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Dream of Me
Chapter Sixteen

"Okay, Kagome. I want you to hit me. As hard as you can, I want you to hit me, okay?" Inuyasha requested.

"Hit you?" she looked uncertain. "But Inuyasha…I don't want to hit you…"

"Do it anyway. Pretend I made you mad or something, and then hit me."

Kagome shrugged. "All right…" she whispered, balling up her fist, and then launching it at him. He caught it in his palm, and stared her in the eyes. She was confused now. What was he doing, anyway? "Inuyasha?" she whispered.

"That was pretty good, Kagome!" Inuyasha flashed her one of his rare smiles. "Very good, actually." He paused. "Now, if I work with you, hopefully you'll be able to figure out what your little niche is. I have the Blades of Blood and the Iron Reaver Soul Stealer. I wonder what you're hiding in there?" He mused. "Well, anyway, before we do that, we should see how physically strong you are on your own…"

Kagome nodded. "Fine with me!" she smiled.

"Okay, can you jump into the sacred tree?" Inuyasha pointed, and Kagome jumped. "Good. Now, try to attack me."

Kagome's eyebrow rose in confusion, and she stared down at Inuyasha with questions in her eyes. She opened her mouth and closed it again before she finally came up with what she was going to say. "You…you want me…to attack you?" she whispered, looking even more uncertain the more that she got to thinking about it.

Inuyasha nodded with enthusiasm. "Of course I do. Try to pin me." He challenged, a playful glint in his eye.

"Inuyasha…" smirked Miroku. "Are you sure you should start her out fighting you? Why not let her warm up first?"

"On you?" Inuyasha suggested.

"Well, I…" Miroku backed away.

Sango smiled as she came out of the kitchen. "Of course on him! Then Kagome can try to beat me…and then she can move on to you." Sango suggested. "It can be a three step system…that way Kagome gets more training in, and we'll all be nice and tired when it comes time for bed…"

Inuyasha seemed to be thinking about this for a moment before he finally nodded slowly. "Yeah. That sounds like a great idea. Okay with you, Kagome? Come on, monk. Don't be a baby. She's new at this, remember?"

Miroku stepped forward. "All right, Lady Kagome. Just try to stay standing…" he instructed her.

Again, Kagome nodded. "That sounds easy enough, Miroku."

"Ready? Go!" yelled Sango.

Miroku stepped forward, bringing his staff out in front of him, and charged toward Kagome. Kagome sidestepped his first attack and jumped over him easily. Miroku looked defeated.

Sango laughed. "Okay…this is going to be too easy for her. You were right, Inuyasha. You should take over before Miroku hurts himself somehow…" She smirked.

"Hey!" whined Miroku.

"All right then, Inuyasha. Bring it on…" smiled Kagome, her hands cracking in an Inuyasha-like fashion. She took several steps forward.

"This could get ugly…" Sango laughed. "I'm going inside to help Kagome's mother."

Miroku nodded. "I too, shall go inside…" be blushed and rushed after Sango.

Kagome and Inuyasha watched the two of them go inside. Inuyasha turned to Kagome, that playful glint resurfacing in his amber eyes. He smiled. "Okay Kagome. Same objective as earlier. I want you to pin me…or try, at least. We'll see which way it goes…"

Kagome nodded. She would wipe that smirk off of his face in due time. He would see.

"Ready….go!" yelled Inuyasha, and Kagome jumped forward, launching herself at him. Her outstretched hands landed on his shoulders, and the both of them fell onto the ground. Kagome's triumph was short-lived however, and soon she found that she was the one pinned to the ground. Inuyasha held her shoulders down with his hands and had somehow managed to pin her legs with his knees. She was completely immobile.

She growled lightly at herself for having managed to get into such a predicament.

Inuyasha laughed at this. "It's okay…you had the right idea. You just forgot about my legs is all."

Kagome nodded.

The two of them remained like this for some time, Kagome pinned to the ground and Inuyasha smiling triumphantly down at her. Kagome was trying to formulate a way to get out of her predicament when something else unexpected happened. Inuyasha leaned down and kissed her. He pulled back, smiling at her, and kissed her again.

This was about the time that Kagome's grandfather and her three friends Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi appeared on the scene. Kagome and Inuyasha did not notice…until they realized that they were being hit with ofudas. Inuyasha jumped back, and Kagome blushed crimson.

"How dare you? None of that in this household! Demon, be gone!" Kagome's grandfather continued to yell and throw his ofudas, but now they seemed to only be heading in Inuyasha's general direction.

Kagome gasped. "Gramps, stop it!" she demanded.

"Give it a rest, old man! They don't work!" Inuyasha frowned.

Kagome's three friends could only manage to stare at her and her mysterious boyfriend.

Kagome's mother rushed out of the house. "Gramps! What are you doing? Stop that, already!" she yelled at him.

"But they were…" he began, a frown quickly forming on his face.

"I don't care what they were doing! Kagome is eighteen years old and Inuyasha is…" she stopped, noticing that Kagome's friends were standing there. "The point is that they are old enough to do what they want without you throwing ofudas at them left and right…"

"This has been the first time!" Gramps defended himself.

Kagome took this opportunity to lead Inuyasha and her friends back into the safety of the house. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo were waiting for them. Miroku had one of his lecherous grins on his face.

"Just what exactly were you two doing out there, Inuyasha? I don't think I've ever had that much fun training before…" There were two pounding sounds one right after the other, and Miroku soon found himself sprawled across the kitchen floor with two large bumps on his head. Both Inuyasha and Sango had their hands balled into fists.

"Kagome!" smiled Shippo, jumping into her arms. The kit was smart, and had disguised himself to look like a normal little boy…although Kagome could tell that he was losing the fight in trying not to revert back to normal. She hugged him, kissed his cheek, and quickly ushered him into the other room before her friends could notice his change.

All three of them had been quiet, until Eri spoke. "This must be Inuyasha." She smiled. "We heard a lot about him from Hojo earlier today. He's way jealous, Kagome…and with good reason, I see…" she smiled.

Kagome gasped. "He's already out?" She paled slightly and wavered for a moment.

Yuka nodded. "Yeah. He made bail, but that restraining order keeps him from legally being able to come near you, doesn't it? I'm sure everything will be all right."

"But they didn't even keep him for twenty-four hours!" Kagome stammered.

"Well, he pleaded guilty, he made bail, and you filed a restraining order. The courts said they would throw him back in jail if he ever came near you…"

Kagome shook her head. "Yes, but a piece of paper won't stop him from coming near me, Yuka. He's going to do it, anyway. That's why I called the cops. He needs to be in jail…"

"If he comes near you again, Kagome, I'll…" Inuyasha's hand was once more balled up into a fist, and Kagome swore for a second she saw his eyes flash red.

She yawned. "Well girls, I'm sorry, but I'm getting kind of sleepy, and I'm going to go take a nap. I'll call you later?" she suggested, and the three girls nodded.

In truth, Kagome was really sleepy. She needed her rest, even if it wasn't time for her to go to sleep yet. A nap would certainly do her some good. She smiled at Inuyasha and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm going to go take a nap, Inuyasha."

He nodded and watched her walk up the stairs and into her room. When he heard the click of the door, then he turned back to his friends Miroku and Sango. Shippo rushed into the room.

"Are they gone?" he asked, looking around cautiously, and Inuyasha nodded.

"Kagome went up to take a nap." Sango pointed when she noticed that the little kit was still looking around.

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"Inuyasha! Stop! I will not let you fight him alone! If you die, we both die anyway, so there is no sense in trying to protect me when you know that I could help!" Kagome argued. "I'm not just going to stand here like an idiot and watch Naraku tear you to shreds! It doesn't work like that, remember? It never has!"

"But this is different!" Inuyasha frowned.

Kagome shook her head. "No, it is not! I'm much stronger than I was the last time we fought against Naraku! We have a better chance of winning if you let me fight, and you know that!"

Inuyasha had a defeated look in his eyes. "All right…but please be careful…" he said pleadingly, and Kagome nodded, a small smile on her lips.

Kagome and Inuyasha charged forward. Kagome brought out her bow, aiming it squarely at Naraku's heart, and hollered, "Heart breaker!" A combination of demon and miko energy spiraled around the arrow, and it seemed to multiply as it soared straight for its target.

Kagome gasped as she shot straight up into a sitting position. She felt weaker than she had before she went to bed. Looking down, she realized her claws were gone. This must be her human night, she realized. Looking out the window, she could clearly see the full moon that hung in the sky.

"Inuyasha!" she called.

Only seconds later, Inuyasha was standing in her doorway. "What is it?" he asked, but gasped and nodded in understanding when he saw that she was human.

"It's not that…" Kagome whispered.

"Well then woman, what do you want?" Inuyasha scowled in a fake attempt to appear irritated.

She smiled. "I think I know what one of my attacks is, Inuyasha. I had a dream about it…" she revealed.

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A/N: There you go! Another chapter! I hope you liked it! Please review and I will try to update as soon as possible! Thanks!