InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prisoner ❯ When Midnight Terrors Return ( Chapter 22 )

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"Kagome! Kagome come on, Kagome!"

"Inuyasha what's wrong with her? What's wrong!?" a female's voice called in utter concern "Why is she screaming, is she okay? Tell me she's okay!"

"It's okay Sango....she's fine"

"Kagome!" the male's voice shouted once more "Kagome come one girl, you have to wake up"

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Her body snapped into consciousness as it instantly came into a sitting position. Her chest was pounding rapidly and her voice was all but worn. Her body was shaking slightly and she could feel a light sweat covering her flesh.

In bewilderment she looked around the silenced room. Miroku had Sango in his arms who looked really scared as tears stained her usually dry face. Beside her Inuyasha knelt near her, the one who had called her out of her dream.

"Naraku....." she breathed out fearfully "He.....I was...I tired...he said...my eyes"

It was no use; her words wouldn't stick together and they only seemed to be unsettling the room even more at her otherwise incoherent ranting.

Her face cracked as the whole dream came rushing back to her, and without another coherent thought her body sought for his. Her face buried into his chest as she felt the familiar embrace encircle her.

She didn't care that he didn't feel the same way towards her as he had before, didn't care that he hadn't worried that she was nearly taken. Inuyasha was what she needed.

Inuyasha was there to hold her, there to embrace her and wash away her fears.

It was more than any cheap words, it was his promise, his support and his true heart.

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The first word that came to her mind was warm. She felt so warm and comfortable, safe and relaxed and she never wanted to leave. Something was around her like a warm heavy blanket, or a fire.....

"Is she awake yet?"

"She just started stirring" Inuyasha’s voice replied. Against her she could feel his chest rise and fall with the words "You and Sango start attaching things to the horse's, we have to get going"

"Are you sure she's up to it?" Miroku's voice questioned "I've never seen her--"

"She's tougher than she looks" Inuyasha interposed "Go"

"Aye, aye Captain"

She was with Inuyasha again.

After so many nights absent of his body around hers...she just never wanted leave. She supposed he only held her because of her dream but if that was the case, it gave her even more reason to hold on to him.

Her head snuggled against his chest as her eyes refused to open. Instead her hands reached to grip the cloth at his chest just wanting them to stay like that, remain in each others presence and in an embrace forever.

Though Inuyasha didn't exactly seem to be going against it, her mind was. Visions from her dreams flew into the otherwise blackness set before her shut eyelids. Naraku's form against hers, making her bleed, ripping her and leaving her a pile of flesh on the floor.

As much as she didn't want to, she actually thought about the dream and knew it was new. She always dreamt about past experiences and events, but this scene she knew never happened. First he had called her Kagome, he never had done that.

"Your eyes"

Her eyes flew open as the phrase repeated itself, a small gasp escaping her lips. Inuyasha shifted around her, no doubt trying to see if she was awake or in another dream.

He had been repeating that phrase at the end. He said he didn't need her, but her eyes....but why?

'You're going to help me Kagome.....tell me where it is.....I know you know bitch.....I need your eyes....your eyes...."

What did he need her help finding and why did her eyes need to be the most important? Damnit he had his own eyes, he should use them himself!

"Kagome?"

Her heart skipped a beat at his words, pulling her away from her dream and to her situation. Inuyasha probably wanted to let her alone now that she was up, and why wouldn't he? She wasn't 'sick' anymore and no longer needed his care come morning.

Raising her head she choose to first look around her. It was an empty wooden structure, she faintly remembered that they had slept in Inuyasha's abandoned stable. The only thing that hadn't been burned with the fire. Inuyasha was propped against the wall and she was in his lap. Sango and Miroku were waiting outside, from what she heard.

She waited a few seconds looking out the open door, expecting him to leave. But oddly enough he didn't. His arms squeezed her gently as he released a sigh of unknown emotion. Forgetting why she wasn't looking at him, she turned to see his eyes set on her.

"Inuyasha?"

She mentally slapped herself at the question, who else would he be?!

A smirk pulled at the corner of his mouth "Keh. I see your memory hasn't failed you" His hand released her waist raising gently to push a loose hair behind her ear "How's the rest of you?"

She smiled lightly "Fine, just shaken"

"Good" he said "You need to calm Sango down, she's been up my ass all morning"

As if hearing her name a woman's head poked through the door, her eyes going wide when Kagome's turned to meet hers.

In a fleeting moment Sango had Kagome in her arms, though not given the girl a chance to move otherwise, leaving a very disgruntled Inuyasha now that he had two girls in his lap instead of the one.

"Are you alright Kagome?" the girl cried "I was so worried last night, you were screaming and crying and shaking and.....I let Miroku hold me....and that's--that's pretty damn bad! Not to mention desperate!"

Kagome laughed returning her friends embrace "I'm fine now Sango" she smiled adding "And I'm sorry I made you hug Miroku"

Sango pulled back a little as she wiped a few sparse tears. Nodding her head she was about to stand but pulled the girl into a hug once more. Kagome hugged back but she was starting to get the feeling that Inuyasha was less enthused with the presence of two girls sitting on him.

"Figures" came a male's voice. Everyone turned to see Miroku leaning against the door frame a sad look on his face "Inuyasha gets all the women"

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"Cheer up" Kagome said, though giggling a little bit "It's not that bad, and it won't be that far....you're men you can take it"

"That's exactly why this is so wrong" Miroku explained with a sigh

"You two look so cute together" Sango said with a huge happy smile "A perfect couple don't you agree, Kagome?"

"That" Inuyasha stated "Is even more wrong"

Kagome and Inuyasha's horse long lost from the battle yesterday, left the group with only two horses. Inuyasha had wanted Miroku and Sango to share one while he rode with Kagome as usual, but Sango had nearly yanked out one of his soft ears and simply refused.

Miroku had then suggested Kagome ride with him, which she wouldn't have minded all that much, but Sango and Inuyasha both threw that idea out. So the only option left was girls and boys. The girls seemed to be enjoying the faces the men were making at the arrangement, but they were anything but enjoying themselves.

"We'll see you there then?" Sango asked still faintly amused at the looks of displeasure "I know where the castle is from here..."

"Keh" Inuyasha snorted "Just like you knew where the other one was?"

Sango just turned her horse in the direction to the castle, choosing to ignore the comment as her horse speed off with Kagome behind her.

More than disgruntled at the arrangement Inuyasha gripped the reins not bothering to see if Miroku was ready and speed in the direction. If there was anything that disturbed him more than humans close to him it was male humans very close to him.

As much as his mind betrayed him for the thought, he'd much prefer Kagome's slim arms around him waist. Feeling her head rest against his back as the journey continued, from time to time her talking to him against his shoulder. It made him shiver at the closeness made him---

"What do you think of it?"

A little embarrassed at this thoughts he jumped a little at Miroku’s voice but reclaimed himself just in time for suspicions "Think of what?" he asked harshly "This arrangement?"

"Kagome's dream"

"What do you mean?" he questioned "She's always had those from time and again. You weren't there....it's worse than that"

"But she hasn't looked like that for awhile has she?" he pointed

"No"

"I think we should ask her what she dreamt of" he announced "If she had a dream like that....she's a miko after all isn't she?"

At this Inuyasha had to think. He never really asked her but it was possible. Any time she had been attacked, including yesterday, she had given off a blue light. It seemed effective enough to hurt a demon, but he never really thought about it.

"I guess but...wait, how would you know?"

"I can feel her powers" he said simply "I knew she was from the first time I met her. I'm surprised you can't feel her aura, it's strong"

"Who said I couldn't?!"

Okay maybe he wasn't exactly sure what Miroku meant but he was being mocked here for something that was supposedly so obvious.

"What would being a miko have anything to do with it?" he asked hardly "It was a dream not a-a look into the future or something"

"Mikos are special Inuyasha" he stated carefully "They can get messages of danger in different ways, in this case I believe Kagome got one through her dream"

"Keh" Inuyasha snorted, not sure why he was refusing the idea "I know exactly what was in her dream, what's always in them. It ain't some la la world where people send you messages that you're going to be killed or attacked"

He wasn't about to tell Miroku exactly what Kagome dreamt about but he knew. Kagome would relive her rape and her torture from Naraku. At the house, in the beginning, she had spent endless nights tossing and screaming. It had been the only time she had mad a sound.

And it didn't take any sensitive ear to hear what she was screaming. Last night had been no different.

"It isn't a direct message" Miroku said once more "It can be buried within a regular dream, like a secret message. We should ask her" Miroku repeated "It could help us, it could even lead us to Naraku"

Like hell would he let Miroku ask, or allow Kagome to tell. What was in her dreams was her business and he very much doubted the girl wanted to talk about her torment so that Miroku could seek out a secret message.

He was about to deny Miroku when a girl's scream rang through the forest. Not even double thinking the cause, he rushed to the sound. It was Kagome's voice and it sounded like she was in trouble