***A/n : Sorry, but it's Mitz (I'm sitting in Lily's office and using Wolfy-san's non-work laptop...) Lily-chan's boss is being evil, this employee quit spur of the moment and isn't coming back, so he gave Lily almost all of his work! She's fine, just more crap on her plate. Since I've got the remainder of the weekend off, I agreed to update. This time I hope it's more like my writing (and not my tired, dead-to-the-world, zombie jargon). Anyways, I've got a fanfic out as well under this account, so I hope some of you check it out! :D Lily apologizes that it isn't her, and that she's been doing this a lot lately. She probably will only send reviewers a date a day before it goes out, but because of this she's willing to write up small chappy summaries for those reviewers. On with sub 6!

***Disclaimer : I think this has been established, Inuyasha and co. are not under my nor Lily's possession...

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Sub-Story (6) : Memory

Chapter 1 : Sitting on Rocks

"Hi, Kagome! Hi, Inuyasha! It's been forever since you guys came back!" Shippo was in his perky, happy-go-lucky mood. He was literally jumping around, probably because he had just met this cute village girl the other day, and he was waiting for her to be let out after her daily chores.

"You're in a good mood Shippo," Kagome observed, "so where's everyone else?"

"Well, Sango and Miroku are out slaying demons a few villages over, and Kaede's out delivering a baby," Shippo said that all in one breath. No doubt about it, Shippo was excited.

There was an odd moment of silence until a young girl with a high-pitched voice yelled, "Hey, Shippo! I finished my chores!"

He turned to the couple and shot them with his cutest, begging set of eyes that practically said, "Can I go? Can I? Huh? Huh? Please?"

Kagome didn't even have to think it over, "Yes, Shippo, you can go, but I want you back before sundown. Got it?"

Shippo nodded, and ran off to meet his latest friend.

"He's cute isn't he? I bet once he's all grown up, he'll find himself a wife that absolutely adores him..." Kagome smiled, picturing your children, even if they aren't biologically yours, all grown up and successful really can makes one's day. She nudged Inuyasha in the side, "Wanna go take a walk after I put my things in the hut? There's nothing else we can do until Sango and Miroku come back."

"Sure," Inuyasha mumbled. The whole situation left him dumbfounded. How could so much develop between them so quickly? Better yet, how would the others find out? Would they find out?

The two walked throughout the forest, hand in hand, without speaking a word. Soon they reached the hot spring, and the silence was broken, "Hey, I didn't know you could take this path to get here, did you?"

"Yeah, it's been a while though," he quietly answered.

"Hey, why don't we sit--" Damn it! I keep forgetting!

Since the two were holding hands, they both were sent into the water. Inuyasha tried to let go of Kagome's hand, he didn't want her to sink like him, but she wouldn't let go. She felt she deserved this too.

They seemed to travel quickly under water, the beads were powerful indeed, and before they knew it, Inuyasha encountered something. A rock. The pressure shook his skull and left him out cold.

Kagome noticed this shock as well, it rattled the bones in her hand and arm. Inuyasha? After ten more seconds, Kagome was able to swim against the spell and to the shore. Lifting him back up and out, she saw a two inch thin gash near his right temple. Okay, I'll take him back to Kaede's village, my bag's there. In the meantime I should dress this, head wounds bleed a lot...My ribbon! Kagome untied the red ribbon from around her neck and wrapped it around his head like a sweatband.

She lifted him up, but she couldn't quite stand up straight. Instead she was hunched over at an angle. Lifting a fully grown man isn't always the easiest thing to do.

During the walk back, Kagome was tormented by her thoughts. He got hurt again, all by my stupidity...I keep forgetting, it's just another word, right? But that word can send Inuyasha down in a split-second whether I intend for it or not...Oh, I'm here....

Walking into Kaede's hut, she set Inuyasha down on the hut's floor, and she pulled out some bandages from her bag. After she removed her ribbon from his head, Kagome examined his injury. Bruising was developing around the small cut, that Kagome had covered up in no time. Now she just needed him to wake up.

An hour or so passed, and Kaede and Shippo both walked in with questions of "what happened?"

Kagome answered honestly and sighed.

Inuyasha stifled a groan, and his golden eyes fluttered open. Focusing on the nearest object, he shifted backwards and asked, "Who are you people?"

~With Miroku and Sango~

"Ha! That was easy!" Sango commented on the recent vanquish of a demon.

"Yeah, either demons are getting weaker or we're getting better..." Miroku trailed off.

Sango snickered, "Both?"

"Probably." The monk began to laugh.

Several villagers ran up to the pair, and began giving their thanks.

"Please, we can't pay much, but we'd like you to stay in our inn for a night, free of all charge!" a short man was more than willing to let the village saviors in his inn.

"No, we couldn't, our other companions should be waiting for us by now..." Miroku declined the offer, for once in his life.

To say Sango was shocked was the bluntest under-statement of the year. "Yeah, he's right, we must decline. The demon really was no problem..."

"But how can we express our thanks? We don't have much...." another villager piped.

"No need, really," Miroku smiled his classic smile that just made you want to drop the subject.

"Alright, if you say so, fine travelers! Thank you both!" yet another villager spoke.

"Come on, Kirara lets go." Kirara instantly transformed into her large form, the monk and the demon slayer got on, and they left for Kaede's village.

"I'm impressed with you, Miroku, you're finally starting to grow up," Sango stated. She hasn't been groped in a while, he wasn't hitting on other women, and he wasn't scamming people anymore.

The monk didn't respond, but instead he just smiled. He was trying to behave, for Sango, and it was working.

Miroku's bahving? For me? No he wouldn't do that; it's out of character...

Sango likes it when I behave? Hmm...

"Oh, here we are, that went by fast..." the two said at the same time, realizing they both were just lost in thoughts the entire time.

"Lets go see if Kagome and Inuyasha are back. They should be..." Sango would be concerned if they weren't.

They continued their walk in silence, things were, how do you describe it? Weird. Miroku was behaving and Sango was blushing at the very thought of him being her husband. This engagement was no sham.

Entering the hut, they saw Inuyasha backed up against a wall with a slightly frightened expression plastered on his face, "Let me repeat, who the hell are you people?"

End of Chapter 1

***A/n : Dun Dun Duuunnnn! Lol, I guess majority of you saw that coming when Lily told you the name of next sub. I hope it was better than the last chapter I posted in this fic! It's still not quite right, but then again, it isn't my idea, and my prompted writing isn't always great...lol. Oh, and please, I want some of you to check out my fic, "One Day in Social Studies Class"! First chap is sad, but I can't leave it like that! The next chap should be coming out today! Anyways, as Lily says, now you've read, please review! (She really wants to hit 80 lol)

~Mitzuki-chan