Chapter Three: Kagome's Dream: InuYasha's Mother
Kagome awoke surrounded by darkness. She stood up and looked down, being able to see nothing. Remembering that she almost died; she lightly ran her hands over her stomach, grimacing as her fingers recovered the deep ugly wound on her stomach, going up to her chest. But she felt no pain. She poked it, but still felt nothing. She sighed and looked up as she saw a light in the distance. She ran towards it, and found a young beautiful woman in a white kimono standing in it, smiling sadly. Her kimono was almost as beautiful as she was. It was white as snow, with magenta flowers here and there. Her long thigh length hair was flowing freely, like a never ending waterfall of silk.
"Who are you? Where am I?" Kagome said, marveled at such beauty.
"You are the young miko that has become infatuated with the Inu-hanyou of the western lands. I have a message for you." Kagome nodded.
"I mean to say to you that a great evil has surfaced, and has been working with your greatest enemy. Take heed, for he goes to all lengths to get what he wants. You are especially a necessary part of his plan, for even though you have become hanyou, you still have miko powers, enabling you to hold the Shikon No Tama." Kagome nodded.
"Who are you?" She asked again. The young lady smiled.
"I am someone you will come to meet in the future. My name is Itachiko, and I am a mother that has passed to the other side." Kagome glanced at the lady, and noted she looked very familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
"Where am I?" She asked slowly. Itachiko nodded and smiled.
"I have brought you to the gates of the Realm of the Dead, to warn you. You must go now; there is no time to waste!" Kagome called out as Itachiko began to fade in the distance.
"Wait! How will I ever-"Itachiko turned around, and held her hands to her chest. She chanted something before a bright light surfaced around her hands, which she formed into a circle shape. Then she held her hands out, and the light sped to Kagome. She felt a surge of energy flow through her, and felt something cold on her neck. She glanced down to find a circle mirror much like Kanna's there as a necklace, and she gazed forward, to see the woman gone. She glanced in the mirror as the woman appeared, still smiling sadly.
"How'd you…What happened?"
"Now, my soul is connected to yours. If you ever need me, just call my name into the mirror. I shall appear immediately. Fear not. You are out of harms way, as long as you keep this necklace on." Kagome nodded and sighed as she opened her eyes to see InuYasha whimpering and licking her face. Shippou was nearby close to tears.
"Kagome, what happened?"
"I, a lady. Evil is working with Naraku InuYasha!" Then she explained to him what the woman said as he laid her head on his lap. She explained everything she could remember.
"And Itachiko you say her name was?" Kagome nodded as InuYasha yelped and jumped back. She hissed in pain as he shifted her a little bit, staring into the mirror.
"When did that-who are you?" He asked the young lady who appeared in the mirror.
"My dear InuYasha, do you not recognize me?" She asked and smiled sadly at him confused face.
"Itachiko. This is InuYasha. And this is Shippou." She said. Itachiko smiled and waved before her face became serious.
"Have she gave you my warning?" She asked full of concern. InuYasha nodded. And repeated what Kagome said.
"Ah. I have not much information on this nemesis, I am sorry, I did what I could." She said. Kagome smiled from where she was.
"Ah, I can not see you my friend. Where are you?"
"Right here. You are on my neck. So I won't be able to see you." Suddenly Kagome saw a bright light, and a woman stood before her.
"There. This is convenient, is it not?"
"How can you do that if you are dead?"
"I am a maiden. My heart is pure, and in exchange for seeing my son once more, I asked that I endlessly stay by his side until his death. I am not human, but not just a spirit. Alas, I have flesh, but that does not mean I am once again a mortal. I just reside along the land, much like the priestess Kikyou." She explained. "I have to return now." She said sadly. She pointed to the mirror. "I will reside in that mirror. If you ever need me, call into there." A bright light shone, and she waved from inside the mirror before she disappeared. Kagome sighed.
"So now what?" She said. InuYasha set her down on the floor, and inspected her wound. He licked it a little bit, and smiled as she tried to shift a little bit. After he was done, he looked up at her and smiled.
"You're almost better." He said. She sighed and sat up, ignoring the pain.
"Your stubborn, you know that?" He said as she ignored the feeling of knives being slammed into her stomach. "I get it from you." She hissed as a surge of pain went through her. InuYasha pushed her back down and sighed.
"You can't move for about another week. Give it time." He said as he sighed.
"I want to get out of this stupid hut." She said as she was slightly propped up by pillows that she had brought from her era. She was up enough to know who walked in and out the hut, and she could see her feet quite clearly. She felt her fangs grow day by day. It was quite painful, but not so much as she had to scream. Her claws her grown for a while now, and the bleeding had stopped, so she guessed they were finished. She prayed and hopped she got a tail, fuzzy and soft like Shippou's. But she doesn't think that would happen.
"Kagome, how long will it be before you stop smelling different?" He said. Kagome looked confused but her eyes widened. She looked at InuYasha, and now she could smell his discomfort. Why hadn't she noticed it before? She sighed.
"About a couple of days I think." She said thoughtfully. InuYasha whined, but they both heard it. She blushed a little.
"But it should be gone if it is uncomfortable for you guys." She said, avoiding the look InuYasha gave her. Shippou smiled and nodded before he licked her face and asked if he could play outside. She nodded.
"But stay inside the village gates!" She called out as he ran out the hut. InuYasha walked over to her and sat down next to her, shoving his hands in his haori and putting on 'The Pout'.
"Why didn't you tell me my scent was uncomfortable?" She said. He shook his head.
"It has been there for the past days. When you were human, I could ignore it, focus on something else. But now, it's stronger. Something in my head won't let me ignore it for some reason." He held off of telling him that mentally she was his mate. He hated to think of her rejecting him.
She sighed and looked off as Shippou ran by laughing, and three kids a little later chased him laughing as well. He appeared to be too fast for him. InuYasha got up and moved the bamboo out of the way and peered outside. He watched for a while, and he snorted and walked back in, sitting next to Kagome.
He must have really didn't want to give me his blood. He's more depressed than usual. It was stupid to think he cared for me. It's just his instincts that make him behave like he does. I'm an idiot.
She thought as tears streamed down her face. InuYasha snapped his neck to look at her and whined as he looked at her.
"Oi! Why are you crying?" He said, full of concern. She shook her head and kept crying. His senses nagged at him to make her stop, to sooth her. His ears drooped as he whined and nuzzled his face against hers. He purred as she quieted down a little, but still crying. She sighed as they subsided, but she still kept trying to catch her breath. Shippou burst in and ran to her side, whining and licking her wherever he thought may be the problem.
"Kagome, what's wrong?"
"You hate being connected to me!" She said. InuYasha looked at her through wide eyes. Shippou whined some more. InuYasha ordered Shippou to go back outside. But he whined and InuYasha has to say more forcefully. He obeyed and InuYasha licked Kagome's face once more before he began talking.
"Kagome, how could you ever think that?" He said, she shook head and kept crying.
"You're depressed! You hate me, and here I thought-"She sobbed again, and InuYasha could hear Shippou whining loudly outside.
"I never said that-"
"You don't have to! It's all in the way your acting!" Kagome was really annoying him. That's when she ticked him off.
"Or maybe you wanted it to be Kikyou." She said in a mutter, forgetting he could hear her. His eyes narrowed, and he growled.
"Kikyou! She has nothing to do with this! Kami Kagome! When you almost died, I was ready to change intoa fulldemon, because I thought I have nothing left. I thought you were gone, so I was willing to give up my sanity. Don't you get it Kagome? I care about you too much to let you die, and I don't hate being connected to you. It's just different. And it's going to take some getting used to, but I don't hate it." She looked at him through red puffy swollen eyes, but to InuYasha she was absolutely gorgeous.
"Really?" She said as he nuzzled her hair, breathing in her scent that always kept him calm, even though it was slightly altered.
"Really." He said, licking her face. She sighed and nodded and Shippou came back in, licking her face like crazy.
"I'm fine now Shippou! Really!" She said laughing. InuYasha smiled as he had to grab Shippou's tail and pull him off of her. He smiled and nodded as InuYasha let him down.
"Miroku and Sango went to get something to eat. They'll be back in about a couple of hours, and Kaede is delivering a baby." He announced. InuYasha snorted and nodded his head as Kagome heaved a heavy sigh.
"Really? Then what do we do all day? My stomach still stings, but it isn't agonizing like it usually is. But InuYasha still won't let me move."
"Oh, and that reminds me." He said, slashing his wrists with his fangs. He brought it to her mouth and she sucked it for about 2 minutes.
"Don't I have to drink some?" Shippou asked. InuYasha looked at Kagome and she shrugged.
"It's better to be safe than sorry." He said, and brought it to his mouth. Shippou sucked and cringed slightly at the tangy taste, but took as much as he could before InuYasha brought it away.
"Man. You guys drunk me dry." He said, licking the wound.
