Author-chan's notes: GOOD TO SEE YA AGAIN, MINNA-SAN!!!!! I want to thank everyone for your support on this fic! I also want to congratulate moonymonster and Trunks. Your character ('cause you both voted for the same one) will be doing the Disclaimer today. Now lets say "hello" to the Director and our mystery guest!!!! *Author-chan disappears*

*Disclaimer- *Director appears holding a clipboard.*

Director- *grumbling to himself* I beginning to hate my workdays. First, I get fried by a bloody dragon, then I become the personal punching bag of a crazed martial artist. What next? Will I get stomped on by a giant robot?!

*Director looks down at his clipboard*

Director- Well, let's see who that crazy demented author asked to do the Disclaimer today, hmm. It says here on my list that the next person is Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho. It also says that Kurama is a kitsune. What's a kitsune?

*Director pulls out a English-Japanese dictionary, and looks up "kitsune"*

Director- Kitsune means fox. Author-chan hired an animal to do the Disclaimer?!

*Director turns the page of the Dictionary and reads again*

Director- Hmm. According to this, "kitsune" has two meanings. It says here that "kitsune" is also the term for a Japanese fox demon. Now that makes sense. Author-chan hired a demon to do the Disclaimer.

*Director smiles in triumph, but then he does a double-take*

Director- Wait a second, did I just say "demon"?! *Director becomes pale* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I'M GOING TO DIE!!!! A DEMON IS COMING!!! A DEMON IS COMING!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

*Director continues to squall like a baby. Suddenly Author-chan comes back, holding her ears in pain*

Author-chan- *growling* WHO IS MAKING THAT NOISE?!!! I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK IN THIS NOISE!!!!

Director- *still screaming* DEMON!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Author-chan- *grumbling to herself* I think Kaiba had the right idea; I think I'm going to roast that baka!!!

*Suddenly Kurama appears, in his human form*

Kurama- *holding his ears to block out the noise* What is going on in here?!

Author-chan- *glaring at the screaming Director* I don't know, ask him! *gestures to the Director*

Kurama- *trying to be polite* Excuse me, but why are you screaming?

Director- *grabs the front of Kurama's shirt and begins shaking him* ARE YOU A BAKA OR SOMETHING?!!!! A DEMON IS COMING!!!! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!

Author-chan- Kurama-san, please, for the love of all that is animated, shut that crybaby up!!!!

Kurama- No problem. *Kurama pulls out a rose and transforms it into his Rosewhip. Kurama hits the Director over the head, laying him out cold. The screaming finally stops and peace descends upon the chapter*

Author-chan- *starry eyed* Xie xie! Can you teach me how to use your Rosewhip? I wanna beat up the Director too! Please?

Kurama- *blinking at Author-chan, positive the girl is crazy* Maybe later. I have to do the Disclaimer, ne?

Author-chan- *finally remembering* Oh that's right. Well, fire away, Kurama-san!!!

Kurama- Author-chan does not own Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho, or any other anime or manga existing today. She owns only her Original Characters and her ideas.

Author-chan- *starry eyes* Thanks, Kurama-san!!!

*Kurama disappears. The Director finally wakes up*

Director- Uh, what happened?

Author-chan- Nothing much. You just got beat up by a kitsune.

Director- *eyes widening with fear* The demon was here! I got beat up by a demon?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Author-chan- *holding her ears in pain* Kurama-san? Can I borrow you Rosewhip for a second? *runs after Kurama, and leaves the Director all by himself*

Director- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! DEMON!!!!!

A Clean Slate

(Chapter Six: Beautiful Dreamer)

Back with Kagome and the others

The rest of the group had made it back to Kaede's hut without Inuyasha. A dark gloom seemed to hang over the friends, especially around Kagome. Kaede, feeling the dark aura about them, left the group alone for most of the time, only interrupting their gloomy thoughts with an offering of food. The entire group ate mechanically, except for Kagome. She was too wrapped up in her thoughts to even notice the warm meal before her.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome murmured to herself. Miroku and Sango frowned. If Kagome kept this up, she would kill herself.

"We should head towards the east tomorrow," Miroku said out loud, startling the whole group, "Rumor has it that the youkai population over there has been getting out of control. Perhaps there is a Shikon shard there. And where there is a Shikon shard…"

"There will be word of Inuyasha!" Kagome finished, jumping up, "Let's go now! Why should we wait for tomorrow to get that shard?"

"Is it just me, or is Kagome acting a little bit like Inuyasha?" Sango whispered to Miroku.

"It's scary," Shippo squeaked.

"Um, Kagome-sama," Miroku began, "Why don't we rest before we start traveling? The rest will allow you to regain your energy."

"I'm fine, Miroku-sama," Kagome huffed, "The sooner we get that shard, the sooner we'll find out what happened to Inuyasha!"

"There's no guarantee that we'll find out anything about Inuyasha," Sango told her friend.

"I'll take that chance," Kagome muttered.

"Why don't you eat, at least," Miroku said, offering her a bowl, "You'll slow us down if you faint from lack of food."

"Good idea!" Kagome chirped, grabbing the bowl from Miroku's hands. The girl from the future began stuffing her face as fast as she could. Miroku, Sango, and Kaede sweat dropped.

"Miroku, I'm scared," Shippo whispered to the monk, "Kagome is acting like Inuyasha!"

"Don't worry, Shippo," Miroku said, patting the kitsune's shoulder, "I'll get rid of the demon that's controlling Kagome-sama, don't you worry."

"What was that, monk?!" Kagome growled, glaring at Miroku. Miroku paled.

"I don't think we have to look for Inuyasha anymore," Miroku whispered fearfully, "I think he's possessed Kagome-sama!"

"Why would you think that baka could possess me?!" Kagome yelled, glaring at Miroku. Miroku blanched.

"Please don't hurt me!" Miroku cried. Kagome began to stand up, but then suddenly, she fell back down. Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kaede all gathered around the girl from the future.

"What happened to her?" Shippo asked, poking Kagome.

"Methinks she has fallen asleep," Kaede observed.

"But how did that happen?" Sango asked. Miroku turned away and began to whistle. Sango raised an eyebrow at the monk.

"What did you do, Miroku?" Sango growled, glaring at him.

"What ever do you mean, Sango-san?" Miroku asked innocently, "I simply threw in a pinch of special herbs into Kagome-sama's food so that it would taste better."

Kaede picked up Kagome's bowl, and sniffed at the remainders of the girl's meal.

"This food has been laced with enough sleeping herbs to knock out a full demon for days on end," Kaede stated after she smelled the bowl. Sango glared at Miroku. The monk smiled sheepishly and shrugged.

"We couldn't have Kagome-sama faint in the woods now can we?" Miroku reasoned.

"So you had her faint here instead, eh?" Sango growled, her hand inching towards her Hiraikotsu. Miroku gulped.

"Now Sango, you don't have to destroy me with the Hiraikotsu," Miroku squeaked, trying to reason with the angry demon exterminator, "Isn't that a bit over the top?" Sango paused to think over his words.

"You know Miroku, you're right," Sango said, moving her hand away from her weapon.

"I am?" Miroku blinked. Sango smiled sweetly.

"Hai," Sango nodded.

"Does that mean I won't get a beating?" Miroku asked hopefully. Sango grinned.

*POW!!!* Sango slammed her fist strait into Miroku's eye. The monk went down in a heap.

"I only said I wasn't going to use the Hiraikotsu, I never said anything about not beating you up," Sango answered, glaring at the monk. Miroku moaned in pain.

***

Inside Kagome's dream

"Where am I?" Kagome thought, "And what did Miroku put in that stew?!"

Kagome looked around. She was floating in a white void. The girl blinked. She couldn't tell up from down.

"This place is even stranger than the Feudal Ages!" Kagome thought. Kagome sighed and looked again.

"Oh well," Kagome thought, "I guess the best way to get out of here is to start moving." Kagome began to float forward. She couldn't help but enjoy the feel of being weightless.

"This is almost as fun as riding on Inuyasha's back!" Kagome grinned. Suddenly she spotted something below her.

"Huh?" Kagome floated downwards, closer to the object she saw. She gasped when she saw it.

"That's the tree that Inuyasha was pinned to!" Kagome cried in her mind, "That's the old God Tree!" She floated until she was close enough to touch the bark of the old tree. She circled around the tree until she saw something that made her cry out in horror.

"Inuyasha?!!!" Kagome gasped. Just like when she had first met the stubborn hanyou, Inuyasha was pinned to the tree, fast asleep. Only this time, the seal wasn't a holy arrow, but a giant silver band that encircled his chest, pressing him tightly against the tree. However, Kagome did not notice that around his wrist was a miniature version of the silver band around his chest.

"INUYASHA!!!!" Kagome cried, this time out loud. The hanyou didn't move. Kagome began to get desperate. Grabbing the giant silver band in both hands, the girl began to tug at it. The band didn't move an inch. Worse, it shocked Kagome with bluish electricity.

"Ow…" Kagome moaned, blowing on her slightly scorched hands. She looked back Inuyasha's slumbering form. To her surprise the silver band was gone, and Inuyasha was lying against the tree trunk, asleep and comfortable. Kagome blinked, and then suddenly, the hanyou had transformed into a five-year-old human child!

"I-Inuyasha?" Kagome gasped. She knew it had to be him. Kagome remembered when the Nothing Woman had shown Inuyasha his child form in the pond, and she also remembered what Inuyasha looked like when the new moon came. She was positive that this is what Inuyasha would have looked like when the new moon came around when he was five years old. But she didn't understand why he had changed.

"Uh…" the child moaned, his eyelids fluttering. The boy opened his bright purple eyes and looked at Kagome.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome said again, looking at the tiny child.

"Who are you?" Little Inuyasha asked. She felt as if she was stabbed strait through the heart when she heard those words. How could he have forgotten her?!

"Don't you remember me?" Kagome whispered. The child blinked.

"Who are you?" Inuyasha repeated, "Who are you?"

Kagome felt tears slide down her cheeks. Everything felt cold about her. Suddenly, Kagome felt small hands touch her wet cheeks.

"Why are you crying?" Chibi Inuyasha asked, looking at her with wide violet eyes. Kagome hugged the child, and began crying into his kimono.

"Kagome," the girl whispered quietly, "My name is Kagome. Don't forget that. My name is Kagome, not Kikyo. Promise me you won't forget that I'm Kagome, not someone else."

"Ka-go-me," the little boy said, enunciating each syllable carefully, "You have a pretty name, Kagome." Kagome blushed.

"Thank you," Kagome murmured.

"Do you know me, Kagome?" Chibi Inuyasha asked, looking her strait in the eye, "Do you?"

"What?!" Kagome cried, staring hard at the little human boy in her arms.

"Do you know me, Kagome?" he repeated. Kagome blinked, and began to open her mouth to answer the child's question, but then something strange started to happen. The white void that she had been floating in began to become dark and gray. Soon darkness enveloped the girl from the future, causing the void, the tree, and the boy to disappear.

And then Kagome awakened from her slumber, and like thousands of people before her, she promptly forgot her dream.

Author-chan's notes: Kind of a fluffy chapter there, eh? Oh well, that's okay. If you noticed, Kagome's dreamscape is very white and bright (hey, I just rhymed! Cool!), while Inuyasha's dreamscape (refer to Chapter 4: Inner Conflict) is very black and dark. I'll keep visiting the various dreamscapes in this story. I wonder if I should visit the dreamscapes of other characters. Now that might be interesting.

Don't forget to vote for which anime character you want to see in the Disclaimer! And just so that you'll know, I might not get around to doing all the characters you vote for, so if you don't see your character in the Disclaimer, don't flame me! I'm hard pressed for time with school and various projects all around me! I most likely will do characters that I know, or characters that get asked for more than once. So don't take it personally if I don't use your character. {And remember, you can vote for Inuyasha characters too! *hint, hint!*}