Chapter 10

Later that night, everyone was fast asleep. Everyone, except for Inuyasha. Long after the campfire had died down, he had stayed awake and repeated what Sora had said, about the inevitable appearance of the Heartless. Surprisingly to him, he was very nervous. Demons and evil men he could deal with, but beings from another world? And even more threatening was that even he might not be able to stop the Heartless. Already one world had been destroyed and if he did not do something his would soon follow. He hoped that Sora would have some plan.

As he continued to lie on his back and look at the night sky, he noticed something very strange. Above him one of the stars blinked out. It was undeniable: one of the lights in the sky had disappeared.
"Kagome," Inuyasha whispered to and shook Kagome soon after. "Wake up."

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked sleepily, rubbing her eyes. "What is it?"

"Something strange just happened," He said. "One of the stars went out."

"Went out?" Kagome repeated. "What do you mean?"

"It's just what I said," Inuyasha said. "One second the light was there the next it was gone."

"What do you think it could mean?" Kagome asked.

"I don't know," Inuyasha said. "But if I had to guess it had something to do with the Heartless. Sora did say that each star is a world and the light from them goes out when it is destroyed."

"Should we wake Sora up and ask him what we should do?" Kagome suggested. "If there is anything we can do about it now."

"Yeah, that's a good idea." Inuyasha said and he and Kagome woke Sora up.

"What is it?" Sora asked groggily.

Inuyasha told him what he saw.

"You did?" Sora asked.

"Yeah, I did," Inuyasha said. "Anything we can do about it?"

"Not now," Sora said. "But the only thing we can do is search for the heart of this world and lock it. That way we can prevent the Heartless from destroying this world."

"Do you know where the heart is?" Kagome asked.

"No," Sora said. "But I can use the Keyblade to locate the heart of the world, like how I used it to get the Gummi ship here."

"We should start looking for it tomorrow morning," Kagome said. "But right now we should go back to sleep. I'll see you both in the morning." Kagome started to get up.

"Kagome wait," Inuyasha said and sat her back down.

"Inuyasha, what is it?" Kagome asked.

"Quiet," He said and sat quietly. "I hear something." They sat silent for a moment.

"Where do you hear it?" Sora asked.

"There." Inuyasha said pointing to a bush and slowly he and Sora got up. Both got their weapons out as they walked slowly towards the bush. They peered in the bush, but saw nothing, only darkness.

"I could have sworn I-" Inuyasha said but was cut off by a scream from Kagome. In an instant everyone else was up.

"What is it? What happened?" Sango asked.

"This better be important Kagome," Miroku said. "I was having such a great dream. Ahh, so many women."

"Shut up, Miroku," Sango said. "What's wrong Kagome?"

"That!" Kagome pointed behind them.

Something, several things, were moving and shifting in the dark behind them. They were small figures, barely noticeable in the dark because they were black as well. The only features seen in the dark were there glowing yellow eyes. Their antennae swiveled as they moved. Inuyasha and Sora both ran back.

"Heartless!" Sora said and quickly performed a fire spell, momentarily illuminating the area and incinerating one of the Heartless. In the brief moment they saw they were surrounded by a dozen Heartless, now down to eleven.

One Heartless jumped at Sora, who swung with his Keyblade and destroyed it. Another almost hit Donald if Goofy had not rammed into it and destroyed it. Another two leaped at Kagome, who screamed and froze in place, but was rescued by a slash of Inuyasha Tetsusaiga. Both Heartless were destroyed. Now only seven Heartless were left but were closing in on the tired group.

All seven were grouped in front of them, allowing Miroku to use his deadly windtunnel. Miroku removed the seal around his hand and put his arm out, palm out. A sudden and deadly vacuum pulled all the Heartless in, catching them by surprise.

"Where did they come from?" Sango asked. "Where those the Heartless you were talking about?"

"That was them," Inuyasha said. "They must have appeared while we weren't looking. I knew I heard something in the bushes."

Kagome then told the others what she, Inuyasha, and Sora had discussed.

"The heart of this world, huh?" Miroku said.

"Yes, and it is very important that we find it." Kagome said.

"We should start first thing in the morning," Sango said. "But tonight each of us should probably take shifts to watch out for anymore Heartless attacks."

"I'll take the first watch." Inuyasha said. Everyone agreed with him and each got their own shift.

"What if Naraku's somehow involved with all of this?" Kagome said. "He's already tried to get us to fight Sora so he must be involved somehow."

"The Heartless are just as much a threat to him as they are to us." Miroku said.

"It hasn't stopped from doing similar things before." Inuyasha said.

"True, but we should discuss these things in the morning." He yawned and everyone agreed to talk about things later. A demon suddenly roared and came slithering at them from the darkness, its three heads twisting in every direction. They immediately brought their weapons out again. It was going to be a long night.