Only in a world so cold

Chapter 3

Along came a spider

Shintė woke up with a start. Heart racing. "That dream again" she whispered to her self. She was about to jump down when a hand grabbed her shoulder—She turned to see Inu-Yasha. "Shh, everyone's still sleeping…Follow me." He whispered and lead her through the trees.

"Where are we going?" She asked impatiently.

"I need to show you something." He grabbed her hand lightly, still leading her somewhere.

Finally, when they stopped, she looked around, "What is this place?" She was starring at a dark evil forest that smelt of rotting flesh and blood. It looked almost as if surrounded by a think purple-gray-ish poison fog.

He was starring at it to—or more like starring beyond it. "Naraku's castle is in the mountains. We have to go through it."

"Can't we go around?"

"No. The forest completely surrounds the castle. And there's no way of going around it." He looked her dead in the eye. "Are you ready?"

She could see the seriousness in his eyes. "I've been training all my life for this. 'Course I'm ready."

They stayed like this for at least a minute or two.

Then—without warning Shintė felt something shove her off the tree. She was plunging into the forest!

"SHIT!!" She heard Inu-Yasha shout.

Then she felt herself falling through the air, strangely she felt warmth surrounding her and then she landed. She opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Inu-Yasha's face, he opened his eyes. She had landed on top of him and he landed in the remains of a dead horse.

"A-Are you alright?" She said hovering over and looking down on him.

His face turned slightly pink, and he said "I'm fine j-j-just get off'a me!"

She stood up as he got up.

He followed her gaze to a large black hole in the cliff and in the hole came one long black leg and another followed by an ugly black head with at least eight eyes, huge pincer-like teeth dripping with foamy poison, and painted with blood on it's forehead was an 'X'.

"Naraku." Shintė heard Inu-Yasha say under his breath.

He pulled out a small stick-sword and transformed it into a huge, heavy looking sword. "Stand back." He said pushing her behind him. And then with one swift movement of there was a flash of red light and the spider was gone, and all there was, was a wooden spool-like thing, with a single hair around it, lying in halves.

Both of their ears twitched, "Do you hear that?" He looked back at her.

"What is it?" She looked around him

"I dunno. And I'd rather not find out." He looked up to see how far they'd fallen. "Think you could jump that?"

She looked up with him. "Yeah. Proba—WHOA!"

Inu-Yasha had her on his back and was leaping upwards. Following them were a hundred spiders, 'Probably family members of that one we killed' She thought.

"Go tell the others….I'll hold them back." He put her down and she ran through the trees to the camp sight.

"OH! Hell-" Kagome on…..gotta help Inu-Yasha…..fight them" She said between gasps of air.

"Oh, silly. The spiders won't do anything to you." Sango turned to face her. Her face was like porcelain. White skin, red lips, stuffed-deer eyes. But what got her most was the crack, a crack in her forehead, going over her temples. It started dripping blood that ran down her cheek, and into a little puddle. Then in a thick rush-blood started spraying out, pouring like a river, unreal-like, blinding her. Until all was black.

Shintė sat up quickly, looking around. It was still night, it was all a nightmare. She looked to her right, and through the branches and twigs she saw a little black spider eating a horse-fly that's been caught in it's net.

A/N:Ok, this chapter might seem sorta…..not right with the story but. It will be. Please R&R♥!!