Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

Kagome's memory slowly returned to her in shockingly only 2 more days. She beat Naraku to a bloody pulp, quite literally, and then she decided that she was bored and had some spare change.

"Mochi-mochi Sango-chan! Where you at?" Kagome asked, walking into the huge mall.

"On the way to my little brother's football game. Why what's up?"

"Bored. I have some extra cash that I was going to blow."

"A 17 year old does not need to go to an 11 year old playoff. Even if he is my blood. I am so ditching!"


'Wow, Kohaku is already in the playoffs? I'll have to congratulate him!' Kagome wondered aimless around the mall and found herself at the food court. 'Guess I'm hungry,' Kagome giggled.

She rode the escalator down and sat at a WacDonald's seat, arguing with her stomach. She stood up to get in line and looked around. 'I can't believe I haven't been here in 3 years!'

"Hey give it back, Romaku!" Kagome turned her head to the other side and saw a green haired hanyou with raccoon ears holding a pink slipper.

She walked over without a word and took it from his skyward hand. She gave the little girl her shoe back while petting the boy's ears.

"Hey, you're a natural! Romaku never let's anyone touch his ears unless it feels really, really, good."

Kagome looked at the hanyou that reached her breast on her 5'4'' frame. "I guess so. It's my first time giving an ear rub; am I any good?"

The boy jerked away and growled at the younger girl. "Shut your mouth, human."

"Hey! Watch your mouth! I'm human, too," Kagome dared him.

"You're a miko. And your scent is nice. She's just a ninjin."

"What's your name?" Kagome asked the girl.

"Sakura. Romaku is my babysitter but he's also my friend," the pink shoed girl responded.

"He doesn't seem very friendly…"

"It's cause most humans don't like him and neither do youkai's. He doesn't act like that once you get to know him. You don't know very many hanyou's, do you?"

"I don't know any," Kagome shook her head.

"What's your name, Miko?"

"Kagome."

The children looked back and forth between themselves; a smile stretching across their features. "Shippo's Kagome?" Romaku asked.

"Kagome Higurashi?" Sakura confirmed.

"That would be me. But how do you know me?"

"Oh, Shippo's going to freak!" Romaku exclaimed, to no one in particular.

"I thought he said you were all sad and miserable: what happened? Are you it now?" Sakura questioned.

"Yup. I don't know happened, I just got real sad. I didn't it affected him so much," Kagome mused.

"Well, since you stopped watching after him he had to get a new babysitter…" Romaku trailed off.

"He… he beats Shippo-kun," Sakura finished.

"What? No way! Kouga would never let that that happen," Kagome panicked.

"Kouga? He moved out a year ago. He's 18 now."

"How come you didn't know that? Don't you know his girlfriend Priscilla?"

"Shippo! I need to talk Shippo, now!" Romaku silently handed Kagome his phone.


Meet me at the mall, now," Kagome emphasized.

The conversation was short lived, but once everything was explained she couldn't bare to be away from him. Not after all the pain she forced him through.

She was pacing in front of "Cha Cha Ni Moon" when she felt a hand on her shoulder stop her.

"Kagome what's wrong?"

"Oh, Sango," Kagome said spinning on her heel. "Shippo! I can't believe I let that happen to him!"

"What are you talking about?"

"I ran into some of his friends. He's been getting beaten! Sango, this is my entire fault!" Kagome said sobbing.

"Oh, my. Is he on his way?" Sango asked the year younger girl to her torso.

"Yes. He should be here soon. I can't believe that dumb pointless depression overcame me like that! There wasn't even any reason behind it."

Sango held Kagome at arms length and stared at her bewildered. "Just because you hate him now doesn't mean nothing happened! Your past is very real Higurashi: there definitely was reason to your depression!"

"What are you talking about?" Kagome asked confused.

"You still don't remember?!"

"I remember everything! I just got moody because I wanted to! To be dramatic, I guess."

"No Kagome, Inuyasha left you. That's why that all happened."

"Who's Inuyasha?"

Sango asked a series of questions that all pointed to the same conclusion. The ixero- had taken full effect.
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"Yes, I'm surer Miroku… well, that's what you told me but she doesn't even remember that conversation… Please come explain it to us… the mall… ok see you soon."

"I don't have time to be talking about someone you thought I knew, but I obliviously don't. I need-"

"Kagome!"

"Shippo! Oh my kami, are you alright?" Kagome broke the embrace and inspected the kitsune.

"I've missed you so much! Nee-chan, I've really missed you," Shippo cried into her stomach.

"Who's currently babysitting you?"

"I can't tell you."

Kagome lifted his chin up and looked into his green orbs. "Tell me."

-Sniffle- "Gokai. He said… he said that I was crap and I didn't deserve to have been every babysat by you. He said if he didn't have the right to get you neither did I."

Kagome gasped and her eyes grew slightly larger. "I'm so sorry Shippo! I never meant to hurt you, or bring you pain, but that's what I've been doing for the past 3 years."

"It's ok. It's not your fault."

"Yes it is! I'm the reason this all happened."

"No! It's Inuyasha's fault!" Shippo yelled.

"But… who is Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered, falling into a nearby chair.

Shippo crawled over to her and plopped in her lap. He hadn't heard what she said so he just rested his head on her chest and tried not to think about the inevitable. 10 minutes passed by when Shippo's stomach growled causing both of them to laugh.

"Don't tell me he's starving you, too," Kagome sighed.

"No. I just got out of a baseball game and the team… oh! The team!"

"What about them?"

"They're waiting for me outside. They're ground take us all out to eat since we won and then coach is driving me home."

"Who will be waiting for you?" Kagome asked, closing her eyes.

"Gokai. But it's ok, I can call you if anything happens, right?"

"Of course," Kagome replied, pulling out a Sharpie. "Just pretend like it's not even there," she said while writing her number across forehead. Kagome kissed next to the last digit and let him stand up as he progressed what happened.

"I have to go out to eat!" Shippo blushed, smearing her lip gloss printed mark but having no effect on the Sharpie.

"Well I guess you should go through the drive-through!" Kagome giggled.

Shippo stormed off but at the mall exit doors, looked over his shoulder and gave her a big smile.

"Is he ok?" Sango asked, returning from the other side of the food court.

"I hope so. Thanks for the privacy. C'mon I promised you some shopping!"


So basically, I can't remember because I honestly didn't want to before I was slipped a chemical? Therefore, I can't recall him for more than 12 hours?" Kagome concluded, thumbing through a CD rack.

"Correct," Miroku answered.

"Is there any way to fix it?" Sango asked.

"I'll look it up."

"But until then- no. So who cares? Hey, look! A new artist," Kagome brightened up, showing them the CD case.

They both stood rigid and quiet, both refusing to speak. Finally Sango's words began tumbling from her lips. "That's Inuyasha."

Kagome stared at them before she started laughing. "Wow, ya'll are just too funny! Ok a joke is a joke; let's not take it too far."

"Er Kagome, we're not kidding. Did you read the cover?"

She shook her head the negative and read it, Inuyasha- Lousy Love. "Who names their debut album lousy love?"

"He didn't. His debut album is called My Angel, released 3 years ago."

'No way!' Kagome went away from the "Just in" CD rack and found the "I's" section. 'Inuyasha… Inuyasha…ah ha! Found one. Wait, this is When I Close My Eyes.' She added it to his other CD and continued her search.