Owari Nai Yume; Unending Dreams

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: InuYasha and all its characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Wahhhhhh!!!!T-T

Kagome felt warm all over. Comfortable, safe, and more than a little disoriented. She could hear the sound of running water, smell the scent of a hot spring, feel the steam, taste the water...Taste the water!?

It was gone almost as soon as she had registered it to be replaced by a sweet, cool tea. She felt something at her throat, gently stroking, forcing her to swallow. She would have pushed the cup away, but she couldn't seem to move.

"That's a good girl," came a voice from nowhere, "Drink it all up. Oops," some of the liquid slid down her chin. "No problem. We'll just wipe that off...There we go."

The cup left her mouth and she swallowed the last of the tea, still without any conscious control. What had happened? The last thing she remembered was InuYasha saying they needed to talk, then the talk not going well, and then...then it was all foggy. Had they been attacked? She did remember the hanyou jumping to dodge something. Had they been attacked and she had been paralysed? What in Ra's name was going on? Oops, wrong god. Damn Souta and his Yu-Gi-Oh! obsession!

"Miroku says this'll help you. He's a monk, so he knows how to deal with power overloads, I guess," the voice paused and she felt something on her cheek, "He also said you probably can't hear me, but we both know you're stubborn and will show him up. Three days, my foot. I'm sure you'll be up by morning." the hand on her cheek stopped stroking it, "Man, Kagome, I still don't understand what happened out there-"

Something happened? She knew it!

"-but I want you to know that I don't blame you one bit."

Why would he blame her? Had she...done something? Why couldn't she remember? Why couldn't she move? She let out a quiet sob, drowned out by the sound of a splash. She had never felt so helpless in her entire life!

After several tedious minutes, she managed to open her eyes enough to make out that it was night time and she was in a hot spring. To her right, she saw a person dressed in red with long white hair shaking like a dog in an attempt to dry himself, spraying her face with water.

Wait a moment.

She was in a hot spring.

InuYasha was on the shore, but had recently been in it with her.

She couldn't feel her school uniform clinging to her, meaning she wasn't wearing it.

Who said Miroku was the only pervert?

"Si-" she choked on some water, but saved herself, "Sit!"

From the corner of her eye, she saw the beads glow pink and come crashing to the ground, followed by some rather vulgar language, even for him. He mumbled something about 'wenches' and 'talking in their sleep' before he got up and lifted her lowering head from the water. Once she was certain it was clear, she raised her enormously heavy hand and slapped him, rather clumsily, on the cheek.

"What the fuck was that for wench!?" InuYasha shot out of habit, not even realizing what it meant until a moment later. "Kagome! You're awake!"

For a moment, his-complete-self was an over grown Shippo, and for a moment she nearly forgave him. Nearly.

"Wh...why the he..heck am I nak..naked?"

"Naked?" InuYasha asked, still in 'Shippo mode', "You're not naked. Sango dressed you in your be-ta-hi-n su-ta before we brought you to the spring. I swear, neither Miroku or I saw you naked. I know. I kept a close eye on the letch while he made that tea. Are you okay? You really exhausted yourself."

"I fe..feel s..so weak." she replied slowly, "S..sorry I sl..slapped y...you."

"It's alright."

There was a short silence as she pondered how to word her thoughts. How could se tell him she didn't remember something? She could hardly believe it herself.

"Inu...Yasha? Wh...what ha...happened?"

"You don't remember?" She shook her head slowly, "Well, uh, it's kinda strange."

"So tell me."

He nodded and began.

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How in the seven hells could Kagome have Kikyo's eyes? It was impossible! Kagome was Kagome,

Kikyo was Kikyo, and Kikyo was dead. Kagome had her soul back, and...

"What's wrong InuYasha? You look like you've seen a ghost."

The words may have come from Kagome's mouth, but they sounded nothing like her. It was an eerie monotone, one he had known only Sesshoumaru to use. Was Kagome...was she possessed? How in hell could it have happened? Kami, what was he going to do?

"Why aren't you replying, Inu dear. Do I scare you?"

"Who are you?" he demanded, knowing full well it couldn't be the girl from the future. That voice was a million times too cold to be her. "What have you done to her?"

"Kagome? I have done nothing to her. I..." 'Kagome paused and looked over herself in shock. "Oh my. It seems something unexpected has happened. Fear not. The...owner of this body is fine. She has merely suffered from a power overload of sorts." She sounded amazed at her own words before pausing and looking up at him, "You...you truly care for her, don't you?"

"I don't need to answer you anything."

She nodded, understanding. "We may meet again, but do not count on it. I must return from whence I came." She walked over to the hanyou and smiled gently, the coldness gone, "Oh, InuYasha. How you've changed since we first met. You are so much happier now."

Without another word, the body of Kagome fell into his chest, limp as a rag doll. He had his arms around the girl in an instant and gently lay her down on the ground, unsure of what he could do. The thing that had possessed her had said she was suffering from a power overload. Maybe the monk could do something to help her. Maybe he'd know what that thing was. It confused him. There had been a moment he had been sure that it had been Kikyo standing before him.

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Kikyo. First the dreams, now this. Kaede had warned her that something of the sort may happen, but she hadn't taken it seriously. To think it would happen the day after the memory of her betrayal. No, it hadn't been InuYasha, it had been Naraku. Naraku. Naraku!

"Naraku," she mumbled before drifting back to unconsciousness.

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Hi! Just wondering how many of you say the 'dreams' for what they were, or close to it anyways.

Thank you to my reviewers: mari333 & aknightofni

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