Kagome's POV

Finally! My 18th birthday! Too bad Inuyasha isnt here. He would have loved the cupcakes! Mom and Gramps had planned a surprise party, but I have known about it for at least a week. My actual time of birth was 7:17 in the evening on a Thursday. Mom has always been very particular about having the party at that exact time every year, so it's never really a surprise.

When I got home from school, I went to my room and started doing my homework. This was my last semester of high school. I havent seen Inuyasha for three years now. It's been lonley, but at least I have my friends. I still think about him often; things are never really the same without him around nagging me all the time.

I sighed, putting down my pencil. I couldn't concentrate. I couldn't stop thinking about Inuyasha. I looked at my clock. 7:10. Great. Seven more minutes until I'm officialy eighteen. Just then, my mom walked into my room and sat down on my bed.

"Hey mom. Shouldnt you be getting my 'surprise party' ready?" I asked her.

"Kagome." She said in a serious tone.

"Yes?" My mom never spoke like this, "Whats going on?" I asked.

"I'm only going to tell you this once, so listen closley." She said in a flat, emotionless voice.

"O...kay, mom, what is it? You're scaring me." What is this about?

"Have I ever told you about your father?" She asked.

I shook my head. "Umm, no, I don't think so."

"Well then, I'm about to tell you and I have to hurry. That way, you'll understand what is about to happen."

"Your father was an amazing man. We met when I was about your age. He didn't look to be much older than me at the time. But he was actually much older." She paused and looked at me.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Your father was...how do I say this? Your father was...well...he was...he was a demon. Now Kagome, I dont want you to freak out," she added quickly.

I was in shock. I'm a half demon? But that's not possible. I don't have any demon-like qualities! All I could do was choke out a hesitant, "How?"

"Well, your father had certain powers that could seal a demon's power." A demon? With the power to seal demonic powers? But how? How have I never known this? "Mom, why have you never told me?" I asked.

"Your father knew how hard it was to for someone to grow up as a half demon, so we decided to make it possible for you to live as a normal human. Until your 18th birthday, that is."

I quickly glanced at the clock. 7:15. "Whats going to happen to me?" I asked in a daze.

"Well, you'll see in a minute." She said with a slight smile.

I was disgusted. How could she? Why did she not tell me I was a half demon!?

I ran to my bathroom and looked in the mirror right as the clock struck 7:17. My fingernails, once short and filed neatly, were now long and pointy like Inuyasha's. I had ears and fangs! This can't be happening. "Mom!", I screamed from the bathroom. "I'm a dog demon!"

"Your father was a half cat demon." Mom corrected. "His name was Nekoasuai."

"I'M A FREAKING CAT DEMON?!" I yelled.

"Language, Kagome!" She narrowed her eyes at me.

I slumped down on the bathroom floor. "Sorry, Mom. I'm just freaking out here. I've just turned 18 years old, only to find out that not only was I the reincarnation of Kikyo and born with the legendary Shikon Jewel inside my body, but I'm also half cat demon. This is just purrfect." I covered my mouth with my hand. "What the hell was that?!"

I looked at my mom; her arms were crossed. "Kagome, I think you've spent too much time with that dog demon, Inuyasha." Her sarcasm was obvious.

"Mom, I'm sorry. I haven't seen Inuyasha in over three years." I looked at the floor.

"Well, I think it's time you two see each other again." She smiled and shook her head playfully.

I jumped up. "What?!" Is she serious? "H...how?"

"Come with me," Mom said.

She led me downstairs and stopped in front of a cupboard. She pulled out a small key hidden in the sleeve of her kimono, used it to unlock the cupboard, and grabbed a book hidden inside. It was a big, blue, dusty book with yellowing pages. She opened it and flipped through the pages.

I leaned in for a closer look. "I'm going to take a guess that that is not a recipe book," I said as I twirled my tail in my hand. Wait a second! Since when do I have a tail?!

I followed her out to the Bone Eaters Well. A gentle breeze blew the cool air of the autumn night against my skin. The bright light of the full moon lit the night far more that seemed normal. My eyes...I can see better in the dark...like a cat. "Mom, what are we doing here?" I asked.

"I'm re-opening the well so you can see Inuyasha again." Mom closed her eyes with a smile. "When I saw him, I knew that he would be the one." She continued to flip through the pages.

"What do you mean the one? And what do you mean re-opening the well? You mean to tell me that you could have done this at any time and I wouldn't have had to sit here for three years alone?" I was furious.

"Kagome, please understand. I had to wait until this happened because the spell I'm going to use only works once. Once you go there, you will never be able to come back." She looked at me with sadness in her eyes.

"Oh, Mom, I can't leave you. What about Gramps? What about Sota? Won't he transform into a half cat demon like me once he's eighteen, too?" I asked.

Mom shook her head. "No. You and Sota have different fathers. Now, you must hurry. This spell only works during the full moon, like tonight." She started chanting some incantation out of the book. I couldn't understand what she was saying at all. I figured it was some ancient Japanese language, long dead.

I looked down the well and it started to glow. She finished chanting and I felt a breese come from the well, warmer than the air around me. "Mom...I can't..." I shook my head.

Mom hugged me for a moment. She pulled away but still had her hands on my shoulders. "I love you, Kagome." She pushed me down the well. Great. I really should have see that one coming.

I hit the bottom of the well. It knocked the wind out of me; it took me a minute to get my breathing right. I stood up and cilmbed up the side of the well. When I got to the top, I realized that I really was back in the Feudal Era.

I swung my legs over the side of the well and sat there for a minue or two. I took a deep breath in and realized that my sense of smell had increased significantly. I tried moving my ears and listening. I heard an owl hooting, and a possom moving through the tall grass.

I was wearing my blue sweater and blue plaid mini skirt. I hadn't planned on changing until after the party, but if I'd known I was going to transform into a half cat demon and have my mom push me down the well, I probably would have changed a lot sooner.

I stood up and started walking toward the Tree of Ages. At least I know where I am. I walked up to the tree and was sort of expecting to find Inuyasha like I had the first time, but all I found was the tree with the scar on it. I sat down at the base of the tree and tried to relax. I soon fell asleep.

I woke up several hours later. It has to be midnight by now. Crap, i'm so tired. What now? I heard a stick break behind me. "Who's there?" I called out.

"Who are you and why are you here?" I heard a familiar voice say.

I sprang up and looked around the tree. Inuyasha was standing right there! I wanted to go and hug him but...what would he think of me? I'm a cat and he's a dog! This is never going to work. I took off running in the other direction. I guess I had forgotten how fast he could run. He caught up to me within seconds. I tripped on a root as he swung his claws directly above me.

It was just like when we met the first time. Only this time he didn't save me from a demon. This time I am the demon! I sprang to my feet and ran the other direction.

"Oh no you don't!" he yelled as he took off after me.

I was able to stay ahead of him for about ten seconds when I saw a river come into view. Being a cat and all, I instantly stopped running and hid behind a tree. Inuyasha was not as nimble; he couldn't stop. Instead he skidded on the pebbles right into the water.

It was actually amusing to see him dripping wet. I giggled under my breath.

"What are you laughing at?" he growled.

I walked out into the moonlight so he could see me. I guess I thought he would recognize me. Wrong.

He pulled the Tetsusiga out and was about to use it on me. Me! "No! Stop!" I cried out. Too late. He had already used the Wind Scar. It was only a matter of seconds before it hit...and it would be all over for me. I squeezed my eyes shut.

I was expecting a sharp pain but instead I felt nothing. Nothing happened? I opened my eyes to see Inuyasha staring at the Tetsusiga. "What the...?" I get it. The Tetsusiga didnt work because I'm still half human. Thank goodness. I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who are you?" He eyed me suspiciously. "My name is Ka-" I stopped myself. "Kanomi." Close enough. He must not recognize me. Do I really look that different?

"Don't get too comfortable yet, Cat!" He charged at me. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!"

I ducked just in time. "Please stop attacking me! I came here seeking your help!" I tried to calm him down.

"How do you know who I am?" He asked.

I walked closer to him. I probably shouldnt have but I decided to take the approach of playing dumb. "I don't." Stupid.

"Well then, how do you know it's my help you seek, cat?" He spat out the last word in disgust. "My name is Kanomi, not cat. And I can tell because, because you're the one." I decided to be vague, using what my mom had said.

"What do you mean the one?" he asked.

"You know, I'm not entirely sure." I smiled.

"Get lost, cat! I've already got someone." He crossed his arms.

"Oh? Like who?" I tilted my head to the side.

"Thats none of you buisness!" He snapped at me.

Seeing him now, after 3 years apart, sent shivers down my spine. "Okay...So will you?" I walked over to the waters edge.

"Will I what?" He was obviously playing dumb.

"Will you help me?" I whipped around to look at him.

"I don't help demons." He started to walk away.

"I'm not a demon!" I yelled.

He stopped and turned around. "Then just what in the hell are you?" He growled.

I sat down beside the water. "I...I dont know anymore," I looked at my reflection. No wonder he can't recognize me. I don't look like ME anymore. I had short black hair and cat ears. My fangs were like Inuyashas, but smaller and pointer. My eyes had a long verticle slit through the middle and they were a bright neon green. I touched the water and my reflection rippled.

I looked up at Inuyasha who was standing above me. "What do you mean you dont know who you are?" He kneeled down beside me. I could smell his breath.

"I used to be someonel else. Someone important. But now...now I'm this." I pointed to my face.

"Come with me." He held out his hand. I grabbed it and he pulled me up.

We walked back to the village. I followed behind him and didn't say a word. I wanted to play it off that I was just meeting him, just to see what he would do, of course. I would tell him eventually.

"So cat, where do you come from?" He asked.

"I can't tell you," I looked at the stars. I wonder when my human night is?

"Why not?" He crossed his arms.

"Because you would never believe me." I smiled.

"Try me," He smiled back.

"It dosent matter. I can never go back anyways."

"Why not?" He asked.

"Jeez, for a half demon you sure ask a lot of questions." More than I remember him ever asking, that is.

"Well, I want to know." He put his hands behind his head and clasped them together.

"The only way to get back to where I'm from stopped working a long time ago." He looked at me. I knew that would get his attention.

When we got to the village it was about to be daybreak. "How did you know I was a half demon?" Inuyasha asked as we walked into a house.

I shrugged. "Well, I heard it somewhere. Hey, do you have any water?" He pointed to a wooden bucket with some water in it. "Haha, I knew that."

I looked in the water and saw my reflection again. "I look like Yura of the Hair," I said under my breath.

"How do you know about that demon?" Inuyasha said accusingly.

He must have heard me! Crap! Crap! Crap! Come on, Kagome, think of something! "Uhhh, I just heard of her once. Ahaha..." I scratched the back of my head nervously.

"Heard of her? From who?" His eyes narrowed.

Think, think, think! "From, uhhh, uhhh, demons! Yep, demons." Inuyasha looked at me like I had some screws loose.

My clothes were dirty and ripped around the edges, "Hey, Inuyasha, do you have any clothes I could borrow?" I looked around his house for any clothes.

"Do I look like someone who just has clothes for girls laying around?" He said sarcastically.

"You used to be."

He jumped up from where he was sitting. "How would you know what I 'used' to do? Have we met before, cat?"

"My name is not cat, my name is Kanomi! Ka-no-mi!" I got in his face.

His expression was no less than shocked. I realized I had done the same thing to him when we frist met. My name is Kagome! Ka-go-me! I backed away from him and ran out the door. He, surprisingly, didnt follow me.

I ran to the well and jumped down. I just wanted to go home. I had wanted to see Inuyasha for so long, and now I had. But he didnt know who I was. I landed gently and easily at the bottom. Just like a cat. I sat down in the well and wrapped my arms around my legs. I cried, "Mom, how could you do this to me?"

I looked up and saw Inuyasha looking at me. I didn't want to see him right now. I wanted to go home. "Stay away from me!" I hissed at him. He jumped down in the well with me. I couldn't look at him right now. I hated him at this point.

"What is the matter with you?" he growled.

I stood up and jumped out of the well. He, of course, followed me. I ran into an open field and stopped running. I turned around and he was standing about ten feet away from me. "Would you please stop following me?!" I yelled.

"Not until you tell me what is wrong with you and why you came here looking for me." He narrowed his eyes at me.

"I... can't. I don't know. I don't remember," And that was the truth. I felt that the longer I stayed here in this world, in this time, the more of who I am, or who I was, began to slip away.

"Come on, Kanomi," he said. I looked up at him and smiled. "What is it?" He looked at me confused.

"Thats the first time you ever said my name." I stood up and went to his side. I felt like I could remember some things just by being with him.

"You remind me of someone," He said.

"Oh yeah? Like who?" I asked as nonchalantly as possible.

He stumbled over his words, "Oh, nobody. Just someone I used to know."

Just somebody he used to know, huh?! How dare he! "Oh, come on, tell me! Who was she?" I asked. I knew it was me but could I get him to admit that?

"How do you know if it was a girl? It could have been a guy for all you know." He challenged.

"Yeah, like I'm going to believe that. That look on your face is saying 'girl'." I winked at him. We were almost back to the village and I could already smell Lady Keade.

"Well...okay. fine. It was a girl. But I'm never going to see her again." He looked down at the ground.

I wanted to tell him right now that I was Kagome, but that would hurt him even more. "Why not?" I asked.

"Because the only reason she came here is done. She is gone back to her oun place and she has no reason to be here anymore."

I walked in front of him and stopped. "But you don't really believe that, do you? If she really cared, she would have found a way back, right?" I always wanted to come back. Never once was there a day I didn't think about him. Inuyasha, you're hurting so much, and theirs nothing I can do to help you. Inuyasha, please stop. You're breaking my heart.

"No. The well closed up a long time ago. There's no way she could have come back." Inuyasha gritted his teeth.

I put my hand on his shoulder. "Don't kid yourself." He looked away from me. "You even act like her." I wonder if he would kiss me? Would he betray Kagome...or me, in other words. Inuyasha didn't answer, keeping his eyes on the ground.

"Why can't you look me in the eye? Is it because I look like her?" I said, repeating what I had said to him when Kikyo had been brought back by the demon. He grabbed my hand and moved it away from him. He acted the same way when I had done this before.

This time I wasnt going to screw things up. This time I was going to do things right. I leaned toward him and kissed him on the lips. His eyes doubled in size. He pulled away instantly. "What the hell is the matter with you?!" He stormed off.

Inuyashas POV

Why does she act so much like Kagome? Why did she kiss me? Why is she so secrative? What is she hiding!?

I ran back to the village and stopped in front of Kaede's house. I walked inside where Rin and Kaede were sewing some fabric into a kimono. "Inuyasha, are ye okay? Ye looks pale." Kaede walked up and put her hand on my forehead.

"Im fine, just a little confused. That's all. I see Sesshomaru left you another gift." I looked at Rin who smiled and nodded. At sthat moment, Kanomi walked in.