Authors Note

I want to apologize for the day late update, finals were more hectic than I thought it would be and my editor had some personal plans of her own. So we were both under like difficult schedules, so this chapter is a bit rush, and I promise the next most definitely won't be like this one. Not only that, I want to give a special shout out to some reviewers that really stood out from last chapter.

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Chapter Three: A Demons Wish

He could feel it. The nice spring breeze, the warmth of the sun on his face, and the smell of flowers and citrus. He felt complete, as if his whole life was meant to get him up to this point. There were no loud noises of the city and the smell of the city was nowhere to be found. He was finally at peace, at this moment he felt truthfully at peace. Inuyasha ear's flickered when he felt something rustle underneath him and soon the gentlest of touch ran through his hair. He didn't dare to open his eyes and ruin the moment. The way the tiny fingers raked through his hair and massaged his scalp sent tiny shockwaves through his body. It was like each touch was especially made for him and no one else. He heard the tiniest of giggles before the same fingers reached for his ears and gently messaged them in a circular motion.

It made him shiver in how one person could make him feel like he was melting like butter.

"Your hair is short?" The voice asked as she stopped motion on his ears, and the whimper that left his mouth caused his eyes to shoot open and be greeted with the most beautiful scene he ever saw. It was nothing but a sea of red. Poppy flowers decorated the field for as far as he could see. The wind made them dance for the bright sun in the clear blue sky. However, he was brought back down to earth the bright sun was shaded by black hair. The strands cascaded around him like waterfalls made him look up to see that girl from the previous dream before everything fell into black. Her grey eyes stared into his amber ones and for a minute she didn't say anything as they stared at each other.

"Inuyasha…" He sensed a slight hesitation in her voice when she said his name, "Inuyasha…"

Inuyasha swallowed the lump in his throat but he didn't look away from the grey eyes that stared down at him, "Yeah…?"

She pulled back up and the sun hit his eyes causing him to wince, but she slowly stroked his hair, "It's time to wake up."

He looked up at her and for a minute he knew it wasn't hesitation that was in her voice. She was sad. This girl that plagued his dreams twice, back to back, was sad. Inuyasha watched as tears threaten to fall and without a second thought he reached up and brushed them away. The girl looked clasped his hand to her cheek and for a minute the brightest smile dominated her face.

"You are so close. I can feel you…" She told herself, "So I won't cry anymore…If you are near. I won't cry anymore!"

She released his hand and let it fall before cupping his cheek, "It's time Inuyasha. Please awaken. We can't share this dream anymore. You must go and, when you do, please wake me up as well."

The wind blew with rage that the flowers looked as though they were going to fly away at any second. The girl's hair whipped across her face but her eyes didn't once leave his. Though for a minute he felt it. Almost as if he was stabbed, he felt the wind whip and the flowers began to die around him. The beautiful scenery distorted around them. The girl pained expression radiated within him, and he wanted to do something but he couldn't move. Not an inch of his body listened to him to move anymore. It took everything just to move his fingers.

The flowers turned to dirt and then to a dark tar.

"Our beautiful dream…." The tar seemed to have a mind of its own as it covered them both, slowly, but surely the girl was being in covered, "I…I turned it into a nightmare. "

"I'm so sorry, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha watched as the girl smiled at him through the tar that climbed across her form. It engulfed her as it slowly pulled her down to the ground. Her tear stained face was the last thing he saw of her before her face was covered from the black tar. The black tar formed perfectly around her body until it crawled upwards separating itself from her. The tar morphed into its own form: a long snake with human teeth.

"You thought you could keep her away from us…." The tar snake said as it dripped over Inuyasha face. "She will belong to us before she'll ever belong to you. Her body, mind, and soul, all for us to twist and shape, to break and rebuild. Remember that foolish half breed! Remember that well! She belongs to all of us before she belongs to us!"

The tar covered his face and for a minute he saw her face peek out of the tar before the tar blocked his view of her.

"KAGOME!"

Inuyasha eyes snapped open as he felt his body force itself to jolt it up. His hands reached out to the wall as his heart pounded in his chest. His sliver hair clung to his face as sweat beaded down. The world around him wasn't the one of poppy flowers and tar, but the one that he knew. He grabbed his chest as it threatened to rip him apart.

"Inuyasha?" A cool voice called out to him, his head whip so fast in that direction that it shocked him. Although it shocked her too. Her right hand glowed a bright blue as her spiritual power built in the palm. He could hear the beating of her heart, and that was when his face dropped as he realized that Kikyou was scared. "…Inuyasha… Calm down…."

"Kik-you…." Her name came out like something being ran through a meat grinder. His fangs got in the way of his of the way his tongue moved, and his voice was gruffer. Kikyou stared at him almost like a fox cornered by a wild dog, even he could sense that she was ready for the moment that everything went sour. Inuyasha panting slowed down as he placed his hands over his face. He didn't know if it was to calm himself down or that he was ashamed that, for a second, he lost control. He felt a gentle hand on his back, slowly stroking circles to ease him down.

"it must have been a terrible nightmare." Kikyou's cool voice reached his ears as she placed her head on his back, "You were grunting and kicking for what seemed like forever. Then…You started to change…I'm sorry, I just didn't know what to do."

She was raised as a spiritual enforcer. He had to remind himself of that. She was raised to see demons as a threat, but the knot that formed in his stomach didn't allow him to feel any better about that thought. Through the apologies, she whispered so gently made him feel guilty that he even put her through that.

"I'm sorry…" Inuyasha finally let out, his voice finally soothed, "I…. It…was a bad dream…"

"Kagome." Kikyou said her name as if she was unsure she could say it, "Was she important to you?"

Kagome…

Kagome…

Inuyasha pressed the bridge of his nose, "I…I don't know… It's just a name that came to me."

The patting on his back stopped but Kikyou didn't move. His ear flickered as he heard the slightest of sigh, as if she was disappointed with the answer. Though she didn't press as they stayed there and allowed Inuyasha to collect himself. The world began to make sense; they were in an office of some sort and Inuyasha was laying down on the couch. Museum artifacts clustered around the desk and shelves. They had to be still in the museum, just in the back room, but who dragged him here? Kikyou couldn't have done it. The thought of Kouga touching him while he was out cold made him want to puke. A knock on the door made Kikyou jump and separate herself from Inuyasha back as she sat up straight in her chair.

"Ah…Finally awake I see." Naraku entered the room and red eyes met golden, "I was worried there for a second. How are you feeling?"

Crap…

"Fine…" Inuyasha grunted earning him a slight pinch from Kikyou, "Fine…Thank you."

"I'm just so glad I can help." The sweet words were laced with so much venom that Inuyasha felt as though he was going to choke and die. "I didn't think that the amber was laced with demonic and spiritual powers. I must thank you for figuring that out, even if it's an unorthodox method. Now we can expand our research, so thank you again."

Inuyasha didn't say anything, but he felt it. Almost like someone left a warming pad on a bit too much. It didn't bother him but at the same time he knew it was there.

"So it's a seal that is keeping her in there more so than the amber?" Kikyou expressed her concern, "That means she still is alive, right? Are you going to close the exhibit? Are you going to send her away? Are you going to put her into the spiritual enforcers care?"

The way she shot out one question after the other made Inuyasha head spin, and maybe Naraku's too because he was taken aback but he still smiled.

"If…And I mean if it's just a seal that keeping her in there," The next words fell like snow, slow but they built up, "It means she can be still alive in there. However, I have decided to close down the exhibit until we get to the bottom of it."

"I see…" Kikyou seemed okay with the half answer that Naraku gave her.

"Though it interests me, if she did awaken, what would you do, Miss?"

"Put her on trial for the Moon Calamity. Worst comes to worst, she'll be sentence to death. If she's lucky she'll get life. She deserves that much."

Inuyasha heart became a rock and dropped down to his stomach because there was no doubt in his mind that Kikyou was serious. The girl in the amber didn't peg him as someone that could cause the Moon Calamity if his dreams meant anything. Although from everything he knew and was told, the dark priestess caused the terrible disaster and led the humans and demons to war. His head pounded as he tried to rationalize what he knew and what he felt.

"A truly law abiding citizen you are miss." Naraku informed before Mukade knocked as she entered, "Ah, sorry about that completely sipped my mind."

Mukade smiled as far as her mandibles allowed her to as she blushed, "Ah no problem. I'm just letting you guys know that the museum is closing and I'm glad you are awake Inuyasha. Did you thank Naraku for allowing you to stay in his office? You should really take better care of yourself next time, if you don't feel good don't come."

He wouldn't if he knew that would have happened, but he only groaned as he got up. Kikyou quickly went to his side, her eyes filled with worry, as they left towards the door. The faster he got out of here, the faster he'll get home, and go to bed. He could forget about today and that damn dream. Yeah, it was a dream, all of it.

Though before he could even step a foot outside of the office, "May I ask a question before you go Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha turned around as he was met with Naraku gaze. That know-it-all look made him want to punch him square in the jaw, but something urged him to hear the man out. Kikyou looked between the man and her half demon friend.

"Don't worry it'd be quick, milady." Naraku explained, "But I wish for a private audience with the boy that expanded my research and knowledge of the dark priestess. He won't be long."

"Let's go Kikyou. I'll walk you to the train station." Mukade said as she urged Kikyou on, though her unrelenting stance made it clear that she didn't want to go. To a demon like Mukade, however, that was just moving a paper weight and the two girls left with each other. Inuyasha turned his attention to Naraku as he begun to play with a preserved spider.

"I must thank you again for what doors you have opened." Naraku begun, "The simple fact that we know it's a seal means that it can be broken and that she can be awoken. However, I must ask you: do you believe in what your friend said? That she should be persecuted for those actions that transpired 500 years ago?"

Inuyasha frowned, "Couldn't you have asked me when she was here?"

Naraku chuckled as he shook his head, "Dog demons don't like to disappoint their masters, now do they?"

Inuyasha eyes widen as he allowed a snarl to rip through him, "What the hell did you just say, you piece of shit?"

"I swore that dog demons had great hearings, but being a half breed like yourself would mean that you only have a handful of quirks to choose from. Hearing must not be one of them." Naraku was curt with his explanation, "The girl is obviously your master. As soon as you passed out, she was at your side and never left. She is such a kind girl."

A slight blush appeared on his face from knowing that Kikyou spent god knows how long with him, but it didn't last long. He was still in the presence of Naraku. The man twirled the spider in his hand, "Maybe you would love to see the dark priestess dead, as long as it made your friend happy?"

The thought of that girl dying felt like an arrow ripped through his chest. If she woke up, there would be no shortage of people that would want her strung up. The spiritual enforcers would have her in jail and sentenced the death before the end of the week. Whatever look he had on his face caused Naraku to smile, "You should come after hours."

"What?"

"Come back in a few hours." Naraku explained, "I'll leave the back door open for you. The cameras will be off, so you won't have to worry about being caught."

"What the hell are you plotting, Naraku?"

Naraku chuckled, "You are the one that caused the seal to react. That means you are the key, and, as a key, your job is to unlock things. Wake up the Dark Priestess from her slumber before some foolish demon think they can do it."

"What the hell?" Inuyasha didn't know what to say. This was all crazy talk to him, but Naraku looked as though he was serious through his smile. He was the key to awaken the girl in amber? So, that dream was real? If that's the case, then why? Why wake her up? She was the dark priestess! She would cause the Moon Calamity! And this bastard was just so calm about waking her up.

"You have a very emotive face, Inuyasha, but, I promise you, this is no joke." Naraku calmly said, "The amber reacted to you, and at least a hundred demons saw the dark priestess eyes slightly open, even if it was just a second. At that moment, everything changed. The priestess can change the world as she sees fit and I don't need that type of power fall into any demon hands. So, I'm entrusting you with her for the time being, because tonight a demon will come for her and I'll too busy to deal with it."

"The hell you are Naraku-"

"Either you come here or you do not…" Naraku stopped him, "That girl's life rest in your hands. There is a chance that she could die tonight, and we can't have that, now can we?"

Inuyasha felt as though he was forced against a wall. He was basically asked to steal the dark priestess away until Naraku came and got her. If he didn't, there is a chance she'll die, and the thought made him want to puke. He felt as an extreme pressure building to answer, but the only thing he could do was ask a question.

"Why am I the key?"

"Well then, if I spill all my cards then we'll be here until dawn breaks, now would we? See you tonight Inuyasha."

He could leave at any time he wanted. He could turn around and pretend that this was all just a weird, bad day. First, he passed the hell out and he knew tomorrow that Kouga and his gang will give him shit about it. Then, the weird fever dream where he met that girl in the amber, but it wasn't him. It was some other him that did all that crap to her, but she didn't seem to mind. The second dream though, that was him, he had control over his body until the tar appeared. The icing on the cake was when he woke up and allowed his demon blood to run free and Kikyou nearly spiritually slapping his ass.

Now, he was at the convenience store across down the street from the museum, reading a magazine and contemplating his next action. Naraku played him like a fiddle, and, for some reason, he allowed it. The girl in the amber was alive and demons were after her for some reason. He was the only one that could awaken her and save her from the crap until Naraku decided to take her back, which he wouldn't yet because he had business with someone or something. So, Inuyasha had to do it.

The more he thought about it, the crazier it seemed and the crazier he was for even being here. He adjusted his baseball cap that had 'BAD DOG' stretched across the top whenever he and the cashier made eye contact. Inuyasha could feel his heart pound as his brain tried to rationalize his actions. There was no way that this could be true and he was some important key to unlock her. Why would he be? She was the dark priestess who had hundreds of deaths under her belt.

The girl could easily wake up and kill him, and then what? He just unleashed a 500-year-old weapon on the world.

Her dying will never be an option, a dark voice growled in his head and that was what made him move in the first place. The thought of the girl dying awoken something primal in his heart. Even if he didn't know her, something about knowing that she could die moved him to action. Inuyasha picked up a random assortment of candies and sodas and went to the front so it could be rung up. If he brought something, then the cashier wouldn't call the enforcers.

The old man manning the register just grunted at him as he rung up the snacks. Inuyasha ignored him as he looked out the store and saw her….

Mukade….

Even as she with her long trench coat, those huge compound eyes stood out. His teacher was the demon that Naraku warned him about? There was no way! There was absolutely and utterly no way that Mukade was one of the demons that would try to break her out of the amber. However, the closer he watched her walk pass the convenience store the more his stomach tied into a knot, she was heading to the museum.

"Sir!" Inuyasha nearly jumped out of his skin. The cashier grunted, "$8.50"

Inuyasha reached into his pocket and pulled out the first ten he saw and slammed it on the counter, "Keep the change!" Inuyasha grabbed the bag and rushed out the store. As soon as he got out the store, he could barely make her out as she rounded the corner and went into an alleyway.

This was real! She was doing this!

If he called the enforcers, they could handle this and Mukade could be arrested for breaking and entering private property. That was it! That was what he was going to do! Call the enforcers and the—

"INUYASHA!"

The voice that shouted in his head caused him to drop everything he was holding and make a b-line to the museum. It screamed in his ear clear as day and he knew that voice from the dreams. That voice belonged to the girl from the amber. His very soul screamed at him.

It belonged to Kagome!

Whatever brought his feet to move was beyond him. It was as if he had to protect her. That was why he was here tonight. Some odd force of nature willed him to make a mad dash around the museum. The way his heart pounded in his ears and his legs slightly stung from overexcretion, it felt right. Like this was what he was made to do. Inuyasha ran to the back and, just like Naraku said, the door was open for him. He looked at the cameras, they didn't move nor was the red dot on. Naraku seriously believed that he was going to do this. It pissed him off that Naraku knew him so well, but he snuffed that feeling out as he ran inside.

The Dark Priestess exhibit was closer to the front so it took him a while to get there. When he arrived, he nearly let his basic extinct get the better of him. As he neared the dark priestess exhibit, Mukade had changed. Her lower body resembled a centipede body, however the top half was pure human even her face. He almost wanted to laugh. She finally got the face down, but then he watched her unhinge her jaw and vomit acid on the amber.

"Mukade!" Inuyasha called out to his teacher. It wasn't until the last drop of green vomit dripped out of her mouth that she looked his way.

"Inuyasha? How? Why?" The centipede demon looked confused for a minute before realizing the position she was in. Her chest was out and free, and for a moment she considered covering herself. "It's not what it looks like…"

Inuyasha scoffed, "Oh yeah, you didn't just acid vomit all over her?"

"I'm trying to release her!" Mukade countered and looked at him with such serious eyes, almost the same look she gave him when she talked to him about his grades. "Don't you understand? If the dark priestess is resurrected, the world as we know it will change."

He heard something similar from Naraku. She can change the world as she saw fit. What the hell kind of power did she have?

"She can bring on a world of demons!" Mukade exclaimed, "The old world! Where humans would hide in fear of us! Only thing I have to do is wake her and make a pact with her and I'll become the demon that ushers in the next great demon-human war!"

Mukade turned back to the girl in amber, "She has the power to change the future. Do you understand Inuyasha? A world where you are free to take upon any appearance you see fit." Mukade hands ran along the amber that bubbled and cracked, "A world where you don't have to hide away the things that make you, you."

He did understand her for a minute. A demon like her would want a world where they weren't shamed away for their appearance. Especially a demon that couldn't get the full human like appearance down. A world like that would be great. A world where a demon can be a demon, flex their claws and use their fangs to rip apart anything they choose. However, he had someone in this world that he wanted to protect, and a world where she was constantly in danger didn't sit right with him. Inuyasha flexed his fingers as he hunched down and Mukade frowned.

"Of course a domesticated dog wouldn't understand…" Mukade sighed as the side of her face ripped apart as forcipules appeared through the ripped flesh, "THEN DIE!"

She unwrapped herself from the amber and launched herself at him. He could barely dodge before she caught him midair by his leg. She slammed him back on the ground like he was a rag doll. He didn't have a second to come back from the pain before she flung him by his leg and flung him towards the amber. The feeling of the hard rock against his back knocked the air out of his lungs before he collapsed to the ground.

"Pull me out and say my name!" The voice in his head told him, "Hurry!"

Inuyasha struggled to get up. His body wasn't use to this. He stumbled and rocked side to side as Mukade geared up for another attack. Her centipede lower half coiled her up as she hissed, the acid dripped from her mouth. Maybe he made a mistake in trusting Naraku. However, if the key to his survival was the girl behind him, then he would place all his chips on her. Mukade launched herself at him only to be blown back by a dim, pink barrier.

"Hurry! I can't maintain a barrier in this state!" The voice warned and Inuyasha willed himself to move.

"No! NOOO! PRIESTESS!" Mukade screeched, she slammed her body against the barrier again and again. She was being purified from the barrier but she couldn't allow him to take this moment away from her! Not when it was so close! When she saw the priestess eyes flutter open, she knew that tonight had to be the night that she released her from that prison. Not the filthy half breed! "CHOOSE ME PRIESTESS! CHOOSE ME!"

Inuyasha positioned himself right above the amber as Mukade reared herself for an even stronger attack. She distanced herself from the barrier to only come crashing back down as Inuyasha reached for the amber, his hand passing through the rock like it was made of water. He grabbed her hands as Mukade came barreling down on the barrier and it shattered like glass.

"WAKE UP KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled as he pulled the girl out, her eyes snapping instantly. Before Mukade could even get within inches of Inuyasha, she was blocked by another more powerful barrier. The amber exploded, sending Inuyasha flying back in the opposite direction. A woman in her priestess robes stood in the amber's place, a bright smile decorating her face as she looked down at him.

"Took you long enough, now didn't it?" The girl said as she reached her arms above her head and stretched. Her smile softened and transformed into something filled with love, "It's been a while… Hasn't it, Inuyasha?"

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