"…Blazing in the Night Sky," –Chapter Seven: Zie Desdoe
Disclaimer: I no own Inuyasha
"Kagome," Inuyasha asked the darkness softly, "Where are you Kagome?" "Can't you see me," A soft voice replied distantly from his right. "No…I can't see anything, where are you Kagome," He cried desperately, feeling a childish fear rise within him. The silence reigned over the void like area around him before distant music drifted into his ears from the same direction Kagome's voice had come from.
Taking a deep breath he turned and walked in the direction where the beatings of drums were slowly becoming faster with each step he took. Before long he was literally running along with the music. Eerie voices began to sing along with it, bouncing off the passage walls and he felt a shiver run down his back as he emerged from the darkness into a dimly lit hall. What he saw there took his breath away, surprising him beyond words as the scene before him took motion.
Standing in the middle was a ring of darkly robbed figures, standing silently as the stared with lowered heads faced inside the circle. He hadn't noticed until now, but as soon as he'd stepped into the hall, the music had quieted. But now as the robbed figures menacingly lifted their heads to look up at the cavernous ceiling, the drums started again along with some other strange noise, mixing together to form a steady beat.
Then as the beat quickened, the figures abandoned their robes, revealing a mix of painted men and women alike who danced in a series of twists and twirls, mimicking the feeling given off from the music.
Taking a slow step back, Inuyasha subconsciously pressed himself against the wall behind him as the eerie voices rose up again, echoing in the hall, filling his ears to the point of insanity. 'What's happening,' His mind screamed in terror. Then, the movement in front of him stopped along with the music and one mournful voice rose up loud and menacing.
The dancers dropped, revealing their prize which stood in the middle of the havoc, a figure, holding some shining thing. His eyes widened when he saw how the thing glowed pink like…like the Shikon no Tama! The figure turned and lifted its face, shadowed by the cloak that covered it, and stared at him with deep eyes. "Zie Desdoe…"
Opening his eyes slowly, Inuyasha felt a tear slip from the corner of one as it ran down the side of his face. He lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling, awake and aware, shaken and afraid in the aftermath of his dream. 'What's happening,' His mind repeated as he forced himself to calm down. Though he was not breathing hard, inside his chest he could feel his heart beating a hundred miles an hour.
Mindlessly turning over in the darkness, he brushed against something else and jumped, taking in a quick breath before realizing who it was. Then, inching closer to that slumbering being beside him, he wrapped an arm protectively around his wife, drawing her closer in a possessive embrace as he buried his face in her hair, freezing for a moment when she mumbled in her sleep.
Inhaling her rich scent, mixed even more strongly with his from previous activities, he allowed himself to settle down and think coherently before finally falling back into a dreamless sleep, catching sight of the faintly glowing orb on the shelf above them before his eyelids came together. 'Zie Desdoe…'
"Inuyasha, Inuyasha wake up," Kagome growled, shaking her sleeping husbands shoulder. He had slept in late, which usually wasn't like him. Most of the time, it was he who woke before her, but that hadn't been the case today. At fist she didn't mind it, in fact, she had to fight from laughing as she cooked breakfast for her kids when she thought of the reason for his late rising. But as morning turned into late afternoon, she began to worry and went up stairs to see what was keeping him.
He didn't stir at her touch, didn't even mumble or turnover, and now she was beginning to worry. "Inuyasha," She asked, sitting on the bed beside him to lean down and look at his face. "Inuyasha, please wake up, it's so late…You'll sleep the day away!" When he didn't reply, she began to get more mad then afraid and stood up off the bed, looking down at his curled up form with balled fists at her sides. "Inuyasha! If you don't wake up now, I'll give all the ramen to Miroku!"
At this, the dead like being beneath her gaze shifted beneath the covers as a silver ear twitched upon his silver haired head. "I'm awake," His voice came, almost so softly she didn't hear it. Sighing in relief, Kagome relaxed her stiffened posture and raised a hand to rub her temples. "Don't scare me like that," She said after a few minutes of silence. Her only reply was a soft snore from her once more slumbering husband.
Lowering her hand, she stared at him, once more worried as she wondered whether he'd fallen ill to something. Then turning, she walked from the room and returned to an empty living room, for her children, including the caretaker, Shippo, had gone to play with friends.
Later that day, as Kagome sat watching the television, thunder began to rumble overhead, signifying that rain would come once more to fall on the country side. 'Will it ever stop,' She wondered, sighing softly as she glanced up at the grandfather clock in the dining room. It was getting late in the evening and she began to worry even more then she already was for her still sleeping husband. Looking toward the stairs, she shook her head then snuggled back into the couch, letting a shiver run down her spine as another crash of thunder sounded over head.
Turning off the television, she stared into the cold, unlit fireplace then closed her eyes. During the day, she hadn't minded much that he hadn't risen from his deep slumber, for Sango had come and gone, keeping her company as she usually did, the children had come home for dinner and were now gone once more to spend the night at their friend's, and Shippo, her fondly inherited son, had even visited with her for awhile as well before disappearing to Miroku's to talk about unnamed subjects.
But now, as she was alone, she let her mind wander into oblivion, almost scaring herself to death when there came a knock at the front door. Wrinkling her brows, she stood up and crossed the living room to answer it. 'Could Sango have forgotten something? Could the children have decided to stay home?' Questions of who it could be rose up in her mind like the walls of a complex maze, leading her no where.
Gripping the handled, she turned the knob and pulled open the door, gasping in shock and taking a step back when she saw who it was who stood before her with rain dripping from his soaked form, piercing eyes staring deep within her soul.
Something stirred inside Inuyasha's head and for the first time that day, he struggled to come out of his slumber and succeeded when that something turned out to be a feeling coming between the bond he and his mate shared. Struggling harder, he sat up groggily and stumbled to the bedroom door, half blinded by his wife's shock. "Kagome," He murmured softly and ripped open the door to descend to the story below.
When his vision finally cleared enough for him to see, what he saw caused another feeling to rise within him. Anger, like seething fire, burned in his eyes as he lifted one hand to drag his now sharp claws down the wall beside him, the wall paper shredding beneath his ferocious touch.
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There, aren't you so proud of me? My first day back home and I set out a perfectly…well..maybe not perfectly…good chapter and lemme tell ya, it was hard work too. Damn that writers block!!!! Grrrr….-.-...anyway, so whatcha think? Review pleeease