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A Spiral in a Dreamer's Eye

Chapter One

Idle Dreams and Prophases

Kikyo…?

No…  Kikyo's dead… Naraku killed her

Then who?

The familiar outline, the pleasant scent…

Kagome? Yes, it was Kagome…

Why was she running away?

"Kagome!"

No response…Why is she crying?

"KAGOME!!!"

There… she turned around…  what?

Not Kagome…

"Naraku! What did you do to Kagome!?"

***

Inuyasha found himself soaked with sweat, curled up in a corner of one of the bamboo huts in Kaede-baba's village.

Feh, he thought. Now I remember why I never sleep while I'm human. He looked up at the black locks of hair. Damn nightmares.

Suddenly, Kagome broke into the hut. "Inuyasha, are you ok?" Damn, he was still sweating. "I heard you calling out my name."  Oh great now I sleep talk.

"Feh. You must have been dreaming."

"O…Oh."

"Go back to sleep…" Those words came out harder than he meant…  "I'm fine, really…" he added.

"Ok…  Goodnight then."

"Goodnight." Hmph… why am I always so terrible to her when she's just trying to care?  Oh this stupid human form, none of this would have happened if I were a full youkai.

Determined not to sleep again that night, the Hanyou started pacing the hut, thinking about his dream.

Kikyo's dead… He had accepted that fact by now but damn… it hurt… AH! He slammed his fists on the floor. It's all this human form's fault. I shouldn't try to think about anything while I'm this weak.  But I don't want to sleep again.  He continued his pacing. Why was Kagome crying?  That Naraku… if he did something to her!

Forgetting his human form for once, Inuyasha punched the wall of the hut, placing a small dent, but knocking him backwards with the pain.

"YOW!!" he yelled, quickly stifling himself and hoping Kagome had not heard.

Baka baka baka... you should know better than that Inuyasha…  This weak, pathetic, weak, terrible, weak, damned, WEAK human form!  Why was I upset anyway, he thought, discovering how foolish he was. How could Naraku have hurt her?   It was just a dream, wasn't it?

Somehow it seemed far too real to be a mere dream.

The night had barely begun, and yet, he had already grown tired of thinking about his dream.  He could feel his limbs slowing as he paced, and his eyelids drooping.

I can't keep this up, I'm going to fall asleep walking at this rate.

***

Kouga… ugh, just the sight of him makes me sick.

"Get away from her!"

Kagome… no… don't… no… stop holding him…

Wait… that's not Kouga… that's… NARAKU!

"Don't touch her!"

I won't let you…

"Kaze-no-kizu!"

***

Stunned, Inuyasha stared at the wreckage of the hut he was now standing in, holding a transformed Tessaiga.

"Shit!"             

He'd slept right through dawn, and turned back into his normal, powerful, youkai form.

I'm lucky I decided to have my own hut last night, that was one of the most powerful Kaze-no-Kizu's I've ever produced… and I did it in my sleep too.  I guess one good thing came out of my human form… if the others had been in here…  He shuddered.

Suddenly, Sango and Miroku appeared, fully armed, quickly followed by Kagome with her bow, and several villagers, sleepy eyed, but still armed with various types of farming equipment.

"Where are they, Inuyasha?" said Sango, quickly followed by an "I don't sense anything" from Kagome.

"What happened here?" asked Miroku. "There clearly aren't any youkai nearby."

"Feh, nothing." barked Inuyasha. I can't tell them what happened… that I lost control in my sleep…  how pathetic.

"I got bored, and didn't like the way the walls looked."

"So you destroyed them?!" asked Kagome incredulously.

"Well it is the kind of thing he would do…" Miroku added mockingly.       

"True enough"

Good… they bought it

Kagome started reassuring the villagers that everything was ok, while a more than slightly pissed off Sango started berating Inuyasha.

"Well, now that Inuyasha so kindly woke us all up…"

"Oh don't be so hard on him; the walls were kind of ugly…"

"Shut up, Houshi-sama!"

Slightly taken aback, Miroku silenced himself.

"As I was saying, since we're awake," she glared daggers at Inuyasha, "where should we go next? Kagome, have you sensed any shikon shards lately?"

Kagome was almost afraid to respond because of Sango's less than pleasant mood, but she had actually noticed a shikon shard just seconds ago.

"Hai, two of them in fact… moving quickly this way."

Two? Moving quickly… "Feh… not Kouga again!"

"Seems that way," shouted Shippo, who, previously unnoticed, was circling above on Kirara.

"Listen Kagome," Inuyasha started, "you're going to have to…"

"Loose your temper again puppy snot?"

Choose… thought Inuyasha, unable to finish his sentence.

The voice Inuyasha hated so much came floating in from a whirlwind coming towards them from the woods.  It suddenly dispersed, and Kouga stepped out of it. He stopped in front of Kagome, grabbing her hands…the wolf prince's usual entrance.

"No, wolf crap, I just had a nightmare about your ugly face."

Funny, that's almost true, thought Inuyasha as he laughed out loud.

Kagome stepped in-between the two youkai, hoping to stop the fight that hadn't started yet.

"What brings you all the way here Kouga? It's quite far from your mountain."

"Do I need a reason to come see my wife-to-be?"

Inuyasha snarled, but Kagome silenced him with a look. She had no intention of letting them destroy even more of the village.

"Good puppy" sneered Kouga.

"Kaze-no" Inuyasha found himself unsheathing his sword and attacking simply on reflex, he couldn't have stopped himself even if he wanted to… and he didn't want to.

"Kiz… UMPH!"

"SIT!!" screamed Kagome, with such ferocity that Inuyasha not only sat, but also made a crater in the ground where he was standing seconds before.

Kouga burst out laughing, failing completely to restrain himself as he usually could. That was just too funny.

"SILENCE!" yelled a furious Kagome. "That was totally your fault; you should feel ashamed of yourself. If you don't have a real reason for being here, then I suggest you leave."

The harshness of her words struck even her; she was not usually one to reprimand, especially not so severely. Kouga, slightly taken aback, quickly regained his composure, since he did have a reason for being there.

"Hai, well, actually, I'm here because you told me to come."

"What?  I did not…"

"Let me explain. Three nights ago, I had a dream, and in it I was told several things.  The first of which, told to me by the loveliest woman I've ever set eyes on," he gazed deliberately at her, "said to come here, and so I came."

Kagome blushed, completely forgetting her earlier anger at Kouga because of his flattery. Inuyasha clawed his way out of the hole, still stunned.

"Baka, you came here because she told you to… in your dream"

"Sit!" UMPH! "Continue Kouga." Said Kagome, not even realizing what she had done.

Ignoring the impulse to fall over laughing, Kouga suppressed a chuckle and continued.

"You were standing here, with the village half destroyed, and you said you had something for me?"

"Kagome, why did… AH!!"

Inuyasha screamed as Kagome "sat" him for the third time, this time he decided to stay down there.

"I have something for you?" said Kagome, completely ignoring Inuyasha.  "I'm sorry Kouga… but I don't have anything for you, even though your dream was almost correct in the other matters.  It's not that often that we are actually here, and," she looked around, "the village does look half destroyed."

"What were the other things that happened in your dream?"

Everyone turned to see Miroku speaking, haven forgotten that he was even there.

"I don't want to discuss the rest of my dream."

"I'm a monk; I have skills in deciphering dreams, from what you told us so far, your dream seems to be a prophesy, it may tell of something yet to happen, if you would only tell me the rest, I could…"

"No"

"It seems I was wrong…  I'll be going now"

Before she could stop him, Kouga hugged Kagome, and sped off in his whirlwind.

"Goodbye Kagome."

"Well that was certainly a strange visit…" Sango mused as Inuyasha struggled out of the pit for the third time

"May I get up now?" said a very flustered Inuyasha.

"Oh, sorry Inuyasha, I forgot you were down there."

"Feh…Whatever, its not like I care."

With that, he stamped off into the surrounding wilderness.  Clearly he did care.

"I didn't mean it… I was just trying to stop a fight…"

"Its ok Kagome-chan, he'll be back in time for dinner, he always is."

"Yeah… I guess we'll just have to wait for him than."

"Today's wasted now; I think I'll go home for the rest of the day, if he comes back, you can tell him where I am."

With that, Kagome walked away, looking dejected

Well… that could have gone better… things always end up awful when he shows up, thought Sango to herself, though she didn't voice the opinion.

"Hey Houshi-sama, lets try and find Inuyasha."

"Hai," said the monk, though he knew Inuyasha would rather be alone. However… perhaps he could get Sango alone with him if they went looking and…

SLAP!!

Darn wandering hands.