InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ What Are You? ❯ Nightmares ( Chapter 3 )

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What Are you?




Ice Princess21




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Chapter three: Nightmares




Sango looked at Takaira as she slept on Kirara's back. She smiled and looked at Kagome who looked like she was meditating.




"She looks like she's in her own little dream world," Sango muttered.




Shippo looked at Takaira and smiled. He noticed the change in her scent and turned back around.




"She smells like she's dreaming about something happy," he said.




Miroku slid a sneaky grin on his face. The exterminator frowned at him. 'If he even thinks about it, I'll shove Hirakotsu down his freaking throat!' she thought.




She was snapped out of her thought by a familiar voice directed toward Miroku. "If you lay a hand on her, you'll answer to me," it said.




He turned to face InuYasha and held his hands up. "Wouldn't even think about it."




Kagome opened her eyes and looked at him. She tilted her head to face Takaira. “Why are you so protective of her?” she asked.




InuYasha turned away and frowned. His hair covered his eyes and he sighed.




“I’m not protective of her,” he replied but the last part was a whisper that was barely audible. “She just resembles someone I think I know.”




Kagome looked up at him. “What did you say?”




He shrugged his shoulders. “I didn’t say anything,” he muttered.




Sango sighed and looked at him. “Why don’t we all just change the subject,” she finally said after a long minute of thinking.





InuYasha turned away. “Whatever.”




“Wait for me!” she cried. "Mom! Please wait!"




She ran across the field after the figure. While she ran, she tripped on a stone. Turning, quickly, she was able to avoid falling on her face and fell on her back. Her mother saw her and frowned. She rushed over to her daughter.




“Stay right there,” the figure called out.




Takaira winced at the pain coming from her back.




“It hurts,” she cried out.




She felt a hand on her back and glanced up to see beautiful black-haired woman kneeling by her. The woman helped her up and carried her.




“It hurts mommy,” Takaira sobbed. “It hurts so bad.”




Her mother frowned and rubbed her daughter’s forehead. “You’re always so careless, Takaira. Didn’t your father train you better than that? Now you're going to have a scar."




Takaira forced a smile. “I’m sorry mommy. I was trying to catch up to you but I fell.”




Seira opened the door and laid her daughter on her stomach. “Stay still while I clean your wound.”




“Okay,” Takaira said.




After a few minutes, her wound was cleaned and wrapped in bandages. She sat up and looked at her mother.




“Just take it easy for a while,” Seira said.




Kagome stared as Takaira began to shift in her sleep.




“What’s wrong with her?” she asked. "She's been moving every ten seconds."




InuYasha felt the strange change in her scent and went over to her. Sango looked at him. “What are you doing?”




“I’m waking her up,” he responded with a hint of worry in his voice.




“Why are you waking her up?” Shippo asked. "Leave her alone."




InuYasha frowned. "I won't leave her alone," he said and muttered under his breath. "Not again."




He shook her. “What ever she is dreaming about is turning into a nightmare,” he said, shaking Takaira again.




The sky around the castle grew dark. An evil figure floated down and an evil laughter followed.




“Who is that?” Seira asked.




Takaira felt a chill down her spine and started to shake. ‘What am I feeling? Where’s my father? What are we supposed to do?’




The sky glowed and a blue lightning bolt came down. It struck a nearby rock and smashed in into tiny pieces. Seira pushed Takaira out of the way and the flying rubble struck her.




“Mommy!”




S he stood up and walked over, wincing from the new bruises and gashes in her skin. Takaira sobbed and ran over to her mother.




“Mommy, please be okay!” she cried.




Seira managed to stand straight and grabbed Takaira’s hand.




“Let’s go,” she said.




Takaira heard the voice again and she started to tear up again. The voice echoed around the entire castle perimeter.




“YOU CAN NOT ESCAPE FROM ME!”




Takaira glowed an angry red and her hair started flying upwards. ‘No!’ her mind screamed. ‘I must keep control!’




She managed to bring her aura back down and she stood up, fists clenched.




“We can try!” she shouted.




She grabbed her mother’s hand and took off sprinting.




(NEW PARAGRAPH)




“We can hide here, mommy,” Takaira said, closing the door.




Seira nodded and took the ribbon off of her hair to try and cover up some of her wounds. Takaira saw her and stopped her.




“We have to clean those wounds first, then we’ll bandage them,” she said.




Seira watched as she retrieved the kit from a nearby closet. She applied some alcohol to all of her mother’s wounds and cleaned them. She felt her mother shake and tried to calm her down.




“I know it stings, but you have to endure the pain,” Takaira said, cleaning the last wound on her mother’s back. "It's what you taught me."




She closed the top on the alcohol and grabbed the bandages. She wrapped her mother’s wounds and pulled her kimono back up for her.




“You have to take it easy for now,” she said.




For moments, they remained quiet until the quietness of their hiding spot was short lived. The door opened and Takaira grabbed a sword from behind the cabinet.




“What do you want with us?” Takaira demanded.




InuYasha kept shaking the girl but neither felt or heard a response.




“Dammit! Wake up!”




Kagome sighed. “It’s no use. There is no way to wake her up.”




Shippo had an alarmed look on his face. “Can’t we try to do something for her?”




“If InuYasha can’t wake her, I don’t think any of us can,” Miroku said.




The figure stepped out of the shadows and Takaira fell to her knees in shock.




“Father,” she gasped out.




Her mother sighed. “InuTaisho,” she said. “Who is that man?”




The roof started to crash in on them and Takaira held her hands up.




“NO!” she screamed.




Seira watched as her daughter cast a barrier around them.




‘Kai.’



< br> She released the barrier as soon as the roof stopped crashing down on them. Seira kept staring at her smiling daughter.




“Where on earth did you learn to cast a barrier like that?” she asked.




“I learned it when I trained with father,” she giggled.




The figure burst through the door and held up his sword. Takaira stopped giggling and fear coursed through her entire body.




“I’m not scared of him,” she mumbled.




Her body told her otherwise as she began to shake furiously and she clung to the sword for dear life. The man looked at her and laughed.




“You’re scared of me, aren’t you?”




InuTaisho looked back at Takaira and felt the fear radiating from her body. He turned back to face the man and held up his sword.




“Leave my family alone,” he commanded. “You fight is with me, not them.”




The man snickered and walked closer. “Before we continue the battle, let me introduce myself. My name is Naraku and I was to assassinate you by the order of my master. However, the girl's memory will be erased.”




InuYasha smelt the fear coming from her body and once again, tried to wake her up.




‘You have to wake up!’ he thought.




Kagome looked at her. “She’s talking. Listen.”




Everyone moved in closer to hear Takaira mumbling. “Please don’t kill them.”




Sango immediately shook her. “Takaira wake up!”




"Don't take them away from me!" Takaira screamed.




The figure laughed and raised his sword.




"Mother! Father!"




The sword came down over her mother but her father fought him off.




"Runaway Kai!" he shouted. "Get away now!"




Takaira shook her head and cried. "No! Father!"




She let the tears fall freely from her face as she fell to her knees. "I can't," she sobbed. "I won't leave you."




Her father turned his head and gave her a light smile and her mother hugged her tightly.




"We'll always love you Kai," she said. "Remember--" She stopped midsentence and looked down. The man's sword went through her and Kai screamed.




"Mommy!" She cried. "Please hang on!"




Her mother raised her head to get one last look at her daughter and she smiled. "Take this," she said, handing her an ore. "It's called Hikaru. You were supposed to have it when you became of age, but I feel it's best to give it to you now. Please take care of yourself," she told her and closed her eyes.




"Mommy?" She asked shaking her. There was no response from her mother and Takaira set her down on the floor and let out a blood curdling scream.




"NOOOOO!"



Her eyes were so blurry that she didn't notice her grandmother approach her.




"Takaira?"




She looked up at her grandmother who held her hand out.




"I don't wanna leave them," she said.




"I understand young one. Just let your father take care of him," her grandmother said. "He'll get him for your Mother."




She looked up and saw one of Takaira's brothers there.




"Take your sister somewhere safe," she commanded.




The boy nodded and took Takaira away from the battle. Before they left, their father gave Takaira a kimono that was wraapped in protective plastic.




"Take this and go you two. I love you both and want you to live your lives to the fullest," he said.




(NEW PARAGRAPH)




Takaira pulled away and started to run back. Before she got there, the castle went up in flames.




“N-no,” she stammered. “NOOOO!”




She fell to her knees and sobbed. “Mother! Father! Grandmother!”




Her brother turned around and held the shard in his hand. He had taken it off when she fell. She continued to sob and he held her in his arms. She stopped crying enough to ask him a question.




“Who are you?”




He looked at her and held the jewel in his hand.




“Your brother,” he said.




She woke up and had all eyes on her.




“Are you okay, Takaira?” Kagome asked.




Takaira wiped her eyes. “I’m fine.”




She turned to face InuYasha and her eyes widened. “No way.”




Preview of next chapter: Please don’t tell




InuYasha watched Takaira sleep and he looked at Kagome. She looked up from a book that she was reading and stared.




“Something wrong?” she asked.




He shook his head and stood up. “Nothing. Just get some rest.”




She nodded and crept under her sleeping bag, careful not to wake Shippo and Kirara.




‘What is he hiding from me?’ she wondered.




A few minutes later, she fell into a deep sleep and he went to the door. Before he could step out, Miroku woke up and looked at him.




“What are you hiding, InuYasha?”




“I can’t tell you in here,” he said. “We’ve gotta go outside.”





A/N: School is getting ready to start pretty soon and I must be getting ready. Don't worry though, I'll update every chance I get.