Title: Problems

Summary: Sesshoumaru was an owner of a club and never liked it. He decided to go to school where he met a certain someone.

Chapter 10: Hard Times

When I open my eyes all I see is darkness. What is happening? Why am I feeling so much pain? Sesshoumaru where are you? Sango. Inuyasha. I look towards the never ending darkness and a figure comes out. It was a woman that had flowing black hair that shined so you could see the difference from the darkness and her hair. Her brown eyes looked like puddles of melted chocolate. She shined with every move she made. Her milky skin complimented her lip color.

Another woman followed behind. She also had black hair that look dull and her brown eyes resembled brown rocks hard and cold. Her skin was pale and her lips are chapped. She had bruises and scratches everywhere. I blinked several times. Both these woman looked like me. What was happening?

A voice spoke from the shadows, "Kikyo. Look at what has happened to you. You were such a happy girl who never had any problems and had excruciating beauty."

The voice stopped and the beautiful woman spoke, "This is what you looked like with no worries no problems no Kazuki."

The duller woman spoke, "This is you when you started dating Kazuki. You held very little beauty and held so many problems on your shoulder. You worried about school and Kazuki."

I held in my voice when I tried to protest but they were so right. I did change so much because of my so called fiancé. A mirror showed up in front of me. The two women held it and told me to look into it.

"Now Kikyo look at you. Look at what has happened now." The voice in the shadows began.

I looked into the mirror. I saw a woman that was suppose to be me. My hair was dirty and had no shimmer. My eyes were brown that didn't sparkle with happiness or anything. My face was white like a ghost and scratches were every where. I was very skinny from no food. I used to weigh 85 pounds but now I probably weigh 65.

Another woman figure appeared. I didn't want to see it. I knew it was another me but I didn't want it to be another disturbed me. I grabbed my head and pushed the mirror away.

"Stop! Please Stop! What is the point of this!? I don't wish to see no more messed up me's! Please…I want my memories to disappear…please no more!"

"But Kikyo," the voice echoed.

I bet this was to tell me something but I don't want to know or hear it. I want my memory gone I want to start all over. I looked up into the darkness, "Take it away. Take away the painful memories. Please."

"If you wish. But you will end up seeing that you needed to see the last you."

"NO, I'm done with the old Kikyo I want the new Kikyo. The real Kikyo that had a perfect life perfect friends, I even had a perfect family."

That's when I realized I made a mistake. If I wished for my memory to be erased I would forget Sango and Inuyasha…and Sesshoumaru. But if I forget my memory I can cast them away and they will have no burdens, "Yes please erase my memories."

Sango felt limp and fell to the ground. Inuyasha kneeled down beside her. He picked her up and held her close, "I'm going to take her home. You just go in there."

Inuyasha picked up Sango's shocked form. Sesshoumaru nodded. He could feel how hard it was for Inuyasha to say that. Inuyasha cared for Kikyo deeply. He always remembered how Inuyasha would babble about how Kikyo was his life, especially when they were kids. But Inuyasha finally had come to the fact that Kikyo would only look at him as a friend and with Sango he could see something happening.

Sesshoumaru turned around and left to find Kikyo's room. The doctor gave him the room on the third floor room 606. He walked up the stairs he never liked elevators. He stopped at the door with the metal plate that said room 606. He opened the door and the windows were shut and the blinds were down. The room was dark except for the little light that was coming from the lamp on the table by Kikyo's bed.

The way she was laying made it look as if she was dead. He sat down in a chair by her bed. He noticed her nervousness. She felt disturbed in her sleep. He stroked her head pushing back her bangs. Her eyes flinched and then opened to reveal melted chocolate orbs.

The orbs wandered to the body that was situated by her. She blinked a few times in curiosity. The markings on his face confused her along with his fangs and pointed ears, "If you don't mind me asking? Who are you and what are you?"

"When they said you lost your memory I didn't think you lost you sense of mid as well. It seems you don't know what anything is."

"Well I have no idea what you are talking about its just hard for me to tell if you're a half demon or just a demon."

Her attitude sounded happy and careless. Sesshoumaru sighed, "Demon."

"Wow, I don't ever think I've met a demon before."

"To your surprise you have."

"What?"

"Never mind."

Kikyo layed back on the bed. She looked up at the ceiling. She turned to Sesshoumaru and smiled, "What's your name?"

"Sesshoumaru."

She stayed silent for a moment, "Wow, that's a nice name sounds so familiar and sounds so important and needed."

"I suppose so…"

"Why do you sound so gloomy?"

"I'm just trying to cope with the fact that a person's friend lost her memory."

"Really, wow that must suck."

"It does especially when the person has to sit and watch as his friend doesn't remember him."

"Who's this friend? I would like to meet him. I want to ask him what it feels like to loose your memory."

Sesshoumaru looked away. She sounded so happy and relieved. He noticed that she hadn't stopped staring at him. Her eyes seemed lost as she looked at him. He turned back to her, "Is there something wrong?"

"No, it's just your marking are beautiful. What do they mean? If you don't mind me asking I mean."

"These markings represent that I am a guardian of the night. A dog demon that fits in with darkness when the suns is away."

"That's sad."

"How is it sad?"

"A creature of the night forced to be shadowed and not noticed," she said with depression in her voice.

"I suppose so."

"You don't get along with humans very well do you? I can sense the hate you hold for my kind."

"I suppose you would be able to but I doubt that you can sense that I care about two humans."

"Really, who if I may ask?"

"One is a girl with ebony hair that shines in the moonlight and in the sun. Her chocolate brown eyes hold happiness and excitement when she is with her friends. Her milky soft skin that compliments her and she is strong and skinny. When she smiles she makes others want to smile. Everything she does was contagious and made others want to do the same. Then there is the other one. She has a loud mouth and doesn't stop talking. She means well but doesn't show it but she cares deeply about her friends."

Kikyo looked at him in wonder. She can sense he is a cold hearted demon who wants nothing to do with humans but yet he's fond of these two delightful girls.

"So are you stuck in a love triangle?"

"What?! Hell no! They are just humans I can hang around with without wanting to chop off their heads."

Kikyo smiled, "The way you described the first one sounds like your in love."

Sesshoumaru looked at the memory less Kikyo, "It would seem that way but I was just amazed at her ability to stay strong."

"Ability to stay strong?"

"Yes, she was abused and heart from her fiancé. She was going to break up with him but he threatened her. She would have not given into his threat if her loved ones weren't involved. She dealt with that horrid man for as long as she could remember. She did what ever he wanted without fear. Then one day she stood up to him and he told her he would regret it. He killed her guardian. After that she lost all hope and committed suicide."

Kikyo gasped, "Did she die?!"

"No she stayed strong and hung onto the tiny bit of life she had. I brought her to the hospital as fast as I could and the doctors saved her. He told me I was lucky I, I almost lost her."

"Wow she sounds so fascinating! If it's alright with you I would love to meet her."

"In due time you will meet her."

Kikyo smiled wide, "Wow I'm glad I met you. If I hadn't I wouldn't have learned about all these fascinating people. Especially you!"

"Me…?"

"Yes you. You don't like humans and yet you befriended two girls who have amazed you. Then one of then intrigued you more and she became your friend even though you say she's just an acquaintance. Then you saved her life because you cared about her."

"I didn't save her life the doctor did."

"No, he just did the surgery that kept her alive. You, you brought her here and saved her life. If you left her she would be dead and you wouldn't like that."

Sesshoumaru stared at Kikyo, 'No I wouldn't.'

Kikyo looked at the machines by her, "So can you tell me why I'm in this bed with needles in my body?"

"You're at a hospital. You were in an accident."

"What kind of accident?"

"An almost fatal accident."

"Oh," she whispered, "but why are you here? If I'm in the hospital then only people I know should be visiting me."

"But you don't know anyone do you?"

"No… wait I know you."

"Then I guess its ok for me to be here."

Kikyo smiled. She closed her eyes and yawned, "I'm so tired."

Kikyo fell into a silent sleep. Sesshoumaru pushed her bangs out of her face. He walked out of the room and was met by a nurse, "I was just about to get you. Visiting time just ended."

"When can she leave?"

"The doctor said in three days. But where is the Sango girl? This patient is leaving with her."

"Sango has school to deal with so I'm going to take Kikyo."

"Alright. Follow me so you can fill out these forms."

Sesshoumaru followed the nurse after a quick glance at Kikyo's door. He walked into the front entrance. He was led to a desk. She handed him a pen and some papers. If he was going to watch Kikyo they needed to know everything.

Just as he finished his cell phone rang, "What do you want Inuyasha?"

"Where are you? You seemed to have taken a lot of time at the hospital."

Sesshoumaru looked at his watched. It was midnight and he had gotten here at three and visited Kikyo and five. He wanted to smile, he spent seven hours talking to Kikyo. He didn't smile and continued his present conversation, "I had to fill out forms in order to have Kikyo to stay with me."

"WHAT!?" Sesshoumaru heard from the background.

He could hear that Sango snatched the phone away from Inuyasha, "She's coming back with me!"

"Sango you have school to worry about and you don't need to stress yourself over Kikyo. That's it don't argue!"

Sango went silent, "Alright… so how is she?"

Inuyasha listened as Sango talked. He didn't need it on speaker phone to hear. He heard Sesshoumaru sigh, "She looks healthy."

"Good. What else?"

"She woke up and we had a long conversation."

Sango smiled, "What did you guys talk about?"

"She just asked me a lot of questions about my life."

Sango's smile went away, "Yea that is just like her. She did that all the time when she met new people. But that was way before Kazuki."

"I told her about you but I didn't mention your name. She seemed to have difficulties taking in my name."

"I see, how was she acting?"

"She acted like a hyper child."

"Again just like Kikyo… before Kazuki."

Inuyasha took the phone from Sango as she cried in his shoulder, "When is she allowed to leave?"

"Three days?"

"Well I guess Sango and I will see you and Kikyo in three days."

"Bye Inuyasha," he hissed.

"Good Bye brother."

Inuyasha frowned, "We can be in the worst possible situation and we still will hate each other."

Sango looked at Inuyasha, "Please don't leave me."

"OK."

Sango smiled and sat down on the couch with Inuyasha and watched a comedy movie.

!# Three Days Later #!

Kikyo layed in the bed, 'I don't remember anything. Why hasn't that Sesshoumaru fellow come back? It's been three days. I'm so alone.'

The door opened and Sesshoumaru walked in, "SESSHOUMARU!"

He nodded at her, "Hello to you too."

Kikyo got up from the bed and ripped the needles from her wrist and arms. She jumped at Sesshoumaru and hugged him, "I missed you! I thought you hated me after our conversation and left me for good. So far you're the only friend I have."

Sesshoumaru put her down. He looked at her wrist and arms. It was bleeding where she ripped the needles from, "You shouldn't do that."

"Sorry I was just so happy to see you. I don't want to stay here anymore."

"Well you're lucky because you're coming with me to my house. You'll be staying there."

Kikyo gave a childish grin, "WOW!"

Sesshoumaru wrapped up both of Kikyo's arms to stop the bleeding and gave her a pair of clothes to change into. Kikyo went into the bathroom and changed. She froze when she looked at her stomach. There were eighteen stitches on a gash that wasn't even an inch.

"Shut up bitch!"

"NO!" Kikyo screamed.

Sesshoumaru ran in and saw Kikyo on the ground holding her head. She was rocking back and forth. Sesshoumaru picked up her shirt that she was going to put on. He lifted her arms and slid her into the sleeves of the shirt. She smiled at him and stood up. She had jeans and a white t-shirt, "Sorry I didn't know what I was thinking."

They walked out and Sesshoumaru paid the medical expenses. They got into the car and left the hospital parking lot. It was about an hour drive. Kikyo positioned herself at the window.

"Do you know who I am?"

"Excuse me?"

"I have no memory of anything. I guess I got my wish of wanting to know what it feels like to loose your memory. It feels empty and vulnerable. Like you can't do anything about anything."

"When I first talked to you in the hospital I lied."

"What do you mean?"

"Well I stretched part of the truth. I do know you and I've known you for awhile. I met you at a club."

"WHAT!? It wasn't a strip club was it?!"

"No, it was a club I owned. Inuyasha…" he gave Kikyo a moment to get the feeling of that name.

"Inuyasha?"

"Yeah, he's my half brother and your friend."

"My friend?"

"Yes, and so is Sango."

"Sango?"

"They bought you too the club to let you have some fun. I met you in the VIP section where I sit every time I have to attend the club. After that I ended up going to school with you and we ended up having all the same classes and we hung out a lot of times."

Kikyo was letting this all sink in. She smiled, "So I do have friends!?"

"Yes a lot actually."

"Are you one of them… please I hope you are."

"Yes I- I am your friend."

Kikyo smiled. She looked in the mirror, "So this is what I look like?"

Sesshoumaru looked at her to see what she meant. He noticed she was staring in the rearview mirror, "Yes. A lot of boys and girls think you're beautiful."

Kikyo noted her brown eyes and black hair. She gasped, 'Is the girl Sesshoumaru talked about me? No… my eyes aren't silky melted chocolate and my hair doesn't shine nor do I make others want to do well.'

Sesshoumaru arrived at his house and Kikyo held her breathe, "It's like a mansion."

"On the contrary it is."

Kikyo ran in behind Sesshoumaru. She twirled around in the font room letting her hair trail behind her and throwing her arms around, "Its so nice in here."

"I'm glad you like it, because you'll be living here now."

"I sold your other house because of the accident you had. I got all your clothes and anything that was yours and bought it here. It is all in your room and bathroom."

Kikyo smiled, "Which one is my room!?"

Sesshoumaru bought her to her room that was decorated in read and white. She bounced on her canopy bed, "Weee, come join me Sesshoumaru."

"NO thanks I prefer to not kid around."

Kikyo pouted, "You're no fun!"

"Of course I'm not."

Kikyo went to her vanity table and looked at her brush. It was silver with red stones engraved in the handle. She put the brush through her hair and it worked really well. She put it down and went to her bathroom. She giggled as she splashed water on her face.

Sesshoumaru sighed, "It's going to be difficult to get your memory back," he whispered.

Kikyo came out and looked at the dog basket carriage, "Do I own a puppy?"

"Yes, I found it in your house and it belonged to you."

"Where is it?"

"Somewhere in this house. It doesn't have a name I guess you didn't get a chance to name it."

Soon a puppy ran into the room and barked. Sesshoumaru figured it smelt Kikyo from the minutes she walked in the house. Kikyo smiled and picked it up, "Awe he's so adorable."

Kikyo stopped cuddling the puppy when she saw the red ribbon with a tag. The tag had blood smothered all over it. Kikyo was going to read the name after she read the note but Sesshoumaru ripped the tag off, "It's dirty I don't want it to stain anything."

Kikyo doubted that was the reason but she figured he had a good reason to tear it apart. She continued to play with the puppy, "Sesshoumaru??"

"What is it?"

"What's my name?"

"Kikyo."

"Kikyo?" she whispered.

!#$&()++)(&$#!

There it is. I know this is nothing how Kikyo would act but its not the Kikyo in the feudal era it's the Kikyo in the present era who was never betrayed and became a miko. Well I hope you like it. Please review.

Chapter Eleven: She tries to work with Sesshoumaru to regain her memory. She also remeets Sango and Inuyasha who are startled by the new Kikyo who acts like a child. Sesshoumaru, Sango and Inuyasha also have to find a way to keep Kazuki and Naraku away.