InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon Sense ❯ The Nightmares of the Heart ( Chapter 7 )

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in this story. These characters and all aspects of them are from InuYasha, created and owned by Rumiko Takahashi. The story itself is my own.

 

 

 

Demon Sense

By Ender_kb

 

Chapter 7: The Nightmares of the Heart

 

InuYasha tore away from the darkness.

 

“Hurry Kagome, this way!” InuYasha ran into the long hallway. She couldn't keep up. He kept getting further away. The hallway was getting longer and darker. Soon she couldn't see anything at all. Her heart was beating fast; she could feel it trying to burst out of her chest.

 

“InuYasha!” she screamed. She turned in all directions, but saw nothing. Her heavy breathing was all she could hear. Her skin tingled. Her stomach pulled. Something was coming. InuYasha said he would always protect her and now he had left.

 

A blinking light could be seen in the distance. Kagome was hesitant to go to it. She crept slowly towards it. The light was gold and steady and only went out for a millisecond. When she got close enough she noticed that there were two of them. They blinked simultaneously. She hoped that it would lead her to safety, but there was always that chance…

 

`Eyes?' she thought. InuYasha's eyes. Why doesn't he come to me? She started running towards them. When she got closer she started to see InuYasha's form. She ran faster then saw something different about his eyes. She slowed down.

 

`Red?'

 

“InuYasha?” she said cautiously.

 

“Yes?” he responded.

 

“What are you doing?” Kagome noted that his voice was different.

 

“I'm protecting you.”

 

“From what?”

 

“The demon.”

 

“What demon? I don't see a demon.”

 

“You sensed it Kagome. You felt it. You know it's here.”

 

“Where is it?”

 

“It's here.”

 

“Where?”

 

InuYasha was suddenly standing right in front of her. His red eyes were piercing her own.

 

“Right here.” InuYasha raised his hand over her face.

 

Kagome screamed and sat up straight in her bed. She wiped her brow of the sweat that lingered. Her breathing made her think of the events that had occurred in her head.

 

`A dream? No. A nightmare.' She got out of bed to wash her face.

 

“InuYasha.” She had to say his name. That dre—nightmare was just odd. She had nightmares before and just shook them off, but this one lingered in her head, her heart. She laid back in bed and tossed a bit, but finally got back to sleep.

 

~

 

“Nice shot.” Shippo said from the shed doorway. Kagome smiled as she aligned another shot at the targets in front of the God Tree. With ease she hit the target again. Kagome was becoming an expert.

 

“Watch this.” Kagome took two small stones and aimed them at the targets. She steadied herself and controlled her breath then released them. Each stone struck a different target.

 

“Yes!” she looked over at InuYasha to see what he thought, but found no one there.

 

“Wow. You really are good.”

 

“What?” Kagome turned around to find the monk standing in the courtyard. “Oh, Miroku. What are you doing here?”

 

“Sango wanted me to tell you that we aren't going the House of Inu tomorrow. She made some other plans. I thought I'd tell you in person. I know we kind of got off on the wrong foot.” Miroku's eyes were scanning the surroundings.

 

“I see. That's too bad. It was nice of you to come by. Thank you.” Kagome made a small bow and tried to follow his eyes.

 

“You know, Kagome, we're not all that different from each other.”

 

“How so?”

 

“We can both sense evil. We have so much potential to see into other's hearts.”

 

“Demons, Miroku. We can sense demons.” Kagome did sense something though; Miroku heading somewhere else with this conversation.

 

“Kagome, let me be quite frank with you. Why haven't you told Sango about the House of Inu?”

 

Kagome's heart raced. The air grew hot and her breath was restricted. She couldn't focus. Sounds were muffled.

 

“What are you talking about Miroku” Kagome said with a smile.

 

“You know as well as I do that there are demons throughout the House of Inu's undergrounds. Why have you not told Sango?”

 

“I don't know what you mean? I haven't sensed anything. If you know so much why haven't you told her?”

 

“Oh, Kagome. I never said you sensed anything, but I know that you are aware of the happenings around that mansion. You are even friendly with one of them” Miroku started closing the distance between them.

 

“Miroku! How dare you accuse me of something so ridiculous.” Kagome started inching her way back from Miroku.

 

“Oh, yes. I never told you the full potential of my powers, have I?” The two kept walking; Miroku advancing and Kagome retreating.

 

“What?”

 

“I told you that I can sense the auras of demons, their emotions of anger, hostility, and rage. I didn't tell you that I can sense humans as well.” Kagome's eyes went wide at this confession. “You see, Kagome, the day that you went into the basement of the House of Inu to investigate, I knew you were down there. I also knew that there was a demon there as well.”

 

Kagome kept quiet. She knew that Miroku knew everything. The question wasn't what he knew anymore. The question was what he was going to do now that he knew.

 

“Do you want to know why I didn't take Sango down there to confront you about it, Kagome?” Miroku stopped a foot away from Kagome as she bumped into the fence surrounding the God Tree.

 

There was no use hiding it any longer. It was amazing enough that InuYasha didn't show himself at this moment.

 

“Yes.” Kagome finally said, softly.

 

“You were not frightened. You were not scared. You were not in pain. You were not in danger. The demon was not angry. The demon was not hostile.” Miroku paused, then spoke very softly. “You were…” He then turned away from her and started walking away. Kagome started to panic. “Well it doesn't matter, does it?”

 

“What are you going to do Miroku?!” Kagome was desperate to know what was in store for her and her family. She had to be prepared for the worst. Miroku kept walking. She ran after him.

 

“Miroku! What's to become of me? My family?”

 

“Don't worry Kagome. Nothing will happen to you.”

 

“What? I don't understand.”

 

“Kagome, you're not the only one that's friends with demons.” With that, Miroku walked off of her property and out of her sight. Kagome stood there, dumbstruck.

 

~

 

“What do you mean he knows?! How did he find out?!” InuYasha yelled once Kagome went into the studio to tell him of the event.

 

“It seems that I didn't know exactly how his powers work. He senses a lot more than he led on. He knew I was with you at the House of Inu the last time. He sensed both of us.”

 

“So, what's he gonna do? Do I need to get rid of him?” InuYasha said as he cracked his knuckles.

 

“First of all, no one's getting rid of anyone. Second of all, nothing's going to happen.”

 

“What?!” both InuYasha and Shippo yelled in unison.

 

“He said he's not going to do anything. I guess he knows demons as well. Like as friends. Like us. It seems that he knows more about demons than most people. He probably realizes that not all demons are evil like everyone has us believe.” Kagome sat down on the cot next to Shippo and rubbed her chin, thinking.

 

“So we're gonna be safe then?” Shippo asked.

 

“It looks like it. He may be another ally that can help us out with InuYasha's situation.” Kagome replied cheerfully.

 

“No! We can't just go trusting anyone that prances around saying they're friends with demons. What if they're friends with the wrong demons?” InuYasha explained, pacing.

 

“You have a good point.” Kagome responded with a furrowed brow.

 

“Hey! I have a very good poi- Oh. Of course it's a good point!” InuYasha leaned against the wall and crossed his arms with a huff. Kagome smirked.

 

“Maybe I should find out more about him before we reveal too much.”

 

“Good idea.”

 

 

~

 

“'The Lord Onigumo was said to have never left his castle, but sent his servants to do his bidding for him. Demons of all strengths and types feared him because of his binding power. With this power he could be as strong as all the demons put together. The location of his castle was never told and no one had ever witnessed any of his servants coming or going from anyplace specific. What his servants did was not ever revealed, but some say they searched for demons at night for the Lord to bind to.'” Kagome sighed. She was extremely disappointed with the lack of information. She closed the book she had been reading and read the title again; Mythological Demons. The silver lettering on that black book taunted her.

 

`If this Lord was supposed to be real after all, then there should be information somewhere. All this does is confirm the myth story.' Kagome thought.

 

“Hey, Kagome. Did you find anything of interest?” Sango said as she entered the D.A.'s library.

 

“Oh, Sango!” Kagome quickly shoved the book under the pile of other books she had collected from the shelves. “Um, not exactly. I did find some interesting historical facts about demons. Did you know that some people say that demons came from the manifestations of the dark side of humans?”

 

Sango laughed lightly, “You must be reading from fiction and myths. I would never believe that. Come on, let's go get something to eat. I'm starving.”

 

“Okay.”

 

~

 

“Sango, let me ask you something. Have you ever come across a demon that…wasn't hostile?” Kagome asked as nonchalantly as possible.

 

“Well, we ran into one once that wasn't active, but he was in hiding. He was obviously running from us because he had done something in the past. He wasn't hostile at the time, but he would have given the chance. All of them do.” Sango replied, matter-of-factly.

 

“Have you tried just capturing one and talking to it? You know, ask it questions, find out what it wants, what it's done?”

 

“Like I said Kagome, they all get hostile sooner or later.”

 

Kagome furrowed her brow. She couldn't believe how close minded Sango was. She had never seen it before. Kagome always looked up to Sango and that of her as very knowledgeable. Know Kagome thought that she was just raised like everyone else to believe the same stereotype.

 

`There must be hundreds, maybe even thousands, of demons out there that are so frightened to reveal themselves, but they still live just like we do. There must be a way to spread this truth to the world.'

 

“Why such questions, Kagome? You've never questioned what we've done before.”

 

“Oh, just curious. It'd be interesting to hear what those demons have to say, you know?”

 

“Hm. Actually, Kagome, that's a very good idea. We should see if there's a way to contain them or something for a short time, then get some information about them.” Sango said with an intrigued voice. “We might even be able to get them to squeal about the `Dog House' too. Even tell us about other demon refuges.”

 

Kagome thought that she was saving herself, but it looked like she had just made it worse for any other good demons out there.

 

“So, have you heard anything from Miroku?” Kagome said, deciding to change the subject.

 

“Uh, no. Not so much. He keeps himself busy.” Kagome smirked as she noticed a small blush adorn Sango's cheeks at the mention of Miroku's name. There was definitely something going on between them, and if there wasn't presently, then there was going to be.

 

The two women finished their lunch and went their separate ways.

 

~

 

“Myths. There all myths.” Kagome said as she entered the studio.

 

“What?” InuYasha replied.

 

“Wait. Where's Shippo?” Kagome asked, finding Inuyasha sitting cross-legged on the cot. His black hair was cascading over his shoulders as he examined some of Kagome's art supplies.

 

“He went out `scouting'. He said he'd be back in two hours.”

 

“You let him go out by himself?”

 

“Ya. Why not? He knows how to take care of himself.”

 

“I don't know, InuYasha. He's still really young.” Kagome sighed.

 

“Young looking. He's a lot older if you really think about it in human years.”

 

“Oh, yeah. I guess.”

 

“So, what were you saying about myths?”

 

“I went to the D.A.'s library to search for any information on Lord Onigumo and I only found a short passage in a mythology book.” Kagome sat cross-legged on the cot across from Inuyasha so they were facing each other.

 

“Well, you can't expect demon stories to be in human books now can you?”

 

At that, Kagome's eyes went wide. A smile grew across her face and she looked at InuYasha with a sparkle in her eye.

 

“Oh, no. Don't even think about it.”

 

“What?”

 

“Don't give me that. You know what.”

 

“Hey, you're the one that said-“

 

“I know what I said, but he is dangerous and not to be trusted. Besides, the demons that were talking about Onigumo are staying there. What makes you think that he's not involved somehow?”

 

“He let me snoop around many times before. Why wouldn't he let me now?”

 

“If he knows what you're up to he could arrange something.”

 

“If you trust him enough to-“

 

“I don't trust him!” InuYasha looked fiercely into Kagome's eyes.

 

“All I'm saying is that you stayed there before. If he was involved, then you wouldn't be here today if he were as dangerous as you say.” She stated calmly.

 

“Kagome, I just…”

 

“InuYasha, I'm just trying to help you. What are you so afraid of?”

 

InuYasha looked at Kagome with a wrinkle in his forehead. He blinked, but said nothing. Kagome's heart sped up, but kept her breathing steady. She said nothing; just allowed InuYasha to gaze upon her. He then moved his gaze to the floor beside them.

 

“Why are you always so stubborn?”

 

“Stubborn?!” Kagome exclaimed, standing up quickly at the insult.

 

“Ya! Are you going to do anything I ask you? Ever?” InuYasha asked heatedly, mimicking Kagome's actions.

 

“Maybe I would if you ever actually came up with a good suggestion.” Kagome stepped closer to InuYasha.

 

“I have great suggestions! Maybe if you listened to me once in awhile.” InuYasha stepped closer to Kagome.

 

“I always have to listen to your jab-“ Kagome's mouth was stopped from uttering another word by InuYasha'a own mouth. Kagome didn't have time to react she just followed InuYasha's moves. He wrapped his strong arms around her thin frame and squeezed her firmly. His kiss was deep and passionate. He pushed her backwards until they hit the wall behind them. InuYasha pressed her firmly against it.

 

Kagome had forgotten what they were talking about and could care less at the moment. The one thing that she had been longing for was happening right now and she would make it last as long as she could. Her hands were exploring InuYasha's muscular back and held him tightly in her grasp.

 

“InuYasha?” Kagome breathed in-between the gap of their lips.

 

“What?” InuYasha said breathlessly, both pausing in their actions.

 

“I wanna see you.”

 

“I'm right here.”

 

“No, I wanna see the real you.” As Kagome blinked she felt a pull in her stomach. Kagome held her gaze upon her demon for a moment then passion took over again. The room was getting warmer as their kissing intensified. Kagome felt InuYasha's hand on her hip, forcing it against his own. Kagome could feel him hard against her which caused her to become more aroused.

 

His hand moved up from her hip to the hem of her shirt. Instead of going over it, he went under it. The feel of his skin upon her own was amazing. She wanted more, but soon started realizing that she should stop before she wouldn't be able to.

 

Kagome broke the kiss and moved her head to the side to rest it on InuYasha's chest. He rested his forehead against the wall and was breathing in Kagome's ear.

 

“We should stop.” Kagome whispered.

 

“I'm sorry. I've wanted to do that for a long time now. I guess I kinda lost control there.” InuYasha said in a low voice.

 

“Don't apologize. Believe me; you did nothing wrong.”

 

“Shippo's back.” InuYasha said and pointed to his dog ears.

 

Kagome straightened herself and sat back down on the cot.

 

“Hey guys!” Shippo yelled not five seconds after InuYasha announced his presence.

 

“Did ya find anything, squirt?”

 

“Shippo, didn't find anything.” He answered with a huff and crossed his arms.

 

“Too bad. I could've gone without you for a bit longer.” InuYasha quickly glanced at Kagome. She failed horribly at hiding a smile.

 

“What about you, Kagome? Did you find anything about Lord Onigumo?”

 

“No, but I have one more place that I'm going to look. I think that's where I'll get my answers.” This time Kagome glanced at InuYasha and he didn't look too happy. She held her determinate look for she knew he couldn't and wouldn't say no to that. She saw him sigh heavily and knew she had won the argument without using words.

 

“Where's that, Kagome?” Shippo asked innocently.

 

“I'm going to the House of Inu.” Kagome said.

 

“Again!?”

 

 

 

 

 

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Hey guys! Sorry it took so long. Thanks for being so patient. As I promised, I will be finishing this story. I'm going to try and focus a little more on writing, but I can't promise to get these chapters out faster. I admit that I'm a little addicted to WoW right now. Some of you may know what I'm talking about. ; )

 

Please R&R. I need it. It is my sustenance.

 

`Til next time.

Your friendly neighborhood Author & Beta,

 

Ender