CHAPTER 2:

SILVER DREAMS YET DARK DAYS AHEAD

A/N: Hi! Thanks for reading this story. Well, I was wondering if anyone of my readers got all the clues yet. Well, enjoy the story.

It was night when he woke up. The stars were bright and the echoes of dogs howling at night moved through the neighborhood. How long was it since he fell asleep and had that dream again. Why did it happen every night…! And…what about Kikyo?

Inuyasha staggered out the room. He peeked his head out to see where his little ol bastard brother was. There he was, watching some kind of t.v. comedy show. Inuyasha sighed. He got up and looked at the time. Eight o'clock it read. Inuyasha went back inside his room, and laid on his bed. "ERRRGH! Stupid baka dream!" he threw his pillow on the ground. Then he noticed that this was what girls do…throw stuff. So he decided to put his anger on something. He kicked his bed.

RINGRING! Inuyasha ran downstairs and picked up the phone. Kagome…? "Hello?" he said with anxiety.

"Hi, this is the homing income taxes…"

Inuyasha sighed.

"Just kidding! It's Kagome!"

Inuyasha smirked. "Dummy! Don't do that!"

"What happened today? You left so quickly!"

Inuyasha looked away. "Nothing…" he mumbled to the phone.

"Inuyasha…please…tell me. I want to know…" she said begging.

Inuyasha sighed a big sigh. "I SAID IT'S NOTHING…" then Inuyasha heard something which sounded like crying.

"Oh Inuyasha…! You worry me when you're like this!"

"…Kagome…you know…" he wiped his eyes. "You're the only one that cares…" and he wasn't crying. Something was in his eyes. (LOL!)

Kagome leaned on the wall in her house. Then she mumbled something.

"What?"

"Inuyasha…I care a lot about you…you know that…so-well, you can always count on me when you need someone…"

"Thanks…" Inuyasha said. Kagome… "I needed that…"

next day-

The morning was bright and shiny. Inuyasha woke up and stretched. "Ah…Kagome and me are going to the hospital again to see Souta…" he said to himself.

Then he sighed. "That means I'll have to see Kikyo again…"

"INUYASHAAA!"

Inuyasha peered his head outside. "K-Kagome-chan!"

"Yeah…! I came extra early today to check on you!"

Inuyasha couldn't help but smile. "Thanks…wait 'till I get dressed, I'll be right down!"

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Inuyasha opened the door to outside. "Hey…" he wore a red shirt with blue jean shorts.

Kagome smiled. She grabbed his hand and led him to the car. "LET'S GO ALREADY!"

The two got to the hospital. "Room 204…right Inuyasha?"

"Y…yeah…room 204."

Kagome opened the door. "Hey S-"

Kikyo looked at Kagome. She was clueless. "Inuyasha…? Kagome…? Here to visit Souta again?"

"Um…yeah…" Kagome said, looking around the room. "So where's Souta?"

Kikyo smiled at her. "Don't worry. He's gone off in the hospital garden for a walk. The nurse took him."

"I'm going to go too. Wanna come Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha's eyes were fixed on Kikyo. "No…it's okay…I'm staying here…if it's okay with you…Kikyo."

Kikyo looked away but nodded. "Okay…"

Kagome paused a moment. What's going on…? "Well…um-okay then I guess I'll go alone then…well, see ya! Have fun!" Kagome went off. Have fun! How stupid! I was…actually I am jealous…

Inuyasha sat down on Souta's bed. "Kikyo…gomenasai about yesterday…"

"It's okay…"

The room was silent. "You know…" Kikyo began.

"Yeah…?"

"I used to never be…well cursed with this disease. The doctors say that I got this genetically…but when I was small I never used to be like this. My leukemia forbids me to do certain things. But, nine years ago, I was able to walk and run."

"You can't run or walk in your condition now?"

"I can walk but it takes me a long time to get from one place to another. I've never tried to run because it's too painful."

"Kikyo…? How was your childhood?"

"My…childhood…?" Kikyo asked herself. She smiled. She sighed and laid on the bed. Looking up on the ceiling, Kikyo closed her eyes.

Flashback

Kikyo ran across a grassy plain. She was running and coughing at the same time. "Mommy! Mommy! Look at these flowers!"

A lady with brown eyes and black hair holding a child came. "How pretty! Can you pick some for me!"

"Hai!" Kikyo picked a flower. There was a thorn on the flower. "Ouch! I hurt myself." A drop of blood dropped on her dress.

"Kikyo! Are you alright."

"Yes! Cough, cough. I'm…al…right…" Kikyo felt her head. "I feel dizzy mommy…" Kikyo burned up. "But don't worry…mommy…" Kikyo fainted on the ground.

"KIKYO! KIKYO!" her mom ran to the house, carrying the baby and Kikyo. "HONEY! HELP!"

end flashback

"My childhood was…okay. We'll leave it as that."

Inuyasha faked smiled. Heh…well, she doesn't want to talk about it right now…

"I was very naïve when I was small you know? I also had weird dreams…I mean goals. I wanted to be the first person to fly…and the first person to…well forget it…" she shook her head.

"No. That's not weird. I was like that when I was small too!" he chuckled.

"But, all I can do now is dream. My dreams may be silver but…only dark days are ahead of me. And when I run into them…"

"Stop it! Don't think negative about things Kikyo! You gotta…you gotta be strong…and think positive!"

Kikyo sighed. "Perhaps…but I'm in so much pain."

Inuyasha bit his lip. "Um…Kikyo. H-how about tonight…I take you out! I mean, we can sneak out, just the two of us. We can go somewhere nice…you know. So you could get something outta life before you…well…go."

Kikyo smiled. "Okay…" she joked. But she didn't know that he was serious. And that very night, guess who came?

"Inuyasha! What are you doing!" Kikyo asked. Souta was asleep on the bed. Kikyo looked at the clock. "It's eight o'clock!"

Inuyasha smiled. "Heh! Let's go!" he dragged Kikyo out of bed and smiled. He never felt so free before. Inuyasha placed Kikyo on his back. "I got a rope. We'll climb down." Inuyasha began climbing down.

Kikyo, hanging of for dear life, screamed silently. "N-No! We should not do this!"

Inuyasha only smiled. "Let's go!" He jumped down as he got near to the ground.

"Aah…!" she yelled to herself.

Inuyasha put her in the car. "Wanna go now?"

Kikyo took a moment to catch her breath. "Um…well…okay since we're this far out already."

Inuyasha drove off to the distance. He felt so excited with her by his side…he felt…different.

A/N: I was too tired to tell you what they did on that little 'sneak out'. All I want to say is that they came back an like twelve o'clock in the morning and all. Well, (stretches), see ya later!