InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Secrets of the Shinju (Part I): Sesshoumaru's Stolen Memories ❯ Into the Dreams ( Chapter 13 )

Chapter Twelve

Into the Dreams

Kagome once again found herself at the castle where she knew Hitomi was. She entered and moved down the dark corridors. When she came to the room where the demoness was, she entered without hesitating. Hitomi was watching the mirror closely, an evil smile on her face. Kagome quickly walked to the mirror and was shocked that it was not Sesshoumaru she saw in the mirror. It was Miroku. He was very young and was trying desperately to run to his father. He was being held back by Mushin when suddenly Kagome watched as his father was sucked into his own wind tunnel. Kagome gasped at the horrifying scene and it disappeared from the mirror. Hitomi spun around and looked right through Kagome. She again went for the jar of powder and Kagome fled the room.

She ran down the corridors, again feeling jewel shards but not able to find them. All of the corridors and rooms began to look alike and she felt like she was running in circles. Kagome began to panic when she found that she couldn't get out of the castle. Finally she broke free from the confines and awoke violently as soon as the cool night air hit her. She sat up and looked around. Sesshoumaru was sleeping peacefully. Of course he wasn't having a nightmare, Hitomi was targeting Miroku tonight. Why was she going after Miroku? She didn't need his memories. Kagome was still breathing hard, as though she had really been running down corridors trying to escape. The sight of Miroku's father being killed hung in Kagome's mind. The look of devastation on young Miroku's face flashed before her eyes. She then remembered the smile on Hitomi's face. She was deriving pleasure from causing Miroku pain. She imagined that she also enjoyed torturing Sesshoumaru just as much, if not more. Kagome lay down again. She decided to reach her mind out to Miroku. If she could travel to Hitomi, why not to Miroku.

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Miroku stood in horror as his father's wind tunnel was about to implode. He was being held back, and he watched as his father was engulfed by his own wind tunnel. Suddenly there was blackness all around him. He was no longer a child, but he was himself just standing in nothingness. He called out, but there were no sounds around him. He thought that perhaps this is what it would be like in his wind tunnel. He turned desperately, trying to find anything. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice…Kagome? He turned and there was a flash of light. He suddenly woke; the pain in his head was far worse now than it had ever been.

Miroku had been having the same dream for several nights in a row. They didn't last long, but he always woke up feeling frightened. InuYasha and Sango too had been having nightmares occasionally. Sango had dreamed of Kohaku, seeing him kill her father and fellow demon exterminators. InuYasha had told the monk that he had again lived his last moments of life before Kikyo pinned him to the tree with her sacred arrow. It was no coincidence. Miroku was sure that the demoness was involved. Kagome had told them she used dreams to get to people. This however, was the first night he had descended into blackness. And Kagome's voice, he was sure he heard her calling his name. He got up and walked around. They had to reach the demoness soon. He couldn't take much more of the strain he was feeling from the barriers. Sango and InuYasha appeared to be sleeping soundly. Shippou is the only one that seemed to be immune to the dreams. Though he imagined that the demoness saw him as no threat. He began to wonder about how Kagome and Sesshoumaru were fairing. Hopefully she was safe.

Kagome snapped back to herself. She had seen Miroku. He looked terrified; they had both been surrounded by darkness. He was looking around desperately for something and calling to anyone that would answer him. She called out to him and he turned to see her. As he did he disappeared in front of her eyes. She sighed and sat up. Tomorrow night she would try to reach him again.

Kagome got up and left to get cleaned up. When she returned Sesshoumaru was awake. He seemed to be in a better mood today, as she knew he had no nightmares. They decided to train again. He began working with his acid whip, as it was the only actual weapon he had left to use in a battle. After he an hour or so and quite a lot of progress he approached Kagome. She knew he would want her to put up a barrier. She focused her energy, much like she had the night before when she sought out Miroku. Suddenly Sesshoumaru stepped back, his eyes wide. "What did you just do?" She looked at him curiously, not realizing she had done anything. "I felt you in my mind. I could hear your thoughts." He again took a step back from her, not exactly sure what powers she was using on him. "I'm not sure what I did. Last night I went to Miroku in his dreams, but the connection got broken before I could speak to him." He listened to her attentively. "I went to Hitomi again last night. She was going after Miroku; he again witnessed his father's death, so did I. I had hoped I could speak with him."

Sesshoumaru looked very impressed with Kagome's powers. She had been developing power she didn't even realize she had. "You may continue training, I will gather some food. We will eat before we begin traveling." Kagome sat and focused her energy on creating a barrier. She hoped to learn a barrier spell soon, and make impress Sesshoumaru. However, she could still not seem to get her energy to focus outside of her body. She began to feel her power accumulate inside of her, and attempted to release it in the form of a barrier but instead she felt a small shock of power rush through her body. She was knocked to the ground, but didn't seem to be hurt. She got up and began attempted to form a barrier. Again she failed.

She began a third try when she heard laughing behind her. She turned to see Sesshoumaru standing there staring at her, laughing uncontrollably. "What are you laughing at?" He did not answer her, only laughed harder. She looked around her in confusion trying to figure out what he found so funny. Again she asked him what was so amusing. Finally he took a deep breath and told her to look at her hair. She pulled some strands in front of her face and saw that it was a bright red color. She screeched in horror and ran to her bag. She quickly got out the small make-up mirror she carried with her. Her hair and eyebrows were bright red. "What happened?" He began laughing again. "It's your spell, what did you do?" Kagome began to brush her hair frantically hoping that it would make the red disappear. "Maybe it's an illusion spell. Miroku talked about them quite often." Kagome focused her energy on her head and willed it to change back to its natural color. Again Sesshoumaru started laughing. She turned and glared at him. "That's it, I'm done training!"

Kagome got to her feet and stalked off. Sesshoumaru was quickly behind her. "You need to finish your training, you are not done yet." She continued to ignore him and walk away quickly. Kilala was at her feet. Suddenly she felt herself being flung over his shoulder. His arm wrapped around her legs so she wouldn't fall. "Put me down, now!" He chuckled but didn't put her down. "You need to finish training. You need to harness those powers of yours so you don't end up putting some strange spell on me." Again she struggled and told him to put her down. Suddenly he noticed just how little her school uniform was covering. "You know, your kimono is very short." She let out an enraged scream before she shouted at him. "Put me down, I'll finish training!" He sat her down and she gave him a look of death. She then spent the next hour trying to change her hair back, while he cooked the food.