Forget Me Not

A/N: Yes, it is me, Neko Celes. I am just editing this story so I like it more. Thanks for the reviews, you guys- I was really surprised how many of you found this story again, lol. I was trying to get away from you... kukuku.

Chapter Two

For twelve months she had been waiting for this very moment. She saw, just for that one instant when that quick flicker of light illuminated his face. She knew it was him. He was there, just feet away from her.

"I-Inuyasha?" It wasn't so much a question to whether it was him or not- she knew it was him- but more like questioning if he was really there. Her heart pounded hard in her chest as she began to lift herself out of the old well- it felt like it was going to explode when she saw the now shadowed face take notice of her. The smell of cigarette wafted into her nose. Her eyes brows furrowed in confusion. Why would Inuyasha be smoking? Her thoughts became jumbled as she became more and more bewildered. She stopped when she was completely out of the well to try and stare hard through the dark thickness to where she saw the end of a cigarette burning. He must not have thought of her as much of a threat, because he continued to just sit there and smoke.

"What? How'd you know me?" His voice was slightly slurred, but it carried the same tone she remembered from a year ago. It had to be him! She neared the steps leading up to the door.

"Inuyasha-" she said, tears beginning to form in her eyes, "It's me, Kagome." She saw the shadowed person shift as he tried to stand. His movements were incredibly ungraceful as he leaned against the wall of the well house to stand himself up.

"Kagome who?" he asked. "I dunno any Kagomes."

This made her heart stop. It felt like she had just taken a blow in the chest. Again her eyebrows furrowed. What the hell was he thinking?! Kagome stomped up the stairs to where he was standing.

"What the hell do you mean, "Kagome who?"?!" she yelled into his face. All her sadness and confusion had completely left her to be replaced by anger. "Don't you remember me?!" She stared desperately, but still very angrily, into his eyes. His eyes... that were dark... Suddenly her eyes shifted to the top of his head. It was black and tied back. If it had been white she would have been able to see it. Then her eyes drifted to his attire. He was wearing some loose jeans and a hoodie, clothes that would seem normal for anyone to wear but him. "You..." she paused, and before she could say anything else he slumped more against the wall and sighed in exasperation.

"What're you? Some old girlfriend or somethin'?" He lifted his hand and pulled it through his bangs. "Jus' when I'm trying to run from one thing, I run into somethin' even worse..."

Kagome was seething. She didn't know just how Inuyasha had come back, or why he was in his human form when it wasn't a new moon, or why he was wearing those clothes. He looked casually at her from the corner of his eye. He lifted his cigarette to his mouth.

"I will admit you do look familiar. A little young for my tastes though..." he mumbled as he exhaled the smoke.

That was it. Kagome snapped. It moment later, Inuyasha was laying on the ground of the well house with a swelling cheek. Kagome glared down on him.

"What the HELL was that for, you bitch!?" he said as he laid on the ground with one hand to the side of his face. Tears began to pour over Kagome's eyes.

"I am NOT some old GIRLFRIEND!" She yelled, her voice cracking at the word "girlfriend." He stared up with wide eyes. Her voice softened. "I don't understand..." she stared at the ground. "We were going to get married, and have a family together... just before you left..." her eyes glanced back at him before returning to the floor as she wiped the water from her eyes.

"Look, lady, I dunno what you're talking about." He said as he tried to stand up gracefully- it didn't work. "If you're hung up on a one-night stand we had-"

"You're not getting the point!" she looked angrily back at him. "I can't believe you don't remember me..." she murmured. "Its been only a year since I last saw you..." A thought sprung up in her mind as she saw the continued look of perplexity evident on his face. What if he hadn't come back through the well. She saw his eyebrows wrinkle.

"I wasn't even in this country one year ago- how would I have known you?" he moved closer to her. Her heart sped up once again at the nearness of him. She so badly just wanted to wrap her arms around him- make him remember her. His face got closer to her as he spoke. "You do look familiar." His breath reeked of alcohol.

"Why were you smoking, and why are you drunk?" She didn't even think before she asked the questions. "And what's with these clothes?" They poured out of her mouth as she stared carefully into Inuyasha's eyes, which were very close. She could smell the alcohol on every breath he exhaled.

"I don't have to answer to you." he said in a low voice. Kagome guessed he was trying to be intimidating. It didn't work.

"How long have you been here, then?" She was determined to find out more about what had happened to him. He seemed intrigued by this question as he pulled away from her face.

"What do you mean by that?" One of his eyebrows quirked with the question.

"You know- here, Earth."

Inuyasha seemed to be very amused by the question, and he started to laugh lowly. "What kind of question is that?" Kagome stood firm. She knew she what she wanted to ask him.

"You've been here for the past 500 years, haven't you? It'd be easy for a demon to live that long, even a half-demon such as yourself."

Inuyasha's previous lightheartedness disappeared as his eyes narrowed at the girl before him. "How do you know about that?" he stepped closer to her. She noticed him sniff lightly at her. "You don't smell like a demon. Not many humans know about demon's either..." he examined her face once again.

"That's what I've been trying to TELL you." she said. "I'm KAGOME! I traveled back in time through that well and-" Kagome was suddenly cut off as Inuyasha wrapped a hand around her mouth and a arm around her waist as he pulled her back against the wall of the well house.

"Shh..." he said as he became intensely still. "There's men outside looking for me. Keep quiet and they won't find us." Kagome struggled under his grasp and stared up at him, glaring. What's this about men coming? He managed to pull the hand from her mouth.

"They're not dangerous, are they?" she whispered. He looked down at her for a moment, then looked back to the door.

"They are. That's why I am hiding from them here." he said. Kagome's eyes widened in worry. What if they were going to go look in her house for him? Would they do something to her family? Suddenly, Inuyasha stiffened. "Shit..." he breathed. Suddenly Kagome heard foot steps from outside. They must have heard them. Inuyasha looked down to the girl. She looked up at him with questioning eyes. What were they going to do now? Was Inuyasha able to fight now, even if he was in his human form? Before she could ask anything, she was grabbed and thrown gently into the well she had minutes ago emerged from. As she was falling she saw Inuyasha turn, saying "STAY THERE!" as he slid the well house door open. She then heard the sound of many pairs of feet running outside.

She was loosing him again. She knew it. She didn't feel the pain as she fell onto the hard dirt for the second time that night. All she saw in her head was the vision of him leaving the well house and running.

She sat there in the well for what seemed like hours. She felt lost. Just like the last time the well didn't work, only now worse. Had it all been a dream? Did she hit her head when she jumped in the well? She felt her head for any sores. She felt fine. She didn't know what to think. Maybe she was just now starting to go crazy. After standing up, grateful that she wasn't injured in any way, she started to climb the ladder out of the well. She was glad that it hadn't been as long as she expected- the sun wasn't rising yet. It seemed like her body weighed more than usual as she started up the stairs, she felt weighed down. She began to open the door, the horizon starting to brighten from the sun that was beginning to rise. She looked out to the shrine, her mind swarming with questions. As she gazed out to the grounds, something black on the ground caught her eye. She walked quickly over to it and picked it up. It was a wallet. She opened it up. It wasn't just any wallet.

It was Inuyasha's.

To be continued...