Disclaimers Notice: Well, if I can't be Rumiko, than she will have to be me, ultimately 'forcing' me to resign to being her since I can't very well be me if she is and the only illegal thing would be she would be being me! Yes! Wait...that won't work will it...how do I get her to be me?????

Authors Beginning Note: The week after next week I may be too busy to type up any chapters, but I will try my best, if I do Yay! And if not, I did tell you a head of time. However, as soon as I get loads of time on my hands, I'm planning on writing a few chapters ahead, so that if futerly I do get in a jam and don't have time to write, I should at least have time to post! Sweet deal, ne? I suppose I should get to typing (te he)

Shout it outs!

Orion Kohaishu- I'm delighted I could create such an awe-inspiring piece and that it was liked so well by you! I hope this chapter and the rest to come are just as good!

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Chapter 37

Nightmares and the Boy who cried Sango

"Kagome?"

"But, how did I...?" This can't be. I'm at Goshinboku, but that's not possible. How can I be here, I don't remember even coming here. Wait, am I sleep walking again?

"Kagome." I turned around, but no one's there? Then whose voice is that? This is creepy, what if it's a stalker, or a Yukai, or worse, Keisuke. Stop it girl, it's probably nothing to even worry about, but just in case...

"Who's there?" I reached over my shoulder hoping to grab my bow and arrows, but nothings there! Oh no! What am I going to do? Idiot Kagome, always getting yourself in trouble, especially when Inuyasha isn't here.

"Kagome."

"I said who's there? Show yourself!" Hearing a snicker I went to turn, but arms! Around me!

"Keisuke, I swear, I'm going to...Inuyasha!"

"What's wrong?"

"Inuyasha!" I yelled as I ran into his arms.

"What's the matter with you?"

"I was worried you idiot! You were gone for nearly 2 weeks!" I cried in his Haori, grasping it tightly with my fingers.

"I got in a fight with a Yukai."

"At least you're all right. You idiot!" I said starting out sad and relieved only to get mad. How could he! Who does he think he is? Just off fighting Yukai on his own. The jerk!

"Actually Kagome, I never survived."

"Wha...Inuyasha, what are you...?" I pulled back slightly to see his face and screamed.

"I died. I came to tell you, good bye." He said and blood dripped and oozed out of his body, spilling onto me and splashing on my face as the skin seemingly dripped off as if burned and fell to the ground. No! It can't be!

"Inuyasha!" I screamed only to fall into blackness and onto solid ground.

"Inuyasha!" I screamed even louder so I could be heard over the now raging battle before me. Why? Why? Where? How? This...it just can't...the war? I heard an arrow zing past my ear and drew an arrow, shooting the beast that had first shot me.

"Inuyasha! Where are you!"? I yelled as I was pressed suffocatingly on all sides, hoping not to be sliced with a sword.

"Now, little girl, you die!" I swiveled around.

"Stupid wench." Came an angelic voice as I was lifted off of the ground and saved, with arms...bones!

"Inuyasha!" I screamed. I was dropped on the ground as my captor, a skeleton with rotted hair, dried blood, and ratted moldy clothes swiped at a demon and destroyed it.

"Inu...Inuyasha..." The thing turned and looked at me, before being blown to bits by a strong attack.

"Ka...Kagome, I told you...I'm dead." Said the remainders head as it landed in my hands.

"No...No...Inuyasha!" I screamed my loudest.

"Kagome." Kagome shot up right, sweat rolling off of her and causing her clothes to cling to sweat lathered body. Her hair smelled of salt and was coldly damp, and grasping her shoulders was a familiar woman.

"Sango...oh it was awful." She said weeping and hugging her in a deathly tight grasp, not noticing the other four curious, sleepy, and worried faces that were Keade, Shippo, and Miroku. Kirara mewed like a worried kitten.

"Shhh, Kagome. It was only a nightmare." Sango said rocking her back and forth, signaling for the others to go back to sleep.

"It...he...died...and the war..." Kagome managed to sob.

"It was the same dream then?" Kagome nodded.

"This is the third night in a row, not counting when she takes naps. What if something really did happen to Inuyasha?" Sango heard Shippo say to Miroku and Keade.

"Kagome is the closest to Inuyasha out of all of us. There is a possibility that something might have happened."

"Nay, you two work yourselves for nothing."

"Than you believe Inuyasha is well Keade?"

"Hai, I very much so do."

"Well, he better be that jerk, otherwise if he's ended up dead somewhere, I'm gonna kick his butt for hurting poor Kagome!" Sango didn't hear anymore, as the three began their day, though very early, for the sun hadn't even risen, and the last star could still be seen.

"I know, how about before you have to start back up more of your Miko training, and combat training, we go and relax in a spring for a long bath. It will make you feel better." Still sniffling, Kagome pulled back.

"Thank you Sango. Yah. I'd like that. But it's so early."

"All the better. More chance for full privacy from everyone else." Sango said hinting at the chance of escape from all of local the peeping toms. (CoughMirokuCoughKeisukeCough.)

"Yah!" In no time they were ready to go, so with the wind at there heels, they took off riding Kirara and enjoyed a two hour long, relaxing, blissful, and best of all, peaceful bath.

Oh no! My blade...he...he crushed it as if it were nothing. I don't think I can destroy him. Oh Kami help me. The girl. I wish she were here, I'm sure she could protect me.

"Now you will die boy." Came the eerie voice as deadly claws that threatened to tear him to shreds were slashing at the unarmed Kohaku. Kohaku rolled away from the tree trunk he had been cornered to, barely in time, and covered his head as dirt and tree alike flew in the air.

Gotta run, gotta run. But where to? Where am I going to go?

"Gotcha!" Kohaku jumped in the air and started jumping from tree to tree, as each perch he had previously been on was obliterated

I can't keep doing this. I'm already wearing out! He's stronger than me. I can't fight. Then I have to run. But where to? That girl. I have to be strong for her. I don't know who she is, but I have to do my best for her.

He began to dodge and sprint with even more vigor but as all things tend to do, this renewed energy began to ebb away and disappear.

No...I can't die. Not like this. I can't.

"Oomph!" He said, barely making a sound as he was flung to the ground and ended up making a large divot in the ground, only to stop and hit his head on a tree. His breathing came in harsh gasps and his muscles began to stiffen. These matters weren't helped by the aching throb in his head that made him dizzy.

"Now boy. You have lived you're last breath." He watched the paw rise and the claws gleam even in the dimly lit brush.

No! That girl. Running. She was running, what happened. I remember. We were fighting against something. There were a lot of people. But that girl. Who is she? Why can't I at least remember who she is! Please! Oh Kami above! At least let me know who she is before I die! She's the only thing I can remember. That girl. With the high ponytail. Her speed and agility. She could help me. She was a slayer! I know it. She...she's...

"Sango!" Kohaku cried out with all of his might and furry. Never before had he put so much effort into saying such a simple thing, but it wasn't simple, it meant so much to him. The tree three yards behind the demon began to creak and then snapped only to fall on the attacker, cracking the skull of the large half bear, half goat demon. But Kohaku wasn't aware of his strange rescue from this tree.

I remember. The village. I was practicing. That girl. My sister. Sango. I was scared. Then we went off to fight and...oh no...no...No! It just can't be! No! I couldn't...no! I didn't...It wasn't me! No! Dad! Our men! Sango! Dead! No...it wasn't me! I swear...she..even then she tried...no! Please...oh Kami...I didn't...mean...I ...NO!

"NO. Sango!" He screamed pleadingly as his eyes fluttered wide open and rolled back. His body shook in convulsions. His hands witched and flailed as the shock of everything began to descend upon him and crash right into him like a fatal blow that was sure to kill him.

Sesshoumaru and the others looked up as they heard the loud and distinct call that rang through out the grassy plains from the forest.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, what was that?" Rin asked from her comfortable perch on Ah and Un.

"Don't bother Lord Sesshoumaru with such silly questions. What does it matter anyway."? Jakan huffed as he stared bitterly, if not childishly at Rin. Sesshoumaru turned back around and began to moved forth in the intended direction. Jakan followed.

"But...Lord Sesshoumaru, aren't you going to investigate?" Sesshoumaru paused, but only enough to answer.

"No."

"But my lord, did it not sound like someone cried out 'Sango'? Is that not the name of the girl who follows Inuyasha's group?" Rin said innocently. Jakan snickered, knowing that no one got away freely by talking of his lords half brother in his lords presence, and delighted in the thoughts of the many ways of punishment the girl may receive.

"Do you question my orders?" Rin looked shocked.

"Of course not My Lord. I was merely suggesting. Forgive me." The little girl said bowing her head in sullen guilt of angering her protector, her guardian. Sesshoumaru did nothing but stand there, and gaze at the girl, no emotions evident.

"We will go and look. But after this, I do not want to hear you speak so boldly as such."

"Yes my lord!" Rin cried with glee as she followed Sesshoumaru into his new course of destination for the moment as Jakan stared, his mouth open.

"Bu-but, she...Wait up for me!" He cried suddenly noticing the large distance between him and them.

Authors Ending Note: Where is Inuyasha? What's taking him so long? What could Kagome's dreams possibly mean? Is he beloved Hanyou truly in danger? And what of Kohaku? Now that he has his memories back, is he inclined to succumb to insanity? Or will Sesshoumaru, Rin, and Jakan have other plans for him, that is other than killing him. All this (well mostly) and more (most likely) to come in my next chapter! (Ooh...feel the excitement!)