~*~ Hi there!! Long time no see! Sorry about that. Had a lot to do lately. So, I reread most of this and now some ideas have returned to me. As I was reading it though, I felt like it was me who had the amnesia and not Kagome! I barely remembered anything!! Lol. Okay, here we go! Oh, and in the last chapter I think I put Inu Yasha's human hair as dark brown. Gomen! It's black.~*~
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Kagome had been staying at the shrine for a week now and nothing was returning to her. That guy Miroku had been near her a lot, but the girl Sango kept her eye on him, ready to snap each and every time he was about to try something. Shippou was very attached to her, as Inu Yasha said he would be. The two of them would fight a lot which caused the hanyou to chase after the little kitsune. Speaking of which…
"You're just afraid that Hojo guy will come back and take Kagome away! She'd probably be better off with him anyway!"
"Why you little… come here!"
"Gahhhh!!!! Kagomeeeee!!!!"
Sighing, the girl walked out into the back yard to see Shippou running from an enraged hanyou, who was quickly gaining. The little kitsune already had a huge bump on his head from one smack. Shocked, Kagome ran out there to stop Inu Yasha from killing the adorable little thing. Sango and Miroku were behind her, ready to pull back the silver haired man.
"Inu Yasha! Stop it! Leave Shippou alone."
The half demon didn't even look over at her. "Stay out of this! I'm gonna get him once and for all!"
In a small wave of panic for the young thing, Kagome screamed out something and had no clue exactly why. "OSUWARI!"
To her shock, a small light was emitted from around Inu Yasha's neck as he soon crashed face first into the ground, allowing the small demon to escape from his grasp. The two humans behind her had their mouths open and their eyes wide with shock as Kagome threw her hands to cover her own wide open mouth. Why had she said that word? And why did it cause Inu Yasha to crash to the ground?
An angered half demon picked himself up and glared at her. "What was that for, wench??"
"Wench?!? I am not a wench! At least, I don't think so… Not the point! Don't call me that!"
"Find then. What was that for, bitch?"
The anger emitted from Kagome was in huge waves. "I AM NOT A BITCH!!! YOU'RE THE ONE WITH THE DOG EARS HERE, NOT ME!"
"WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!?"
"Stupid dog."
"Wench."
"I told you not to call me that!!"
"Like I care!"
"AHEM!"
Both "fighters" looked over at the two humans and a small demon. Miroku looked at Sango first then over at the two. "If you can stop fighting for a few moments, Kagome? How did you know to shout that word out?"
Blinking, Kagome looked at him confused. "What? Osuwari?" With that, Inu Yasha went crashing to the ground again, nearly pulling her down with him. Kagome looked at the fallen boy with so much confusion in her eyes. "Why did you just trip again?"
Inu Yasha's head snapped up so quickly, soon followed by the rest of his body. "Stupid wench! I didn't trip!!"
After glaring at him, she turned her attention to Sango. "What happened?"
"It appears, Kagome-sama, that you have recovered a memory… or else it's just a reflex."
"Miroku?"
"That is the word you say in order to, for lack of a better word, control Inu Yasha."
That's when it finally clicked for Inu Yasha. 'She remembered something!' He looked over at the raven haired girl who looked even more confused. Sighing, he rolled his eyes. "Basically, whenever you say that word, this stupid necklace thing activates and sends me face first into the ground."
Her eyes widened as she nodded. "Oh. Okay. I really don't know why I said it. Guess it must have been a reflex, because I really don't know why I said that."
His ears drooped a bit after hearing that. 'So she doesn't remember.' Miroku saw this and his heart went out for the poor hanyou. He knew it had to be so hard on Inu Yasha at this time, knowing the one he loved didn't even know him nor herself. He didn't know what he would do if the same happened to him and Sango… not that he was in love with her or anything! No, that wasn't it. He respected her greatly! Yeah… right…that was it…
Turning back to the others before her, Kagome sighed. "This is just so frustrating."
"Sorry, Kagome-chan. The healer guy said we weren't supposed to lead you on, but let your memory come back on its own." Sango looked at her friend helplessly. Those healers knew what they were doing, or so she hoped.
Sighing again, Kagome shook her head. "I'm kind of tired. I think I'll go take a nap or something." With that, she walked inside the house and up to her room, climbing under the covers. Plowing her head in the pillow, Kagome let loose all her frustration by screaming into it as loud as she could. When she let that all out, she just cried into it, letting the tears of her confusion out from inside her.
A soft, gentle hand was placed on her back, bringing Kagome back from her despair. Looking up, Kagome found herself face to face with the hanyou she was slowly getting to know. He looked concerned. "You alright?"
"How did…?"
Inu Yasha pointed to his ears and his nose. "Not only could I hear your so called muffled scream, but I could smell the salt from your tears."
"Okay, sometimes you annoy me with all those cool powers."
Raising one eyebrow, he smirked. "A full demon has more powerful senses. I'm just half."
"Still, more powerful than me."
"That's because you're just a stupid human."
That caused her to shoot up out of bed. "Stupid human?!?"
"Yep."
"Well, excuse me, Mr. I'm-too-arrogant-and-stubborn-for-my-own-good. Kind of can't help what I'm born as."
"So quit complaining. Hey, wait a minute! Did you just insult me?"
"And I'm the stupid one…. Because…?"
"Feh." With that, Inu Yasha got up and turned to leave, silently glad he had stopped her tears.
"Wait!" Kagome shot out her hand and grabbed his arm, preventing him from leaving. Well, that wasn't true. Inu Yasha could get out of her grasp, but he didn't want to hurt her, so he let her win.
"What?"
Seeing her look down, he could tell she was a little embarrassed about what she was about to say. Softly she mumbled something, but lucky him, Inu Yasha heard her. "Why?"
Sighing, she looked up at him. "Lately I've been having nightmares. I don't know what's going on in them either."
Sitting down beside her on the bed, Inu Yasha looked at her with curiosity. "What are they about?"
"Well, it takes place somewhere here but not here. I think in the way past. All of you were there, but dressed differently, kind of like you were dressed when I woke up in the hospital." Ever since that day, the whole gang had agreed to dress in the clothing of the time period. Poor Sango did all she could not to wear those short mini skirts again, smacking Miroku for suggesting them a few times.
Inu Yasha nodded, telling her to continue. "Well, Sango and I are standing by this big cat with two tails and fire on its feet. Shippou is there too and I'm on my bike, this kid by me. I didn't see either of you, but only this big whitish bubble. An old man handed me an old beat up sword and said something to me about it. I immediately looked at the bubble and tried to go there, but there were too many men in the way. Sango was fighting them off, when suddenly the bubble grew and then exploded, Miroku flying out of it. You were there too, but different. You're eyes were red, fangs and claws longer, and you had these marks on your face. It frightened me. You eventually killed the demon, a moth demon disguised as a man, and then went and killed most of his men. You didn't care who you killed, as long as you enjoyed it, which you did. Some older demon came, he kind of looked like you. Anyway, he stopped your rampage. You woke up and didn't realize what you did, but you knew by looking at your claws. That child took your side against angry women. You looked so sad. That's all I remember."
Inu Yasha sat there, slightly amazed. 'So her memories are coming in as dreams. I'll have to talk to Miroku about this.' "So what's so scary about this dream?"
"I don't know. I do feel stronger in there, but at the same time powerless. When the older demon stopped you, he knocked you out and hurt you. I was afraid, so much that I went in between you two. I was afraid for myself, but more afraid for you."
A soft look entered his eyes. With a grin, he replied, "And you think me sitting by your side as you fall asleep will make you have no nightmares?"
"It might help, but if you're going to be a jerk about it…"
"Calm down, you stupid girl. I'll do it."
She smiled at him. "Arigatou, Inu Yasha." Getting up from her bed, he looked around the room. "I guess you could sit on…"
Kagome didn't finish her sentence, for Inu Yasha crashed to the ground again. "Huh? Oh! I'm so sorry!!! I didn't mean to!" After thinking for a moment while the hanyou grumbled a few choice words, she added, "But I said sit instead of osuwari. Oops, sorry again."
Inu Yasha had been smacked into the floor twice in that one small sentence, still mumbling a lot of choice words. When he was finally able to pick his head up, he glared at the girl. "Could you THINK before you TALK?!?!"
"Well, sorry! I didn't realize it. I guess it works no matter what language I say si- I mean 'the word' in. Gomen."
Still grumbling, Inu Yasha sat up and glared. "I have half a mind to just leave you to your nightmares." (author holds back evil comment…)
Kagome looked at him with such terrified eyes that it broke his heart. "No! Please. I am really sorry. I didn't mean it. Please?"
Looking into her eyes, Inu Yasha sighed and sat against her bed on the floor. "Arigatou."
"Feh. Whatever."
Inu Yasha sat there until well after he heard her breathing even out, signaling she was fast asleep. 'I better stay in here just in case.' Soon, her scent filling his nose lulled him into a comfortable sleep.
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"INU YASHA!!!!"
The said demon snapped his eyes open as he looked around the room. For some reason, there was a blanket over him. Confused, he looked over to the bed to see it empty. "Kagome?!?" Jumping up, he ran down the stairs to who ever shouted his name.
When he got outside, he found the entire gang plus Kagome's family near the well house. "What the hell is going on?"
Souta looked at him with tears in his eyes. "Ka… Kagome went in the well house."
Panic set into him as he pushed through the crowd and flew the doors open. No one was in there. He turned back to Souta. "What happened??"
"*sniff* She said something about not wanting to disturb you and to go for a walk. I saw her through the window and tried to stop her, but… but…"
The boy didn't need to continue. Inu Yasha already knew what he was going to say. The well to Feudal Japan had taken Kagome in.
~*~Yes, another cliff hanger. Sorry for the extremely long wait. Been very busy and, in reality, I haven't worked on this story in about three to four months. Sorry about that. Don't know when the next update will be. I'm trying! Ja ne! ~*~
