The Moon Hides Its Light from Me

*~Faded_Moon~*

Disclaimer: I wish, I wish with all my heart, to fly with dragons in a land of art… uh, I mean fly with Inuyasha. No wait, with Sesshoumaru. ARGH, whatever. I DON'T OWN THEM SO QUIT PESTERING ME!!!!

SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING SOONER!!! End of the 6 weeks yannoe? My teachers are killing me!!! Do I deserve this?! I'm only a fish in highschool!! *starts crying*

Lately, I've been having another idea for another Inuyasha fanfic, but I'm really trying not to start it til I get to chapter 10 of this story. I don't wanna end up being like SOMEONE *coff CAP'N coff coff* and start another story before I even start typing chapter 3 of my second story that I started after only writing my summary of my first story. ^-^ No offense, Cap'n. I still love ya! :D Anyhoo… I might actually start writing it before I finish this chapter… so wait til the end to find out if I did start…

Chapter 7

In My Murder's Den

            "Hold on, Sesshoumaru…" she whispered so lightly that Sesshoumaru barely heard it. Then she tried to get up again, it hurt, but she had to get help from the village. Suddenly, Sesshoumaru's hand shot up and grabbed her wrist. On instinct, Kagome tried to send out her purifying powers, but because of the previous battle she had and having tried to break through a barrier, she had too much strain put on herself and she cracked. The last of the energy that she had left her and the unconscious miko fell backwards, landing on Sesshoumaru.

[A/N: Once again, my horrible diagram that showed people how bad I really am at diagramming with a keyboard :::

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Likest I said, IT SUCKS, now stop laughing. -.-;]

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            Rin jerked awake. Something was amiss… but what? She looked around. Jaken was dozing off in a sitting position by the fire.

            'No, it isn't him…' she pondered for a moment when she heard someone speak. She sat up and scanned around the campfire, the sun was rising. Then she heard it again. This time she realized it was Jaken, no wonder he hadn't woken up at the sound. Rin smirked at the ugly toad.

            "shinnn… beapurbupp, foopid, ducky umen. M'lurd esohsomiru… yimm faifoh vermit…" [A/N: cookie cake to whoever can translate that!!!]

            Rin looked around the campfire again, then she trying to remember why she woke up. Parts of her dream came back to her: 'Sesshoumaru standing near a wooden square that looked like a well… a dark shadow flying towards him as he prepared to destroy it… then,' Rin gasped, 'a bright light shot out of the darkness and Sesshoumaru was consumed by the ever-growing light.' Rin scrunched by her eyes, it didn't make sense to her. Sesshoumaru looked as if he was in great pain. But why? Rin always thought that the light was a good thing. She looked up at the brightening sky, light was a good thing. Wasn't it? Then the little girl realized something: Sesshoumaru was a demon. It didn't matter if he was kind to her, he was still a demon.

            She jumped onto her feet and searched within the folds of her kimono. She finally found a small, but sizeable flute-ish looking whistle and put it to her lips. She blew in it three times and waited. Soon enough, a black dot appeared in the sky and a few seconds later, landed not too far from where Rin was standing. She swiftly walked over to the two headed dragon and gave each neck a quick hug. Stepping back, she looked up at the two heads peering down at her.

            "Have you felt it too? I think Sesshoumaru-sama is in trouble… We should go find him." She ran to the two-headed dragon's side and clambered up onto its back. "Ah. Un. Let's go… just follow Sesshoumaru-sama's scent." The dragon took off the ground and silently glided toward their master and lord, leaving a toad that would be very angry in the morning.

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            ~*~*~Back at the camp~*~*~

[Kagome's dream]

            Once again, Kagome stood at the edge of a forest near a cliff as the sun was setting. She looked around and walked toward the edge of the cliff to get a better look at the forest that lay over a hundred meters below. As she neared the edge, she heard someone behind her, Inuyasha. She smiled as Inuyasha came near her and held her around her waist, pulling her close.

            Sighing, she looked back toward the sunset, it was beautiful and she felt happy. Suddenly and rudely, she felt a gust of wind coming from behind her pushing her forward nearer to the edge. She turned around and saw Inuyasha turning human and behind him, coming out of the forest, was… Kikyo. She was glaring at Kagome and raised a hand pointing past Kagome whose back was facing the cliff now. Her hands instinctively clasped onto Inuyasha's clothes coming closer to him again, but when she looked up into his eyes, expecting a look of protectiveness, she saw him glaring at her with eyes full of hatred. Kagome gasped as Inuyasha grabbed her by her neck and lifted her off the ground. He walked closer to the side and flung her over the edge of the cliff. It seemed like an eternity as she fell for the first few seconds, she saw the hint of sorrow in Inuyasha's eyes though they were clouded full of hate that she knew possessed Kikyo. Then he turned and walked back toward Kikyo. Kagome continued to fall and the sunset and cliff disappeared from around her surroundings. Everything became pitch-black as she fell headfirst toward the never-ending abyss. She closed her eyes and tears formed in the corners of her eyes then flew off the tips of her eyelashes, making a trail of sparkling pearls after her.

            After falling for what seemed almost like forever to her, she opened her eyes once again and tried to scream, but nothing came out of her throat. Now panicking, she thought frantically, 'Oh my god… someone… ANYONE… HELP!! I don't want to be falling like this forever…'

            Like the answer to her prayer, a flash of silver flew before her as she felt herself being caught bridal style and squeezed her eyes tightly shut again. Then landing on the ground softly in the arms of her hero, she slowly opened her eyes to look around her. They were in an open field, full of lush green grass, flowers dotting the scenery, and trees growing around a clear blue lake. Then she turned her eyes toward the face of her savior. Tears had glazed over her eyes so she could only tell that he had silver hair and golden eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck and closed her eyes again as he came in close and kissed her. Kagome opened her eyes, causing her tears to fall, and he wiped away her tears with the palm of his soft and gentle hand. Her conscious gasped. 'Sesshoumaru?!?!' but her dream persona didn't flinch from his touch nor did she move away. He smiled at her and stood, placing Kagome on her feet. She stood there gazing up at his face. 'He's… beautiful' she thought to herself as she reached out a hand to touch his pale, striped cheek. He moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a loving embrace…

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            Kagome snuggled closer to the softness of the silk blankets on a futon.

            'Wait… since when did I start sleeping on futon with SILK blankets?!?!?!' her eyes shot open and looked everywhere in a frantic search to figure out where she was. She felt like crap, literally. All her muscles were aching and she was having the worst migraine ever. Kagome groaned and tried relaxed her body. Slowly, she opened her eyes again. Blinking, the weary girl realized it was already midday and she was in some sort of castle. 'Only castles have stone ceilings, right? But where in the Western Lands is there a CASTLE?! I really I don't remember a castle anywhere… did they even have castles back then?' Kagome groggily opened her eyes again. 'Yep, I'm definitely in a castle. But where? And whose? And why?' She laid on her back and stared at the ceiling for a few moments trying to recall what happened. All that came back to her was the image of Inuyasha and Kikyo in the field. She shuddered and tried to wipe away the mental picture. Then, as she was about to fall asleep from exhaustion, Kagome heard her door slide open. [A/N: YES, I KNOW THERE WERE CASTLES/FORTRESSES! But Kagome-dear is having a slight problem with her memory as she can only remember Kikyo and Inuyasha right now… she didn't lose any memory, its just that the fact that she saw Inuyasha and Kikyo together is really depressing her and cutting up her heart. You can't really ignore something like that, yannoe?]

            A small figure flitted through the small opening of the slide door and walked up to the edge of the futon cautiously. Kagome forced her eyes to open again. A small girl with chocolate brown eyes that were sparkling, and long black hair wearing a read and white checkered kimono stood by her bed. The girl's face held curiosity and worry. To Kagome's surprise, she realized that this girl could have not been more than 7 or 8 years of age. Kagome closed her eyes in relief that there were humans here.

            "Um… pretty lady? Sesshoumaru-sama is hurt… and I do not know what is wrong with him. Can you please tell me what is wrong? He doesn't look well." Kagome's eyes snapped open at the mentioning of Sesshoumaru as memories flooded back to her. The barrier, the boar-youkai, Sesshoumaru being hit by her arrow then fainting. She jerked her head toward the small girl who was backing away, although it killed her neck.

            "Sesshoumaru-sama is here? Is this… is this his castle?" she questioned. The tiny girl nodded. 'Sesshoumaru keeps humans as slaves? I thought he despises humans…' she questioned her further.

            "Are you a slave here?" she feared her answer, but the small girl just smiled really big.

            "Of course not! Rin follows Sesshoumaru-sama because Sesshoumaru-sama saved Rin!" she smiled her biggest kawaii smile. Kagome gave her a small smile in return, but not without a lot of effort. Rin indicated the tray of food she had brought in and placed it at the futon's side.

            "Just go to Sesshoumaru-sama's room when you're done eating…" with that, she happily skipped out of her room. Kagome looked at the food and collapsed.

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            Pain. It hurt. It hurt to think. It hurt to breathe. Hell, it hurt to even exist. Sesshoumaru tried to open his eyes. Never in his whole life had he ever been in so much pain. 'How did I return home? Did I die? What happened?' that was a lie, he knew what happened. That human wench, Kagome has shot an arrow straight into him, purifying him. How he was still alive was beyond him. 'I guess one can say I'm lucky to be alive… but that's wrong too. One would rather die than go through so much pain.'

            Rin entered his room and stalked up to his over-sized futon.

            "Sesshoumaru-sama, I brought the pretty lady her food. She'll be coming as soon as she's done." Sesshoumaru's eyes snapped open. 'KAGOME! That wench… such power she had that she couldn't even control it… I'll kill her once I'm able to move.' Sesshoumaru tried to curl his hand into a fist, but failed miserably. Then his world went dark. [A/N: HE DIDN'T DIE!!! He just fainted... well, not fainted, sounds too girly for him… hm, collapsed from the pain. Yup! Just collapsed]

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Gomen, sorry this is so short… but I'm having a hard time finding time to write…

Don't kill mee… but see? No cliffy, so you don't hafta freak out and fret over what happens next. Leave it to me =D

BTW, I DID start another fanfic: Everything I Dreamt Of, And More

Its angsty so don't read it unless you wanna end up dehydrating from crying XD