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Chapter 3 – Disturbed Visions

"Kouga" she said in a menacing voice.

"What?" he asked putting in an innocent face.

"I'll so get you for that" she said as she walked in his direction.

"Really? Are you fast enough?" He asked in a sly voice.

"It doesn't matter – She grinned – you can't stay away from me for long. And you can be sure that I won't forget this." She turned her back to him laughing, leaving a defeated prince behind her. He ran to her side and pulled her close to him.

"Giving up already?" she asked in a playful voice.

"Yeah – he sighed – I can't compete with you. You damn right I can't stay away from you for long." He stopped as he finished talking and cupped her cheek caringly, bringing her face close to his. They closed their eyes and slowly joined their lips together, in a pleasant, long and sweet kiss. When they broke that kiss, Kouga held his eyes closed for while and she took advantage of that and jump on him, making him fall on the ground. Then she started to tickle him. Kouga was out of breath so hard he was laughing. His abdomen was in pain of the entire tickling session. But soon she stopped and lay on the grass by his side, both smiling and staring at the night sky above them: a beautiful and clean night. The stars and the full moon seemed to be there just for them.

Since they had decided on being together, Kaoru had spent more and more days in his home. Or she was playing with the children or she was hanging with him, or even with all of them. After two weeks they had decided that she would be better off living with them, joining their pack. She had agreed since she had no reason to stay stuck in only one place. And she could always get back to that village who had first accepted her. They would happily take her back anytime. That was what they told her when she left. She was happy, not entirely but it was enough for the time being. She had her own space, I mean, cavern. It was actually a cavern inside Kouga's cavern. He didn't want her to be left unwatched and who's better than her 'best friend' to do so. Although they were together, he had always respected her. He knew she was waiting for her true love to show up. He would hold his instincts back for how long it was necessary. It was good that he was not so hurt by Kagome's choice anymore. Of course, it was a difficult matter but he had learned to live with it.

And more two weeks had passed since she moved to Kouga's home. They all received her very well and treated her like she was from the family. But all she cared about were those children and her prince. And then, there she was laying side by side with a gorgeous man, you meant, youkai. Black long beautiful hair; his fangs were delightful as were his claw while running through her skin and hair. She shivered just at the thought. But even with all those wonderful kisses and all the care he demonstrated toward her, she would always go to bed at night in her cavern, and would end up having that same dream. And the worst thing was that she was getting more and more involved with that feeling that that dream caused her. And it really concerned her.

Kouga had told her everything about Naraku and how the bastard had killed his comrades merciless. She already hated him. But she would probably not be able of doing not even a thing against Naraku. She didn't have powers, well, that was not entirely true. She had learned from Kouga that even without knowing, she was masking her scent and that dream, could be a vision. And no simple human could do that. She must have some kind of power asleep inside her. Fighting to be set free. However, it needed a push and Kouga didn't know how to help in that matter. 'Well, let it awake by itself them' what was she had told him then.

"Ouch" she said putting a hand above her heart as she managed to get herself in a sitting position.

"What is it? Are you in pain?" he asked in a concerned voice.

"I don't know... It was like my heart was being squeezed by something. But it was fast... and it was a simple pain... It felt like something was missing... I don't know" She said standing up.

Kouga stood up and put his arm around her waist "Don't worry... It's already gone right?" she nodded and gave him a half smile "Let's go back then" And then, they went back to the mountains.

# Not far from there... #

"Sesshoumaru-sama! Rin's worried with Sesshoumaru-sama! Wake up, please Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin said in a low and sad voice while looking up at him. He was not sleeping, of course, but he was staring at an interesting vision: the woman that had been haunting his few dreams. He didn't sleep that much but every time he did, there she was, smiling at him. He thought that it was not real, but when he had dreamed the same thing for the second time, he had realized what that meant: it was a vision.

"Rin" Sesshoumaru said in his usual cold voice and without showing any sign of emotion.

"Sesshoumaru-sama! You're back!" Rin exclaimed with a broad smile and ran to where Jaken had been sit to give him the good news. "Jaken-sama, Jaken-sama... Sesshoumaru-sama woke up!"

"He was not sleeping stupid human" Jaken hissed at her but Rin didn't care about the insult and was already picking flowers for her foster father.

Sesshoumaru looked at the scene before him with a little bit of annoyance but drove his attention back to that woman who was leaving with the wolf youkai prince. 'Visions... what do they mean? A vision appears to alert someone about something but there was no alert in it' he turned his back as soon as the wolf and the woman had disappeared up in the mountains and sat down on a tree, away from Jaken, Rin and Au-Uh.

# The next day... #

"No! I said no and that's final!" there was anger clearly irradiating off his voice.

"What! Ha - ha - ha... – she exclaimed really slowly mocking him – Who do you think you are? I'm not the kind of woman who receives orders and you should know that really well by now. Honestly Kouga, you're really letting me down here. Gosh!" she was really upset about the way he was talking to her, as if she should obey him without questioning. "Grrr... you know what! I think I should leave before I cut your head off!" she said turning her back to him and leaving.

'Why does she have to be so persistent about this? I'm just trying to protect her... Damn! She looks really hot when she's angry' he rushed after her. She felt a wind coming from behind her and the next thing she knew, she was being pulled by two strong arms that wrapped themselves around her waist, and made her collapse her back against a hard rock chest.

"Let go of me" she was struggling against him when she felt him holding her tighter and then, his breath penetrating in her ear as he softly whisper "I'm sorry, I ..." she stopped struggling hearing his whisper "I just don't want to see you hurt. You know I care about you. You're my best friend; the light in my life. Understand this, please Kaoru"

"Kouga" she turned in his arms so she could face him but he refused to look inside her eyes. She put both hands on his face and made him look at her. She made sure that he was looking her in the eyes before continuing "Look at me Kouga" she said softly and he did so "Kouga, why do you think I want to go with you? You are my best friend too. Actually, you're made me love you. I confess not in the way we know we need but I do feel love for you. My friend. And, since I have no else that matter in my life, I wanna be with you. I wanna see you kicking Naraku's ass! – He smiled inwardly hearing her words – And I will go alone if I have to. You may be fast but I will find you. And you know that!" she was now holding a fierce look and he knew she was telling him the truth.

'I wonder if I will ever win any argument between us' he thought as he sighed in sign of defeat. "Fine..." he said low enough that she almost didn't hear him say it.

She drove her hands away from him and stood in front of him smiling. "And Kouga" he looked at her "I don't think you will" she ran away from him laughing.

"W...What? H.. How? Hey!" he stuttered "You! Grrr..." he was wordless 'how did she! Coincidence... that must be it...'

# After lunch, in that same afternoon... #

"Wh... What? Wow... you look..."

"I'm ready, let's go Kouga" she said with a smile in her face. She was wearing the only clothes she had of her own. The party outfit. She had been wearing an outfit similar to Sango's taijiya outfit, however her own clothes felt more comfortable and she had decided that she was going to wear them on that trip. "And Kouga" he was with his lips half parted for the words that didn't want to come out "Thank you for the almost compliment" she smiled again and kissed him lightly on his lips.

He closed his eyes and when he felt her lips leaving his own he managed to say "Y.. You're welcome"

He gave her another look from up to down and from down to up again. "Well, I guess you ready to kill... anyway, let's hurry. I can feel his stench, his barrier has weakened. We've got to hurry before he manages to rebuild it."

"Hai, let's go" he picked her up in bridal style and in a tornado they were gone.

# Not so far away from there... #

"What is it Inuyasha?" Kagome asked him after seeing him sniffing the air and frowning.

"Feh... nothing important... just that wimpy wolf stench" Inuyasha responded folding his arms across his chest and sitting Indian style.

"Oh..." Kagome smiled 'he'll never admit that Kouga is one of his best friends' she thought after noticing something else "But, if it's Kouga, how come I can't feel the shards he carries in his legs?"

"What do you mean Kagome?" Sango asked gently.

"I can't feel the presence of the jewel. The only thing I'm sensing is some kind of power but not the jewel shards"

"Naraku?" Inuyasha asked her.

"No, it's not an evil power but I can't identify what it is." She answered.

"Well, I can feel it too Kagome and... this power is trying to be hidden. Inuyasha, can you smell anyone or anything else?" Miroku asked him.

"It's gone now, but I could smell that he was not alone. I could clearly feel the scent of a human woman with him." Inuyasha told them but looked at Kagome to see her reaction.

"Human? But what Kouga could be doing with a human? Was she hurt?" Sango asked

"How would I know? They were too far away for me to tell this. The only thing I know is that they're heading west." Inuyasha answered with annoyance in his voice which made Sango narrow her eyes at him but she did not say anything else. 'that was close...' Inuyasha thought hiding behind Kagome.

"No, Kouga would not hurt a human. He promised that to Kagome. Nor him or his comrades." Shippou said jumping on Kagome's shoulder.

"Naraku knows exactly how to mask his scent and his aura. Maybe, Kouga must have discovered something. Otherwise he would have come this way, as he always does, to claim his woman" Miroku said with a smirk in his lips.

"Miroku..." Sango warned him "Slap!" And he was on the ground with fingertips all over his face.

"He never learns!" Shippou said shaking his head in disapproval.

"My hand is cursed!" Miroku whispered looking at his hand with a defeated face.

"You are the one cursed!" Inuyasha hissed annoyed.

"I suggest we camp here today and in the morning we should go to west. We need to know if Kouga still has his shards with him." Sango stated.

"I agree." Kagome said with a concerned face.

Inuyasha came to her side and put a hand on her shoulder "He's fine" he said in an almost caring voice.

"Inuyasha..." she smiled softly at him.

They settled camp there that night.

# At Naraku's castle... #

'She's good... She doesn't even know she's hiding from me yet she's doing a great job. Even more powerful than I first thought she would be. When I put my hands on her we're going to have a lot of fun together.' Naraku had spent the last week looking for that woman; however he had found not even a sign of her. 'The mission would have been accomplished if that stupid youkai had done like I had told him to. Well...' he looked at the corner of the room and smiled at the sight of bones and dust 'At least, no one else killed him. I like to do that myself'.

"Kagura..."

"Yes"

"Have you discovered anything yet?"

"No sir. She doesn't seem to be anywhere around."

"Well" he said squeezing a red ball in his hand, making Kagura wince in pain "I think you have to try harder" he finished with an evil grin on his lips and dismissed her.

'Damn you Naraku. Someday, I'll make you pay' Kagura thought after leaving the castle.

# Next day, near sunset… #

"It's gone..." Kouga stated looking at west "But he's definitely hiding somewhere west"

"Since, his scent is gone and it's near sunset and we are tired"

"But..."

"No buts Kouga. I can see and feel you're tired. Let's rest this night and then, in the morning we continue our 'hunt'..." she saw him smiling at her "What?"

"You know, seeing you talking like that... it's pretty damn sexy"

She got a little flushed and was about to open her mouth to say something but Kouga had been faster and in the instant she opened her mouth he was over her, his lips kissing hers. She couldn't help but smile against his lips and then, kissing him back. He smiled also, licking her lower lip and pulling her close to him. His hands were circling her waist. Her hands found their way around his neck.

They broke the kiss and he led them to a tree nearby. He sat with his back leaned against the tree holding Kaoru who was with her back comfortably against his chest and the back of her head leaning back on his shoulder. His arms were holding her around her waist. Both were watching the sunset when it happened.

"Do you know him?" she said tensing up a little at what her sight was showing her.

Kouga nodded his head slightly without looking at her and waiting for any word or reaction of the one standing next to them. Kaoru couldn't help but appreciate what she was seeing. She always had a thing for danger and he definitely seemed dangerous. But, she no longer held any kind of fear since she had arrived in that land. Death was no reason for her to fear. Sometimes, she even thought it would be for the best. Of course, Kouga and she were having a wonderful time but she knew, no she could even feel, that soon they would have to drift apart and she would be left alone again. And at that moment, there she was, in front of the most beautiful thing she had ever laid her eyes on who held a deadly and cold glare. She couldn't help but feel attracted by him: a tall, pale man. No, she could feel he was no human. He was a youkai; a handsome youkai. Silver hair, gorgeous golden narrowed eyes, fangs, pointed ears... and a mysterious way. She could not know what he wanted to do or say. He held no emotion in his face.

"Is the female a miko or a witch?" Sesshoumaru asked in a cold, expressionless way.

"What?" Witch? You must have been kidding me..." She hissed at him and more than fast Kouga stand them up, standing between her and Sesshoumaru.

"Sesshoumaru, what do you want here?" Kouga asked in a firm and fierce voice.

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at his lack of manners but let it pass that one time. 'I need to know more about her. These visions must want to alert me of something that is to come. And she must be the key or at least, hold some information. But I can't sense anything about her, it's like she's masking her scent'

"This Sesshoumaru does not need to gives you any reason wolf. However, since this territory it's not part of my lands but yours, I'll spare your life for now. In honor of Youkai rules"

"You're really snobbish" she was getting very angry at him 'who the hell does he think he is? It's not because he's ... well, I'll not let him talk like this with Kouga'

"And, – he cut her off – it's for your best interest if you keep you're worthless human woman's mouth shut or else, I may not be so generous"

"Who the hell do you think you are?" she yelled at him, her anger overcoming and she was already in front of Kouga. "Worthless human? I don't see anyone better than me here so you better watch your mouth youkai"

"Human, do not tempt me or else..."

"Or else what? You're going to kill me? Go ahead; I do not give a damn if you are a coward."

Sesshoumaru's patience was wearing thin, and his anger was overtaking him. He no longer had his golden orbs but red ones. "This Sesshoumaru does not need to deal with this. You shall die for your disrespect" And before Kouga could do anything, Sesshoumaru held Kaoru pinned high against a tree, with his claw pressing around her neck. But she was not scared and he was amused by that. 'Even near death, she held no fear of me' he thought. She started to struggle against his hold and put her hands on his wrists, and then she saw 'two purple stripes' which made her opened her eyes wide and an explosion happened around them, making a pinkish barrier. Kouga tried to enter but he could not. Sesshoumaru and Kaoru were at same way they were before but their eyes were all blank, both were stuck in some kind of trance.

"Kaoru, wake up!" Kouga could only yell from outside the barrier.

Sesshoumaru and Kaoru were having two visions. The first one was the one of their dreams. But the second one was disturbing even for the great lord of the western lands. He could see himself, covered in blood, lying on the ground, almost dead. He was full of wounds, that even for a powerful taiyoukai like himself that could heal very fast, would kill him. His eyes were almost lifeless and he could, through that vision, feel the pain he was passing through. Then, there she was, Kaoru, running toward him and throwing herself over his body, crying over him. She took his body carefully and positioned his head over her lap. She looked him in the eyes and he could clearly see her pain and sadness and anger and love. He heard her saying 'C'mon, you're stronger than that. Stay with me, please, stay with me!' She was whispering over him 'Stay awake, please, I need you here. Look at me! Do not close your eyes, please, Sesshoumaru. Stay with me, damn it! Don't die!' he could even feel panic in her voice, in her trembling hands that were caressing his bloody face. He saw that but he was too bad wounded to say anything, he was out of himself, almost dying. When he finally died, he could see her, crying desperately over him and screaming 'NOOOOOOO! Come back, please, come back my love... I ... I need... you... Don't leave me please... no, no, no...' then she burst into tears, sobbing desperately over him. Even being a vision he could feel her pain and sorrow because of his death. Kaoru, on the other hand, could feel his pain and angst and her own heart breaking as he died. She was out of her mind, crying and panic was all over her body, heart and soul. Her love was dying. In the vision she could feel that he was her true love. The one she had always looked for, the one she was awaiting for. And she lost all her senses over that tragic scene.

Outside the barrier Kouga was doing everything he could think of, but nothing was working. 'If they stay any longer like that, she will end up dead. I need to get her out' but there was nothing he could do about it, just hope that she would be saved.

Sesshoumaru came out of the trance before her and dropped her on the ground. But she did not wake up. She was mumbling some words and in an unconscious panic. The barrier vanished and Kouga ran over her side, taking her in his lap. "Kaoru, are you alright? Kaoru!" but she would not listen to him. "What have you done to her you bastard?" Kouga yelled at Sesshoumaru. However, Sesshoumaru was so stuck in his own thoughts about those visions and did not move or even listen to what he had said. 'How come can I believe this? This Sesshoumaru can not believe being hurt like that, to die like that. And still... all that pain, from me and... her.' It was his thoughts.

While that, Kouga held her tight, trying to comfort her. Besides her wounded neck and weak breathing, she was physically well, although unconscious.

"Sesshoumaru... no... no" she was mumbling but both could hear her well. "Stay... I... you... don't leave me..." Kouga looked at Sesshoumaru who was now paying full attention to what she was mumbling. "need you... please... no..." in the vision she was crying but not a tear had dropped from her eyes yet. Although her voice was showing that she was in great sorrow.

Kouga had calmed down a little and asked him "What happened? How come she can't awake?"

Sesshoumaru didn't answer but he approached her and extended his claw to her face. Kouga was going to say something but he gave him a death glare and before Kouga could say anything he stated "Don't" Then he put his index finger over her forehead and instantly she was calming down. She did not wake up; but it seemed he had put her in a peaceful sleep. And Kouga could feel it.

"Why?"

"I'll come back tomorrow. And when I do, I would have my answers, no matter how. Don't you dare to run away from this Sesshoumaru" Then he was gone, leaving a dumbfounded Kouga and an unconscious Kaoru behind.

"Arrogant Dog" Kouga spoke aloud to himself.

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