There was complete darkness. The darkness seemed to be closing in on her, pushing her from all sides, squeezing. She couldn't see a physical movement; she could just feel it… pressing on all sides. She gasped for breath, the darkness was suffocating her.
She couldn't help but think that the darkness represented something. Something important. Something she had to remember.
But what was it?
Before she could think about it farther, a cold laugh broke out, and she began to scream.
"Kagome! Wake up, Kagome! Dammit, Kagome, wake up!"
Kagome awoke with Inuyasha standing over her, and Shippou standing on the foot of the bed. Both of their faces looked worried, although Inuyasha was quick to hide it.
"You were screaming, Kagome." Shippou informed her, his eyes worried and frightened at the same time.
"It was just a nightmare." Kagome assured them, sitting up. Once she did, a pain shot through her head, and she placed a hand on it, wincing.
Inuyasha stared at her, before he decided not to question her.
"When did I go to sleep?" Kagome asked.
"Not too long ago, when you were on the couch." Inuyasha explained.
"Inuyasha carried you here." Shippou piped up.
"Thank you, Inuyasha." She muttered, sliding off the bed, despite the protests of the pain in her head.
"Feh."
Shippou began to chat excitedly to Kagome, something about a girl that he met at the orphanage not to long ago, but immediately halted when Kagome put out a hand in front of his face, silencing him. "I have a headache, Shippou. Perhaps some time later."
Shippou looked a little disappointed, but nodded.
Kagome eased herself out of her room, and called to Inuyasha, who was already heading down the hall, "Have Sango and Miroku come yet?"
"Yeah, they're downstairs." Inuyasha responded. He even paused to make sure Kagome was making her way across the hallway okay before starting down the stairs.
Kagome followed him, with Shippou looking worriedly up at her as he walked alongside her.
Kagome sighed as she felt the small kit's eyes on her, "What, Shippou?"
Shippou winced at the tone of voice she had taken, but answered bravely, "Nothing Kagome. Absolutely nothing."
This just made Kagome rub her temples even more, "I'm sorry Shippou." Surprisingly, she sped up a little as she trotted down the stairs, and the small kit couldn't keep up. So Kagome was stuck down at the base of the stairs, waiting for Shippou so he wouldn't get lost.
When Shippou finally got down the stairs, Kagome started off again. She felt a little less pain when she was walking.
"Kagome!" It was Sango, "Its Shippou all right?" She asked, referring to the small kit that Inuyasha had mentioned on the phone.
"Kagome, who are these people?" Shippou asked, shying away from Sango and Miroku, hiding behind Kagome.
"Shippou, that's Sango, and that's Miroku." She pointed to each one in turn, "Sango, Miroku, this is Shippou."
"We figured as much. Inuyasha didn't just talk about the new admirer you hav—" Inuyasha promptly hit him on the head.
Miroku rubbed his head, "What was THAT for? I did absolutely nothing."
"You were thinking about it."
"So what if I was?"
"Don't 'so what' me."
"Enough you two!" Kagome and Sango said in perfect unison.
"Sit Inuyasha!"
Slam. His face met Kagome's floor. Actually… his face broke Kagome's floor.
"….oops." Sango said blinking.
"…uh-oh." Miroku said, peeking over the hole in the floor to see Inuyasha.
"…Kagome, he broke your floor." Shippou said wide-eyed. Now that wasn't a sentence you hear everyday.
Kagome twitched a little, "I'll just get it fixed. But it's primarily my fault…" She paused for a moment, "So anybody up for some lunch?" That was rather sudden.
Everyone except Inuyasha, who couldn't, nodded.
"All right, let's eat!"
After lunch, Sango and Miroku announced that their parents were going on vacation together and that they'll be gone for two weeks.
"…why don't you guys stay here then?" Kagome asked.
"We'd love that Lad—" Miroku was slapped by Sango.
"But won't that just cause problems?" Sango questioned.
"No, of course not." Kagome responded.
"Well… I guess… if its not a problem." Sango said uncertainly.
"Its not a problem at all." Kagome picked up the dishes to take them into the kitchen where the cook or the maid would wash them later.
Sango and Miroku grinned at Inuyasha. They had planned this the whole time.
Awhile later, Sango and Miroku claimed they had things to go pick up at home. So they waved goodbye to everyone and promised to be back. Shippou volunteered to go as well, he wanted to go for a walk anyway.
So that left Kagome and Inuyasha.
The air between them was awkward. It was, that is, until they both heard a really large noise coming from the roof. Kagome caught her breath, and Inuyasha smelled the air.
It smelled like Kouga. Kouga and Naraku.
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Sorry for the short chapter. X.x I just sort of wanted to get it over with. To get the guilt vibes away.