Authors note: Hey everyone! This chappie will be a little bit darker than you guys might like, but I promise that it will lead to something good! Anyway, thanks so much for all of your reviews! I never imagined that so many people would like this story, and now that I see the number of reviews that I have, it makes me really happy! Keep it up!

Oh, and in the next few chapters, you might find another familiar friend, or enemy, I can't decide which one .-

So stay tuned.

Disclaimer:I just realized that I've forgotten a disclaimer for almost every chapter ::Smacks herself::

Okay then, so here it is, I don't own Inuyasha or anything related to him and his wonderful show. Although if I did own it.....

I wonder if Inuyasha would freak out when he's sitting at a river, and a fish bonks him in the head...? We may never know...

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When kagome awoke the next morning, she remembered all of the dream... She was surprised that she had slept all night... It was very unlike her.

But she wasn't unhappy, no, not at all...

She felt...almost content.

Because she had seen him, she had been there with him, even though he might only have been as a thought is. She looked in his eyes, and she had been able to see his soul through them. And...

That made her happy..

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It stunk of death, and waste, rotting flesh... This was where the remaining witch made her home. She sat on a rocky old chair, that looked red, like blood, with browning spots everywhere on it. One could only guess, that it WAS actually blood.

She had known Naraku, enemy of the one she had cursed. She laughed in his face, his tricks and mockery were just child's games... He was a coward, with no power whatsoever. Whereas he had lived only 52 short years, from his birth to his demise... She had been living since the beggining, she had been one of those creatures from pandora's box itself. Along with her two sisters, they had wreaked silent havoc, causing disease among the people, moving from place to place.

And all of it had been going extremely well, until they came across that hanyou and his miko, along with their pathetic human friends. The hanyou had killed her sisters, and for revenge, she put a curse on him.

And the only one who could break it, was that miko of his.

That was why she had to find her, and kill her, before she had a chance to bring back the hanyou.

"My mistress, I have found her." An emotionless voice echoed through the caverns, as the witch smirked in her own wickedness.

"Good..."

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"You sure you're okay, okaa-san..? You slept for a very long time last night..." She smiled simply in response, then simply returned to brushing out her long black hair.

"I've never been better shippo, except a few weeks ago..." She hummed to herself, closing her eyes contently. She didn't have school that day, so she figured that she would take it easy and catch up with shippo and kilala. She walked to the window and stuck her head out of it, feeling the wind carressing her face, and the sun, beating down upon her head.

Though it wasn't AS sunny as she wanted, it was sort of overcast.

She smiled to herself, thinking about her dream, and wondering if it was really the thought inuyasha, or the real one. The though-inuyasha, had projected a sort of confidence, something that made her feel like things were going to be okay.

But this Inuyasha, he was nothing like that... He looked... afraid. Like a lost little boy. Something inside her, made her comfort this inuyasha, and she had felt perfectly content.

There was no lie in his eyes... He had allowed himself to fall asleep, with his head in her lap, she valued that...

It made her feel, like it was before, when he had been human, she remembered how fast her heart beat that night.

It was probably that night, that had planted the seeds of affection in her heart... They had grown closer, day by day. She, learning to understand his heart, slowly unlocking it. And he, finding that trusting her wouldn't hurt him, so that they became closer than ever.

She liked to think that he loved her too, if even a little bit, that was enough to keep her going. And she was grateful for that little bit that he gave her. Even if her friends demanded that she split up with him...

It really wasn't that simple, you couldn't just walk away from someone you love, it was nearly impossible.

He was still cold, he still couldn't sleep, but he had a speck of hope in his worn heart. The dream had comforted him, and had taken hold of him when he felt like he was drowning in his own sorrows. Kagome's smooth fingers running over his face, and through his hair, and that loving look of hers.

It had made his heart swell in love for her... And it made him feel a little bit better, about his feelings.

He still missed her, and wished violently for her calming scent to be beside him once more.

Closing his eyes... He remembered that scent of hers, it was so sweet and gentle.

Like her...

It was night once again at the higurashi shrine, and kagome was settling into her bed, after a hard day. Shippo and kilala were already asleep on the couch, and her mom and souta had already gone to their rooms. But kagome was wondering if she was going to get another visit from Inuyasha in her dreams.

But she wasn't quite tired yet, so she grabbed the book left behind from Sango and Miroku. Flipping through the pictures, she eyed each one, smiling at the antics of her two friends.

SHWOOSH!!

Kagome turned her head toward her window, hearing the strange noise. Getting up silently, putting her hands on the window and peering out.

Nothing looked out of the ordinary on a dark and windy night, then again what WAS normal on a dark and windy night.

Although she couldn't sense anything wrong.

Shrugging, she pulled on her robe and made her way out of the house again, thinking that a visit to inuyasha's statue would be a bit more calming than trying to go to sleep. She winced as she noticed that grandpa's loud snores were no longer there, now that he was gone, they would never be there.

Closing the door behind her and stepping out into the night, she took a deep breath and started walking toward the telltale bushes that lead to the statue.

But then, she began to hear footsteps, slow but sure. Whipping her head around to follow the noise.

She began to wonder if it had been better to stay inside, but she immidiately knew that whatever it was, was after her, and her alone.

The thing was, Inuyasha wasn't there to save her, she HAD to save herself, no matter how hard it would be.

Soon enough, she saw a dark figure, almost materializing out of the darkness, he was tall. But as soon as he got close enough to her, his hair began to grow, falling just below his waist. His clothes, puffed out, and soon enough, she could see golden eyes, staring at her.

"In-Inuyasha..?" He stepped into the light, and she could see him fully.

It looked like him, but something just seemed strange about him. He wasn't smiling, and he didn't look happy at all, he was smirking.

He closed in on her, and the look in his eyes, it scared her...

"Inuyasha... you can't be him..! get away from me!" She took a step back, hoping that her cries would be heard by kilala and shippo.It seemed that she had backed near to the goshinbouku tree.

This had to be a dream! A really bad dream....

Inuyasha would never have that look in his eyes for her, only when they first met, when he had tried to kill her...

Before she could get away from him, he reached out and grabbed her by the neck.

"Some things never change... love." He smirked again, his voice was deep, like Inuyasha's once was, as a demon. He began to squeeze, making her loss for air appharent."Help!" She managed to choke out. She closed her eyes and struggled as hard as she could, a few tears making their way past her eyelids.

And suddenly, she heard a loud yell, and was dropped to the ground, knocking her out.

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Authors note: I'm REALLY sorry for the shortness, but I'm just NOT in the mood for writing tonight. And I don't want to go too far and ruin the story for you guys!

Okay, in an answer to one of your questions and comments, Kagome won't find out about inuyasha being the statue until the last chapter.

Okee then, I might have another story for you tommorow, so look around!