Kagome's dreams & Sesshoumaru's amulet by Lady_Dark_Kitten

Prologe

PROLOGE

"When will it happen, they need to get it together and get together?" {Why don't the rest of us know}

"I know I loved you when I first saw you, but I only knew one way to be. That was when I only wanted one thing." {Inuyasha the true}

"You pretend to be some one else, only what you want, at first I thought that was just you. Then I realized that you where only in need of a gentle touch." {Kagomes thoughts}

Kagome sat on a hill attempting to get some homework done; a task that she found was nearly impossible in the beautiful and deadly surroundings of futile Japan. She had other distractions besides the scenery first and foremost where finding the jewel shards, the next where the antics of her companions. The developing relationship between Miroku and Sango but they don't see it yet. And there was defending poor Shippo from Inuyasha's constant tyranny, then there was Inuyasha himself, they where always fighting. Any thing from why she was at home studying to food (mainly why there's no rommon).

He rated up there with the shards but for a different and less pressing reason. She couldn't help but feel something for him, but what she felt was a constant conflict-with-in-herself. And it was something she continued to agonize over, was it really love or where they just friends. He was an idiot; most of the time he had no thought for the feelings of others, which made him quite mean and nasty to deal with most of the time. There where fleeting moments that he was kind and gentle with her, almost loving. Those moments where gone as fast as they came. But there was something driving the conflict of those feelings it was something deeper, an idea that only secret parts of her hart and mind entertained, thoughts of a deepening love for him despite the obvious differences. But even deeper was something else that tainted her idea with doubt.

That something was nagged her lately; she could not shake the feeling that she was still missing something. Even during the few tender moments with Inuyasha there was something that she couldn't put her finger on. It came out in her dreams it left her shaky and tingly all over she didn't want to admit why. She could remember little of the dreams the most prominent image that seemed to be the only one she could recall was a lingering figure in the dark. The only thing that she could see where the sweet luminescent amber eyes and the silky silver hair hanging over her, and she woke with lingering spirals of pleasant fire traced over most of her body. She spoke with Sango about the dreams; they both assumed that she dreamed of Inuyasha but Kagomes sub-conscious knew better and constantly trying to scream her from its silent place only to be squashed like a bug by what she wanted to believe.

"Kagome!!" Shippo yelled as he came at her and hit her at full speed. "Help me dog breath is going to hit me on the head again!" the poor kit cried as he scrambled over her lap to get away form Inuyasha.

She shook her head looking at the crumpled book and her equally crumpled work. Sighing inwardly she pushed her thoughts away till later when, as always the process would resume only to reveal no answers and she would run her mind in circles trying to find the answer. As she looked up Inuyasha was running up to her eyes set on Shippo as he prepared to zip around kagome.

"Inuyasha would you just leave him alone I have work to do and your not helping. How many times do we have to go over this." She watched him as his ear twitched and he continued to chase the kit in circles around trees, bushes and her trying to grab him by the tail. " Inuyasha...SIT." There was a satisfying thump as he hit the ground mid stride the growls and cursing fallowed. Shippo scrambled in her lap.

"Damm it wench. What did you do that for?" She watched him momentarily knowing that Shippo was in her lap making faces at Inuyasha.

"You know why I did it. Now what are you chasing him for this time?" she asked him suspiciously. His ears flattened and he looked at the ground then looked back at her an angry mask of irritation that he used all to often.

"Feh...I don't have to tell. It's non of your business." He quickly turned around and stomped off in his normal fashion to sulk somewhere.

She shook her head again, she was starting to get used to him 'running away' like that. Shippo quickly hugged her and tried to escape before it was his turn. She grabbed the collar of his shirt his and sat him in her lap, she didn't see Inuyasha look back mournfully wishing she was in his lap, he was quietly embarrassed by his thoughts. He quickly turned when he realized Miroku and Sango were watching him, it only compounded his embarrassment. They watched him knowingly but he only stalked off fuming and muttering.

After Kagome made her speech about pestering Inuyasha, which she had committed to memory she let Shippo go to play with Kiara who was now awaiting the kits company quietly. Kagome turned back to her crumpled and ripped work, she slouched momentarily and pushed the work aside wondering how she could have ever complained about her life before all this, she pulled her knees up to her chin and wrapped her arms around them. It was all so much more complicated now, school was more stressful than finding the shards at times. She knew that Sango was approaching her but didn't care as she watched the flowers rustle in the breeze. She was so tired of school collecting the shards were easier than this but she didn't know why, the only thing that she could think of is because its something that she enjoyed it in some twisted way. Sango sat next to her and put an arm around her shoulder moving the work out of her way.

"You had that dream again?" she seemed to be wondering more than asking. One corner of Kagomes mouth turned up in a small quiet smile. Her head still cast down to her feet.

"How did you know?" she asked quietly looking up at her best friend.

"Because you get quieter, dazed, and you don't fight with Inuyasha as much." Kagomes eyes where blank as she took in what Sango said then she grinned "Then when you think you have the answer it slips your hand like sand the harder you grip the more you lose it or you get interrupted like just now. But you look more concerned this time." Sango looked at her for the first time sense she sat down. Kagomes smile grew a little bit.

"Your so right its spooky... yes I had the dream again just as before." She hid the fact that the man touched her face this time and he had small maroon stripes on his wrists this time her sub-conscious screams succeeded in getting threw to her, she wasn't sure she liked what it had to say.

"Are you ok? A better question do you think something is going to happen?" Sango watched her eyes warm with concern and worry, but what worried her was that Kagome made it a point to say that it was the same. That meant something was wrong.

"Mmmm... I'm ok. We've talked this to death looking for the answer; I just need to think now. All I can do is let the answer come to me, I don't know what will happen." As she said that she looked up at the clouds slide by lazily and she continued to think about the hand.

"Ok you know where I am if you need me." Sango got up and started to walk to Kaede's hut.

"I think I'm going to go for a walk." She said as Sango turned to look at her "would you mind taking my stuff." She held out the stuffed pack keeping her bow and quiver of arrows.

"No... you have to keep it." Kagome smiled again and giggled this time, Sango knew how to lighten her mood "I don't mind enjoy your walk and don't get lost. Inuyasha took off in the direction of the well so I don't think he can smell this far unless there's a good strong wind. You'll have some alone time." She watched her friend depart she frowned and shook her head. She could feel the ill winds start to blow; there was trouble just around the corner.