A/N: Hey, here is Chapter seven of this one! I hope you guys enjoy it! Please review and let me know what you think! Thanks!

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Dream of Me
Chapter Seven

"I told you, doctor...I'm fine. Besides, you said overnight. It's morning, so I want to go home now. Besides, we have things to do, and I don't have time to be sitting in a hospital bed so that you can be paranoid. I told you how I was injured. Just...let me go home. Today is a holiday. My grandfather is going to need my assistance at the shrine today..."

Kagome looked to Inuyasha, who nodded quickly, trying to confirm her story. The doctor glared at the two of them suspiciously, then to Kagome's mother before sighing deeply. "Fine. If you wish to go home, I will not stop you...but I must request that you be more careful in the future, okay?"

Kagome nodded quickly. "So, I can go now?"

The doctor nodded. "Yes, you can."

"Thank you." Kagome and Inuyasha chorused.

Kagome's mother laughed once they were safely out of earshot of the doctor. "Neither of you have any intention of staying behind and helping at the shrine, do you?" she laughed, studying their expressions closely.

Kagome coughed, her skin going slightly red. She looked away in guilt. "No, not really..."

"We have to get back. If we don't get back to the feudal era soon, something bad could happen, and we can't afford any more issues over there..." Inuyasha added seriously. "I promise...we're not just trying to escape or something..."

Kagome's mother nodded. "I understand." She paused a moment. "Just...be careful you two, okay?" she whispered. "While you are gone, I will...err...explain things to your grandfather..." the last comment was directed more at Kagome than Inuyasha. "He is just going to have to accept things as they are. I'll have a talk with him..."

Kagome gulped nervously and nodded as the car pulled up near the shrine. Picking her up, Inuyasha rushed off towards the well, shouting his thanks to Kagome's mother as he went. Kagome's mother watched them disappear into the well house before slowly heading towards her own house...and into one of the hardest conversations she was sure she would ever have with Kagome's grandfather...

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Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were waiting on the other side of the well for Kagome and Inuyasha to return. As Inuyasha jumped up to the top of the well, Miroku jumped back in surprise, and Shippo launched himself forward and into Kagome's awaiting arms.

"Kagome! I missed you! Are you all right?" the young fox demon inquired.

Kagome laughed. "I missed you, too, Shippo! I'm fine. I just went and visited my family is all." she answered as Inuyasha carefully set her down.

Sango's eyes glittered with interest. She had noticed the new shiny silver locket hanging loosely around Kagome's neck. She smiled. "What's that?" she asked, pointing with curiosity.

"I'll show you sometime." Kagome promised. "Has anything important happened while we have been gone?"

Miroku shook his head. "Are you serious? Honestly! As if Naraku would bother with us while the two of you weren't here. He never does, you know? It's like you and Inuyasha are his special projects. He never messes with us when you two aren't here...he always waits until you get back..."

"Why am I not surprised?" smirked Inuyasha.

"Because it's Naraku?" Kagome suggested, laughter in her voice.

Shippo's eyebrow rose in suspicion. "What is with the two of you? You're being nice!"

"Drop it, runt." warned Inuyasha, glaring at the kit with a dangerous glint in his eyes. Without another word, Inuyasha turned and began to walk in the direction of Kaede's village. Kagome quickly followed.

Behind the two of them, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo stood, utterly perplexed at the new attitude of their friends. After a moment, the three of them followed suit with Kagome and Inuyasha, each wondering what was going on.

Miroku's jaw dropped in surprise. When he entered Kaede's hut, Inuyasha was sitting in the corner as he usually did...but this time, there was something new about the scene. Usually, Kagome would be on the opposite side of the fire, chatting idly to Inuyasha while preparing her sleeping bag. What he saw instead of that was something that confused him to no end.

Inuyasha sat in his corner in his usual manner, his sword on his other side. Kagome, rather than sitting on her sleeping bag, was sitting with her head on his chest. Inuyasha's chin rested atop her head, and Kagome's sleeping bag was draped over the both of them. Kagome was sleeping soundly.

Rather than say anything, the confused monk turned and left the hut. Sango, who came up only seconds behind him, stared at him in confusion.

"What's going on?" she asked. "Why did you come back out? I just watched you go in a second ago. Is something wrong?" she wondered out loud.

Miroku shook his head. "No...I don't think anything is wrong at all..." he answered, his look of confusion replaced with a small smile. "I do believe, my dear Sango, that I have lost our little bet..."

"What bet?" asked Sango.

Miroku cleared his throat in a telling manner, and winked at Sango. Sango's face lit up in realization, and she smiled to herself. "I knew it!" she whispered.

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"I knew it!" smirked Naraku. "This is just perfect. Absolutely divine! I can do something with this...and I won't even have to get near them!"

"Would you want to after the girl blew off your arm in your last encounter?" Kanna reminded him in her monotone voice.

He growled from somewhere deep within his throat, but did not comment on Kanna's remark. Instead, he turned to her and smiled. "Kanna...I was wondering..."

"If you could see into Kagome's or Inuyasha's minds without the use of the serum?" Kanna finished his sentence, and he nodded slowly.

Kanna sighed. "It can be done...but only when they are sleeping...and if they wake up, then you will not be able to see anything anymore..."

Naraku smiled to himself. "That is perfectly all right, Kanna. After all, you would be surprised what we will be able to find out about them from their dreams. Look how easy it was for us to evade Kagome's thoughts the first time." He reminded her. "That time, we were making up her dreams for her. Won't they find it interesting when we start using some of their own dreams against them? We will not need to invent anything. We will wait for them to invent their own nightmare...and then we will act on it..."

"Why not just kill them?" suggested Kanna, her face still completely expressionless.

Naraku laughed, choosing to ignore her.

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"Kagome...what is going on with you and Inuyasha?" Sango whispered. "Miroku saw the two of you last night..."

Kagome blushed slightly. "I didn't mean to fall asleep like that..." she admitted.

"Well?" pressed Sango, smiling at her blushing friend. "I expect details! What happened? When did it happen? Have you told your mom? How did she take it? Come on, now! I need to know these things..."

Kagome couldn't help but laugh slightly. "Is the monk listening in?" she asked, and Sango took a furtive glance toward the hut and shrugged quickly.

"No." she answered. "Spill."

"Look..." Kagome whispered, rather than tell the story. She removed the locket from her neck, and placed it gently in Sango's hands. She popped it open so that Sango could glance at it, and smiled. "Inuyasha gave it to me...and my mom helped him pick it out. Isn't it beautiful?" she beamed.

Sango nodded. "I asked you about this yesterday! This is beautiful, Kagome! I am so glad you and Inuyasha have finally talked to each other..." she clapped, wrapping her friend in a tight hug.

"Sango!" Kagome blushed.

Sango pulled back. "I can't help it! I'm so happy for you..." Sango laughed. "For you and Inuyasha!"

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"Gramps...there is something that I really need to discuss with you." Kagome's mother cleared her throat loudly.

He blinked. "What is it, Akira?" he asked after a moment. "Is it terribly important? You're all right, aren't you?"

Akira nodded. "I'm fine, yes. This is important, though. It has to do with Kagome and..."

Kagome's grandfather jumped. "Are you going to say what I think you are going to say?" he demanded. "Because if you are, it would be wise of you to not finish your sentence. I will not condone it." he snapped.

Akira sighed deeply. "Gramps, Inuyasha loves her. He does. I know. I've talked to him. And Kagome...I think she's felt that way for him for quite a while. You can not deny it. You have seen the same things that I have. You can not say that you were not expecting this...and you can not say that you will not support it, either. He isn't a bad person, Gramps."

"That's because he isn't a person at all, Akira. He's a hanyou."

"That's wrong, Gramps. You condone Kagome's traveling with him in the feudal era, but you would forbid her to have feelings for him?" Akira paced. Her eyes showed a mixture of worry and fear. "He is good to her. He protects her...and he loves her. What more can you ask for your only granddaughter?"

Gramps snorted. "A human boyfriend, maybe?" he smirked.

"Well, I'm sorry...but she's chosen Inuyasha..."

"I can fix that quickly enough..." Kagome's grandfather whispered, more to himself than to his daughter-in-law. "She's of age, anyway...and I'm the man in this household now..."

Akira's mouth dropped open. "What is that supposed to mean?" she demanded. "What does it mean, huh? Especially coming from you...you, who has filled the children's head with stories...you who approved of Kagome's traveling before anyone else...you're fine with Inuyasha...until you realize how he feels about Kagome...Doesn't that make you a hypocrite?"

"This conversation is over, Akira. You will tell Kagome what I have said the next time she returns...and if that has been what she has been up to in the feudal era, maybe she shouldn't go back once she returns?" he suggested.

Akira's face paled with alarm.

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"I'll be back in the morning, Inuyasha. I have to go get some ramen, remember? Unless you would rather not have any?" she asked, setting her large yellow bag on the lip of the well. "I could just stay here...and we could be ramen-less..."

Inuyasha looked terrified. "No...you wouldn't..."

Kagome laughed. "I'll be back in the morning..." she promised, wrapping him in a hug and jumping down the well with her bag before he could say another word about it.

Emerging on the other side of the well, Kagome could tell something was wrong. Sitting on the bottom step in the well house was her mother and her brother, Souta. Each had a look of sadness plastered to their face.

Kagome blinked. "What's...what's wrong?" she stammered, growing worried by the look in their eyes. "Has something happened to Gramps or something?"

Souta coughed. "Yeah, something's happened. He's gone mental."

Kagome, if possible, was even more confused. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Go back, Kagome..." her mother warned her. "Go back, and bring Inuyasha with you. If you don't, I fear your grandfather may do something rash..." she warned, practically shoving Kagome back down the well.

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A/N: Sorry guys. I am aware of the lameness of the ending to this particular chapter, but I had to end it here. If you will remember the small stint of this chapter involving Naraku, you can easily understand why...anyway, please review, and I will update as soon as I can!