AN: Sorry it has taken me longer than usual to update. I have been very busy studying for exams. (Well actually I have been staring blankly at my text books in an attempt. Statistics is just too boring.) Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I still have my cold and u won't sue me for it! I bet if I claimed I owned Inuyasha and I had a million dollars u would decide it was worth your time. Geez, people are just so greedy these days.

Love Isn't Just a Memory

Chapter 7: Trees are our Friends

By: Nimerin

Kagome was looking out the window of her mother's black Aztec watching the world fly by. She had missed being outside and breathing the fresh air so much that when she was out of the hospital she nearly went crazy out of joy.

~Flashback~

Kagome stepped out of the revolving doors escorted by her family and a nurse. She had finally been released from the hospital two weeks after her incident. Once she was outside she had to shield her eyes from the brilliant sunlight. For awhile she could only make out the white light and the dark outlines of the objects as her eyes took their sweet time adjusting. While she waited for that sense to kick in, she let her other senses absorb everything around her. She breathed in the fresh clean, well as clean as city air gets any way, air. The noisy cars whirring by and the chattering people were all music to her ears; anything was better than the constant beeping of those infernal machines. A light breeze caressed her skin raising small goose bumps along her arms. Then, her eye sight adjusted and she was allowed to take in all that she had missed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome suddenly squealed and took off running to her left, her arms outstretched.

Jii-chan and her mother had their hands clutched over their chests in an attempt to still their rapidly beating hearts as Souta franticly searched the area for the hideous abomination that had made his sister scream in such a manner. Seeing nothing of alarm he turned back to his sister.

Who was hugging a tree.

Understandably so, her whole family stood blinking rapidly at her.

"Hello Mr. Tree! Oh, how I missed seeing trees. It is so nice to be outside and see you and all your friends again. I really need to go to a park or something!" She exclaimed happily as she clung to the tree as if it were an old friend.

"Oh dear. I thought the doctor said that there wasn't any brain damage." Her mother sighed.

"Hum… so how long are we going to let her stand there and embarrass herself like that?" Jii-chan replied.

"Uh… Kagome?" Souta hesitantly approached his sister. "I don't think you should be doing that in public."

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Whoops. I am just so sick of being cooped up in the hospital." She replied as she backed away from her new friend.

"I can tell. You didn't have to hug the tree though." He laughed.

Kagome was now pouting childishly looking for all the world about as old as her brother. "Well, I happen to like trees a lot." She glanced back at the tree once more as she followed her brother back over to the rest of her family. She spoke in a quiet voice which no one heard, "Though I don't know why."

"Ready to go now dear?" Her mother asked as she wrapped an arm around her daughter's shoulders.

"Huh… yeah sure." She responded absently.

"Say goodbye to your new friend Kagome." Jii-chan nudged her slightly as they passed the tree she had been hugging previously.

"Jii-chan, stop it!" She quickly ducked her head and averted her eyes hiding the blush that was gracing her features at that moment.

~End Flashback~

She had a serene expression on her face ever since they had climbed into the car. 'I am going home and I won't be stuck in that little hospital room. No more feeling like a science experiment with all those stupid tests I had to take. And I get to see all the trees I want!'

"We're home!" Mrs. Higurashi called from the driver's seat as they pulled up to the shrine. Kagome felt a fuzzy warmth seeping all over her at the familiar scene; but her heart sustained the hollow feeling it had adopted ever since she had awoken in the hospital. Too happy at the current moment to try and ascertain the reason, Kagome leapt out the car and charged into the house. Buyo meowed happily from his post on the sofa as soon as she passed by the living room. Kagome picked up the lard, ahem… my apologies, the cat and swung him into a loving embrace. She carried him all the way up to her room and set him on the floor by the door. She then proceeded to her bed and immediately flopped on it with her arms spread wide as she gazed at her ceiling. "I'm home." She whispered with a small, but content, smile.

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"Stupid woman, just throwing us into a swirly blue void with no directions." Inuyasha grumbled as he floated through the viscous cerulean waters of time. Remarkably the fluid did not hinder their movements, nor did it seep into any of their clothing or lungs.

"That isn't true. She did tell us that it was around here somewhere." Miroku placidly replied as he enjoyed the view of Sango treading the water in front of him.

"Oh, well excuse me bouzu; that makes all the difference. I mean what a help that information is." He snapped as he rolled his eyes and brushed past the houshi.

"No need to be so sarcastic Inuyasha. I was merely reminding you of the information the beautiful goddess provided us with."

"Houshi-sama, wipe that grin off your face before I test Hirakotsu's abilities in water." Sango called over the shoulder that the kitsune was not currently occupying.

Inuyasha snorted, "Shippo, I don't think it is very safe for you to be sitting on one of her shoulders right now."

"Oh, right." The kitsune promptly leapt off of her shoulder and to Kirara's side. Suddenly he turned to face the hanyou. "Since when do you care about what happens to me?"

Inuyasha blushed as he realized his mistake and looked off to the side. "I don't, your presence might throw off Sango's aim and I don't want to hear her complaining about how she missed the rest of the day."

"Jerk!" Shippo stuck out his tongue and continued on his way.

"I think the water is a little brighter over there, wouldn't you agree?" Miroku gestured to a point about a mile away to their right. Everyone immediately turned to see what he was speaking about.

"I think you are right, houshi-sama. Do you think that might be the way out?" Sango approached him.

"Well, it is a good a place to start looking as any." He responded as his left hand slowly made its way in the general direction of Sango's behind.

SMACK!

"Move it you guys!" Inuyasha barked as he rushed off in the direction of the pale light.

"Humph. Come on houshi-sama, we don't want to make him wait when he is in this kind of mood." Sango offered him a hand to get him back on his feet.

"I would be following, dear Sango, but your smacks do make it quite difficult for me to stand of my own volition." He replied as he rubbed his red check from his position on the ground.

"Well, if you wouldn't act like such a lech then you wouldn't have to worry about me slapping you. Now get up!" He grasped her hand as she pulled him to his feet. When he was standing he was a scant few inches from her face and they were locked in each other's eyes; not to mention they were still holding hands.

"Oi! I told you two to get moving!" A red speck in the distance called.

The two rapidly separated blushing furiously. Miroku was the first to collect his wits and to trail after the dog demon. "Coming Inuyasha, no need to be so impatient."

Sango merely stared after them with the hand that Miroku had been holding gently held towards her chest.

"Sango!"

"Coming!"

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AN: Well, there is another chapter for everyone. I know it wasn't that long but it was the best I could do at the current moment. I finally put some of Inuyasha back in it! Don't worry though, he will be making a regular appearance from now on. Please review and let me know what u think. My question from chapter six still stands. If you want it to be happy ending or sad let me know! Bye!