AN: Sorry that I have taken so long to update, have been working on an original fic of mine, and sort of just lost track of the feel that I had for this one. Not to worry though, I will never leave anything uncompleted, I don't think I have it in me to quit anything; but it may take me some time to come up with new chapters. I will work as hard as I can. That said, enjoy the chapter!

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Love Isn't Just a Memory

Chapter Ten: Revelations

By: Nimerin

Shrines are a haven from the busy bustling city that lay around them. The air around the Sunset Shrine always whispered of calm and could often lull a person into an easy state of peace. The sunlight filtered gently through the rustling branches of the trees and created an aura of otherworldly calm. That always holds true, until a certain white haired dog-eared person comes into the mix. Said hanyou was currently gaping off into space, horrified at the possibilities that were having a field day in his head; unfortunately for the tranquil atmosphere that lingered about the shrine, he was not about to remain silent for long.

Shippo had gotten over his fear of the strange surroundings when he was faced with the possibility that Kagome might be far older than when he last saw here. "Miroku! You are just guessing right? I mean that lady wouldn't have sent us here if it would have been too late to really help Kagome." Shippo wailed from his position in the houshi's arms.

"Well, I don't think that she would have intended for that to happen, but even she said that she didn't have that much control over it. Not to mention that a few decades to a goddess are like a few minutes to us." Miroku answered solemnly. He didn't want it to be true any more than any one else, but they must be prepared for the possibility.

Sango had been really upset when Miroku mentioned the possibility but she personally did not believe that it was true, merely because she refused to believe that things could get any worse then they already were. "Houshi-sama, I wish you wouldn't have said that." She frowned as she observed the reactions of Inuyasha and Shippo.

"Why not? I believe it is a good idea for us to be prepared for all circumstances."

"While normally I would agree, but take into consideration the relationship that Shippo has with Kagome, and the fact that Inuyasha has already been overly high-strung lately."

Miroku, suddenly realizing their normally loud-mouthed companion's silence, found himself agreeing with Sango's logic. "Perhaps you are right Sango. Too late to take it back now, however, so the subject should be addressed."

"There is just no way! No fucking way!" Inuyasha finally bust out screaming his response to the subject.

Startled by his yelling, and a bit afraid that they may draw unnecessary attention, Sango promptly bashed her companion over the head with hirakotsu. The rest of the shard hunting team grew wary and began to look around them for signs that any of the people on the streets below had noticed the disturbance and bothered to look.

Suddenly the front door to the shrine opened revealing a red-nosed and slightly pale Souta and a worried Mrs. Higurashi. "Inuyasha-onii-chan!" Souta then broke out running towards his hero and launched himself at his leg.

Inuyasha blinked as he looked down at the runny nosed leech as realization dawned on him. "Souta? That means Kagome is still young! HA! You stupid bouzo you had us all worried for nothing." He adopted the 'I'm the great Inuyasha' pose given his new audience and his cocky demeanor was back in full force; inside, though, he was very relieved to find that Kagome would not be an old hag. When the houshi had suggested it, he had immediately pictured a Kagome that looked almost identical to Kaede riding on his back as they searched for the shards. Needless to say, he was thoroughly disturbed.

Miroku looked slightly affronted, "I did not say that she would absolutely be, I merely voiced a possibility."

Shippo patted him on the shoulder as Sango came over to his side to watch the scene unfold before them. It was undoubtedly wise to let Inuyasha handle Kagome's family for the time being since they were familiar with him.

"Inuyasha, we are really glad to see you; it has been so long and we were beginning to really worry." Mrs. Higurashi stated as she came closer to them.

"How long has it been?" He asked.

"I am assuming you mean since the last time Kagome came back?" Inuyasha nodded in response so she continued, "Well it has been a little bit less than a month."

The rest of the group was really surprised, to them it had only been three days since the last time they had seen their miko companion. Granted it was better then finding her years later, but it was still later then they would have hoped to have arrived.

Mrs. Higurashi finally took notice of the rest of the group and approached them. "Oh! Who are your friends?" She squealed as she reached to stroke Shippo and Kirara's tails.

"They are the rest of the shard hunters." Inuyasha had ever intention of continuing his introduction had the leech not suddenly started to do an impressive impersonation of chimp on crack.

"Oooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I know! I know! I know!" He ran over to the group and pointed towards Sango first. "You are the tajiya, Sango, that's the fire-cat youkai, Kirara, that's the little kitsune, Shippo, and that's the lecherous houshi, Miroku." Shippo puffed up a bit at being called little, but it was overridden by his happiness at being recognized in the strange place. Miroku, however, looked a little indignant at being called lecherous and said as much under his breath; but decided to let it slide as well, since it seemed that they had located Kagome's family and they might be able to help them.

"Yes, you really do match the descriptions that Kagome gave us of you all. It is a pleasure to finally meet you all." Mrs. Higurashi smiled, and the resemblance between mother and daughter was instantly seen. "What took you all so long to get here?"

"It has only been about three days for us." Inuyasha replied.

Souta and Kagome's mother were very shocked. "Really! Well, I guess that explains why it took you so long to come and get her. We thought maybe something had happened in the past that might explain what was wrong with Kagome."

That set off warning bells in all of the group's heads and it was easy to tell from the expressions on their faces. Seeing this Mrs. Higurashi sought to elaborate on the problem, "She was found unconscious in the street moderately beaten up and bleeding on the night after she returned here from your time. She was unconscious in the hospital for six days before she actually woke up. The doctor had no idea why she wouldn't either. She stayed there for a couple of weeks for observation, but they never found anything medically wrong with her so they sent her home. Since then we have tried to send her back through the well, but it hasn't worked at all.  She blacked out once since she has been out of the hospital, that was when she was trying to go back through the well, but she had sprained her ankle."

Inuyasha was incredibly anxious since he heard that she was attacked. 'Who would dare hurt Kagome? Especially in this time, there really aren't any youkai except for that one time with the noh mask.' He flexed his claws, ready to slice and dice the unknown foe.

The rest of her friends were equally upset at hearing that she had been attacked, but the added news that she was still having trouble on top of the fact that the well no longer seemed to function.

"Do you know who attacked her?" Inuyasha inquired through clenched teeth. Everyone else nodded fervently in anticipation of an answer. Mrs. Higurashi observed the grim expression on each of their faces and was silently praising her daughter's friends. They all seemed to care very much for her, which made her feel infinitely better about her daughter's time hopping.

"No, there weren't any clues and Kagome can't remember anything about being attacked that night."

"That's very strange." The houshi commented pensively, "I have heard of instances where people forget being attacked because it is a stressful experience; but, this is Kagome-sama we are talking about, she has been through a great deal."

Sango grew very silent when Miroku made the comment about people losing their memories because of traumatic experiences, it hit too close to her problems with Kohaku; and at that moment she wanted nothing more than to find Kagome and make sure that the same thing had not happened to the girl that she considered her sister.

"Well," Mrs. Higurashi gulped, "it does not seem that the night's events are the only thing that she has forgotten. She remembers everything from this time, but nothing of her travels in the past." She dropped the bomb, and immediately regretted being the one to have to inform them. It left a heavy feeling of guilt in her stomach. After all, her daughter still remembered her, and this time; she wouldn't have wanted her to forget them too, it just felt wrong that she had forgotten anything that was so obviously important to her.

It hit all of them like a brick wall. Of all the things they were expecting this certainly wasn't one of them. Shippo whimpered pathetically as just before he broke down crying, "She forgot about us?"

As the kitsune's tears fell heavily on Miroku's clothing, the houshi brought him comfortingly to his chest and stared forward in horror. Sango had brought the pathetically mewling Kirara up to her face and buried it in the fire-cat's downy fur. Inuyasha took it the worst of all. He was unmoving since he heard the news, his heart had officially plummeted down into the depths of his stomach, all the happiness and hope that he had left had officially fled his soul at hearing the news.

Souta was becoming scared at the way his nee-chan's friends reacting. They were acting as though she had died, when in fact she was fine. Granted she couldn't remember any of them, but he was sure that if she saw them, things would start to come back to her. So, with the same unfailing optimism he had learned from his sister, he tugged on his hero's pant leg. "Inuyasha, don't worry. Once, she sees all of you and you remind her of everything that you guys did in the past then she is sure to remember everything. Then, you can fix the well and everything will go back to normal."

Inuyasha looked at the little boy attached to his leg. The expression of undying hope on his face reminded him so much of Kagome that it filled him with a sense of hope and longing. He would make her remember if she didn't any more; he wouldn't let her slip away from him. "Thanks kid."

The rest of the group perked up a little at the look on their fearless leader's face. He wasn't giving up, and neither were they.

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AN: So there is another chapter. It is a little lame I know, but I needed to be written for the rest of the story to progress. Please review and let me know what you think, reviews make me update faster. Thanks bye!