InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanging by A Moment ❯ Chapter 16 Dream or Vision? ( Chapter 16 )

Hanging by A Moment

 

by Lor

 

Yes, I am finally updating. It's been nearly a year since I've worked on this fic. So much has happened. End of a close friendship and gained a new one, had two boyfriends, change of jobs, prom, finals, senior year of high school, family problems and a shit load more. And now that I've graduated, YAY, I find myself with time to write. So…I am.

Oh and I don't remember if I ever mentioned it but….I got my Inu-chan plushie doll! ^_^ Along with Miroku and Kirara. Hehe

 

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' .... ' thoughts

" ..... " dialogue

~ ...... ~ flashback or dream sequence

 

Chapter 16

 

Dream or Vision?

 

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(Re-cap)

 

“How was your date?” Roru asked when she entered Kagome's room after her cousin had finished changing into her pajamas after the date. Kagome smiled remembering the night's events, “Yash is a total romantic. A candle lit picnic in the park, and he sang me the most romantic song,” she gushed to Roru, making sure to leave out the steamier details of the date. “You two are definitely a couple now right?” Roru asked, knowing the answer already by the smile on Kagome's face. “Oh most definitely.” The two exchanged smiles as Roru left the room, “Good night!” Kagome smiled into the darkness, `It was a good night indeed.”

 

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As the next two weeks passed nothing unusual had happened. Kagome and Yash were indeed now an official couple, as occasionally they could be seen making out in various corners during the school day. Not that anyone that caught them would complain. The couple was extremely happy together, so nobody was going to make a fuss over nothing. There was only one thing really weird that had happened during that time…something that only Kagome knew. She kept hearing and seeing things that she couldn't explain, glimpses of what had happened earlier. It was how she knew where Yash had lost his car keys when he had been searching through his room for them for nearly three hours, and also why she had a feeling of dread whenever she would walk passed an alley way.

 

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On a sunny Thursday afternoon, Kagome and Roru were laying out in the backyard of the shrine going over their history homework. The two were clad in similar outfits. They both wore denim shorts, but Roru wore a deep red tank top, while Kagome wore a pale blue v-neck sleeveless shirt. “I hate this stuff! It has basically no use what so ever!” Roru yelled slamming her books closed fed up with trying to memorize facts about World War I. “But you need to pass the class to be able to graduate though,” Kagome responded leaning back in the lawn chair while she picked up a can of Pepsi.

 

Her cousin sighed as she got up from her seat, “Well, I give up studying for now at least. I start giving those music lessons in an hour and a half anyway. I should get down to the mall early to set up.” “I almost forgot that you told me about those, how much are you making an hour?” Kagome tucked a few stray hairs behind her ear that had fallen from a high ponytail. “Around twelve, depends on the level of the player,” Roru smiled, “Also the size of their parents wallet.” Kagome threw a pencil at her as Roru ran into the house to get her things before leaving.

 

Once Kagome was by herself she stood up and stretched out the muscles in her legs. She gathered the school books and binders up into a neat pile on the small white plastic table before she headed across the grass, her bare feet softly crunching at the grass. `It's rare for me to actually be left alone….” She thought to herself as she entered the small forest on the shrine property. `Either Roru, Sango and them, or especially Yash have always been around me lately. Never giving me time to think and just be by myself for a little while.' She sighed to herself heading down a path of smoothed down dirt, the trail becoming shadowed by the trees overhead.

 

A cool breeze caused her to shiver and wrap her arms around herself, so she hurried along further having remembered a small cabin in a clearing up ahead. An unnerving feeling began to inch up Kagome's spine, while a feeling of foreboding flooded her mind. `What's going on…?' Quickly, a silvery fog over took her, blocking her vision of the path. Panic rising inside her Kagome screamed before the world went dark, “YASH!”

 

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Yash quickly sat up from his reclined position on the couch. “What's wrong man?” Miroku asked looking from the television over to his friend. The two had spent the past four hours veg'n out in front of the television watching various sport channels. Yash quickly shook his head as if trying to wake himself out of a bad dream, “Just got a bad feeling about Kagome. Something happened to her.” Right after Miroku heard those words he knew exactly where they'd be headed in a matter of moments. Flicking off the television he stood, “Whose car are we taking yours or mine?” His hanyou friend looked up at him, “Mine it's faster.”

 

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“Uhhhhhh,” Kagome mumbled slowly sitting up. Once her vision stopped spinning, she was able to see what was around her. “Where am I?” she asked aloud. The trees looked centuries younger with young saplings among them, dozens were in fact missing. Looking upward she was able to see a brilliant baby blue clear sky. “For some reason I don't think I'm in Tokyo anymore….” Kagome said to herself rising carefully to her feet. Taking a glance around her she decided it wasn't worth sitting around, so she began to make her way to where she thought the clearing was. `Who knows if it's there considering how everything else looks different.'

 

She moved slowly careful of each step she made. Kagome continued on that way for what seemed like an eternity to her until the trees thinned allowing her to view a clearing, in the center of which was a small hut, one much similar to the one she remembered but this one looked newly made. “Hello?” She called hoping someone was nearby. When she had fallen she had hit her head causing a large bump to form. `Maybe I can get some cool water and a few aspirin,' Kagome thought to herself moving closer to the hut. “Is anyone here?”

 

A red blur came running at her; frightened Kagome threw her arms up in front of her as a defense. “What do you want wench?” “Who do you think you are calling me a wench?” she hostilely replied lowering her arms. The sight of who stood before her caused her to blink rapidly. A man a few years older then her with long silvery hair wore a red haori and matching hakama stood in front of her his arms crossed. “Why you look'n at me like I have four heads? Haven't you seen an inu hanyou before?” All Kagome could do was stare, “Yash?” Now it was his turn to look at her strangely, “It's Inuyasha.” After hearing his last syllable Kagome collapsed, unconscious once again.

 

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“Where did you find her? What's going on?” Roru asked worried. Right when she was heading out the door for the mall she saw Yash carrying an unconscious and mumbling Kagome in his arms. “He just said something was wrong and insisted that we head into the forest behind the well house. She was lying on the path roughly a half mile along,” Miroku answered holding the door open so Yash could carry her inside. Yash's face was showing how worried and frightened he was about Kagome. He led the way into the den to rest Kagome on the couch, her head in his lap. “She won't wake up,” Yash said softly running his hand along her cheek.

 

“It's like she's asleep yet not. I can only surmise that she's having some type of vision,” Miroku said giving them his expertise, “Something she saw or heard must have triggered it.” Roru looked at him disbelievingly, “I'm all for that idea, but it's just a bunch of trees.” While Roru and Miroku went on arguing/discussing what could have happened, Yash focused on the young woman lying in his lap, “Kagome….Kags….,” he whispered while running his fingers through her hair. “Come back to me Kags…..wake up sweetie….” A single tear slid down his cheek landing on Kagome's forehead. He was trying to play the part of the macho man, but was beginning to fail. “Kags…”

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“Ummmm,” Yash heard mumbled. His ears twitched, tilting down towards the beauty in his lap. He had been sitting her holding her for nearly an hour just waiting for her to make some type of noise or movement. “Kags, time to wake up,” he said with a soft smile, the first one in over an hour. “You can't be Inuyasha….” Kagome murmured shaking her head. He just looked down at her, his eyes forlorn. “Yash…..” she whimpered shivering. Yash lifted her shoulders and held her against him, softly rubbing his cheek against her hair, “I'm here…shhhh.”

 

“Want something to drink?” Roru asked walking into the room with a mug of hot tea. Her eyes were bloodshot from crying, but she gave off the persona of being confident that her cousin would wake up soon. Yash shook his head, “No thanks.” “Any changes?” she asked sitting down in the chair a few feet away. “She's been mumbling in her sleep, like she's trying to wake up but can't,” his voice cracked with emotion. “Want me to call Miroku and see if he knows anything else?” Yash nodded not taking his eyes off Kagome. Roru placed a hand on his shoulder as she passed, “She'll wake soon.”

 

`I hope so,' Yash thought to himself, shifting slightly to get in a more comfortable position. “Mmmmm, stop moving,” he heard Kagome mumble. Another smile graced his lips, “Time to wake up Kaggers.” His smile only grew when he saw two crystal blue eyes look up at him dazed. “Yash?” she said tentatively. “It's me,” he said with a huge grin, “It's me.” “So I'm back?” she said tilting her head slightly. “Yeah, your back and right with me,” he said with a smile hugging her close.

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Three days had passed since the incident, and Kagome had yet to tell anyone what exactly had happened. She continually blew it off saying she only had a dizzy spell and passed out, not that any of her close friends really believed that story. They just gave her the space she seemed to need, knowing that when the time was right Kagome would tell them the truth.

 

It was just one of those lazy bum days after school. The gang was hanging out in the local park after they had scared away the neighborhood kids from the play area. Roru and Rin were trying to walk across the top of the monkey bars, laughing hysterically each time one of them would fall the three feet to the ground below. Sango and Kagome were sitting over in the plastic tree house, pretending to play tea party, which amused Shippo greatly as he kept trying to join in. The rest of the guys, minus Sess, were being quote “macho” trying to shove each other off the tire swing. Sess was enjoying just watching them try to kill each other with a mildly amused smile on his face.

 

“I think I'm gonna be sick…..” Miroku said his face turning slightly green after Yash decided to make the swing spin as fast as possible. “Duck for cover!” Akio yelled diving off the swing under one of the jungle gyms.

 

Sango, Kagome and Shippo jumped down from the tree house to see what was going on. “Cool! Miroku's gonna toss his cookies!” Shippo cried glee. Rin and Roru watched from seats on top of the monkey bars. “Typical guys getting off on each others suffering,” Rin said shaking her head as Roru nodded in agreement. Sess walked over to help the two down before he said, “Miroku I would appreciate it if you didn't `toss your cookies' in front of the rest of us.”

 

As the tire swing slowed to a stop Miroku gasped for air, returning his cheeks to their normal color as Yash went to put his arm around Kagome's slender waist. “I just love how much compassion you have towards me,” Miroku uttered glaring at Sess. “You're quite welcome.”

 

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