Chapter Six- The Dream Box

!Warning! Some scenes are found not suitable for children. This story includes violence, mild language, and adult content. Reader discretion is advised. A/N: I got this plot in Sailor Moon so it might look familiar.

Naori wringed out her kimono after she and Mazuki went fishing. She tripped and landed in the water and was soaked. They ate the small fish and some of Kagome's crackers. When they were done, Kagome was teaching the others to play go fish with some cards she brought. They played a few games and Shippo jumped for joy when he finally won a game.

A black cloud covered the sky and they all looked up at it."That's wierd. I didn't sense any rainclouds coming, but now I can."

The rain plummeted down and they ran under the trees to stay dry. The rain fell harder until all you could hear was the pounding from the mud as water hit it over and over. This didn't seem like any regular rainstorm either. Could Kuro have found them? They wouldn't be able to fight in this condition until the rain stopped and it wasn't likely that it would if that was Kuro. The rain ceased to a light shower and they waited for it to stop.

Finally after an hour, the rain was only a sprinkle and they could walk in it again. The mud squelched beneath thier feet as they walked. Kenta and Shippo were playing in the mud until Mazuki told them to stop because they weren't sure where the next spring was.

They walked along the road and Shippo left them to see what was ahead. When they saw him as the pink floating thing, he popped back into shape.

"Find anything, Shippo?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah, there's a village up ahead with nobody there."he pointed the direction he just came from.

"You mean it's deserted?"

"I think so, I got an uneasy feeling about it though. Like the villagers just disapeared."

"Let's go check it out."said Naori.

They walked a few feet until the village was in sight when they climbed to the top of the hill. It looked like a normal village. There were fields, huts, horses, chickens, and all sorts of other things you would find in a village, but no people. They went down there to investigate. The huts still had food in them and the horses have been recently fed and the fields have been looked after, but they didn't find anyone anywhere.

"Do you think it was a man slaughter?"asked Shippo.

"No, there's no damage or any evidence of a fight or surprise attack. It's like they did just disapeared." Mazuki said looking around.

They began to walk again to see if there was anybody left in the village. They walked a few feet when Kagome stopped.

"I'm sensing some strange energy."she told them,"From that way." she pointed towards a mountain.

"Let's go see what it is then. Could it be a demon with one of those crystals?" Inuyasha asked.

"Our crystals haven't lit up yet, so I don't think so,"answered Naori.

They walked towards the mountain and when they were close enough, they could all sense a strange energy force. The hair on Naori's neck stood on end with that feeling in her gut. They saw a cave and that was where the energy was coming from. They took a breath and walked inside.

It was like all the other caves, except for the strange energy. Naori could pick up the smell of humans and a demon, but no blood. That made her uneasy.

"There's a demon up ahead,"said Inuyasha. Kenta hugged his sister's waist.They walked on in the darkness, until when they took a step a strange clink echoed through the cave. Naori put her hand up and it glowed a purplish light that she used to see what it was.

"You never told me you could do that,"said Inuyasha.

"You never asked." She bent down to the floor and Kagome gasped."I think we found the villagers." In large purple glass boxes were women, men, and children all in thier own box and they seemed to be in a deep hypnotic sleep.

"This place is giving me the creeps,"said Shippo shakingly. Mazuki picked up her brother and placed him on her hip.

"Let's see if we can get them out,"Inuyasha took out his blade and struck the glass, but it did not break."Damn!"

"They are dreaming peacefully, they are happy in the dream boxes,"said a haunting voice. A man with blonde hair was watching them from a cliff that was above them.

"And just who the hell are you!"Inuyasha demanded. The man smiled.

"I am Inazuma, the dream demon. I feed off the dreams of people to make me stronger."

"So you took all the villagers and stuffed them in these boxes while they were in a trance." Inuyasha readied his blade,"Fine by me, I'll just kill you and set them free." He charged at Inazuma with great speed, but Inazuma was too fast and punched him in the gut.

"You are just a meesley half breed, you cannot defeat me,"he raised his claws, ready to strike when an arrow whizzed by and cut his face. Kagome was posed with her bow and he looked at her and smiled,"A young miko, I shall gain lot's of energy from her."

"Kagome, look out!" Inuyasha warned her. A crystal box shot up with it's side down. Naori pushed her out of the way, but the box enclosed them both."Kagome! Naori!"

They were already in the trance and were dreaming. Inazuma laughed. Inuyasha punched him and they began to fight.

Kagome woke up and rubbed her eyes. She was in a hut with stew cooking on thefire. Inuyasha walked in and saw her,"I see you're awake."

Kagome didn't know how she got here or where exactly they were."Where are the others?"She felt something on one of her fingers and saw a wedding band on her third finger on her left hand. She saw Inuyasha also had one that matched hers. We're married!

"They're outside, you slept forever." He took her hand,"Come on, lets go outside." He took her out of the hut and into a beautiful rainforest with a waterfall.

She stared opened mouth as she watched the water fall into the pool. Sango and Miroku were playing in the water and the kids and Shippo were playing in the trees. Naori saw her and ran up and hugged her.

"Mommy, you're awake," she said happily. Kagome looked at her. Was this a dream? She hugged Naori back and kissed her forehead.
Sango and Miroku were up close and personal in the pool. He kept running his fingers down her back and she would tickle. It struck Kagome that Sango had a backless dress on, but had no scar. Miroku didn't have his prayer beads and his right arm wasn't wrapped up.

"Is something wrong?"She turned to face a shirtless Inuyasha. Oh, wow, what a great body!

"Uh,no, I'm just still a little sleepy." Something wasn't right. It was all too good. She had to be dreaming, but she wasn't sure that she wanted to or not. She looked at his neck and saw that the rosary was missing. Did I take it off?

Inuyasha charged at Inazuma and his blade clashed with the Tetsaiga. They pulled back in a flurry of punches. Sango sent her boomerang at him,but he dodged and she caught it. Mazuki, Kenta, and Shippo were around the box containing Kagome and Naori.

Mazuki kicked it,"Come on, open up!" She slammed her hiraikotsu at it and still nothing.

"Fox fire!" The blue flame encircled the box but didn't do anything more than what Mazuki did. Inuyasha was thrown back and was bleeding at the arm where Inazuma stabbed him. He took charge once again for his wind scar but Inazuma kicked the sword out of his hand, where it fell to the floor and transeformed back to the pathetic blade.

"They are happy in thier own world. Don't you want them to be happy?" Inazuma said teasingly.

"It's not real!" Inuyasha clawed at his chest and scratched it.

Kagome walked along the bank. This was all to good to be true. Inuyasha came up from behind her and wrapped his arms around her,"Is something bothering you, my love?"

She stopped. That wasn't the Inuyasha she knew. She turned to face him and he kissed her on the lips. If it was a dream, then that was the best dream kiss she ever had. She pulled back and looked into his ember eyes. She saw them glistening in the sunlight but they were not those of her love.

"I need to head back, I want to see Naori."

He nodded and took her hand and led her to one of the trees where Naori laid sleeping. Kagome brushed the hair out of her daughter's face. She looked at her, watching her sleep,"It's not real."She whispered.

"What's not real?"Inuyasha asked. Kagome faced him.

"Inuyasha, who do you love more, me or Kikyo?"

He took her hand and without hesitation said,"You, and only you. I don't love Kikyo. I never did and I never will."

Kagome stared at him with glistening eyes and she smiled. "As great as that sounds to me, I know you're not Inuyasha." She took Naori in her arms.

"What do you mean, Kagome?"

She faced him,"I need to return to my true Inuyasha, my true love."

Inuyasha had his blade back and swung hard at the demon. The demon grunted and swung his sword at him, which he blocked with the Tetsaiga. The two fought on, While the others gathered around the box that held the hypnotic Kagome and Naori.

Suddenly the box began to crack.

"What!"Inazuma hissed and Inuyasha punched him in the cheek.

The box shattered and Kagome fell to her knees with Naori in her arms.

"Kagome! You're okay!"said Shippo who was jumping for joy.

Inazuma jumped down,"How did you break from my dream box?"

Kagome smiled,"How can you put me in a world that didn't include kicking your sorry ass!" She took out an arrow and shot it at him. It struck him in the forehead and he crummbled to dust. The boxes disapeared and the villagers woke up.

"Where am I?" "How did I get here?" "What happened?" Those were the questions being asked.

"Villagers, you are no longer in danger, please return to your village,"said Miroku. The villagers took his advice and made thier way to the exit.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome,"How were you able to get out of that box?"

She smiled,"It was just too good to be true. Itwas missing something." She had a dreamy look on her and her cheeks were flushed.

"What did you see?"

"Nothing."

"Kagome, tell me."

"I said nothing."

"Dammit Kagome, tell me!"

"Sit!"

"Oof!"

"That's what was missing!"

They exited the cave with Inuyasha cussing at her.

A/N: See the plot is from a Sailor Moonmovie so I don't own that. I don't own anything.