A/N: Got bored and wanted to write in this story so…here's the next chapter! Enjoy, my precious readers! Disclaimers!

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"Souta!"

Souta Higurashi grunted as his sister flew at him, tackling him around the torso. "Damn it, Kagome," he grunted, staggering. "I work out and stuff, but jeez. You weigh WAY too much for me to be hauling you around."

Kagome gave a pout, lightly knocking the back of her -taller- brother's head. "I haven't seen you in over a year and the first thing you say is that I weigh too much? Don't I have the nicest brother around?"

"Well," Souta drawled, crossings his arms and pulling back. "I was going to invite you along on a little family camping trip with you, me, Amber, and some other relatives of hers…"

Kagome's eyes lit up and she tackled him again. "I love you, Souta!"

Souta snorted, patting her head with an amused look. "Everybody loves me; I'm just that awesome," he joked as they picked up her luggage, and then started for his car. "So how long are you staying?"

"Three weeks," Kagome responded immediately with a smile. "I get to stay for three weeks, and then I have to go back home and help Ayame out some more…" She sighed. "That woman has it in for me, I swear. Made me do a mountain of paperwork before I left."

Souta grinned, patting her head again as they slipped into his car. "So…" he said slowly, starting his mustang. "Can I ask why you came alone? I could've sworn you said Sango was coming with that Miroku guy and you were bringing along two people when we talked…"

Kagome's mind went blank and she stared off in space for a moment, furrowing her brow in concentration. Who the hell were they? Deciding to go along with it, she said slowly, "Err, they had to work and then there was a huge family emergency…"

Souta sighed in disappointment. "Damn. I was looking forward to finally meeting the ever famous Inuyasha you always talk about."

Kagome bit her lip. She knew that name…she just knew it. But where…? "Err, Inuyasha? He was…err, really upset about not, err, being able to come," she said blandly.

Souta frowned, glancing over at her as he pulled out of the parking lot and started down the road. "Are you okay?"

Kagome gave up. "I'm sorry, Souta," she said, running a hand through her hair. "I honestly don't have a clue about who you're talking about. This…Inuyasha, and that…Sango and Miroku. I really don't."

Slam!

Souta had slammed his foot down on the breaks, sending them flying forward, straining against their seatbelts. "Wait," he said slowly, his voice soft. "You don't…know," he turned to face her, "who Sango is? Or Inuyasha? Seriously?"

Kagome looked at him warily. "No. I don't remember what happened in the last year and a half… or a little bit before that either. A friend of mine said I was in a coma or something for that time period…"

Souta pressed down on the gas pedal again. "Let me get this straight. You don't remember the last two and a half years of your life?"

"Nope. Except when you came to visit me in the hospital…I don't even remember how I got there."

Souta groaned, slamming his head back. "No wonder you didn't call me until a few weeks ago…does Inuyasha-wait, you don't remember him…you have some sort of amnesia is what you're saying?"

Kagome shrugged, looking out her window. "I guess you could say that…wait, who are you calling?"

Souta was furiously typing in a number on his phone. "Somebody that I thought was coming with you… Don't even know why I have this number…does she even remember you? I'm going to kick her ass for this…"

"Yo."

"Hello, Sango," Souta greeted, turning on the blinker and turning onto another road.

"Souta! Long time no chat! The voice on the other end exclaimed nervously.

"Uh-huh," Souta replied, tone sarcastic. "So…would you care to explain why my sister doesn't remember you?"

Utter silence.

"Sango?"

"Err, Souta? You know that guy we were fighting? Naraku? Well…he kinda…killed Kagome, so I don't know what the hell you're talking about…" Sango's voice filled with guilt and grief.

Souta froze. "What the hell are you talking about, Sango? My sister's right next to me."

"Huh?"

Kagome looked curiously at the phone.

"Kagome's right next to me," Souta repeated. "Say something, Kagome."

"Err…hi?" Kagome said with a shrug.

There was total silence from both ends…then…

"HOLY SHIT KAGOME'S ALIVE?!"

Souta looked completely bewildered. "Yes, not that she remembers anything…she disappeared for a few months, then called me up a couple months ago and told me she was coming to my wedding, or she'd try to at least…"

Kagome tilted her head as this "Sango" began to sob hysterically, "Holy fucking mother of god, MIROKU! MIROKU! GET OVER HERE NOW!"

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"Err…hi?"

Sango went completely still. There was no doubt. That was the voice of her 'dead' best friend…

"HOLY SHIT, KAGOME'S ALIVE?" Sango hollered into the phone.

"Yes, not that she remembers anything…she disappeared for a few months, then called me up a couple months ago and told me she was coming to my wedding, or she'd try to at least…" Souta sounded bewildered.

Sango burst into sobs. "Holy fucking mother of god, MIROKU! MIROKU! GET OVER HERE NOW!"

Her husband came running, eyes frantic. "Sango?! What's wrong?! Are you alright?!"

Sango sniffled. "Kagome's alive."

Miroku groaned, face palming. "Not you, too! It took me three hours to convince Inuyasha that it was time to move on last night, do I have to convince you, too?!"

"No, no, she really is!" Sango insisted, raising the phone. "Souta?"

"Souta's kind of getting some stuff out of the trunk," A voice said, wary. "This is Kagome."

Sango put it on speaker, taking a calming breath before saying softly, "Hello, Kagome. I know you don't apparently remember me, but we used to be really good friends…it's nice to hear from you again."

Miroku's jaw dropped as Kagome replied, "Err, I hope that me not remembering you isn't a problem…I'm really sorry about that, Sango-Chan."

"It's not a problem," Sango reassured, eyes shining with more tears as she mouthed, Go call Inuyasha. "Hey, has Souta spoken to you about Inuyasha?"

"Not a lot…oh, hey, Souta wants his phone back…"

A moment later, Souta was back. "Sorry, Sango, anyhow…are you serious? You really think Kagome died?"

Sango sighed softly. "Souta, I'll give you it in a nutshell. Kagome went with us to Naraku's place to kill him off as well. We managed to kill him, but before, a demon managed to stab her through the middle. Kagome died in Inuyasha's arms while we were looking for a way out." She heard Souta's sharp intake of breath. "As we were fighting Naraku, Kagome's body just…vanished. We haven't seen or heard from her since…" Her voice shook. "You have no idea how…I can't even put it into words. Inuyasha's going to freak."

Miroku called, "Inuyasha's phone is off. He must be almost there!"

"What does he mean "almost there"?" Souta asked.

Sango sighed. "Inuyasha was going to tell you about Kagome's "death" after you and your fiancé were done and married and before you left on you honeymoon. He said he was going to move on afterwards…but…" she cursed. "Souta, Inuyasha's head hasn't been right since that battle. I would keep Kagome away for a bit before revealing her to him."

"You mean he'd go psychotic and kill everyone?"

"Maybe not that bad," Sango laughed nervously. "But he'd probably have the police people called on him."

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"So he's coming to my wedding," Souta said bluntly.

"Yes, he is. My husband said he's getting off the plane as we speak."

"On it. Thanks, Sango, and…I'm really sorry about Kagome. I don't know what happened, but between us all…I'm sure we'll figure it out."

"Go get ready for Inuyasha. If he comes and finds out Kagome's been alive all this time without you saying anything first, he'll go ballistic. He's been heartbroken, Souta. He'll think she did it on purpose."

"I understand," Souta answered. "Bye."

"So…" Kagome raised an eyebrow. "Are we done with the strangers? 'Cause I kind of need help getting this suitcase up the stairs…"

Souta groaned, grabbing her suitcase and dragging it up the stairs to his guest room. "Yes, we're done with the people you don't remember and damn, what the hell did you pack in this thing?"

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He rolled his shoulders as he stepped off the plane, giving a groan and fighting the urge to rub at his burning eyes. Damn he hated contacts.

Inuyasha easily went through security, lost in his thoughts.

Before he'd left for the airport, he'd had to dye his hair, as well as put in black contacts to make him…well, natural. Refusing to dye his ears, he'd put on a simple baseball cap. He popped his neck as he went to retrieve his luggage.

Then his phone went off.

Inuyasha groaned, answering it. "Yo."

"Oh good, you're there."

"Miroku," Inuyasha greeted. "And if you mean "there", you mean the middle of nowhere in California…yeah. I'm "there"."

"And you know where you're going, right?"

"Yep."

"You know to keep dying your hair?"

"Yep."

"You-"

"Damn it, Miroku, what the hell is with this little interrogation? You sound like I'm going to spaz out and kill someone," Inuyasha snapped, waiting impatiently for the car he had rented to show up. "Jeez. I'm fine."

Miroku's voice sounded unnaturally tight. "I know…but after your little fiasco yesterday about Kagome…" His tone cracked slightly at Kagome's name.

Inuyasha's eyes narrowed. "Okay, you bastard. What are you not telling me?"

Sango's voice replaced Miroku's. "You'll see soon. Bye!"

Click!

Inuyasha cursed, stuffing the phone in his pocket as the car drove up. Time to see what everyone's problem was…

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Kagome smiled as she looked at herself in the mirror. She wore a simple red tank top, some white shorts, the strange silver charm bracelet, and her black hair up in a ponytail, silver hoops, and black converse.

She was dressed simply, to match her mood. To give her in-laws an impression.

Kagome fingered the charm bracelet for a moment, sighing. It was adorable…if only she could remember how she had gotten it…

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIING!

The doorbell.

Kagome smiled, skipping out of the guest room -or one of them, as there were two. "I'll get it, Souta!" She called, starting down the stairs…only to have her brother race past her.

"No, you go back upstairs," Souta replied, heading for the door. "I've got it. Besides, Amber's looking for you."

"Okay…" Kagome went back up the stairs.

Souta sighed in relief before opening the door with a nervous grin. "Hello…"

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Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow at the young man before him, shooting him a cocky grin. "Yo. You're Souta…correct?"

The man laughed. "That's me," he said, shaking Inuyasha's hand. "You must be the Inuyasha?"

"Yup," Inuyasha replied, reaching up to rub the back of his head with a sigh. "I'm just curious…do you have any free rooms? 'Cause none of the hotels have any space…I can sleep on a couch if I have to…"

Souta chuckled, patting the half-demon's back. "Nah, I've got a spare room for ya."

Inuyasha smirked, stepping inside. "Thanks, I thought I'd be sleeping on the side of the road for a minute there-" he cut off as a scent hit his nose. His eyes went wide.

"Souta!" A feminine voice whined. "Amber's being temperamental and yelled at me to get out!"

Souta rolled his eyes. "I'll be up in a sec."

Inuyasha sniffed, his ears flattening beneath his hat. There was only one person with that scent…and that was the one that was walking down the stairs right towards him. The name of her left his lips in a whisper.

"Kagome."

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A/N: I REALLY don't like how this turned out…I'll probably fix it up in the morning :3 Thoughts? Oh and sorry it's so short!