Disclaimer: Errr....let me check.......lint, an evil little sister....4 cats....more lint...nope...no Inu-chan.

WD: Okay...about the late updates.....don't hurt me! It's not my fault...well...it kinda is...because I should be writing when I'm playing games and stuff like that....but then I have to send it off to my beta readers who correct (most) of the spelling mistakes and tell me how to improve it. And lately....they've been really really slow on replying to my chapters. So you can go yell at them...I'll even give you a large bag of rotten tomatoes to throw at their house.

~*~Chapter 10: Memories~*~

Kagome sat in a huge field of flowers, the sky was a clear blue. She was at peace, the air around her was clean and sweet smelling.

"Kagome-chan!" Kagome looked towards the sound. Getting up, she followed the sound into a forest.

"Kagome!" Kagome whirled around, having heard Shippou cry out. He sounded panicked and Kagome started to run through the forest. Suddenly she was in a clearing, watching a battle progress. Kagome gagged, the smell of death was all around her. The air no longer a clear blue, but instead black. She looked around and saw Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru, Sango, Miroku and Kouga fighting a huge Naraku.

"Not again." Kagome said to herself. Naraku was laughing as he held up a now complete Jewel of Four Souls.

"Kukukukuku.......now I have the Jewel and no one can stop me!" Naraku laughed evilly. Before he could do anything with the now complete Shikon No Tama, Inuyasha attacked him. Naraku sent a claw that knocked Inuyasha to the side. Then Sesshoumaru and the rest attacked the now very powerful Naraku. The evil hanyou laughed again, sending pieces of his misshapen body to distract them.

Suddenly a tentacle hit Miroku in the hand, knocking aside the rosary and unleashing his Kazaana. All of Naraku's bees started to fly into the monk's hand.

"Miroku!" Sango ran to help her friend, but before she could reach him, something hit the huntress in the back. Sango looked behind her and saw Kohaku's weapon in hand, her little brother's eyes blank.

Then another tentacle hit Sango, going through her back and coming out her front. Sango gasped before falling onto Miroku's still body. Kirara's eyes blazed with anger and the cat youkai went to bit Naraku's head off. Naraku smirked and caught Kirara in one of his pincers and squeezed. Kirara cried out in pain, blood staining her fur. Kouga went to punch Naraku, the shards in his legs gone. Without his speed Naraku easily wrapped Kouga in tentacles and proceeded to squeeze the breath out of him. Inuyasha was busy hacking away at Naraku's body parts, cuts and wounds covered his body.

"No! Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, she wanted to run to her hanyou friend, but her legs wouldn't move. Then she noticed the huge white dog that stood in Sesshoumaru's place. The crescent moon on the dog's forehead confirmed that it was really Sesshoumaru. The huge dog's hackles were raised to full, poison dripped from the dog's mouth. The great dog youkai ran at Naraku with fury.

Kagome woke suddenly, sweat ran down her face. She looked down and saw her hands shaking.

"Bad dreams?" Kagome looked at the voice with a glare. Kikyo sneered again, then looked at the tray of food that had been left for them. The tray was in the middle of the floor, just out of reach for both of them.

"Food." Kagome said, ripping her socks off.

"What are you doing?" Kikyo asked, watching as Kagome reached out with her foot, then gasped when the young miko brought the plateful of food back to her.

"Eating." Kagome answered, digging into the food. It wasn't good, it tasted a lot like airline food. But it was something.

"You wench! Hand it over." Kikyo growled.

"Why? You don't need it, you're already dead." Kagome said. Kikyo gave Kagome a 'Kikyo death glare' while Kagome replied with a 'Sesshoumaru evil smirk'. Kagome left one grain of rice and threw the tray at Kikyo, the empty plate landing at the dead miko's feet.

Then Kanna came in with a bored expression on her face, her mirror in her arms. Kagome was surprised when the girl unlocked Kikyo and led her out. Before the dead miko left she gave Kagome one last glare. After some time Kagome finally fell asleep.

She was beginning to think her food was drugged.

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"What is it?" Shippou asked nervously, looking at the bushes ahead of him while hiding behind Kirara.
Suddenly a little girl ran out of the bushes and wrapped herself around Sesshoumaru's leg.

"Rin." Sesshoumaru said, trying to sound bored but was quite surprised by the child's appearance. "Rin, what are you doing here? I told Jaken to watch you."

"But Rin got tired of waiting for Sesshoumaru-sama and Kagome-chan so Rin took Ah-Un and looked for Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin chirped, a large two headed dragon lumbered out of the forest, bowing to its master and then settling down.

"Hi." Shippou said shyly to Rin, who looked at the fox kit.

"Hi. Rin's name is Rin. What's your name? You have a tail like Sesshoumaru-sama's. Want to play?"

"My name is Shippou. And I'm a fox, not a dog." Shippou said, then the two children started to chase each other around Ah-Un, who was content watching them.

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Kagome was in a very large room, full of books she hadn't heard of. Scrolls and papers littered the floor, there were a couple chairs, but most of them were covered in papers as well. In her hands was a large, leather- bound book. It suddenly flipped open to a poem and Kagome started to read.

All is lost if they cannot find A way to fight together A new evil approaches Darker than the night sky. Blood and Death follow in its path Leaving nothing behind Except sorrow. Skies change color The golden color of the sunrise Now a blood spilled red. The splash of colors during sunset No longer a painting to see. Spring rain showers bring rusty blood All will die unless A hope shows its face Like the sun through the clouds All shall die if one does not change

Before Kagome could get any farther she was running through a forest. Only the forest was a lot smaller than it had been before. She looked down and gasped, she had paws! She felt herself stop near a lake and looked at her reflection in awe, it-

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Kagome heard someone slide open the door and looked at the person who had come in, expecting Naraku or Kanna. Kagome was surprised to see Kohaku holding a food tray.

"Ko...Kohaku?" Kagome whispered to herself. Sango's younger brother opened her cell and put the tray down, his eyes showing no life.

"Kohaku! Wake up!" Kagome said to the child, he turned to leave when Kagome got an idea. "Sango and Kirara have been looking for you, Sango misses you Kohaku." The boy turned around and looked at Kagome.

"That's right, your sister has been looking for you, don't you remember her Kohaku? Sango?" Kagome said. Kokahu looked at her, a little bit of life coming back to his eyes.

-Flashback-

A younger Kokahu chased Kirara around, the cat youkai always just out of his reach. Sango looked at them, laughing.

"Kirara, come back here!" Kokahu laughed. The little fire cat just mewed and continued running from Kokahu, sometimes jumping on the boy's head.

~*~

Kokahu and Sango were sitting and talking, Sango petting Kirara.

"Sis, what kinds of youkai do we fight?" Kokahu asked, a bit nervous.

"Just spiders and centipedes and lower youkai like that. Father says the most dangerous kind of youkai is the kind that takes the form of humans. Are you scared?" Sango asked her little brother. He nodded.

"I am...a little bit I guess." Kokahu said.

"That's okay, we're all a little nervous before fighting. But we're never alone, we always fight together with Father and rest of the villagers. You'll never be alone." Sango said.

-End Flashback-

Kagome smiled as she saw a little bit more life come into Kohaku's eyes. She was about to continued when Naraku came in. Kohaku turned and left, his eyes back to a blank stare. The evil hanyou watched the boy leave then turned to Kagome, smirking.

"My dear miko, did you know that your friends are walking into a death trap as we speak?" Naraku enjoyed the look of fear on Kagome's face and continued. "They should reach their deaths tomorrow, if we're lucky." Naraku laughed and walked out. Kagome felt tears well up in her eyes, not wanting to fall asleep now that her dreams were turning into nightmares.

~*~

The next afternoon, Kokahu came back with more food. Just as he was going to leave, Kagome started talking about Sango again. Kokahu turned around once again and listened to Kagome talk about his sister that he had forgotten about. Kagome talked about Sango's battles and that she was really good with her boomerang, then Kagome talked about Kirara.

Kagome talked for nearly a hour, then suddenly ran out of things to talk about. She was glad to see Kokahu's eyes were slowly coming back to life. But once she stopped, they turned back into a blank stare.

"Is that all?" Kokahu said, getting up to leave. Then Kagome remembered that Kohaku had been told to kill Rin, but didn't.

"Rin." Kagome said simply. The boy in front of her turned sharply and was about to say something when Naraku came again. Kokahu left, leaving Kagome to deal with Naraku alone.

"Your friends are about to be killed, then, little miko, you shall be mine and only mine. Your friends will be nothing but bloody piles of bones." Naraku said, grinning evilly.

"You lie." Kagome hissed, trying to hold back tears.

"Oh but I'm not little miko." From behind his back, Kanna appeared with her mirror. Kagome watched in horror as swarms of youkai were headed towards a village. Two of Naraku's puppets were leading the mass of youkai, swarms of poison wasps followed. The picture in the mirror turned to Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Sango and the others walking closer to the village the swarm of youkai were headed.

"No......" Kagome whispered. Naraku laughed and walked out, Kanna following. Kagome felt tears run down her cheek. There was no way they could beat all those youkai, no matter how powerful her friends were. Then a finger wiped the tear away. Kagome looked up and saw Kokahu crouched next to her, least to say the miko was quite surprised.

"Tell me more about Rin." Kokahu said, sitting down across from Kagome.

"Oh...." Kagome nodded and started talking about Rin, Kokahu's eyes once again started to come back to life. Kagome left out Sesshoumaru, knowing that the Taiyoukai was about to kill him for hurting Rin. Kokahu had more flashbacks of he and Rin sitting in the tiny house eating melon together, Rin asking questions non-stop.

When Kagome had finished, Kokahu got up. Kagome thought that he was going to leave her along again when he handed her a key.

"Run." Was all the boy said. Kagome was amazed and thankful at the same time. She unlocked the chains holding her to the wall and ran, Kokahu showing her the way out.

~*~

"Sesshoumaru-sama, can we stop for the night?" Sango asked the Taiyoukai. They had been tracking Kagome's scent for nearly six hours strait. Rin and Shippou still had plenty of energy left, chasing each other around Ah-Un.

"There is a village another mile up. We will stop there." Everyone nodded except Inuyasha, who was still sulking behind.

When they finally reached the village, the village chief walked up to welcome them.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, what brings you to our little village." The old man bowed deeply, as did anyone nearby.

"I require a place for the night." Sesshoumaru said. The man was all to happy to let the Taiyoukai and the others stay in the largest house in the village. Dinner was served as soon as Sesshoumaru called for food.

"Will you bear my child?" Miroku asked one the chief's daughters and was promptly whacked on the head by Sango.

"Sango, you should know that you're the only woman I want to be with." Miroku said, taking Sango's hands in his own.

"Then why do you keep asked other woman to bear your child?" Sango asked.

"Out of habit." Miroku smiled, Sango would have smiled as well if the monk's hand had not been on her chest. Miroku finished dinner with a red hand mark on his face.

Sesshoumaru surprised everyone by eating with them. Sango would have thought that he would have eaten somewhere else, far away from Inuyasha.

'Maybe it's Rin.' Sango thought, looking at the seven year old sitting next to her father figure. 'He probably doesn't want to leave her alone.' Rin was happily eating a bowl of noodles, Sesshoumaru on her left side while Shippou was on her right.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, do you-"Miroku was cut off by people screaming. The group rushed out, only to be met by a huge swarm of youkai, two of Naraku's puppets leading them.

~*~End Chapter~*~

WD: Yay! Another chapter done and up! I can't believe I've gotten so many reviews on my stories! I can't thank you guys enough! Oh yes.....Blast From the Past is soooo close to having 100 reviews! Yay! I'm hoping that The Other Taiyoukai will have it's 100 reviews before we're finished with this story. Thanks to all who reviewed!

~*~Reviews~*~

Spirit of the anime angel: Cliffhangers are good when you're not reading them....they are fun to write though.

HieilovesBotan: I'm glad you liked....don't worry, I'm sure Kagome will give Kikyo a 'Sesshoumaru' smirk in front of him....that would be funny....

Silverstargazing: Hope that this chapter answered your question. Thanks for you review!

Sukera: I'm sure you can make it! And once Easter comes, you can eat all the sugar and chocolate and more sugar all you want. You should get a big back of plain old white/brown sugar and just eat the whole bag......that's what I would do.......major sugar buzz....

RoguesHeart: CHOCOLATE!!!! *jumps up and down* Chocolate chocolate chocolate chocolate!!!! Yay for chocolate! Sugar! Chocolate!

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WD: Again....sorry for the late update.