Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any other anime - I just like making up stories…oh, and this is my third official fan fic and my first InuYasha fan fic so I'll just apologize now if it sucks. Sorry!


Chapter Seven: Inuyasha's Decision

Kagome awoke with a start. She was covered in sweat and breathing exceptionally fast. Something wasn't right. She felt cold; it must be the dead of night. She suddenly became aware of the fact that she wasn't in her sleeping bag. Where's my sleeping bag? She moved. I'm standing up? What? Where am I? Am I still dreaming? No! He would be here if this were a dream. The demon would be here. She blinked at her sudden apprehension. She wasn't dreaming, but she was being watched; her heart was pounding so loudly in her ears that she couldn't hear anything. She was surrounded by darkness and could feel nothing but the icy cavern ground below her feet. Suddenly she felt a hand close around hers and she let out the smallest scream before another hand covered her mouth.

"Would you shut up? Do ya wanna wake everyone up?" It was Inuyasha's voice. Kagome strained her eyes to make out his body in the darkness. He was standing right beside her, she was otherwise alone. No one else was there.

She was overwhelmed with emotion. She sobbed as she replied. "Inuyasha! You scared me! What are you doing grabbing me like that?"

"Hey, I'm not the one who started sleep-walking. You were out cold and I couldn't wake you up, so I decided to follow you. All I was doing was protecting you from doing anything stupid." He sounded insulted.

"Oh." Kagome suddenly felt very small. "I was sleep-walking?"

"Yea," He frowned. "One minute you're laying there sleeping and the next you're crawling out of that sleeping bag of yours and headed who knows where."

"We're in the back of the cave?"

"Yea, but I don't know why you came back here, it's not like you can do anything to a cave wall…" Inuyasha scratched his head.

Kagome wrapped her arms around herself and tried to get her emotions under control. She reflected on her evenings activities. She had washed her face, snuggled down into her sleeping bag and watched the others fall asleep; of course, Inuyasha had left the cave as the rest of them were bunking down and she didn't know where he had gone. It had been as if a spell had been cast over her, the moment her head hit the pillow she was asleep. The dream had been the usual torture. A voice in the darkness, calling for her assistance and yet, pain, unbelieveable pain. And the voice asking her to…asking her to…

"Inuyasha!" Kagome gasped.

"What?" He sounded tense.

"I know what the demon is planning; I know what he's going to do."

"Okay, what's he up to?" He hesitated to ask.

"He's going to put me into a coma." Kagome whispered.

"What?" Inuyasha growled.

"He knows that each time I wake up I learn how to fight him and I grow stronger, so he was trying to stop me from waking up. I was under his spell just now. I think I was going to slam my head against the wall and knock myself out."

"Seriously?"

Kagome felt the emotions rising in her chest again. "Uh huh. He wanted to keep me under his control forever!" She found tears sliding down her cheeks again.

Inuyasha was silent for a moment. When he spoke his voice was stern and harsh. "Alright, listen up Kagome. You can't keep letting him mess with you. First thing in the morning I'm talking with Miroku about getting into your dreams, until then, you've got to rest. All these dreams are making you act crazy. I'll watch over you while you get some rest. If you start actin' weird, I'll wake you up. But you've got to try to rest."

He ushered her towards the front of the cave, and her sleeping bag. She nodded slowly as he sat her down. "Inuyasha, please don't leave me."

He frowned. "Of course I'm not going to leave you. Stop worrying and just relax all ready. I'm not going anywhere." He sat down beside her bag and turned to look away as she slipped under the cover of her bag. Damn. If this demon was powerful enough to move her in her sleep, he's going to be a force to be reckoned with. I've got to get in there and save her. Kagome whimpered in her sleep, tossed herself and slightly sobbed. Inuyasha scowled at the sound. This is getting old.


Miroku wasn't pleased about being awoken at the sun's first light. "You know, if you want me to cooperate with you, you probably shouldn't go messing with me before I'm fully awake. It makes me less inclined to be helpful." He yawned at the half-demon who was jabbing him with his sword.

"Well you're oversleeping. And frankly, I'm getting really concerned about Kagome. She tried to knock herself out last night."

"Did she? Hmm, that's interesting." The monk's eyes squinted. "She wasn't successful, was she?"

"No." Inuyasha grunted. "But she might have been if I hadn't been watching over her."

"That would have been terrible indeed. I'm glad you were there. We must prevent her from getting that far under Nanashi's control."

"Well then you'd better hurry up and show me what I need to do to get into her dreams and stop that bastard from hurting her." Inuyasha was growing impatient.

"Alright, alright," The monk stood up slowly and stretched. "But first, we'll need some water and something to eat. We must have strength for this training."


sorry this chapter is so short. i'm trying to decide what needs to happen next…and how to make it happen…. lisa