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Abi-Hime: … I don't own you.

InuYasha: Can we PLEASE pretend that you do?

Abi-Hime: Why the heck would you WANT that?

InuYasha: … Because you don't make me into some horny, desperate, lecherous idiot, that's why.

Abi-Hime: Ah. Right. But I still don't own you.

CHAPTER TWO: People in her Dreams

During dinner, Kagome told her mother about the "outing" she had scheduled with InuYasha for the morning and despite Souta's constant giggling and her Grandpa's also constant objections of going into public with a hanyou, Midori consented and sent Souta and Grandpa to bed. Kagome found this quite funny and couldn't help but laugh, Midori as well.

After Midori and Kagome had finished their laughing fit, Kagome bid her mother good night and ran up the stairs and opened the door to the room she had claimed as her own. It didn't look quite as she had pictured it would but, Kagome decided it would be just fine. She waltzed over to the large window on the far wall, she then remembered why she had chosen this room it had a small balcony with a tree right next to it, perfect for 'escapes'.

She calmly opened the glass door (Which was basically just a window with a latch and handle) and stepped onto the small, empty cement balcony. Little did she know, that there were three pairs of eyes watching her.

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Miroku stared at her from the other side of the street. "She's pretty, isn't she?" he said, his eyes glazing over. Sango slapped him on the head, "Baka! I'm right here!" Miroku and Sango proceeded to get into a very loud argument. (Kagome thought they were cats from her balcony).

"…Yea… She is…"

The fighting immediately stopped, "WHAT?" the quarreling couple said when they heard InuYasha speaking in a gentle tone he had only used with one person before…

InuYasha looked over at his astonished friends and became a little confused, "What are you both staring at?" the two regained their composure and Miroku snickered. Slowly, Miroku's snicker turned into rolling laughter. Sango ignored her boyfriend and sauntered over to her half-demon friend and smiled, "You think she's lovely, you want to hug her…" Sango kept singing (mimicking Sandra Bullock) as InuYasha turned the corner and slammed the front door close. "…Good one Sango" Miroku said as he crossed his arms, Sango ignored him and kept singing.

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Kagome had changed and had gotten into bed. She was so tired; she didn't even turn her lights off; or her music for that matter. Her eyes slowly closed and she drifted into a dreamy sleep.

She dreamt of the Sengoku Jidai, and, surprisingly, she saw familiar faces. Kagome saw Sango (in some really funky clothes that fit her personality perfectly), Miroku (he didn't look much different, he even had the same sad glint in his eyes), InuYasha (much to her displeasure), Souta's new friend Shippou (he was adorable) and her English teacher from her old school, Kaede-sensei. Then she saw something that disturbed her greatly. Two women, both looking much like herself. She realized one must be her (she was wearing her new school uniform) but then… who was the other? She looked very depressed and she was very pale, she almost looked… dead. Suddenly, she realized it… it was…

Everything disappeared and the face of a man filled her mind, he had long hair and was sporting a sinister grin. The rest of his face was hidden behind a baboon mask.

Kagome jolted awake, she realized she had left her lights on. She stood up, sighed and turned them off. She walked over to her stereo and changed the CD that was playing, she skipped a few tracks and found one of her favorite songs, "Ai no Uta" by Every Little Thing. The music calmed her and she forgot about the man in the baboon costume and the strange Miko that she had hoped never to see again.

She slid open the glass door and stepped out onto the balcony again. The warm autumn air seemed to embrace her in its gentle, strong arms. Kagome found herself looking at the stars, imagining what her day with the gorgeous jerk would be like. Kagome felt her face get hot and she snapped out of the trance the stars had placed her under and covered her face with her hands. "Why am I blushing!" she thought, "It's not as if there's anything good about him except his face! … And…" her eyes glazed over, "that adorable smirk…" she blushed again. She then gripped the railing and said, her face still getting hot, "I'm not gonna fall again!" She nodded and walked back inside, "…I just won't…"