Chapter 4

It was now around noon time judging on the sun. Shippo was getting worried about where Kagome was he kinda worried where Kirara was too. Sango was worried about both Kagome and Kirara very much. While Miroku was worried about Kagome, Kirara, Inuyasha, and… 'Is this a good time to grope her?' thought. They didn't want to leave the site because if they returned or if them their self would get lost. So they talked for a while and played with Kagome's cards that she gave them.

Inuyasha, still in deep sleep, he snuggled closer into Kagome's chest and gathered some of her warmth. Kagome was for some reason a very light sleeper now since Inuyasha. Last time she was sleeping like this, it was when Souta slept in the same room as her when he was little, she like to keep him safe. Kagome was now wide awake and looked at the boy who was in her arms who looked at little scared for some reason.

'Is he having a bad dream? Poor little guy, it's probably the past that's flooding back into his head again. He doesn't remember his friends that care about him.' She thought but just then he was mumbling a little, she didn't catch it though. 'He's been asleep long enough, and the others are probably worried about us.' She thought

"Inuyasha, wake up, we should head to the campsite now." She said softly to him. He fluttered his eyes and slowly opening them tiredly.
"Two more minutes." He said and went back sleep. That got on Kagome's nerve a little but she couldn't really get mad to such a cute little hanyou. She gently brought her hand to his neck and tickled him gently. He kept twitching from it and finally decided to get up.
"Okay okay! I'm awake, I'm awake!" He said as he jumped out of Kagome's lap laughing alot and was now ready to attack his tickler ready to attack her but he fell back on his butt.
"Ow! That hurt!" he complained as he got up and brushed the dirt off his pants.

"Are you okay Inuyasha? I'm sorry, I needed you to wake up because we should get going now." Kagome said as she walked to grab her backpack, as Kirara walked by her side. Inuyasha turned his back on her.
"Feh, lets go wench." Inuyasha commanded with a small pout. Kagome raised an eyebrow to his demand.
"Oh, and I suppose you want to lead us there?" she teased.
"Duh, since you don't know anything." He muttered to her and started walking towards a small path.

Kagome giggled and Kirara just looked at Inuyasha and stayed on Kagome's shoulder in some amusement. Inuyasha walked slowly because he actually didn't know where he was going. He started to run though he didn't know where he was going.

"INUYASHA WILL YOU GET BACK HERE!" Kagome shouted and Inuyasha just laughed at her.

Inuyasha was still running and accidentally crashed into a troll-like demon. Inuyasha looked way up to see its face, he pulled out his sword but wouldn't turn into his fathers' fang. He didn't know how because he didn't know anything about it.

"Stupid little sword!" He put it away and tried to attack the demon with his claws and teeth. They didn't work to well, the demon went stomping feet towards him which made Inuyasha fall over on the ground. Inuyasha was scared, there was nothing he could do as he kept crawling backwards, never looking away from the demons face.

"I will eat you, you stupid half breed!" The demon went down to grab the little hanyou as he was yelling for help. Kagome came and grabbed Inuyasha in her arms and out of his reach. She sat Inuyasha down making sure he was okay and look toward the demon with a pissed off look.

"Alright, if you want him you have to get passed me." She had a bad attitude right now.
"I'll be delighted!" The troll-like demon started to charge at Kagome but she didn't falter. Inuyasha was scared and tried to hide by her leg. Kagome took out her arrow and shot the demon that got her mad.
"You… stupid… wench!!!" He then disintegrated.
"Serves you right idiot." She easily replied

When she was satisfied that the demon was gone she looked behind her to see Inuyasha trembling. Kirara went in front of him and rubbed against him. He stopped trembling and petted her.

"She's so soft, what's her name?" He looked at the cat demon.
"Her name is Kirara, she helps us when we fight and she is very loyal to us." She turned around and started to pet Kirara also. "Sorry I took off like that. I just wanted to play around." He said innocently with his head down but still petted Kirara. "It's okay, just don't go far away from me again okay?" She told him wanting a response. "Okay, I promise." He smiled as he looked up to Kagome with dirt on his face.
"Did the demon hurt you anywhere?" She asked him. He nodded his head no then told her he scraped his hand. She looked in her backpack and took care of his scrape and cleaned his face.

It was time to head to the campsite now, she thought that they would really be worried by now. Kirara jumped back onto Kagome's shoulder when she got up. Inuyasha started to stand up was about to run off again but he remembered what happened not long ago and stayed next to Kagome. He kept his hand on her skirt like it was a guideline or something. Kagome blushed a little at that but chose to ignore it.

After around 10 minutes of walking they finally arrived at the camp. She knew it would take longer to get there if they walked, but she didn't want to tire out Kirara for no reason. All of a sudden Shippo came charging into Kagome knocking her down.

"Kagome, where have you been, did you go look for Inuyasha without telling us?!" Shippo quickly asked without any hesitation.
"Yes Shippo, I went to look for him and found him. Inuyasha, does Shippo look familiar to you?" Kagome asked him as she sat up from her fall. He just shook his head no and didn't speak.
"WOW, IS THAT INUYASHA!?" Shippo joyfully asked and she nodded.
"Why don't you two go play for now?" Kagome suggested as she stood up.
"You said not to play around though." Inuyasha replied in an innocent tone.
"No, I said for you not to run off, but you can go play with Shippo, Kirara will come to." She smiled and Kirara jumped off her shoulder onto Inuyasha's.
"Kay, if you say so." Inuyasha said cheerfully petting Kirara on his shoulder. "Come on Inuyasha, will play tag!" Shippo was cheerful to have someone kind of near his age to play with.

Shippo tugged Inuyasha so they could play. Kagome smiled at them both and telling them to be careful as they play and told them to be back by dinner. She walked to where Sango and Miroku were, they were happy to know that she was safe.

"Hi Kagome, where's Inuyasha, and Kirara, and Shippo?" Sango asked.
"Did you even find Inuyasha?" Miroku asked
"Yeah… There playing tag, and yes I did find Inuyasha, but something happened." She sound like something happened.
"Like what?" Miroku questioned.
"Uh… He lost his memory about you guys, Shippo, Kirara and pretty much everyone but he kind of remembers me. But I think that's only because…" She was interrupted by Inuyasha rushing behind her legs.
"Kagome! Kirara turned into a monster!!!" He shouted from behind her.

Miroku and Sango were extremely stung by looking at the young yet cute Inuyasha. Their eyes were almost popping out of their eyes. Inuyasha looked at them and backed behind Kagome to hide himself from them.

"Inuyasha… calm down." She said rubbing his head. "They aren't going to attack you, those are our friends Sango and Miroku." She explained to him. Inuyasha looked up to her and put on a tough act.

"Feh, you act like I'm scared of them Kagome." He said in a young cocky voice as he stood in front of her with a little glare like the 'don't-embarress-me' glare. "Of course Inuyasha, now go on and play with Shippo, I'm sure he's bored." She suggested
"Nah, I don't want to play around with him, he's to playful." He claimed
"Well, we might bore you because of our conversation Inuyasha and I don't think you want to fall asleep." She explained, he just grumbled a bit and got a little angry.
"Fine, I'll go play with Shippo and Kirara." He said stomping away towards where he came from.

"Kagome… please tell me that wasn't the Inuyasha we know." Sango pleaded to Kagome who just sighed.
"That was our Inuyasha alright." Kagome said with a slight smile but a little nervous.
"How did it happen Kagome?" Miroku asked still shocked
"He doesn't remember, he said that he saw his reflection when he was younger and the bridge collapsed so he fell in. Then he heard my voice as I tried to wake him up." She explained.
"I see, it must have been the stream of youth, or so I've heard." He responded "It's some type of curse that last for an entire year I'm afraid."

Kagome's eyes widened when Miroku said an entire year. She couldn't imagine having Inuyasha being young that long. He would act like this for a year. What if she goes to her world, what would happen? Would go to her world with her, but what about her schooling? It was like having a kid.

She fell down trying to think of how a whole year with the young Inuyasha would be like and what about the jewel shards? Would they continue or would they stop? What would they all do in his present state?

Kagome kept thinking and thinking, unfortunately she was thinking a bit too hard and accidentally collapsed and fell backwards and hit her head on a log clumsily. She looked like she got a minor bump on her head but it would be gone by night.

Miroku and Sango just looked at her with confusion thinking that Kagome was dizzy from her swirl eyes. Sango walked up to her. "Kagome… you alright? Kagome? Kagome?! Kagome!!" Sango kept getting louder and louder.