I have decided to add onto the first chapter, which was originally just supposed to be a one-shot . I've just had notes some rough drafts sitting around for a very long time. I don't really write Inuyasha fics anymore, so I guess we'll see how it turned out after all this revision and expansion. She Could Remember
Part I: Past and Future
"Please remember, I am not the past. I am not your past."
Kagome
She could remember that first day of school. She was so excited to make new friends. To learn. Maybe someday she could be a teacher- or a doctor! If she did well enough she could go to the States to study…
Kikyo
She remembered the day she was told she had the reishi of a potentially strong priestess, that she had to start her training. She would soon learn that this would be her whole life.
Kagome
She remembered the funeral. The incense, the ceremony, the prayers. His face was only contained in pictures on the wall. The loss, the sadness, was faded; but she could remember the funeral.
Kikyo
She remembered her mother, just barely. The now faceless woman had died giving birth to her sister. She remembered the funeral, the funeral pyre, burying the ashes. She could still remember the smell of the smoke from the funeral pyre.
Kagome
She remembered the day she met Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi. The four of them were the best of friends right away. She remembered thinking they'd be best friends forever. That she could never have better friends.
Kikyo
She remembered the other children looked at her with a mix of awe and fear. Her little sister, Kaede, who started her training as a priestess at the same age she had, was her only friend. She remembered how the others of her village kept their distance.
Kagome
She could remember the first time her friends tried to set her up on a date with Hojo. She had been mortified. She couldn't remember how many times they'd tried to set her up with him since then, or how many times he'd made that same request of her.
Kikyo
She couldn't remember any males being interested in her, until Inuyasha. Odd that her brief moment of vulnerability, when she'd tripped on the dock, was what it took for them to realize how much they cared for each other. She could easily remember the pain she felt when she thought he had betrayed her.
Kagome
She remembered someone commenting once about how it seemed that absolutely everyone loved her, that it was amazing. Kagome was astonished. She just couldn't believe that such a thing could be true.
Kikyo
She remembered the love, tempered by respect and fear, which the people held for her. She understood that it wasn't love for her, but love for her ability, her protection, love only for what she could give.
Kagome
She remembered when she fell into the well. How she was labeled 'reincarnation,' a lesser version of Kikyo. That just wasn't true.
Kikyo
She remembered when she was brought back to life and she was thought of as 'Kikyo' again. She knew Inuyasha thought she was the same as the last time she lived. That Kagome and the last Kikyo were the same. That just wasn't true.