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A/N: yes I know I haven't been updating but there are valid reasons. I've been doing Track as well as club v-ball so there is no time for just about anything that would be for leisure anymore. Also I went to I-CON this past weekend. It was awesome! I was kinda pissed though because the pple cancelled Ranma ½ for Lupin III. Please review. I shall do my responses at the end of the chapter.

Chapter 24? (Seriously I don't know)- Getting Back

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Inu-Yasha walked down the stairs that led into the main hallway in front of the door. Everyone in the family was already awake and doing things. He walked over to where Mr. And Mrs. Becker were and told them what had just happened. "Well she's actually speaking English again but it seems that she has no idea what Japanese even is" Inu-Yasha finished. The two adults looked overjoyed that their daughter had woken up. They were afraid she never would as everyone else had the same fear. 

"I don't think that's a problem. I don't think she needs to know it, after all she lives here now" Mrs. Becker said

"I agree, also it might just be a temporary thing. In a few weeks she'll be back to normal" Mr. Becker said to the worrying teen (ok, ok I'll stop with the OOC ness soon). 

"You're probably right, I shouldn't think anything of it" Inu-Yasha said to convince them. However his mind said something was very wrong. 'I don't see how she could just forget her native language like that. Maybe after about 30 years of not speaking it, but only about 6-7 months? Something is definitely wrong' Inu-Yasha thought as he said goodbye and walked over to his own house.

Next-door Jinni was in the front yard. She was wearing a tank top with short shorts. She looked absolutely sluttish to Inu-Yasha, he looked away and started to walk faster towards his house. But he wasn't fast enough, before he knew what happened Jinni was standing in his way. "Hello Inu-Yasha. How are you? Better I hope last time I saw you, you looked absolutely grave," Jinni said with a mocking voice. (Coughbadpuncough)

"What do you want now?" Inu-Yasha said in a rumbling voice

"Oh, guess I got the little puppy mad. No matter, do you want to know what I did to your little girlfriend? Kagobe was it?" Jinni said in her bittersweet voice. 

"KagoME" Inu-Yasha said emphasizing the 'ME'. "So what did you do to her?" he asked

"Kagome, Kagobe. Same thing" she paused "You really think I'm going to tell you that easily?"

"Yes, I do" Inu-Yasha retorted narrowing his eyes menacingly.

"Well you're very mistaken then puppy-dog" she answered in a threatening way. "You have to do something first before I tell you" Jinni said using her (oh so fake) bittersweet voice. 

"What might that be?" He asked warily

Jinni seemed as if she looked up to the sky, thinking about something. Then very quickly she pulled his head down and kissed him on the lips. He pushed away once he realized what had happened and started to spit on the ground. "What the hell was that?" he screamed

"That was what you had to do. And I guess I'll tell you what I did. I just hit her in a certain spot on her neck and it triggered something in her brain that changed the way she perceived things and apparently what language she spoke. I've got to tell you it was damn funny to watch her get so frustrated. Anyway if you hit another nerve she'll go back to normal" Jinni finished laughing maniacally. She ran back into her house and slammed the door behind her despite the earliness of the day. Inu-Yasha realizing he could fix the problem all together sprinted back to Kagome's house, in the front door, and up to Kagome's room.

"Kagome, I know how to cure you. Jinni told me everything and I think I know what to trigger" He said very rapidly as he burst through the door. There was a soft crying sound coming from the lump underneath the blankets. "Kagome?  What're YOU crying about? I just told you I could cure you shouldn't you be HAPPY?" 

"Why would I be happy when you just cheated on me in my own front yard?" Kagome said through muffled sniffles.

"What are you talking about? I would never cheat on you, ever!" 

"Oh yeah? Well I just saw you kissing Jinni; maybe that's how you got it out of her? I know she'd never just tell you"

"She kissed me and I pushed her away. How could you not trust me?"

"How could I ever trust you? Now leave, I don't want to talk with you anymore"

Inu-Yasha attempted to say something back but ended up with a "Feh" and stormed out of the house and into his own. 'What a wench. I can't believe she wouldn't believe me' He thought

'Really? You know what it probably looked like' a voice in his head put in.

'What the hell?'

'It's called your conscience idiot. Obviously you aren't going to get this with a 9th grade vocabulary so I'll give it to you in a third grade format. It…looked…like…you…were…getting…back…together…with your…ex. Get it?'

'yeah I get, hey! That was mean'

'Oh like you aren't'

'I'm not'

 'Yeah right, I know everything that went on in your life. Inside your head and out, so you can't tell me something I don't already know'

'Stop it! I am not an idiot either, that was very insulting'

'You do realize you're fighting with yourself right? So you lose either way'

Inu-Yasha snapped his head up and looked around. He was leaning against the front door inside his house, his brother, mother, and father were all in front of him waving their hands and yelling things like "Earth to Inu" and "What the hell is your problem?". 

"What do you want?" He snapped

"You were not responding to anything so we resorted to drastic measures" his mother said while for some reason still pinching him.

"Feh, I was thinking. Is there a law against thinking?"

"For you there is" Sesshomaru said He had gotten bored and was on his way up the stairs as he spoke.  

"Very funny Sesshomaru, now why don't you go shrivel up and die?" Inu-Yasha retorted  

"Oh yes because THAT was a good come back. I'll be down for dinner" Sesshomaru then walked the remainder of the way up the stairs and into his room.

"Fine, be that way. But this only shows me how much of a coward you really are" Inu-Yasha yelled up the stairwell. He stomped off into the den, his parents following cautiously. 

"Inu-Yasha, why are you so mad? Don't tell me you're not because I can sense it from you" His father said to the adolescent.  

"Fine, Kagome told me she didn't want to see me anymore. Jinni kissed me and I pushed her away but I guess Kagome saw it the wrong way. I found out how to cure her but she just told me to leave" He mumbled very fast. It was a good thing his father had excellent hearing, but his mother had no clue what was going on.  

"I see, well there's nothing you can do except apologize"

"Huh? Apologize? Me? Feh! Yeah right, I didn't even do anything wrong. It's her fault for not believing me"  

"Then you'll just have to do without her" At this Inu-Yasha cast his gaze to the floor and made his hair fall in front of his face; hiding it from sight.

~~Kagome's house~~

Kagome lay silently in her room looking at the wall blankly. She had told everyone to just leave her alone and stop making a fuss over her. 'What did I do to deserve this kind of treatment? Why did he do it? What if he was telling the truth?' she turned over and closed her eyes. 'No, I saw it with my own eyes it was no mistake. But I can't shake this feeling of doubt. It's nothing I suppose; wow even though I slept a lot I'm still tired'

She snuggled down into the blankets when she heard a knock on the front door. Then various call of 'I got it' and voices. One was male and the other belonged to Jill, Kagome couldn't make out what was being said but she didn't have to wait long to find out. The stairs creaked as weight was distributed along them. Soon the footsteps stopped right in front of her door. The handle turned, creaked open and two figures were seen coming into the room. They closed the door behind them.

"What do you want?" Kagome asked them. Inu-Yasha stepped forward and kneeled by the bedside.

"Before you say anything I want to say that I'm sor…I'm sor…I'm sorry. Even though  didn't do anything I want to say I'm sorry because I guess it's my fault you got the wrong impression. But I know how to cure you for good, and then we can get back at that bitch for everything" Inu-Yasha said looking hopeful. When Kagome's expression didn't change he sighed and sat down on the floor.

'God, what an idiot. He did say he was sorry and he really does love me. I can see it but there is no way that what I saw with my own eyes was false' Kagome thought. Then Inu-Yasha got an idea.

"Can you leave us alone for a couple minutes?" he asked Jill.

"Sure, I was going to leave anyway. It's getting too sickening to watch" Jill said as she left and closed the door behind her.

Inu-Yasha then took off the bracelet that concealed his true form so he was now a true Inu hanyou. Then he kneeled at the bedside again. "can you please forgive me?"

That just did it, Kagome now had no doubt that he was telling the truth. He wouldn't take off the bracelet unless he really meant something. It meant he didn't want to be deceiving and wasn't hiding anything, well that's what it meant to Kagome at least. "Fine I'll forgive you but on two conditions"

"And they are?"

"One, we get that bitch back ten times worse than she got us, and two you let me pet you. You're so CUTE like that"

"I agree with the first one but I don't know about the second"

"Fine, have fun finding another girlfriend" Kagome said *not being serious* 

"ok, ok. You can pet me"

"YAY!!!!" Kagome screamed and then started to pet the fluffy white ears and head. Soon he was purring (don't ask why, even though he's a dog) and Kagome was already planning what she was going to do to Jinni; right after a trip to Kaede.  

A/N: Gomen!! I know it's bee well over due for another chapter and I'm sorry!! Please tell me what you think and this will go on for a little longer. Ja!  

Allysono123: We'll call it a twist. Erm…I actually live in N.Y State but nowhere near the town I'm describing. It's a town where my grandma lives and it's just a nice town so I figured I'd set it there. Anyway yeah we started Track and it's kinda cold but practice is never cancelled. Hope you liked this chapter!! ^-^

CloakedChaos: luckily I don't think it can. ^-^ Thanks for reading!!

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