One night, when Sesshomaru is out patrolling his lands, a witch disguised as a demoness tries to seduce him. He refuses her advances for fear of following in his father's footsteps and leaves her on the forest floor, half dead. Scorned and angry, the witch curses Sesshomaru and erases all of his memories except for one: Kagome.

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What Is Love?

Erased

The moon was high in the sky and the forest was quiet. It was the perfect night for a patrol. The air was crisp, cool and the only noise was coming from the soft wind blowing and his own footsteps as he ran over the frozen ground. His molten golden eyes seemed to glow in the moonlight and his silver hair whipped behind him. He had needed this. Ever since they had defeated Naraku over two years ago, the lower demons on his lands wouldn't keep quiet as they searched for the few remaining jewel shards that his half brother's group had yet to collect. It was a waste of his time to deal with such lowly demons. Pathetic. He snarled to himself. A few months before the final battle against Naraku, he had made a shakey alliance with his younger half brother and, to his surprise, it grew stronger every day. The silver haired Inu was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of soft laughter. He stopped and surveyed his surroundings. He could hear the female but not smell her, which he didn't like.

"Show yourself!" He growled.

Laughter again, "Oh Sesshomaru-sama, how demanding you are."

A petite human woman came out from behind the trees and Sesshomaru arched an elegant eyebrow. How was this woman able to mask her scent? She was rather pretty for a human. Pale skin with auburn hair and striking green eyes that were almost cat-like. Sesshomaru found himself unable to look away from her form, her curved hips and the way her breasts rose and fell with each breath she took. It was pleasing to his eyes. She walked closer to him and trailed a small finger down the front of his kimono.

"I've been looking everywhere for you Sesshomaru-sama," the woman purred, "Ever since I decided I wanted you for myself."

Wanted... ? Sesshomaru's brow furroued. He couldn't make sense of what she was saying. He couldn't move. He could only shiver as this... this human began to untie his obi. Why couldn't he move? His lips tried to form words and the woman only laughed and pressed her fingers to his lips. No one could touch him the way she was! Not without his permission! Sesshomaru's chest heaved with effort as he tried to move and push the woman away from him. It was an effort... more so then he would like to admit... but after a few moments of struggling, he was able to throw the woman off of him. She shrieked as she went flying away from him and hit the trunk of a tree. She gasped as she slumped against the forest floor, a cut bleeding heavily from her head. She was barely concious as she watched Sesshomaru race away from her.

"You will pay for refusing my advances, Sesshomaru, Daiyoukai of the Western Lands. From this moment on you shall have no memories of your life until you learn to love. The only thing you will remember is Higurashi, Kagome. The miko woman-child that travels with your half brother," and then she passed out.

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The fire crackled and a young raven haired woman was startled out of her sleep. She sat up, yawning as she looked around the small clearing where her and her friends were camped out for the night. Shippou was curled against her side as always. She smiled fondly at the small kitsune demon. He was her son in all but blood and she would do anything to protect the kit. Across the dying fire lay her best friends, Sango and Miroku. After they had defeated Naraku and Miroku's wind tunnel was gone, he had confessed his love to Sango and they had married a year later. The monk was curled around Sango to protect her and their hands were entertwined over her stomach. To their left was Kohaku, Sango's younger brother who had been returned to her after Naraku's defeat. He was a quiet boy and rather shy. Sometimes he would wake up in the middle of the night screaming from the nightmares of being Naraku's slave. Her heart ached for him and she wished there was something she could do for him. Her eyes drifted to the branches above the camp where her hanyou usually sat watching over the group. She sighed when she found no trace of him. He was probably out with Kikyou somewhere. The miko had been brought back to life after the battle with Naraku and even though she refused to join the group, she always followed at a distance.

"Baka Inu..."

Mumbling softly to herself, she stood and covered Shippou with the blankets before grabbing her bow and arrows and then she headed into the forest to clear her head. She walked for a few minutes before she found a stream. She sat down on the bank and set her bow and arrows on the ground. She didn't need to go any further. She didn't want to run into Inuyasha and Kikyou. She was happy that Inuyasha could finally be with Kikyou, she really was... but her heart had been shattered when Inuyasha had told the group that he was going to take Kikyou as his mate. She should have realized... she shouldn't have been fooled. She slipped her shoes off and began to sing softly to herself.

"My shadow followed when you walked away and ever since that day my life has never been the same. My friends all asked just why you went away and all that I can say is that you heart was in another place..."

"Kagome."

She was brought out of her thoughts by someone calling her name. Gasping, she whipped around quickly with her bow strung only to come face to face with Sesshomaru. A dark blush covered her face as she remembered the dreams she had been having just a few nights ago of the gorgeous Daiyoukai. She lowered her bow and stared into the frightened eyes of... wait... frightened?

"Sesshomaru! You scared me half to death! You know you can't sneak up on me! Are you okay?" Kagome moved closer to Sesshomaru and touched his arm. He was shaking!

"Kagome! Oh thank Kami I found you!" Sesshomaru breathed, pulling Kagome into a hug.

Kagome let out a squeak of surprise as she was crushed into Sesshomaru's embrace but she returned the hug eagerly. She was in some serious need of companionship and was startled to find how... right... it felt to be held by Sesshomaru.

"Ano... Sesshomaru... You're acting funny... are you okay?" Kagome asked quietly, afriad that he would pull away from her.

Sesshomaru's form still shook and he inhaled deeply, taking in her scent of fresh rain, vanilla and spice, "No... This Sesshomaru is... frightened."

"Frightened?" Kagome pulled back slightly to look into his molten gold eyes.

"I was... running... in the woods and before I could remember everything and then suddenly... I could remember nothing. Nothing except for you," his eyes closed momentarily, "I don't know what happened and I don't know how to fix it. Kagome... I need your help."

She could hear the pleading in his voice, see it in his eyes. How did this happen to Sesshomaru and why? Kagome knew she could never refuse this powerful and beautiful youkai who was slowly helping to heal her heart. She had become close to Sesshomaru ever since he had joined their little group and he had even opened up to her and told her stories of his life before Inuyasha. She gently touched his face and smiled at him.

"Don't worry Sesshomaru," she pulled away from him and took his hand, "I'll help you in every way that I can."

Sesshomaru smiled at Kagome, the smile he reserved only for her. He couldn't remember why he didn't smile at anyone else... he only knew that he only smiled like this for his Kagome. She was the only person that he could trust. He held her hand tightly, afriad that if he let go then she would disappear, and followed her back to her camp where her friends were sleeping. Her friends were still asleep when they arrived and Sesshomaru sat down next to Kagome's sleeping bag. Kagome set her bow and arrows on the other side of her sleeping bag and climbed under the warm blanket. She gently moved Shippou and he cuddled against her side.

"We will go to your castle in the morning, okay, Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked, yawning.

"Hn..." Sesshomaru nodded and closed his eyes, falling into a fitful slumber of goulish laughter and green eyes.

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A/N- And here's chapter one! I hope you guys like it. It's a little short, sorry for that... but I'll try to update at least every day. It would help me a lot if I got a lot of reviews... it would want me to finish the story!

DISCLAIMER- Unfortunaely, I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters. The song that Kagome sings is called 'I just laugh' by Never Shout Never, which I also don't own.

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