Oh, my God! I had no idea you guys liked my story so much! ::sniff-sniff:: Thank you so much for your kind reviews and emails n.n I'm sorry I haven't been updating my story as often as I should, I've been buried in school work, projects, tests, homework, and also very busy with the holidays. Ok, enough with my ramblings, on with the story! (By the way, there's a special holiday surprise at the end of the chappie for all of the people who reviewed! But don't you peek! And as an extra bonus to my loyal Dreams fans, this chappie will be extra long! Enjoy! n.n)
Disclaimer: UGH! I cannot express enough how much I hate this thingy! ::sniff:: It's just another reminder that I don't own Inuyasha ::lip quiver:: People are so…so…hateful!! ::sob::
Last time in Dreams"Kagome, what happened to Kikyo?" He questioned, releasing the hug and looking Kagome in the eyes.
"…" Kagome looked down. She hadn't thought about what Inuyasha would think if she killed Kikyo.
"Tell me." Inuyasha said, seeing the troubled look on Kagome's face.
"…I…I killed…" Kagome couldn't finish her sentence. She was afraid of what Inuyasha might think or do.
"…you killed her?!" Inuyasha asked, raising his voice.
Dreams: Chapter 6
Surprise!
Kagome looked down, blushing faintly and tears filling her eyes with her bangs over shadowing most of her face, but Inuyasha didn't notice how bad she felt. He was more concerned with what happened to his un-dead lover.
He looked at Kagome with anger rising. "ANSWER ME!!" He demanded. Kagome cringed at this. Something was wrong. Inuyasha never sounded like this, even if she did kill Kikyo.
She looked up at Inuyasha cautiously and noticed that his eyes were starting to turn a reddish color.
Oh Kami! It can't be! He can't be turning into a demon! She looked down where Tetsusaiga (sp?) was and gasped. It's pulsating! No! Please, Inuyasha. Not now, not in my time!
She reached up and tried to hug Inuyasha, but she was met by his claws digging into her arms. Frightfully, she looked into his eyes and found that they had turned completely red! She could feel his claws become longer and sharper as they dug deeper into her flesh, drawing her blood.
"Itai!" She cried, almost screaming the words from the pain she was in. This made the youkai Inuyasha smirk, revealing vampire-like fangs and two purple demon markings on his cheeks.
Kagome gasped, her heart racing. Had she done the wrong thing by killing Kikyo?
This question was answered by claws.
Inuyasha swung his claws at her and left deep gashes across her chest. He smirked once more and let her fall to the ground. Soon she was lying in a small pool of her own blood. She looked up at Inuyasha weakly and desperately.
"In..u..ya..sha.." She breathed, her eyes crying out for help. He merely looked down upon her in a cold glare. One usually worn by Sesshomaru.
"Pathetic." He finally spoke, but in a deep voice. He walked away and headed towards Kagome's house while saying "Your family…will be next." There was no emotion in his voice.
"No…" Kagome breathed softly, just before blacking out.
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Kagome opened her eyes slowly, only to be greeted by a bright light. She slowly sat up, expecting a great amount of pain, but it never came. She looked down at herself and found that she was fully healed. Not only that, but she was wearing a silver-ish white dress that had a light blue cloth going from over the left shoulder, crossing diagonally over her chest and wrapping around her waist with a little extra hanging off of her right hip and down to her ankle. She was bear-foot and had light lavender flowers in her hair that complimented her raven waves.
She looked around and saw beautiful scenery. To her left was a spring that sparkled in the sun with a small waterfall cascading into it. Around the spring were various types of flowers that together, made a beautiful bouquet. There were trees all around and healthy green grass. In the trees she could hear the birds singing their sweet melodies and the grass swayed slightly in the light breeze.
Kagome had never seen such a beautiful place like this.
"Where am I?" She wondered aloud. Someone answered for her.
"You're where all people go when one life ends," said a man's voice. Kagome jumped up, surprised.
"W-who's there?" She asked, looking around frantically.
"Relax, Kagome," said the voice, coming closer "I'm here to help you."
Out of the trees came a tall, handsome youkai. He had long raven black hair that was tied into a low ponytail and sky blue eyes. He stood about 6'1" and had a black tail that looked like Kouga's with the ears of Sesshomaru. On his cheeks were two dark purple demon markings and on his forehead was a demon marking that looked like a backwards version of Sesshomaru's with a small sakura blossom in the middle of it.
"Do you remember me, sweetheart?" He asked. Kagome blinked.
"Sweetheart?" She asked, confused. "Do I know you?" At this, the youkai blinked twice and laughed.
"Of course you do," he said with a smile "but I figured that you wouldn't remember me. I died when you were only 50 years old." Kagome's eyes got wide and she sweat dropped.
"50?! Are you nuts?! I'm only 15!"
"Maybe in human years you appear that age, but you are really 230, my dear."
(Kagome's expression looks like this right now: O.O;;;;; )
"230?!? I'm not a demon! I'm human!"
The youkai shook his head and sighed. "What have you been telling her, Akia?" He said to himself. Kagome raised an eyebrow, sweat dropped and backed away a little. This youkai is totally nuts! How the hell am I going to get out of this??
The youkai looked back at Kagome and blinked. "Oh, sorry. Your mother must have changed her name as well." At this, Kagome was getting aggravated.
"Ok, I had it! Tell me who you are and how the hell you know my name and my mother!" She demanded.
"Heh, feisty as ever I see. Ok, ok. I'll tell you, but you'd better sit down for this one." He said, smiling and sitting down, patting the spot on the grass next to him.
Kagome hesitantly walked over and sat down next to him, making sure to keep her eye open for this youkai. Who knows what he might do.
"First off," he started "my name is Hiroto and I know your name because you're my daughter, Kagome." Kagome's jaw practically dropped to the ground
"I'm your…daughter??" Kagome asked in disbelief. Hiroto merely nodded and continued.
"Akia is your mother's real name and believe it or not, she's a youkai just as you and I are. I am a youkai of nature. I can control the elements as well as plants and ground we are sitting on right now. Your mother is a wolf youkai and has a special power to talk to animals. It's true that you're the reincarnation of the miko Kikyo, that's why you have miko powers." Kagome sat there and tried to take all this in, trying to understand why her mother hadn't told her any of this.
Hiroto saw Kagome's expression. "Your mother didn't tell you because she was afraid someone might come after you if they ever found out what you where. And she didn't want to tell you about me because it would bring back painful memories that she doesn't want to relive."
"But, what am I? I mean, what kind of youkai am I?" She asked, looking into her father's eyes.
"You, my dear," he said, placing one hand on her cheek and smiling "are a mixture of us. You have the appearance of a wolf youkai, except you have wolf ears when you are in your true form. Sort of like Inuyasha's ears. You have the powers of both your mother and I, along with miko powers and some of your own abilities you will find out later. But, if you want the technical name for your youkai, you are an elemental wolf youkai."
"I'm an elemental wolf youkai…" Kagome repeated, still trying to process all of this. Suddenly, she smiled. "Sounds awesome to me!"
Hiroto laughed. "Good. Now, we need to get you back to where you belong."
Kagome smiled and hugged her father. "I'm glad I finally got to meet you, dad."
He hugged back and smiled, stroking his daughter's hair gently "As am I."
Hiroto then let her go and waved his hand around her, creating a light blue mist. Before completely disappearing into the mist, Kagome called out "I love you, Daddy!" Hiroto smiled and called back "I love you too, my angel!" Then, Kagome was gone from that place and Hiroto kept smiling to himself while walking back into the trees.
"Good luck, my daughter."
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Kagome woke with a start and found herself back in her own time and clothes, but she was completely healed. She looked around.
"Was that all a dream?" she asked herself, looking up at the clouds.
Suddenly, she heard a loud crash and looked in the direction it came from. It came from the shrine! No! Momma, Souta, Grandpa! I'm coming!
She ran to the shrine and found herself running faster than ever before! It was like she was with Inuyasha!
It wasn't a dream! I AM an elemental wolf youkai! She smirked and concentrated while running. If what Dad said was true, then I should be able to transform into my TRUE form…
She took a deep breath and imagined herself as a youkai. Suddenly, she had black wolf ears with purple tips instead of human ears, long claws, fangs, and a black wolf's tail with purple at the end. On her cheeks were two pale pink demon markings and on her forehead was a light lavender version of her father's demon marking. Her eyes had turned a sky blue and her hair had become longer and wavier with thin purple streaks in it.
She arrived at the scene in a matter of seconds (yes, the transformation only took that long) where she found Inuyasha tearing the house and shrine up.
She sighed and yelled the dreaded words.
"OSUWARI!"
"Frmaghnph!!!" Inuyasha slammed into the ground harder than ever before. 12 feet under, to be exact.
Kagome blinked and her ears twitched a little. "Hmmm…I'm a youkai, so that means I'm stronger than before, so my Osuwaris are more powerful."
"Grayrfhih!!!" Inuyasha slammed another 12 feet under.
Kagome twitched her ears and looked into the Inuyasha-made crater. "Whoops! Gomen, Inuyasha. I didn't mean to say Osuwari."
"Gyaknafrhgnk!!"
"Gomen!!" Yelled Kagome down the 36 feet deep crater. She giggled. Hmm…this might be fun! She smirked.
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Woo! Another Chappie finished. Surprising, eh? Hence the title n.n Now, for the holiday gift I promised. I'm going to thank each of you personally.
Amineme: I'm glad you liked the first chappie! There's 5 more for ya n.n
Tb: Thank you ::sweet smile:: I'm not sure how it'll end yet, but I gots some ideas :P
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Well, I hope everyone enjoyed this chappie! Not what ya expected, eh? I know, I'm evil e.e; I apologize if I don't update that soon, but like I said in the beginning ::points up:: I'm buried in work, but I promise I'll update ASAP. Happy holidays, everyone! ::walks away singing Sleigh Ride::