Author-chan's notes: KON'NICHI WA, MINNA-SAN!!!!!! I just want to thank my friend Alex for taping the Inuyasha episodes for me! You're the best, dude!!! And since I'm kind of lazy today, I'm just gonna use my nephew's suggestion on who is going to do the Disclaimer. Now everyone give a round of applause (or you can scream in fear) as I introduce you to the Director and our mystery guests!!! *Author-chan disappears in a cloud of smoke*

*Disclaimer- *Director appears on set holding a bottle of sake. He seems to be partially drunk.*

Director- I hate {hic} my life! *takes a swig from the bottle* I have the worst {hic} job in existence! {hic} I hope I {hic} get hit by lightning and die! {hic} *takes another swig from the bottle*

*Suddenly Ash, Brock, Misty, and Pikachu appear*

Misty- Are you this is the right place, Ash?

Ash- Positive.

Misty- That's what you said five hours ago!

Brock- Misty, you should know by now that you should never trust Ash to lead us anywhere. He has the worse sense of direction ever.

Pikachu- *agreeing with Brock* Pi, pikachu!

Misty- Maybe we should ask someone where we are.

Brock- Good idea.

Misty- Hey, look guys! There's a guy over there! *points at the drunk Director*

Ash- *walking over to the Director* Um, excuse me? But do you know where Author-chan's house is?

Director- *looking at him with glazed eyes* Author {hic} chan's house? Yeah, I know where it is. You're standing in it.

Misty- *clapping her hands* That's great! We're here to do the Disclaimer for her!

Director- *eyes widening in fear* Get away from me!!! If you're here to do the Disclaimer, then you're here to torture me!!!

Brock- Now calm down, mister, we're not here to torture anybody.

Director- *Looking at Brock with an expression of pure terror* S-Seto Kaiba!!!! Your voice is the same as Kaiba's!!!! You're Kaiba in disguise!!!! *backs away from Brock*

Brock- Um, who's Seto Kaiba? I don't know anyone named Kaiba.

Director- Don't play games with me, Dragon boy!!! You may have fried me once, but you won't again! This time the Director will take charge!!! *pulls out a fork from inside his coat pocket, and brandishes it at Brock*

Ash- Look, mister, I don't know who this Seto Kaiba is, or what he did to you, but I can assure you that Brock isn't him.

Brock- Yeah! I'm one of the good guys! *takes a step towards the Director. Director brandishes the fork again*

Director- *crazily/drunkenly* Not a step closer, Seto Kaiba! I have a weapon of mass destruction, and I know how to use it! Muhahahahahahaha!!!!

Ash- I hate to disappoint you, but your weapon of mass destruction is really a fork.

Pikachu- *agreeing with Ash* Pika, pika! Pikachu!

Director- *glaring at Ash and Pikachu* Is not!!!

Misty- Maybe we should just do the Disclaimer and get out of here. That guy scares me.

Ash- Good idea, Misty. Let's all say it together.

Misty and Brock- Right!

Ash, Misty, and Brock- Author-chan does not own Inuyasha, Pokemon, Yugi-oh! or any other anime existing. She does however own the drunk Director who she tends to torture.

Ash- Man, that felt weird. It was almost as if some unseen presence came and used our mouths to speak for it!

Misty- *shrugging* Oh well. Let's not worry about that now. We need to go back to our world.

Brock- You two go ahead. I want to talk to this guy, and try to convince him I'm not evil.

Ash and Misty- Good luck! *both of them disappear leaving Brock alone with the Director*

*A few minutes later, Brock catches up with them.*

Misty- Hey Brock! Were you able to convince the Director you weren't evil?

Brock- *sighs* Not really. But that's okay.

Ash- Why do you say that Brock?

Brock- *smirking, and looking very un-Brock like* Let's just say I was lying when I said I didn't know anyone named Seto Kaiba.

*Pan over to Author-chan's house. You see the Director in the mouth of a Blue-eyes White Dragon*

Author-chan- *looking up* Aw! Poor Director-chan! Did nice old Brock do this to you?

Director- *Pointing an accusing finger down at her* YOU KNEW!!!!

Author-chan- *smirking* That Brock's voice actor is also Kaiba's voice actor? Of course I did.

Director- So I was right! Brock and Seto Kaiba are the same person!!!!

Author-chan- Well duh. How else would you explain how Brock got a Blue-eyes White Dragon?

Director- *glaring* I hate you.

Author-chan- *smiling cutely* I know. Have fun with your new chew toy, Blue-eyes! *Author-chan leaves*

Blue-eyes- ROAR!!! *bites the Director*

Director- OW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE YOU AUTHOR-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Clean Slate

(Chapter Seven: Void)

Inside Inuyasha/Shiro's Dreamscape

Shiro awoke, groaning to himself, only to find himself in the dreamscape again. Now that he was in the dreamscape, he remembered his previous visit there, even though he couldn't remember it when he was in the waking world. (AN: In the dreamscape, Shiro will be able to remember things from his pervious visit{s} there, but he can't remember them in the real world.) Like before, Shiro was surrounded by a dark endless void. Shiro was leaning against the old tree he had seen the last time he was in the dreamscape. He started to scan the dreamscape, hoping he would be able to see Inuyasha, his older self, but the hanyou was nowhere in sight. He continued to look, until his eyes landed on someone before him. It was not Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha?" the girl before Shiro asked. Shiro blinked. How did this girl know his other self's name? He started to observer her very closely. She had long black hair (not as long as his though) that framed a delicate face with wide gray eyes, a small nose, and a gentle mouth. The girl looked to be about the same age as his other self, Inuyasha, or maybe even a year younger. She wore a strange kimono; it was extremely short, for one thing. But Shiro had to admit it; this older girl was very beautiful.

"Who are you?" Shiro asked. Those were the first words the little guy could think of. The girl's eyes widened in shock. Shiro's eyebrows drew together at her reaction. Did he just say something wrong?

"Don't you remember me?" the girl whispered. Shiro shook his head.

"Who are you?" Shiro repeated, "Who are you?"

Suddenly, tears started to fall from the girl's gray eyes. Shiro blinked. Why was she crying? Was she hurt or something? He stood up, and walked up to the girl. Placing his tiny hands on her cheeks, he tried to wipe away some of here tears.

"Why are you crying?" Shiro asked, tilting his head to one side, confused at the girl's actions. Suddenly, she hugged the child, and began crying into his red kimono.

"Kagome," the girl hiccuped into Shiro's shirt, "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." Shiro only become more confused. Who was Kikyo?

"Ka-go-me," Shiro said, playing with the syllables of Kagome's name. A small smile fluttered across his face for a moment, "You have a pretty name, Kagome."

"Thank you," Kagome said, blushing. Suddenly, Shiro had an idea.

"Do you know me, Kagome?" Shiro asked, looking strait into Kagome's gray eyes, "Do you?"

"What?!" Kagome gasped, her eyes widening in shock.

"Do you know me, Kagome?" Shiro repeated carefully. Kagome blinked at the boy for a moment, then she opened her mouth to respond. But before she could say anything, she started to glow in an unearthly light. In a few moments, Kagome dissolved into glowing particles of light that looked like silver glitter.

"KAGOME!!!!" a voice behind Shiro cried. Shiro turned to see Inuyasha, looking at the spot where Kagome was in horror. Then the hanyou collapsed onto his hunches, still staring at the spot where Kagome once stood. He bent his head down so that his silver hair covered his face. (AN: From now on in the dreamscapes Inuyasha's older hanyou self will be called Inuyasha and his little human self will be called Shiro. In the real/waking world, since Inuyasha and Shiro will be sharing a body and a mind, their names will both be used interchangeably and will just be referring to the five-year-old human version of Inu-chan, not the two different versions. Gosh, I'm confusing!)

"Inuyasha?" Shiro began, sitting down next to his other self.

"Go away," Inuyasha muttered. Shiro blinked.

"Were am I supposed to go?" Shiro asked.

"Do play games with me, Shiro!" Inuyasha snarled, turning his head to glare at the human child. Shiro glared back.

"I'm not playing games!!!!" Shiro yelled, growling at his older self. The two forms of Inuyasha glared at each other for sometime, until Shiro broke the silence.

"So who was that girl?" the human child asked.

"None of your business!" his hanyou form snarled. Shiro growled, and then hit his older self on the arm.

"Baka! It is to my business!" Shiro yelled, "I wanna know who Kagome is and how she's important to us! And I want to know NOW!!!!" Both of them glared at each other for a minute more, until Inuyasha turned his head away.

"Kagome is just the Tama detector. That's it," Inuyasha muttered.

"Feh!" Shiro snorted, "You're expecting me to believe that?! You looked like you had lost part of your soul when Kagome disappeared. She can't just be a 'Tama detector', whatever that means." Inuyasha turned his head to face Shiro again. His eyes were as hard as rock.

"What do you know?" Inuyasha snarled, "You're just a kid!"

"I'm you!" Shiro shot back, "So what does Kagome mean to you, er, us?"

"That wench means nothing to me!" Inuyasha growled. Suddenly, Shiro's eyes widened, as he got an idea.

"You like her don't you?" Shiro asked, his voice filled with awe, "You want to mate with her and have pups with her, just like how Aki wants to do with Miho!" Inuyasha blushed.

"Yeah right!" Inuyasha huffed, turning his head so that Shiro wouldn't see his blush.

"Oh yeah?" Shiro said, smirking, "You know, your face is the exact color of our kimonos right now."

"Shut up!" Inuyasha snarled, wiping a sleeve across his face in a fruitless attempt to get rid of the evil little red cheeks. Shiro grinned evilly. Then the dark void of the dreamscape began to brighten.

"Damn!" Shiro growled, "See you the next time we fall asleep, Inuyasha!" Shiro's hanyou self growled, and muttered something under his breath. The last thing Shiro saw before he woke up was Inuyasha wiping his cheek on his sleeve, still blushing.

***

In Kaede's hut with Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo

"Kagome? Kagome?" Sango murmured, trying to waken the other girl. Kagome moaned slightly as her eyes fluttered open.

"What happened?" Kagome asked, holding her head, "I feel as if I got ran over by a bus!"

"What's a bus, Kagome?" Shippo asked, bounding over to her pallet. Kagome giggled, and caught the little kitsune in her arms.

"A bus is a mode of transportation in my time," Kagome explained.

"Kind of like a carriage?" Shippo asked.

"Yep!" Kagome smiled, "Except a bus is a lot bigger, and it doesn't need horses to move."

"Weird," Shippo and Sango said at the same time. Kagome laughed.

"So what happened to me?" Kagome asked again, looking at Sango. Sango frowned slightly.

"That idiotic monk over there put sleeping herbs in you food to knock you out," Sango explained, gesturing to Miroku, who had giant bumps on his head, "According to Kaede, he feed you herbs to knock out a Great Demon for a week! Luckily, you didn't eat too much, and Kaede was able to force some antidotes down your throat while you were asleep. If you had eaten a mouthful more, you might have slept for a month!"

"What happened to Miroku-sama?" Kagome asked, indicating the huge bumps on the monk's head.

"Sango," Shippo chirped.

"Ah," Kagome nodded sagely.

"That baka deserved it!" Sango huffed. Kaede suddenly entered the hut.

"I see that ye are doing much better, Kagome," Kaede noted, "Did ye have any dreams while ye were sleeping?"

"Now that you mention it, I did," Kagome admitted.

"Do you remember it?" Sango asked.

"Uh, no," Kagome said. Everyone sweat dropped.

"Nothing? Nothing at all?" Kaede asked.

"Only little bits and pieces," Kagome replied, "Why? It was only a dream. It's not like it's important or anything."

"Actually, 'tis very important," Kaede said.

"One of the herbs that Miroku put into your stew has a strange side affect," Sango explained, "It makes you dream true dreams about the person you were thinking about last before you wake up. Also, if the person you dreamt about was dreaming at the same time that you were, you two would actually meet in the World of Dreams, also called the dreamscape."

"So, who was the last person you were thinking about when you went to sleep, Kagome?" Shippo asked.

"Inuyasha," Kagome whispered, "That must mean that I had a true dream about Inuyasha!"

"Or you met him in the dreamscape," Kaede added.

"Mou!!! This is so frustrating! I might have known important information of Inuyasha's whereabouts, and instead I forget that information! It's not fair!" Kagome wailed.

"There is a reason why you forgot that dream," Sango said, "Another herb that Miroku put in your food has the side affect of making someone forget their dream when they awake."

"WHAT?!!!" Kagome cried.

"Sorry Kagome," Shippo shrugged.

"Do you think I could take that true dream herb again?" Kagome asked.

"I do not see why not," Kaede shrugged as she turned to Miroku, "Miroku-san, do you any more of those herbs?"

"I'm all out," Miroku said, speaking up for the first time.

"Can you get some more?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome-sama, that particular herb has to be prepared in a certain manner to produce the effect you want, and very few people know how to prepare that herb. I know I can't! And since very few people know how to prepare the herb –not to mention it's very rare –that herb is extremely expensive. You can't get it just anywhere," Miroku told her.

"Then how did you get your hands on it in the first place?" Sango asked.

"A nice peddler gave the herb to me," Miroku replied. Sango raised an eyebrow.

"In other words, you stole it," Sango said icily.

"Sango! I'm shocked that you think that a man of my station would steal!" Miroku cried. Sango rolled her eyes.

"Do you think that we can find that peddler again and ask for some more herbs?" Kagome wondered.

"I guess we could," Miroku said, "But the village where I got the herb is very far away from here. It might take us a week or so to get there. Plus, I can't guarantee that the peddler is still there."

"Well, that's a chance we're going to have to take," Sango said as she strapped her Hiraikotsu to her back. Kagome nodded, and picked up her bow and arrows.

"We'll see you later, Kaede," Kagome said with a smile as she walked out of the hut with Shippo on her shoulder. Sango followed her. Miroku sighed, picked up his staff, and went with them. Kaede sighed to herself.

'Methinks that something is behind all of this,' Kaede thought.

Author-chan's notes: Phew! Finished! Hope you liked it!

And yes, believe it or not, Seto Kaiba and Brock have the same voice actor, at least in the dubbed versions. I was so freaked out when I learned that. And if you doubt what I say, just think about how Brock's voice sounds like. Then think about how Seto's voice sounds like. Notice any similarities?

Oh, a reviewer asked me to stop writing the long Disclaimers. So, I want to know if you all want to get rid of the anime character guest appearances, and just go back to the short Disclaimers like the ones I used in the first couple of chapters. Also tell me if you want me to continue doing the anime Disclaimers, and what character you want to do it. (Please don't forget to mention which anime their from. Sometimes different anime shows use the same name for some of their characters. For example, there is a Touya in The Legend of Ceres, and Card Captor Sakura. Not to mention that I might not know that particular anime character personally, and I might want to look him/her up.)