The Dream Kyd Fizziks

*~* Evening near the god tree *~*

It had been a very long day, and now sitting on one of his usual branches, Inuyasha looked down at his mate, curled into his lap, sleeping soundly, her cheek resting against his chest, a smile playing on her lips. He examined the steady rise and fall of her chest and smiled, 'it had been a very rough afternoon of hard mating for us, so my Kagome has every right to be tired,' he thought, his smile widening. He tore his eyes away from his sleeping mate, and looked around the clearing. Inuyasha perceived that Sango and Miroku were nowhere to be found, 'I think I know what their up to,' he thought with a grin. It hadn't been too long ago that they admitted their feelings to each other, and he was very glad that those two had finally gotten together. After another minute of searching, he could see Cali and Naja sleeping in different branches in a tree on the opposite side of the God-tree clearing. 'I guess Cali and Naja decided to take the night off,' he said mentally as he smiled yet again. His smile faded after he watched Cali sleep for a minute. He was tossing and turning, his lips making soundless words, his face strained with something like pain. He pondered this for a minute or two, and decieded, finally, to get some sleep. 'I can't wait until tomorrow,' he thought as his mind closed down and he finally slept.

*~* Cali's Dream *~*

He was in a tent, the silk of the covering billowing slightly in the light breeze. The smell of blood reached his nostrils, a very familiar smelling blood.

"Inutashoi" he said urgently. There was a great great dog, lying on a cot, on the side of the tent, blood dripping from the cloth that had taken up the blood of his almost innumerable wounds.

"Inutashoi! Stay with me!" he tapped the dog's face a few times with his paw urgently, trying to rouse the dog. The dog cracked one eye open, and its golden gaze fell upon him.

"Ah, Cali. I'm glad you are here. You were always there when I needed someone, always. But, today is my last day, and I have a few final requests." He said in a cool, calm voice.

Cali waited for a few moments before putting his paw on the Demon Lord's mighty shoulder, "what is it, my friend?" he asked curiously.

Inutashoi gave a laugh and then winced in pain, "Cali, you were always a curious little fox, but now I need you to be serious and hear me out. Firstly, don't bury me here, away from my loving mate and pups." He said, his voice rattling slightly in his throat, his time was coming.

He tried to rise, wincing once more as Cali kept him down with his paw, "you don't want to move, Inutashoi. Just stay still," he said soothingly.

After a few seconds, the Demon Lord settled, as Cali gave a sigh of relief, and said softly, "Is there anything else, my lord?"

"Well," Inutashoi said nervously, "I would like to ask you to help my youngest son, Inuyasha, when he is of age and finds a suitable mate,"

The dog gave Cali a pleading look, "please do this for me Cali, make sure that he is as good. a father. as you are" he said, the final words coming out in a harsh rattle. His chest rose once, twice, and then all the air escaped his chest in a rush, as his eyes glazed, half open.

"Inutashoi?" Cali questioned after a few seconds of silence, "INUTASHOI!" he yelled into the demon's ear. Nothing happened.

"NO!" He screamed to the sky, "NOOO!" he broke down completely, sobbing uncontrollably,

".nooo! WHY!" he yelled into his paws, covering his face. The image began to fade, the screams getting softer, until all was white and silent.

*~* Back In Reality *~*

Cali woke with a start, covered in a cold sweat, panting wildly. "W. what?" he stammered, as he remembered the dream, he felt his insides shaking with agony. That was the worst day of his life, after the day he received the news that his entire pack had been destroyed. He hopped off the branch, not wanting to show his weakness to his new acquaintances, and ran to the hot spring he and Naja had been at the night before. He quickly stripped and got into the soothingly warm water, and looked up into the sky dotted with stars.

"Inutashoi, if you can hear me. could you help me in this repayment, and show me the right way to go?" his voice trailed off, as if waiting for an answer. To his utter bewilderment, his old friend's bodiless voice issued from the forest around him.

"Cali, you are my best friend and ally, would I turn away from one of your requests, even in death? Of course I will help you teach my son the ways of being an honorable man." The voice seemed to get farther and farther away as it spoke, a Cali just sat in the water, completely dazed by what had just occurred.