Chap. 1: Memories from Hell

A quiet village that hardly anyone knew about burned furiously as each of the huts was ignited. A boy with long silver hair stood silently in the middle of the village, watching the village that had been his home for years be devoured by the flames. Tears were rolling down his face, but he didn't cry. After his mother had died, he had told himself he needed to take care of himself and stop being such a wimp. Sighing, the boy turned and walked towards the forest, away from the carnage the demon had caused. He stepped into the trees, hoping he would never see the village again.

Inuyasha's eyes shot open. He looked around quickly, then leaned back against the tree he was sitting in. He shook his head to clear away the image of the burning huts. "Damn dreams" he mumbled. He looked down at his friends, seeing that all of them were still sleeping peacefully. He jumped out of the tree and walked into the woods, figuring walking would help him clear his mind a bit. He also kept his eyes alert for any sign of a demon or other threat. After walking around the area for about an hour and a half, he walked back into the campsite, and jumped back up into the tree, landing on the sturdy branch he had been sleeping on before. Taking one last look at his friends, he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

In the morning, when Kagome woke up, she opened her eyes slowly, and sat up. She rubbed her eyes, and looked around. Sango and Miroku were already up, but Shippo was still asleep. When she looked up into the tree above her, she was surprised to find he was still asleep. She crawled out of her sleeping bag, and stood up. Yawning she walked over to Sango and Miroku and sat down on a log next to Sango. Sango smiled "Good Morning Kagome" Kagome smiled sleepily. "Morning Sango." She looked at Inuyasha again. "I wonder why he's still asleep" Sango shrugged, and Miroku said thoughtfully, "Maybe Inuyasha didn't get enough sleep last night." Kagome nodded. "Maybe… You think he had a nightmare?" The monk nodded. "That's a possibility"

When Inuyasha opened his eyes, he saw that everyone else was already up. He sat up and noticed how late it was. It seemed like it was almost noon! "Stupid dream" He jumped out of the tree and landed silently. He walked over to the others and said grouchily, "C'mon, hurry up, we've got to collect more shards and try to find out where that bastard Naraku is hiding this time."

Kagome looked at him, then muttered , "It's your fault we're still here" He could be pretty darn stupid sometimes. She stood up, as did the others, and went over to get her enormous backpack.

Inuyasha just crossed his arms and simply said, "Keh." He started walking towards the path they had been following the previous day. It wasn't his fault that his stupid memories came back to haunt him in his sleep.

Kagome finally managed to pick up her bag, and followed after the others, who had already gone after Inuyasha. "Why can't he patient?" she mumbled, and started to catch up to the hanyou.