PrayForTheFallen: Well I'm back. I should have been studying for my exams but instead I decided to update II again, laugh. Either way this is a forewarning, this chapter is short by a bit. I can't add anything else without it contradicting my plans for the next chapter. Unfourtunatly I have no time to edit this as accurately as I did the first chapter so please don't point out every little mistake and try to enjoy it. So yeah, here is it.
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Disclaimer: I own nothing. The soul thing that I own is the plot, all else belongs to another.
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Blueyesangel1186 I dedicate this chapter to you and hope that you enjoy and I really liked you review, it made me smile. I hope that this is soon enough to preserve your sanity!
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The day had progressed once again into night. Kagome had unrolled another sleeping bag for Rin beside her and Shippo's, although Kagome had a feeling that the three would end up sleeping with each other.
"Come on Shippo, get to bed." Kagome called.
"Indeed Rin you should rest as well." Sesshomaru announced.
The two kids jumped into the one sleeping bag and looked at Kagome.
"Can we have a story Kagome-Chan?" Rin asked her.
"No Kagome I want a song." Shippo wined.
Kagome had to stifle laughter as the two argued. She really wouldn't mind not doing either. She had only ever sung to Shippo alone, when they were bathing.
The two had stopped arguing and asked her to sing a song. Kagome inwardly sighed and tried to think of something.
"What about that nick-e-al song?" Shippo asked her.
Kagome knew what song he was talking about. She had sung him Nickelback once and he had fallen in love with it. She rarely used her mp3 player, even though the batteries wouldn't die, they became permanently charged when she had brought them through the well.
Kagome started to hum the melody and started to sing softly.
"This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too Late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just
one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you
know
you know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been
far away for far too long
I
keep dreaming you'll be with me
and
you'll never go
Stop
breathing if
I
don't see you anymore
On
my knees, I'll ask
Last
chance for one last dance
'Cause
with you, I'd withstand
All
of hell to hold your hand
I'd
give it all
I'd
give for us
Give
anything but I won't give up
'Cause
you know,
you
know, you know
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been
far away for far too long
I
keep dreaming you'll be with me
and
you'll never go
Stop
breathing if
I
don't see you anymore
So
far away
Been
far away for far too long
So
far away
Been
far away for far too long
But
you know, you know, you know
I
wanted
I
wanted you to stay
'Cause
I needed
I
need to hear you say
That
I love you
I
have loved you all along
And
I forgive you
For
being away for far too long
So
keep breathing
'Cause
I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe
it
Hold
on to me and, never let me go
Keep
breathing
'Cause
I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe
it
Hold
on to me and, never let me go
Keep
breathing
Hold
on to me and, never let me go
Keep
breathing
Hold
on to me and, never let me go"
Kagome sang, finishing with a soft note. She sighed and stood up. She turned around to see that she had, in fact, sang everyone to sleep.
She smiled when she looked at the dormant Sesshomaru. He looked so peaceful, so angelic and it made him look, almost, human.
Kagome sighed, she wasn't tired.
She crept away quietly. She walked for a few minutes before she found a small field with a perfect view of the stars.
She laid down on the soft grass and put her hands under her head. She looked up at the beautiful night sky. She loved the feudal era's view. There was hardly any pollution so the stars came out bright and brilliant.
She continued to gaze up when she was joined by another presence. Neither said a word, the silence was beautiful.
"Its beautiful out here." Kagome sighed after a long silence.
"Indeed it is." Sesshomaru replied.
Kagome felt slightly awkward in Sesshomaru's presence. She stood up and started towards camp without saying a word.
Sesshomaru suddenly appeared in front of her.
"It's rude to leave without saying you're departure." Sesshomaru told her, molten meeting ice blue.
"Oh, I'm sorry great and powerful lord. I wish to return o camp to get some sleep do you have something against that?" Kagome asked him.
"If you were anyone else you would be dead right now." Sesshomaru growled.
"Then why am I not?" Kagome asked him, catching him off guard.
She walked around him and walked back to camp.
"Indeed, why have I not rid myself of your sarcasm?" Sesshomaru asked the wind.
"What are you still doing here?" InuYasha asked Sesshomaru emerging from the shadows.
"I have informed the wench that I will be joining you to defeat Naraku." Sesshomaru told him.
"And who said you could?" InuYasha demanded.
"She did." Sesshomaru told him.
InuYasha starred at his brother as he walked off.
Sesshomaru returned to camp. InuYasha was behind him and appeared minutes after he did. They both looked down at the slumbering Kagome. Sesshomaru had the slightest hint of curiosity in his eye. InuYasha had unreadable emotions, confused on how to handle everything.
They both gave one last look at the slumbering beauty and each took a tree to sleep in.
InuYasha feel asleep almost instantly while Sesshomaru stayed awake. Being that he was a full demon he could go for days without sleep if he wished. He watched Kagome in her sleep. She looked like an angel…for a human.
'For what reason does she intrigue me?' Sesshomaru wondered.
Sesshomaru finally closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Kagome shoot up in her sleeping bag panting again. The dream was different. Now before the person got hit there was a brilliant flash of light. But what was it and what did it mean?
Kagome stood up and noticed InuYasha sleep and Sesshomaru watching her. She ignored it and went to splash water on her face. Her head was pounding. She was used to dreams but to have them so powerfully inclined? Never once had they caused her pain, until now. She sat by the bank and looked into the water. There were bags under her eyes and she was pale. She went to stand but failed.
She tried once more before she kneeled over and her stomach gave out. She didn't know what was wrong with her. She washed out her mouth and made it back to camp, collapsing once there.
Her headache had become near unbearable and her stomach felt like it would give out again.
Sesshomaru and InuYasha were instantly at her side. Although the previous days' happenings InuYasha was concerned.
"Kagome what's wrong?" InuYasha asked her.
"I…I don't know." Kagome told him, holding her head in an attempt to get it stop pounding.
"Is Kagome-Chan alright?" Rin asked, on the verge of crying.
Shippo tagged Rin and started running away, distracting her.
"There's a town up ahead, I'll go see if there's a medic or something." InuYasha announced.
"We'll come with you." Sango announced, Miroku standing behind her.
InuYasha nodded and the three set off.
Sesshomaru looked at Kagome. Her body was shaking and she looked horrible.
He reached behind her and maneuvered himself so her back was to his chest.
"What are you…?" Kagome started but was cut off.
"Quiet." Sesshomaru replied.
He moved her hands away from her temples and replaced them with his.
Oddly enough he started to rub them and it soothed them more than hers had. She relaxed against him and let him continue to massage her temples until she fell into a blissful, uneventful state of unconsciousness.
Sesshomaru knew that the position would shock everyone but he had, for some reason, felt horrible when he had seen her in such a weakened state.
He ran a clawed finger through her hair, knowing no one was watching, and inhaled the sweet scent of vanilla and rain.
He sat with her in his lap until she started to shake again, obviously experiencing something unconsciously.
He shook her and she woke up, fright lacing her beautiful eyes.
"What is the matter?" Sesshomaru asked her.
"I keep…I keep seeing things. The demon and the shards and the attack and the person who can't get out of the way and the white light." Kagome told him frantically trying not to break down. "I can hear the screaming."
Kagome had never experienced anything so terrible. She only ever had dreams about finding the demons or defeating the demons. She had never had such a troublesome dream.
She didn't care if she looked weak she started to cry. Her soul was being put to the test and it was going to break. She was strong but how strong was she really? Could her soul really take this much of a beating?
For some reason she felt Sesshomaru trying to calm her, sooth her and it made her feel weaker and more pathetic. She forced herself to stop crying.
She stood up briskly and looked around.
"It's coming." Kagome announced.
"What is coming?" Sesshomaru asked her.
"The three shard demon." Kagome announced.
The two adults took off towards the children, Sesshomaru beating her by a long shot.
Kagome seen the scorpion demon coming from across the field. In an instant the demon was beside her.
Kagome heard a scream, and watched as, like in her dream, the tail, ready with poison, swung he way. She had no defense, no way to escape. She screamed and saw a bright light.
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PrayForTheFallen: Well that's it. I'll try and update ASAP but I do work from tomorrow till Sunday, and I should be using that time to study for my exams. Either way enjoy the first two chapters and expect the unexpected.
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Song Featured: Far Away by Nickelback (Also recently featured in Children's Intentions)
