Neverending Sleep

Disclaimer- No I do not own Inuyasha. I know that this is a very simple concept, but that's ok I don't mind repeating it over and over and over and over.....

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Kagome's eyes fluttered, and Inuyasha quickly grabbed her arm.

"Kagome, Kagome," He chanted her name over and over again as if by sheer will, he could drag her from this unnatural sleep. He still didn't understand what had happened. He had stumbled into the clearing frantically calling her name. When he found her, he had called out her name in joy. She just stared at him, liquid tears welling up in her eyes. Her body had shaken and trembled as if fighting an inner battle, and he couldn't help her. He couldn't do anything for her, but stand and watch in horror as tears streamed out of her eyes, and screams rose unbidden on her lips to echo in the still forest.

The look she had given him. It was as if he was the one causing her all this pain, and his heart almost broke to remember it. He couldn't shake it from his mind, the whole scene was frozen in his mind, playing over and over again. He wondered who hated him so much to make him have to endlessly repeat the moment.

"Kagome, what's wrong," He had reached out to her, but she recoiled. In some aspect, it was like he didn't exist. She didn't hear anything he had said, hadn't even reacted to his presence, his words, anything. It was as if she was frozen in a nightmare unable to escape, unable to wake up because she was trapped in real life. He would have given anything to save her from that, but he couldn't!. For once in his life, he had been powerless. He was unable to protect Kagome from the things that had haunted her.

"Kagome, please. You have to wake up," he begged her sleeping body, tears forming in his beautiful golden eyes, but he blinked them back refusing to give in to the urge to scream like a small child.

Sango stepped quietly into the hut, pausing to stare at the sight before her, her misty eyes ready to start the tears flowing at the simplest word or phrase. Inuyasha's ears didn't even flick. She knew he looked terrible. His face was troubled, worry etched permanently into his features. His startling golden eyes were bloodshot from the lack of sleep. He had kept a constant vigil by her bed, not pausing even to eat or sleep.

"Inuyasha," she murmured tears welling up in her eyes again. Inuyasha turned toward her. He could smell her tears. Her face was red and puffy, and he knew that she had been crying. Her hands were clenched down at her sides, nails cutting deep into her palm, but she didn't even notice them.

A shadow behind her stepped and revealed himself. It was Miroku, and for once perverted thoughts were banished from his mind as he stared at the body of Kagome. Her skin was as white as the snow, her black hair in stark contrast. Her lips had lost their beautiful rosy color and it had been exchanged for a pale pink. Her chest moved up and down, her breath ragged. She trembled in her sleep, stuck in an endless nightmare.

KAGOMES DR EAM

Kagome stared at the landscape around her. The Earth's surface was hard and jagged, the only breaks in the never-ending path of barren landscape were the few trees that dotted here and there. These were not beautiful trees, but harsh, scraggly trees barely clinging to the pathetic life they were forced to live in. The sun's harsh rays poured in on them from above. Liquid drops hung frozen in the air, hanging from gnarled old branches, slowly evaporating to join the lingering bit of moisture that still remained in the air.

"Beautiful isn't it?" a cold voice remarked from up within the tree. Kagome looked up and sitting on the branches was Kikyo, her kimono gently spread out among the branches. Her face was bland, devoid of any emotion. By now any emotion she had ever felt had disappeared and what was left was a cold, angry, powerful shell. Her aura was a deep black, like looking into a dark abyss, knowing that if you took one more step, you would be lost forever.

"What are you doing here?" Kagome was genuinely confused. She didn't know where she was or what had happened.

"Actually this is a dream dimension created by myself and Naraku," Kikyo's voice filled with a wicked delight, so eager to see the misery that would undoubtedly fill the eyes of her young reincarnate. "It was created to keep prisoners, like you"

Like Kikyo had predicted, Kagome's eyes were filled with misery and sadness. Kagome's first thoughts were of Inuyasha, but unbidden images rose to her mind.

FLASHBACK

Inuyasha's arms wrapped around Kikyo, his lips meeting hers in a passionate kiss. She had been frozen, transfixed by the scene in front of her.

"I'm sorry, Kagome," he had told her, though his expression had said differently. "I want to be with Kikyo." Without so much as second thought, he had rushed her, claws stretching out to strike her on the shoulder. She had slammed outwards missing him by inches. He grinned at her before disappearing into the forest with Kikyo in his arms.

Then he had come back, and she assumed that he wanted to taunt her again, breaking her heart even more than it had already been broken. It had held on by a single thread, which threatened to unravel at any moment. The second she had seen his face, all hell broke loose, and her mind had shut down, refusing to let Kagome deal with the emotions she was experiencing. The darkness had seemed so alluring and comforting that before she knew it, it took her in it's arms drawing her far away from reality.

END FLASHBACK

Kagome shook her head, forcing down the tears that rose in her eyes. She stared right back at Kikyo, hiding her true emotions behind a mask. Only her eyes revealed the pain that she was experiencing. And throughout all of this Kikyo just sat there watching in delight at the girl's sadness.

"Why are you keeping me prisoner?" Kagome asked, her voice trembling ever so slowly.

"Because you are in my way," Kikyo told her with cold pleasure. "And when things are in my way, I remove them..." her voice trailed off on this last part knowing that Kagome's mind could imagine something far worse than she could express.

The look in Kikyo's eyes sent shivers down Kagome's spine. She had a feeling that there was a lot of things that Kikyo wasn't telling her, and whatever she was telling her could easily be a lie. 'What do I do now?'

NOTE

Author's note: Well I finally updated this story. I hoe you like my latest chapter .Special thanx to Suaru and Dumbblande83 for reviewing my story. R&R everybody plz!!!!!