Chapter 3

Dreams, Part One

Blood. It was everywhere. Her hair, hands, clothes, even in her mouth. She felt like vomiting. All around her were bodies, dead bodies. Did she know these people? She felt that she did; however, she couldn't put names to their faces. What was she doing on this battlefield? She did not belong here.

There was a pulsing sensation coming from within her chest. The pulsing kept getting stronger as she took in the carnage around her. Was the pulsing her heart breaking?

Kagome woke with a start. 'What was that?' she questioned. She had always had vivid dreams and she could have sworn several times that her dreams were real until waking up still in her bed, but never had she had a dream with so much blood and death.

She turned to see the clock. 3:18 in the morning. 'Too early to make coffee.' Deciding to go for a walk, Kagome got out of bed and changed out of her pajamas. Walking to the front door of the house, she put her shoes on and decided to visit the old well. Since she was a teenager, the well had brought her comfort. Kagome remembered that when she was younger she never entered the well house because it was dark and scary. 'What changed?' she had often wondered.

Kagome didn't remember much about her teenage years. She knew that she had been sick, in and out of the hospital, all throughout high school, but she could not remember what had been wrong with her. Her family was always vague on the matter when asked. Because of being so sick, her grades had suffered, making being accepted into college difficult, but she had been accepted.

Walking into the well house, she placed her hands on the worn wooden lip. Her hands fit perfectly into the dips. The dips felt like someone had placed their entire weight upon the well thousands of times. It was comforting. The pulsing in her chest began once more. 'What? That was just a dream!' Freaking out a little, Kagome backed away from the well slightly. The pulsing continued.

Flashes of the dream she had just had replayed over and over in her mind. The pulsing was becoming stronger. Silver danced across her eyes. The pulsing grew stronger once more. The clanging of metal assaulted her ears. Screams filled the small well house. She could smell the blood and the rotting flesh. Kagome felt like her chest was going to explode it was pulsing so hard and fast!

"Kagome!" a ragged voice called out in anguish.

"Stay with us!" another man, his voice was smoother, but filled with fear.

"No! Kagome! Kagome! Please!" a woman this time, she was crying.

"Don't leave me!" a child's plead.

Birds were chirping a happy little song, sunlight was creeping in through the cracks, and the smell of the morning dew was in the air. These were not what woke her up though. No, what woke her up was a feeling that felt familiar but she had never felt it before. It felt like home, like a part of her that had been missing. She felt whole.

Kagome could feel the air around her. She could feel life surrounding her, even the energy coming from the wooden well. 'The well?' She opened her eyes to look at it. So, she had come out to the well house during the night. Did that mean everything that she thought was a dream really happened? Who were those people calling out to her? Why were they distraught?

Surrounding the well was a faint light that glowed blue. She had never seen anything like it before. 'Maybe it's an aura?' she questioned herself. Were auras even real? Before she could doubt the reality of them, the door opened and her mother was standing there. More than seeing her, Kagome felt her mother's presence, and more than hear her, she felt her words: "Kagome? Is everything alright?"

Mrs. Higurashi did not possess holy powers like her daughter did, but she had lived on the grounds of a shrine filled with holy power her whole life. One did not live surrounded by such power for fifty years and not be able to sense it. However, this was more than sensing the power; she could see it! It was surging around her daughter, it was radiating off of her body, the power had engulfed the entire grounds of the shrine. The pink, wispy light was coming from Kagome.

Her daughter did not move, she just looked at her with a strange gleam in her eyes.

Kagome did not know what to think. This was all so new! And her mother! She could see the love and worry floating around her mother! What was this? However, despite what was happening, she felt no fear. Looking at her mother, Kagome felt only peace and comfort. The dream didn't matter anymore and the voices didn't plague her.

Before her mom even opened her mouth, Kagome could feel the words she was going to say: "There's something you need to know."