I sat scrunched in the corner of the cave. The little boy wouldn't stop staring at me. Oh gods, I wish he would just stop looking at me. His eyes were black, as though he had no pupil. I had no clue how he managed to keep... keep staring at me.

It was as if he didn't blink.

"but i do blink mother. you just choose not to see it. you choose not to see a lot of things now. you have become blind in a sense," uttered the little boy in a low, monotonous voice. It sent chills up my spine.

I just shook my head and curled myself into a little ball against the wall of the cave. Just go away... go away and stop staring at me you... creature!

"mother don't say such hurtful things."

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" I shivered with anger and a little fear. "Please don't call me that."

I heard a scuffling noise and my head shot up on reflex. The little boy had scooted closer to me and was peering even more intently, though I had not thought it possible. It felt as though he were peering into my very essence, as though he could see everything. He probably could.

"Don't come near me! I'm warning you. Just, please... don't come near me. Please..." I burrowed my head back down and hoped he listened... I prayed he listened... please... don't come here...

I heard some more noise and hoped he had listened. I slowly lifted my head to find that he had scooted farther than he had originally been squatting.

"mother, i will do whatever you ask. you need not fear me. i am here to help you. to protect you mother. i'm here to protect you."

He spoke with such a forceful tone, unlike the other times I had heard him speak. It chilled my body to the bone.

Nightmares And Visions

Revelations

by: bs

I sat outside the hut with Miroku, sitting and contemplating what was going on. Well, that was what Miroku said we were doing. It was his excuse after having been thrown out of the hut.

I followed him because I couldn't stand sitting in that damn hut anymore, with the sickening smell of Kagome everywhere. Not that I was saying she didn't smell nice. Or at least she used to.

It was just... her scent was odd. It used to smell very clean and... what was that word? I can't remember. Anyway, now her scent just stinks. It still smells like Kagome, only...

She used to smell like a tree after it first bloomed and all the flowers were smelling their "nice" little flower smells. That stuff just stinks. It's just a comparison thing. Man, if Kagome really smelled like that I'd have to kill her. That stuff reeks to me.

Okay, anyway back to analyzing the shit outta her scent. Using that stupid flower blooming comparing thing, Kagome... now didn't smell like blooming flowers.

She smelled like dead ones. Like the ugly, wrinkled, color-faded flowers that I step on. It's still Kagome, but something... something's around her that covers her scent and mixes in with it. Maybe I should tell the monk...

"Oi! Miroku," I grunted, pleased that the monk looked up quickly in response. "Her scent's different."

"Ah.. is that why you came out here?" He gave me one of his all-knowing nods. Made me want to punch him.

"Yeh. I wanted to know if..."

"... if i could smell it too? Why Inuyasha, I do not have the pleasure of smelling a woman during her week of womanliness."

WHAT THE FUCK WAS ON THAT PERVERT'S MIND? Shit, why did I even ask myself that...?

"Stupid pervert! That's not what I was talking about... Kagome's scent changed. It just did. That's why I left the hut.. She used to smell clean and... and like..."

Uhh... should I use my comparision...

...or does that sound too... girly?

"Like what Inuyasha?"

"...uhhh... like blooming flowers. And now she smells like rotten flowers."

...way to sound smart.

"Hm..." Miroku grinned at this, holding his hand up to his face to hide it. LIKE I CAN'T SEE THAT.

"Shut up monk! But you know what I'm saying?"

"Ah, yes. I do... perhaps we should give this little revelation to Kaede."

I sat there, staring into the fire, trying to use it to calm myself down. Soon enough it worked and I was lulled into a calm state.

"So... please. Tell me why you're doing this."

"because you are in danger."

What? I knew that I was in danger. Hello? Naraku ring a bell?

If the little boy was reading my mind, he sure as hell ignored that comment. "Who are you? What are you trying to do to me?"

"mother, i am within you. i am just trying to protect you." Gods I hated that forceful tone he used. It was as though his word was law, and to even waver from believing it in its entirety was a sin.

"...why do you keep calling me mother?"

The pause in the cave caused me to realize the extreme silence we were in. The giant spider had long gone and all I heard were the crackling of the flames.

"because i am your child. i live within you. whatever happens to you happens to me. i feed off you. i feed off your soul, your memories, your thoughts, your actions... what else would you like me to call you? would you prefer if i call you my host?"

AN: Why yes. It's almost been a year since I've seen you guys. Please - hold the abuse. I promise an update tomorrow. If it's one thing, I'm going to finish this fanfic in about... by the end of July? Eh? yes I believe it'sa promise. :D

I bet some of you had a heart attack just realizing I updated. Haha, I kid I kid...

And yes I realize it's short, but I'm just getting back into things. Man, things change a lot in a year - especially writing 0.0