Chp 5: Strange Dreams.
Kagome dream sequence
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She was in Inuyasha's forest next to the Goshinboku. Dimly as if there was a speaker in the trees she could hear a song playing.
".Catch me as I fall, Say you're here and it's all over now, Speaking to the atmosphere, No one's here and I fall into myself, This truth drives me into madness I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away."
'That's strange, why out of all songs would this be playing?' She thought bemusedly.
Sesshoumaru dream sequence
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Sesshoumaru was walking through his half brothers forest. Why of all places would he be here? He was walking towards what he felt like a pull, of sorts. He walked right into a small clearing that he recognized immediately. It was the clearing where that well the girl, what was her name? Ka..Ka.. Kagome! That was it! Where she went back and forth from her home, wherever that is. The next time I see her she will tell me where that was that we were when we got her mother.
Speak of the devil.
There she was, sitting at the foot of the Goshinboku listening to something. 'Why is she here?'
Kagome dream sequence
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'Why? Why was this song playing? This doesn't make sense! And why do I have to be here! I don't want to be anywhere near anything that has to do with Inuyasha!! I hate him!! No wait! I don't hate him, but why? Why can't I hate him?!? It would be so much easier that way! He's chosen Kikiyou and there's nothing I can do about it! I knew it from the start, but some part of me didn't want to believe it, and I didn't. Oh! This is so confusing! That stupid song is right, I'm speaking to the atmosphere, and no ones here. "Why can't I hate you? Why?!?"
'I need somebody..anybody..someone..' Then she broke down weeping like she never had before.
Sesshoumaru dream sequence
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"Why can't I hate you? Why?!?" she whispered so quietly, if he didn't have his youkai hearing he probably wouldn't have picked it up.
'Who is she talking about? Probably that bastard half-brother of his. He couldn't do anything right could he? He had this right in front of him and he chose a walking corpse that wanted him dead over it. He really was stupid. I can't believe we're related.'
'I can.' said that annoying common sense of his.
'Ugh, not you again. I'm busy, leave me alone!!!' He told his common sense in a tone that said, don't even answer back.
Then he heard her muffled sobs. 'Oh great, she's crying, for some reason I hate that.' He had the strange urge to go over there and make the crying stop. 'Whoa! Where did that come from?' Then he found himself walking over there not quite against his will. It was just like when Rin cried. And he absolutely HATED to see Rin cry. He stopped in front of her. " Stop crying. He is not worth your tears wench."
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Kagome looked up to see Sesshoumaru staring down at her. 'Oh Kami' she thought 'When I said I needed anybody I didn't mean him! Ugh, who did I anger up there?' She looked at Sesshoumaru. 'Oh well, at least it's just a dream and not the real him.' Or so she thought. "What would you know?!?!?" She said contemptuously. "You've never been in love and then had that person trade you for half a ball of crystal!' By now she had stopped crying and she was just so damn mad! How would he know anything about what she was going through?!?! 'I bet he doesn't even know what love is!'
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He had to admit, she had him there, but that didn't stop him from replying. "My brother is a fool and I am ashamed to call him kin. It will not help to cry over something that is worthless and gone."
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Was she imagining things? Did the world stop turning and no one told her? Did hell freeze over!?!? Was Sesshoumaru actually trying to be comforting? It amazed her. But why did he have to be right?!? She knew crying was not going to help her or make her feel better. And though she hated to admit it Inuyasha was gone. "You know, I hate it when you're right. Because you're usually right about the worst things." She said defeated.
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Did she just say I'm right? Somehow he knew either he had invaded her dream or she had invaded his because this was to real to be his imagination. She may still be under the impression that I am just a dream so I will act as if I am. Then he sat down next to her, which surprised them both. "Tell me, how is it that you get back and forth from where you live to here."
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She did not question how he new of her home, after all this was her subconscious and it had access to her memories. She thought about telling him for a moment and then she decided she would. She told him everything from when she first met Inuyasha, with the centipede demon, and all the other things about the well. It felt like a great weight had been lifted off her chest. (A/N: No Kagome did not have a breast reduction. ~_~) It felt good to finally tell some one about the well and not risk her time or this time being permanently screwed over.
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Hmmmmm. So that explains the revealing clothes and strange words and contraptions she always uses. She's from 500 years in the future! Then his ears picked up some kind of music, very faint, but there none the less. "What is that music?" He asked.
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Kagome noticed the music again it was on the second verse. " It's a song from an American singing group called Evanescence. Their music is quite new so you probably wouldn't like it. The song is called Whisper, and it pretty much mirrors how I'm feeling right now."
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He listened to the music intently because it was faint.
"..I'm frightened by what I see, And somehow I know that there's much more to come, Immobilized by my fear, And soon to be blinded by tears, I can stop the pain if I will it all away
Don't turn away, Don't give in to the pain, Don't try to hide, Though they're screaming your name, Don't close your eyes, God knows what lies behind them, Don't turn out the light, Never sleep never die.
Fallen angels at my feet, Whispered voices at my ear, Death before my eyes, Lying next to me I fear, She beckons me shall I give in, Upon my end shall I begin? Forsaking all I've fallen for I rise to meet the end."
'Wow' he thought. 'That music's actually not that bad. If it was played really loud I probably would be deaf but it's actually not bad. And she's right; it pretty much mirrors how she looks. Then for no reason she started crying, and maybe out of instinct he wrapped his tail around her and pulled her to him. He didn't know why but it just felt right.
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Kagome couldn't hold back any longer, the tears just flowed and flowed and flowed. She couldn't stop them. Then she felt something wrap around her and pull her to Sesshoumaru, that she identified as his tail because it was so fluffy. She didn't care that it was Sesshoumaru she just buried her face in his chest and cried her until here eyes had no more tears, all the while his tail stroking her back and his hand on the back of her head, holding her to him. Her crying gradually died into quiet hiccups. She pulled back, looked into his eyes and smiled. "Arigatou. Sesshoumaru.Arigatou." Then the song "Going under" started playing and she felt him fade into a gray mist.
Kagome snapped out of her dream and sat up quickly. Ugh! She had left her cd on and it was replaying itself. Then her dream came rushing back, the tree, the well, and the song, Sesshoumaru. A blush tinged her cheeks. She had dreamed of Sesshoumaru, that wasn't good, well maybe just a little.
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Sesshoumaru's eyes snapped open but he did not sit up. 'That dream, it was so strange, especially that song. Then he remembered holding the girl, as she cried, as she cried for his brother. A growl came unbidden from his chest. That stupid half brother of his had made her cry! Wait, why did he care? He didn't! Did he? This girl was getting more confusing to him by the moment. What spell had she cast on him to make him feel this way? What had she done to him? He didn't know but he was going to find out. Wait; did he really want to find out? He remembered what had happened to his father, he had fallen in love with a human, and it had been the end of him. He wasn't even going to get close to this human, at all. He hoped that girl only thought that what had happened in that dream was only a dream. What he had done, would be the last time he did it. No matter how right it felt, no matter how much he wanted to, no matter how much he enjoyed it. 'HOLD IT! Did I just think I enjoyed it? Okay, must never think that again.' He sat up and mentally hit himself. 'This wench means nothing to me, and the only reason I am keeping her here is to take care of Rin.' There were some things Rin would go through when she got older that he dreaded having to explain to her. 'Was that the only reason? YES! There was no other reason I want this wench here. None. Zip, zero, zilch. Okay I really need to stop using these weird phrases that wench uses.'
This isn't a cliffhanger is it? Hopefully not 'cause I hate cliffys, and I would really hate to write 'em. But alas, sometimes you just can't not have a cliffhanger. There an essential even though we all hate 'em. If there were no cliffys then peeps would lose interest in the story. By the way all you experienced ff writers out there. I just had my first muse attack! ^_^ It was 7:00 in the morning after Beyblade and all of the sudden I wanted to write a Beyblade/Inuyasha fanfic! And by 8:00 I had 2 chapters and I didn't have a writers block! YAY! Now I've got 2 fics and I'm not gonna bring out the BB/IY one until I've got at least 7 chappys! Thanks for reading my amateur fic and don't worry Fluffy and Kagome aren't even thinking about getting together right now this was just a sorta fling to get some of Fluffy's feelings back into commission. And Sango and Miroku are comin up! So are Inuyasha and *shudder* Kikiyou. BEWARE! I am a dedicated Kikiyou/Kouga basher so don't expect either of them to get very nice treatment. No offence to Kouga and *gag* Kikiyou fans. Kouga's not that bad, but he sure as hell is pretty damn irritating! O.O wow someone other than Inuyasha used two swear words in one sentence, but who will use more than...3. MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I know I'm crazy, but hey it's twelve twenty and I'm listening to evanescence, whaddya expect? /_/ I love Evanescence don't you "..holding my last breath, safe inside my self, sweet raptured life it ends here tonight..." "My last breath" by Evanescence. They own it I don't. And I don't own any other evanescence songs I might use in this fic. Well whaddya know! Fluffy likes rock music! Cool huh? Okay enough of my jabbering, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!
Kagome dream sequence
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She was in Inuyasha's forest next to the Goshinboku. Dimly as if there was a speaker in the trees she could hear a song playing.
".Catch me as I fall, Say you're here and it's all over now, Speaking to the atmosphere, No one's here and I fall into myself, This truth drives me into madness I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away."
'That's strange, why out of all songs would this be playing?' She thought bemusedly.
Sesshoumaru dream sequence
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Sesshoumaru was walking through his half brothers forest. Why of all places would he be here? He was walking towards what he felt like a pull, of sorts. He walked right into a small clearing that he recognized immediately. It was the clearing where that well the girl, what was her name? Ka..Ka.. Kagome! That was it! Where she went back and forth from her home, wherever that is. The next time I see her she will tell me where that was that we were when we got her mother.
Speak of the devil.
There she was, sitting at the foot of the Goshinboku listening to something. 'Why is she here?'
Kagome dream sequence
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'Why? Why was this song playing? This doesn't make sense! And why do I have to be here! I don't want to be anywhere near anything that has to do with Inuyasha!! I hate him!! No wait! I don't hate him, but why? Why can't I hate him?!? It would be so much easier that way! He's chosen Kikiyou and there's nothing I can do about it! I knew it from the start, but some part of me didn't want to believe it, and I didn't. Oh! This is so confusing! That stupid song is right, I'm speaking to the atmosphere, and no ones here. "Why can't I hate you? Why?!?"
'I need somebody..anybody..someone..' Then she broke down weeping like she never had before.
Sesshoumaru dream sequence
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"Why can't I hate you? Why?!?" she whispered so quietly, if he didn't have his youkai hearing he probably wouldn't have picked it up.
'Who is she talking about? Probably that bastard half-brother of his. He couldn't do anything right could he? He had this right in front of him and he chose a walking corpse that wanted him dead over it. He really was stupid. I can't believe we're related.'
'I can.' said that annoying common sense of his.
'Ugh, not you again. I'm busy, leave me alone!!!' He told his common sense in a tone that said, don't even answer back.
Then he heard her muffled sobs. 'Oh great, she's crying, for some reason I hate that.' He had the strange urge to go over there and make the crying stop. 'Whoa! Where did that come from?' Then he found himself walking over there not quite against his will. It was just like when Rin cried. And he absolutely HATED to see Rin cry. He stopped in front of her. " Stop crying. He is not worth your tears wench."
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Kagome looked up to see Sesshoumaru staring down at her. 'Oh Kami' she thought 'When I said I needed anybody I didn't mean him! Ugh, who did I anger up there?' She looked at Sesshoumaru. 'Oh well, at least it's just a dream and not the real him.' Or so she thought. "What would you know?!?!?" She said contemptuously. "You've never been in love and then had that person trade you for half a ball of crystal!' By now she had stopped crying and she was just so damn mad! How would he know anything about what she was going through?!?! 'I bet he doesn't even know what love is!'
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He had to admit, she had him there, but that didn't stop him from replying. "My brother is a fool and I am ashamed to call him kin. It will not help to cry over something that is worthless and gone."
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Was she imagining things? Did the world stop turning and no one told her? Did hell freeze over!?!? Was Sesshoumaru actually trying to be comforting? It amazed her. But why did he have to be right?!? She knew crying was not going to help her or make her feel better. And though she hated to admit it Inuyasha was gone. "You know, I hate it when you're right. Because you're usually right about the worst things." She said defeated.
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Did she just say I'm right? Somehow he knew either he had invaded her dream or she had invaded his because this was to real to be his imagination. She may still be under the impression that I am just a dream so I will act as if I am. Then he sat down next to her, which surprised them both. "Tell me, how is it that you get back and forth from where you live to here."
.*.*.*.
She did not question how he new of her home, after all this was her subconscious and it had access to her memories. She thought about telling him for a moment and then she decided she would. She told him everything from when she first met Inuyasha, with the centipede demon, and all the other things about the well. It felt like a great weight had been lifted off her chest. (A/N: No Kagome did not have a breast reduction. ~_~) It felt good to finally tell some one about the well and not risk her time or this time being permanently screwed over.
.*.*.*.
Hmmmmm. So that explains the revealing clothes and strange words and contraptions she always uses. She's from 500 years in the future! Then his ears picked up some kind of music, very faint, but there none the less. "What is that music?" He asked.
.*.*.*.
Kagome noticed the music again it was on the second verse. " It's a song from an American singing group called Evanescence. Their music is quite new so you probably wouldn't like it. The song is called Whisper, and it pretty much mirrors how I'm feeling right now."
.*.*.*.
He listened to the music intently because it was faint.
"..I'm frightened by what I see, And somehow I know that there's much more to come, Immobilized by my fear, And soon to be blinded by tears, I can stop the pain if I will it all away
Don't turn away, Don't give in to the pain, Don't try to hide, Though they're screaming your name, Don't close your eyes, God knows what lies behind them, Don't turn out the light, Never sleep never die.
Fallen angels at my feet, Whispered voices at my ear, Death before my eyes, Lying next to me I fear, She beckons me shall I give in, Upon my end shall I begin? Forsaking all I've fallen for I rise to meet the end."
'Wow' he thought. 'That music's actually not that bad. If it was played really loud I probably would be deaf but it's actually not bad. And she's right; it pretty much mirrors how she looks. Then for no reason she started crying, and maybe out of instinct he wrapped his tail around her and pulled her to him. He didn't know why but it just felt right.
.*.*.*.
Kagome couldn't hold back any longer, the tears just flowed and flowed and flowed. She couldn't stop them. Then she felt something wrap around her and pull her to Sesshoumaru, that she identified as his tail because it was so fluffy. She didn't care that it was Sesshoumaru she just buried her face in his chest and cried her until here eyes had no more tears, all the while his tail stroking her back and his hand on the back of her head, holding her to him. Her crying gradually died into quiet hiccups. She pulled back, looked into his eyes and smiled. "Arigatou. Sesshoumaru.Arigatou." Then the song "Going under" started playing and she felt him fade into a gray mist.
Kagome snapped out of her dream and sat up quickly. Ugh! She had left her cd on and it was replaying itself. Then her dream came rushing back, the tree, the well, and the song, Sesshoumaru. A blush tinged her cheeks. She had dreamed of Sesshoumaru, that wasn't good, well maybe just a little.
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Sesshoumaru's eyes snapped open but he did not sit up. 'That dream, it was so strange, especially that song. Then he remembered holding the girl, as she cried, as she cried for his brother. A growl came unbidden from his chest. That stupid half brother of his had made her cry! Wait, why did he care? He didn't! Did he? This girl was getting more confusing to him by the moment. What spell had she cast on him to make him feel this way? What had she done to him? He didn't know but he was going to find out. Wait; did he really want to find out? He remembered what had happened to his father, he had fallen in love with a human, and it had been the end of him. He wasn't even going to get close to this human, at all. He hoped that girl only thought that what had happened in that dream was only a dream. What he had done, would be the last time he did it. No matter how right it felt, no matter how much he wanted to, no matter how much he enjoyed it. 'HOLD IT! Did I just think I enjoyed it? Okay, must never think that again.' He sat up and mentally hit himself. 'This wench means nothing to me, and the only reason I am keeping her here is to take care of Rin.' There were some things Rin would go through when she got older that he dreaded having to explain to her. 'Was that the only reason? YES! There was no other reason I want this wench here. None. Zip, zero, zilch. Okay I really need to stop using these weird phrases that wench uses.'
This isn't a cliffhanger is it? Hopefully not 'cause I hate cliffys, and I would really hate to write 'em. But alas, sometimes you just can't not have a cliffhanger. There an essential even though we all hate 'em. If there were no cliffys then peeps would lose interest in the story. By the way all you experienced ff writers out there. I just had my first muse attack! ^_^ It was 7:00 in the morning after Beyblade and all of the sudden I wanted to write a Beyblade/Inuyasha fanfic! And by 8:00 I had 2 chapters and I didn't have a writers block! YAY! Now I've got 2 fics and I'm not gonna bring out the BB/IY one until I've got at least 7 chappys! Thanks for reading my amateur fic and don't worry Fluffy and Kagome aren't even thinking about getting together right now this was just a sorta fling to get some of Fluffy's feelings back into commission. And Sango and Miroku are comin up! So are Inuyasha and *shudder* Kikiyou. BEWARE! I am a dedicated Kikiyou/Kouga basher so don't expect either of them to get very nice treatment. No offence to Kouga and *gag* Kikiyou fans. Kouga's not that bad, but he sure as hell is pretty damn irritating! O.O wow someone other than Inuyasha used two swear words in one sentence, but who will use more than...3. MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I know I'm crazy, but hey it's twelve twenty and I'm listening to evanescence, whaddya expect? /_/ I love Evanescence don't you "..holding my last breath, safe inside my self, sweet raptured life it ends here tonight..." "My last breath" by Evanescence. They own it I don't. And I don't own any other evanescence songs I might use in this fic. Well whaddya know! Fluffy likes rock music! Cool huh? Okay enough of my jabbering, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!