A/N-LOL, I got a lot of comments in reviews that a lot of other people thought Sesshoumaru was a girl too. I still thought he was a girl, even after hearing his voice since it was so unbelievable for me that Sesshoumaru was a guy. Then Inuyasha and Miroku and Kagome kept calling him Inuyasha's brother and they kept calling him a he so I had to finally admit that he was a guy. *Glances around and whispers* I still secretly think he's a girl. Good news!!! I'll probably be able to update more often this week because I'm on spring break woo hoo!

Disclaimer-I do not own the Inuyasha characters. As if you didn't already know that…

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Do You Remember Me?

Chapter V

"That's a guy?! He's too pretty to be a guy," Kagome exclaimed incredulously.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha demanded indignantly. Was she calling his brother pretty? He was torn between being jealous or laughing. He wasn't sure if her thinking his brother was pretty and the fact that she didn't think he was a girl at first was insulting to him or if he should be grateful.

"Dear brother, are you ready to give me the Tetsusaiga?" Sesshoumaru asked coolly, stepping off the dragon thing. That was when Kagome noticed the small girl that had been riding behind him.

"When Hell freezes over," Inuyasha retorted angrily.

"Well then prepare to…" Sesshoumaru began but trailed off in surprise as Kagome stepped forward and walked over to him. She grabbed his hand and examined his nails. Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Inuyasha were paralyzed with shock.

"Are you really a guy? But you have such pretty nails!" Kagome exclaimed. Then she looked at his chest, which was flat. "Hmm…You are a guy…"

"Kagome! You idiot! Come back!" Inuyasha shouted, getting over his shock.

Sesshoumaru chuckled coldly. "Honestly brother, if you insist on copulating with humans, at least pick smart ones."

Kagome mouth fell open and she turned back to Inuyasha. "We did what?!"

Inuyasha's cheeks turned bright red. "No, we didn't…I mean we never…My brother just thinks that…We…Damn it all Sesshoumaru!"

"My apologies, did I make things uncomfortable for you?" Sesshoumaru asked a hint of amusement in his voice and not sounding very sorry at all. Then he cracked his knuckles and lifted his hand, ready to swipe at Kagome's head. Kagome heard a small gasp and glanced around Sesshoumaru to see the small girl cover her eyes.

"Duck!" Inuyasha shouted, realizing what his brother was about to do and that he couldn't get there in time to save her.

Kagome froze for a split second but then ducked. She felt razor-sharp claws graze her cheek and gasped. He had really tried to hurt her! She reached up and touched the cut on her cheek. The situation had seemed so unbelievable to her that she had thought it all to be a joke but the blood on her fingers from the cut on her cheek brought her painfully crashing down to reality.

Kagome stood up and slapped him, glaring daggers up at him. Sesshoumaru absently touched his cheek where he had hit her. Usually, he could have easily caught her hand with his demon reflexes, but he hadn't been expecting her to slap him and was caught off guard.

Kagome marched back over to Inuyasha and the group.

"You really should teach your woman some manners brother," Sesshoumaru said, regaining his cool composure.

"She isn't my woman damn it!" Inuyasha shouted.

"I really don't care what she is to you. Give me the Tetsusaiga. It should have been mine to begin with anyway."

"Yeah, well it's his now and you can't have it. If it should have been yours to begin with, you would have it right now, not him. Haven't you ever heard of destiny and fate?" Kagome asked tartly.

"Kagome, shut up," Inuyasha hissed. She was just putting herself in more danger.

"Who is this girl?" Sesshoumaru asked. "She looks like the same girl I saw you with last time…But she is different…"

"What do you mean, 'last time?' I've never seen you before!" Kagome insisted. Then she realized that she must have seen him before and just didn't remember. "Oh…So I must've seen you before…"

Sesshoumaru chuckled. "Ahh, so your woman has lost her memory…I see."

"You don't like humans too much do you?" Kagome asked suddenly.

"I despise them," Sesshoumaru said simply.

"Then why is she with you?" Kagome asked, pointing to the little girl still on the two-headed dragon. The girl looked frightened as the conversation unexpectedly turned to her.

"That's none of your concern," Sesshoumaru said calmly.

"Is she your 'woman?'" Kagome pressed.

"Of course she isn't," Sesshoumaru snapped. "She's a child."

"So why do you have her then?"

"Kagome-sama," Miroku whispered. "Maybe you should stop as-"

"No, I want to know why he travels with a human child if he hates humans so much. That's kinda contradictory of him isn't it?" Kagome asked.

"How dare you talk to Sesshoumaru-sama so!" the little toad thing cried out in indignation as he hopped off the back of the beast and waddled over towards her, his staff held in front of him. "Do not worry Sesshoumaru-sama! Jaken will handle this impudent human! Anything for Sesshoumaru-s-" Jaken began, hurrying towards her, but Sesshoumaru stepped on him as he scurried by.

"I will return for the Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru warned, walking back towards the flying dragon. "Jaken!"

"C-c-coming Sesshoumaru-s-sama!" Jaken called weakly, standing up and waddling back to the dragon. He grabbed the reins and the beast rose into the air. The group watched it until it was just a speck in the sky.

"I don't get it…It was a very simple question," Kagome murmured.

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"Come on Kagome-chan! There's a hot spring nearby," Sango said, eager for them to go to the springs together just like they used to. The group had set up camp for the night seeing as it was getting dark.

"Uhm, alright," Kagome agreed, grabbing her towel and following Sango through the forest until they came to three large pools of water with steam rising from the surface, a strong smell of sulfur coming from the pools.

They undressed and put their clothes upon some large rocks on the edge of one of the springs. Kagome stuck her foot tentatively in the water and pulled it back out. "It's hot!"

"Of course it's hot!" Sango laughed as she stepped into the pool and sank into it until the water was just below her nose.

Following Sango's example, Kagome stepped into the pool and sank down into the water, breathing a sigh of relief as she closed her eyes. "This feels so good!" When Sango didn't answer, Kagome looked over at Sango to see her eyes darting back and forth, searching the bushes and trees around the springs.

"Sango?" Kagome asked curiously.

"Certain monks like to peek," Sango whispered, her eyes still searching every possible place that a person could hide behind.

"He what?!" Kagome cried, sinking even farther into the water, her eyes darting from side to side frantically.

"It's alright, Inuyasha sometimes manages to keep Miroku away but sometimes Inuyasha just doesn't feel like it," Sango told her.

"That was supposed to make me feel safer?" Kagome asked and Sango shrugged.

"Well, I should go see if the girls are in danger," Miroku declared, standing up.

"Feh…You're just going to get hit again," Inuyasha muttered. "Is it really worth the bruise you're going to have after it?"

"It's worth it, friend, it's worth it," Miroku assured him, chuckling.

"Wait, but I have to…ehh…ask you something…" Inuyasha said, noticing that Shippo was gone too. "While everyone's…gone…"

"Yes?" Miroku prompted.

"Well…you know…how do you…do you know how to…? Well if I were to, you know…What if I decided…?" Inuyasha began, searching for the right way to put the question. He had never really asked Miroku about anything like this before and wasn't sure how to go about it. "You know, if I decided that…Kagome…You know…"

Miroku smiled and nodding knowingly. "Ahh, no need to ask friend. If you want her to bear your pup, the best way to go about it is to-"

Inuyasha cut him off by hitting him on the head. "I wasn't asking that!" he shouted, flushing bright red.

"Well then what were you asking?" Miroku asked, rubbing his head.

"Feh…nevermind," Inuyasha muttered, crossing his arms, his cheeks still tinted pink. "Go peek on Sango."

"Now, I'm not peeking, just making sure they're okay. They could be in danger," Miroku insisted, walking through the trees towards the hot springs.

" 'They?'" Inuyasha asked, and then remembered that Kagome was in the springs too. There was no way he was about to let that monk peek on Kagome too! Inuyasha leapt to his feet and was just about to run to the springs when he heard someone scream. "Kagome!" He ran through the trees and finally came to the hot springs. He unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and leapt into the pool. "What's wrong?" Then he sweatdropped as he realized that Kagome had screamed because she had seen Miroku peeking at them. Miroku was on the side of the pool, a large lump on his head from a furious Sango.

"Sit!!!" Kagome cried, sinking lower into the pool, her arms crossed over her chest.

"Argh!" Inuyasha managed to shout before his head was under water and all that came out of his mouth were bubbles.

Dashing out of the spring, Kagome grabbed her towel and wrapped it tightly around her. "Did they always do this before?" Kagome asked Sango.

Sango shrugged. "Usually Inuyasha wouldn't. Just Miroku."

"What was that for wench?!" Inuyasha shouted when he stood back up.

"For being a pervert!"

"I was not! I heard you scream and I thought you were in danger!" Inuyasha told her.

Kagome was about to shout something back but her mouth snapped shut. "Oh…I'm sorry."

"Feh," Inuyasha muttered, crossing his arms.

Kagome blinked at him. " 'Feh?' That's it? No 'I forgive you' or 'It's alright?'"

"Feh…" Inuyasha muttered again, but then remembered that he was supposed to be trying to be nice. "Just don't let it happen again!"

Kagome leaned towards Sango and whispered, "Is that the best I'm going to get out of him?"

Sango nodded. "Probably. Let's go back to the camp and cook dinner. Will you help me?"

"Sure," Kagome agreed, following Sango back to the camp, leaving Inuyasha and Miroku behind.

"Trying to be nicer to Kagome-sama, eh Inuyasha?" Miroku asked when he was sure they couldn't hear.

"That obvious huh?" Inuyasha asked.

"Yes it is. You're trying to hard. The way I see it, Kagome used to like you for just being you so I think you just need to be you, you know? As for being nicer to her, it's not a bad idea, but I think Kagome will like the little things like a 'please' here or a 'thank you' there, maybe even some apologies. Just small things like that," Miroku told him.

Inuyasha nodded. He had to admit that it was good advice. Why didn't Miroku ever listen to his own advice? "You know, if you took your own advice sometimes, Sango might not hit you so often."

"Who said I wasn't thinking about taking my own advice. Oh, another piece of advice for you friend," Miroku said. "You should probably…you know, get this situation with Kikyo sorted out. If anything, that's the thing that'd probably turn Kagome off. In case you don't remember, before she lost her memory, she wasn't too thrilled about the whole Kikyo situation and I don't think that has changed. So which one would you choose, if you had to I mean?"

Inuyasha was silent for long moments. So which one would he choose? He knew he'd have to answer this question sooner or later, why not now? Kikyo had been his first love, true, but he had been a naïve little kid. Their trust in each other had been broken by Naraku so easily, so had they ever fully trusted each other? And Kagome, she made him feel things that Kikyo never could. Kagome could make his heart skip beats by just looking at him. And Kikyo had wanted him to become human using the Shikon no Tama but Kagome wanted him to stay just the way he was. He had never thought anyone would ever want him to stay a hanyou.

Nodding once decisively, he marched through the trees and soon came back to the camp where Sango was leaning down and trying to pull the pot out of Kagome's bag while Kagome was peeling potatoes.

"Kagome, I don't love Kikyo," Inuyasha announced, a bit proud of himself for finally saying it.

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A/N-That is *SO* not a cliffhanger. It's really not. I could be so much more evil about cliffhangers. I'm very good at writing them so I'm going easy on you this chapter ^_^