A/N: Ok since I love my reviewers, I'm gonna post my next chapter sooner than I thought I would. I would like to thank all of you who reviewed, I LOVE YOU ALL!

Disclaimer: Inuyasha does not belong to me but to Rumiko Takahashi!

Unearthing Love Again

CHAPTER 3: Confusing Love

Inuyasha and Kagome climbed out of the well and headed to her house. Kagome felt very awkward (and still confused, who would have known that a time-traveling-well existed) but didn't have long to think of it because a little boy in a school uniform came bounding up to them.

"Kagome-neechan! You brought Inu-neechan!" Souta was very excited because his sister had brought Inuyasha back with her; he thought Inu-neechan was so cool! Then he finally noticed his sister giving him a strange look. She turned to look at Inuyasha with a questioning look.

"Is Kagome-neecham not feeling well?" Souta asked Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and sighed.

"He's Souta, your brother." Inuyasha said to Kagome. He rolled his eyes… this is going to be annoying. Instantly he reprimanded himself, it was his fault after all, and he better be patient. She was taking it in all so well, maybe it was the brain damage making her so calm…

"Oh" said Kagome with a smile. "Nice to meet you Souta-kun." Kagome bowed her head slightly at him.

"Nee-chan? Are you ok? Don't bow at me and don't call me kun! What's wrong with you?!" Souta said with a watery eye frown.

"Souta, go tell your mother and grandpa that we are here and Kagome needs human medicine. She doesn't know who she is." Souta looked uneasy as he half turned towards the shrine house.

"She has amnesia!? Why does she have weird eyes?" Inuyasha growled at the boy. He didn't have to be patient with Souta, but he tried to keep himself calm.

"Just go get your mother!" 'What the heck is am-ni-ziuh?' Souta looked worried but ran off in the direction of their front door. Kagome was worried and a little scared to go into the unfamiliar house but she had no choice because Inuyasha had a tight hold on her.

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When they were both inside, Kagome's mother made them tea and inquired as to why Kagome had no memory. Inuyasha was surprised Kagome's mother was taking this so well… being freakishly calm must run in the family… Kagome's grandfather on the other hand was running around outside blessing the home and praying for Kagome's memory to come back.

Inuyasha told her that a youkai attacked them and part of the result was Kagome hitting her head on a rock but that she was not hurt. As Inuyasha lied he automatically averted their questioning gaze and instead looked at the ground as he talked, especially since Kagome looking at him accusingly. But she thought she understood why he was lying so she kept quiet.

Kagome's mother had also noticed the change in her daughter. He had different colored eyes and she could almost swear she looked-stronger? At this, Inuyasha hesitated. His mouth opened but no words came out, only a sigh. How many times had he sighed today? Kagome was confused and began thinking. 'Now that she mentions it, my nails are a bit longer and sharper than theirs are.' When Kagome was thinking this she looked into the glass coffee table that she was sitting by and noticed that she had golden eyes…just like Inuyasha's! She gasped and covered her face. 'That's why Souta said I had weird eyes!' They all turned to see Kagome's reaction and her hand-covered face. Inuyasha winced as he realizes that she had not noticed the changes and he had not mentioned them to her yet. He didn't understand why, but he felt a little sad that she would react negatively to the changes. Inuyasha interrupted their thoughts Kagome's mom with an 'I don't know.'

"Kagome, I think it would be best if you went to school. After you went to the doctor of course. And Inuyasha," she turned to look at him "You are welcome to stay our guest as long as you want. But I think it would be wise if she did things that would be normal for her. Normal as in, things she's done for years. I don't know how long it will be until she regains her memory, but if it can be helped I want her here until her memory returns." Inuyasha nodded.

"I have to return to my time and take care of things but I will be back to check on her. Thank you for your hospitality." He said quietly. Kagome's mother was surprised at his polite remark, and if Kagome had her memory she would have been astonished as well. He was normally much rougher when he spoke to others! When Inuyasha looked at Kagome, it was her turn to wince. Why did he have such a sad look on his face? Before she could ask him anything he turned abruptly and hurried out the door.

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Kagome changed from the miko robes she had on into her familiar school uniform and heard her mother downstairs calling her friends to escort her to her school. Kagome's mind was not on school but on Inuyasha. He held such sadness in his eyes, what did that mean? Did he think her reaction to her 'changes' was because she despised them? She was just shocked. She honestly didn't know how or what to feel. She needed time to process everything that was happening so quickly around her! What was wrong with that? She wished he hadn'[t left and had stayed here so she could talk to him. She sighed as she left her unfamiliar room downstairs to her unfamiliar mother. When she went downstairs she discovered that her mother had called her 'friends' to walk her to school instead. She was grateful to get away from hr mothers' looks, but not happy that she didn't recognize them at all either. She thought they were familiar, but she just couldn't' grasp it. This was becoming very annoying, very quickly. She rushed out the door with her friends with her mother calling after her to be care with her new contacts.

When she was outside, the sun shining brightly lightened her mood. A strange feeling overcame her, almost as if someone were watching her. She ignored it and continued to make conversation with her friends about school, about her cool contacts, and about a certain elder classmate that would be thrilled to see her. They had been worried that she had been missing school so much lately, and they were worried about her memory. But they assured her with her doing things that were normal for her that she would be herself again in no time. As her friends said this, she nodded in agreement with them, even though she felt like she was lying to them.

If she had been paying more attention she would have noticed Inuyasha watching her as the four girls went down the shrine steps on their way to school. Inuyasha waited until he could no longer sense her and quietly slipped through the well.

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Kagome was in school on Thursday for the fourth day, but she was having problems. Everyone was really nice, especially Hojo-kun. Kagome blushed at the memory of Hojo-kun escorting her to her classes. Hojo had been extremely nice with her and about her eyes and memory, while others had not been so understanding. But still her mind kept on lingering to a certain hanyou. She was really bothered that she had not seen him since he had brought her back. His last visit and the sadness on his face were like a heavy weight that had embedded itself into her mind. Kagome thought of that all through school. His sad eyes were constantly into her mind. She still could not figure out his sad eyes? The only answer she could figure was obvious, her memory, but it seemed something more than that. Kagome sighed, she was getting nowhere with this. Kagome heard the end of school bell ring and headed to the door to go home.

"Higurashi? Are you alright?" Kagome was snapped out of her thoughts when Hojo-kun came running up to her and motioned for her to stay and talk to him.

"Oh, I'm fine, just trying to remember." Kagome lied. 'Why am I thinking things like this! I need to be doing normal things and concentrating on remembering. I especially should be enjoying Hojo-kun's company, he looks so worried about me, and he's been so nice.' And that's what Kagome did; she enjoyed Hojo's company all the way to her home.

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"So you are saying that Kagome-chan may not remember for a long time, or even at all? She didn't remember the littlest thing before you left?" asked Sango.

"No. And I don't know for sure, that's just what her mother told me." The hurt look on Inuyasha's face was obvious. "I'm going for a walk." Inuyasha got up to leave but before he could move Miroku grabbed his wrist.

"Maybe you should go back and do something to help Kagome-sama remember. Maybe you should bring her back here. If you don't help her she may never come back." Miroku said with a serious face. Inuyasha grimiced.

"I can't get her to remember, the only thing I can do is be out of her way so she can remember. I'll only be a nuisance as you all have pointed out at one time or another. And maybe her not coming back will be better for her! Maybe she can have a normal li-" Inuyasha cut off, his face was unreadable.

"Maybe I should go then," Miroku smiled, "I might get her to remember with my smooth charm." Miroku tried to tease Inuyasha in a beter mood. In a matter of seconds Inuyasha had a fist full of the houshi's robes and had raised Miroku inches off the ground. He murderously glared at Miroku, growling a very deep and low growl. Miroku didn't want to admit that he was a little frightened. Just as quickly as Inuyasha picked him up, he dropped him and hurried out of Kaede's hut.

"What did I say?" Miroku said confused, rubbing his butt he had landed on. THUMP! As soon as he finished that sentence Sango brought her giant boomerang down of his head.

"Baka, can't you see Inuyasha is worried about Kagome-chan. Teasing in your perverted ways does not help. Inuyasha loves Kagome-chan." Sango said half angry, half sad.

"What? How do you know?" asked Miroku while massaging the big lump on his head. Sango sighed. Miroku knew Inuyasha cared deeply for them all, but found it a little hard to believe he could actually love after his past.

"You are so dense."

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Inuyasha was furious. He had no right to be so angry about the lecherous houshi's comments. He had no claim on Kagome so he shouldn't be acting this way. 'She probably loves some boy back in her time, someone who can give her a real life. Not some useless half-breed monster.' But there was also the matter with Kagome's eyes. Inuyasha sighed. "What should I do?"

It had been two weeks since Inuyasha had brought Kagome back and she had regained bits and pieces of her memory, but most definitely not all of it. What she didn't know was that Inuyasha's blood was really helping with the process. Kagome had been having a wonderful time with her friends and especially with Hojo. Whenever she thought of Hojo she felt wonderful. But something also felt wrong when she thought of him. Whenever that bad feeling came she just ignored it. She was going on a date this evening with Hojo and her bad feeling was coming extra strong. 'Why should I be feeling so bad about a date? Shouldn't I be happy?' Kagome tried but could not shake the wrong feeling of it.

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Inuyasha climbed out of the well, making sure no one saw him. He stealthily made his way to the house and sat nearby Kagome's window in a tree sensing she was coming home soon. But why was she coming home so late? Was she at one of those movie building things? She came into view and Inuyasha's heart skipped a beat. She looked so beautiful and stunning. All dressed up in a summer dress, as if for a special occasion. Kagome had a midnight blue kimono shimmering with glitter on it. She had her hair pulled up in an elegant bun with locks of hair falling in front of her ears. Her kimono shimmered in the moonlight as if the very gods themselves had made it. He didn't know if he imagined it or not, but he thought he saw her sniff the air… how strange… His thought was cut off by the appearance of a boy. Inuyasha was not happy that she wasn't alone.

She looked happy to be with the stupid boy beside her. That made his blood boil. 'Isn't that the stupid Hojo kid?' Inuyasha was pulled out of his jealous thoughts when he saw the pair stop at the bottom of Kagome's steps and the boy bowed and kissed her hand. Inuyasha stopped himself just before he jumped down and strangled the boy. Inuyasha waited patiently until that idiot of a boy left and he saw Kagome go up to her room and turn on the light. Inuyasha leapt onto the window ledge and came into the room.

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Kagome had been having a wonderful night. First at dinner then at the movie, it all had been great. Hojo was walking back with her when she felt that weird feeling that someone was watching her again. Lately her sense of smell had been strangely stronger, along with her other senses, so she did what her instincts told her to do, she sniffed at the air. She thought she had caught the faintest scent of… Inuyasha?... Hojo then took her hand in his fully distracting her. She blushed.

"Kagome I just wanted to say I had a great night with you and…well I'm not too great with words but I hope we can do this again soon. Have a good night Kagome." With that he bent and looked like he was going to kiss her, butterflies filling her insides, but then bet further down and kissed her hand. Kagome blushed and waved a small goodbye to the now departing Hojo. When he had left she still felt the strange feeling of someone watching her but quickly dismissed it as she entered her house. She ran upstairs and turned on the light. As she was shutting the door behind her she heard the sliding opening of her window and a soft thud. She whipped around alarmed to find Inuyasha inside her room.

"Inuyasha!" she said happily, she didn't understand why she was so happy to see him. "I'm glad you're here! You haven't been to visit me since you brought me back." Kagome said brightly.

"Where were you just now?" asked Inuyasha curiously.

"Oh, you got here in time to see Hojo-kun huh? Well we went on a date and it was the most wonderful date..." Kagome stopped when Inuyasha winced and his face became unreadable.

"Oh…" Inuyasha said. Kagome was reminded of Inuyasha's sad eyes when he left, even though his face was unreadable, his tone was unmistakably sad. "Do you love him?" asked Inuyasha with his tone now matching his face.

"Um…I don't know…" Kagome paused for a little thinking "…maybe? He has helped me so much and has tried a lot to regain my memory…" Kagome stopped because of the heart-wrenching look Inuyasha was giving her. Inuyasha quickly looked to the ground, hiding his eyes with his bangs.

"I, um…I have to go. I just came quickly to check on you. You seem to be fine so I'll go now." Inuyasha quickly said this and turned to leave.

"Wait…" Kagome said with her hand outstretched. She said it too late as Inuyasha jumped out of the window. If Kagome had not been watching, she would have missed seeing a tear slide down Inuyasha's cheek. But she did see it and she suddenly felt awful, like a knife had been twisted into her heart. "Inuyasha…" she whispered.

A/N: So what do you think? Longer but more interesting. The plot thickens!