Symphony of Dreams
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Chapter Nineteen

"Inuyasha!"

Something flew out and plunged through Inuyasha's chest. Kagome's eyes widened as she looked to the tentacle that was going through his chest. Kagome looked over to the man that wield the...attachment.

"W-who are you?" She squealed out as she ran behind the tree. She looked to the two battling demons, still wondering where the Tetsusaiga had disappeared to. She watched the strange man closely. His crimson eyes interested her. But...she could not tell if he was friend or foe.

She backed away from the tree and began to look for the Tetsusaiga. She was sure that Inuyasha kept that as something sacred, just as she had with the Shikon no Tama, but now that she knew what was going on, she started to wish that she knew where she threw the Jewel. She sighed. There was no point...she looked back to the battle and her eyes widened at the destruction.

Ten trees, and the grass was all bloody. The stranger had wounds everywhere, as did Inuyasha, especially the gaping hole in his chest. Kagome narrowed her eyes. That man was hurting Inuyasha...she couldn't allow that. She gasped as he launched forward, and she saw it. It was a slight glimmer, but she knew it was there. Now she had to choose...Inuyasha's life, or an entire planet of lives.

"Inuyasha..."

She was torn as Inuyasha charged as well, claws at the ready. She could hear him as he roared in fury, ready to shred the man to pieces. She closed her eyes before running toward the battle.

"Inuyasha!"

Her breath caught as the man swung at Inuyasha, with such force that she knew it would injure him severely. She was so close...so close to him now...

"SIT BOY!"

She grabbed him as he went down, the mans attack missing them by a mere inch and slicing off three strands of Kagome's hair. Her eyes were wide as she watched them fall gently to the ground, before she shrieked as they exploded. He was planning to kill Inuyasha! The moment that attack would have struck, Inuyasha would have exploded!

She heard a low growl and looked to see Inuyasha mumbling a looooong string of swears. She sweat-dropped. Yup...looked like Inuyasha was back to normal.

"Inuyasha?"

"Damn it, Kagome! What the Hell is wrong with you, you stupid girl?" Inuyasha yelled at her, his face covered in dirt and blood. He glared at her before noticing the tears that were at the edges of her eyes. His eyes softened as he gazed at her.

"Kagome? What's wrong?" Inuyasha said as he held her in his arms. Kagome choked slightly before the dam broke. She hugged him tightly as she cried into his shoulder.

"I was so scared! I thought you were gonna..." Kagome trailed off as she began to hiccup slightly. Inuyasha's brows drew in. She was afraid? Why?

"Kagome...why were you...were you afraid of me? Did I do something to you, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked her. Kagome was confused. He didn't remember? How could he not remember?

"Inuyasha...w-where's Tetsusaiga?" Kagome asked him. Inuyasha ripped away from her and looked down to his side. His eyes widened as he saw it empty. It was gone!

"Damn! Where is it!" Inuyasha said as he immediately stood up and frantically looked around. It was gone! Tetsusaiga was gone! His father's sword was gone! He began to slowly panic. Kagome watched as he twirled around in circles, searching everywhere, even underneath himself.

"Umm...Inuyasha?" Kagome called.

"Not now, damn it! I have to find the sword!"

"Is this, perhaps, what you are looking for?" Said the man. Kagome and Inuyasha immediately looked to him. They saw a sword wrapped in some kind of cloth. Inuyasha glared at him as he recognized it as Tetsusaiga.

"Who are you, and why do you have my sword?" Inuyasha growled. The man glared.

"My name is Naraku, and why I have the Tetsusaiga is none of your concern. You should take better care of your precious items..." He said before he threw the sword to Inuyasha. Inuyasha immediately grabbed the sword and glared at Naraku. Kagome walked up to Naraku.

"You have it, don't you? Give it to me." Kagome growled out. Naraku smirked at her, knowing exactly what she was talking about. Kagome continued to glare at him.

"Now, now...I need this little bauble, unlike you. I plan to destroy something that is in my way..." Naraku said flatly. Kagome narrowed her eyes.

"Give me the Jewel!" She screamed as she stomped up to him, but was stopped by a clawed hand. She turned to see Inuyasha, glaring at Naraku with more hatred than he had within his eyes when he was out of control.

"Give back the Jewel. Now." Inuyasha growled as his eyes slightly began to bleed red. Kagome's eyes widened.

"Sit!"

BOOM!

"DAMN IT!"

"Uhh...whoops! Thought you were going out of control again..."

"Kagome..."

"Sit!"

BOOOOM!

"KAGOME!"

"Uhh...sorry. Thought you were doing it again..."

"That's a lie!"

"...Inuyasha..."

"I DIDN'T SAY ANY--"

"SIT!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

"Excuse me."

"Huh?"

"Would you please stop?"

"...uhh..."

"Nevermind. Good-bye, fools."

Kagome winced as a purple hazy smoke came from Naraku and hit her directly in the eyes. She hissed in pain and covered her mouth and body. Inuyasha's face was stuck in the ground, so he didn't bother doing anything. She silently cursed him for not being able to 'sit' her...

"Inuyasha, I can't breath!" Kagome screamed as she struggled to gain her breath.

"Nmphft, cn eh!"

"What!"

"NMPHFT, CNEH!"

"I still don't understand you, Inuyasha!"

"DN IF!"

"Okay, I think I understood that!" Kagome rolled her eyes in her head. His favorite choice of words. She began to feel faint slightly, when the miasma disappeared. Kagome's breathing was ragged as she fell to her knees. Inuyasha pulled his head out of the ground and was immediately by her side.

"Kagome, are you alright?" He asked her. Kagome did not respond. Her skin was sickly pale, and her eyes were impossibly small. Her head was lolling to a side as her lids were slightly closed. Kagome had breathed in too much miasma...

"Kagome...?" Inuyasha called to her, shaking her slightly. She did not react. Inuyasha began to panic.

"Kagome!" He called again. Still, she had no reaction, just weak breathing and slowly fading heart beat. Inuyasha hugged her tightly, burrying his face into her neck.

"Please Kagome...don't die...not again. I...I don't think that..." Inuyasha whispered to her as a tear fell off his cheek. His mother's memories began to flash through his mind, her death...the betrayal the humans made upon her.

"Don't you dare die, you stupid girl! Don't you dare!" He whispered more harshly this time. By the time the tears stopped flowing down his face, it was near sunset, and Inuyasha was feeling strange. His eyes widened, their color slightly fading.

It was the night of the new moon...

Naraku watched as the hanyou began to become a human. He shook his head. It would figure...now he had to not only destroy Khan, but protect them as well. How he despised this...

"Damn it...Inuyasha, you better become a hanyou again..." Naraku whispered before he closed his eyes, the Jewel pulsing brightly against his chest. He looked down to it.

"Hush, Midoriko...I have saved your life, but only barely. You must not use too much energy..." Naraku whispered. The Jewel began to quiet down, and Naraku glanced back to Inuyasha, a strange scent hitting his nose before his eyes widened.

Inuyasha...and Kagome? Well then...that's a strange couple. Hmm...don't worry, Inuyasha. Your little human won't die. She did not breath enough poison. I believe that I should leave you two alone...
Naraku thought as a smirk formed on his face. He then stood up on the branch and leapt away into the darkness.

Jaken was terrified.

He was never afraid of his Lord's actions.

But this was insane...

He watched as Sesshomaru threw another chair at a wall, shattering it to pieces, missing Jaken by mere inches.

"S-Sesshomaru-sama! Please, what are you doing!" Jaken screamed as Sesshomaru's claws glowed green and he began attacking his walls viciously, his eyes continuing to bleed a darker red with each strike, near black. His spine felt as if it were on fire, and his mind was swirling with images of Rin.

When she slept when they first came to him.

When she blushed being caught entering his rooms.

When she ran to him during the thunderstorm.

When she dreamt of him indangerous ways...

When they made love for the first time...

Sesshomaru snarled again as he roared, his nostrils flaring as his claws began to glow yellow and suddenly, he began to lash out with an energy whip. Jaken cried out as he ran out of the door for cover. His Lord had never acted this way before...what was wrong with him?

"Sesshomaru-sama, please! Stop this madness!" Jaken cried out, hoping that Sesshomaru would react to him in some way. Sesshomaru merely ignored him and continued to lash out, destroying everything he saw, living or not. Jaken's eyes widened as he noticed the whip was also slashing Sesshomaru. He had to think fast...what could stop Sesshomaru?

That's when it hit him.

"M-milord! Don't worry, I will return soon to save you!" Jaken ran out of the room, following the scent of the person he knew could calm his Lord.

"Rin! Help!"

Rin's eyes were burning. Her heart was pounding. Her mind was pulsing. Her feet were stomping. If Sesshomaru wanted to get rid of her, then she would be delighted in handling it for him. She glanced back behind her to the outlining of the castle she had left. She sighed. It seemed that the farther she left, the harder it became...what was wrong with her?

"Damn it..." Rin mumbled under her breath. She glanced to her side at the forest. Her eyes narrowed.

Why is the Fukai Mori closing up? Now I must go around it, seeing as I am unable to fly...
Rin thought. She sighed. Her feet were tired. She hadn't stopped walking since the incident at the ocean. She looked ahead and continued to walk. One thing she knew was this. If Sesshomaru was true to his words, he would find her and un-mark her.

"I refuse to go back. And no one will make me." Rin whispered harshly to herself. It wouldn't matter. She still had a long way to go until she reached the other end of the Fukai Mori.

"Sesshomaru...I knew I should have never allowed you to get close to me..."

Inuyasha continued to blush as Kagome unconsciously snuggled into his lap. He tried to slightly back away, trying not to wake her up. His face was afire and he continued to look down. There was no one around, and the only one who was was asleep...he didn't know why he continued to blush.

"Come on...quit being such a baby. She's sleeping. There's no one here...nothing can happen." Inuyasha mumbled to himself. He blinked as he looked up to the white tree he had noticed before. He stood up and walked over to it, setting his hand upon the trunk. It was smooth, not rough like other trees were. His eyes lit up for some reason. This tree seemed familiar to him...

"I remember...something..." Inuyasha whispered.

An image began to form in his mind...

Flashback

"Mommy? Daddy? Where are you?" A little Inuyasha called out as he wandered around a forest. He squint his eyes in attempt to see better since his eyes still needed to adjust to the darkness. He had gone out to play in a village with his brother, but he had left Inuyasha all alone in the village. Now, he was lost while trying to find his way home.

"Mommy? Brother? Is anyone there?" He called out again. He felt the edges of his eyes burn with unshed tears. He felt his spine grow cold as he sniffed slightly from crying. He continued to walk around before he ran into something.

Inuyasha fell to the ground and sat there, starting to cry. He covered his face with his silverish hair and cried silently.

"Come now child...there is no reason to weep..."

Inuyasha sniffed slightly and continued to cry. He kind of looked up to what he thought was speaking and saw a pristine tree in front of him with flowers and moss growing around it. Inuyasha wiped the tears from his eyes as he continued to gaze upon it.

"...what are you...?" Inuyasha whispered as he stood up and walked up to the tree. He could feel a warm presence coming from it. Inuyasha hugged it around the trunk and smiled slightly, a yawn escaping him. Inuyasha turned, putting his back against the tree and slid down to his bottom. He yawned again and his eyes began to close slightly. When they fully did, he felt something warm wrap around him and fell asleep.

"Sleep now, child. There is no need to fear now..."

Inuyasha fell asleep in the roots of the tree...

End Flashback

Inuyasha sighed and went over to pick up Kagome, setting her down in the roots of the tree. It had protected him once, he was sure that it would protect her as well.

"Kagome...wake up soon." Inuyasha mumbled. He sighed and sat down next to her, before pulling her into his lap and set his forehead on her shoulder, falling asleep upon her, his raven hair mashed against hers.

Kagome...you're the only one I have left...

He scowled once more as he slashed out at the random animals that crossed his path. He didn't feel like running around the forest now. He had made it practically half-way, and now he was worn out. Even Sesshomaru would have stopped running. That was how large the Fukai Mori was...

"Damn this forest. Damn that mutt. Damn this sword. Damn Midoriko..." He growled to himself. He looked to the forest beside him and hissed as another root reached out towards him. Khan leapt back unleashing the Souunga and swiping at the root,blasting it to pieces. He scowled. Why him?

"I must find her...whomever this person is that can destroy me." Khan whispered to himself. He couldn't take it. He could feel something withering within him, inside out. Something was slowly destroying him...

Touga watched from a pool of water as Khan continued to become frustrated. He narrowed his golden eyes at him. Khan must be destroyed. But how could he warp her there to destroy it?

"Utsugi, tell me. How do you plan to defeat Khan?" Touga turned to see the one who was to destroy Khan. She merely smiled and shook her head.

"She has loved me for a very long time. Her heart still wracks from my demise. I am sure that if she can combine her soul into mine, we will have the power to destroy him. He has yet to experiance anything such as love..." She whispered into the wind. Touga nodded. He then turned and looked back into the pool of water that continued to show Khan. He waved his hand over it, making the water ripple, changing the picture.

That's when he saw his daughter-in-law.

He smiled.

"You must hurry Rin. There is not much time left...every second that goes by, Khan continues to grow stronger..." Touga whispered. He watched as she continued to walk beyond the forest.

"I just hope she is smart enough to go into the forest..."

There. In case you didn't know, that was a scene in the Otherworld with Touga, or the Inu no Taishio. Anyway, I don't really do well with Inuyasha/Kagome lemon scene's...but...yeah. (side-glance)

Anyway, thanks for reading. The story is almost over (thank god). Bye!

Symphony of Dreams signing off