InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Pools of Crimson ❯ Dreams of Darkness ( Chapter 1 )

Title: Pools of Crimson

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha I do however do own Kaiko she is my own character.

Summary: What happens when InuYasha and the gang, run into an ancient demon known as a vampire, in present time lore. What will Kagome do when she finds out the demon, has ties to the Higurashi family tree, which ends with her and Souta. The gang soon learns that Kagome may be the key to some great prophecy.

Chapter One: Dreams of Darkness

By Tainted InuShemeeko

A cold deep fog was building in the dark air. If one were to stand in it for too long, it would surly freeze you all the way to your bones. A tall feminine figure stood at the top of a hill. Her long raven hair whipped wildly behind her, as her two deep brown, sorrow filled eyes looked down over the valley. The time had come, after all the years of waiting. She at last had found an heir of her family tree.

She would have to find her quickly in order to protect her or all hope would be lost. Her whole being hoped that this would be the one. The woman wore colors of deep blue, red and golden cuff bracelet graced her upper arm. The outfit she wore was old, but it did not fit in this era of the ancient past.

The woman was wearing dark blue pants that seemed to hug every curve of her hips and backend. Her blouse was exceptionally low in the front, and great amount of cleavage showed. The maroon cloth was soft as butter and was, without a doubt, made of silk. The fabric of her short sleeves was transparent and yet soft as well. A maroon pair of boots and a deep, dark blue velvet cloak finished up her attire.

The woman's voice was soft and warm and yet at the same time could make a man's heart stop cold. It was almost as if two women had joined to make one. Her voice was then lifted up and carried on the wind.

"One will die to give life, and one shall live to give life. The living one shall die yet will not die. A bond shall be made that will set the cursed ones free. So it was written and so it will come true."

Kneeling down on one knee, the cloaked woman pulled a silver handle dragger from the side of her legs. She then wrapped her fingers around the blame and squeezed. Small droplets of her dark crimson blood fell onto the ground.

"Blood of my families blood, hear my call and come to me now."

She then wiped the blade clean and continued to stare out into the foggy night. Soon she would have what she wanted, and if not, she had darker ways of getting it. She only hoped it would not come to that.

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Kagome shivered and wrapped her blanket tighter around her body. The air was damp and cold; it caused a sharp chill to run down her spine. The billowing fog didn't help her feel any more comfortable either, and she sat up straighter against the chilling feeling.

She then let her chocolate orbs drift over each one of her friends. None of them seemed bothered by the sudden cool, or the dampness. Kagome then glance up into the tree that InuYasha was sleeping in, even he looked comfortable out here in the cold.

`Who am I kiddin'? They all live in this time, of course they won't be bothered by it. I'm the one whose not. Well, sitting here complaining about it won't help. I might as well try to go back to sleep.'

She shifted in her sleeping bag as much as she dared. She was afraid that if she rolled too fast, she would wake up Shippo. Finally, at last when she was comfortable, Kagome felt her eyes start to drift close as sleep and dreams claimed her.

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`Kagome's Dream`

Kagome became startled at first when an old shrine and palace came into view. Much to her surprise, it was built very much like the one that she lived at in her own time. There was one small difference. The house was much big then the house that she, Souta, her mother and grandpa lived in.

"Wow, this place is huge! I've never seen anything like it been."

As she took a few tentative steps forward, Kagome felt as if the palace was calling to her. A hand carved dragon of gold, adorned the outside of the house as well as ornamented the tile roof. She then noticed the temple or shrine only a few feet away.

"A priestess shrine; this one is decorated so beautifully, and it's so big…there must be a large family that lives here."

The large wooden doors swung open as if to beckon her to enter. That's when Kagome heard someone speaking softly to her.

"Come this way,please enter here, come."

Something inside her head warned her not to go, yet at the same time something deeper inside her pushed her forward.

`Ok, here it goes.'

The minute she stepped inside the large doors swung shut. Kagome jumped at the sound, and spun towards the closed entrance. Feeling something flowing over the skin of her legs, she looked down. He school uniform was gone, and had been replaced by a dark green kimono. A red dragon poised for attack graced the right side, while a white dragon poised for attack adorned the left side of the kimono.

Taking a small lit lantern off the wall, Kagome walked down the dark corridor. She had yet to see a single person inside the palace since she entered, and it had been at least hour ago. Her journey in the hallway reached a halt as a dead end greeted her. Hung across the blocking wall, a huge painted tapestry of the same white and red dragon that she wore on her kimono. She took a step back as the images inside the tapestry suddenly came to life. The huge cloud that had been looming over the two dragons swirled and changed. It formed into a huge flying beast that ripped and tore at the two dragons. Kagome watched with fear covered eyes as the red dragon fell, pools of its crimson blood stained the ground. She then watched as the dragon began to lick at the blood of the fallen dragon.

She watched as the white dragon lay on top of its dying companion. Then both dragons seemed to catch fire and burn. Tears fell from Kagome's chocolate orbs as she watched the horrid creature from the clouds seem to laugh. Right before a huge claw wrapped itself around its neck.

When the images stopped moving the flying beast was dead, the two dragons had been replaced by one. Its huge gleaming amber hued eyes seem to be looking right at her. Red scales adorned most of is face accept for the straight line of white scales that started at the end of it nose and ran all the way down it spine.

So taken by the image she was that she jumped when the soft voice spoke once more.

"Come to me, come save me set us free, before it comes for you."

Kagome didn't like the tone that the voice had taken when it had spoken the last words. She had to get out of there; she should have never come inside. As she started to run back down the dark corridor, Kagome realized that there was something wet on her neck. She brought her right hand up to wipe it away. When she brought her hand back down… it was covered in blood. Her eyes widened at the sight of it as a blood curding scream erupted from her throat.

`End of Dream`

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InuYasha's golden orbs shot open, as a something cold caused a shiver to race up his spine. His claws dug into the bark of the tree that he was resting in, and his nose twitched as it took in the dampness in the air. He then noticed the fog that had drifted into their camp.

"What the hell? Where did all this fog come from?" he glanced around at the surrounding area, "I can barely see two feet in front of me."

Just as those words came from his mouth, InuYasha heard an ear piercing scream. He knew that scream all too well, and she sound like she was in trouble. He couldn't see her, heck he couldn't even sense her. All that he could smell was moisture, and the scent of wet earth.

"Kagome! Kagome answer me! Tell me where you are so I can find you!"

There was no answer from Kagome, which only caused InuYasha to panic more.

"Damn it, why the hell is it so foggy now?"

InuYasha leaped from his perch to the ground below him, when he heard Miroku speak to him from the mist.

"InuYasha, is that you?"

InuYasha jumped and whirled around as a hand touched his back.

"Ahhhh! Damn it Miroku, don't sneak up on me like that!"

Miroku cracked a smile before he bowed and apologized to InuYasha.

"I am truly sorry InuYasha; I thought you could sense me."

InuYasha huffed at Miroku as he mumbled something. So low were his words, that Miroku could barely pick up on his excuse.

"Right now the only thing I can smell is moisture and wet earth."

`Which doesn't help me at all I need to find Kagome.'

The sound of Sango calling to Kagome and asking her what was wrong snapped InuYasha out of his thoughts. He and Miroku followed the sound of Sango's voice. They then both watched as Sango and Shippo were thrown backwards into the air. InuYasha reached out and caught the fox cub, as he came hurling toward him.

Miroku tried to do the same for Sango, only to be knocked backwards from the force of Sango hitting his chest. Shippo looked up at the hanyou with his pleading green eyes, as he spoke to Inuyasha.

"Sango and I were both woke up at the sound of Kagome screams, but when we tried to go to her; a barrier came up around her!"

InuYasha stared at the bright blue barrier that was wrapping it's self around Kagome. Sango then spoke from behind him.

"InuYasha, Kagome is the one making the barrier. If she's doing it in her sleep, something terrible must be happening to her in her dreams. If we could just get her to wake up, the barrier would disappear, I'm sure of it."

InuYasha sat Shippo down on the ground as he made his way over to Kagome. He then glanced over at his friends as he stuck a clawed hand against the barrier wall. It then started to melt away enough that he could walk through. His golden spheres then settled on Kagome. Though her eyes were open, InuYasha could tell that she was still fast asleep.

He then looked down at Kagome's right hand that her eyes seemed to be glued too. For a brief moment, InuYasha could have sworn that he saw blood on Kagome's hand and neck. Then in a flash, it was gone from his sight.

InuYasha then slowly knelt down beside Kagome, talking gently to her as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Shhh, it's ok now Kagome I'm here. You just had a nightmare."

He sighed in relief when Kagome snapped out of her trance like state and started to cry again him. As she tried to take a deep breath Kagome sobbed again, trying desperately to speak to him. Her eyes once again drifted to her right hand, expecting it to be sticky with blood once more.

"I understand that it isn't real now, but at the time...it…it felt and smelled so real, and the voice…it sounded so sad and lonely."

At the mentioning of hearing a voice in her dream, InuYasha turned on his heel to look at her and then asked.

"Wait a minute someone was talking to you in your sleep? What did the voice sound like?"

Kagome just frowned at InuYasha.

"It sounded like a woman, and other than sounding sad and lonely, that's all I can remember."

A feh was InuYasha's only response as he offered his back to Kagome. She froze at first by his kind offer, he then snapped at her.

"I ain't going to stand here all day, so get on already. Besides you look like your still tired, this way I can keep moving and still make good timing to Kaede's village."

Kagome wasn't to sure why, but InuYasha was right; she was exhausted. It wasn't long before she fell asleep on his back.

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The woman from before with the strange clothing, dark brown eyes and long raven hair, smiled as she watched as the small group left their camp. She was close, she could feel it inside of her the very core of her being. The heir that could end her torment was near. A small smile appeared on her dark lips as she looked in the direction of the traveling friends. They, she had a feeling, had the key with them; all she had to do was to awaken the curse that seemed to be sleeping.

"You and I are a part of my blood, I will find out which one of you is the key. If not, then you shall share an eternity of damnation with me."

(A/N: Ok This was a page shorter then I planned. However I hope this is enough to get your attention; I hope I get to hear from you. Thanks goes out to Anzu2 for betaing this totally new story, as well for telling me to go on and write it. You truly are a wonderful little muse.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! You guys.

Ja ne!

Tainted InuShemeeko)

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