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Authors notes to answer a few questions.

When Kagome from the Future pushed him in the well it was on blind faith that he would be in the time he needed to be in, but their wasn't much time to find out if he even disappeared seeing as she was dead not along after.

At the point Kisho was born Inuyasha was dead. The whole question on wheather he is Inuyasha's incranation will be answered later. I don't want to spoil the story now do I.

Disclaimer: (I know i forgot it on a few chapters) I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters.

With that all done on to the story.

Chapter 4: Shadowed Dreams

Two nights later.

----Kisho's Nightmare----

She ran, ran as fast as her little legs could carry her on the road. Tears ran from her eyes. Her heart pounded against her rib cage. Her breath was quick and shallow. She glanced back to see if it was fallowing her. Only to feel herself go cold and numb as all light was gone from her sight.

She screamed, as her fleshed paled and her hair whipped around her, as she was lifted off the ground. Suddenly her screams turn into shrikes that could have pierced ones ears.

Blood began to flow out of her body though there was no wound to her. She looked down at her chest holding her hands to where she was bleeding. As an object no bigger than her fist burst out of her ribs, dripping with blood, and beating wildly.

She went silent as her body dropped to the ground looking as though she had merely passed out. But next to her body was a shaped figure in shadows that loomed over her with something red dripping down it's body. Then it looked out to the western sky it was then seen that had two glowing blue orbs that appeared to be eyes staring at something. As it struck its invisible target.

----End nightmare----

Sesshoumaru and Kagome both looked at the door, eyes wide wondering what was happening in the room beyond. Kisho had been screaming in the night, disturbing their, now normal, argument. Now that they were at the door, they saw a pink glow coming from his room.

Sesshoumaru reached for the door and opened it. As soon as he opened it a surge of energy threw him back hard against the wall. Followed by Kagome who was now sitting in a half unconscious state in the Taiyoukai's lap.



Sesshoumaru hadn't fair much better but was quicker to recover his senses as he watched the room darken as his eyes focused on his son's staring out into the hall. He was breathing heavy, with sweat beading on his forehead. He could smell fear of his offspring, as Kisho tried to regain himself.

Sesshoumaru made his way to his feet gracefully, helping the dazed Kagome to her feet as well. 'he has untapped powers in him just like this miko witch. He must learn to get a handle on himself before he starts hurting people Hold on where did that come from, when did I start thinking like this' He slapped himself mentally to shake the thoughts from his head but they were still there.

Kagome, now standing on her own, was wrenching her arm free from Sesshoumaru's hand, and then watched as he turned and walked back down the hall. "hey wait where are you going."

"To my room, I think you can handle this by yourself," He slowly continued down the hall then disappeared around a corner. She took a deep breath containing her anger at him, and walked into the room with her son.

"What happened?" Her words were warm and soothing as she knelt down to him and put her hand on his back, gently rubbing away the tension she felt there.

"A dream… no… a nightmare." He looked into her eyes and felt safe again as her shining blue pools shimmered in the moonlight. "I saw it."

"Saw what?" not allowing her voice to sound anything but warm and soothing to him.

"The Youkai… The shadow youkai, it's awake and it made it's first kill." Fear again filled his eyes as he looked desperately to his mother. Kagome said nothing she just pulled him into an embrace and held him tight to her heart. Trying to push the fear out of him, she held him there long after she and he had gone to sleep.

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Sesshoumaru walked into the bath house and quickly removed his cloth. He had to get her smell off of him or it would drive him insane. Though he did have to admit that it wasn't the unpleasant scent he had come to expect from most humans, her scent was sweet, the scent of Cherry blossoms with a hint of jasmine, and odd scent for a human to have.

He stood there and cursed himself for even thinking that another human other than Rin, deserved him appreciating their scent. When did he become so soft that he would even think a human female's scent as pleasing? He shook his head to ride himself of the thoughts as he eased himself into the warm water of the spring. He laid his head back and let his thoughts wander as he relaxed into its warmth.

He shot up out of the water, when he again started thinking about her lying against his body. He remembered her warmth and the feel of her backside against him, how he could feel every curve of her body as she touched him.

His blood was racing in his veins and his heart felt like it was on fire, as he thought about her. "What the hell is happening here that, I, Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands would think a human Female is attractive?" He sat back down in the spring and realized he didn't have an answer for himself. He couldn't even find a reason other than she was a human to find her unattractive. He put his hands to his temples, and moved his fingers in a circle motion to remove the headache he felt coming on. This was going to be a long fight with this shadow thing, before the fight even begins.

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The four days later the dreams happened again the same as the first night. Sesshoumaru paced up and down the halls of his palace trying to figure out a way to get his mind off the scent that was driving him insane. When he heard a scream then someone's body hit the floor. He ran straight to Kisho's room.

Upon his approach he saw Kagome lying on the floor. He couldn't smell any injuries on her. Kisho was sitting besides her apologizing over and over to her unconscious body, with tears rolling down his face.

"Stop being weak child," his voice resounded through the halls. Just after he could tell that he had stopped crying and sat there staring at Sesshoumaru with pleading eyes. "Go back to bed."

"But I want to make sure she is ok." his voice was laced with worry for Kagome.

"I will take care of her, now go to bed," He knelt down and picked Kagome up in his arms and started to walk down the hall to her room when he noticed that Kisho was following.

"BED NOW!" he ordered, glaring back his disobedient son, who simply stood there glaring back at him, determined that he was going to follow.

He slowly set Kagome on the floor of the hall again. Then spun on his heel yanked up Kisho by his collar and tossed him on his bed. With a short whelp from him as he landed, the surprised on his face told Sesshoumaru no one had every forced him to do something like that before.

"Now stay in your room and go to sleep." His voice was commanding yet annoyed with the fact he had to repeat himself three times before he was back in bed. He turn walked out of the room and shut the door leaving Kisho with his last command.

He picked Kagome up and inhaled slowly trying to relax before returning her to her room. As he took it in and once again was taken back by the sweet scent. With out another thought or breath he, quickly carried her to her room.

He gently sat her on the bed, brushing away stray strands of hair from her face. Then he lightly traced her ear with one of his claws. "What is happening to me?" He whispered as he noticed her eyes slowly starting to open.

Kagome's eyes shot open when she felt some ones lips lightly brushing hers. She quickly pushed him away, her eyes shining in fear at what just happened. She watched Sesshoumaru stand up away from the bed and turn to walk away, "The child will be fine tonight with out you, sleep in your own bed."

"Wha… What is going on here?" Kagome demanded but before her sentence was finished Sesshoumaru had walked out of the room, "Ses…shou…maru??"

Kagome's thoughts ran wild through her head. 'what would ever possess the great and mighty youkai, Sesshoumaru, to kiss her? He didn't even like humans, like alone her. Was it all some plot to get the Tetsusaiga? No if he really wanted it he could just take Kisho's. All though she did have to admit his lips where full and warm to kiss.' "EEK!" She squeaked out, "What the hell am I thinking this is Sesshoumaru? He tried to kill you." 'Though it didn't seem like he was very interested in killing you a few minutes ago.' Her thoughts jump in to her one sided conversation, 'Shut up. I could never like someone like him, he is a killer, he tried to kill me. But then again so did Inuyasha when I first met him.' "ACK!, stop it," Kagome yelled at herself, "It was most likely just a fluke. Yeah, that is what it was, it had to be, a fluke, an accident."

After reaching her decision as to what just happen Kagome curled up in her bed for some much needed sleep.

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Morning came, Rin ran and woke Kisho, and Kagome up for breakfast with her normal cheerful tone, unaware of how little sleep either had gotten the night before. At breakfast their host did not show up, as he normally did. Kagome did not find it odd that he would not show up seeing as he rarely seemed to eat.

Once the meal was over, he made an appearance in the room, and called Kagome and Kisho to his study, and Rin to go find Jaken. He left the room just as quickly as he came, leaving no idea what he really wanted with them.

The two entered in the study. Kagome took in the site of walls full of scrolls and books, she had never known he had so many. She walked to him with Kisho in tow behind her. He was reading a rather old looking scroll, as he glanced up to them.

"Where is this youkai?" stopping them before they reached him, then he went back to reading his scroll.

"I don't know yet other than off to the far east, all I can see is who he is killing then sky." Kisho looked up to the tall male.

"So then we head off to the east and see if you can see where it is then? I would like to finish this as soon as possible I do have lands to protect." He did look up from the scroll for a second then rolled it up, then looked at Kisho and Kagome, slightly annoyed.

Kagome nodded to Sesshoumaru, she too wanted to get this over with and back to her life.

"I don't think that is a good idea, I mean I have no idea where in the east to head. I mean what if we go too far and then it passes us. What do we do then uh?" his voice sounded bitter and had an edge of anger to it.

"Kisho, I think we should go out to the east and try to meet it. I think we could stop it before it kills again." Kagome looked down at him.

"You don't under stand do you. I can't find it yet. The time between kills is to far apart. I can't even find the person he kills even though I see it, and by the time I we get there to find the person who died is, the aura around them would be gone. I won't go. I WON"T go. You can't make me." He was clenching his fist so tight now that he had drawn blood with his claws as he spoke.

Kagome stepped back and looked up from her child to Sesshoumaru, with a questioning look on her face. How where they going to find it if he wasn't going to go.

"If you want people to die you run out there and you try to find it but I won't go not until I can sense it. Go ahead go out there and kill yourselves trying to find it. It will pass you by and everyone you know will be dead. I DON"T CARE! Just leave me out of it then." He turned to leave the room. but before he could a firm hand was on his head and stopped him.

Kagome looked away from the other two, tears in her eyes as she replayed his words that she would be killing her friends if they left. She didn't want to have them be killed, but she didn't want to be here with Sesshoumaru either, but she smiled and seemed happy so that the children wouldn't know anything was wrong.

"Be more respectful child, we my not be the parents that you remember or that bore you in to the world but we are your parents none the less you will show us some respect do you understand?" Kagome's looked in to the tall youkai's eyes then down to her son's. Kisho stood there with a scowl on his face as he tried to brush off Sesshoumaru's hand from his head, so that he could leave the room. But his grip got tighter.

"Kisho, do you understand?" the boy in his grasp froze. Sesshoumaru had never called him by his name once. He looked up at the taiyoukai, who had a look of disappointment on his face, instead of the look of indifference he was used to. Kisho nodded to his father.

"We would spend more time chasing ghost and phantoms of this youkai then we would tracking it. It took 4 days for it to make another kill. From a scroll I read, from ancient times, this youkai sleeps between kills, right now so we couldn't find him. So we will wait." The two looked up at him in shock that he had suggested such a thing. Wasn't he the one who wanted to go find it? No, maybe he was trying to see if Kisho could find it yet. They nodded in agreement and turned to leave, but Sesshoumaru's hand on Kisho head prevented him from moving any where.

He watched Kagome leave the room, with one last glace at the pair. He held fast to Kisho. Once she had shut the door and he could here her heading down the hallway, he turned his attention to the young boy.

"You will meet me after lunch in the dojo," He removed his hand finally from his head.

"But I was..." He was cut off before he finished his words.

"You will meet me in the dojo after lunch. Do not make me repeat myself again." His gaze was cold and his voice was commanding. Kisho's eyes where wide in defiance, but he nodded. He waited for Kisho's reply before he went back to his scroll as the child left the room.