Recap:
"Damnit," Inuyasha growled, "Wake up, Kagome!" He saw a bucket of cold water in the corner, grabbed it, and poured some of it on Kagome's face. Suddenly, Kagome's eyes snapped open. Within minutes, her breathing returned to normal, though her eyes were still unfocused, still dark and unemotional. And, it was probably Inuyasha's imagination, but her eyes looked darker than before. It was then that Inuyasha realized that Kagome's condition was getting worse, not better. And it would only be a matter of time before Kagome would be past recovery.
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Kaede shooed Inuyasha outside. "This is a fairly complicated spell! I don't need a certain dog-eared demon impatiently talking non-stop beside me!" Kaede said. "Keh! Whatever, I'll still hear everything anyway," Inuyasha said. "If that's true, then why did you make such a fuss when Kaede told you to get out?" Sango said. "...." Even Inuyasha couldn't find an answer to that one.
Kaede was about to perform a spell that would allow her to see into Kagome's mind, therefore finding out what was in her nightmares the night before. Hopefully, this will help them figure out how to help Kagome back to her normal cheerful self. Kaede muttered a few words, while in deep concentration. Then she pressed a finger to Kagome's forehead, who was sitting right in front of her.
Inside, she saw Kagome's normal thoughts, about the well, her parents, Souta, Bouyo, and her friends at school. Kaede reached deeper into her mind, and it was there that she saw how she died.
She saw from Kagome's point of view how Sesshoumaru kidnapped her and Inuyasha, and how he'd given her the choices. How she descended into hell, and when she was finally resurrected. Finally, the memory that Kaede was looking for appeared. The nightmare that Inuyasha was talking about.
It was more horrible than Kaede imagined. Similar to Sango's vision of when Kikyou and Naraku tried to trap all of them at the same time using tree roots. But Sango had never told anyone about that, and back then she knew it was a trap set by Naraku. Kagome doesn't know about that vision, therefore she must have been terrified.
Death. Blood. Everywhere. The bloody bodies of Sango, Miroku and Shippou were there. Kaede found Kagome looking at a figure in the shadows. A sudden thought struck her. 'That's...Kagome! But this spell allows me to see in a person's mind, with THEIR point of view. If I'm in Kagome's body right now, then that's a copy!' The copy raised her bow, and put an arrow on the string, aiming directly at Inuyasha, who was the only one still alive. Then, she let the arrow fly.
Through Kagome's eyes, the arrow flew in slow-motion. "No! Inuyasha!" Kaede found herself/Kagome sobbing. The arrow hit its target. Within a few minutes, he was dead. Dead, like the others. Dead, thinking that their best friend had betrayed them. Kaede didn't think she could take anymore of this. She let the spell end itself, and suddenly, she was back in her hut.
Inuyasha, who must have sensed her presence, came running into the hut, Sango, Miroku and Shippou behind him. "Well? What did you see?" He asked impatiently. Kaede gasped for breath. Then, she turned to Inuyasha, "Do you really want to know?" Kaede asked. "Yes!" All four of them shouted at the same time. "Alright, then. Sit down." And Kaede replayed everything that she/Kagome saw.
When she was finished, the group stared. The story itself was quite unbelievable, but the dream was so realistic. Finally, Inuyasha said, "Kagome's not used to things like that." Everyone turned to look at him. "What do you mean?" Sango asked, "She sees people dying all the time. "No, she doesn't," Inuyasha said, "You haven't seen her time. Killing is a crime. Compared to this place, there's no killing there. She might have spent 2 years with us, travelling back and forth between times, but she has never seen her friends dying, and especially by her own hand. She couldn't have taken much more. Besides, her personality's not like that. She would have never killed us in reality."
"And these visions would only get worse," Kaede said, "The only person who would know how to help would never tell us." "And who's that?" Miroku asked. Kaede waited a few seconds, wondering if she should tell them. Then, finally she hesitantly said, "Sesshoumaru."
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A/N: Does that count as a cliff hanger? If it does, I'm so sorry! But I was running out of ideas! TT This chappie was so hard to write! Oh one more thing. might not show my story on the site, as it hasn't when I uploaded the last few chapters. Please check regularly if I've updated. Ok, that's it. Bye!