The Big Battle:

DISCLAIMER: I, ImJen, do not own any part of Inuyasha

AN: Thank you guys so much for the reviews! Here is chapter 3...

Inuyasha was trying to find out what his dream meant, but was doing a crummy job. So, he took his problems to Kaede.

Inuyasha started with the dream, then asked what she thought it meant. Kaede sat in silence for a minute-a sign that she was thinking hard.

She eventually answered, "Sometimes dreams have no meaning at all. And sometimes, they have a message in them. But ever so rarely, they can come true." Inuyasha was afraid of his dream, let alone its coming true.

Kaede frowned, which usually meant she was serious. This made Inuyasha never want to fight Kouga again.

Meanwhile, Kagome had no one to bring her problems to, but then again, she was much smarter than Inuyasha, too. (AN: Hahaha) In less than a whole day, she had figured out as much as Kaede had told Inuyasha.

Kagome now dreaded her vacation. She was having less and less fun every day. Thinking of her nightmare had given her some more. Terrifying ones. So terrible, that I cannot bear to describe them. But I will!

Kagome was in Kikyo's cave. The bow and arrow had been pointing at her for a long time. All Kagome could do was cry, and scream for Inuyasha's help. Kikyo was smiling and enjoying tormenting her reincarnation.

"Poor soul," Kikyo acknowledged Kagome with fake sorrow.

"Inuyasha will not come to save the day! Boo-hoo..." Kagome struggled even more with the rope. She growled and was upset with Kikyo.

'Ooh when I get my tied-up hands on her...' Kagome thought angrily. Kikyo laughed and laughed at Kagome's hard times. Where was Inuyasha when Kagome needed him most??

Inuyasha was having some dinner with the group. He had no care in the world that Kagome was scared somewhere in a cave- far, far away. Shippo was asking if he was worried about Kagome. Inuyasha chomped on his strawberries and shook his head.

Sango and Miroku gasped at him. Shippo was mad. Mad is putting it mildly actually. Let me se...FURIOUS! Yeah, that's good. Anyway...Kaede stared at Inuyasha. (AN: This is still Kagome's dream)

'Oh, I wish Inuyasha were here,' Kagome cried in her thoughts. Kikyo was pointing her bow and arrow, waiting for the right moment to aim and fire. The time was now; because someone was here to rescue Kagome...But that someone was much too slow.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha was standing behind her trying to use his quick reflexes to save her. But Kikyo shot and was very accurate...

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Kagome screamed through the night as she awoke from this horrid nightmare. Once again Kagome was in a cold VERY cold sweat that traveled from her forehead to her toes. But there was one good thing about the dream...

'Inuyasha came to liberate me,' Kagome thought with delight. But the rest...before and after his arrival...pure torture. Why was Kikyo there? Why did she tease her? Why? WHY?

Inuyasha was having the same exact dream. Except for many things. It would be best if I just told you what happened...

Inuyasha was trapped. Trapped by Kikyo's spell. He was stuck onto a tree in Kikyo's clutches. Kagome and the others were his only hope. He tugged himself off the tree, and nothing happened. Kikyo's spell was as deep as the ocean.

Kagome was walking down the forest with Shippo on her shoulder and Sango and Miroku following close behind. She heard Inuyasha cry for help, but ignored it. Apparently, Sango heard him too, but acknowledged him. She grabbed hold of Miroku and ran to the tree, which held Inuyasha so tight.

Kagome was aggravated at them helping the demon, and ran off somewhere where no one would find her. Back down the well. She left Shippo to Sango and she jumped down, down, down into the well.

Inuyasha woke with dismay at the second nightmare he had in a week. He thought he knew the meaning of this nightmare. It was a meaning of which was obvious since the start of Kagome's vacation. And Kagome knew it, too.

'I miss Inuyasha...'

'I miss Kagome!'

It was clear that they both wanted Kagome's trip to end. Right now. This very moment.

Mrs. Higurashi noticed her daughter's change of mood (again) and she felt sorry for Kagome. Souta had absolutely no interest whatsoever. Grandpa just became angry at her moping.

"We're on vacation, Kagome. Stop whining!!" he had lectured her. Kagome's attitude with his tone of voice was indifferent. She nodded and then left him

talking to midair. Grandpa then turned to her mother.

"What in heaven's name has gotten in to that daughter of yours? All she does now is pout and drag her feet!" he said clearly disgusted.

Mrs. Higurashi sighed, closed her eyes, and left Grandpa sitting there eating dinner alone with Souta. Grandpa mumbled something so Souta couldn't hear. And I think, judging on what he was saying, it was a good thing he didn't!

That night, Kagome didn't have any dreams having to do with Inuyasha. Fortunately, neither did Inuyasha. All the dreams they had were about ramen and ice cream. (AN: Maybe Kagome doesn't like ice cream, I don't know. But I do, so there!) Even so, they still missed each other more than ever.

In the morning, Kagome was feeling better because of the first night in week of a good dream. This was very good news to Grandpa, and he treated her out to Baskin Robbins. This made Kagome's eyes grow wide. VERY wide.

'This is what happened in my last dream!' Kagome realized. She didn't quite know what ice cream had to do with Inuyasha, but it meant something.

'I think it means that my other dreams will actually happen?' Kagome gasped. She ran right out of the ice cream parlor. Licking her chocolate chip cookie dough the whole way, that is.

In the feudal era, Inuyasha was eating some blueberries for dinner. Sango was yelling at Miroku for stealing all her herbs and then blaming it on Shippo. Then someone whispered Inuyasha's name and Inuyasha's ears twitched.

He turned his head and it was..."Kikyo?" Inuyasha was surprised to see her, but no one noticed with Sango and Miroku going at it. He walked cautiously towards her and was ready to bring out the Tetsusaiga at any moment.

But a bow and arrow weren't anywhere in sight, so he was less tense. She pulled out something from her back. Inuyasha recognized this smell. A very good smell. A smell Inuyasha wished he could smell every day. What was it?

"Ramen?" Inuyasha was shocked once more. Kikyo hushed Inuyasha up by kissing his lips. That shut Inuyasha up immediately from his dumbfounded-ness. He just ate the ramen in silence. But he was still suspicious, and then realized something.

"THE DREAM!" Inuyasha shouted so loud, he dropped the bowl on Kikyo's foot and she vanished in midair.

'Does this mean that my previous dreams will come true??' Inuyasha thought in horror. Kagome and Inuyasha were very similar in their thoughts, but if only they were together again. But they would be-in two more weeks.

Kagome wished that her visit to California was over so she could go back to the feudal era and see all her friends once more. But she knew she was imagining things. That wouldn't happen for another fourteen days...

Inuyasha sniffed the air for demons. Astoundingly, he got a scent. Miroku sensed the demons, too. It was none other than Kagura. She was hiding behind a huge rock formation, but you couldn't miss her.

Inuyasha instantly pulled out the Tetsusaiga and started to fight. Sango and Miroku helped with the huge boomerang and the wind tunnel. (AN: I don't know if Sango's weapon is actually called the huge boomerang, but it's my story and what I say goes!) They battled like they never battled before. Kilala and Shippo joined forces to help distract her.

Shippo expanded his arms to make wings so he could fly around Kagura's head, and Kilala made herself bigger and ran around her. Sango aimed as perfectly as possible. But Kagura blocked it and shot it right back at her. Sango barely dodged it, but managed to nonetheless.

Miroku's wind tunnel almost sucked Kagura away, but she was much too quick to fall for that. Only Inuyasha's sword was powerful enough. Or so it seemed... Kagura used her fan to aim some blades at Inuyasha, and all he could do was block attack it with the sword.

Finally, they scared Kagura off. Inuyasha groaned to find out once more, that she would be back. Even sooner than they thought. Inuyasha hoped "sooner than they thought" meant at least two weeks in the future.

Because that would mean Kagome fighting side by side with Inuyasha again. That would be the next best thing than to having her cook him ramen and him eating it like old times.

Kagome hoped for a bad-dream-free night. She'd need it because tomorrow was the day they'd be driving up to Mammoth, so nothing would distract her. That meant the nightmare would haunt her the whole car ride there.

Unfortunately, that wish of hers didn't come true. Here is her dream...I know you're dying to hear about it:

Kagome was sitting down in the soft damp grass. She was having lunch with Inuyasha and the others. She sipped a cup of tea and Inuyasha was sniffing the air for demons. Fortunately, there were none, so he could spend time with the gang without worrying about fighting anyone. At least not today.

But Inuyasha's senses were running a little slow. Not only did he miss a demon, he missed TWO demons. Who were they, you ask? They were none other than...

AN: Bwahaha! The forbiddens of the sacred...CLIFHANGER!!! Hahaha. OK, I'm a little low on ideas and I have some writers' block. Any ideas? Reviews, please! =)