Kagome couldn't take the fighting anymore. She was about to yell at them, but she fainted.

Sango yelled, "Kagome!"

Sesshomaru turned aroound. When he did, he saw Kagome on the floor. Sango and Inuyasha ran over to her to see if she's alright, but before they could get there, Sesshomaru used his demonic speed to get to her. Then he left the library to go to his rooms with her in his strong arms. Everyone noticed that Kagome was gone. Sango and Inuyasha was confused.

"What just happened?"

Nobody, but Zoku answered.

"Sesshomaru took her."

Inuyasha growled; not because Sesshomaru took her. He was growling at Zoku.

"What did you do to her, bitch?!"

Zoku quirked her right eyebrow. "I'd done nothing. She must had been overwhelm when Sesshomaru and I were 'fighting'."

Miroku stepped in. "Inuyasha, you know how nervous Kagome gets when someone, that she cares about, gets into a fight. Besides, I don't sense any ill intent coming towards Zokushi."

Inuyasha glared at Zoku. "I'll be watching you, dark miko. If you hurt anybody here, I'll send your ass to hell."

"Oh, Inuyasha, dear. You don't need to be focusing all your attention on me. You need to focus your energy to fight the enemy; not me."

"Keh! Whatever! I meant what I said."

With that said, he left to see Kagome. He didn't care if Sesshomaru gets mad or not. Zoku sighed. She'd always been accused of doing something malicious. Yes, she was a dark miko... well sort of. She was labeled as such by humans and youkai alike. There was only a few people who didn't called her a dark miko. The first person was her best friend, then it was Gina and Midoriko. Then, there was also InuTaisho and Sesshomaru.

"By the way, monk, thanks. Also don't call me 'Zokushi'. You all may call me: 'Zoku'."

"Very well. I'm Miroku. This is my wife, Sango."

"I'm Kouga, the Lord of the East, and this is my mate-to-be, Ayame."

"I'm glad to meet all of you. Where's InuTaisho and that bitch, Inukimi."

They all shrugged their shoulders. "Well, lets go see, Lady Kagome."

With that said, they went to his lordship's rooms.

-

Meanwhile, as Sesshomaru quickly made his way down to their bedroom, he summoned Naomi through his youki. As soon as he entered their rooms, Naomi was already there waiting.

"You summon, milord?"

"Yes, Kagome fainted."

Naomi frowned. She quickly examine her lady. When she was finished, she smiled.

"So, what is it, healer? Is something the matter with her? Is she ill? Why are you smiling? What's so amusing?"

"Milord, please stop asking questions."

"Watch your tongue, healer! Now tell me! What. Is. The. Matter. With. Her."

"Nothing."

"Nothing? Then why did she fainted?"

"Milord, if you let me finished, I will answer your questions... *She paused for a moment.*... Have you ever noticed any thing different? Like eating habits, any fatique, swollen ankles, and etc..."

He was going to answer, but the ever brash hanyou made his appearance.

"So, is she fucking alright?"

"What are you doing in here, half-breed? I am NOT in the mood for your big mouth. Now go before I'll kill you for annoying me."

"Feh! I don't care, if you are in the mood or not! I am NOT moving until I know Kagome is alright!"

"You have a death wish, don't you, half-breed?"

"If you kill me, then what would Kagome say? You would break her heart if you did. And you know it, too, don't you?"

Sesshomaru growled. "Well, bring it on, bastard!"

Naomi thought, "I am getting too old for this."

Then Sesshomaru stopped growling as soon as she spoke out loud.

"That's enough out of you, two! Lord Sesshomaru, you know that Lady Kagome needs a peaceful room without any negativity within it. Now, if you can't behave, then leave! The both of you, leave!"

By that time, Zoku and the others were at the door. Everyone was shock to see someone from his household talked to the demon lord like that. They, except for Zoku, were worried about the old healer. Even the big mouth, Inuyasha was worried about the old lady.

"Everyone relaxed," Zoku said calmly.

"How could we fucking relax when that bastard is going to kill something or someone?"

"He won't kill her, Inuyasha."

"How the hell do you know that? How did you know my fucking name?"

Zoku sighed. "He won't kill her because he has so much respect for her. Ever heard of, respecting your elders? How I know your name? Well, Inuhime talked about you a lot when I'd visit her when she was held under house arrest. It was Inuyasha this or Inuyasha that. I mean, she couldn't stopped talking about you."

Meanwhile, Kagome was under a deep sleep. She couldn't wake up, even if, Inuyasha yell in her ears.

In the dream world, Kagome found herself in some dark palace. It was dark because there were no windows at all. However, there was something like moonlight shining throughout the room.

"Ok, if there's no windows, how does the moonlight shining in here? Dreams are sometimes weird."

Someone startled her when a weak voice spoke up. "Who... who are you?"

At first, Kagome didn't recognize her voice, but it was familiar. When she got close, the voice said, "No! Don't... Don't come any closer. I don't want to harm you."

Kagome still went up to where the voice was coming from. The person was in a pathetic fetal position on the floor. She had her arms around her legs. She gasped. "Inu... Inuki?"

Inuhime looked up at the dark figure that seemed to stand as tall as the mountain. "Who are you?"

"It's me, Kagome. Your twin's mate."

"Ka-go-me? My twin's mate?"

Kagome knelt down by her. "Yes."

"Could you help me sit up?"

"Yes."

As she helped her sat up, she saw blood. It came from her stomach, where Naraku's 'mating mark' was at and from between her legs.

"Inuki, what happened to you? Why are you bleeding?"

"I am bleeding?"

Inuhime touched her stomach. She kept her head down as if she were shameful.

"It's must be the blood curse. That and also I was recently raped by an evil and malicious male."

"Who's this male you speak of, Inuki?"

"I can't."

"You can't? Why not?"

"Because he's here with us. Fortunately, he can't see or hear us."

"If he is here, then where is the bastard?"

Inuhime chuckled. "And what's so funny?"

"You sound just like Inuyasha."

Kagome smiled. "Well, what you expect being around him all of this time."

"The bastard I'd spoken of is on the bed behind you, Kagome."

Kagome looked over her shoulder, but she didn't see anything or anyone, for that matter.

"I don't see anyone, Inuki."

"Hn. Perhaps, I am in your dream then."

"How can you do that? Never mind. Don't answer that. It's not important, right now. Please tell me, where are you?"

"I don't know where, however, I know it's in the south."

"South? South, what?"

"The south of the lands."

"Kagome, listen to me. In the center of the Western lands, there lives an *ikki-youkai named, Bokesenou. He will give you what I had given him many years ago for safe keeping. However, you must go alone. The contents is very important. Only a miko could touch it. The only reason, the ikki-youkai could because I made him immune to the barrier. I don't know how much time that I have before the change comes"

"Change? What change?"

"This curse was meant to draw out my inner darkness."

"What else can this curse do to you? Please tell me."

"This blood curse meant to do a lot of things. It's not your average curse that it's so easy to reverse. It had weaken me to a point of death. The strength that was taken, due to the curse, had strengthen the one who cast the curse. I was so weak in strength that I couldn't defend myself from being raped by HIM again. Just recently something has changed within me."

"What change, Inuki?"

"Something is trying to take over me. And it hurts because I'd been fighting it. I don't know how long I could fight, Kagome. There's one more thing that you must tell to Bokesenou. It would be only then that he would know that you are the one to give IT to. You will say this to him: *Atoganai; Unhatenniari*."

Then Inuhime looked at her. Kagome gasped. Kagome had awoken up.

-

As Kagome was having her premonition, Naomi had never got a chance to tell them the news because everyone was talking or arguing with each other. Inuyasha was blaming Zoku about Kagome's collapsing... again. Sesshomaru was arguing with Zoku again. It was something about not calling him 'Sesshou' instead of 'Lord Sesshomaru' or 'milord'. Miroku was being his hentai self by grabbing her ass. Sango returned the gesture by slapping him leaving a red hand print on his cheek.

Naomi thought, "I just tell them when her ladyship wakes up. They are so stressed out and worried about Ladies Inuhime and Kagome. I don't blame them really. However, all this yelling, isn't good for all of us. It would just make things worst."

She spoke up. "Alright, everyone, that's enough! Like I said before, all this negative is not good for Kagome. If you couldn't respect that, then leave and continue doing what you were doing before she fainted."

Everyone agreed, but they wanted to know if Kagome was alright. So, Naomi told them that it was stress that made her faint. She'll be up and walking soon. She just needed a healing slumber. Contented with what she'd told them, they left and went on their separate ways. All except for Sesshomaru. He wanted to stay near Kagome until she woke up.

Naomi wanted to tell him first anyways. Just before she could speak, Kagome was awaken by her gasping.

Naomi thought, "Oh, for Kami's sake. I give up. I'll tell them later."

With that thought, she left their bedroom in frustration.

Kagome was shaking. She also felt chills throughout her body.

"Kagome, omae, are you alright?"

AN: *ikki- a tree

*atoganai- there's no way out

*unhatenniari- no flying from fate

Inuyasha (c) Rumiko Takahashi

Fanfiction & OCs (c) ladytari