Chapter 21 Kagome's Dream
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
A/N: Hey everyone! How are things? I'm so glad to be off school for a while! This is my Christmas present to you all. So I hope enjoy!
Nabz- I'm glad you are so enthusiastic! I tried to get the next chapter finished as soon as I could just for you! So I hope you really like it! And thanks! And if you would like to, please check out my other stories!
Kagomevampy- Thanks! I'm glad you like my story! It makes me so happy to hear it!
Kirara Kitten- Yes sadly I had lots of homework. I have to interview my grandmother. And the teacher gave like 50 questions to ask! And the plot with thicken as much as I want it too! Muhahahahaha! I'm evil and I love it!
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"So what are we going to do about this, Kagome?" Sango asked.
"Well, right now I think we should just keep our eyes open and be ready for anything until we get a lead to help us figure out what's going on."
"But Kagome, what about you and Inu—"Ayame started but was stopped by Kagome.
"We'll worry about me and Inuyasha later. Right now this is more important."
"It sounds like to me you are—" Sango began to say before she was silenced by Kagome.
"No Sango. I am not trying to run from my problem with Inuyasha. I'm just putting it on hold until we figure out what is up with these demons."
"Kagome," Ayame began gently but with an air of sternness, "Sango and I have known you since Elementary school. And in those years we have come to discover that you tend to run from your difficult problems. You can solve any problem for any one else but when it comes to yourself you try to hide or forget about it. You can't do that anymore. You need to talk with Inuyasha. We still don't know what went on that day. Sometimes you need to put yourself before others."
"I don't know what you are talking about!" Kagome said stubbornly crossing her arms.
"Kagome, you know you do. The first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one." Sango said smiling.
Kagome couldn't help suppressing a grin. It brought back her high school days. Sango reminded her of the joke they had made with those words. They would always tease each other that way to try and get the other to smile. "Okay. I admit I have a problem." Kagome said letting her grin broaden.
"There! Don't you feel so much better?" Sango teased hugging her friend.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever." Kagome said pretending it was nothing.
"Awwww! You know you love us!" Ayame said joining in and hugging Kagome as well.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Inuyasha as a last minute decision decided he would go talk to Kikyou and force her to tell him what she was planning. He knew she was the reason he and Kagome were on bad terms right now. And Inuyasha was going to make her fix them! She had crossed him for the last time. After this was all over if she so much as came anywhere near him, he would not be held responsible for his actions. He couldn't take it anymore. Inuyasha would like it if things could slow down and go right for once in his life. And lately everything seemed to be going the opposite way he wanted them to.
So to calm down a bit before he got to Kikyou's 'palace' as she so described it, he decided he would walk there. And to make things even better he was wearing his red kimono. The one she hated the most. Everything was perfect.
A few minutes later the huge home came into view. To get this over with he leaped and bounded the rest of the way to her door. Totally jumping over the golden fence that kept out intruders, human intruders that is. Demons could easily destroy or jump it as he did. So really what good did it serve? Sure it kept out the humans but it was the demons that really mattered.
He rapped on the door, startling the maid who happened to be passing by. Normally they were alerted of visitors. So who could this be? She hadn't heard the familiar ring that alerted her and the other inhabitants of this house when someone was at the front gate.
She looked out the window and saw it was Inuyasha. That explained everything. She opened the door and let him in without a word. It had been a long time since he had been to visit. The maid had assumed Kikyou had dropped him once she had gotten bored of him. Just like she had done to so many other of her male companions before. She wondered why he was back now.
"Is Kikyou—Speak of the devil." He said when he saw her walking down the large, white marble stair case before him.
"Why Inuyasha! What a nice surprise!" Her eyes darkened when she saw what he was wearing, but only for a second before they returned to their overly perky-ness. "You always were one to drop in so unexpectedly! What brings you here? Have you come to once again realize the hot passion you have burning for me deep inside you?" Kikyou came to a halt at his feet and playfully cocked her head to the side as she gazed up at him.
Inuyasha looked up at the maid who rolled her eyes before walking off. Inuyasha turned his attention back to Kikyou. "So Kikyou, tell me what did you think you could gain by paying some reporter to snap pictures of us together, oh, only a week ago?"
Kikyou frowned but instantly regained her composure. "What are you talking about? I did no such thing! It hurts that you would think so lowly of me! Why, I thought you cared about me."
"That's just it Kikyou, I don't care about you! I don't think I ever did, now that I think about it. And I know you planned this whole thing! Kagome caught out with Hojo, me out with you. All in the same day, and it just happened to be on the cover of every magazine in town only the very next day! And what would you call that?"
"Coincidence?" Kikyou tilted her head and took a step closer to Inuyasha.
"No. Wrong answer! I call if fowl play! I call it someone meddling in someone else business!" Inuyasha snapped. What was this woman's problem? Where did she get off thinking she could behave like this!
Kikyou did not like the way this conversation was going one bit. This was not the way she had pictured things. She had assumed Inuyasha would come running back to her the moment the story hit the papers. She never dreamed it would all back fire on her. So as a last ditch effort, she took yet another small step towards Inuyasha and let her hands run up his chest. She stayed there leaning against him, pretending she didn't seem to notice the glares he sent her. "Inuyasha, Inuyasha." Kikyou shook her head playfully. "All I was doing was taking back what was mine. Kagome stole you from me. I had every right to try and take you back."
"No Kikyou. You had no right at all." Inuyasha said shoving her off him. She stumbled back but didn't fall. "We are over and never getting back together. And if you don't fix the problems you caused me….lets just say….you will no longer be living so high a life." Inuyasha snickered and let his eyes wander around her large home.
"What? You wouldn't! You can't do that!"
"Oh but I can. You ruined my life; don't I have every right to get you back? After all as the saying goes; what goes around comes around."
"But that's not fair!" Kikyou sputtered.
"Life's not fair!" Inuyasha snapped advancing towards her. He had had enough of her petty little games! She needed to grow up and stop acting like a child!
"But I can't do that…. I can't undo what I did."
"Why not! I don't think you have a choice! You will do what I say and tell Kagome the truth!"
"But he will be mad at me…..and he may even kill me!" Kikyou stumbled back and fell on the stairs.
"Who!" Inuyasha demanded. "Tell me who!"
"I can't tell you his name! If he found out I would instantly be killed! He may even be listening right now!"
"Kikyou if you value your life you better tell me what the hell is going on now! Or I will not hesitate to kill you this instant! I am tired or your games and if this is another one of them, I'll be your worst nightmare!" He threatened raising his clawed hand above his head.
"Okay! Okay! I'll tell you!" Kikyou shielded her face in her hands. "Just promise you won't kill me." Kikyou looked at Inuyasha through slits in her hands, he nodded in response. She removed her hands from her face and waited for Inuyasha to sit beside her before she continued. "All I know is that his name is Naraku and he requested that Hojo and I break the two of you up. If we should do so, I would get you and Hojo would get Kagome. But if we failed he would kill us. I knew I could do it and already had a plan forming in my head. I thought Kagome would pay for humiliating me and stealing the Shikon no Tama from me." Kikyou finished and did not dare look Inuyasha in the eyes.
His rage grew. "How selfish you are Kikyou! You would do anything to get what you want no matter the cost to others! When are you going to think before you do shit like this!" He stood and towered over her. "I'm tired of you! I don't want to be in this trash infested house any more! I always thought more of you Kikyou! Now I see how wrong I was." With one last glared in Kikyou's direction he turned and sprinted out the door.
Kikyou buried her head in her hands and cried. This was not how she wanted things to turn out. Everything was ruined! Inuyasha was mad at her and she had failed! Would Naraku find out? Was he really going to kill her? Something told her he was one of those guys who never went back on his word.
The maid who had only been hiding around the corner the whole time snickered before leaving and continuing her work. In the maids eyes Kikyou had it coming a long time back and it had finally caught up to her.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"Kagome are you sure you don't want to go out with us?" Sango asked again as she grabbed her purse from the living room table.
"I'm sure guys! You go on and have fun with Miroku and Koga. You should have been gone by now anyway! You're late already!" Kagome got up from the couch and ushered her friends to the door. She opened for them and pushed them outside. "Get going! It's rude to keep someone waiting!"
"Fine! We're going! You just make sure to let us know if something happens or you need us. And call us if you decide to go anywhere!" Ayame said.
"I will Mommy dearest! Now go already! Get outta here!"
"Okay we're leaving! I have never felt so unwanted in my life." Sango whispered to Ayame.
"Me too…." Ayame agreed.
"I heard that!" Kagome said from the door way.
"You heard nothing!" Sango said getting into her car followed by Ayame.
"Whatever!" Kagome closed the door and watched through the window as her friends pulled out of the driveway. They had invited her to come along as well but then she would feel like a third wheel. It would be too awkward. And what If Inuyasha showed up? It would just be too weird. She just wasn't ready to face him yet.
So today was to be a night of popcorn and endless chick flicks. She made the popcorn dressed in something comfy and setting her self on the couch. With control in hand she flipped through until she came across something interesting. 'This'll work.' She thought. She then settled herself into the couch and began to watch.
The movie was about two lovers doing everything in their power to be together. A few minutes in Kagome was disgusted and changed the channel.
She came across another movie that seemed pretty good. This one was about two young lovers who broke things off only to meet again three years later. Once again only a few minutes in Kagome changed the channel.
The third movie she came across seemed to be the best yet. This one was about lovers torn apart by their exes. It seemed okay to Kagome. She continued to watch and couldn't help but feeling a strange sense of Deja vous. About ten minutes before the movie was to end she clicked off the T.V. She couldn't watch any more. She was afraid to see how it would end, which she thought strange. It was just a movie. But why did it bother her so much?
She looked to the clock on the wall. It read 15 minutes after 12:00. Yawning she made her way to the kitchen and placed her empty popcorn bowl in the sink. She then headed down the hall to her room.
The second her head hit the pillow she was asleep.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"So," Ayame began as Sango and their dates walked to their cars. "What's going on with Inuyasha? Why did he go back with Kikyou?"
"He didn't." Koga answered. He knew this was coming. It was time to clear things up. "Kikyou tricked Inuyasha into seeing her. He told us that he thinks Kikyou planned this whole thing to split Inuyasha and Kagome up. Inuyasha went to visit her today."
"Really? I knew this didn't make sense. What did he find out?" Ayame asked.
This time is was Miroku who answered. "We don't know yet. He left later in the day and we haven't seen him since then."
"How do we know you are telling the truth?" Sango asked.
"Why would we lie?" Miroku challenged looking Sango in the eyes.
"To help your friend." She deadpanned.
"Sango calm down." Ayame said. "I believe them. What they are saying sounds exactly like something Kikyou would do. She's always been jealous of Kagome. And maybe even Hojo is in on this as well." She reasoned.
"Okay. So say this really did happen. How do we fix it?" Sango stopped walking and turned to face the group. They all followed suit and stopped walking as well.
"We bring Kagome and Inuyasha together and make them talk to each other. Then we find Kikyou and Hojo and talk to them." Koga decided.
"That's not going to be easy. We may be able to get Kagome and Inuyasha together but Kikyou and Hojo are another story. They could easily deny it and then we are back at square one." Sango crossed her arms and stuck out her chin.
"I bet Inuyasha already cracked Kikyou." Miroku said. "If so that only leaves Hojo."
"How can you be so sure?" Ayame asked.
"Because we know Inuyasha." Koga grinned.
"I'm still not sure you're telling the truth or not." Sango mumbled.
"Lighten up Sango. Come on. Listen to all the facts. On the same day both Inuyasha and Kagome were out with Kikyou and Hojo. Somehow the press just happens to find out and gets their winning picture. And the next day it's all over town. Explain to me how you think they could be lying!" Ayame's voice rose slightly.
"Okay! Your right! I'm just trying to look out for Kagome."
"I know. And so am I." Ayame's eyes softened. "Let's get home."
Sango nodded and they walked the rest of the way to the car in silence. Once their, the guys bade goodbye to the girls and then climbed into their cars. They went their separate ways, and the girls rode home not speaking a word.
A few minutes later they pulled into their driveway. The second they got out of their cars and walked up the door an eerie chill ran down their spines. Slowly they opened the door and quietly stepped in the house. The chilly feeling only intensified. The whole house was dark and had a terrifying chill to it.
"Kagome!" They both said at once. Scared for their friend's safety they ran down the hall and into her room where the feeling only intensified. Ayame flipped on the light switch as Sango ran to Kagome's side.
Kagome lay in bed sweating profusely and rolling around under the covers. Ayame and Sango tried their best to wake her but to no avail. It was like she couldn't even hear them. She seemed to want to wake up but couldn't. She kept muttering things like, "It's not real. It's only a dream. Got to wake up." But she still remained asleep.
"Kagome! It's us! Ayame and Sango! Wake up honey! Come on!" Sango gently shook her friend. But Kagome remained in her nightmare-ish sleep. Nothing her friends did could rouse her.
"What are we going to do? It's not working. She won't wake up! Oh! We never should have left her! Damn it!" Ayame paced the room while Sango continued to try and wake Kagome up. "I'm calling for help!" Ayame grabbed her phone and started dialing.
"Who are you calling!" Sango asked none too nicely.
"The guys!" Ayame placed the phone up to her ear as is rang and rang.
"Like they can do anything!" Sango snapped and turned back to Kagome. She was still in a dark sleep. It seemed to be getting worse though. Kagome was sweating worse now and she had kicked the covers off herself. Sango tried her best to hold their friend still.
"You don't know that!" Ayame gritted her teeth. Finally someone answered. It was Koga.
"Ayame? What's the matter? We just left you guys a few minutes ago. Is something wrong?" His worried voice came over the phone.
"It's Kagome. Something is wrong with her. We need you guys to get over here as fast as you can!" Ayame trilled into the phone.
"Okay. We'll be there soon!"
Ayame hung up the phone. "They are on their way." She said to Sango.
"I hope Inuyasha doesn't come with them!" Sango muttered under her breath. "He's the last thing we need right now. The last thing Kagome needs."
"I hope he does!" Ayame said back. "Kagome may need him. And we're not getting anywhere by ourselves. Inuyasha may be the only one who can wake her."
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Kagome's dream
A strange but oddly familiar man sat in the center of a beautifully furnished room. The room gave off an uncomfortable sense of evil and foreboding. The man sat on the very expensive couch alone as if he were thinking. His face would have been considered hansom if it weren't for the evil that overshadowed his beauty. His features were so harsh it would pain anyone to look at him directly.
"Kanna!" The man yelled suddenly.
Barely a second later, what seemed to be a young girl, no older than eight years, entered the room. The girl carried a white rimmed mirror with her. She looked to be a pale and sickly child. Her skin was a white never seen before and her face was blank and expressionless. She was dressed in all white. At first glance you may even confused her for an angel. But one look into her cold, empty eyes and you knew she wasn't. She was something else. Something you knew should stay away from him you valued your life at all.
The girl walked towards the strange man without uttering a word. She stood before him waiting for his order.
"You're mirror." The man said. "Show me Kikyou." He ordered.
The girl nodded ever so slightly and did as she was asked. Her mirror swirled with bright colors before it refocused. The new picture was clear as if you were there yourself. Kikyou stood at her home with Inuyasha. They were talking and Inuyasha didn't seem very happy. Kikyou was now even sitting on her stairs and crying. She was talking to Inuyasha, explaining something that pained her to reveal.
The evil man did not look happy at what he was seeing. His face became contorted with rage. "Show me no more!" He ordered.
Instantly the girl's mirror became just a regular old mirror again. She did not even move as her master sharply rose to his feet and stalked past her. He paced the room, thinking.
"We must do something about that Kikyou girl." He thought aloud. "She may have ruined every thing! Humans! I should have known better than to trust them! I bet that Hojo boy screwed up as well!"
"No sir." Kanna spoke in a tiny voice.
"What?" He stopped pacing and stared at the girl.
"No sir. He has not failed yet. But once Inuyasha goes to Kagome it may be too late."
"Yes you are right." He continued his pacing. "But I think that Inuyasha may have already gone to Kagome. Or is on his there way now." He said bitterly. "Yes. I shall deal with Kikyou soon. Perhaps not all is lost after all. Kanna you may leave. I have no use of you anymore today. Leave me to my thoughts."
The girl nodded and left the room. Only then did he grin evilly. "Kagome my dear sweet, you shall me mine soon enough! I shall have you again! You thought you could leave me! But you were wrong my dear! Someday soon you shall be mine again!" He cackled evilly. "You just wait. I shall hold you close and make you my bride!"
Xxx
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kagome screamed suddenly, startling everyone in the room. But she still did not wake and continued her utterance of "It's not real. It's only a dream."
Just then the door burst open and Inuyasha ran in followed by Koga and Miroku. Inuyasha pushed Sango aside and sat beside Kagome. "What's wrong with her? She's burning up!" He said touching her sweaty forehead with his palm. His face was etched in worry.
"She's having a nightmare and for some reason we can't wake her." Ayame said worriedly. "Please help her." Koga put his hands on her shoulders and pulled her into him. He held her close trying to relieve her worry.
Miroku tried to do the same for Sango but only managed to receive a slap for his efforts.
"Kagome. Kagome, wake up please?" Inuyasha stroked her cheek. "Kagome you need to snap out of this. I know you can. Come back to me."
Slowly Kagome's stopped her thrashing and lay still. Her breathing evened and her body temperature decreased. No one spoke but Inuyasha. He continued to say Kagome's name, each time she seemed as if she was slowly waking.
Suddenly her eyes fluttered open. She stared into two beautifully golden orbs. The eyes she came to love and adore. They were so comforting and enticing they allowed her to forget how upset she was with him for that one moment. "Inuyasha!" She wrapped him in her arms. "It was so horrible! And I couldn't wake myself up no matter how much I wanted to!"
"It's okay Kagome. You're alright now. I'm here." He rocked her back and forth and rubbed her back gently, just as his mother had done for him when he was upset.
Kagome looked beyond Inuyasha's shoulder to see her friends sigh with relief and smile. She knew then that they had been worried about her. Then she saw Miroku and Koga… and realized she was hugging Inuyasha. Wait a second…. She pulled back from him. "What are you doing here!"
"We called him." Ayame spoke up. "We couldn't wake you and thought he could."
"You mean, you called him." Sango muttered. She seemed to be doing a lot of that lately.
Ayame sent glares warning Sango to immediately shut up. Unwillingly Sango complied and shut her mouth.
"Kagome listen to me." Inuyasha asked. "Kikyou—"
"I don't want to hear any of your excuses!" Kagome interrupted. "Just leave me alone!"
"Kagome, at least listen to what he has to say. It may be really important." Sango said surprising Ayame.
"Fine!" Kagome crossed her arms and pretended the wall was so interesting.
"Kagome, I was at Kikyou's house today." Kagome rolled her eyes. But Inuyasha pretended he didn't see it and continued. "I forced her to tell me what was going on. She admitted that she had framed me and that Hojo was in on it to. They were trying to break us up."
"What? Hojo would never do that!" Kagome refocused her gaze from the wall to Inuyasha. He had to be lying! There was no way Hojo would do something like that! Not the Hojo Kagome knew.
"Kagome, listen. It makes perfect sense. I even taped our conversation." He pulled out a small black tape recorder from his pocket and hit play.
When it finished Kagome and her friends were speechless. It was true! All he said was true! And she had been so… and Inuyasha…. Then she remembered her dream. "My dream! That was in my dream!"
"What? Kagome what do you mean? What happened in your dream?" Inuyasha asked interested.
Kagome nodded. By now everyone had come farther into her room and was now sitting on the floor around her bed.
"It was a horrible nightmare. I saw this man, he was oddly familiar…" Kagome retold her whole dream in surprisingly great detail. "I think that man is going to hurt Kikyou. He maybe the one who sent Kikyou and Hojo to…you know."
"But who is he?" Koga asked.
"I don't know. In my dream they never said his name. But he was so evil. It sent chills down my spine. He said he wanted me for his bride."
"We won't let him have you!" Inuyasha said determinedly. "I won't let him have you."
"Thank you Inuyasha. And I'm sorry I didn't let you explain this to me sooner. I was just…. I felt you had hurt me once again…. And I couldn't bear to face you; it was like three years ago all over again..."
"It's okay. No need to explain yourself. I understand."
"I think we should go to Kaede." Ayame suggested.
"No." Kagome shook her head. "No. We don't need to worry Kaede about this. She's getting old these days. We can do this ourselves."
"Okay but promise me if things get to outta hand that we go to her and ask her for help." Ayame said sternly. She pointed her finger at Kagome and gave her that, 'You do as I say,' look.
"Fine!" Kagome agreed. Ayame was very persistent and Kagome knew this from experience.
"Well I think we should be heading home." Miroku said. He looked at the clock. It was already after 2:30 in the morning.
"Yeah we should get going. See you guys later?" Koga asked.
Ayame nodded. "We'll walk you to the door. Kagome you stay in bed."
"Okay. Bye Inuyasha. Bye Koga, Miroku." Kagome waved as they headed out the door until only Inuyasha remained in the room.
"Bye Kagome." He hugged her and followed his friends out the door.
A few minutes later her friends returned with pillows and sleeping bags.
"What are you two doing?" Kagome asked. "You have your own rooms, you know that right?"
"Yes Kagome we do. We just want to be here in case anything happens. This way we'll be right here if you need us." Sango said. She laid out her sleeping bag and pillow right beside Kagome's bed. Ayame did the same right next to Sango.
"Thanks guys. I don't know what I would do without friends like you." Kagome snuggled deep under her covers and Ayame turned off the light. "Good night."
"Good night Kagome." Sango laid her head on her pillow.
"Don't let the bed bugs bite!" Ayame grinned.
"I haven't heard that since I was a little kid!" Kagome laughed and rolled over. In seconds she was asleep. This time it was a deep dream free sleep. Just the way she liked it. She didn't dream of freaky guys wanting her for the rest of the night.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Hey everyone! What a long chapter! Almost 5,000 words! This is a really different chapter. I never expected it to turn out the way it did! Well, this is my Christmas present to you. This is most likely the last chapter you will get before Christmas. Well hope you like! Please R and R! Thank you!
Ps. and at the beginning where Sango gives Kags the advice about having a problem, is all thanks to my best friend Berii. We have an inside joke with that and it makes me laugh so I thought I would put that in there. She's my inspiration no matter how much I deny it!
Clouds of the Sky