A/N-Kikyo is evil and should DIE! With that said, I'll go on to apologize for making you wait for this chapter. Believe me, if the world were my way, there would be no orchestra festivals, no orchestra chair tests, no orchestra concerts, no math, parents would only be allowed to have one child so that that one child would not have sisters (or brothers I suppose) and there would be no tests, no quizzes, no exams, no papers, no research essays, and no speeches because there would be no schools. All in favor of me being the dictator of the United States, say 'Aye!'

Disclaimer-I do not own the Inuyasha characters because if I did, I would kill Kikyo off twice and then I would bring her back to life so that I could kill her again.

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Do You Remember Me?

Chapter VII

"The well didn't work?" Miroku repeated, blinking in confusion.

"That's what I said wasn't it?" Inuyasha asked sharply, seeing that the conversation was making Kagome stare sadly at the ground.

"Why? It's always worked before," Sango said. Then she noticed Kagome and quickly added, "Well, never mind that. The best thing now is to keep going I guess."

"Thank you, Sango," Kagome said quietly and Inuyasha sweatdropped.

'What about me?' he asked himself. 'I helped too!'

 "Well, where to now then?" Miroku asked.

"Yeah, it's not like we know where to go now," Shippo piped up, feeling left out of the conversation.

"I suppose we'll just have to wander until we find out something about a jewel shard nearby or something," Sango said. "We don't have anything else we can do."

"Let's go then," Miroku announced, standing up and walking down the dirt road. Sango, Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo hurried to catch up with him.

"I've been thinking…" Miroku murmured to Sango, glancing up at Inuyasha walking up ahead and then turning to see Kagome a ways behind them, Shippo bouncing along at her side, chattering a mile a minute.

Sango glared at him. "I don't want to know what kind of thoughts have been in your head."

Miroku chuckled. "Nothing like that Sango! Do you truly think so low of me? I'm hurt. I was just thinking that, you know…Kagome hit her head on something to lose her memory, right?"

"Riiiight," Sango admitted reluctantly, glancing at him suspiciously as she waited for him to continue.

"Well, if she hit her head to lose it, shouldn't she hit her head to regain her memory?" Miroku asked, obviously proud of the conclusion he had come to.

"That's right!" Sango agreed, grinning. Then her smile dropped. "We can't hit her though!"

"Why not? It's all for the better! The result should justify the means," Miroku reasoned.

"But…we just can't hit her! We'd have to hit her really hard with something!" Sango pointed out with uncertainty. "What would we hit her with?"

Miroku glanced around him and then grinned triumphantly when his gaze landed on Sango's boomerang hanging over her shoulder.

"No, no, you hit her with it then! I'm not going to!" Sango protested, shoving the boomerang into his hands.

Miroku wasn't prepared for the weight of the boomerang and it slipped out of his grip and landed on his foot. "Ow! No, you hit her with it! You can handle it better!" he said, shoving the boomerang towards her.

"But…but…" Sango objected.

"Come on Sango! Don't you want things to be the way they used to be? Kagome needs her memory back! You can see what this is doing to her! You'll be doing her a favor by hitting her and getting her memory back. She'll understand if you explain it. Just explain it after you hit her. We can't have her prepared for the blow.

Sango shifted indecisively and finally sighed in resignation. "All right, I'll do it then. Just as long as you're sure it'll get her memory back. It will, won't it?"

"It has to," Miroku assured her, though truthfully, he didn't know. It was all theoretically speaking. "I'll even come with you."

Sango sighed, slowing down to let Kagome catch up with her.

"Hi Kagome-chan," Sango greeted cheerfully.

"Oh, hi," Kagome answered, trying to smile.

"So, Kagome-sama, how are you feeling today?" Miroku asked, trying to distract her.

"I'm okay I guess," Kagome answered and Miroku gestured for Sango to do it now.

Sango sighed inwardly and took the boomerang from her shoulder, making sure her movements wouldn't catch Kagome's attention. Suddenly, Shippo dashed in front of Kagome but tripped on a rock and fell flat on his face.

"Aww…" Kagome cooed, leaning down to pick up Shippo to see if he was okay. At that same moment, Sango lifted up her boomerang and tried to bring it down on Kagome's head only to find that Kagome's head was no longer there. The end of the boomerang came crashing down on Miroku's head and he fell over onto the road, a large lump on his head and his eyes slightly swirly.

"Miroku, what the hell are you doing? Quit messing around!" Inuyasha called when he happened to look over his shoulder to see Miroku on the ground and Kagome petting Shippo.

"Gomen houshi-sama!" Sango apologized, kneeling down beside Miroku to help him up. Once he was standing up, Miroku gestured for her to try again.

Inuyasha jumped into the air to land in front of Kagome, glancing around suspiciously. "What the hell are you guys doing back here? You're going to slow!"

Kagome hadn't seen Inuyasha land before her and tripped over a rock in her surprise, falling forward into his chest. At the same time, Sango lifted up her boomerang to try once more only to have the boomerang come crashing down upon Inuyasha, who was looking down at Kagome, a faint blush on his cheeks, instead of Kagome.

Inuyasha yelped in pain and grabbed his head, rubbing it. "What the hell was that for, Sango?!"

"Oh! Gomen Inuyasha! I was…I…" Sango tried to explain, looking to Miroku for a little help.

"She thought she saw a bug on your head," Miroku supplied oh-so-helpfully and Sango glared at him, silently asking, 'What kind of excuse is that?!'

Miroku grinned. "Right Sango?"

"Uh…yeah I-" Sango began to answer but flushed bright crimson in anger and embarrassment when she felt a hand somewhere it shouldn't have been. Growling slightly, she brought her boomerang crashing down on Miroku's head, knocking him down on the dirt road again. Then she stomped away down the road, Inuyasha following her, muttering about insane traveling companions.

"Are you alright?" Kagome asked, looking down at him in concern. Then she suddenly asked, "You have a hole thing in your right hand, right?"

Miroku nodded, standing up and brushing himself off. "That is correct Kagome-sama. It's a kazaana."

"So that explains it…" Kagome murmured, nodding.

"Explains what?"

"Why you always act the way you do," Kagome answered.

"I act the way I do because it is hereditary," Miroku told her.

Kagome shook her head. "That's what you tell yourself and that's what you want to think I believe. This hole will eventually consume you right?" At Miroku's slow nod, she continued. "Then you act like you don't want any commitment because you don't want to leave some woman heartbroken when you get consumed by your hole thing. You think that by fooling around, no woman shall miss you when you're gone because you seem to not be looking for a strong relationship. But what kind of life will you have without love and happiness? Some people," Kagome said, turning her gaze directly to Sango, "seem to really care about what happens to you but you're pushing them away with your *cough* somewhat lecherous acts. If we're going to defeat this demon person whatever-his-name-is, you should rest assured that you can live the rest of your life not afraid to let someone else into your life, you know?"

Miroku blinked at her and cleared his throat nervously. "You must be mistaken Kagome-sama. It's quite hereditary."

"But so is that hole in your hand. If you had it and your father and your grandfather had it, how do you know that they didn't do lecherous things because of that as well?" Kagome asked.

Miroku was silent a moment and then looked at Kagome thoughtfully. "You know, Kagome-sama, you shouldn't be afraid to think of yourself sometimes. Ever since I first began traveling with you and Inuyasha, (which seems like so long ago, doesn't it?) you've always worried about how he feels or how we feel or how we're doing or what he's thinking or what he's feeling or what we're feeling. Sometimes, you might just want to take a moment and think about how you feel. You shouldn't fear thinking about your own feelings because if you do, they'll only remain hidden deep inside you until sometime, something is going to make them come crashing down upon you, taking you by surprise. You should know that they've been there all along." With that said, Miroku left her to think about it and caught up with Sango, silently vowing to try to stop the little lecherous acts because when he thought about it, Kagome was probably right. But try was the key word there.

Kagome blinked, watching him walk away. There was nothing wrong with being concerned about others and she thought about herself all the time! She knew what she was feeling. She was feeling…Kagome frowned. She was feeling sad and alone and out of place. She felt overwhelmed about all the things she had to try to remember or try to learn all over again. Glancing up, she caught sight of Inuyasha's back and she wondered what he had meant when he had told her that he didn't love Kikyo anymore. Well, she knew what he meant; that part was pretty self-explanatory but why had he told her? Was she supposed to care more? Kagome guessed that there must have been something going on that they were keeping from her and it had something to do with her, Inuyasha, and whoever this Kikyo person was. And she still couldn't shake the feeling that there had been something more between her and Inuyasha. She didn't know why she couldn't seem to get rid of it. He had said that they had got along 'alright' before she lost her memory and he would know, right?

'Oh yeah!' Kagome recalled. 'Kikyo was that priestess lady. Didn't Kaede say something about me being her reincarnation?'

Kagome's thoughts were immediately interrupted when she caught sight of a huge whirlwind coming up the dirt road towards them. Kagome saw Inuyasha's back tense up as he reached for the hilt of his sword and Sango got into a fighting stance while Miroku and Shippo just sighed irritation.

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A/N-Heh, you all know what, or rather who, that whirlwind is. ^_^