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Disclaimer: InuYasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Any other characters are created by me and you must have permission to use them. If any events in the story seem similar it's purely coincidental.


Title: Sanctuary of Broken Dreams

Chapter Two: Who I Am

InuYasha eyes widened as he continued to stare at the crimson stained, feathery wings.

'Wings...!' he thought. 'She must be...an...'

The winged girl's eyelids began to shudder, slightly. InuYasha moved his gaze from her wings to her grey-blue orbs. She looked even weaker, as her eyes struggled to stay open. "Ugh..."

InuYasha sensing her pain, asked her,"Can you move?"

She looked up at him and barely whispered,"I'll...try."

Luckily, InuYasha's silver ears picked every word. "Hear let me give you a hand."

He outstretched his hand and she grabbed on.She began to stand, although the snow beneath her feet gave way and she tumbled, face first into InuYasha's chest. "Sorry," she mumbled as her cheeks blushed, lightly. InuYasha held her securely and she stood up, only to hear her gasp in pain and fall down.

"Are you alright?" he questioned her, feeling her grasp,tightened.

"It...hurts...too much..it hurts..." she said breaking into a light sweat and gasping between words.

"What...What hurts?" he asked, wanting to ease her pain.

"My...my wings..."she replied.

InuYasha glanced behind her, to her wings, and a look of horror crossed his face. Large amounts of thick, crimson blood were oozing from where her wings met the section of her back.

"Holy crap," he said, still mortified."We have to hurry, you need help!"

She looked over at him and sarcastically whispered,"Do you want me to get help, or be trapped in a crackhead scientists lab, and labeled as a new species!"

InuYasha sighed, heavily. Here, was a beautiful, winged being in his arms, bleeding to death, and no help in sight! Man, what a life he had!

"So, any ideas?" he asked her.

Her face became determined. "Only one," she said and broke out into a fit of coughs. A small river of blood, dripped at the corner of her cerise lips. " Bring me to Kaede," was all she said before falling unconscious, once again.

"Who's Kaede!" InuYasha half-yelled, half-questioned, to himself.

'I'll tell you.'

'Huh...?' he thought. 'Is that you?'

'Yeah,I'll explain everything on the way. Now, please bring me to Kaede.'

Hoisting, her limp body in his arms, her stood up. 'Um...before we go to this Kaede person. What about your wings! I can't go through the city, with you like this!'

'I'll take care of that.'

InuYasha watched in amazement, as the crimson wings became coated in a blue light and vanished.

"Wow."

'No time for that! Kaede's house is at the end of Deep Forest, in the east direction.'

'Okay. East is that way! And I'm glad, I paid attention in Geography.'

Turning towards the east direction, he held the unconscious girl's body real close, and burst into a quick sprint.

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'So, how 'bout you tell me your name? I think you're tired of me, calling you, you.'

'My name is Kagome Higurashi, InuYasha.'

'Kagome...I like it. And how do you know my name?'

'Well, you know how you've dreamed of me before?'

'Yeah, my last few dreams...'

'I guess you don't remember, but in one of them, I asked you your name.'

'Really...?'

'Huh-uh.'

'Kagome, what are you doing down on Earth, anyways? I thought beautiful angels like you, were heaven-bound.'

'It's a long story...'

'And, it's a long time before we escape this forest.'

She sighed. 'I guess your right.'

'Well, I was doing my daily runs. You see when you die and enter Heaven, your soul becomes an angel. Then, you choose to relax in happiness, or help out God. After all, he can't be everywhere all the time. So, I chose to help out, especially since I died at 16...'

'Whoa! Your 16!'

'Yeah,...' she said softly.

'You died...so young...'

'I know...' she said barely audible.

InuYasha figured it was a touchy subject and said,'So what's your job?'

'I'm a Dream Angel!' she told him, sounding happier.

'A Dream Angel...?'

'Yup! I help people around the world dream happily. You see when dreams are happier, it gives people strength to move on! I inspire others to live on and accept themselves! Sadly, sometimes I don't reach them quickly enough, or they go beyond my help, and they become Lost. When the souls are Lost, they either commit suicide, or something even more atrocious! That's why me, and other Dream Angels work hard, everyday.'

'Whoa..'

'During my dream period, I flew down to Earth. I can't be seen, unless I want to. Angels walk along humans,half-demons, and even full demons, without being noticed!'

'Whoa...'

'Is that your favorite word or the only one in your vocabulary?' she asked, giggling.

'Yeah,yeah,yeah. For someone close to death,again, you're sure bubbly.'

'I'm an angel. I can't die,only be harmed,physically and mentally.'

'Oh.'

'Anyways, I was flying towards my next 'patient', when I saw a small,red-headed fox child being attacked by a giant imp in the Deep Forest. I couldn't leave him to be killed, so I intervened. I shielded

child with my wings, just before the imp struck with a large amount of spikes. And-'

'That's how you got those injuries.'

'Yeah...'

'Wow, your brave for a girl.'

'Of course! As, I was saying, the imp struck me in the back, my wings and all. I was bleeding like crazy! I held the fox child as he began to cry. I turned to fly, only to be hit by the imp's giant hand! I was slapped in the snow, roughly! The fox child was bawling,now. He was so scared! I-'

'Wait a minute, I thought you couldn't be seen?'

'I can't be seen, but I would've scared the child,if I picked him up, and he saw nothing there!'

'Good point. Continue,please.'

'I turned invisible, again, and brought the fox child to a save spot. I wiped his tears, and he thanked me. He worried about my injuries, but I told him not to. With that said and done, I flew off. I was in the air flying over Deep Forest, again,when I became unconscious and flew from the sky.I plummeted to the spot, where you found me. I knew I couldn't hold my invisibility during my unconscious state. So, I sent you, dreams. Dreams that held me and some events that would follow in your life. Luckily, you came by and I was able to send you a thought.You found me, and now we are here!'

'Okay,but if you could mind talk with me, why didn't you? You wouldn't have been lying in the snow for so many nights, injured like this.'

'It was only 3 nights, and I tried to reach you, but my strength was limited at the time. I could only go up a certain amount of space.'

'One more thing-'

'Another question?'

'Sorry, but why me? You could've chose a full demon! A strong,full demon! Someone-'

InuYasha, I chose you! You are pure of heart, even though you put up an act. I could've chose some full demon, instead I chose you. Now, no more mind talk, here's what Kaede looks like. I need to rest, physically and mentally.'

InuYasha looked at the mental picture of Kaede. A squat, old woman wearing an ancient,red and white,Japanese style miko outfit. "How could she help us?" he wondered out loud softly, since Kagome was no longer unconscious, but sleeping.

Sleeping. She was sleeping, so peacefully with her clam, angelic looks, you'd think she was going on a trip! Looking at her, he replayed what she had told him.

InuYasha, I chose you! You are pure of heart, even though you put up an act. I could've chose some full demon, instead I chose you.'

He pondered why she would chose him, as he continued to sprint towards the east.

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'We're here.'

InuYasha told her mentally,shaking her gently to wake her. Her lids lifted to reveal grey-blue orbs begging for more sleep. "Mmm..."

InuYasha looked at her sternly,"Just because you can't die, doesn't mean your body should be loosing this much blood for this long!"

"You right, but I feel really weak."

"We better hurry. Is this the place?"

Kagome glanced over. There was a medium sized house, surrounded by other tall, green trees.

"This is the place."

InuYasha walked over to the door and looked at it, confused.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked, worryingly.

"Where's the doorbell?"

Kagome sighed. "Kaede, are you there?" she shouted.

"Oi, I'm here, no need to yell!" Kaede said as she opened the door, and her mouth dropped opened.

"I-Is it r-really, you? K-Kagome!" she yelled, tears springing to her wise,brown eyes.

"Yes! It's me, Kagome! It's really me, Grandma!" Kagome shouted happily, as she jumped into her grandma's arms. "It's really me!"

InuYasha stared at the reunited twosome. What a happy sight.

'Ans she said she felt really weak? Feh,I guess she was just really happy.' he thought.

He sighed.

Looking, into the lovely scene of the setting sun, he knew it'd been a long day.

He also knew, there was a hell of a journey waiting for him.

A journey waiting for him and Kagome.

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Author's Note: Ta-da! 2nd chapter is done! Please review! I mean the more the merrier! To those that review, I'm sending you virtual InuYasha plushies! It even comes with a human InuYasha,too! So, please review! See ya, in the next chapter!

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