A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes

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I apologize in advance for any mistakes I make regarding Japanese customs or language usage.

Review Responses: Hope everyone is enjoying this story, read and review to give me input. Any flames will be used to fuel the fire I'm going to torture Jaken with, don't worry; Sesshomaru gave me permission to torture the little toad. O_~

Story Weaver1: Glad you like the bow idea, there will be some fluff later, starting in the next chapter.

Kimy: Glad you like it.

AN: the following symbols indicate the enclosed type of action/speech

::Thoughts::

"Speech"

*SOUND EFFECT*

~~~~~~~~~~ = time passes

change of view

Inuyasha, like your reading his thoughts

Inuyasha gradually became aware of a strange scent reaching his nose. He smelled...HIS YOUKAI BLOOD?? How the hell could he smell his youkai blood when he could feel the Tetsusaiga by his side? And was that his...human blood? "What the hell is going on here?" growled Inuyasha as he leaped to his feet and was greeted by a strange sight. He seemed to be in a bunch of thick fog, because everything was gray, and facing him were two figures. One was his human self sitting under the sacred tree he liked to spend so much time in near the well. The other was his youkai self, who was sitting on a rock in a posture that was ready to dodge or attack at an instance's notice. Inuyasha rubbed his eyes and then pinched himself, hoping this was a dream.

"Damn, it's not a dream," sighed Inuyasha. "No, but you are unconscious," said his human form, standing up an stretching, "we're actually your way of representing your instincts and emotions." (AN: youkai would be the ID, Human would be super ego, and hanyou would be the ego to all you psychologists) A sudden thump from behind him caused Inuyasha to spin around and catch sight of what looked like a much younger version of himself chasing a bouncing ball. (Think about that memory of him as a little kid he had after Sesshomaru used that fake copy of his mother to try to trick him) The young Inuyasha (aka Chibi-Inu) caught the ball and turned to look at his older self. Chibi-Inu then scampered up to Inuyasha and jumped on his back, arms reaching around his neck and asking, "Horsie ride?" with the big watery puppy dog eyes Kagome used on Inuyasha to get her way. Inuyasha blinked then turned to his human self. "So what is he?" "He's your inner child that you had to give up to survive after your parents died. He's always been here, he's just been hiding."

Inuyasha's youkai self suddenly walked over and ruffled Chibi-Inu's hair. "He's a good kid," growled the youkai. "So why exactly are you all talking to me?" asked Inuyasha. "You need to decide what choices you're going to make about the jewel and the girls," said his human self. "Right, are you going to become a full youkai or a full human?" growled his youkai self. Inuyasha blinked and pulled Chibi-Inu off his back and around in front of him. "Any suggestion?" he asked his younger self. Chibi-Inu thought for a minute then looked up, "Would you become a blood thirsty youkai like him or a youkai like big brother?" he asked pointing to the youkai self.

"I'm not sure," said Inuyasha, "but I think I'll stay a Hanyou, after all, Kagome's one now, it's not like I'm alone any more." His other selves smiled and nodded, the youkai turning to the human self and stating, "I was right, he chose hanyou, so you have to play with Chibi here." he said pointing to Chibi-Inu. His Human self just grinned and started playing catch with Chibi-Inu. "What was that about choosing between the girls?" asked Inuyasha.

As if to answer his question, a path suddenly appeared with a fork in it. Two figures then appeared, one on each path. The left one resolved into Kikyo, while the right one became Kagome as a hanyou. Behind Kikyo was what looked like the entrance to hell, while behind Kagome was a house in a forest with all his friends and what looked like a young hanyou girl with his hair and Kagome's face. "So I have to choose which one I'll go with and give up the other?" Inuyasha demanded, but his other selves were gone leaving him alone on the path. "Great, some help they are," he grumbled before Chibi-Inu's ball smacked into his head and had him eating dirt.

Back to Mirouku

Mirouku was starting to get worried. Sango didn't usually take a long time when she was taking a bath alone, and even though he didn't sense anything, there might be youkai around. After about half an hour of waiting for Sango, Mirouku made himself a blindfold so he wouldn't get killed if Sango was just taking her time and thought he was peaking at her. He then asked Kilala to lead him to the spring, and with the help of his staff, managed to reach it. "Sango, are you here? I can't see anything, so just call out and let me know you're okay," he called out. ::Hmm, I'm not getting clobbered, and she hasn't responded... damn:: Ripping of his blindfold, he turned to Kilala.

"Kilala, I think something happened to Sango, sniff around for her." The fire cat soon found her friend's weapons hidden under a bush and marks of a group of men carrying something away from a small bit of Sango's blood on a rock near the edge of the spring. After looking over the area, Mirouku had a good guess of what happened. "She was probably just getting out of the spring when she slipped and knocked herself unconscious, then a group of possible bandits found her and carried her off," he exclaimed and jumped onto Kilala. "Follow their tracks!" he yelled as the two took off to rescue Sango.

Sango

Sango woke up to a headache and the realization that she was tied up and gagged. Looking around, she found herself in the middle of a bandit camp and covered only by a thin kimono that didn't keep out the cold. One of the bandits noticed her slight movements and yelled, "Hey Boss! She's awake!" The bandits quickly surrounded her and then a hush seemed to spread through the men. A cloaked figure walked through the bandits to face Sango. "Well, well, now that you're awake, we'll have some fun, right boys?" asked the stranger with an evil laugh. Sango glared at him and suddenly used her arms to execute a low kick off the ground at the figure's groin. The bandit leader doubled over gasping in pain while the bandits gaped at Sango's agility and strength. The leader suddenly stood up and ripped off his cloak, revealing an oni youkai with a really ugly face. Sango took one look and started laughing so hard she broke her gag. "You have got to be the ugliest youkai I've ever seen," she choked out around her laughter. The oni growled and suddenly punched Sango hard in the stomach knocking the wind out of her.

"Let the entertainment begin," said the oni as his men grabbed Sango's arms and legs. Sango's eyes widened in realization that they were going to rape her. She tried to struggle, but the Oni whacked her on the head to stun her. As the Oni started to rip off Sango's kimono, an ofuda streaked through the air to plant itself on his chest. The sudden feeling of holy power caused the Oni to scream in pain and his men to drop Sango. She looked around wildly and saw Mirouku on Kilala. "Unhand her now," commanded Mirouku. The bandits decided that since it was two to twenty, they would be better off fighting. To bad for them, since Mirouku was understandably ticked off about Sango getting kidnapped and Kilala was out for blood. The Oni was the only one who might have stood a chance against them normally, but he only lasted five minutes before Mirouku used another ofuda on the youkai's groin and used his staff to make sure the Oni couldn't father any little oni's. Then Kilala knocked his head off and Sango punted it into the air after Mirouku untied her.

Mirouku had brought Sango's clothes with him when he can to search for her, so she was understandably glad to have something to change into from the thin kimono she woke up in. Sango happily changed back into her normal kimono after retying Mirouku's headband on his head and Making Kilala stand in front of him to block his view. The two friends then walked back to their camp to await the return of Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo. Sango glanced at Mirouku as they walked glad that she hadn't tied him to a tree to keep him from peeping this time. "Houshi-sama?" she asked as they entered the clearing of their camp. Mirouku turned to her and replied, "Yes Sango, what is it? Do you feel all right, does your head hurt?" Sango laughed at her friend's obvious concern. "No I feel fine Mirouku," she replied. "Then what is the problemmmmmmpppphhhhhh," Mirouku's last question was cut off by Sango suddenly stepping forward and capturing his lips with her own and kissing him like she wasn't going to let go. Needless to say, Mirouku was shocked. When Sango finally released him, his eyes were humongous and a deep blush covered his cheeks. "That was to thank you for behaving while I was gone and for rescuing me." Sango then reached out and took the slightly dazed monk's hand and asked, "Mirouku, will you do me the honor of bearing my child?" Upon hearing his trademark line asked to himself, Mirouku's jaw hit the ground. He quickly pulled it back into place and said, "Sango, I would be delighted to." Mirouku then promptly fainted with a huge goofy grin on his face, leaving Sango to smile at his passed out body.