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Chapter Five: Miroku's Lesson

Miroku sat down with his legs folded in front of him, like any good Buddhist monk would, and looked seriously at Kagome. Kagome, not sure what she should do, decided to sit across from him and the kneeling position seemed most appropriate. He stared at her. She stared back. Finally after Kagome was sure she was completely red, he spoke.

"I guess the first step would be to see if you can retain something from your waking consciousness and maintain it in your dreams."

"Right," Kagome nodded. "er, actually, I have no idea, but that sounds good."

Miroku cleared his throat. "Yea, I'm not sure either. But, I believe that's how this is done. Now, pick a person that you have strong emotions for, and, we'll see if you can keep them projected in your mind long enough to dream about them."

"Okay, that doesn't sound too hard. " Kagome scrunched up her nose while she thought. Who should it be? My mother? She frowned. That just doesn't seem like the kind of emotion I should use to draw strength from. It should be someone stronger, the strongest person I know. She blushed. Of course, Inuyasha.

Kagome turned her head to look at him from across the cave. He and Kouga were speaking, she didn't know what he had said, but Kouga was leaving in the whirlwind of his and Inuyasha was obviously mocking him. She sighed. Maybe I'm just fooling myself, maybe I should pick someone who returns my feelings. Maybe I should go with Kouga, he really thinks he loves me; he at least never shies away from me. Maybe I should -

"Maybe you should just go with your first instincts." Miroku interrupted her thoughts.

"What?" Kagome asked, very surprised.

"I'm just saying I can see your expressions, you're wrestling with this decision. We'll know soon enough if you chose the right person."

"Oh." Kagome smiled back. That was silly of me, to think he could read my thoughts! "Yes, I suppose you're right."

"Now, if you're ready, I'd like you to focus on him as hard as you can. When you start to feel sleepy, think about him even harder. Then when you fall asleep, keep focused,if Nanashi starts to hurt you, force him out by focusing on the newobject or your attention, don't let him hurt you. I'll wake you up after a moment and you can tell me what happened."

"Alright. Here goes nothing." Kagome closed her eyes.


Inuyasha loved hunting. It was the only time, other than when he was fighting a demon, when he could get out some of his frustrations. Damn that stupid Kouga. Thinking Kagome would want his smelly face in her dreams. He spotted a rabbit in a thicket nearby.

"Hmm, dinner." He smiled.

Moments later, carrying one dead rabbit in his mouth, he continued on with his hunt and his thoughts. Why didn't she tell him off? She always sits on the fence instead of picking a side. I know she doesn't like him, so why doesn't she just say so? He frowned. It's like she likes playing with my head. He spotted another rabbit, and went for the kill. After all, he's just a stupid wolf, it's not like he's anything superior. He grunted. You'd think he's better than me the way she keeps him around like that. He stopped in his tracks. He's not better than me! I'll be damned if she thinks that way! Another kill and another rabbit were added to his collection. Damn it Kagome, can't you see that I'm ten times better for you than he is? Inuyasha blinked at what he had just thought. What? What am I saying?


The dark coldness covered Kagome again. Inuyasha! Her mind beat agasint her. It was so cold, so dark, so empty. No, I mustn't forget to think about him! She spoke his name into the darkness. She felt her heart despair in the solitude. Then the voice began to speak again.

"Kagome. Help me."

"No, I want Inuyasha." Kagome shouted. "Inuyasha!" No sooner had the words left her mouth, than the pain started. Hot tears poured from her face as she screamed.

"You will not say that again." The voice echoed.

"Inuyasha!" She cried.

The pain shot through her again, this time more intense than before.

"You will not say it again!"

"Why won't I?" She sobbed.

"You will help me. You will not care about anything else."

"I will?" Kagome's voice shook.

The pain began to ease away as the voice continued. "Only Kagome can help me. Come to me Kagome. Where are you?"

"But, you know where I am! You were just hurting me, weren't you?"

The voice ignored her question and continued its pleading. "Where are you Kagome? Kagome!"

"Kagome!" A new voice entered her mind.


"Kagome!' Miroku was shaking her.

Kagome blinked her eyes hard trying to focus. "St-stop sh-shaking me Miroku. I'm awake!" She sat up and looked around her. "What happened?"

"I should be asking you that." Miroku looked concerned. "You were curling up and crying out like you were in pain. Were you?"

Kagome felt herself turning red as she slowly nodded. "Er, what was I crying out?"

Now it was Miroku's turn to change colors. "Well, no one else heard you, so you don't need to worry, but you were saying Inuyasha's name."

Kagome hung her head. "I did it, I remembered him. But…" She felt tears leaking from her eyes. "But I failed. I couldn't stop him from hurting me."

Miroku sat back and looked hard at Kagome before speaking again. "Well, then who will it be? Kouga or Inuyasha? One of them will have to go with you into your dreams."

Kagome looked up in time to see Inuyasha had returned to the cave with over a dozen rabbit's slung over his shoulder. She blinked at him. He blinked back. Kagome wondered why he had brought so many rabbits. That's far too many. Then she wondered if he had heard the question Miroku had asked.


To Be Continued…
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