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Now that the demon lord was left with the sleeping girl, he observed her features more. The group, including the sisters, was all asleep. Inuysha and Jaken haven't returned yet.
He looked at Rin's sleeping form next to Kanna and Shippo, and his expression softened. He didn't blame Kanna for doing what she did, because she had no choice. 'The stupid ape had all the control over her, but thanks to Kagome, now he doesn't.' He looked at the sleeping girl next to him. She shivered a little bit. It was still a cold atmosphere, and Inuyasha's haori didn't help.
Sesshomaru pulled Inuyasha's haori off her, and decided to cover her with his tail. 'It's the least I can do after all of what she's done.' He sat down to get comfortable, put her in the right position, embraced her giving her his body heat and covered her with his tail, making her to stop shivering instantly.
When Kagome's little hands unconsciously grabbed a hold of some of his fur and she cuddled into the embrace, unconsciously…Sesshomaru felt sensations run through him and wanted to make a soft growl, but held back. He haven't slept in three days. Even if he was a taiyoukai, he still needed his sleep regularly like the rest. Soon, comfortable, Sesshomaru drifted off to another world, determined that he would be able to talk to Kagome when he was able to.
Everyone just seemed to be waiting on her…
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(A/N: here's another chapter of Demonic Chaos…hope you like reading this, but I'm not sure about this chapter myself though…well, read on…)
Everyone in the group was asleep. Sango not far away from Miroku, Kilala was curled into a small ball, Kagura next to Kanna, Shippo next to Rin, and Kagome and Sesshomaru within each other's embrace. Jaken was sleeping next to the sleeping children, but was not giving any disgusting scent, because before going to rest, Sango and Kagura dumped the imp demon into a cold, empty river, simply because they didn't want Jaken to spoil the hot springs and didn't want to kill any water creatures, and forced, literally, the youkai to wash himself. Inuyasha was asleep not far away on a tree, but he didn't know of the position that Kagome and Sesshomaru were in.
All were sleeping peacefully, with angelic looks on their faces, as if nothing mattered. Each member was happy or content in his or her dream world. But when a dark, evil cloud appeared in the sky right above the sleeping group, all the happy dreams became nightmares.
Naraku came out of the shadows from near by. He wanted to come closer, so that he could get even more shards from Kagome, but suddenly, when he approached even closer, he was electrified. Then he saw a strong, golden barrier that surrounded the group made by Kagome's aura. 'Even when she's unconscious, she has the strongest defense. She's more trouble than I thought she would be. Best would be if she was eliminated.'
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Naraku was waiting for Kanna's return with the soul of Sesshomaru's ward in his temple. He sensed something wrong, and felt as if his hold on Kanna was broken. Naraku knew that Kagura felt it too, because she had hope in her eyes. Naraku wanted to wipe all of that hope away and succeeded, by replacing all the hope with pain.
He tightened his grip on Kagura's heart.
"Kagura, I want you to see what is wrong with your sister." He said while Kagura was on her knees from the extreme pain. Naraku would squeeze the heart as if it would burst into pieces from the pressure, but when he was a tiny force away from succeeding Kagura's end, he would just stop.
'Why wouldn't he just let me die?' Kagura looked at Naraku. "Why wouldn't you send your insects to see what's wrong?" she dared, but that made her pain even worse.
"Don't you dare to question me, Kagura. Do what I tell you, or you would suffer. Through your heart, and through Kanna…" Naraku was happy to see the shock, pain, and worry on Kagura's face. "Now go, and bring Kanna back with you." He released her heart completely. Kagura slowly stood up.
"Yes, Naraku." She took out her feather, and was already on her way. What she didn't know was that one of Naraku's poisonous insects was not miles away from her, following and watching her every move.
When the insect reached its destination, it hid behind the trees, so that no one could see it, but it got perfect view. It saw Kanna and her shattered mirror, didn't hear any words, but it then saw Kanna defend the miko that Kagura planned on attacking, and then Kagura giving the fan to the miko, the miko levitating in the air, and then it felt a powerful force, more powerful that it thought was possible, and then saw the miko falling down.
The insect demon was impressed. It had to tell Naraku of the events, because the more information, the more it helped his kind. Before the it retreated towards Naraku's castle, it thought: 'Maybe she is the one to lift the curse and set us free.'
The insect demon told Naraku of all the news, except its thoughts of course. Naraku was not pleased. "Something would have to be done about the miko. Maybe I'll be able to scare her off…ku…ku. ku…my little miko…prepare for your worst nightmare…."
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Naraku took a fragment of the Shikon No Tama. Unlike the rest, it was a blood red color, darkened by all the tragedies that happened around and because of it. Naraku looked at it and was amused with its "beauty." He put the jewel next to the barrier under a tree and was gone.
"Sweet dreams, my friends, sweet dreams…ku…ku…ku…"
Sango was dreaming peacefully, but soon enough, her peaceful dreams became disturbing enough to make her twist and turn.
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Sango was dreaming of her family, her village, the villagers that were also as a family, she dreamed of Kohaku, back to his normal self, smiling, and acting just like a normal twelve-year-old boy would. She was also with the rest of the group too. Everyone was happy, telling jokes to each other, there were no troubles; there was no Naraku and no Kikiyo, because they were destroyed in the final battle. Kagome and Inuyasha were mates, and adopted Shippo as their son. They looked at each other with love and happiness in their eyes, like there was no tomorrow, or that happiness would simply last forever.
(A/N: just to tell you: this is not a Kagome/Inuyasha fic!!! Just to let you know)
Kagura was smiling at Sesshomaru that was playing with Kanna, Rin and Shippo. Nothing else mattered. Everyone was content, everyone was celebrating. Sango was observing all of what was happening with a smile on her face. While she was standing, she felt a tap on her shoulder. Sango turned around and saw Miroku.
"What is it Miroku?"
The monk's face turned red. "Why, Sango, well…" he hesitated. Sango's expression became annoyed.
"Monk, I haven't got all day…" she was to say something, Miroku got a hold of her hands and asked with all the sincerity in his eyes.
"Sango, will you become my mate? Will you marry me and spend time with me for the rest of our lives? I'll do my best to make you happy…" Miroku outstretched his arms. "So will you?"
Sango was speechless. That was the best part of her dream. But something went wrong. Before she could say "yes" and be in Miroku's embrace, like all the times, Miroku's eyes widened in pain, and he fell on the ground with a katana in his back. He was dead.
Sango screamed and then looked around. The village was covered in blood. Everyone was murdered. She stepped back and stepped on something slippery that would've made her fall if she didn't recover her balance shortly.
She looked at what almost made her fall, and was shocked to see a lifeless hand. She followed the hand to the body and it's owner and saw Kagome lying on her back. Sango's best friend's eyes that were full of every emotion, were now soulless. Next to her were lying the rest of the members: Shippo, Inuyasha, then Rin, Kanna, Kagura, Kilala, Sesshomaru, even Jaken. They eyes were also soulless and lacked every expression. Most of their faces revealed only one emotion: shock.
The smell of blood mixed with death was sickening. Sango collapsed to the ground. She felt as if she wanted to vomit and cry at the same time, when she was about to, she felt something stab in her shoulder and felt immense pain.
She turned around to see the attacker.
"Kohaku."
Kohaku pulled his weapon out of Sango. It was as if in slow motion, Kohaku went to Miroku's dead and bloody body, and pulled out his katana out and began to advance Sango with a look that promised death.
Now, Sango overcame her shock fast enough to dodge Kohaku's attack for her head, but the katana was able to make a deep gash through her right arm. Now her blood was spilled.
Kohaku attacked, and Sango was able to dodge the attack too, but now she had a great wound in her shoulder. At first, she tried to talk some sense into her brother, but it earned her more painful wounds. The worst thing was that she felt all of it, smelled the blood and death around her. When she looked in Kohaku's eyes, she saw nothing but the want of more blood and death.
Kohaku was to attack again and Sango knew, no matter how much she didn't want this to happen, she had to end Kohaku's life for good and revenge her villagers, family, and companions. She pulled out her sword, and was ready to defend herself and attack Kohaku.
Now the battle truly began.
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Sango was twisting and turning more. Then she was shivering and her mouth was open as if she was to scream, but no sound came out. A single tear trailed down her cheek. The battle was not over.
However, she was not the only one who began to have disturbing dreams.
Miroku was sleeping happily and peacefully as ever, with a small, perverted smile on his face. But soon enough, the smile was gone and his face represented shock and fear.
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Every now and then, the others replaced the women, so that the ones that were dancing could rest, but the dancers didn't retreat to rest, they all began to run towards Miroku. Every woman wanted to have the honor of bearing Miroku a child.
One of the women got to Miroku before the others, and grabbed his hands.
"Miroku, can I be the one to bear your child? It would be such an honor." She said in a alluring voice. Before Miroku could reply, he heard whines and yells of the other women.
"No! I'll be the one!!! I will bear his child!!!!" everyone seemed to yell.
Miroku rubbed the butt of a woman next to him and she blushed and giggled, earning hateful stares and glares from the others.
The houshi only grinned. "Why ladies, there's enough of me for everyone."
With Miroku smiling at him, the women fainted. All but one. The female that was veiled approached Miroku. Miroku removed the veil, close his eyes and was about to kiss the woman, but hesitated.
'maybe I should look after all who this is, the last time wasn't so lucky…I had to kiss that ugly toad…' he thought. He opened his eyes and saw something that resembled silver, amber, and red.
He smiled to himself. "How nice you look, Sango." Sango was wearing a necklace made of amber; she had a silken dress that was mixed with the colors of silver and red.
Sango smiled a charming smile. "Only for you, Miroku."
Miroku smiled and got a hold of Sango's hands. "Will you bear me a child, my sweet Sango?"
Sango's expression was "priceless." In the present day it would have been the look as if she was an average kind of girl and she just won one trillion dollars.
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"Why Miroku! It would be such an honor to bear you a child, especially a fist born."
Miroku stood up, and began to advance with Sango to his private chamber. "Then let's get started."
He heard a giggle, but then he heard a laugh. It was nothing like Sango's and reminded him of only the one who cursed his generation, and he turned around.
"Naraku…What do you want???" In his dream, Naraku was dead, and Miroku was free of the curse, but now, Naraku was back.
Naraku even laughed more. "Why, I would like to bear you a child."
"Sorry, to day that, but simply you're not my type." Miroku joked. 'This is only a dream after all…a messed dream…' "What have you done to Sango?"
Naraku smiled an evil smile that sent shivers down Miroku's spine. "Now, now, you shouldn't worry about her now…all you have to worry now is about yourself."
Naraku lifted his hand and was gone in a flash. Miroku was confused, but then he felt pain in the place where his Wind Tunnel used to be. He opened his painful hand, but then he realized that his curse was back, and was sucking everything in his path into his cursed hand. But with every content that was in his arm, his hand hurt more. First, there was a small hole in his hand, but be every second, the hole grew bigger, and bigger. Miroku screamed.
Soon enough, Miroku would be sucked into the Wind Tunnel himself, suffering the same fate as his father and grandfather did. That was a horrifying fate, when things began to be in slow motion for Miroku, and one hundred times as painful.
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Miroku gave out a terrified scream. To him, the dream wasn't a dream, and it wasn't a nightmare. It was real, because he felt everything and suffered all of what was happening to him.
Kilala was contently purring, her tails swinging themselves sideways. She had a content dream of the past.
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Kilala was traveling alongside her first mistress, Midoriko. The time was wonderful. It was a bright and sunny day, and the wind was blowing in the neko's fur. The neko purred and Midoriko smiled.
"Now, Kilala, we have no time to enjoy ourselves. We should go to the exterminator village to help them heal one of their villagers, and then you could have some fun."
Kilala gave out a soft growl in agreement.
When the two reached the village, the exterminators were happy to see the priestess, and brought out the sick villager.
Kilala growled softly. Something in the dream was different though; something just simply didn't feel right.
When Midoriko touched the villager, she screamed. The villager had stabbed her through her hear and now the priestess was dead.
Kirara growled. The exterminators only smiled, and began to attack the neko youkai. Kilala was able to avoid some of their attacks, but was injured. She escaped from the village, only to encounter thousands of youkai attacking her. The battle began, and she was powerless to stop it.
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Kilala gave out a fierce growl. The pain that she was in was immense, and in the dream, the more demons she killed, the more demons came, and they were stronger and stronger. Kilala didn't want to prepare for death, but it seemed that the neko youkai had no choice.
Kagura was for once truly happy in her dream, but then the happiness was gone and she was unconsciously clutching the place to where her heart was located, wincing in some pain.
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Kagura was watching Kanna happily dancing in the fields. Kagura smiled when she felt the wind blow in her face. They were finally free from Naraku's grasp.
Kagura let her guard down, and closed her eyes. She was about to tell Kanna it was time to go, but then, the wind was gone, and she smelled death. When she opened her eyes, she was shocked. The sky darkened, and she was standing in front of Naraku's castle again. In front of the door, lied Kanna's soulless body, now covered in her own, red blood. Her body, her clothes, and her hair were no longer white, but dark red, now that she was soaked in the pool of her own blood.
Kagura began to approach her sister, but then she was stopped, and was forced to collapse on the ground because of the pain in her chest. The pain was so unsuspecting and so hard, that Kagura fainted.
Kagura found herself in a dark chamber. She realized that she was chained, and that her fan was gone. She felt the great pain in her heart again, but didn't faint this time.
Then, out came Naraku, smiling as if there was something humorous about the pain that Kagura was in. He tightened his grip on Kagura's heart in his right hand. Kagura felt terrible, she felt as if she was going to burst. Pain soared throughout her entire body, but she didn't want to give Naraku pleasure in her pain, so she didn't show any emotion, she didn't even wince. That made Naraku smile even more.
"So, you want it to be this way? Ku, ku, ku, my dear Kagura, you simply leave me no other choice. Kagura didn't know what he meant, until she saw Kanna's dead body, chained, but not as much as possible. Naraku took out a dark shard of the Shikon No Tama, and Kagura gasped with the realization. Naraku was going to bring Kanna back. Kagura wondered if for the good or for the bad, but then she saw Naraku's smile widen, and knew that it was no good.
Naraku put the shard in a gash that was in Kanna's shoulder, and soon enough: Kanna's eyes were filled with a soul again.
"Kanna" Kagura was able to whisper. Naraku took out on of his knifes, and went to Kagura. He slowly, and painfully traced the knife against Kagura's skin. The once clean knife was covered with blood.
Naraku only smirked, and walked to Kanna with an evil glint in his eyes. He did the same to Kanna what he did to Kagura, but then, instead of stopping, he began to cut in Kanna's flesh, harder, more.
Kagura tried to bring herself in front of Kanna, but the chains held her back. The more she tried, the tighter the chains became, and with each try, Kagura was shocked. Still, the pain, and the tightness didn't stop her and she tried, until she couldn't move anything one bit, except her eyes.
Now, Naraku was cutting Kanna's flesh. Kanna's face didn't show any emotion, but her eyes were filled with pain. Kanna didn't scream, didn't wince, all she did, was smile a sad smile at her sister.
Kagura felt as if she was a helpless, caged, wild animal. Kanna lost a lot of blood, and Naraku still kept going with the torture, all in front of Kagura's eyes. Kanna would've died from all the pain and loss of blood, but the fragment of the Shikon kept her alive, and made her pain twice as hard.
Kagura wanted to help her sister, but no matter what she did, it was useless. All that she could do was watch how her sister suffered, painfully, and feeling like the weakest creature in the entire world.
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Kagura began to painfully moan, and tears began to flow. Her sister, unconsciously, was doing the same.
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Kanna was traveling with Kagura, alongside with the Inu gang, Sesshomaru, Rin, and even Jaken.
Once in her lifetime, she was finally happy.
She was playing in hide and seek with Shippo and Rin, and the rest of the group. Sesshomaru was it.
Kanna for once ran like a little girl, and hid behind a tree. Seconds passed, then minutes, and finally the minutes turned into hours. No one found her, so she decided to come out to where the camp was set.
When Kanna reached the destination, she stopped dead in her tracks. There was blood spilled everywhere, and everyone was simply soulless…dead…there was nothing Kanna could do, and that and the realization of her loss made the girl collapse.
Then, she heard an all too familiar voice right behind her.
"Ku…ku…ku, my little Kanna. You know that you could never be happy, and even through that fact, you still ignored it. Now you know that all the deaths are your fault…all your fault…You just can never be the way you want to, you just were never meant to be…"
Kanna began to cry. She crawled to her sister's dead body, and cried even more.
"This was all your fault…you brought your fate on yourself, Kanna…you were just never meant to be…ku…ku…ku…" and Naraku was gone.
That made Kanna cry harder. She began murmuring no while she held her sister's bloody body. Blood was soaking up her once white clothes, but Kanna didn't mind. Kanna held to her sister's body even tighter. Every now and then, she would hear Naraku's accusing voice, and she would cry even more. The loss and sorrow she was in felt so real, and she decided to cry until she died.
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Tears were flowing like a river on Kanna's face. Then the tears began to turn into sobs, but when it seemed that the sobs would stop, the tears began to flow once more.
Shippo too began to be affected. He was having a nice dream, and was even laughing, but soon enough, the laughing was replaced by wincing and breathing heavily.
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Shippo was laughing with Kagome about the joke he made about Inuyasha. Inuyasha got mad, and began to chase after Shippo, but was never quick enough. The fun stopped, when Inuyasha sensed something, and growled. Shippo stopped and looked at Inuyasha with a worried face.
Inuyasha was about to draw out his Tetsusaiga, but before he could pull out the sword, lightning struck him. Shippo screamed, but then noticed that the lightening began to hit everyone. The last one was Kagome. Before she fell to the ground, she smiled sadly at Shippo.
"Kagome!!!" Shippo rushed to Kagome's lifeless body. Her sweet sakura blossom and jasmine scent was overpowered by the smell of burned flesh.
'This isn't how it was supposed to happen.' Shippo thought. He was brought out of his thoughts when a thunderbolt almost hit him. Shippo turned in the direction of the attacker and was shocked to see the Thunder Brothers.
Hiten was the first one to advance and see Shippo. "Well if it isn't our little punching bag!!!! Hey, brother!!!! Let's have some fun with the little runt!!!" while Hiten said that, Manten approached.
Shippo screamed. "You're supposed to be dead!!! Inuyasha killed you!!! I saw that with my own eyes!!!"
Hiten only smirked. "That mutt was lucky the last time." He looked at Inuyasha's lifeless body. "I guess he wasn't lucky enough this time."
Manten approached Shippo. "And you wouldn't be that lucky either. I still need some hair for my hair growing potion."
Shippo tightened his little fists. "You'll never get enough hair, you ugly…ugly…you ugly thing!!!!" Shippo said this before he broke for a run.
And the run for his life was on.
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Shippo was screaming terrifying screams, literally, who wouldn't when a dream felt so real, and you were running for your life. A tear appeared on his cheek. He lost everyone that was important to him, that was a second family to him. But the little kitsune was determined to survive.
Rin's little body that was once peaceful, became trembling.
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Rin was at Sesshomaru's garden, picking up flowers. It was a bright and sunny day. She was chatting about everything while Jaken made her flower crowns, saying how much he liked to be of her service, and while Kagome and Sesshomaru watched Rin, listening to the little girl and smiling.
"Okaa-san!!! Otou-san!!!!" Rin squealed. She squealed with delight when Kagome and Sesshomaru responded with a yes.
"Do you love Rin and will we live together forever and ever???" Rin didn't have to give them her puppy dog eyes, because her "parents" responded quickly.
"Of course, Rin…"
Rin squealed with delight once more. She grabbed Jaken's hand, and now they were dancing in the flowery field, enjoying each other.
Suddenly, the clouds darkened, and Kagome, Sesshomaru, and Jaken began to walk away. Rin began to run towards them, but they only seemed farther and farther. Rin stretched out her little hands, trying to reach them. Still, no success. Rin tripped and fell on the ground.
When she stood up, she heard growling. She turned around and saw the creatures that she feared the most: wolves.
The growling became louder. Soon enough, Rin found herself surrounded by the wolves. She was all alone, and no one was to save her.
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Rin's little body trembled. The wolves were gaining in on her. Closer, closer, and closer.
Jaken was happy enough in his dream. But soon enough, he was gawking like a fish, trying to scream, but no sound came out. Then, the imp turned purple.
(A/N: we were doing the dreams for each of the gang members, so…um…why not the imp?)
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Jaken was finally happy. Jaken finally was in the favor of his beloved master.
"Jaken…"
"yes Master???"
Sesshomaru gave Jaken a true smile. "You have pleased me with your service. I would make you my first hand advisor to the Western Lands, and I'll give you five thousand more years to live."
Jaken was happy. "Why Master, this is such an honor. This lowly servant does not deserve such honor." Before Jaken could say "but I'll take it anyway," Sesshomaru smirked an evil smile.
"Well, then, if you don't deserve it, I'll give you what you deserve. Rin!!! Kagome!!!"
Jaken scowled. 'This is not supposed to happen in the dream…and why would Sesshomaru-sama call those stupid, disgusting ningen wenches…'
Kagome and Rin appeared. They each had an evil gleam in their eyes. Rin took out her flowers, and Kagome took out her arrows and gave Jaken a look that stated: "do what we tell you, or die…" Jaken gave out a scream, and ran.
Kagome smirked. "Bad move, toady…" She aimed her arrow at the running Jaken and released it. Jaken was still running, and luckily for him dodged the purifying arrow. Jaken looked back, and screamed. Sesshomaru, Kagome, Rin, the rest of the Inu gang, Kagura, and Kanna were running after him with looks that promised death.
Jaken screamed and ran as fast as his short, toady legs could carry him, dodging every attack. He soon spotted a dark lake and dove into it. Being and imp did have some advantages, like staying underwater for some time without air.
Before he went into the depth of the lake, he saw that his attackers were standing before the lake, as if waiting for him. Jaken couldn't go there, because that would be simply suicide.
But, Jaken was soon out of air, and found himself gasping for it…drowning…
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Jaken was now turning every color, except green, his natural color. At first, he was changing in every color of the rainbow, but then came the darker colors, and now he was a dark purple-pink color, still gawking like a fish, in his dream, gasping for unreachable air.
Inuyasha was dreaming with a content smile on his face. Soon enough, the smile was replaced with shock, and then pain.
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Inuyasha was walking in his forest. He sad below his favorite tree. Soon her saw Kagome approach him. And then, he saw Kikiyo.
Kagome sat next to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, you know that we can't go on like this…"
Kikiyo sat next to Inuyasha, opposite of Kagome. "You know that you must choose between us."
Inuyasha gulped. He turned to Kikiyo. "Kikiyo, I love you for who you are, and for all the experience that we have had in the past fifty-one years." He then turned to Kagome, that now had a saddened expression on her face.
"And Kagome, I love you for who you are too. I love you for your kindness, your spirit, and I love you both, because you two accept me for who I am inside. I can't just simply choose, because without one of you, my life would be horrible."
Now both girls felt saddened. Then their expression's brightened. "I know! We could share you!!!" the girls said at the same time. Inuyasha's expression brightened, and he was about to outstretch his arms for both of them, but then, his all too perfect dream went wrong.
Before the famous two-timer could do anything, the both females shook their heads. "Nah…" they readied their bows and arrows.
"If I can't have you, Inuyasha, to myself, then no one else can have you at all!!!" the girls said at once, and shot their arrows at him. The mikos were almost equally matched, but Kagome's arrow hurt more.
Inuyasha felt immense pain. Now he realized: the women that he loved had once in a lifetime came to an agreement, and that was to end his life. He broke into a run, but wasn't able to run as fast as he usually was able, because his leg and shoulder were injured by the purifying arrows.
Before going after the hanyou, the girls looked at each other and smiled.
The chase was on.
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Inuyasha was breathing heavily, having a painful expression on his face. He was shocked to be attacked by the women he loved, and he didn't want to hurt them….strange enough, he forgot that he was dreaming for the time being…it all felt so real…
Sesshomaru was having a rather nice dream, even though it was a bit unexpecting. But the next thing that happened in his dream-reality caused him to growl and unconsciously tighten his embrace on Kagome.
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Sesshomaru was observing Kagome playing with Rin in his gardens. They were laughing and giving each other and Sesshomaru content smiles. Sesshomaru smiled a true smile when they didn't see.
When Sesshomaru was smiling one of his rare smiles, Kagome caught him off guard.
"You should smile more, Sesshomaru. It makes you look like a kami that fell from the heavens above." Kagome looked above, observing the sky, smiling. She looked back at Sesshomaru when she thought he wasn't looking, but was met with his golden eyes. Each one of them was in a trance, lost in each other's eyes.
He observed Kagome's eyes once more, and saw some strange emotion in them. It was similar to the emotion that his mother had in her eyes when she was alive when she looked at him. It was so similar, and yet it was so different. Sesshomaru realized that this was a dream.
'it would've been nice if she had that look in her eyes when she looked at me in the real world.' He pondered. 'what is this Sesshomaru thinking! She is nothing but a wench!!!'
-She is not a wench. She is a very respectful creature, you know. And she would make a fine mate for you.-
'you again, I thought that in my dreams, you at least wouldn't show up'
-I am you, so therefore, I'm always with you-
'you never visited this Sesshomaru before in his dreams'
-that is true. I have to tell you one thing. Remember that this is all a dream-
'of course I will. Do you think that this Sesshomaru is as stupid as that hanyou enough to forget?'
-we'll see…-
"Sesshomaru? What's wrong?" a dream Kagome asked. She had worry and concern in her expressive eyes.
"I am fine…" before he could say anything, Kagome's eyes widened when she heard a small scream. The pair looked to the source and Sesshomaru was shocked to see Rin's little body held by no other than Naraku.
Kagome rushed to Naraku and Rin. Sesshomaru did the same thing too, but he was stopped by a strong barrier. He tried his best to get through, when he saw Naraku release some miasma, and let Rin inhale the poisonous gas. Soon enough, the little girl was unconscious. That made Sesshomaru's eyes turn blood red, and try even harder. Then Sesshomaru saw Naraku approach Kagome.
Unexpectedly, Naraku's tentacles shot from his baboon pelt, and went through Kagome. Kagome screamed. Sesshomaru already transformed into his true form, and was now doing his best of trying to get through. Still, no success. But he still tried, for he didn't want to be too late.
He still tried, and helplessly watched Naraku's tentacles go through Kagome's shoulders, chest, stomach, and legs. Soon enough, Sesshomaru broke through the barrier, but Naraku was already gone, leaving the unconscious Rin, and the lifeless miko. Sesshomaru tried not to worry, and unsheathed the Tenseiga. He lifted the healing sword over the girl's body. All what Tenseiga did was heal it. He lifted the sword again, but he didn't see the soul gatherers from the underworld, and Kagome was still lifeless as ever. Her once expressive eyes filled with every emotion imaginable, lacked every emotion.
She was paler and her eyes were closed, lips shut tight from the pain. She looked as if she was sleeping, but Sesshomaru knew better. He sat down on the cold ground, gathered the miko's lifeless body, and embraced it. He felt all the emotions go through him: pain and loss, sorrow, hate, and shame along with blame.
Pain and loss for losing Kagome. The young miko always used to bring out emotions in him. Sorrow also for losing the miko, and for realizing that he could never hear her sweet voice, enjoy her company even if he didn't show him, have arguments with her and making her mad. He always found the miko's temper amusing.
Hate was for Naraku and himself. He despised Naraku for destroying something so pure. He hated himself, for not being able to protect Kagome.
Shame and blame were that he didn't sense Naraku earlier, didn't get through the hanyou's barrier, because Sesshomaru was the one who was supposed to be superior, and because Sesshomaru didn't get there in time. If he broke through the barrier in the right time, maybe she would've still been alive.
'This is only a strange dream.' Then Sesshomaru inhaled the air. He smelled the miasma everywhere, and he smelled a faint scent of sakura blossoms and jasmine along with the sickening smell of death. Soon enough, he felt one more death. He smelled a small scent of flowers mixed with death, and realized that Rin too died because of him and Naraku. The miasma had so much affect on the little girl, that it made the girl unconscious, and then die. Sesshomaru growled. 'this is no dream. Never, in a dream, anything feels and smells this real. This is the reality, and this Sesshomaru has to accept it, whether this Sesshomaru likes it or not.'
Before Sesshomaru could do anything, Naraku appeared. The hanyou ignored Sesshomaru's fierce growl.
"Ku, ku, ku, Lord Sesshomaru, I see that the pitiful humans made you weak…" Sesshomaru growled. Naraku only chuckled. "Why, do you growl at me? This is your own fault after all…you failed to protect those pitiful humans, just as you failed to protect your pitiful mother…"
Sesshomaru quickly stood up, and attacked Naraku. Naraku only smirked, and attacked Sesshomaru.
The battle began.
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Unconsciously, Sesshomaru gave out a loud growl, and his embrace around Kagome tightened even more.
Sesshomaru held tighter to Kagome until she whimpered, then, suddenly, his grip of her loosened. But Kagome didn't whimper because of pain, but she whimpered because she too, like the others had a troubled dream. Unconsciously, her little hands softly tightened in Sesshomaru's tail.
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Kagome was traveling with the group, and that now included Kagura and Kanna, Sesshomaru and Rin. She didn't like Jaken very much, and Sesshomaru sent Jaken to look over his lands, so Jaken wasn't traveling with the group.
It was getting dark, and they reached Kaede's village just in time. There was a rumor that someone brought a shard of the Shikon No Tama into the village, so that the group had to collect it, and Kagome had to go to her own era, because it was a long time since she was at her natural home. The group camped, and set to sleep. A lot of business had to be performed on the upcoming day.
Kagome wasn't able to sleep, so she decided to take a walk. Somehow, she ended up at the enchanted well.
Soon she heard footsteps and saw no one other than the taiyoukai himself. He began to approach Kagome with an emotion that shocked her. The once cold-hearted demon had the emotion in his eyes that would be identified as nothing else but love.
Before Sesshomaru could do anything more, Inuyasha appeared.
"Hey! Sesshomaru! Stay away from my Kagome!!!!"
Sesshomaru growled. "Why little brother. Kagome is no possession, and I thought that you had…what was her name…oh yes, I thought that you had that Killiyo wench?"
Inuyasha's face got red. "It's Kikiyo you bastard!!!! KIKIYO!!!! And she's not a wench!!! If she wanted to, she could purify your so high and mighty ass!!!"
Sesshomaru only shook his head. "I see that you still haven't improved your dictionary little brother…you see, and you're going to be a bad influence on Kagome…"
Inuyasha's face got only redder. "Why you!!! Let Kagome decide on who she wants to be with!!!"
Inuyasha walked towards another position, and then stopped. That made Kagome in the middle of Inuyasha and Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha stood and began to wave, so that Kagome would come towards him. "Come here Kagome!!!" Kagome looked at Sesshomaru that didn't do or say anything, but had a look "you know what's best for you, and it is I."
Kagome's expression turned smug. She looked at the both brothers, and walked straight, in no one's direction. "I am not some dog that has two masters you know!" she yelled.
Inuyasha screamed. "Kagome!"
Kagome huffed. "There's no way I'm going to…AH!!!" a tentacle almost pierced through her shoulder.
"Ku, ku, ku my little miko…If you don't want to be with them, I can arrange it that you would be with me…" Naraku appeared wearing his favorite baboon pelt…
(A/N: the group has all their nightmares…I wonder what Naraku's would be…probably being sent to heaven if there is one….)
Kagome screamed. "No…I'll be with them…that's alright, they'll have me and all, so you can go away now!!!"
Naraku smiled, "Ku, ku, ku, my little miko….I can arrange things for us to be together…"
Inuyasha attacked Naraku. "Why you!!! Stay away from her!!! And by the way, Naraku, I thought that you were a monkey!!! And not bird!!!! If you wanted to be a bird so that you could say your so famous "ku ku ku!" why don't you wear some feathers instead of your monkey outfit??"
Naraku easily dodged the attack. "Why, Inuyasha, if you want to survive, you'd rather keep you mutt-mouth shut."
He released his miasma, so that Inuyasha could not smell, or see, and aimed his tentacle right at Inuyasha's heart. The poor hanyou had no choice.
"Inuyasha!!!" Kagome screamed when she saw Inuyasha's body falling down and hitting the heard ground. When he didn't stand up, Kagome's eyes watered, and she felt a great amount of loss.
Then, Naraku attacked Kagome, he aimed his tentacle straight at Kagome's heart, and released it, and Kagome was waiting for her life to end.
But her death never came, because she was quickly pushed aside, and now she saw a tentacle going through Sesshomaru's heart, but not her own.
"Sesshomaru!!!" tears began to flow, and surprisingly enough, Kagome felt more than she thought she would've felt. She felt as if her heart was breaking. She began to run, because now she was naturally Naraku's main target, and no one was there to save her. She ran, and ran, and then she tripped, and fell into the well, the well transporting her to her own era.
Sobbing, Kagome climbed up the ladder, and went to the shrine. She opened the shrine door and screamed.
She saw Naraku sitting in a chair as if he belonged there, and he was drinking tea. What shocked Kagome the most was that when her family came out, they all had soulless eyes, and walked like they were zombies. They began to advance towards Kagome.
Souta with a large kitchen knife, Kagome's mom with an ax, and last but not least, Kagome's grandfather with a chainsaw.
Kagome screamed. Naraku smiled. Kagome ran out. She had no choice but to go back to the feudal era. Before she opened the door to the well house, she looked back and screamed more. The whole entire city of Tokyo was acting like zombies, all advancing towards Kagome. Kagome had no second thoughts, she ran into the well house, and jumped into the well.
She got out of the well in the feudal era. She looked around and screamed more. Now the rest of the group was dead, lifeless, and all covered in a pool of blood. Some bodies had holes through them, and some weren't bodies at all, they were pieces of the once known body.
Naraku sat a mile away from the well. "I see that you're back…things in your era didn't go well?" he laughed and began to advance the miko.
Kagome shivered. This was her end, and she was powerless to stop it, but she would not give in without a fight. She readied all of her purifying energy, and prepared for Naraku.
For once, Kagome and Naraku had something in common. Each held the promise of death in their eyes.
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Kagome had a determined look on her face. One thing she knew: in the dream reality, she was not going to give up.
The sun began to show. Now, the rays of light appeared through the forest nearby. But, the place where the group members were, still remained as dark as ever. The villagers began to wake up, one by one, and go into the fields to work on their crops. However, the group members didn't wake up…for them, time slowed in their dream-reality…each hoping for their nightmares to be over, and wake up with a start.
But it seemed that no matter how much each wanted for the nightmare to end, the nightmare went on and on. No one was allowed to wake up. It was as if the nightmares were to remain forever, and everyone was powerless to stop them.
YokaiYuk: it's about time, you know…22 pages on the Microsoft Word Document…now that was long…hope we wouldn't write this much or even more
Wicca: I got some good news.
Manjo: we're not???
Wicca: no, but I just saved a whole bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO!!!
Manjo&YokaiYuk: -silence-
Wicca: okay then…onto the reviews!
Review Responses:
Sessh's BabyGrl: glad that you liked the previous chapter!!! And thanks for responding to the question…about questions: 2-we'll see about Kikiyo…will she die? Will she not? –shrugs- we'll see… 5. THAT pairing was not MY idea!!! And I'm not going to make it such a pairing, so don't worry….lol…
The-piro-16: glad that you like this story!!! Well, I updated, and yes: Sesshomaru is the greatest!!!!
Chiisana-Tori-chan: thanks for answering the questions!!! About questions: 2. we'll see if she'll die, but I agree-she should be dead… 4. thank you so much for telling/writing this!!! You saved me a lot of trouble of wondering on what animagi is…I even thought about the word, and found the letters in it that spelled out my name…even more confusion…lol 5. aaaahhh!!!! DON'T KILL ME!!!! PLEASE!!! This will not be the pairing…plus, I hate toady too…lol
I: glad you like it
ReginaLucifer: thanks for answering the questions! Well, we'll see about Kikiyo…thanks for telling/writing me what animagi is…you saved me A LOT of thinking about what it was…PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!! I'm still too young to die!!! –shrugs- well, not like a baby or a child…but still: I'M STILL TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!!! That's good because this is a joke…and if I die, yes you have a really good point: No Wicca=No Chapters…well, glad that you like the story!!!
Shiro Ryu: glad that you like the chapter!!! We'll see about Kikiyo….Pair Inuyasha with JAKEN!!!! JAKEN!!!! I'm not THAT cruel…about Barney…I agree-he's worse than Jaken, and is far from the good looks of Naraku…Barney's even more evil than Naraku –shivers- he gave children nightmares or the shivers…-shivers- believe me, I know…yes, that would be nice to have a scene where Inu and Sess kill the…um…freaky…dinosaur…-thinks- yep, that would've been nice if Sess and Inu attacked Barney that was singing his oh-so-happy (not) song: "I-Love-You" song (no offense to Barney fans) and then, began to hit it…Sesshomaru with his poison claws, and Inuyasha with the Tetsusaiga and his Blades of Blood…I wonder if the dino would've been smiling after that…lol…
Anime Fan Forever: wow…thanks for the review!!! Glad you like the story THAT far…well, glad that you think that this is original…hm…I think that it's kind of original too, because my ideas are my own…I wonder if I should change the genre to suspense…maybe, maybe not…well, about Kagome's powers…can't tell you that, but there are going to be more in the story…let's see, some of the powers are to blow up things, freeze things, turn things into stone…etc…well, I'll try to do my very best, so don't worry, but unfortunately, I'm only human –sob- but I'll try to do my very best…glad you like and thanks!
Em: glad that you like the story, and well, now I posted the chapter…sorry about very little of Sango/Miroku mush…I'll try to add more…
Inudemoness247: thanks for reviewing!!! And thanks for answering the questions….about Kikiyo, I have made some plans for her…and I do kind of like her, but I think I like her more when she was fifty years ago…PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!! I won't make it THAT pairing, but I'll make it a: Kagome/Barney, Sesshomaru/Jaken, Inuyasha/Miroku, Sango/Manten kind of fic!!!! (jk) well, glad you liked the previous chapter, and I updated…
Sakura Tenvaiga: glad you liked the chapter! About Kikiyo…maybe she'll die, or not…to die or not to die…THAT, my friends, is the question…I had to read a part of Hamlet…maybe I should do the pairing on the next story, who knows? But probably under a really new identity, or the number of the people that read my fics right now, would shorten probably by 1000000 percent…well, thanks!!!
SesshoMaru's Wifey: thanks for telling me on what animagi means!!!! It saved me a lot of trouble…no, please don't kill me!!!! Why am I acting like this!!! -points at the computer screen- You can't get me!!!! Ha!!! You don't know where I live!!! I hope..but the pairing isn't going to be a Kagome/Jaken, Sesshomaru/Kikiyo, and Inuyasha/Kagura/Kanna/Naraku/Barney, so don't worry…well, we'll se about Kikiyo…I don't know why, but I pity her, but not one hundred percent, so we'll se about Kikiyo's fate…well, glad that you liked the story so far!
Shadowmancer234: well, glad that you liked the story so far, and I updated…well, you have three options on what Kagome is (in no order…) either she's
A) youkai/demon
B) kami/god (goddess)
that's for you to decide…well, glad you like and thanks for reviewing!!!
Kayla: well, glad that you like the story so far! And now you know!
Seshura: wow…five hours of trying and reading the story…I hope that you really didn't waste your time by reading this…well, glad that you liked it so far, and well, I updated!
Fluffy'sbabe: thanks for reviewing!!! Thanks for telling me what animagi is…really, you saved me a lot of trouble of thinking and thinking and thinking…and even more thinking on what animagi was…I even found that it contained letters of my full first name…and then there's the rest of the letters…how confusing…well, I know about the wizard of oz, and I have the movie too, but thanks for offering with answering the questions…I just thought if I should add to the story a little bit about it…well, I updated!!! And thanks for answering the questions!
Shadow Kitsune67: glad that you liked the chapter…yes!!! This was nothing but a joke about the pairings…if I did the pairing, I think that no one would read any of my fics again, or I would be too ashamed to post anything else…lol…thanks for reviewing!
Synical: glad that you like the story, and I updated…
Sesshoumarssecretmate: glad that you like the story, and I updated…thanks for reviewing and answering the questions…about questions: 2: well, I think she can be good…I mean, what I know for sure, is that it's possible, or at least in this story…just a possibility…3. well, some people don't know about the Wizard of Oz, but I don't blame them…4. Thanks for telling me about what an animagi was…I was sure I read it somewhere, but I didn't remember…-grumbles- I hate my bad memory…-back to normal voice- well, I'm proud to say that I read four books of Harry Potter, and saw the two movies…now all I have to do is watch the third movie, buy it when the video/DVD comes out buy it, and then buy the fifth book and read it…lol…and 5. –shocked face- please don't beg!!! This will be a Sess/Kag fic!!! Don't worry…well, I updated…
Thanks a lot to those who reviewed!!! The reviews were really wonderful, and made me want update sooner than ever…this chapter is posted on June 30, 2004, but was written on June 28, 2004…and I wasn't able to update the story through some technical difficulties.
Questions to the readers:
Well, that's it for now. I'll try to update ASAP, and please review, because the reviews make me want to update faster…well, ja ne for now and please review,
Wicca
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