( It does start out a little gorey but it gets funny toward the middle and end. Review please! tell me if there's anything I need to fix...Pairings: inu/kag, san/miro, oc/oc, kagura/sess)

Endless nightamres chapter 1

Kagome lay awake in her sleeping bag with her mind stuck on previous happenings. She thought about Inuyasha and Kikyo. She thought of Shippo, Sango and Miroku, But most of all the odd dreams she had been having lately. All of them ended with at least one person dying. Each time that person died a horribly slow and painful death. One that kept entering her mind was the one that kept repeating itself, same victim but different killers. Each nightmare would start with a young demon girl or human girl. The demon girl wore a silvery blue kimono, her eyes were cerulean blue with golden streaks jutting out from the coal black pupils. Her hair was ankle length and white with black tips, like her long ears and long bushy tail. Her ears were too long to be dog or wolf ears, too long to be comparable with a foxes ears either and too short to be like rabbit ears, but somehow they stood upon her head. Her tail was strangely long as well, it had to be at least three to four feet in length. The human girl had light brown hair that went to the small of her back. Her eyes were a crystal or icey blue with a soft gaze. She always wore a midnight blue kimono with white cranes and silver dragon designs on it and the sign for 'guardian' on the back in gold letters. Kagome didn't know whether to think of then as guardians or a lost spirits. Her last dream played out like this:

Kagome awoke to find herself in complete darkness. She stood and wandered around calling out the names of her friends, but nothing… until.

"Hello, Kagome…" a soft voice called from the darkness. Kagome turned and saw the demon girl.

"Who are you?" Kagome asked watching the demon closely.

"It matters not who I am. It meaning of me coming to you each night is more important" she said holding out her open hand, in which a small ball of gold light was held. Then she vanished and the world around kagome changed in an instant as a white line moved swiftly across the ground, changing the darkness to a forest scenery as it went.

Kagome found herself looking at a tree, where she could swear that demoness once stood. She turned to look around; it looked like the sun had just gone down. It was just light enough to see, some things were tinted blue, dark blue, black and in some cases violet, reminding her somewhat of the twilight zone. She wandered around until she heard a loud screech. It sounded like a human, she ran as fast as she could toward the screech. When she arrived at the scene, she was left speechless. There was a young girl covered in her own blood. When Kagome got a closer look, she noticed the girl had an arm crudely torn off, her right eye seemed like it was bitten out, there was a large gaping out in her stomach, and words cut threw her kimono into her skin that read: " We're back.." in bloody, jagged letters.

The girl whispered something lowly. Kagome had trouble hearing at first but she soon understood what the girl said. "Run..." the girl said it once more. Kagome looked around and asked, "Who did this?" the girl looked at her weakly and slowly turned her head to look at the sky. She slowly closed her eye, falling into permanent sleep.

Kagome stood up and looked around. The tree branches above her shook, she backed up watching and waiting for whatever was going to come out. A haunting laugh could be heard from the grass and trees, it started to grow as more laughing from others could be heard. A deep malevolent voice was heard in darkness "That's it! Let your fear take over! Run away like the child you are!" it gave an evil laugh. As she ran she noticed a shadow ahead of her and human backing up. She stopped and hidden behind a tree. There was a man in a tan trench coat standing calmly, while the boy backed up with fear covering his features. The taller man took a step to the side. The boy backed himself up against a tree. Suddenly the man's shadow grew and shot out at the boy, massive claws cutting into the boy's chest. His blood spattered everywhere as he fell to the ground. He died within seconds, the man then looked in Kagome's area. Her heart skipped a beat, she heard him walking toward her. Her heart pounded in her chest, as his footsteps got closer. She tried to run, but didn't get far. He reached out and grabbed her easily. She struggled but when that didn't seem to help, she yelled for Inuyasha. "INUYASHA!" she yelled as loud as her voice would allow.

Meanwhile in the real world, everyone was around Kagome trying to wake her up. Inuyasha shook her shoulders and called her name, but nothing. Everyone tried whatever they could think of, still nothing. She bolted up, knocking Shippo off and almost hitting Inuyasha. Her eyes were full of fear as she panted and looked around. She noticed that demoness sitting on a tree limb behind Inuyasha. She was watching the scene closely as her tail wrapped around her waist. Her mouth moved to form muted words, the wind carried them to Kagome in a soft whisper of,' you're not ready…turn back…' Kagome thought to herself, 'Why is she here? who is she? I thought she was only part of my nightmares and what am I not ready for?' Her questions were answered when the soft voice told her in a strange riddle 'I am neither a dream nor a part of reality…I am not a demon…nor am I human…the depths of darkness grow deep…while the light becomes imaginary…' the words trailed off as she stood up and vanished.

"Kagome! Wake up!" She snapped out of her trance at the sound of Inuyasha's voice.

"Eh…oh sorry…I guess I'm a little out of it…"Kagome responded in a quiet voice.

"Kagome maybe you should try getting some sleep. Try to forget the nightmares for now, okay?" Sango asked Kagome as she put a hand on her friend's shoulder .
"Okay Sango." Kagome replied as they started their walk back to camp. Everyone settled back in their places, Inuyasha on a branch above Kagome's sleeping bag, Miroku leaning against a tree with Sango leaning her back against him and Kirara in her lap. Try as she might Kagome just couldn't get back to sleep. Her mind kept doing the opposite of what it should've been doing. Instead of focusing on going to sleep her mind kept finding its way back to the nightmares and the strange demoness. She stared up at the stars, which seemed to work fine until Inuyasha jumped down and landed gracefully beside her.

"Kagome, what's wrong?" He asked giving her a concerned look.

"I'm okay, Inuyasha. Really I am." She said giving him a fake smile.

"You're not very good at lying Kagome" He responded.

"I'd rather not talk about it" She replied as she turned so her back faced him, but he wasn't going to be swayed so easily.

"Kagome-" She cut him off in mid sentence.

"Inuyasha if you must know so badly I'll tell you tomorrow, okay?" She said in an exhausted voice.

"Alright" He replied, jumping to his branch again. When Kagome was positive that everyone was asleep she figured it was safe for her to sleep as well and hopefully nightmare-free.

The next two weeks were uneventful. No shards, no demons, and no nightmares. 'thank god for that…' Kagome thought to herself as they continued along a dirt path. 'maybe those nightmares were just all in mind head. They couldn't have been real…or were they…?' Kagome's mind started to swirl with constant questions. She became lost in her own train of thought when Shippo's voice rang through. "Kagome are you okay?" He asked looking at her with his eyes .

"uh…yeah Shippo. I'm fine…" She responded in a strange monotone. "Are you sure you're alright, Kagome?" a concerned Sango asked.

"I'm fine Sango.." Kagome replied, her voice tinted with boredom as if she's been asked the same thing over a hundred times at once.

"but you've been acting very strange lately" Miroku stated.

"I'm serious guys, there's nothing wrong" Kagome responded, starting to get agitated with the same questions being asked over and over. Unfortunately none of them were truly convinced, but dropped the subject anyway.

Soon enough Miroku and Sango were having their own conversation following behind Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha was fairly quiet but keeping a close watch on Kagome. Kagome came to a sudden halt.

"What is it, kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

"A jewel shard, no three and they're heading toward us" Kagome replied reaching for her bow and arrows.

"But I don't sense any demons nearby." Miroku stated, going into a battle stance. Inuyasha's ears twitched as the bushed behind them started to shake. They turned just as the "culprits" jumped out. Two small foxes jumped out of the under brush, barking, growling and tackling each other. "The shards are on their collars." Kagome said staring at the small foxes.

"They seem harmless enough." Miroku said picking the smaller white fox up.

"So cute!" Kagome squealed as she took the fox Miroku was holding.

Sango kneeled down next to the black fox that sitting still glaring daggers at them. "It looks like they have owners." Sango said examining the collars.
"But there aren't any names on the collars." Shippo objected as he tried to catch the black fox.

"Just get the shards and let's go!" Inuyasha growled getting more impatient by the second.

"Right" Kagome nodded as she tried to get the shard from the fox. The small fox hissed, her hair standing up as she arched her back. Kagome dropped her out of surprise.

"So they do know what the shards are," Miroku said raising an eyebrow.
"Maybe they're demons in disguise?" Shippo questioned jumping onto Miroku's shoulder. Both foxes stood next to each other, back arched and hair standing up.

"They seem more like cats than foxes." Inuyasha said as he grabbed the white one by her tail. She barked in surprise and tried to bat at his hands. The black fox growled and jumped at Inuyasha's hand, but to no avail. He landed on the ground once again, growling and showing his small but sharp fangs. "Inuyasha, I think you upset him. Watch it he might actually hurt you." Sango teased.
"Keh! What could these little runts do?" Inuyasha said sarcastically, tugging on the white fox's ears. The black fox decided that if he couldn't attack Inuyasha from the front, he'd attack from behind. He crept quietly through the bushes behind the gang.

"Hey! Inuyasha, where'd the black one go?" Shippo asked looking around.

Inuyasha looked around and sniffed the air "He probably ran off".

"I don't think so Inuyasha, I still sense the shard nearby" Kagome said looking in the bushes. She knelt down and picked up the shard the black fox was carrying "He left the shard behind".

"Watch it, Kagome. This maybe a fox trick." Miroku warned.

"Ahh! You little…" Inuyasha suddenly started swearing at the black fox who was busy sinking his fangs into Inuyasha's ankle.

Miroku sighed, "So Miroku was right, it was a trick." Sango said watching Inuyasha try to shake the fox off. Unfortunately for the fox he was too stubborn to let go.

"Damn it! Get off!" Inuyasha yelled as he pulled the fox off of his ankle and dropped it on the ground. It landed hissing and growling at him.

"Inuyasha, maybe its best if you put his friend down" Kagome requested watching the black fox on the ground.

"Not till I get the jewel shard." Inuyasha stated firmly as he took the blue collar from around the fox's neck. She squirmed and hissed in protest, Inuyasha ignored it, took the shard then dropped her and collar on the ground. She stood up and shook off as the black fox took a defensive stance in front of her.

"I-Inuyasha I think he wants the shard back." Shippo said hiding behind Kagome.

"Too bad" Inuyasha reached down to grab him but before he did the small fox quickly changed form into a large black wolf. Inuyasha hesitated for a second but reached for him again. The wolf snarled at him, giving the smaller fox enough time to grab the shard and her collar. As soon as she grabbed her collar the wolf picked her up by the nape of her neck and started to retreat to the deeper part of the forest.

"They got the shards back!" Inuyasha yelled as he took off after them with the others following close behind him. The wolf appeared on top a rotten log that over look the thin path the gang was following, but he didn't seem to have the fox with him. He stood on his perch growling and showing his fangs.

Miroku stared at the wolf "We're in his territory, Inuyasha."

The small white fox crept around a large tree and behind the gang. She barked playfully and jumped around. The group turned to see the fox bouncing from side to side, growling playfully and barking yet at the same time seeming to challendge them.

"You're not getting away this time!" Inuyasha growled as he started chasing the fox. The fox ran off into the forest.

"Wait Inuyasha! It might be a trap!" Kagome yelled and started running after Inuyasha as the rest of the gang followed. When they caught up with Inuyasha he still hadn't caught the fox. The group kept a distance away from Inuyasha just incase there was a trap set anywere. The fox climbed up a pile of leaves and sat at the top.

"Inuyasha wait!" Sango called. Inuyasha paid her no heed and ran up to catch the fox. She moved before he had the chance to grab her, suddenly the ground shook beneath him. Just as he was about to jump the ground collapsed and he found himself at the bottom of a 30 foot hole. The fox walked over to the edge and looked down.

"When I get out of here I'm going to.." Inuyasha's words trailed off as he muttered curses under his breath. The fox seemed to be laughing at him, she stuck her tongue out at him and started to run away again. The others caught up to Inuyasha in time to see him fall and the fox run off.

"We warned you, Inuyasha" Miroku said flatly as he looked in the hole.

Inuyasha jumped out "How the hell did they set a trap?" he questioned dusting off.

"They're getting away!" Kagome said pointing at the wolf who was again holding the fox while she carried the shards and her collar.

The wolf ran into the forest once again, Inuyasha was about to follow but was stop by a hand on his shoulder "Inuyasha, think about it. They tricked you once, are you going to let them trick you again?" Miroku asked hoping that Inuyasha would consider thinking before falling into another hole.

Inuyasha started after them again and yelled back at Miroku, "No way! But they're not getting away with shards!".

Miroku sighed, "I guess once isn't enough for him to learn anything" Sango said sarcastically. Everyone started following Inuyasha, but once again at a distance.

Inuyasha chased the wolf and was amazed by how fast it could run. The wolf suddenly disappeared. The fox dropped to the ground and started running herself. She made a U- turn and a sharp turn into the under brush, almost losing Inuyasha in the process. "You think that crappy stunt can fool me!" Inuyasha said as he jumped through the trees right above the fox. She made another sharp turn and ran zig-zags to a thick, thorn filled thicket. Inuyasha skidded to a stop before he hit the sharp thorny bushes. "Now where the hell did she go?" he said sniffing the air then jumping through the branches again. Jumping from branch to branch Inuyasha finally spots the little white fox trying to make a quick escape from the thinner less thorny end of the thicket.

"I don't think so." Inuyasha said jumping in front of the fox. The fox came to a halt before Inuyasha's feet. "Where do you think you're going?" Inuyasha bent down to pick her up but she run once again right passed him.

"Stay still!" Inuyasha growled as he took off after the little fox. He followed the fox to another clearing. 'you're not getting me this time…' Inuyasha thought as he walked over to the fox who had gotten her left hind leg stuck in a bear trap. She sat there staring at him. Inuyasha smirked inwardly again watching the fax as she gave up and sat down. The rest of the group had caught up with Inuyasha and was right behind him.

"What happened, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked examining the situation.

"She ran right into a bear trap." Inuyasha replied triumphantly.

"Or maybe its another trap." Sango wondered, looking around for any lose soil that might be that cover of another deep hole.

"Keh!" Inuyasha started walking toward the small fox with the rest of the group following cautiously behind him.

A mischievous grin spread cross the little foxes face as they got closer. ' Just a little more…almost-' her thoughts were cut short by Inuyasha who had stopped abruptly. 'grrrr….' she growled inwardly.

Unfortunately when Inuyasha stopped everyone else was too close behind and bumped him, causing him to trip over the rope that he was trying to avoid. The rope snapped and the gang found their selves high in the tree above them, trapped in large net.

"Damn it!" Inuyasha yelled. The little fox eased her 'hurt' leg out of the trap effortlessly. Inuyasha growled "Little wench tricked us again!".

"Eh…Inuyasha they tricked YOU again." Shippo said sarcastically earning quite a few lumps from Inuyasha.

"Shut up Brat!" Inuyasha growled balling his fist.

"KAGOME! INUYASHA'S BEING MEAN!" Shippo whined making small fake tears.

Kagome glared daggers at Inuyasha, "Inuyasha-"

"Kagome wait!" Inuyasha tried to stop her from continuing her sentence.

Kagome took in a deep breath and yelled "SIT!" the group all plummeted downward with Inuyasha. They paused when they hit the ground, much to everyone's surprise except Inuyasha. The ground beneath them gave out then they all went plummeting once again. They landed at the bottom of a 40 foot deep hole.

-to be continued-
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A pair of demons disguised as humans paid for the room of an inn. After making it safely into their room without causing too much ruckus they closed the door behind them and changed into their real demon form, getting rid of their human disguises. One, a male demon about six foot four with deep blue eyes and jet black hair. He wore a blue haori and blue hakama. The hakamas had the design of silver dragons on the legs and the haori had one large golden dragon across the chest.

The other, a female demon with white hair that was black tipped with her tail and ears having the same pattern of white and black tipped. Her blue and gold eyes seemed to shine in the moonlight. Her kimono was white with rose, cherry blossom, vines, and wild flower designs on it. She moved to the center of the room and sits down waiting for the other to join her.

"That's got to be the oldest trick in the book, Michiko." He said as he sat in front of her giving her a challenging glare.

"So, It worked didn't it?" She glared playfully at her friend Suoh in front of her.

"I still say it sucked, I could've thought of better. Then again were only playing around so I guess its okay." he answered in a partly sour and cocky tone at first but it became calmer toward the end of the statement.

"Did we have to use the my spirit crystal as shards…?" she asked as she held the jewel which was glowing a soft blue from the necklace around her neck. The shards quickly fused together with the rest of the jewel around her neck as it started to play music softly.

"..Because we couldn't find a spell to make false glass shards, remember?…Besides just one shard of that jewel matches the power of the Shikon…oh well, We have the information boss man wants. We have to leave for 'home' early tomorrow morning…." he said flatly as he laid down on his side.

Review please . this is my first story. Review please! tell me if i need to fix anything.
Akina