A/N: Here's chapter ten of this one! I hope you like it

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Dream of Me
Chapter Ten

"When do you think Kagome and Inuyasha will get back from her time period?" Shippo asked.

"Hopefully soon." Miroku admitted, looking skeptically down the well. "They don't usually stay that long, and we have to resume our search for the jewel shards very soon. We do not want Naraku to once again have the upper hand…"

The pink light coming from the well told both of them that Kagome and Inuyasha would soon be there.

"Yay!" Shippo jumped towards the well, but stopped short. "Kagome…? Inuyasha? What…what happened?" he stammered, taking a frightened step back. Inuyasha was in demon form, and the little kitsune could tell that it was not his own blood he was covered in, but Kagome's.

Inuyasha only growled and rushed into the forest.

Miroku looked after him, but made no attempt to follow.

"Aren't we going to…?" began Shippo.

Miroku shook his head. "No. He is in demon form right now. That means even to us, he is dangerous. Inuyasha has a special connection with Kagome. He cares deeply for her, so it isn't surprising that her injury would drive his demonic side into overdrive…"

"But Kagome looked like she was hurt badly, Miroku!" Shippo argued.

"Yes, and with Inuyasha holding her in the state that he's in, do you want to be the one to try to get her away from him? Because I am in no hurry to die." Miroku answered.

Shippo shook his head. "I guess not." He paused. "Where do you think he is going with her like that?"

Miroku thought about this for a moment. "I bet he has gone to seek out his brother's help."

"Sesshoumaru?" Shippo shivered at the inu-youkai's name. "Will he save Kagome, Miroku? He will, won't he? He wouldn't let her die, would he?" Shippo looked as if he was about to cry just thinking about it.

"What happened?" It was Sango.

Miroku sighed and told her of everything that had happened in the time that Shippo and himself had been sitting there near the well.

"He was in demon form?" Sango blinked.

Miroku nodded. "Yes."

"And he had Kagome?"

"Yes."

"And…you let him leave?" There was anger in her voice now.

"I, well…"

"To take Kagome to Sesshoumaru? And you're not even sure about that, are you?" Sango demanded, her cheeks reddening.

Miroku gulped. "What were we supposed to do, Sango, dear? He would have killed us if we had interrupted us. Even you know that much."

Sango calmed herself slightly. "For your sake and Kagome's, you had better hope that you are right this time around, monk." She threatened him, her fist clenched at her side.

"Everything will be fine, Sango." Miroku promised, although he was eyeballing her fist nervously. "There will be no need for violence. I promise you."

"How long ago did he leave?" Sango asked.

Shippo coughed. "It was about five minutes or so ago." He told her. "Not too long."

She nodded. "If he isn't back within the hour, we are going to go searching for him, demon or not. Understood?" she looked at the monk and the small fox demon, who both nodded quickly.

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"Hmm…": frowned Sesshoumaru. "Inuyasha is drawing close. What is he doing on my lands? I didn't think he was truly that arrogant…" Sesshoumaru paused. "Oh. I see. The girl must be hurt…"

As if one cue, Inuyasha came running into the clearing, the limp Kagome in his arms. He was still in his demon form. Sesshoumaru's eyes widened, and his eyebrow rose with interest.

Inuyasha growled.

"Inuyasha, you must learn to control yourself a little more. Keep your hormones in check. This is quite pathetic…" Sesshoumaru commented.

"She's hurt." Inuyasha snapped. "It was Kikyou. Please…help her."

Sesshoumaru gasped. It was amazing that Inuyasha was talking…that meant that he was thinking on his own…

"I will not…."

"Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha yelled, his voice dripping with a mixture of venom and desperation. "I need you to help her! I can't! I don't know how! And I need her to be with me! Don't you get it?"

Sesshoumaru was once again taken aback by his brother's actions. "You…you are in love with her, aren't you?" he whispered. "You're in love with this human girl. You are just the same as father was, Inuyasha…"

"Shut up! I don't care! Just…help her, please…" Inuyasha frowned.

"I guess I could do that for you once…" Sesshoumaru mused.

Inuyasha carefully set Kagome down in the grass, and looked up at Sesshoumaru. He was silent for a moment before finally saying something. "Sesshoumaru," he whispered, "…thank you for helping me."

Sesshoumaru only grunted. "This will not happen again." He warned. "Keep a closer eye on your woman next time…"

Inuyasha growled, but did not say a word. Sesshoumaru, after all, was going to help Kagome. He was going to save her…and that was something Inuyasha couldn't do at this point.

Sesshoumaru pulled out his father's fang tenseiga, and swiped it several times at the small demons of death that he could see scurrying over Kagome's body. Within seconds, they were gone, and Kagome was awake.

Inuyasha sighed with relief. "Kagome…" he whispered. "Are you all right?"

Kagome blinked. Sesshoumaru was standing above her with his tenseiga in hand, and Inuyasha was on his knees next to her. His eyes were red. He was still in his demon form. Had she…had she actually died?

"Inuyasha." She smiled. "I'm all right now…"

Inuyasha helped her up, and once again nodded to Sesshoumaru. "Thank you." He said.

Sesshoumaru made no attempt at any facial expression. He only turned and began to walk in the direction from whence he had come. Inuyasha and Kagome stared after him for a moment before Inuyasha picked her up and started off back towards the bone-eater's well.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered. "Are you all right? Your eyes…they are still red. Where is the tesseiga?"

"I think I left it in your time after Kikyou…" he admitted.

"But you seem to be all right…" Kagome grinned.

"I don't like being like this. People are scared of me." He frowned.

Kagome took a deep breath. "People may be scared of you, Inuyasha, but I am not." She promised. "I will never be afraid of you."

"I know." He sighed.

"Do you want to go back to my time and get your sword?" she asked him after a moment, and he nodded.

He paused. "We had better stop by the village first. I think I worried Miroku and Shippo when I came out of the well like that…and I didn't really have time to stop and chat. They're probably very worried about you, you know."

"That's fine. We'll stop by and let them know that I am all right." Kagome smiled. "And then we'll go get your sword. It's a good thing to have. Besides, we have some jewel shards to find, don't we?"

"How can you be thinking about the jewel shards right now? You almost died. I almost lost you! Kikyou…she thought it was funny…" Inuyasha shivered.

"I'm sorry…" Kagome whispered. "I just can't help it. I worry about it a lot."

"Try not to worry for a little while. I think we all need to relax for a bit before we do anything more." He admitted, his eyes cast straight at the ground.

"All right, Inuyasha…"

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"I'm going out to look for them," Sango announced. "I don't care if you guys come or not. I hope they're both okay."

"We're fine. Why do you ask?" It was Kagome who spoke.

Sango turned. "Kagome!" She gasped. "Oh! We are so glad that you are all right! We've been so worried, and I couldn't believe that Miroku and Shippo hadn't…you're both not fine." She realized. "What happened to Inuyasha? He's still in his demon form."

"I can understand you, you know." Inuyasha smirked. He sighed. "Guess I got a little too excited. Kagome and I are going to go back to her time and find my sword. I think I may have left it there after Kikyou hurt Kagome…"

Sango nodded. "Well then, we'll wait here for you, all right?"

Inuyasha nodded. He looked at Kagome, whom he was still holding protectively in his arms, and smiled at her. "We'll be back tomorrow morning. I think I might owe Kagome's family a bit more of an explanation now." He blushed. "I left in a bit of a hurry, I think…"

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Indeed, Kagome's family was waiting inside the well house when Kagome and Inuyasha returned. They looked worriedly from Kagome to Inuyasha and back again without a word. Finally, Kagome's mother took action, rushing forward to wrap her daughter in a tight hug.

"Kagome, are you all right? Oh, I have been so worried!" she cried. "I saw…I saw everything…I stood right there…and I didn't do anything about it…" she sobbed.

"I'm fine, mom. Inuyasha helped me." Kagome promised her mother. "Everything is fine now. We came back to get Inuyasha's sword…"

"I'm sorry about running off like that…and scaring everyone. I changed, and my instincts kind of took over, and I had to help Kagome. I didn't think."

"We're glad you didn't." Gramps admitted. "Because you helped. You saved her. Thank you."

"There it is by the sacred tree…" Kagome pointed to Inuyasha's sword.

He sighed with relief. "Time to go back to normalcy now…" He picked up the sword, but nothing seemed to happen. "Ah…Kagome…" he frowned. "What's wrong?"

Kagome glanced at him, and thought for a moment. Then she remembered Kikyou. Kikyou had been in possession of tainted shards of the shikon jewel. She looked again at Inuyasha.

"Do you still have the shards that you got from Kikyou?" she asked quietly.

Inuyasha seemed to be thinking about this for a moment. Finally he nodded. "Why?"

"Give the shards to me, Inuyasha. They need to be purified, and they need to be away from you. They are stopping you from returning to normal, I think…" Kagome told him quickly.

Inuyasha handed her the jewel shards, and again picked up his sword. Within seconds, his eyes returned back to their original gold color, and again, he sighed with relief.

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"Now is the time I spoke about, Kanna. The group Inuyasha travels with has been separated, and Inuyasha and Kagome are conflicted. They are sure to have nightmares worthy of our interference soon enough…" Naraku laughed.

Kanna nodded. "Master Naraku, what about Kagura?"

Naraku paused. "She, too, will die soon, Kanna, but my first priority is that girl Kagome and Inuyasha. After we have gotten rid of them, then we shall dispose of the others that stand in our way…"

"But you have tried this before, Naraku. It has not worked. You are making a mistake…" she warned.

"We'll see about that…" hr growled.

"I have tried to warn you. Whether or not you listen to me is entirely up to you, but I still find your actions unwise." She smirked, and slowly but quietly left the room.

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A/N: Yes, I am leaving it there. Please review and I will try to update as soon as possible! Thanks!