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Full Summary: When the final battle arrived, Kagome and the others are joined by Kouga, Ayame, Kikyou, and Sesshoumaru, then during the battle Kagura and Kanna backstab Naraku and get their hearts back, and they all think they defeated him. Once the wish is made on the Shikon no Tama, it re-entered Kagome's body. Later that evening, she returens home to tell her family, but instead find them slaughtered. It was Naraku who killed them, and almost killed her. Now after being frozen until someone could operate on her and save her, she is woken up 117 years later, but they find she is not injured and doesn't need surgery. Once her happy, and horrid memories return, she befriends her doctor, and that's not all that awaits her in the year 2121...

Is This the Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?
Chapter one: Unfrozen to Flooded Memories
By: Sweet Raptured Light

At a frozen cryogenics lab, in walked a woman around her mid-twenties. She had ash-white hair and red eyes. She was almost translucent for she was albino. She was dressed in a black business jacket with pink pinstripes, with a white button-up underneath. Her skirt was also black with pink pinstripes and rose just above her knees, and she had on black faux leather stiletto boots that rose halfway up her calves.

She was very tall at 5'7" and she was skinny, but very muscular. She was a doctor and a psychiatrist, a photographer, and she amused her friends to no end because she owned a bar.

She entered the building and walked up to the front desk. There she was directed to the fifth floor. Upon leaving the elevator, she heard a blood-curdling scream. She saw a young girl in a hospital gown running her way. She had ebony hair with light blue and midnight blue streaks, and midnight blue eyes. Her eyes were blood-shot, red and puffy, and the tearstains down her flushed cheeks against her pale skin were the final indication that she had been crying.

She came within three feet of the doctor from the elevator, and then she collapsed to her knees as she screamed out and gripped her head and finally dropped down to the floor and curled in the fetal position. The doctor ran to where the patient lay. She picked her up and cradled her in her arms.

"Miss, are you okay? What is your name?" she asked her while placing the back of her hand to the girl's forehead.

"Uh...Ka...Kagome," she mumbled as her eyes fluttered and she fell into what looked like sleep, though she was only closing her eyes.

"Ms. Higurashi, come now, you mustn't run away. Here Dr. Ixion, we will take her back now," a male nurse said as him and two more nurses, went to pick up Kagome and brought her back to her hospital room.

"Good day Dr. Ixion, I see you have met your patient," a male doctor said to her as she stood up and brushed off the imaginary dirt from the front of her skirt.

The male doctor was around his late 30's and was of African-American ethnicity. His hair was short and black and he had a goatee. He was wearing a pale blue medical outfit with a long, white coat over it, and his ID clipped onto the front pocket.

"Dr. Bushido, nice to see you again. Tell me, why was she screaming?" Dr. Ixion asked, as they shook hands.

"Come, I will tell you in my office," he said as he walked down the hall and entered a room to the right, and she followed suit. The office was of moderate size. Towards the back, on the right side wall were some monitor screens of the patients rooms, and next to them, was the doctors desk. In front of it were two chairs.

Once in the room, Dr. Ixion saw one of the monitor screens had the girl on it. She was lying on the hospital bed and was shaking, her sobs and coughing the reason for her violent shakes.

"What happened to her?" she asked as she stepped closer to the screen.

"Her name is Kagome Higurashi, and she is the case I called you about," Dr. Bushido said.

"Tell me more," the female doctor said as she watched the screen closer.

"She was frozen in 2004," he started and chuckled a bit at the gasp that emitted from his comrade, "The sheet of paper that was with her said that she was injured beyond help, so she was frozen till there could be a way to save her. They also had a some picture of her as if they performed an autopsy."

"How bad was she that it took 117 years to find a way to save her?"

"She had many lacerations all over her limbs and face, and her stomach," he stopped to shudder at the remembrance of the picture, "Her stomach was torn open, and her skin was hanging in a large flap. It started from under her breastbone and circled in a large crescent moon shape around her torso, and there was poison. Poisonous green acid all over her and her innards, and they were moved around as if the person who did it, was looking for something inside her," he explained.

"Wow doctor. I must admit you did wonderful work on fixing her up," she said as she walked over to sit in front of his desk.

"It wasn't us," he said calmly.

"What?" Dr. Ixion exclaimed, "She looks fine! Don't tell me you didn't help her!"

"When we opened her frozen tube, she was fine. She showed no signs of blood-loss, and her stomach...it was fine, save for a star-shaped scar above her left hip. There was no sign of any incisions at all. We woke her up and she was very calm, but then she fell into a coma," he explained solemnly.

"How long was she under?"

"Two and a half months. It was only this morning that she woke up and I called you."

"And why was screaming?"

"Her memory is coming back," he said flatly.

"I see. And you want to find out what those memories are? Or mayhap you want me to befriend her and welcome her to the year 2121? I can do that," she asked smugly.

"You know how ANNOYING that is?" he laughed.

"No. Not until someone does it to me," she smiled, "Now, is there anything else about Miss Higurashi that I should know?"

"Yes, it seems while she was in her coma, she mumbled names and fragments of sentences. We recorded them and wrote them down on this sheet of paper; here, take a look," he said as he searched through a drawer for notepad and once he found it he handed it to Dr. Ixion.

She read over the sheet and her shock only showed as her eyes widened and her eyebrows raised, but only for a second then she made her face go cold and emotionless, something she acquired from one of her friends. She read the list over and over again, but still, it said the same things.

'Inuyasha. Kikyou. Sango. Miroku. Kouga. Ayame. Shippou. Bonza. Kaede. Sesshoumaru. Rin. Tetsusaiga. Tenseiga. Toukijin. Inuyasha loves Kikyou. Kikyou is dead. Sango like a sister. Miroku loves Sango. Saved Rin. Jewel Shards. Defeat Naraku. Oniguma's heart. Incarnations, Kagura and Kanna. Kikyou's reincarnation. Shikon no Tama. In my heart. Inuyasha is Hanyou. Sesshoumaru's a taiyoukai. Can't love Inuyasha. Love Sesshoumaru.'

She blinked a few times before she put the paper down. 'I can't believe it! Those names. Those belong to my friends! How can this be?' she thought to herself, then shook the thought.

"Hn. Well, let me go see her now. Perhaps you will let me take her out of the hospital today? Or would you suggest we wait?" she asked as she watched the monitor again. The girl Kagome was pacing around the window and would stop for a moment of two to gaze out.

"She appears fine, health-wise. I am not so sure about her memories. Let us do a brain scan after you talk to her and you may take her today," he said as he walked to the door. Dr. Ixion left the room and waited patiently for Dr. Bushido to bring her to her patient's room.

"Here it is. If you need anything, call one of the nurses."

"Thank you," she said and knocked quietly on the door and entered after a few minutes of waiting.

The doctor looked around the room and found Kagome sitting on the edge of the window, staring out upon the city. It was so neat and clean, and not polluted like it was in 2004.

'New York has changed,' she thought. When her memories returned, she had remembered being ambu-planed over to New York City and being cryogenically frozen, 'What year is it?' she thought.

"2121," the doctor said and Kagome silently and slowly turned around.

"How did you read my mind?" she asked, narrowing her eyes.

"You said it aloud."

"Did I really?" she asked as her eyes widened in shock.

"Yes you did," the doctor said flatly, "Now, Miss Higurashi, I have to ask you a few things."

"Please, call me Kagome. And your name is?" Kagome asked as she walked over to her and placed out her hand.

"Dr. Ixion. Rachelle Ixion," Rachelle said as she shook her hand.

"Well Doctor, what is it you wanted to ask me?" she smiled.

"How about we sit down first?" she asked as she walked over to the side of the bed where a chair was.

"Sure," Kagome said as she sat down on the bed facing the doctor.

"Now, your memories. They came back. Please tell me about them," Rachelle said with interest.

"Well, I remember my home back in Japan. I lived by a shrine with my...my mother, father, grandfather and my little brother Souta," she said as she choked up when she spoke of her family, "We had a sacred well, and I could travel 500 years to the past. I have miko powers because of the Shikon no Tama," she pointed to where her scar was, "I have a star-shaped scar from when it was removed from me."

"That's very interesting. Tell me more about this jewel," the doctor leaned closer as she listened to Kagome tell her memories.

"The Shikon no Tama. The Jewel of Four Souls. It gave great power to anyone who possessed it. Mistress Centipede tore it from my body and that's when I freed Inuyasha. Afterwards I broke the jewel and so we had to start our hunt for the shards,"

"And how old were you when this happened?"

"15."

"And what age do you remember, were you when you were frozen?" the doctor asked.

"22, almost 23," Kagome said.

"So your quest lasted your about 6-7 years, am I right?"

"Yes, about that time," Kagome's demeanor suddenly saddened, as if she knew the doctor's next question.

"Tell me, Kagome, why were you screaming when I arrived earlier?" she asked, almost afraid of the answer.

"My...my memory that came back. It...it...SHIT!" Kagome choked as she brought her hands to her eyes to try to stop the tears from coming.

"Shh. Kagome, it's okay. Take your time," Rachelle cooed, rubbing her back to calm down the violent sobs that took over her whole slumped over form.

Kagome drew in a sharp intake of breath as she sat straight up and wiped away her tears, "When me and the others in my shard group finished finding the shards, we fought Naraku, the evil Hanyou who was made from Onigumo's love for the priestess Kikyou. Together with Inuyasha and I were Miroku, Sango, Lord Sesshoumaru, Kouga, Ayame, and the dead priestess Kikyou. Also Naraku's incarnations Kagura and Kanna double crossed him, and joined us. We had beaten him and made the jewel whole again. When we made the wish on it, instead of ceasing to exist, it re-entered my body," Kagome started.

"That doesn't sound too bad, you beat your enemy," Rachelle said as she smiled to make Kagome feel better.

"No, we didn't, 'cause I soon learned different," Kagome shuddered, "When I got home later that night...my...my mother and...m-my father, were slaughtered in the kitchen. They were torn to pieces. Grandpa was dead...in...his room. H-h-his heart torn out," she gasped and started to cry, but continued with her story, "An-and Souta...Oh Kami! I looked in his room, and there was N-Naraku, with Souta, holding him by the collar of his shirt, and...and he slit his throat, r-r-right in front of me!" she sobbed.

"Kagome, I'm so, so, SO sorry! You're safe now, he can't get you," she cooed as she hugged Kagome close and tried to calm her down.

'Liar!' a voice deep in her head shouted at her.

'What?'

'You heard me,' it snapped.

'Who are you?' she asked, but it was gone.

"Kagome, the doctor said you could leave today, would you like to move in to my apartment with me? We could go shopping, and I could introduce you to some of my friends, and-hey, I own a bar, and I could bring you there. Would that help to cheer you up? Maybe it could get your mind off um...that," Rachelle tried to cheer her up.

"Sure, but I have no clothes to change into," she smiled as she looked down at her hospital gown.

"Well, I'll find something for you, but first, Dr. Bushido needs to conduct a brain scan on you," she said as she helped Kagome stand up.

"What's a brain scan?" she asked as they left her room.

"It is a scan we invented that visually records your memories," Dr. Ixion said as she led Kagome to the elevator and to the sixth floor. There they saw Dr. Bushido waiting.

"Hello Miss Higurashi. How are we feeling today?" he asked.

"I'm fine," she smiled meekly.

"That's wonderful. Are you ready?" he asked.

"Yeah, I guess," she said as he started to take her to a separate room.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine," Dr. Ixion said as she could see Kagome's nervousness.

"Here we are, now, just lay down on here and when the machine starts you will be taken through this tube, and then it will be over. It will tickle a bit though," he explained to her as Kagome laid down.

"Okay, well, while you're doing that, I'll get you some clothes," Dr. Ixion said as she left the room.

"Here we go," Dr. Bushido said as he started the machine.

The thing Kagome was laying on started to move and she was slowly entering the tube feet first.

Dr. Bushido started laughing as Kagome's fit of giggles could be heard from inside the tube. As she was exiting the tube, the tingling she felt subsided, as did her laughing.

"Great timing," she said as Dr. Ixion came through the door with a bundle of clothes with sneakers on top of the pile.

"Here ya go. Bathroom is right through that door," she said as she handed Kagome the clothes and she left the room.

"Dr. Bushido, I must see one of her memories. To confirm something," she told him as she took the disk with all of Kagome's memories on it.

"Okay, do you know when it was? See, they are set on the time line for easy access," he said as he put the disk in the drive and a timeline popped up on the display screen.

"The one before she was brought to New York to be frozen," she said as she pointed to one around that date. On the screen appeared the memory.

Begin memory:
Kagome had just climbed up the well, and walked out of the well house, a little skip in her step as she was so happy. They finally defeated Naraku. She opened the door to her house and she immediately started to shout for her family members.

"Mom! Dad! Gramps! Souta! We did it! We defeated Naraku!" she cheered as she walked towards the kitchen.

Kagome gasped, then screamed at the scene that lay before her. Her mother was bloody and decapitated. Some of her limbs were ripped off. Her head must have rolled over by the oven, as there was a trail of blood leading to it. As Kagome looked at her mother's head, she had to stifle a gag. She gripped the chair in front of her and tried not to faint. She looked back one more time then ran to the living room. She couldn't take it that her mother was still staring at her with empty eyes. She couldn't shake the feeling of it, and it made her stomach turn. The tears stung her eyes at the realization hit her hard in the heart.

Once in the living room, she screamed again. Her father was in the same condition as her mother. His limbs ripped from his body and thrown around the room. Some of his blood still flowed from his body. And his head. Ugh, his head was rolled next to him, staring up at her. Just like her mother's eyes, they bore into her soul, and made her gag as her stomach turned once more. "Oh, Okaa-san, Otou-san, who could have done this to you? I didn't even get to tell you both I love you. You weren't supposed to leave me yet! I still need you!" she cried as she fell to her knees.

She couldn't take it any more. She ran upstairs to her Grandfather's room. She opened the door quietly. She looked in and it was dark. She flipped the switch on the side of the wall and there on his bed was her grandfather. He wasn't as bad as her parents. His chest looked like it exploded where his heart was and blood was splattered everywhere. In his hands where his 'Demon-be-gone' scrolls.

"A youkai did this? But who?" Kagome cried as she neared him. His mouth was opened, as if he was going to say something. And his eyes...they were wide open, and empty too, and just...staring right at her, without seeing anything at all.

"Jii-chan..." she cried softly as she walked out of the room and turned off the lights. She next headed for Souta's room, hoping to Kami that he was all right.

She opened the door and saw him playing his videogames.

"Souta! You're all right! Who killed Mom, Dad, and Gramps? Please tell me!" Kagome shouted as she was going to run and hug him before something snatched him up and held him by the color of his shirt.

"Dear Kagome..." a voice said as it's face was hidden from the shadows.

"No...not you...WE KILLED YOU!" she shouted.

"I assume you saw what became of your parents and grandfather..." it said as it stepped out of the shadows. And evil smirk on his face as his crimson eyes shone with blood lust, his ebony hair billowed in the imaginary wind, and he was surrounded by purple flames.

"Don't you hurt him!" she cried.

"Who is going to stop me?" he asked sadistically as he brought a clawed and bloody finger up to one side of Souta's neck.

"No! Don't!" she cried. But it was too late. In the blink of an eye, Souta was dropped to the floor as blood spewed from his neck.

"You bastard. How could you!" she shouted as the tears were now streaming full throttle down her cheeks, burning her skin.

"You're next my sweet, dear Kagome," he purred, as he wrapped his hand around her throat and licked her ear. She shuddered and gagged at the contact, and then everything went black.
End Memory.

Both doctors' features turned from those of disgust to horror as the memory played out.

'Oh Fuck! It is him! Then that means they all are...No, they won't remember,' Rachelle thought as she gasped. When the memory had ended she took the disc out.

As if on cue with the action, Kagome walked out of the bathroom. She was wearing a black short sleeve button-up shirt and denim jeans with original Chuck Taylor converse.

"Well, are you ready to go?" Rachelle asked her.

"Yeah, one question though," Kagome said.

"Shoot."

"I would think that clothes would be, uh...different...in the future," she said, blushing a bit, 'Why am I embarrassed?' she thought to herself and didn't get an answer.

"I guess good fashion doesn't die out as quick as everyone thinks," she smiled as they left and boarded the elevator.

As they got to the first floor Rachelle walked over to the front desk, "I would like to sign this patient out, she will be leaving with me," she told the desk clerk and she was handed a clipboard with a piece of paper on it. She signed the appropriate spots and when she handed it back she smiled and said a quick, "thank you," and turned back to Kagome.

Once out the front doors, Kagome was paralyzed in amazement. The buildings were elegant and gracefully tall. Some seemed old, as if still from 2004, but some seemed new, and some were still being built. The lights and signs that shone so brightly and lit up the night sky, were now off and didn't have the razzle-dazzle they would have later that evening. The streets were less crowded but still had the street vendors down each sidewalk. Kagome also wondered in amazement at how much cleaner the streets and air were.

The cars weren't giving off exhaust and the air seemed to smell of...fresh linen? This sparked Kagome's curiosity even more, so she looked around and sure enough, between two apartment buildings hung ropes and ropes of clean clothes.

'They still do it the old fashion way. Wow,' she thought as she smiled. Getting used to this century would be easier than she figured.

When Rachelle stopped, Kagome walked right into her and was brought out of her musings.

"Where's your car?" Kagome asked as she looked around.

"I don't have one," Rachelle smiled, "I have this baby."

What Kagome saw when she looked down was none other than a 1971 Harley Davidson.

"1971! You know how old this is? This must be worth a fortune!" she exclaimed.

"No, not really. It's not an original because they had to change the engine and they had to take out the exhaust pipe. But it is from 1971. I had to hunt down this baby forever before I found it," she explained, while her smile was beaming about her 'baby.'

"Why would they take out the exhaust?" Kagome asked, 'The people could die from Carbon Monoxide inhalation,' she reasoned with herself.

"Over the years scientists, environmentalists, and mechanics, invented a solar powered car that runs on electricity when the sun is not visible. Thus eliminating the burning of Fossil Fuels and pollution," Rachelle explained while handing Kagome a spare helmet, "hop on!" she said as she got on the motorcycle herself, and Kagome got on behind her. Rachelle kicked up the kickstand jumpstarted the motorcycle and sped off down the street, with Kagome hanging on for dear life.

They arrived at a tall building and were getting off the motorcycle when someone drove by and whistled at them.

"Asswipe!" Rachelle shouted and flipped them off, "come on, let's go inside," she said. They entered the building and took the elevator to the second floor. When they got to the apartment, she unlocked the door and once inside she headed for her dresser.

"I'm gonna gat changed while you wait here okay?" she said as she closed the bathroom door.

Kagome sat down on the couch and looked at the photographs on the side table. One picture was of Rachelle and two other women. One woman had honey brown eyes and long brown hair, and the other had chocolate brown eyes and long black hair. The both reminded her of Sango and Kikyou. Oh, how she missed them. She saw another pictures with Rachelle and three men. One had short black hair in short pony tail, and he had violet eyes.

'Just like Miroku,' she thought sadly.

The other two beside her had silver hair and golden eyes, but one was shorter and his eyes were more amber than gold. The taller one had markings on his face and seemed cold and distant, and so emotionless compared to his friends.

There were four more pictures, one with her and a younger girl and two boys. The girl had cinnamon brown eyes and brown hair. She had a toothy smile and a small ponytail on the side of her head while the rest of her hair was down. One boy was a little shorter than the other one and he had fire red hair and green eyes. The other boy had honey brown eyes and short dark brown hair.

"Oh, they remind me of Rin, Shippou, and Kohaku," she whispered as she reminisced about the little girl she saved in the Feudal Era, her surrogate son, and Sango's little brother.

The second picture was with her, a woman, and a young girl. The girl had ice blue eyes and white hair with two white flowers about her ears. The older woman had black hair pulled up in a bun with two feathers in it and crimson eyes.

A third picture was with her and a man. He had long flowing ebony hair and a deeper crimson of eye color. He must have been her boyfriend because he had his arms wrapped around her.

The last picture was of her another man and a woman. The man had long coal black hair in a high ponytail with a brown headband on his head, and he had cobalt blue eyes. The woman in the picture had red hair up in to pigtails and piercing emerald green eyes.

'Why do these people all look so familiar?' she thought to herself. Tears started to sting her eyes but she blinked them back. Her memories just hurt so much. She could never see her friends of family ever again, and these people, looked so much them.

The bathroom door opened and out stepped Rachelle. She was wearing camouflage jeans and a white wife-beater and her black boots from before.

"Do you want something to eat of drink before leave?" Rachelle asked her.

"No, I'm fine. Hospital food has gotten better over the years," she laughed.

"That's because it's actually food," Rachelle laughed, "Well then, we can leave now, if you want," she smiled.

"Sure," Kagome smiled back, and walked towards the door.

Kagome wasn't sure where they had arrived, just that it was a parking lot in a big underground garage, and this time they were in a silver and red VW Beatle. They walked up many flights of stairs until they were finally in front of a large building.

"Where are we?" Kagome asked.

"The mall," Rachelle told her, "We just need to buy you some clothes."

They shopped for a few hours, and Kagome marveled at the beauty of the mall. When they finished, they ate an early dinner in the food court.

"See? Isn't this Bourbon Chicken great? Every time I have to eat here, I get this!" Rachelle exclaimed as she put some more chicken in her mouth.

"Yeah! Oh my God! I have never tasted anything like it!" Kagome smiled. As they finished their food, they went back down to the garage and packed their things into the car and headed back to Rachelle's apartment.

"That really wore me out!" Kagome sighed as she dropped the bags by the couch and collapsed on it.

"Sorry to burst your resting bubble, but we have to go back out in about two hours. If you want to take a shower, you can," she said.

"Sure. I'll take one now if you don't mind," Kagome said, getting up and taking off her sneakers.

"Go ahead. The shower knobs are pretty self-explanatory, I think. They are like the old fashioned ones!" Rachelle said.

"Finally! Something remotely old fashioned!" Kagome laughed and closed the bathroom door.

A/N: Hey! This is yet another new fanfic!
I hope all of you know who all those people were in the pictures, if not...You'll find out in either the next chapter, or the third one.
Yes, well, I'm too lazy to type right now, so if anything confuses you, then email me, and I'll explain.
Until next time...Ja Ne!