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 Thirteen: Inuyasha's Great Escape

It was black. An empty, cold void covered him, but Inuyasha wasn't one to give up. Struggling was pointless. Fighting was futile. Wasn't there a saying, mind over matter? So, he closed his eyes and attempted to relax, perhaps if he could focus his mind he could wake up. He drifted and floated in the blackness. But nothing happened. He opened his eyes and swore. Damn. He wasn't in the mood for games and nonsense, which is exactly what he was getting from the demon. He was getting sick and tired of being caught up in this dream turned reality, no, more like nightmare turned to nothing. One minute he was in a dream, the next, he was in the cave, but he was still in Kagome's dream, wasn't he? Now he was in nothing. Damn! He grunted in anger, it didn't matter either way, he was gonna kill this demon. He just didn't know how yet. But one thing was for sure, the demon wasn't speaking to him anymore. Maybe he was gone? If he was gone, maybe the part of Kagome that was left would be able to respond to him. Maybe, that is if she was still able to respond. Inuyasha closed his eyes again and thought as hard as he could about Kagome, maybe if he called out to her, her consciousness would hear him. After all, they did have a pretty strong bond. As luck would have it, it worked.

Kagome, can you hear me? Say something!

"Inu-ya-yasha?" A soft, broken whisper filled his senses. It was Kagome.

"Kagome?" He focused all his energy on finding her. "Where are you?"

"I'm h-h-here, s-somewhere, in the d-darkness." She was crying.

"It's alright I am too. Listen up Kagome, we've gotta get outta here, what's going on?" He furrowed his brow and looked around himself in the emptiness.

"He says that you're here forever, just like I am." Her voice seemed to be coming nearer.

"Whatever he says, you can just ignore." Inuyasha grunted in anger.

"But h-he's right; I can s-see it for mys-self." Her voice shook again. "I'm trapped in my own head and you're trapped with me!"

"That's not true Kagome, you've got to help me, let me out of here and I'll take care of everything." He said as he reached in her direction, hoping to come in contact with her.

"How?" She sobbed softly. He turned towards her, she was a little to the left of his reach.

"I don't know Kagome! But I'm in your head; so, just push me out of your mind or something." He frowned. "Look Kagome, I'm not Miroku, I don't have a clue about how this works, but I know you can do it. I know that you have power over your thoughts, just use some control!" He had found her now, and put his arms around her in an attempt to comfort her.

"But the demon – he'll stop me!" She was shaking. "I can't push him out and I can't push you out!"

"Don't let him stop you! Come on Kagome! Let me out of here!" Inuyasha was frustrated.

"It's not like I'm not trying!" Kagome shouted up at him. "This is hard for me! Stop being so damned pushy!"

"Well hurry up!" He shouted back.

From somewhere inside of Kagome, strength was summoned, maybe it was her anger towards Inuyasha's lack of sympathy or maybe it was just her priestess powers, she did not know. But suddenly Inuyasha was caught up in a swirl of color and light and movement. In a flash, he was back.


Meanwhile, Miroku was not feeling well. The demonically possessed priestess stood before him, with her bow loaded and aimed. His comrades were injured, Sango breathless and exhausted from her battle with her friend and Shippo unconscious still from his life being nearly strangled out of him. His only hope for assistance was Inuyasha who was unfortunately asleep.

The priestess held her arrow still and shouted to the monk.

"Are you prepared to die now Monk?"

Miroku frowned. "Well, it seems I don't have very many options."

"That's correct!" She screamed as she loosed her arrow.

Miroku braced himself for the impact; she hit him in the side, on his left side. He winced at the pain but was also startled. Her arrow was, just a normal arrow. He looked up at the possessed priestess who herself looked quiet shocked. She reloaded the bow in a flash and was snarling at the now wounded monk. Sango made another last attempt to stop the priestess; she flew at Kagome attempting to kick the bow out of the priestess's hands. But she was too late; Kagome nailed the demon slayer squarely in the right leg and sent her sprawling on the floor.


Inuyasha's eyes flew open. He blinked for a moment, but he didn't have time to reflect on how he got free. Things in the room were getting out of control. He growled at the sight before him. Kagome stood, bow in hand pointing an arrow at the monk. Sango was on the floor with an arrow in her leg; however her injury looked very much like an average arrow wound, as if an inexperienced archer had hit her. It didn't look like the work of Kagome. Miroku had also taken an arrow, and as well he seemed to be experiencing very little pain; it was as if the arrow was just a normal arrow. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the body of Kagome. Was the demon stopping Kagome from purifying her bow and arrow? What the hell is going on?

He got to his feet in one swift movement- it didn't matter what was going on anyways- he was going to stop it.


Hurrah! Well everybody, I'm afraid the end of my story is very much in sight. I'm thinking that I'll give it one more chapter and an epilogue. By the way, I started a new fic, for Cowboy Bebop, if you like that series. lisa