Hey this is the gnome princess Nimerin. This is my first fanfic so bear with me while I try to figure things out, (I'm slow too so u know u may have to be patient.) Also there will be some (very little) Japanese in here, if I misspell any of it I would appreciate it if u would inform me. Thanks, and enjoy!

Disclaimer: All I own is lint, and it isn't even the good kind. Well, that and the occasional dust bunny.

Love Isn't Just a Memory

Chapter One: Bunny Nightmares (um….. )

"Inuyasha! I have to go back, I have exams I have to study for!" A girl with raven hair down her back and stormy blue eyes in a green sailor school uniform stood in front of an old well in the middle of a forest. She had her slender hands clasped beneath her pale chin in a pleading manner. Before her stood a boy with long silver hair, golden eyes, and silver-white dog ears. He was a hanyou, son of a great taiyoukai and a human mother. At his side was a rusty old katana given to him by his father that held a secret awesome power. More importantly, at this current moment anyway, he had a nenju necklace on that bound his spirit if a certain young miko uttered a certain command.

"Your not going anywhere, wench. We still have more shards to find!" Inuyasha yelled as he blocked the path to the well.

Kagome sighed and balled her fists at her side, her dark bangs hiding her eyes. " Inuyasha…" She started sadly.

"Yeah…" He asked her reluctantly.

"Osuwari!" She screamed loud enough to startle the little birdies out of their perch in the trees. Inuyasha splatted face first into the ground twitching violently.

"See you in a week!" Kagome called happily over her shoulder. With a small wave she leapt into the well and disappeared from Sengoku Jidai.

Inuyasha pulled his face out of the dirt when the subduing spell wore off. For a brief moment one could glimpse the loneliness in his eyes. " Stupid wench." He mumbled as he leapt off to the Goshinboku tree with demon speed.

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Kagome climbed the rope ladder until she was out of the well on her side. Grabbing her now depleted backpack off the ground she raced to her house to greet her family. "Mama, Souta, Jii-chan. I'm home." She called loudly. Suddenly, on the second story of the house, one heard a large thud and frantic scrambling as small feet ran across the floor. Soon enough Souta came charging down the stairs flinging himself at his older sister.

"Nee-chan, you're home!" He cried out in youthful exuberance.

Kagome tussled his brown hair as she gazed at him adoringly. "Hai."

"Kagome, dear, it is nice to have you home again." A middle aged woman with short brown hair and kind eyes appeared out of the kitchen holding a dish cloth in her hands. "I'm making oden, it will be ready in a moment. You can go wash up first if you want. Kagome?" Her mother then noticed her daughter's glazed eyes, vacant look, goofy smile, and small tendril of drool that slipped from her lips.

Souta looked up as he waved his hand in front of his sister's face; getting no response he snickered. "She's in one of her oden appreciation dazes."

Kagome's mother walked up to her and grabbed her shoulders gently. Coming back to her senses, Kagome blinked a few times before looking utterly confused. "Um…were you standing this close a minute ago?"

Mrs. Higurashi merely shook her head and sent her daughter on her way to the nearest bathroom. "Go get washed up dear."

Everyone was already seated at the table when Kagome walked out of the bathroom. As soon as she saw dinner she raced to the table. " Oden, oden, oden…" She chanted happily.

An elderly man smiled at his granddaughter. "It's good to see you Kagome. Did I ever tell you the origin of oden?"

Kagome had already begun to inhale her oden, oblivious to the rest of the world. The only response she offered between bites was her hunger fueled mantra, "Oden, mm.., oden."

"Kagome?" the old man sighed sensing the futility of the situation.

Souta giggled, "It's a good thing none of the youkai nee-chan faces come bearing oden. I'm sure she would totally forget they were dangerous and start chowing down."

"Yes, but I'm sure as soon as the youkai saw her devouring her food they would run away in terror." Jii-chan added.

Her mother sighed, "I never could teach her proper eating habits when it came to oden."

Finally, after eating her fill of oden Kagome set down her bowl and let out a contented sigh. Suddenly she opened her eyes. "Oh, yeah. Did you say something Jii-chan?" Jii-chan and Souta face faulted while her mother remained serene.

"So dear, it seemed like you were gone longer than usual this time, any thing interesting happen?"

"Um… well, we heard of a shard rumor east of Kaede's village and went to go check it out. It turns out a rabbit youkai had gotten a hold of the shard. Inuyasha beat it no problem. It just took us so long to get back because we had to travel so far to get the demon."

"Wow, Inuyasha is so cool!" Cried Souta in true hero worship style.

"Yep. Well, I think I am going to take a bath now. Thanks for the yummy oden Mama."

"No problem dear."

As Kagome made her way up the stairs to the second story bathroom she thought about what she had neglected to tell her family. Like the part where the shard had mutated the rabbit to gross proportions and had given it an awful nasty temper. A temper that had resulted in Sango with a severely sprained ankle, a deep gash across Miroku's forehead, a couple of claw marks across her back, and Inuyasha had gotten some pretty serious cuts and bruises. Inuyasha had finally defeated it after a series of Kaze no Kizu. Oh, not to mention Shippo was now having nightmares about fluffy bunnies.

She slipped out of her dirt encrusted uniform and into the warm bath water. She sighed deeply as she felt her muscles begin to relax in the soothing warmth. 'I sure miss hot baths. Hot springs really aren't that bad; but then Sango and I always have to worry about Miroku lurking about.' She grabbed a loofa and began to gently cleanse the wounds on her back. 'They really aren't that bad. Especially when I think about how bad Inuyasha was injured. Thank Kami he heals fast. Inuyasha… I wonder what he is doing right now.'

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A young kitsune was hopping around the base of the God tree. "Inuyasha, how long did Kagome say she was going to be gone?"
"Get lost." Inuyasha grumbled from his perch on a high branch."

"Oi, you jerk! I just want to know when Kagome is coming back." The kit screamed angrily.

"Never! Now get lost.!"

Shippo transformed into his pink balloon form and latched onto Inuyasha's head. "What did you do this time you big idiot?"

Inuyasha swatted him away and settled into a higher branch with his back turned away from Shippo. "I didn't do nothing, now just go bug someone else."

Shippo landed somewhat ungracefully on his head. When he had righted himself he scrambled off to safer company.

'She always goes back to her stupid time for those tests. It's not my fault the wench leaves me."

The nagging voice in back of his head decided to put in its two cents. 'She might not leave so much if you were nicer.'

'I'm nice.'

'Calling her a stupid bitch isn't nice.'

'Well, she is'

'Baka'

'Shut up! Stupid voice. Leave me alone.'

'Look you bastard, you better not fucking tell me to leave you alone.'

'Oh, such language. They say only stupid people curse because they don't have the intelligence to express themselves properly.'

'You use foul language enough you hypocrite.'

'That's different, I'm the tough guy, your supposed to be smart.'

'You're right, cursing is for people with small minds; but I had to use it or else your puny skills of comprehension would have failed to grasp my meaning and you definitely wouldn't have listened.'

'Urgh…bastard.' Inuyasha snorted and preceded to ignore himself.

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Kagome stepped out of the tub wrapping a fluffy white towel around her porcelain, currently wet skin. A phone could be heard ringing downstairs as she made her way to her room.

"Kagome, it's Eri on the telephone."

"Um…okay mama, I have to get dressed but I will be down in a bit."

"Alright dear." Mrs. Higurashi's muffled voice could be heard as she stalled Eri for a few moments. Kagome quickly changed into her navy blue flannel pjs and padded down the stairs. Her mother handed her the phone.

"Thanks mama." Kagome said as she took the receiver form her mother. "Hi Eri."

"Hey Kagome. I am so glad you are feeling better. Rabies must have been awful, I mean I can't believe the zoo let a wild koala attack you like that."

"Eh…eh…um…yeah…" Kagome's tightly clenched fist raised poised for the blow as her left eye began to twitch. 'Jii-chan is so going to die. Not only does he make lame diseases but now he makes up lame stories about how I got them.' Kagome seethed in her mind. "I am all better now Eri."

"Great! How would you like to come with us to the mall and movies tomorrow afternoon?"

"Sounds like fun."

"Kay, meet us at the north entrance of the mall at two-thirty."

"Alright, no prob. See you tomorrow Eri." Kagome hung up the phone and went into the kitchen to speak with her mother. "Mama, I am going out with Eri and the girls tomorrow afternoon."

"Alright. What time are you leaving and when are you coming back."

"Well, I am meeting them at two-thirty. We are going to the mall and a movie se we probably won't be getting back until around eight."

"Okay."

"Kay, well I am going to go to bed now. Love ya."

"Love you too Kagome. Sleep well."

Kagome went back to her room and climbed into her bed. Buyo soon followed and curled up by her head. Kagome gave Buyo a gentle pet and fell asleep to her cats contented purring.