(A/N: Okay! I seem to be making progress with this story. Ironic that I'm the Queen of Humor and my very first InuYasha fanfiction is a horror story. Anyway, I'm giving Kagome2009-chan and everyone else the third chapter. By the way, I read my reviews for the previous chapter.....you guys cracked me up! Everyone's screaming their heads off that I killed off everybody except Inuyasha....technically. I got a concept for the continuation, however, it's quite unstable. So please bear with me if it's moving slowly. Okay, let's go so I can read my reviews for this one!)

Disclaimer:

We've been through this too many frickin' times! It's obvious I don't own InuYasha, people! Miroku would be serving me lemonade on my private patio in his purple swimming trunks with a sexy smile and sweat from the summer sun trickling down his hot chiseled bare chest and his beautiful violet eyes gazing lovingly into mine and his hand caressing my chocolate colored cheeks, slowly pulling me into a passionate kiss, my heart racing and........

Okay, what was I talking about again?

(Tueske Koenami holds up cue card: "I don't own InuYasha.")

Well of course you don't, Tueske-chan.

("No, I don't own InuYasha!")

Yeah, Tueske-chan. We know you don't own InuYasha, otherwise Sesshomaru would be your love slave.

(Tueske throws an empty pocky box at my head: "No, fool! You, as in LuClipse85, do not own InuYasha!!! Argh!")

Oh okay! No, I sadly don't own InuYasha. But like Dan Hartman once said, 'I Can Dream About You', Miroku-baby!

("Goofy".)

Hope you enjoyed the disclaimer, 'cuz that's all the humor you're gonna get here!

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Inuyasha's Nightmare

Chapter 3

Inuyasha grinned sadistically at his handiwork, then suddenly felt a fierce surge of excruciation shoot through his wounded body. He roared in pain and fell to his knees, his breathing labored. Inuyasha's body tensed, then slowly relaxed. Feeling the pain subsiding, he slowly opened his eyes. They were golden again; he had reverted back to his half-demon self. Inuyasha's exhausted eyes wandered to the side and found the Tetsusaiga on the ground beside him. He narrowed his eyes, wondering why it had disappeared and then reappeared. He lowered his eyes and found blood covering his hands and dripping onto the ground.

"What...? How'd....?" Inuyasha stuttered in a whisper, remembering nothing from his transformation.

The sickening smell of the blood assaulted his nostrils. Inuyasha's body froze. His eyes widened in utmost horror when he recognized the scent.

He slowly lifted his eyes to look before him; his eyes widened to their fullest extent, his face went pallid and his hands trembled fiercely as he drew in a gasp.

Before him lay Kagome, dead. Her brown eyes remained opened, half-lidded. From the neck down, her body was mutilated; her flesh torn and ripped from her bones, some of it laying on the ground surrounding her in pieces, her innards were exposed, the ground was soaked with blood that drained from her shredded body. In the center of Kagome's chest was a large bloody hole that revealed her broken ribcage and her missing heart.

Inuyasha stared in shock, barely able to breathe. He felt so sick at the horrible sight. Inuyasha saw on his right hand Kagome's blood; his eyes trailed up his arm and discovered his entire forearm was coated! Also, blood was all over his torn clothing and several drops were splattered on his face.

Kagome's blood was all over him!

"No.....Kagome.....I killed Kagome.....I.......k-....I....."

His heart almost gave out at the realization. Inuyasha's ears heard a remote scream. He turned toward it but didn't heard it again. A moment later, he heard it again in the opposite direction, slightly louder. Another moment later, Inuyasha heard the scream again in another direction, louder the previous one. Slowly, the time interval between the screaming shortened and grew louder and louder.

It was Kagome screaming!

Her terrified, ear-splitting shrieks assaulted his ears mercilessly. Inuyasha covered his ears to banish the horrid noise, but he could still hear it. He pressed harder against his ears, desperately trying to drown out the noise as he nearly scrunched into a fetal position.

Inuyasha could not drown out Kagome's screaming. The tormented hanyou gnashed his teeth and pressed even harder against his ears, begging for this torture to stop. He then heard the sadistic laughing of Kagome's murderer and the sounds of her flesh being ripped from her bones as well as the sound of her blood splattering and spraying.

Inuyasha's closed eyes widened beyond then fullest extend as he trembled fiercely.

That laughing was coming from him!

He was killing Kagome and was enjoying every minute of it!

"No....Kagome...." Inuyasha whimpered, on the verge of breaking down in tears. The sounds of him killing his beloved Kagome continued to plague , refusing to cease.

"Kagome....KAGOME!!!!!"

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"INUYASHA!!"

"KAGOME!! KAGOME!!"

"INUYASHA! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!!"

Inuyasha's tightly closed eyes shot open, blinking as his vision returned to him. He bolted up from the wooden floor, sitting up. His head searched his surroundings in bewilderment, his heart raced rapidly, and his breathing trying to keep up with his heart.

"Inuyasha! Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha grew dizzy from the oxygen rushing to his brain. He swayed; his eyes rolled up and he fell over backwards onto the floor. Before he could lose consciousness, Inuyasha felt someone shake his shoulders and shout at him.

"Inuyasha! Are you alright?! Please, wake up!"

His eyes opened in narrow slits and stared upward at the person calling him.

He saw Miroku looking down at him, his face filled with worry.

It took a while for Inuyasha to recognize him. When he did, he sat back up and stared, not quite awake yet and still a little bewildered.

"Are you alright now, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked concernedly.

He realized Miroku was talking to him; Inuyasha's breathing quickened, answering Miroku's question.

"Inuyasha! Calm down, just calm down. You're awake, everything's alright now." Miroku said slowly and calmly so as not to make Inuyasha more bewildered than he already was, while griping the hanyou's shoulders to steady him.

Inuyasha slowly came to his senses and woke up, starting to calm down. He stared at Miroku, thinking that he was dead but then looked at his surroundings; he was in the room when they all had eaten dinner and it was the middle of the night. Inuyasha lowered his head, closing his eyes and sighing in relief.

"I'm awake. It was just another nightmare." He whispered breathlessly to himself.

Miroku's worried eyes fixed on Inuyasha. The hanyou's face was almost whiter than his hair and he was dripping in sweat.

Inuyasha had another nightmare; it seems this one was worse than his previous two. It practically scared the life out of him. Miroku thought.

Inuyasha calmed down some, then lifted his eyes to Miroku and asked about Kagome. The monk answered, saying she was asleep sharing a room with Sango and Shippo. Inuyasha sat hunched over, holding his forehead in his hand and breathing heavily.

Miroku's concern heightened. Inuyasha looked like hell, this damage had indeed done major damage. Miroku took a minute to think of what might help him, then it came. He suggested to Inuyasha that he take a soak in the hot spring nearby to relax. It always to work for Kagome and Sango. He reasoned that the nightmares may have been caused by stress from all their past battles.

At first, Inuyasha declined, thinking it wouldn't do any good, but then he thought about it. Kagome usually went right to sleep after she came out of the hot springs, and she said herself it was indeed very relaxing. Inuyasha took her word for it and walked toward the hot spring after Miroku gave him a towel.

The hot water felt good on his bare skin. No wonder Kagome always bathed so much. Inuyasha had to admit Miroku was right, this was pretty nice. He went under the surface, soaking his hair and exhaled loudly as he resurfaced, as if releasing all of his troubles to the night. Inuyasha rested his head against one of large rocks that bordered the spring and stared up at the thick crescent moon.

I don't know what to make of this. This is the third night in a row I've had really bad nightmares. But this one seemed to be the worst. What the hell do I mean 'seemed'?! It IS the worst! It scared the hell out of me!

Inuyasha went under the water again, stayed for a few seconds, then resurfaced. He then looked at his hands.

Only water dripped from them.

His solemn eyes went back to the moon. He stared for a while then saw Kagome's smiling face in the night sky. Inuyasha's eyes narrowed in concern.

I don't care what happens to me, I just don't want Kagome to get hurt. I'll do everything in my power to protect her, but I'm not sure if I can, with my demon side and all......Dammit, Inuyasha! That's all crap! It was just a nightmare! They are all nothing but nightmares! That's all! No matter what, I'll protect Kagome as well as the others.

Inuyasha's mental speech made him feel a little more at ease. Now he was extremely sleepy! The hot spring worked better than Miroku said.

He dozed off, having a brief dream of laying down, at peace. Kagome stroked his silky white hair as his head rested in her lap. He smiled and purred when she stroked his ears and slowly rubbed that spot in the back (from all the other fanfics I've read, Inuyasha can do that.). Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked up into her beautiful brown eyes as she smiled blissfully.

Inuyasha immediately awoke as he felt water begin to enter his lungs. While he slept, he had slowly slid down the rock his head rested on and into the water. Inuyasha felt worn out and ready for bed as he was falling asleep in the hot spring.

I'd better go to bed before I drown myself.

Inuyasha emerged and slipped into his white under-yukata, which fit like a mini skirt on him. He was so sleepy that he nearly went back inside the inn naked (stop drooling at the thought, people!).

He walked into the inn half-asleep, occasionally walking into walls until he finally made it to his room. Inuyasha tossed his red hakama to the side on the ground, turned to his futon, fell to his knees, fell over onto the futon, and fell asleep instantly.

But that didn't ensure him a good night's sleep. Inuyasha kept waking up throughout the night as his nightmare repeated itself.

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The Inu-tachi continued their search the following morning as soon as Inuyasha woke up, which was late morning. The hanyou was dog-tired (pun-intended) as they walked on. Inuyasha practically sleptwalked for the last several miles, frequently tripping over various pebbles and falling on his face, and Kagome never even said anything!

Everyone knew Inuyasha was exhausted; Miroku had told everyone he had lost sleep again because of his nightmare. He spoke up and suggested they all take a short break. He knew if he mentioned it was for Inuyasha's sake, the hanyou would pick up his slave driver pace. Inuyasha declined, saying it was too early in the day to stop and rest.

Sango was surprised by his answer; the old dog was too stubborn to admit when he needed a break. An idea came to her; she was certain this would get him to stop and rest.

"Kagome, do you have any more of that shrimp ramen? I don't know why, but I've had a bad craving for the stuff since this morning." Sango spoke loud enough for Inuyasha to hear her while giving Kagome hints to her plan.

Kagome caught on and answered her, also speaking loudly. She reached into her oversized bag and pulled out a package of shrimp flavored ramen for Sango. She then pulled out and package of beef flavored ramen and presented it to Inuyasha, trying to tempt him into taking a lunch break.

Inuyasha stared at the ramen and was shocked......he didn't have an appetite for it.

Kagome wondered why he was staring like he had never heard of ramen. "Go ahead, I didn't make a special lunch for us so I won't get mad if you have ramen, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha didn't take his eyes off of it. He was trying to force an appetite on himself, but it wasn't working. "You guys can pig out, I'm not hungry."

Eyes widened and jaws dropped. Inuyasha didn't want RAMEN?!

Inuyasha turned around when he felt a hand tug at his sleeve. He looked down with an irritated look and found Shippo looking up at him firmly.

"What, fox?" Inuyasha snapped in irritation.

"You're sick, dog. We're taking a break now." Shippo replied firmly, scared.

Inuyasha started to protest when Kagome insisted, "He's right, Inuyasha. Anytime you don't want ramen, that's reason to be concerned. We're not asking much, all we want is for you to take a short rest. One hour at max, okay? If you keep going like this, you might pass out from exhaustion and then our search for the jewel shards will be delayed longer."

Kagome looked into Inuyasha's tired eyes pleadingly. She thought combining worry and reasoning would convince him. If not, she could always use her one-word backup method.

"Keh. Fine, but just one hour. We can't lose too much time."

Kagome smiled and agreed. She and the others set a small camp while Inuyasha leapt into the tree nearby and sprawled out on one of the branches. He stared up at the partially cloudy sky, thanking Buddha he had a pushy girlfriend who cared so much. Inuyasha had wanted to rest MILES ago, but didn't want to lose time with sleep. He was feeling rather nauseous and very weary from three days' worth of lost sleep. Inuyasha's eyelids became extremely heavy, they slowly they closed.....

ROARRR!!

"What the....?!"

Inuyasha sat up with a start. He lifted his nose and sniffed.

Demons. More than he could count.

Inuyasha leapt from the tree branch and reached for his sword. He looked around and noticed everyone was missing.

"Where is everyone?! Miroku would've sucked them up in his wind tunnel by now!" Inuyasha thought outloud.

He locked onto the demons' scent and followed it. He hadn't ran very far when he found Kagome running up to him, her shoulder bleeding. She ran into his arms, elated to see him. Inuyasha was just about to ask her what was going on when he heard roaring, snarling, hissing and the sound of the demons approaching them.

Inuyasha looked up and found an enormous horde of demons looming before them. Kagome got behind Inuyasha, the demons moved in to devour the both of them as soon as she moved.

Inuyasha smirked cockily. "Not today, bastards! WIND SCAR!"

The wind scar eliminated the horde as well as the surrounding scenery. Inuyasha was about to laugh victoriously, when he shut up. The wind scar had killed the demons, but as soon as the light from the attack faded, their remains instantly regenerated and doubled. Inuyasha figured this was too dangerous for Kagome to hang around and told her to run to safety. She left when he insisted on it. Inuyasha tried the wind scar several times, but nothing worked! The demons only came back and in greater numbers!

Knowing this was a no-win situation, Inuyasha fled, sheathing Tetsusaiga. The demons chased after him and he ran faster. He saw Kagome and took her in his arms, running to evade the horde behind him. Inuyasha stopped as he entered a field. The demons' scent had faded away but he kept running just to be on the safe side. He set Kagome down and stepped cautiously toward the trees, his hand on Tetsusaiga's handle in case any of them popped up. Inuyasha's ears and eyes searching all around them, checking for any enemies that were hiding elsewhere.

Kagome eased when Inuyasha did. The demons were gone.

"Looks like we're safe, Kagome." Inuyasha said, calmly.

Kagome was just about to release a sigh of relief when she looked down at her feet after feeling something move underneath her.

Inuyasha heard the faint noise and turned around. Just as he did, roots shot up from the ground and lifted Kagome upward, enclosing her inside them

Before Inuyasha could scream out to her, roots shot up from under him and did the same to him. He tried to fight them off, but the roots repelled his claws and were too strong for him to break.

The roots lift Kagome and Inuyasha above the trees and stop. Inuyasha struggles with all his strength to break free, but it's barely enough to pry the roots apart so that he could see Kagome, who was a distance before him having the same dilemma as him.

Inuyasha continued to struggle, keeping his attention on Kagome. This time as he moved, the thorns pierced and cut his skin. Kagome watched in horror as blood trickled down the roots, and Inuyasha was still trying to break free to get to her.

"Hang on Kagome! I'll get loose somehow!" He cried out to Kagome.

"I beg to differ, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha heard a voice sound from the shadows. He looked around but couldn't find its source.

"Inuyasha!!" Kagome screamed in pain.

The hanyou looked before him and found Kagome wincing and screaming. He frantically wondered what was wrong when he saw the roots surrounding her moving inward. They were condensing! Kagome was slowly being crushed and the thorns were stabbing into her!

Kagome looked at Inuyasha frightened and with tears in her eyes, reaching out to him. Inuyasha snarled, knowing someone was behind this whole thing. He reached out to her, trying to at least move forward enough to touch her hand and try to pull her out of the roots. Nothing. No matter how much Inuyasha desperately tried, he couldn't get anywhere near Kagome.

"Inuyasha....please help me...." Kagome cried, not wanting to die.

The hanyou winced in anguish, but still didn't give up.

The voice reappeared from the shadows, "Ha ha. Very persistent, aren't you, Inuyasha? How pathetic you can't even escape from such puny roots."

"That voice," Inuyasha gasped, "YOU!!"

Just as Inuyasha recognized the voice, it's owner appeared out of nowhere on a rock far from the two.

Naraku sat there in his baboon pelt, the hood beside him. He glared at Inuyasha with his malicious red eyes and a sadistic amused smile.

"Naraku! You son of a bitch! You set us up!!" Inuyasha roared.

Naraku's smile broadened. " 'Set up' is such a mediocre term; I find 'arranged' more befitting."

"To hell with that! I'll kill you, bastard!!" Inuyasha struggled even more to escape the thorny roots, enduring the agonizing pain.

"You should worry about vengeance later, half-breed. At the moment, you should get your priorities in order." Naraku hissed in a low tone.

Inuyasha stared questioningly when he heard Kagome scream again. The thorns had wrapped around her chest and she was struggling to breathe.

"Inuyasha......" Kagome managed.

"Kagome....hang on, Kagome! I'll save you!" Inuyasha promised in anguish.

He was beginning to lose strength as he was losing a lot of blood. That didn't stop him, Inuyasha continued to try to break free. The roots grip on him loosened slightly, encouraging him to apply more strength. Inuyasha could move! He tried harder, determined to save Kagome.

Naraku watched unphazed. He LET the roots loosen a bit. He wasn't about to let Inuyasha ruin his entertainment, not when he wasn't finished torturing him first.

Naraku watched as Inuyasha stretched his arm further toward Kagome, who did likewise while trying to remain conscious. Their fingertips were very close.

He then rose his right hand and slowly curled his fingers. The roots condensed with the movement of Naraku's hand, applying more pressure on Kagome's body and restricting her air. Naraku brought his fingers out, and the roots loosened.

Inuyasha glanced at Naraku then at the roots holding Kagome prisoner. He's controlling them! That sick son of a bitch! I've gotta get Kagome out of there! If I could just reach her.....

Inuyasha struggled desperately to get close enough to take her hand. Kagome was seriously to fight blacking out and continued to reach out to him.

Naraku chuckled to himself then spoke under his breath, "Farewell, Kagome."

Naraku's hand stretched out completely, giving the roots slack. But before Kagome could slide downward, Naraku's hand stretched a little further then tightly formed into a fist!

The slack roots immediately condensed with the force of Naraku's grip and completely enclosed around Kagome's body! He screamed Kagome's name at the top of his lungs! Inuyasha watched as her bones cracked and popped out of place! The thorns wrapped around her neck and head condensed and as well, breaking her skull and sending blood and brains splattering everywhere! Kagome's exposed arm, the only thing that remained in tact, snapped at the shoulder joint and fell to the ground.

Inuyasha stared wide eyed in horror. Naraku laughed as he watched Inuyasha become sick at the sight of Kagome's remains. Inuyasha rose his teary eyes toward Naraku, wishing he could transform and rip the bastard to pieces!

Naraku glared at the hanyou, tauntingly. "She was right before you, Inuyasha, and you couldn't save your beloved. Just as you feared." He lowered his hand, then stepped back in the shadows of the trees.

Suddenly, the ground shook fiercely and then cracked open. Lava and fire gushed up from the openings like a fountain. Inuyasha froze when he saw the lava shoot up. The base of the thorns that crushed Kagome snapped and fell over into the pit of liquid fire.

"Kagome...."

Then the base of his thorns began to crack. Inuyasha felt the thorns lean toward the right and shifted his weight to kept it centered. But then the base cracked again and his efforts inadvertently forced the thorns over to the far left. Inuyasha thrashed about wildly to escape, but the thorns held him firmly in place. He screamed in fright as the thorns fell over to side toward the lake of lava.

Naraku hovered high above the rock, watching everything.

Burn in hell, Inuyasha......

Inuyasha's eyes fixed on the sadistic hanyou and was the last thing he saw as he plunged under the infernal surface......

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Inuyasha screamed bloody murder in agony, thrashing about wildly, when his hand felt a firm surface. His face felt the surface and discovered it was grass. Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes, and saw a tree. His hands felt all about his body and found no burns or heat.

Inuyasha's head rested back the grass, his eyes closing in both relief and irritation.

"Damn it, another one. Could anything worse happen?" Inuyasha groaned quietly, trying to catch his breath as his heart accelerated again.

"Psh! And he said I oughta be put down for rabies. Hey mutt! What the hell's wrong with you?"

Inuyasha's eyes rolled up underneath his eyelids.

"I had to ask."

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Damn. I wasn't expecting that much violence to come out. I'm not anti-Kagome, people! This just happened! Seriously!

And there you go everyone, chapter 3 of Inuyasha's Nightmare. By the way, what in the world made you guys think I'd kill off the main characters of InuYasha? ESPECIALLY the hot monk whom I fantasize about?! I don't get it either.

I'll hopefully come up with another chapter sometime next month once I stabilize my concept for continuation. Maybe if I get a whole lot of reviews, something will happen.....

I'll still update, I just want more than three new reviews is all.

Look forward to chapter 4!

Ja!