A Forgotten Memory

by 88whitedragon

Summary: Kagome had own a necklace since she was three, which she was given to her by a mysterious stranger. Who and why did they gave it to her?

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Naruto or Yu Yu Hakusho.

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Chapter 1: Shippo's confession

A group of travelers settles down to camp for the night in a clearing near a hot spring. They travel many miles away searching for the remainder of any jewel shards that had once been the Shikon no Tama, the jewel of Four Souls, or the hidden leads that would reveal the whereabouts of an evil hanyou name Naraku.

Traveling within this group is a young futuristic priestess by the name of Kagome Higurashi, she discovered that she could travel 500 hundred years into the past and was born with the Shikon Jewel within her body. In certain events of the breaking of the jewel she now travels with a inu-hanyou name Inuyasha. He was put in a slumbering state, who she had later freed, from a spell cast upon him by a priestess name Kikyou for the past 50 years. Inuyasha wanted the jewel to wish to be full flood demon, but was stop by the jewels guardian, Kikyou. Soon both half demon and the village priestess fell in love with one another. Inuyasha and the priestess Kikyou had betrayal was caused by an evil half demon by Naraku, who want nothing more to have the Shikon jewel in his possession. After sealing Inuyasha to the tree, Kikyou told her younger sister Kaede instructions of burning the jewel along with her body.

Kagome was later meet the old priestess Kaede, Kikyou's little sister, explaining about Kikyou's and Inuyasha's past and events that came to past fifty years ago. She soon discovered that she is Kikyou's reincarnation, because of how much she look like Kikyou and would probably explained why she was born with the jewel within her.

Along their travels to gather the jewel, they meet a fox demon name Shippo who wanted to avenge his father's death caused by the Thunder Brothers. After Inuyasha and Kagome helped Shippo avenge his father, he travels along after Kagome's urging and to Inuyasha's annoyance. Soon they meet a cursed monk name Miroku, whose hand holds a gaping void that would vacuum anything within its path. But every year the hole would grow larger until it would kill like his father and grandfather before him, the only way to save himself is to kill the demon who curse his family. However, he does go around asking women to bear his children, not to mention the perverted monk would try and grope the young priestess or the female demon exterminator.

Later they meet up with a demon exterminator name Sango and her two tail neko companion Kirara. Sango's village and family was destroyed by her little brother, Kohaku, who was under Naraku's control. Now all five companions travel together for better or worse to stop Naraku from completing the Shikon jewel.

"Inuyasha, can we please stop and set up camp. We been walking for hours and we haven't found no trace of Naraku's castle or rumors about any shards for the past three days" the young futuristic miko (priestess), Kagome, told the hanyou (half breed or half demon?) leading the group. Inuyasha turned to look back at the weary group before facing forward again.

"Keh, we can't stop now. We have to find Naraku no matter what"

"Inuyasha love, do you think we could stop" Kikyou who recently joined the group asked her hanyou lover to rest.

"Of course we can Kikyou,' he turn toward her, 'alright we should set up camp for the night"

Sango whispered to Miroku, "I can't believe Inuyasha is ignoring Kagome ever since that dead priestess came along. He can't see that her joining is hurting Kagome."

"I know Sango. Clearly Kagome must feel inferior compared with Kikyou every time Inuyasha gets. Not to mention that more often each day Kagome cheerful facade becomes more fake for our benefit" Miroku talk as he was working on the camp fire.

Shippo walked with Kagome as they went to fetch water for tonight dinner. He knows that 'claypot', as he kindly referred to Kikyou, and Inuyasha were hurting his surrogated mother each day. As they reach toward the hot spring Shippo was trying to get up the courage of asking Kagome a question he wanted to ask for a long time. He was afraid that Kagome would reject that idea and him as well for asking that question in the first place.

"Kkk...Kagome, ccc...can I ...can I ask you something?" Shippo stuttered out of nervousness and fear. Kagome turned toward Shippo, she knew that the others know that her cheerfulness was an act. However, when it came to Shippo she could not help but truly smile at the young kit.

'I wonder what Shippo wants to ask that makes him stutter and become nervous all of a sudden' Kagome wondered. "Of course you can Shippo. You can ask me anything you want, you shouldn't be so nervous"

"Kagome...' taking a deep breath, 'KagomeIthinkofyouasmymothereversincewedefeatedthethunderbrothers.Ineverknewmymom.Canyoubemymom?" Shippo look up to her. Kagome blink several times, she could only get few words of all Shippo rushed through. (A/N Shippo's translation: 'Kagome I think of you as my mother ever since we defeated the thunder brothers. I never knew my mom. Can you be my mom?')

"Umm, Shippo I'm sorry. I didn't catch that, would you mind repeating that only slower please?"

Gulping he stared at the ground, his small hands clench in front as his paw drew circles on the floor. "I was wondering if...if you ...I can call you...I mean can you be my mom? I'll understand if you don't want to. It's just ever since we defeated the thunder brothers, you were the only one who look, cared and loved after me other than my father. You see I never knew my mother, my dad said she died when she gave birth to me. And you are the only mother figure I came to know and look up to." Shippo was now in tears, he tried to hold his tears back. "You were always there watching me when I'm scared, or when I'm hurt or sick, you always protect me from that idiot Inuyasha and any other demons that we come across..."

He stop when he detect the smell of salt in the air, knowing full well that Kagome was crying. Then suddenly he felt his little form being embraced by the loving and caring person who he thought as his mother.

"Shhh, don't cry Shippo. Of course I'll be your mother, I have always love you as if you were my own son. Don't worry I'll protect you from harm no matter what, my little kit" she and Shippo held tightly to one another, crying there lonely hearts out.

"MOMMA!!" Shippo cried with joy of now having someone to call as his mother. He doesn't feel left out or lonely anymore, he would always have Kagome to love him and care for him no matter what. He will make sure to protect Kagome from any harm, no one is going to take his mother away, not Inuyasha, not Kouga, not even Naraku if he can't help it.

Kagome gave one tight squeeze before she released Shippo from their tight embrace. "Let's start heading back to the others. We don't want them to worry that something happen to us"

"Ok momma. We don't want that mutt face to come here yelling at us with his claypot,' realizing that he mention Inuyasha and Kikyou would surely make his new momma upset, ' Ooops!! Sorry momma I didn't want you to be sad again. I didn't mean..." he was interrupted by his mothers laughter. Not a fake laugh but a humorous laugh that wasn't heard from her in a long time.

"Shippo,' Kagome pick up her kit and look straight in the eye, 'Have you been hanging with Kouga lately?' she noticing Shippo's smiling sheepishly, 'well nothing wrong calling that Kikyou claypot. It is a bit funny, it would certainly a better word for her than a walking corpse now, does it?" she giggle as she saw her little kit's face lighted by the fact she was not upset. "Don't worry my kit, I guess for several weeks now I started to get over my love for that idiot Inuyasha. I just hope I can find someone who would love me for me and not who I resemble so much. Come on. The sooner we eat dinner, the sooner we come back for a nice bath. How does that sound?"

"Ok momma. After the bath can you give me a treat and a bedtime story before we go to sleep?"

"Why not... a bath, a treat, and a bedtime story sounds good to me" Shippo practically bounce with joy in his mothers arms as they headed back to camp.

Please review on what you think. I thought Shippo acted so CUTE!!, I wish I have a Shippo plusie to hug (giving a random pillow a squeeze)