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They finally reached the shrine after a traffic jam on the highway. Kagome looked out and saw the home for herself. 'I live here? It looks kinda cool, I guess.' As they got out and walked up to the house itself, Kagome was deep in thought. 'Okay, so the guy who gropes all the females is Miroku, Sango's the one that's in love with him and he loves her but can't tell her. Shippou is the cute little guy with a tail and looks like a fox. Souta is my brother that idolizes Inu Yasha. And Inu Yasha is the guy with the long white hair, claws, fangs, and dog ears. Oh, and he hates wearing shoes. And Grandpa is the old guy. I think I got it.'
Kagome felt a spark of some sort as they passed a small little house. "What's that?"
Inu Yasha was the one to answer her. "That's the well house."
"Can we look inside?"
Inu Yasha hesitated. 'What if she went in and the well pulled her down? She can't go to the Feudal Era with no memories. We'd all have to go with her and there's no way we could explain that yet.' "Maybe later. You should go inside and rest."
Sango, Miroku and Shippou all snapped their heads up in surprise. 'I would think he'd want to throw her down there for more shard hunting.' After a glare from Inu though, they threw the though out of their minds. Kagome just blinked in confusion.
'Okay, let's think. This Inu Yasha guy. For some reason, it seems like he's protecting me as if he cares greatly for me. Could there have been a relationship between us? I guess I could ask him about that later.'
Soon, they were inside the house. Inu and Kaoru lead Kagome through it to show her where everything was. Soon they took her to her own room. Kaoru left to get lunch ready for everyone.
Kagome took in the room. "This is… my room?"
The hanyou nodded. "Recognize anything?"
The raven haired girl shook her head. "Nope. It seems familiar but I can't remember it at all."
Suddenly, Kagome shrieked. Inu Yasha shot up and got into a fighting stance. "What's wrong?"
"There! What is that?!?"
He turned and saw what she was freaked out about.
*Sweatdrop*
"Err, Kagome? That's Buyo, your cat."
She blinked many times. "That's a cat?!? But it's so… round."
Inu Yasha fell to the floor anime style. "Trust me. You love this cat."
She shrugged and got closer to the blob of a cat. It stared at her. "Meow"
Kagome stood up and looked at Inu. "Are you sure it's a cat?"
"Yep."
"Ooookay. You're the one with the memory, not me." She went and sat on the bed. "I have a question for you, Inu Yasha."
His ears perked up. "Yeah?"
"Okay, a few."
"I'm listening."
She took a deep breath and began. "You don't look human and neither does Shippou. What are you two?"
It was Inu Yasha's turn to take a deep breath. 'How could I possibly explain this?' "Well, let's see. Shippou is actually a fox youkai… a kitsue. (A/N: tell me if I spelled that wrong!) I'm a hanyou, half human and half dog demon." He could tell by the look in her eyes she was unsure about what he was saying. He sighed. "Here. Try petting my ears. See for yourself if they're real or not. I warn you, this is your only free turn on petting them."
She blinked and reached up. She began rubbing the ears and to her surprise, a sort of purring sound came from the hanyou. She pulled back her hand in surprise. "That is so cool! They're so soft and cute!"
Boy, was he relieved! "So, you believe me now?" She nodded. "What's your other questions?"
She thought for a minute. "Well, if you're a demon-"
"Half-demon."
"Half demon, then why are you hanging out with two humans?"
Easy question. "They are our friends. We all hate this one guy and are traveling together in order to get revenge on him."
"What?"
'BAKA!!!! You weren't supposed to tell her that!!!!' "Ummm… well, let's save that story for another time." 'Smooth… real smooth…'
"Ooookay… Last one for now. Umm… I don't know how to really ask this."
"Just say it."
She squirmed a bit. "Well, you and me. Umm… well… were we… umm…"
He didn't understand what she was trying to say. "You and me what?"
"Were you and me a… well... a couple? What kind of relationship did we have?"
~Shifting cause that makes for a good cliffy~
Sango and Miroku were in the living room with Shippou thinking. "There is no way for us to go back to the Feudal Era without Kagome-sama. She would wonder where we went. What would they say? We went to the past? She'd never believe it."
"I know that, but Naraku is getting stronger as we sit here. Maybe one of us should go back."
"No Sango. We need to be here for Kagome-sama."
"I want to be here for her, but they also need us back home." She sighed. Sango was torn between the two.
"We should stay here for Kagome. We could help bring back her memory and then go back to hunt Naraku." The two "adults" looked at the fox demon. "It's the only thing that makes sense."
"You have a point Shippou."
Kaoru popped her head in. "We have enough room. Miroku would have to sleep here on the couch and Shippou with Souta. Sango could have the extra guest room."
"What about Inu Yasha?"
Miroku smiled. "I think he would rather sleep in Kagome's room."
*SMACK*
"I didn't mean it that way, Sango."
A fuming demon exterminator glared at him. "I'm sooo sure. Shippou, what he means to say is he would like to stay close to her and protect her, so he'd probably stay in her room, sleeping against the wall like he does back at Kaede's."
"Oh. Okay."
"Okay! That's settled. Time for lunch. Come and get it."
The three in the living room got up and headed into the kitchen, all in deep thought as to how they could help Kagome remember.
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