She leaned over and held him tightly, but he didn't relax in her embrace like he normally would. Letting him go, she searched his eyes.
"InuYasha, it's me, Kagome. Don't you remember me?"
Sesshomaru stepped into the picture then.
"InuYasha, this is your girlfriend."
The hanyou looked from his brother to the girl. He could admit that he found her to be majorly hot, but as far as knowing her, he didn't.
"I don't know you."
Watching his face contorted in confusion broke her heart. She reached for his hand, but he used what little strength he had to pull away from her.
She did her best not to be hurt, "you'll start to remember, just give it time."
Walking away, she turned to Sesshomaru with a sad smile. It pained him to see the bubbly girl so dejected.
"Will you call me and let me know how he's doing tomorrow? I'd like to see him then."
Grabbing her hand, he kissed it.
"You know I will."
Doing her best to give him a smile, Kagome left the room and finally let the tears go, not bothering to wipe them away. What would be the point? More would just fall in its place.
Sesshomaru watched her walk away.
"You don't deserve a girl that amazing, InuYasha, but whether you do or don't…she's yours and she wants no other."
InuYasha stared at his brother and got a strange feeling from him. Was Sesshomaru jealous?
"You like her."
"No, I just admire her."
"Other than that body, what's there to admire?"
"Her strength. Now shut up before I put you to sleep permanently for being so rude."
"Missed you too, brother."
Even Sesshomaru was missing the attitude and personality of his brother's soul. They were like two different people, and the one Kagome knew would have punched this one in the face for being so cold to her.
"Get some rest. I'll let my father and your mother know you have awakened."
Watching his brother leave, InuYasha couldn't shake the feeling that some part of himself was screaming, not at his brother but at him.
"Girlfriend, huh? Might as well try to play nice with her."
Yawning, InuYasha closed his eyes and sank into the pillow.
Kagome opened the door to InuYasha's house and saw Tsubaki sulking in the chair.
"It worked."
Cocking her head, Tsubaki could tell something was wrong.
"Not that I care, but if it worked, then why do you look so sad?"
Falling onto the couch, Kagome hid her face in her hands.
"He doesn't remember me, or any of our precious time together. Sesshomaru warned me this might happen."
"Yes, I did."
Sauntering in, Sesshomaru took a seat next to Kagome.
"I couldn't be around him after the way he acted towards you. After everything you did to help him-"
"But he doesn't remember any of it, you can't fault him for that."
Running his hand through his hair, he heard a murmured voice in the other room.
"Yes, well I suppose we should let Ms. Tsubaki and Naraku go."
Kagome untied her ropes and let her walk out of the house.
Sesshomaru, on the other hand, decided on a more threatening approach with Naraku. The demon got out of the house with lightning speed.
"What did you say to him?"
"Just that, if I ever hear of him bothering you or InuYasha, I would make sure he knew what real fear was."
"That's…quite intimidating, good work."
She smiled at him, but he was disappointed to see it didn't reach her eyes.
"You can go now, Kagome. I'll clean this mess up."
"Thanks, Sesshomaru."
Kagome made it home before one, and was thankful that no one was up to question where InuYasha was, or how everything went.
Getting dressed in her PJ's, Kagome buried her head in her pillow and cried herself to sleep.
School was boring, and Ayame wanted to know why her friend was so down.
"It's nothing, I must be coming down with something."
Everything was a blur as class after class went by. At lunch, she gave Kouga a formal apology for using him the way she did and, to her astonishment, he accepted it.
Walking home, Kagome stopped and stared at the woods. Why couldn't she go there? It was their special place filled with sweet memories.
When she got to the house, a small smile played on her lips as she walked in.
"InuYasha, I'm here. I wish you would come out and surprise me with a hug and kiss like you usually do. I wish you were holding me, and whispering sweet sentiments in my ear, telling me how much you love me over and over again."
Walking up the stairs, she made her way to his room and curled up on his bed which still carried the scent she loved so much. Closing her eyes, she imagined holding him as she cradled his pillow close to her heart.
InuYasha lay stark still on the couch as he heard the girl walk upstairs. Honestly, he wasn't eavesdropping, but can you really call it that when she was addressing him personally? One thing was for sure, knowing her or not, he must have meant something to her, and he blew it yesterday.
Going up the stairs, he followed her sweet scent to his room and opened the door to see her curled up on his sheets, holding onto his pillow. Getting a little closer, he studied her face, contorted in a sad expression. He was such a dick!
Maybe, just this once, he could be bold. Working up the courage, he climbed in and settled behind her, shocked when she searched for his hand to drape around her and hold. He actually found himself wishing he could remember her and their moments together; it must have been great by the way she's acting.
He scooted in even closer to her, until there was no room between them. Leaning his head down, he inhaled her fragrance and nuzzled her neck.
"InuYasha."
He paused, knowing he was just caught, but Kagome turned over to look at him and smiled.
"Was it all a dream?"
"Was what a dream?"
She cupped his cheek and searched his eyes.
"Do you know who I am?"
"According to my brother, you're my girlfriend."
The smile faded as tears formed in her eyes.
"You still don't remember then."
Before he could stop himself, he wiped her tears away, lightly caressing her face. Anyone who knew InuYasha also knew this was completely out of character for him.
"Please stop crying. I don't remember, but isn't it a chance for us to make new memories? Maybe we should start over."
Sitting up, he reached his hand out.
"I'm InuYasha, and you are?"
Rolling her eyes, she gave him a cheeky smirk and shook his hand.
"Kagome. It's nice to meet you, InuYasha."
"Kagome, would you like to go to the movies tonight?"
Giggling she nodded, "I would love to."
Leaning up, she was about to kiss him, but caught herself.
"Sorry, it's habit."
Intrigued, InuYasha completely sat up against the wall, bending one knee and keeping the other one straight.
"So, what other things were 'habit' with us?"
Thinking, Kagome sat up with him.
"Well, the first day we met, you cradled me in your lap and that kind of became our thing."
"Uh, you-I mean, if you want, you can sit in my lap the way you normally would."
Biting her bottom lip, she crawled over and straddled his legs. InuYasha gulped as he felt the heat from between her legs. Reaching his hands out, he gripped her upper thighs under her skirt.
"You would do that too."
Rubbing her thighs, he could feel the heat really getting to him as he pulled her closer, letting her feel what she was doing to him, and Kagome gasped.
"InuYasha?"
He closed his eyes and involuntarily bucked against her.
"Aah, InuYasha? We've never done that before."
Moving her away a bit, he tried to calm himself down.
"Sorry, I was getting lost in the moment."
Was she sorry? It felt so good, but this InuYasha might think she's some slut.
"It's okay. I just don't want you to think poorly of me. You're my first boyfriend, Inu. I'm not experienced in any of that stuff."
Smirking, he turned her around, back facing his front, and wrapped his arms around her waist. He could admit that he had great taste in women when he got with her even if he didn't remember. He too, never dated anyone before, so this would be a new experience for both of them.
"That makes two of us. You're my first girlfriend, Kagome."
His breath fanned over her ear and she moaned slightly. InuYasha had to get them out of there before he lost control from all her little noises she was making.
"Come on, Kagome. Let's head out."