Promise Me

Chapter: 9

Sesshoumaru was laying in his bed looking up at the ceiling and thinking of the girl he had met just hours before. He wasn't able to sleep and he looked over to the clock which read four in the morning. Sighing, he got up and walked over to his dresser and got dressed. He walked over to his bed side table and grabbed his car keys.

Walking out of his house and to his car, he slid inside the car and started it up. He reversed out of his driveway and sped off down the street to a destination not yet known to even himself.

Kagome's Dream

Kagome tossed and turned in her sleep her nightmares seemed to be at full force and she just couldn't shake them. But a bright light shot out of the darkness and consumed it. Walking out of the middle of the bright light was none other than the man she had encountered in the mall.

She looked into his golden eyes as he walked up to her and took her within his arms. She looked up at him as he smiled a small smile down to her. He sat down pulling her into his lap and shielded her from the evil of her dreams. Glancing up at him, she tried to remember who this man was.Try as she might, Kagome just couldn't remember who he was.

She tried her best to stay up and be with this strange man but found herself unable to stay awake.

Kagome sat up straight when she heard Naraku call from downstairs. Pulling herself out of bed, Kagome got dressed before heading downstairs to see Naraku and the lady sitting at the table. Plates of food were front of them with one plate in the corner.

"That's yours, Kagome."

Kagome looked at Naraku and then over to the woman and to the plate before cautiously walking to the table and taking her seat. She ate slowly and by the time she was done, it was time for her to go to school. She grabbed her bag and looked over her shoulder to the woman and couldn't help but wonder who she was. She hadn't been told the lady's name, and felt bad for not knowing her.

She turned the corner to see Sango waiting there for her. For some reason, she was glad to see Sango waiting there for her. Walking up to Sango, she gave the other girl a small smile.

Sango looked at Kagome and her eyes lit up with joy as they danced around as she smiled back at Kagome.

"Listen... I am not use to doing this so do not interrupt what I am about to say..."

Sango nodded at Kagome and prepared herself to hear every word the girl was going to say.

"I feel that you are truly a good friend, and that I can tell you anything... Yesterday during the spare period, I went to a mall and there I met up with a strange guy," Kagome said. "This man... I felt I knew him. For many years an angel has chased away my nightmares and when I saw him... He is the angel in my dreams."

Sango stared at the girl walking beside her. She had never said more than a few words before and now here she was spilling out where she had been yesterday and who she had met.

"What are you saying Kagome?"

"I... I want to find this man..."

Sango just nodded and looked on ahead as the two made their way to school. She didn't know how they were going to find the man that she talked about, but she would sure as hell try to find him for Kagome.

The two walked into the school and Sango left Kagome at her locker. As Kagome put her books into the locker, she was turned around to face none other than Inuyasha. She stared into his brown eyes, unfeeling.

"Why didn't you come last night?" asked Inuyasha.

"Because I will do as I wish!" said Kagome as she turned around and finished what she was doing.

"Well I will walk you home after school and talk to you about what I wanted to talk to you about yesterday," Inuyasha told her, as he turned around and walked off down the hallway.

Closing her locker door, Kagome took off to her classroom to wait for her class to begin. Sitting in class as the teacher went on and on about nothing, she stared up toward the front of the class. She was off in a different world entirely and when the teacher came to her desk and took her paper from her she looked surprised.

"Ms. Higurashi, can you tell me who 'Sesshoumaru' is?"

Kagome looked up at her teacher. Who was he talking about? She knew no one by that name. The teacher put the paper back on her desk and walked back to the front of the class.

"I suggest you get your mind back to class and not your boyfriend," said the teacher as he picked up where he left off.

Kagome looked down at the paper in front of her and read the name 'Sesshoumaru' on it. She put the paper in the back of her binder and for the rest of the class just looked out the window that was beside her.

The bell rang and the class filed out of the room. Just as she was about to leave her teacher called her back. Kagome stopped and turned around to look at her teacher.

"Is there something wrong, Kagome?" asked the teacher. "You have been falling behind in your work lately."

"No... There is nothing wrong. I will be handing in my assignments from now on again," said Kagome as she turned around and walked out of the room.

Two Hours Later

Kagome sat in the cafeteria with Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha and listened to them talk about an upcoming math test. She would notice little glances directed at her every once in a while by Inuyasha. She slowly ate her meal and then got up to leave, but was followed by Sango and the two guys.

The four of them walked out of the cafeteria and headed to the courtyard where they sat under a tree, and the three continued their talk about the math test..

Out of no where, a headache hit Kagome. It was massive, the surrounding around her started to move and Sango and the others went blurry then everything went black.

Flashback

Kagome looked around her surroundings and noticed a little girl crying in a corner. She watched as a silver haired boy approached the crying girl.

"Why are you crying?"

The little girl looked up at the boy and blinked a few times. "My mommy, daddy and brother died!" she cried. "And now I'm alone."

"No you're not."

"How do you know?" sniffled the little girl as she wiped away her tears.

"Because I will be here," said the boy.

Sniffing the little girl stood up, "My name is Kagome."

"Mine is Sesshoumaru."

Getting up the little girl walked over to the boy and latched herself onto his waist holding on as if he were her life line.

Kagome looked on at the smaller version of herself and the boy who she seemed she wouldn't let go of. This was the man she had encountered at the mall, and the same man who had chased away her nightmares everynight for the past several years. As she looked on, the scene changed.

"Kagome?"

The little girl looked at him and nodded to show that she was listening to him.

"Bring your hand."

She extended her arm and offered her hand to her most trusted and only friend in the world. The little boy took her hand in his and faced her hand palm up. He then placed the object into her hand.

The older version of Kagome walked over to the younger version and peered down at what the little boy had placed into the little girl's hand. As she caught sight of the object her hand went up to the neck lace which rested on her chest.

Kagome watched as the little girl looked at the necklace and ring and then look back up at the boy, her eyes asking a question. She looked back at the boy as he began to tell her why he was giving her this precious thing.

"Listen... Kagome Higurashi... I give this to you," said the boy. "So you will not forget this Sesshoumaru."

"How could I forget you? We will always stick together."

"Yes... Always... Kagome... Always."

"But Sesshoumaru... This Kagome has nothing to offer to you."

"This Sesshoumaru needs nothing in return but the promise to always remember him."

"This Kagome will never forget you... Sesshoumaru... never."

As it had before the scene changed and she watched as the little version of her cried and yelled for a woman to let her go. She walked up to the boy who was standing at the door watching the girl be taken away.

"Sesshoumaru! You said we would always stick together! Please don't let them take me!" screamed the little girl.

She got out of the woman's arms and fell to the floor. Getting up, she ran to Sesshoumaru and latched onto his waist and cried into his stomach. The boy's arms slowly wrapped around the little girl's small body and they stood there for a while in each other's embrace.

Kagome watched as the boy kneeled down and look into the girl's eyes. After a minute he brought her into a hug.

"Kagome... Do you remember what I asked of you two months ago?"

The younger self nodded, "You promised to never forget this Sesshoumaru."

"But I don't want to leave you!" cried the little girl.

"I know... I know. But there is nothing we can do about it but let time pass and hope we meet again," continued the boy. "But in the mean time do not cry, remember what I taught you... Always hold your head high."

"I will never forget you," sniffed the small girl. "... I will wait until the day we meet again... Sesshoumaru. This Kagome won't forget about you. I will be waiting for the day when we meet again," the little girl said, as she released the boy and turned her back to him.

Kagome watched the little boy watch the little girl walk out of the building with the woman. She watched as a tear slid down the boy's face and she kneeled down and wrapped her arms around the boy's body.

End of Flashback

"Kagome? Kagome!" came a persons voice.

"Sesshoumaru?"

"No... It's me Inuyasha. Sango and Miroku went to go get help."

With that said, Kagome passed out once again and entered a dream where she was with her mother and father and a little boy who looked like her.

Wow! This is the longest chapter I have ever written! I hope you enjoyed it! It took me longer than I had expected to get this typed up. And that is why I have a long chapter. To make up for the weeks of neglect to you guys... lol not like it was weeks and weeks but hey I left you guys hanging. Well like I said... I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Oh yeah and this was Beta read by Lady Icykimi... Thanks!