InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Living The Promise ❯ "What does this mean?" ( Chapter 10 )

Chapter 10: “What does this mean?”

 

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~~Dream~~

 

Inuyasha opened his eyes upon a familiar grassy hill. He spied Kagome leaning against the tree, her eyes closed. Kneeling beside her, Inuyasha brushed a hand along her cheek.

 

“Kagome, angel, open your eyes for me.” Kagome moaned faintly before waking.

 

“Inu...Inuyasha?” He smiled and gently kissed her forehead.

 

“Yeah, I am here. How are you doing?” Kagome blinked slowly and tried to assemble her thoughts.

 

“I am not feeling very well. My head hurts and it is difficult for me to catch my breath.” Inuyasha sat down and gently gathered her unresisting body into his arms.

 

“Do you remember what happened?” Inuyasha asked her quietly.

 

Kagome struggled to remember what had happened. “I had taken Sesshomaru to the shelter so he could see things for himself.” She hesitated a moment before continuing. “Rin came out and met me. Suki was showing Sess around while Rin and I followed behind. Rin heard a noise in the basement and ran off. I followed her. It turned out to be a kitten in need of rescuing.” Inuyasha chuckled.

 

“The kitten and I have met. Rin has named her Kirara.”

 

Kagome gave a small smile before she closed her eyes wearily. “I remember heading back towards the stairs and the earthquake…oh my God! Inuyasha, is Rin okay? She wasn't hurt or anything was she? Are the children okay?” Inuyasha tightened his hold as Kagome tried to stand.

 

“Shh… Rin is fine, just a little dirty. None of the children or teachers were harmed. Even the kitten, Kirara is okay. You were not so lucky.” Kagome had settled down again once she heard that the children were fine. She leaned her head against Inuyasha's shoulder, her eyes drifting closed once more.

 

“What do you mean by that?” she asked softly.

 

Inuyasha tenderly brushed Kagome's bangs from her face. “You and Rin were trapped in the basement when the building collapsed in the quake. You must have been struck in the head because we think you have a concussion.”

 

“Hmm…that would explain the headache then,” Inuyasha heard Kagome mumble.

 

He tightened his hold once more as he continued. “When we were able to get to you and Rin, I found you trapped by a chunk of concrete lying across your back.” He glanced down at Kagome, noticing that she had fallen back to sleep. Inuyasha felt a moment of concern; never in the time that they had shared the soul connection had one of them fallen asleep during their shared dreams. What does this mean?

 

“Kagome, honey, come on. You need to wake up for me.” Inuyasha lightly slapped her face, trying to get a response. Kagome only murmured before stilling once more. Inuyasha's concern grew as he failed to gain further response from the girl nestled in his arms.

 

“Inuyasha.” He jumped at the sound of his name being called. His eyes widened as a familiar form came forward and squatted beside him.

 

“Sesshomaru? What are you doing here?” Inuyasha watched as his brother looked around in mild confusion.

 

“Seeing as I do not know where here is, I can not tell you what I am doing here,” he replied softly.

 

Inuyasha tried not to stare as he struggled to determine how his brother came to be in Kagome's and his dreamscape. “This is our meeting place from the soul connection. Kagome and I meet here when we dream. I don't understand how you can be here though.”

 

Sesshomaru didn't say anything for a moment. Finally, he spoke, but it was so quietly said that Inuyasha was unsure that he heard him correctly. “It is not the first time I have been here.” Shaking his head in attempt to dispel his uneasiness, Sesshomaru stood. “We need to leave here and get Kagome to safety.”

 

Inuyasha nodded. “I agree. All we need to do to get out of here is to wake up.” Sesshomaru nodded to show his understanding. Inuyasha watched as his brother faded from view. “I wonder what this means,” he said quietly to Kagome. Placing a kiss on her head, Inuyasha closed his eyes as she and the hilltop faded away.

 

~~End of Dream~~

 

“Inuyasha, are you okay?” The young man lay still as he tried to assess his condition. He realized that he was still lying atop of Kagome. Inuyasha opened his eyes, only to be greeted by an inky darkness.

 

“Sesshomaru? What happened? Are you okay?” Inuyasha pushed himself off of Kagome and tried to sit up, smacking his head against something as he did so.

 

“Careful, Inuyasha,” Sesshomaru's voice held a faint trace of amusement. “It appears that an aftershock hit, causing the building to settle on top of us.” Inuyasha could hear movement at his side. “We are cut off from the surface and the space we now occupy has been drastically reduced.” Inuyasha found that as his eyes adjusted to the lack of light, he could almost make out the shape of his brother.

 

“Are you okay, Sesshomaru?”

 

“Yes, although I must admit that I am confused regarding the incident with the grassy hill.”

 

Inuyasha was silent as he examined Kagome as best as he could in the darkness. Not able to determine much, he held her hand in his as he sat back.

 

“I don't understand what happened myself. I don't know how you were able to be there, especially since you don't share the soul connection.” Inuyasha heard his brother grunt.

 

“It is something that we'll need to take up with Kaede when this mess is all over.” Sesshomaru crawled over to sit beside Inuyasha and Kagome. “Were you able to talk to her there?” Inuyasha heard the curiosity as well as the concern in his voice.

 

“Yeah, she woke up and told me why her and Rin were in the basement to begin with; evidently, Rin dragged Kagome off to rescue a kitten.”

 

Sesshomaru felt himself smile. “Ah, yes. That would be Kirara. Rin wanted me to hold it when she came up.”

 

Inuyasha chuckled. “Yeah, the little brat wouldn't go until she had the kitten firmly in hand.” He quickly sobered. “She told me what she remembered and I had started to tell her about getting to her when she fell asleep again.” He fell silent as he felt Sesshomaru place a comforting hand on his shoulder.

 

“Sess, I am worried about her. Never in all the time we've shared this bond have either of us “slept” during a meeting. I think that there is something seriously wrong.” Inuyasha felt his eyes begin to burn with unshed tears. `Damnit! I am not going to cry!' he scolded himself.

 

Sesshomaru squeezed his brother's shoulder. “Inuyasha, I am not going to tell you that Kagome is okay, because we both know that she isn't. I will tell you though, that if she were in immediate danger of dying, you would know. I was there when you were in that accident and saw how Kagome reacted each time your heart stopped. I believe that as long as we can get her some help soon, everything will be okay.”

 

Sesshomaru felt Inuyasha's breath become ragged as he tried to hold back his tears. Gently, he turned Inuyasha and wrapped both arms around him, placing a hand to the back of his brother's head and just held on tightly.

 

Inuyasha fought against the sobs that threatened to erupt when he felt himself gathered into Sesshomaru's arms. He wrapped his own arms around his older brother and allowed the threatened storm break over him. Sesshomaru held onto Inuyasha and rocked him as he cried.

 

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Hojo wiped a weary hand down his face as he gazed at the work being done in front of him. At least there were plenty of willing hands. Mr. Taisho's assistant, Jaken, had called a TV station soon after the aftershocks hit, and soon had a live broadcast airing, requesting volunteers. Now there were over 100 people shifting the rubble, with another shift ready to take over in a couple of hours.

 

A cup of coffee was held in front of his face. Hojo looked up and saw Sango's concerned expression. “Here, although, you really should go and get some rest.” He gratefully took the coffee from her with a small smile.

 

“I can't do that Sango. I feel like it is my fault that they are down there, trapped. I feel like I have to be here.”

 

Sango rested a hand on his arm. “It is not your fault; no one blames you for what happened here. You know that Kagome would tell you the same if she were here.”

 

Hojo patted the hand where it lay on his arm. “I know Sango, thank-you.” She nodded and walked back to the tent where she was helping serve coffee and food to the workers. When Miroku and she had heard that Kagome, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were trapped, they dropped Kanaye off at the neighbor's and rushed over. When they got here, they found that Koga and Ayame had done the same with the twins. Sango sighed as she entered the tent. She would rather have been out helping dig down to her friends, but at least Miroku and Koga were there working on the front lines.

 

Ayame handed her a cup of coffee and the two women sat at one of the tables. “Have you heard anything yet?” Sango shook her head.

 

“Not yet.” She looked over at the corner where a little girl slept snuggled up with a now clean kitten. Sango, Miroku, Koga, and Ayame had arrived in time to witness the child scream and throw a fit when Hojo tried to get her to leave with Suki. “So she finally fell asleep I see,” she said softly.

 

“Yeah, about 20 minutes ago. She kept crying for Kagome and the “nice men”.” Ayame went over and tucked a blanket around her small frame. “I was surprised that she refused to leave like that.”

 

I'm not, at least not too surprised.” Sango took a sip of the rapidly cooling coffee before she continued. “You know that she was the one originally trapped with Kagome, right?” Ayame stared at Sango.

 

“You're kidding me!” Sango shook her head.

 

“No. Hojo told me that Rin and Kagome are practically unseperatable. When the building collapsed, they were trapped in the basement. Inuyasha went in and was able to get the child and the kitten out. Sesshomaru went in to help free Kagome, when the shockwaves hit. It was all Hojo could do to keep Rin from running back into the building.” Sango smiled gently at the sleeping child.

 

Ayame looked thoughtful as the two finished up their coffee. “Hey, Sango, do you think that Inuyasha and Kagome will adopt Rin when this is all behind them?”

 

Sango stared at her in astonishment. “I don't know.” Slowly, a large smile spread across her face. “I think that it would do the two of them good.”

 

Ayame returned her grin. “I think that it would be good for all three of them,” she said as she nodded to the sleeping child.

 

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TBC

 

A/N: Well, I didn't leave you with a big cliffy this time, but I did leave you with the question as to what Sesshomaru was doing in Inuyasha's and Kagome's dream. As always, your reviews are greatly appreciated! Please Read, Enjoy, and Review. Thanks.

 

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