Forget Me Not

By Spork Psycho

I don't own Inuyasha.

AN: Thanks for the reviews, everyone. I apologize for the two month hiatus. I usually write my chapters on Sunday and for the past two months I have had 4 hour musical practices on Sundays which left me with no free time for writing. I did well in the musical though- how about that? Lol, in any case here is the third chapter. I'm feeling rather lazy so it will look extremely familiar. Thanks again for reading!

Chapter 3

Kagome sat cross-legged on her bed in her pajamas while playing absentmindedly with Buyo who was laying in her lap. She stared at the object on her desk across the room from her sitting place. She already knew what was in the simple black wallet. She had only counted its contents about 10 times. First of all there was his ID. Apparently he was 23 years old. She laughed to herself when she read the date of birth. He also lived on the other side of Tokyo, which was no place for a young woman such as herself to wander alone. He also had 21 dollars, but besides that the wallet was bare.

She wasn't sure what to do next. She was sure she couldn't just go down to his apartment, knock on the door, and say, "Hello, remember me? That girl you met when you were running away from those dangerous people the other night? Oh, and here's your wallet!" then go and walk away. She didn't want it to be that way. She wanted him to remember her. She knew how much she had hoped and prayed that she would meet him again, but definitely not like this! Maybe it would have been better if she had not had that reunion with Inuyasha... No. She shook her head. She should be glad to have had this chance to meet him again, and she should act on it. She picked up Buyo, who was sad to have lost the warmth of her lap, and placed him to the side of her on her bed then got up and crossed the room to grab the wallet.

'Ojima Street, huh?' she thought as she read the small lettering on his identification card. She would be traveling there tomorrow she decided as she lay down on her bed. But that was for tomorrow. Right now, she thought to herself as she closed her eyes, she needed a good, relaxing sleep.

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Kagome woke up that morning by her cat bombarding her with it head rubbing against her face, obviously urging her to get up and let him outside.

"Erg, Buyo, get out of my face..." she shoved the cat off her bed as she sat up and stared across the room, all the events from yesterday rushing back to her. That's right... she had to go downtown to Inuyasha's apartment today. Yeah, sure, she had said that yesterday, not thinking of all that could happen in downtown. No young, innocent girl would ever dare to venture off to a place like that on her own, it didn't matter if it were daylight or nighttime. It was dangerous.

But then again, she was almost killed everyday in the feudal era, how was it any different here?

'Inuyasha isn't there to protect you.' a voice told her from within. It was true, Inuyasha didn't remember her, have any feelings for her, and would much less go out of his way to protect her if he happened to see her walking down the street being stalked by strange men.

But something called to her... telling her, 'Take this chance!' You've got this chance to be with the love of your life, take it for goodness sake! She was determined to make Inuyasha remember. She didn't know how he had forgotten her, but he can't just erase her from his memory completely! She wouldn't allow herself to believe that she was reduced to being a fleeting thought of Inuyasha's. And if he did forget her completely, and there would be no more hope for him to remember, she would force herself back into his brain and make him love her again.

But, what if Inuyasha had changed? What if he's not the hanyou she had come to love in the past? If he had changed, what would that mean? If he had truly lived 500 years to the present, what could that have done to him? She didn't want to think that he changed. She wanted the same dog-eared, white-haired, golden-eyed boy she met over two years ago. The boy she loved dearly.

Just then Kagome's thoughts were interrupted. "Kagome!" a young voice yelled from downstairs. "FOOD!"

He could have at least take the liberty of perhaps walking up the stairs to tell her. What an idiot. "I'll be down in a minute!" Kagome sat up and grabbed a change of clothes. She changed into a pair of jeans and a blue sweater. She'd have to dress warm for her trip today. She then went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth, then descended the stairs and walked into the kitchen. She sat at the island the came from the side of the wall as her mom scraped some eggs onto a plate seated in front of her.

"Good morning, Kagome," she said with a smile.

"Morning, Mom." Kagome yawned. She looked at the eggs. She really wasn't that hungry, but she picked up the fork and ate them.

"Jeeze, Mom didn't poison the eggs or anything, Kagome." Souta said. Kagome hadn't noticed how carefully she had been eating the eggs.

"Kagome, are you feeling well, dear? Anything happen?" Mother's intuition. Kagome hated that.

"Yesterday..." she started, not sure just what she wanted to tell her. She then stopped herself. "I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night is all." She smile at her mother. "Nothing to worry about." she assured.

"Well, okay..." Kagome could tell her mother was not convinced, but seemed to let it go. "Are you going out with some friends today?" her mother asked, noticing Kagome's attire.

"Oh, about that." she paused a moment, and thought of a likely excuse. "Yuri, Yumi and I are all going to this shrine that Yuri has been wanting to visit for New Years. We might do something afterwards too. Thats alright, isn't it?" Kagome's mother definitely would object to her wandering around what would be considered the most dangerous district in Tokyo, especially when she was looking for Inuyasha who was supposed to long gone by now.

"Well that'll be good. You haven't had a lot of girl time. You all go and have fun." she smiled. Mrs. Higurashi didn't know that Kagome had hardly even spoken to her old friends.

"Thanks, Mom." she paused and looked at the clock hanging on the wall. It was close to ten o'clock. "I should probably get going." she said as she picked her plate up and took them to the sink. She would have to leave immediately to get to the bus stop on time. She quickly went to grab her coat off the coat rack and slip on her shoes. What if this was all a mistake? Maybe she shouldn't have lied to her mom about where she was going. What if she got kidnapped? Her mom would call her friends, asking where she was, and they would say they haven't spoken to her for a week. She sighed as she opened the door and expected to see the familiar landscaping of her shrine, but instead she saw something else, something much more unexpected.

A pair of dark purple eyes staring right at her.

To be continued...