InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Realization ❯ Trapped In a Mind's World ( Chapter 19 )

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~CHAPTER 19~

Trapped In a Mind's World

 

Inuyasha awoke with a very large yawn. Something was odd about his surrounds. Something was missing. He blinked away the remaining sleep that was in his eyes and looked around the hut curiously.

 

Inuyasha thought to himself. "Everything looks fine; no one is gone. There's Sango, the monk, the brat, the cat and Kago…" Inuyasha's thoughts trailed off. Kagome wasn't there. Inuyasha scrambled to his feet and looked around the hut frantically. He pushed the straw door to the side and looked outside. Then it suddenly hit him. "Kagome went home last night, you dumb dog" Inuyasha dropped his head, amazed at his forgetfulness.

 

Inuyasha stepped outside into the morning sun. It was fairly warm and a few clouds hung in the air above. Inuyasha stretched his arms out, cracking a few bones. He went over and hopped into a nearby tree. With one swinging in the air, Inuyasha sat monitoring the village and awaiting Kagome.

 

Inuyasha sat in the tree for about five minutes before Shippo came scampering out. Inuyasha saw the little kitsune searching around from the corner of his eye. When Shippo finally spotted Inuyasha, he called out back into the hut.

 

"He's out here!"

 

Miroku stepped from the hut followed by Sango and a drowsy Kilala. Shippo must have heard the sounds of the village children playing because he called to Kilala and they ran off. Miroku and Sango stopped at the bottom of Inuyasha's seat.

 

"Has Kagome returned?" Sango asked as she looked up at him with her hand up blocking the sun.

 

"No." Inuyasha replied, continuing to stared out at the rice fields.

 

Inuyasha heard Sango whisper to Miroku, "I'm surprised he hasn't run off to drag her back by now."

 

Miroku nodded and whispered back, "Or at least gone to stay with her."

 

Something told Inuyasha that weren't trying to be secretive.

 

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An unconscious Kagome began to stir. She opened her eyes slowly. She had a headache, probably from whatever caused her to blackout. She found that she tied around a tree. Kagome squinted her eyes, trying to get a look of her surroundings.

 

She was in a clearing, tied to the only tree in a six yard radius. An eerie aura hung in the air of the clearing. The sky was black but something unnatural cast a dim glow over the area. The air was thick and heavy with darkness.

 

Kagome looked up at the tree she was tied to. The tree was horrible. There were absolutely no leaves on it. The bare branches looked skeletal. They were a dark brown and the bark was peeling. An evil seemed to radiate from the tree itself.

 

Kagome struggled against her bindings, trying to escape. She tried for about two minutes but the vines holding her to the tree wouldn't give her any room to escape. Kagome's shoulders slumped in defeat. She sighed. "How did I get kidnapped so easily? I should have been able to sense any approaching enemies, right?"

 

Kagome looked up as she saw something float past. It was a Shinidama Chuu, one of Kikyo's Soul Collectors. Kagome followed the demon as it flew towards the edge of the clearing. Other Shinidama Chuu began to come from the trees. Finally a person stepped from the trees. Kikyo.

 

Kagome eyed Kikyo as she walked towards her. Kikyo's demons began to circle around her. "I told that hanyou I would have revenge," Kikyo said, "He promised to be with me always and because of you he forgot about that promise."

 

Kagome looked at Kikyo angrily. "He didn't forget. He realized that your relationship ended fifty years ago."

 

"Shut-up you stupid girl!" Kikyo yelled, her face twisted in fury. "You have no idea what you are talking about. Forever is forever, no matter what; death is only the beginning."

 

"Inuyasha will gonna come for me," Kagome snarled out.

 

Kikyo smiled and said, "I'm hoping that he will."

 

"Why?" Kagome asked apprehensively. She was concerned about Inuyasha's safety. She was worried about what Kikyo would do to him.

 

Kikyo stood before Kagome. She ran her hand across Kagome's cheek, who sneered in disgust. "I think you should be more concerned about yourself."

 

Before Kagome could say anything in retaliation, her head dropped as she fell unconscious once again.

 

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It was about midday and everyone was on edge mostly because of Inuyasha. For over an hour he had went from pacing around the hut to sitting tapping his fingers on floor, all the while making angry comments.

 

Sango was fed up with his bad mood. Her eye was twitching and she kept signaling for Miroku to do something before she did. Shippo had taken refuge in Sango's lap after a particularly harsh verbal assault from Inuyasha.

 

Miroku sighed. "If you're that concerned about Kagome's whereabouts, why don't you go to her."

 

"If I do go to her, she'll think that I don't think she can take care of herself." Inuyasha grumbled out. He got to his feet and began to pace around the hut once again.

 

That was the last straw, Sango snapped. She stood up with her Hiraikotsu in hand. "Inuyasha if you don't go and see Kagome, I'll treat you like Miroku!" She yelled out.

 

Inuyasha pressed up against the wall, while Miroku and Shippo cowered in the corner. Inuyasha quickly grabbed his sword off the floor and fled from the hut. Sango sat quietly and acted like nothing had happen.

 

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Inuyasha floated down to the ground, his fire rat haori flapping in the wind. The hanyou landed at the well and with a small hop he was in the well.

 

Inuyasha jumped from the well and into Kagome's time. He ran across the grounds of the shrine to the house and with ease jumped to Kagome's window. He slid the window up and crept in.

 

The moment he stepped into the room, Inuyasha felt strange. He sniffed. Oddly Kagome's scent was stale as if she hadn't been there, but that was impossible since Kagome had said she was going home. Inuyasha looked at Kagome's empty bed. It was made, still neat, signaling that no one had slept there.

 

Inuyasha exited Kagome's room, suspicions high, and headed downstairs. Sota came zooming past as soon as Inuyasha reached the bottom of the stairs.

 

"Hey, kid." Inuyasha said.

 

Sota stopped. "Hi, Inuyasha." Sota said cheerfully. "Where's Kagome?"

 

"She's didn't come here last night?" Inuyasha barked out. Sota shook his head. Inuyasha rushed from the house and crossed the shrine grounds quickly.

 

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Inuyasha rushed into the hut surprising Miroku, Sango and Shippo not to mention Kilala.

 

"Kagome's not home," He said quickly.

 

Miroku raised a brow. "What do you mean she's not home?" He asked worried.

 

"I mean she didn't go back to her time!" Inuyasha yelled out angrily.

 

Miroku and Sango jumped to their feet. Miroku gripped his staff and Sango threw her Hiraikotsu over her shoulder. They ran from the hut. Kilala transformed then Sango, Miroku and Shippo hopped on. They flew through the air with Inuyasha running below them.

 

They stopped at the field where the well was. Inuyasha dropped to his hands and knees, his nose pressed up against the ground, searching for a hint of what took Kagome. Kagome's scent still lingered from the previous night but nothing else.

 

"I can't find a scent anywhere. Damn!" Inuyasha continued moving across the field, sniffing.

 

Shippo hopped down from his perch on Miroku's shoulder. He began to frantically search for a scent too. He was scared. Kagome was like a big sister, even a mother, to him. He went one way searching for a scent while Inuyasha went in the opposite direction.

 

Miroku and Sango waited apprehensively. They helped felt helpless. They couldn't do anything to help, only wait. Shippo's fluffy tail stuck up out of the tall grass by the trees. He went deeper into the trees.

 

"I found something!" Shippo called from the trees.

 

In one quick leap Inuyasha was at Shippo. He grabbed the kitsune's vest and tossed him over his shoulder, luckily he was caught by Miroku. Inuyasha pressed his nose against the ground and took a deep whiff. The scent was old and smelled of earth and bones. It was a smell of death.

 

Inuyasha stood up. "Kikyo," He whispered as he clenched his fist together.

 

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Kagome groaned. She lifted her head and waited for her eyes to adjust. She threw her blankets off and slowly got out of bed. Kagome let out a big yawn and walked from her room to the bathroom. She closed the door behind her and walked to the sink. She looked at her reflection. Her eyes were still red and her hair was a mess. Kagome reached for her toothbrush and squeezed some toothpaste on it.

 

Kagome walked back into her room, picking up her brush as she walked by it. She brushed her hair and started to get ready for school.

 

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