Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha
Prologue
They fell heavier now, the rain, in large drops that soaked you to the bone. They were as cold as ice. The rain stung my eyes as I looked up into them unable to move for the slow lethargy of death that was washing over me. My vision swam in and out of focus becoming darker with each passing moment. The pain gone all but for a faint murmur of agony that spread through my limbs.
Voices were calling in the distance so faint and far away that I could scarcely comprehend what they were saying . I tried to concentrate but to no avail.
A face swam into focus, his face. My beautiful angel full of desperation, concern, and despair coloring his handsome features. He's whispering now, my name on his lips. Tears streaking his cheeks making stains on his perfect marble façade. No one should look so sad and tortured. Especially him.
The cold was biting into my flesh. It dug down to my bones and buried itself there. Taking my life faster than the rain could fall and my blood could spill. Then darkness came and his face faded from light.
"Beloved. . . ."
Dreams
I woke with a start as the cold hit my feet. My blanket was tangled around my form from the thrashing my dream had caused. A sheen of cold sweat covered me in a thin layer and I shook slightly. ' that dream again, always that dream. ' I thought as I sighed into my hand. It had been six years since it started and its always the same day in, day out.
"Kagome, are you up? The sun has already risen. The fields won't wait you know." came the sing song voice, of my dearest friend Kei, through the opening of the small hut.
I have called this place home for as long as I can remember. Which happens to be only six years. Just when the dreams began. Before that I don't remember anything.
The day I was found, how I remember it, Kei was there. She was out looking for herbs the village Miko asked her to find. She walked through the brush and tripped over my barely conscience, badly beaten, almost completely naked body. Her scream was so deafening that the birds took flight and the men from the village came running to her aid. They took me to the villages's Miko for healing. The Miko told them I was lucky to be alive and I'd take some time to fully regain my strength. I still have the scares that marred my body that day.
"Kagome! Come on, you must hurry for a storm is coming in. We won't have much time." Chimed Kei's voice once again.
'A STORM. I HATE STORMS.'
I grumbled my protests to Kei as I got up from my futon and made myself ready for the day. When I finished dressing I grabed my tools and gloves. Then folowed Kie to the fields. The sky was filled from horizen to horizen with massive thunder heads that rumbled softly as if they purred to themselves. The fields were a striking green despite the darkness from the clouds that hung low over the fields of our village. Birds chirped franticly in the trees, calling to thier mates before the storm hit, and other animals took cover in the forests that edged the village.
We worked for a few hours, then the storm let loose its vengence with no more a warning than the voluminous roar that was felt to the very core of your person. Then the rain began to pour. We all ran to the safety of our huts, all laughing but me.
He stood in the rain upon a branch in a tree, and staired at the retreating forms of the workers from the fields. "Have I finaly found you beloved. . ." he whispered to the wind.