(Okay, I'm going to start putting my AN up here. Sorry for the late update, a lot going on. But enjoy this chapter, and Read and Review please!)

'It was dark. So dark that he couldn't see the hand he held right in front of his face. What was this place? What was he doing here? Why was he here? So many questions and yet nothing but darkness faced him. He knew he wouldn't get answers from it so he sat up. Or, at least that was what it felt like he was doing. His sense of direction was off track in this place, and he couldn't tell if he was moving, sitting, facing north, south, east, or west, or if he was facing up, or down.

Suddenly he heard something slimy move beside him. He jumped out of surprise and a small spark left his fingertips. So, he could use his powers in this place. Okay, he could handle that. He flexed his hand and a small ball of fire hovered over his palm. He looked up from the given light and was disappointed. He still couldn't see far. It was like the darkness was trying to suffocate any light he could create. The thing move in front of him this time and he put his hand out so that the globe of light could uncover what it was that was moving around him. What he saw made him jerk his hand back with a small yelp.

The thing was a slimy worm. Like the ones that he faced with the miko's group a few days ago. Only this one was smaller, a lot smaller, and couldn't swallow him whole. But that didn't ease his nerves. Something else was here with them and he could feel it. This one was much bigger and much stronger. Only he couldn't locate it.

With frustration, he pumped more fuel into the fire in his palm to make the globe of light bigger. But something went wrong. A spark flew from the flame and apparently landed on something that was flammable, because the next thing he knew, he was faced with a wall of fire. He jumped to his feet and the fire in his hand went out. He turned when he heard someone scream. Then other screams followed and he kept turning and looking to see who it was. Suddenly, their was a gap in the wall of fire and an evil laughed echoed in the emptiness.

Everything in him froze. He knew that laugh, and he knew who that laugh belonged to. Naraku. Anger boiled in him faster then he could control it. He looked in the gap in the wall of fire and could make out his form dressed in his baboon out fit. He rushed forward, determined this time to take vengeance. But he couldn't reach him. He was moving, he could tell because of the images flashing by him. But he still couldn't reach him, no matter how much he push himself, Naraku always stayed just beyond his reach. He then heard a female scream his name. He stopped and paid more attention to the images that were flashing before him.

He could see his home burning. Everyone in it trying to put out the flames, trying to get the children out and to safety. Something in his twisted at the sight, knowing now what he was seeing. He should have been there. He should have helped and who knows? Maybe he could have saved his loved ones...

The image changed and now he saw his mother. His beautiful, sweet mother. She was running down the halls, yelling his name, asking where he was. He could tell she was hysterical, and desperate. He reached out, trying to tell he that he was there now. But the flames still engulfed her. Then the images changed again. Now the fire was out, smoke coming off of the ashes and barely standing posts that was once his house. But it wasn't as he saw it when he escaped. Now, demons were there. Demons by the hundreds, feasting off flesh that managed to escape the fire. Some feasted off the chard flesh. He could make out his father's voice, and saw an awkward shaped demon gnawing on his chest. Seeing that, something in him snapped, and he was engulfed in flames, his powers consuming him. He lurched forward with a roar and ripped the wall of fire as though it was a screen of paper. Naraku stood behind it and only laughed as he failed to reach him.

"How does it feel? To know what you could have prevented by not going so foolishly to my castle. How does it feel, to see everyone you cared for burn in your flames? Tell me..." Naraku's voice faded as a bright light suddenly erupted in front of him. He had to shield his eyes from the brightness being compared to the complete blackness he was in. But when he removed his hand, he could see a from. A female form. He could only see the out line of it and he could vaguely recognize it. But from where, he didn't know.

"It's okay. You don't have to hurt anymore. They are all fine and happy. Happy that you live, and they want you to live. It's okay." The form spoke. He recognized the voice as belonging to Kagome. What was she doing here? And how did she know who those people were? And how would she know what they wanted from him, and how did she know that they were fine? But before he could ask, she answered, as though she read his mind.

"I myself am dead. I can see spirits and I know that they were your parents and siblings. And I know that anyone who loved and cared for you would want you to live, even if they are not. Now come on." She said while offering him her hand.

A thousand questions rush through his head, but he ignored them. This miko cared for him, whether she knew him or not, and had helped him. She helped him escape his nightmares and Naraku. This miko had his trust, and he grabbed her had firmly and let her lead him out of this dark place.'

Rooski woke with a start. The air was unusually dry, warm, and the smell of burning wood invaded his sense of smell. It was the same way when he used his powers at a great extent. His eyes snapped open and he could see flames all round him. What on earth happened? He heard the mikos' and the slayer yell his name and he shot up. The whole camp was on fire. The grass, the surrounding under brush and some limbs. Uh... he didn't do this ... did he? Could he have done it while he was sleeping? His nightmare was vivid enough.

"Rooski, get out of there!" He heard the slayer yell.

He jumped and landed in the middle of where they were all gathered. He heard Kikyo give a sigh of relief and glanced her way.

"What happened?"

"I can tell you bloody well what happened." Inuyasha retorted. "I was in the middle of my watch when you started to mumble. I didn't think your whole body would combust. But I saw little sparks fly from your hands and I just thought it was the fire. But then the area around you went up in bloody flames. You probably woke the whole damn forest with your damn roar and then the whole fucking place went up in flames."

So it had been him. Whoops.

He looked over at the miko when she suddenly started to giggle.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"You slept on for a good ten minutes though it too. I've never known one to sleep through a bloody fire. But I guess there's a first for everything."

If Rooski could have done an anime sweat drop, he would have done it then. So she wasn't at all concerned whether or not he would have been burned to death? And he asked he just that.

"Well, of course I was! Don't be absurd. But Kikyo must have felt my near panic and explained that since you had powers over fire, then you most likely wouldn't burn. I still wanted you out."

"Then what was that smart remark for?"

"I just wanted to lighten the mood." Rooski gave her a dead pan look.

"I might as well tell you what every one else knows. The fire engulfed my bag before I could get it, so we have no supplies. Along with no food, or extra clothing, or blankets, or anything. We just have what he have on our backs. Which for you," She said while picking up a piece of burnt cloth from his arm, "is a lot less then what everyone else has."

Rooski's shoulders slumped at the information. They have nothing, all burnt up, because of him.

"I'm sorry." He mumbled.

"Oh it's all right," Kikyo laid a hand on his shoulder, and nearly pulled it back, but caught herself. His skin was hot! Like it was on fire ... ironically enough. "We can get more."

"Oh yea? We're not even sure you can go through the well!" Inuyasha shouted.

"Well, that's just going to have to be something we have to experiment with, aren't we? And even if I can't, You still can. My Mom knows what we need. You just have to bring it back."

"If you can't go."

"Right."

A few moments of silence went by. But to Rooski, those were some very confusing moments. And he expressed just that.

"What? What in the world are you people talking about?"

The group had doused the fire some, so that way the whole forest wouldn't go up in flames. Kagome-in-Kikyo's-body promised Rooski the whole story about the well and her time after they got control over the fire.

Kagome (in Kikyo's body) Slopped down on a fallen burnt log and huffed. She had soot smudges on her face and her hands were completely black, along with some smudges on her top where she whipped her hands. Cleaning after a forest fire was quickly added to her things she hated doing. If Rooski hadn't of done it in his sleep, she would have let him have it. Maybe she would anyway. But of course, she had to hear what had caused him to subconsciously tack into his powers like that. And of course, after she told him where she got her supplies from...

She blinked away her thoughts as Rooski sat down next to her.

"Everyone went to wash as much as they could. I'm really sorry about this you know. But their gone because they already know about this... well."

"It's really a long story, so I'll try to summarize it as much as I can. You know this isn't my original body, right?"

"Right."

"Well, I'm originally from the future. 500 years to be exact. And when I turned 15, I fell down a well in my shrine that apparently allows me to travel between the past and the future. But since I technically died, I'm not so sure I can. Which is why Inuyasha and I had that argument."

A few seconds went by, and Kagome studied Rooski's reaction. He kept a straight, blank face as he thought over what she said. It surprisingly was much like Sesshomaru's blank, indifferent mask. She wondered if it was some required quality to seem emotionless as much as possible. But, both Rooski and Sesshomaru had went through a lot in their lives. So it might be because they want to hide their emotions. But she could tell that Rooski was much younger then Sesshomaru because he seemed to show more emotions then Sesshomaru. Or, maybe there was only a certain few he would allow to be shown.

"So let me see if I have this correct. You are from the future, and that is where you get your supplies for this group?"

"Yes, That's correct." Kagome looked at his expression, and could see doubt in his eyes.

"Look, if you need proof, just come with us to the well. And If I can't go through it, then you can watch Inuyasha."

"All right. I can live with that." He agreed after a while.

"Well, now that we have all that straightened out, when the other's get back, why don't you tell us what you were dreaming."

"Um, I was actually wondering if I could talk to you about that alone. Well, I suppose that as alone as you can be, anyway."

Kagome laughed and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You don't have to worry about Kikyo. She's quiet by nature."

'Hey!'

'Kikyo, you should know me by now. And if it's bad enough that Rooski wants only a one person audience, this it must be personal.'

'That still wasn't nice. But your right. I won't say a word. But I suggest you tell someone what your going to do.'

'Of course I will. I'm not stupid.'

Kagome blinked as Rooski snapped his finger's in front of her face.

"Hey, you in there?"

"Sorry. You haven't witnessed me talking to Kikyo or the other way around?"

"Oh. That's what you were doing? I heard you looked like you were staring off into space when you did that." Kagome only gave him a dead pan look.

"I'm going to go and let someone know that I will be with you, since you don't want loose ears to hear what you have to say, okay?"

He nodded is head and she went towards the river. She heard commotion and water splashing. When she cleared the woods, a smile broke over her face. Sesshomaru was sitting on the bank with a completely dead look. She knew that look all to well. It was the look he had when something was irritating him, and he didn't want other's to know about it. Inuyasha was somewhere down the bank. She couldn't see him, but she could hear him, cursing his puppy dog eared head off. Then Sango and Miroku were splashing the kids, via Sango and Miroku. She shook her head and walked over to Sesshomaru.

"Hey."

He only flash her a side ways glance.

"Rooski wanted to talk to me alone about his dream. So, we'll be near if anything happens."

He stared at her for a while, contemplating whether or not to let her. But he remembered how Rooski had saved her life with those ... worms. So he nodded his head and turned his attention back to the others. She smiled at him and turned to go back to Rooski.

"All right. Let's take a walk, shall we?"

They walked in silence for a few moments. Rooski was trying to find a way to start. He thought about starting with how his dream first started, but shook that thought away. Should he say that his dream had her in it? That might be a good place to start. He sighed. Why had he even dreamt about her anyway? What importance did she have in it? But he supposed that she could answer that question better then he ever could.

"The reason why I wanted to talk to you alone about it, is because you were in the dream."

"How was I in the dream? No, lets start from the beginning, shall we?" she said as she sat down in front of a tree.

"Well, it just started out completely blank. You know, where you can't see, hear, smell or anything. But then, I heard something slithering around, so I lit a small flame, only I still couldn't see very far. So I tried to make it bigger, but then the whole place went up in flames. And then, I could see my home burning within the flames, and everyone was screaming. But then Naraku showed up, and taunted me with the images...

And just when I thought I would be completely consumed, A bright light burned across the blackness, and your voice spoke. You said that everyone was all right, and that I shouldn't worry, because they were happy. But it was just your spirit, just you Kagome. Why would you come to me?"

Rooski stared at Kagome as she looked off into the distance. Why was his soul reaching out to hers? It didn't make sense. What could she do to help him then what she already was? She was already mated, so it couldn't be anything down that path. She didn't think she came from any demon heritage, or any elemental being, so he couldn't be related through some twisted way. As far as she could tell, Naraku was the only common bond they had. So why would his soul be reaching out to her? There was no way she was that powerful...

'Maybe he needs more then just allies in defeating Naraku. Maybe all he needs is some friends, because of such a great loss.'

'But that doesn't explain anything. Why choose me? What so special about me?'

'Because you have that way with people. People trust you without knowing why, and they protect you because of that. You bond with them on a level no one understands. How do you think you got Sesshomaru? No one would have been able to do that.'

'Really?'

'Kagome, honestly. How do you think you did it?'

'I just thought that anyone could, if they gave him a try.'

'Your so naive.'

'I've been told more then once.'

'I really can't explain why he reached out to you. That's going to be something that we learn on the way. But right now, Let's just give him the friendship that he needs.'

'I have a feeling that he might need something a little more then friendship.'

'Which of course, will get him into trouble. Don't worry about it. Inuyasha barks Sesshomaru's head of if he thinks he's been looking at us for too long, and Sesshomaru's aura spreads when Inuyasha gets to touchy when we ride on his back.'

'Fine,' she breathed out.

She looked back to Rooski to find him staring at her.

"Rooski, I really don't know why you would dream of me, specifically, but Kikyo thinks that it just might have to be something we find out as we keep traveling together."

Rooski nodded and together they started their way back to the river where the other were waiting for them. When they cleared the woods, Kagome busted out into laughter at the look on Inuyasha's face. He sat on a rock in the middle of the river, soaked to the bone with his silver hair clinging to his face, with a glare that could put Sesshomaru's to shame, any day.

"This is not funny wench." He growled out.

The culprets came up behind him with a bucket of water, and dumped it on him. Well, that solved on mystery. The kids were using him for entertainment. So she decided to rub it in some more, since he looked so pissed off.

"Ah Inuwasha, what are dey doing to you?" She said in baby talk.

He only growled. But then the kids decided to get smart and do it again. Inuyasha grabbed Shippo by his tail and Rin by the collar of her Kimono. They tried to get away, even as hopeless as it was, and water was kicked up and limbs were flailing everywhere. Kagome laughed harder.

"Momma! Help us!!"

"You reap what you sow!"

Inuyasha laughed evilly. He threw Shippo up in the air and he landed in a deep part of the river. He then took Rin in his arms, and did the same thing.

"How do you like being soaked you little runts!" He shouted to the drenching forms trying to get out of the water.

Kagome ran a hand over her face, trying to fight back the giggles. But she heard Sango chuckling, even though she tried to hide it by burring her face into Miroku's shoulder. Miroku threw is hands up in a I-don't-know-what-happened manor. Kagome turned toward Rooski.

"Would you mind making another fire, so I could dry the kid's clothes?" Rooski, smiling, nodded and proceeded to make one.

Kagome walked over to the pile of blankets that was the only thing to survive the fire this morning. Grabbing two, she took the kids behind some trees, rid them of the wet clothing, and wrapped them up in the blankets. When they emerged from the trees, Rooski had a fire roaring with some sticks put up as a drying rack. Kami bless his soul. She put the clothes on the rack and sat down between Sesshomaru and Inuyasha (As usual) with Rin and Shippo in her lap.

"So, what do you guys want to do?" Kagome asked.

"Can we play a different game?" Rin asked looking up at her.

Kagome immediately thought of the card game War, but realized that her deck of card was now a pile of ashes. She sent a glare to Rooski.

"What did I do?"

"You burned up my deck of cards."

He gave her a confused look.

"I'm sorry Rin. Everything was in my back pack and it was caught in the fire. But when I return from home, I promise to bring back something special, okay?"

Rin nodded her head disappointedly. Kagome gave her a tight huge to cheer her up some. The rest of the time while the clothes were drying, the group just talked about random things. Then around noon, the clothes were dry and the group was headed off towards Keade's village to see if Kagome could pass through the well.