the Becker's and it helped him get everything off his mind.

7:00pm, Graveyard

A young girl stood in front of a gravestone sprinkling what looked like sugar onto it. She then took a vial of water and splashed it in the same manner on the gravestone. Finally she stepped back, and opened her arms to the sky. She let the cold moon wash over her face. Her features were smooth and delicate, almost like porcelain. She opened her icy blue eyes and started to chant a low foreboding song.

As her lips moved so did she. Her feet were hovering above the ground and a red light was coming from the edges of the grave. The wind picked up and then the ground itself lifted revealing another young girl covered with dirt and matted hair. She had been dead for sometime but in a flash there was no sign of her ever being anything close to dead.  

She opened her chocolate eyes and they held no mercy, no forgiveness, no soul. 

Inu-Yasha took in a sharp breath as his head started to sear with a white-hot pain. The room started to spin then he felt himself connect with the carpet. 'She's Back' he thought 'I know she's back' then his body gave in to the pain and darkness came as a shield against it. 

A/N: Hope you liked it! I will update sooner, and unlike all the other times I WILL! But only after regents review for about three classes…ugh. Anyway see ya lata! (I hate end of the school year)  

Tomo