bTitle:/b "Claws"br
bAuthor:/b The Chibi Hime.br
bAuthors Notes:/b Well, We all know that I have been skipping out on the funny/cute InuYasha/Kagome Moments a little, so...You'll just have to read and find out if I care or not..*evil Laughter* Let your curiosity take control, and once again, give into Temptations! Your secret is safe with me, young grass hopper, I shant tell a soul. *wink* Promise.br
bDisclamer/b: I don't own InuYasha or any of the related Characters..Only because Rumiko likes InuYasha and won't give him to me! *sob*br
bi Chapter Seven /b/i
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pIt had been days and the weird dreams returned each night. They all were exactly the same and kagome had begun to worry. Of course, she'd been too embarrassed to mention it to InuYasha.
p"InuYasha" Kagome turned around, swinging her backpack onto her shoulder.
p"What?" InuYasha looked up at her from his spot on the ground.
p"I'm going home for a while, ok?" Kagome knew that no matter what, she was going to go home anyway. It was just better to make him ithink/i that whether he was okay with it or not, had anything to do with it.
p"Run out of all that weird food you carry around with you?" InuYasha rolled his eyes.
p"Well.." Kagome reached into her backpack and pulled something out and dangled it in front of InuYasha's face. She could just see the hungry look in InuYasha's eyes. It was Raman.
p"I still have this" She teased " But I'm not so sure you deserve it."
p"Deserve it?" InuYasha growled "What did I do now!"
p" You never apologized for the other day" Kagome teased again, stuffing the raman back into her backpack .
p"Why should I apologize?" InuYasha growled, his eyebrows narrowed slightly.
p"Your impossible!" She sighed loudly, and with that, turned on her heal, headed for the bone eater's well. It would be nice to be home again, staying
in the feudal era was nice, sure, but she missed the fluffiness of her feather pillow and her cotton bed sheets.
pWhen Kagome reached the well, she swung one leg over the edge and turned to look at InuYasha. He wasn't even looking at her.
pi'he really ISN'T sorry!'/i She thought angrily to herself as she swung her other leg over the side of the well and let herself drop into the darkness.
pThe next time Kagome looked up, she was in the bottom of the dry well of her time. The shrine was dark and it didn't seem like anyone was around.
pShe made sure she had a good hold on her backpack, and slowly climbed the ladder to the top of the well. When she reached the top she let herself
drop to her knees onto the ground next to the well. She sat there for a while, deep in thought until the backpack gradually began to slip off her
shoulder, and within minutes fell with a loud 'Thump' on the ground next to her. Kagome reluctantly stood up and opened the door of the shrine.
pThe birds were singing joyously and the sun shining brightly. The warm rays seemed to welcome her home.
Kagome smiled and strolled towards her house. When she reached the door she took off her shoes and laid them down gently next to the door.
pThere she saw her mother and sota's shoes, which meant they were home somewhere. She tiptoed upstairs and within a few moments after
passing her doorway, had flung herself onto her bed and let her backpack drop carelessly to the floor next to her bed.
pi'What heaven'/i She thought.
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pThe woods were thick and green. The birds where singing quite loudly and no one even seemed to notice something small and furry begin to
approach. It crept up slowly, getting closer and closer, until...
p"AHHH!!!"
p"You never were very good at hiding, Shippou" InuYasha said flatly as he held the poor kitsune by the tail.
p"I'm glad to see you too" he replied sarcastically.
p"No luck with you family hunt, then?" InuYasha asked, letting the kit drop on his face.
pShippou sat up, wiping the dirt off of his face.
p"None," He replied sadly. "Their out there somewhere, I know it!"
p"Why did you decide to come back then?" InuYasha groaned, even though Shippou knew he missed him deep down.
p"I Missed you too" Shippou smiled, this time, he wasn't being sarcastic. "So...where's Kagome?"
pInuYasha looked away.
p"Don't tell me...you two are fighting..again" Shippou moaned, he knew it from the look on InuYasha's face that it must be true.
p"NO!" InuYasha growled stubbornly " She is just being..annoying."
p"So you bSENT/b her away!?" Shippou grew wide eyed.
p"NO! She went home on her own" InuYasha muttered.
p"Without ANY help from you whatsoever?" Shippou teased.
p"Of course! Everything is my fault and I should apologize for ever little thing that I do! I get it!" InuYasha raised
his voice quite a bit while stating this.
p"I could have told you that.." Shippou teased even more.
p"Shut up you stupid little runt" By then, InuYasha had changed from a playful mood to a angry one, which could only result
in some hand-to-head contact (InuYasha's hand, Shippou's head.)
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pA few hours later Kagome awoke, lying face down in her soft, warm bed sheets, the sun still shining in through her window
brightly. She sat up and looked around, the backpack next to her was replenished with a whole new stock of items and set
neatly on the end of her bed.
pi'Guess mom's been doing some cleaning'/i she guessed
pShe stood up, stretched and glanced at the clock. It read "5:53 p.m.". She was starting to feel sorry for leaving so quickly.
pKagome had stayed in the feudal era for nearly a week, and today it was saturday...Usually when she went to InuYasha's time
anyways..so..why not?
pQuickly, she snatched up the newly stocked backpack, changed out of her blood and dirt stained school uniform and
was on her way. The house was still quiet downstairs , Kagome figured that Grandpa must be taking a nap so she made sure to
tiptoe out the door.p When she stepped outside it was still quite cheerful looking outside except for some thunderclouds
forming to the east.
pWhen she had stopped admiring the weather and finally managed to reach the well, she hopped inside without another thought.
pWhen she looked up, she saw that same outdoor beauty as in her time. how lucky.
pCarefully, she made her way up the vines until she managed to reach the top of the well. She didn't know where InuYasha was,
nor how she planned to find him.p When Kagome climbed out of the dark well, she felt a queer sensation. There were alot of
jewel shards really close by, tons maybe! She turned her back to find the familiar baboon pelt and the evil grin on the face
of the one wearing it. It was Naraku. But what does he want with her?
p"There you are, girl" He smirked. " I thought you'd never show up."
p"What do you want?" She tried to sound tough, but to no avail, he could see through her as if she were glass.
p"You seem to be quite valuable to InuYasha, are you not?" He questioned, turning his back to her.
p"What kind of question is that..I don't Know.." She replied.
pHe turned back around to face her again. "You seem to be." His smirk widened. "Without you, He couldn't even find any Jewel
shards, could he?"
p"Oh! THAT'S what you mean't..heh heh..." Kagome blushed.
p"And without you, he won't use his full power" He continued
p"InuYasha is strong..He can whether I am or n-" She paused "Wait, your going to try to Kill me aren't you!" pKagome glared at
him, fists clenched, apparently in the delusion that she stood any chance fighting him.
p"No, not yet." He pulled the top off of the baboon pelt, revealing his cold pitiless eyes and evil smirk that still remained.
pSlowly, he reached one hand towards Kagome. Long bony fingers crept towards her face and Kagome had the strange desire
to bite them. Naraku's fingers continued towards her face until they were not two inches from Kagome's forehead.
P"Pity" He said.
pThe last thing she knew after that she was plunging into the well, and darkness.
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pIt had been nearly seven days with no sign of Kagome. InuYasha was worrying, even though he wouldn't admit it. pUsually by now
he'd have went to see what was up, but this time something told him not to. It was just a weird feeling.
p"InuYasha, go see what is going on with Kagome." Shippou groaned, he was quite persistent about it, even after the last ten
no's, he was still at it.
p"FINE!" InuYasha yelled through clenched teeth "If it gets me away from you, I'll go!"
pShippou smirked triumphantly and watched as the annoyed Hanyou stomped off.p They had come quite a distance from the well,
and InuYasha wasn't even sure even if Kagome had come that she would know where to look.p With one swift hop, InuYasha was
in the well and with another swift hop, out.p It was a rainy day in Kagome's time and it seemed as if anything that wasn't
under a roof was soaked.p InuYasha tried to leap as fast as he could to Kagome's window without getting soaked himself, and succeeded slightly..well..he got to her window, that's as good as it gets.p The drenched Hanyou stepped inside the window, entering Kagome's room. It was empty, so he decided to dry off a little before he did go looking for her.p While he stood there, wringing out his hair Kagome walked in humming some weird little tune.
p"There you are Kagome, what's the deal? Why didn't you come back...you couldn't have been that mad." InuYasha crossed his arms, waiting for an excuse.
pKagome screamed.
p"Wh-at are you doing?" InuYasha was confused and surprised.
p"Who-no..What are you?" She asked, her voice trembling
pInuYasha glared at her. "That's the worst excuse you've come up with yet."
p"What are you talking about!?" The fright in her voice lessened as the agitated tone grew.
p"So...You really don't know who I am?" InuYasha looked at her, wide eyed and confused, his head cocked to the side like a puppy.
pKagome nodded.
p"Kagome, dear" Kagome's mother walked in with a load of laundry in her arms. "Oh, hello InuYasha. How have you been?"
p"eenu..ya..sha" Kagome repeated slowly. "So that is your name?"
pKagome's mother sighed. "It seems as if our Kagome has gotten some case of amnesia, when I found her passed out in the well, she didn't even know who she was.."
pi'Passed out in the well?'/i
P"What was I doing in there, any ways?" Kagome seemed eager to find out what was going on.
p"Perhaps it would be best If I explained later" Her mother said soothingly "Would you please go see if your brother needs help with his homework?"
p"Yes" She nodded and turned on her heel, leaving InuYasha in an awkward silence.
pAfter a few moments of silence, Kagome's mother set the laundry on Kagome's bed.
p"I'm worried" Kagome's mother said "I don't think this had anything to do with falling into the well. It hasn't happened before.."
pInuYasha didn't know what to say, after all, he'd been thinking the same thing..Kagome's fallen ialot/i of times..as far as he was concerned, the girl was quite thick headed.
p"Well, feel free to stay" She smiled warmly "Maybe you can help Kagome try to adjust." With that, she turned and walked out the door calmly.
pNot wanting to stand there alone, like an Idiot, InuYasha followed.p When they reached the kitchen downstairs, he peered in. Kagome was sitting in a Chair next to sota doing long division! Of course InuYasha didn't really know that, but he still knew something fishy was going on.
pi'Why is it Kagome has no problem with her school work, yet she can't even remember her own identity?'/i InuYasha thought to himself.
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p"You see Sota, you put the two here and there you go." Kagome smiled at the confused Sota.
p"But Kagome..." Sota whined " I still don't get it!"
pKagome sighed deeply. "This may take a whi-" Kagome paused, seeing InuYasha out of the corner of her eye. Sota saw him too.
p"Dog brother!" He cried out happily.
pi'Dog brother? '/i Kagome thought to herself with a small laugh.
p"So tell me " Kagome said, standing up "What's the deal with the ears? They're so icute/i!"
p"Cute? I'm A dog Demon! They aren't bcute/b! " He grumbled.
p"iHalf/i dog demon" Sota corrected, receiving a glare from InuYasha. "What? You are!"
p"Half dog demon, huh?" Kagome pondered outloud "Are there alot of creatures like you around here?"
p"CREATURES!?" InuYasha fumed.
p"Uh..heh.." Sota Interrupted quickly. "No, there aren't really."
p"Ah..so where do you come from?" Kagome asked curiously.
p"He is from the past!" Sota cried out before thinking.
pKagome raised an eyebrow "The past...? Your joking right? These things probably aren't even real!"
pKagome stomped over and with a large tug on InuYasha's right ear, jumped back in surprise, and embarrassment.
p"Oh Kami, I'm sorry!I..I didn't think they..were..real..heh.." Kagome blushed.
p"Well They are!!" He growled getting very agitated.
p"Well there isn't any reason to snap at me about it! Your the freak from the past, not me!"Kagome fumed back, poking InuYasha accusingly in the chest.
p"You ever think for a second that YOU were the freak?" InuYasha replied angrily.
p"So how do I know you anyways?" She asked "Are you my boyfriend? Your an awful big jerk."
pInuYasha blushed "no.."
pThis made Sota grin from ear to ear.
p"Well Kagome, You and dog brother here are pretty close I'd say! I remember a while back when you two were fighting, he came back two times in the same night just to see you, and chickened out! Also-" InuYasha put his hand over Sota's mouth.
p"What's wrong, InuYasha? Let him talk!" Kagome sighed.
p"It's nothing important!" InuYasha said, still blushing.
p"There really is something going on between us, isn't there?" Kagome said, smiling.
p"It isn't li-" InuYasha started to say, but was cut off by Kagome.
p"So if your from the past, like you say, then how did you get here?" Kagome asked, puzzled.
p"From the dry well!" Sota answered enthusiastically.
p"You mean the well I was found in?" Kagome asked.
p"Yup! Follow me!" Sota grabbed a hold of Kagome's wrist and led her out the door and into the rain.
pBy the time they reached the well, they were all soaked, including the curious hanyou that followed.
p"see. Watch!" Sota hoisted himself onto the edge of the well and carefully climbed down the ladder. "You see, If I am down here, it doesn't work!"
p"So..." Kagome raised an eyebrow.
p"Now you try!" Sota said, motioning for her to come down.
pKagome rolled her eyes, finding the whole idea ridiculous. She put one leg over the edge and taking hold of the ladder, climbed down into the darkness.p Within moments of her feet touching the ground, a blinding light surrounded her, and for a few moments, she felt as if she weren't even in this world..this dimension! She was floating! And then, it all disappeared as quickly as it had come, leaving her standing at the bottom of the well, puzzled and a bit freaked out.
p"Sota! What was that about!..Sota?" Kagome yelled upwards. "If this is a joke, I'm not laughing!"
p"It's no Joke" Kagome almost jumped right out of her skin, looking over and seeing InuYasha standing behind her. "Although I don't think your safe here now."
p"Here? You mean my ihouse/i?" Kagome asked, feeling a bit annoyed with him
p"No, not unless you've built a house in the feudal era that I don't know about." He replied flatly.
p"Th-the Feudal era!?" Kagome gasped "you must be kidding!"
pKagome started to turn to look for something to grab hold of or to climb, but no sooner had she turned her head, she was lifted off the ground and was flying right out of the well! When she finally realized that InuYasha had picked her up and they had touched the ground, she pushed him away from her.
p"Hey, hands o-" She paused, looking at the beauty around her. "Wow.."
p"Kagome!!" Miroku, Sango, and Shippou Chorused from Afar.
p"Kaaagggooommeee!!!" Shippou cried out again, zooming towards her and leaping into her arms.
p"Ahh!" Kagome gasped Dropping Shippou on his head.
p"Hey!" Shippou cried out in pain and sat up, looking up at her with sad eyes. "Why'd you do that, Kagome?"
p"Awww! It's so cute!" She said, her eyes filling with awe.
p"What's with this "It" stuff..Are you ok?" Shippou asked, puzzled and a ibit/i offended.
p"Apparently Kagome has come down with a bad case of Amnesia" InuYasha sighed.
p"What's that?" Shippou asked, standing up.
p"It's when you forget previous happenings in your life for a short or long period of time, or in some cases, permanently!" Kagome replied happily, liking how smart it made her sound, she must have been a girl who paid attention in class to know such things!
p"But What I want to know is, why can you remember that?" InuYasha asked still unsure of the situation.
p"I don't know..I remember alot of things..just not this..or me.." Kagome replied "It's like a dream..That's it! I must be dreaming!"
p"What?" InuYasha raised an eyebrow.
p"Of course! I should have seen it all along! Now how to wake up..this is nice and all..but just too weird! So long dream dog person!" Kagome ran full speed towards a large tree and with an earth shattering thump, fell backwards again, unconscious.
pWhen Kagome opened her eyes, InuYasha was crouching beside her.
p"Why did you do that? That was pretty stupid."
p"I..I got caught up in the moment, that's all..this is just too unreal..perhaps I ishould/i have found a less painful way to try to wake up.."
pKagome sat up with a large groan, feeling the new large bump on her fore head, wondering if she were crazy.
pi'This can't be happening'/i She thought to herself. pi'Who are these people?'/i
pKagome looked at InuYasha up and down curiously pi'Who is this guy, really..'/i p Her eyes ventured to his hand which lay, relaxed at his side.
Pi'Claws..Claws..Why does that seem so important to me?..Why Can't I think?...Who am bI/b really?'
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b So..What did you think? Cute enough for you, while at the same time mysterious and upsetting..I think I've done my work here. Carry on! (oh, and reveiw, that makes me happy. You want me to be happy, don't you?)
bAuthor:/b The Chibi Hime.br
bAuthors Notes:/b Well, We all know that I have been skipping out on the funny/cute InuYasha/Kagome Moments a little, so...You'll just have to read and find out if I care or not..*evil Laughter* Let your curiosity take control, and once again, give into Temptations! Your secret is safe with me, young grass hopper, I shant tell a soul. *wink* Promise.br
bDisclamer/b: I don't own InuYasha or any of the related Characters..Only because Rumiko likes InuYasha and won't give him to me! *sob*br
bi Chapter Seven /b/i
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pIt had been days and the weird dreams returned each night. They all were exactly the same and kagome had begun to worry. Of course, she'd been too embarrassed to mention it to InuYasha.
p"InuYasha" Kagome turned around, swinging her backpack onto her shoulder.
p"What?" InuYasha looked up at her from his spot on the ground.
p"I'm going home for a while, ok?" Kagome knew that no matter what, she was going to go home anyway. It was just better to make him ithink/i that whether he was okay with it or not, had anything to do with it.
p"Run out of all that weird food you carry around with you?" InuYasha rolled his eyes.
p"Well.." Kagome reached into her backpack and pulled something out and dangled it in front of InuYasha's face. She could just see the hungry look in InuYasha's eyes. It was Raman.
p"I still have this" She teased " But I'm not so sure you deserve it."
p"Deserve it?" InuYasha growled "What did I do now!"
p" You never apologized for the other day" Kagome teased again, stuffing the raman back into her backpack .
p"Why should I apologize?" InuYasha growled, his eyebrows narrowed slightly.
p"Your impossible!" She sighed loudly, and with that, turned on her heal, headed for the bone eater's well. It would be nice to be home again, staying
in the feudal era was nice, sure, but she missed the fluffiness of her feather pillow and her cotton bed sheets.
pWhen Kagome reached the well, she swung one leg over the edge and turned to look at InuYasha. He wasn't even looking at her.
pi'he really ISN'T sorry!'/i She thought angrily to herself as she swung her other leg over the side of the well and let herself drop into the darkness.
pThe next time Kagome looked up, she was in the bottom of the dry well of her time. The shrine was dark and it didn't seem like anyone was around.
pShe made sure she had a good hold on her backpack, and slowly climbed the ladder to the top of the well. When she reached the top she let herself
drop to her knees onto the ground next to the well. She sat there for a while, deep in thought until the backpack gradually began to slip off her
shoulder, and within minutes fell with a loud 'Thump' on the ground next to her. Kagome reluctantly stood up and opened the door of the shrine.
pThe birds were singing joyously and the sun shining brightly. The warm rays seemed to welcome her home.
Kagome smiled and strolled towards her house. When she reached the door she took off her shoes and laid them down gently next to the door.
pThere she saw her mother and sota's shoes, which meant they were home somewhere. She tiptoed upstairs and within a few moments after
passing her doorway, had flung herself onto her bed and let her backpack drop carelessly to the floor next to her bed.
pi'What heaven'/i She thought.
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pThe woods were thick and green. The birds where singing quite loudly and no one even seemed to notice something small and furry begin to
approach. It crept up slowly, getting closer and closer, until...
p"AHHH!!!"
p"You never were very good at hiding, Shippou" InuYasha said flatly as he held the poor kitsune by the tail.
p"I'm glad to see you too" he replied sarcastically.
p"No luck with you family hunt, then?" InuYasha asked, letting the kit drop on his face.
pShippou sat up, wiping the dirt off of his face.
p"None," He replied sadly. "Their out there somewhere, I know it!"
p"Why did you decide to come back then?" InuYasha groaned, even though Shippou knew he missed him deep down.
p"I Missed you too" Shippou smiled, this time, he wasn't being sarcastic. "So...where's Kagome?"
pInuYasha looked away.
p"Don't tell me...you two are fighting..again" Shippou moaned, he knew it from the look on InuYasha's face that it must be true.
p"NO!" InuYasha growled stubbornly " She is just being..annoying."
p"So you bSENT/b her away!?" Shippou grew wide eyed.
p"NO! She went home on her own" InuYasha muttered.
p"Without ANY help from you whatsoever?" Shippou teased.
p"Of course! Everything is my fault and I should apologize for ever little thing that I do! I get it!" InuYasha raised
his voice quite a bit while stating this.
p"I could have told you that.." Shippou teased even more.
p"Shut up you stupid little runt" By then, InuYasha had changed from a playful mood to a angry one, which could only result
in some hand-to-head contact (InuYasha's hand, Shippou's head.)
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pA few hours later Kagome awoke, lying face down in her soft, warm bed sheets, the sun still shining in through her window
brightly. She sat up and looked around, the backpack next to her was replenished with a whole new stock of items and set
neatly on the end of her bed.
pi'Guess mom's been doing some cleaning'/i she guessed
pShe stood up, stretched and glanced at the clock. It read "5:53 p.m.". She was starting to feel sorry for leaving so quickly.
pKagome had stayed in the feudal era for nearly a week, and today it was saturday...Usually when she went to InuYasha's time
anyways..so..why not?
pQuickly, she snatched up the newly stocked backpack, changed out of her blood and dirt stained school uniform and
was on her way. The house was still quiet downstairs , Kagome figured that Grandpa must be taking a nap so she made sure to
tiptoe out the door.p When she stepped outside it was still quite cheerful looking outside except for some thunderclouds
forming to the east.
pWhen she had stopped admiring the weather and finally managed to reach the well, she hopped inside without another thought.
pWhen she looked up, she saw that same outdoor beauty as in her time. how lucky.
pCarefully, she made her way up the vines until she managed to reach the top of the well. She didn't know where InuYasha was,
nor how she planned to find him.p When Kagome climbed out of the dark well, she felt a queer sensation. There were alot of
jewel shards really close by, tons maybe! She turned her back to find the familiar baboon pelt and the evil grin on the face
of the one wearing it. It was Naraku. But what does he want with her?
p"There you are, girl" He smirked. " I thought you'd never show up."
p"What do you want?" She tried to sound tough, but to no avail, he could see through her as if she were glass.
p"You seem to be quite valuable to InuYasha, are you not?" He questioned, turning his back to her.
p"What kind of question is that..I don't Know.." She replied.
pHe turned back around to face her again. "You seem to be." His smirk widened. "Without you, He couldn't even find any Jewel
shards, could he?"
p"Oh! THAT'S what you mean't..heh heh..." Kagome blushed.
p"And without you, he won't use his full power" He continued
p"InuYasha is strong..He can whether I am or n-" She paused "Wait, your going to try to Kill me aren't you!" pKagome glared at
him, fists clenched, apparently in the delusion that she stood any chance fighting him.
p"No, not yet." He pulled the top off of the baboon pelt, revealing his cold pitiless eyes and evil smirk that still remained.
pSlowly, he reached one hand towards Kagome. Long bony fingers crept towards her face and Kagome had the strange desire
to bite them. Naraku's fingers continued towards her face until they were not two inches from Kagome's forehead.
P"Pity" He said.
pThe last thing she knew after that she was plunging into the well, and darkness.
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pIt had been nearly seven days with no sign of Kagome. InuYasha was worrying, even though he wouldn't admit it. pUsually by now
he'd have went to see what was up, but this time something told him not to. It was just a weird feeling.
p"InuYasha, go see what is going on with Kagome." Shippou groaned, he was quite persistent about it, even after the last ten
no's, he was still at it.
p"FINE!" InuYasha yelled through clenched teeth "If it gets me away from you, I'll go!"
pShippou smirked triumphantly and watched as the annoyed Hanyou stomped off.p They had come quite a distance from the well,
and InuYasha wasn't even sure even if Kagome had come that she would know where to look.p With one swift hop, InuYasha was
in the well and with another swift hop, out.p It was a rainy day in Kagome's time and it seemed as if anything that wasn't
under a roof was soaked.p InuYasha tried to leap as fast as he could to Kagome's window without getting soaked himself, and succeeded slightly..well..he got to her window, that's as good as it gets.p The drenched Hanyou stepped inside the window, entering Kagome's room. It was empty, so he decided to dry off a little before he did go looking for her.p While he stood there, wringing out his hair Kagome walked in humming some weird little tune.
p"There you are Kagome, what's the deal? Why didn't you come back...you couldn't have been that mad." InuYasha crossed his arms, waiting for an excuse.
pKagome screamed.
p"Wh-at are you doing?" InuYasha was confused and surprised.
p"Who-no..What are you?" She asked, her voice trembling
pInuYasha glared at her. "That's the worst excuse you've come up with yet."
p"What are you talking about!?" The fright in her voice lessened as the agitated tone grew.
p"So...You really don't know who I am?" InuYasha looked at her, wide eyed and confused, his head cocked to the side like a puppy.
pKagome nodded.
p"Kagome, dear" Kagome's mother walked in with a load of laundry in her arms. "Oh, hello InuYasha. How have you been?"
p"eenu..ya..sha" Kagome repeated slowly. "So that is your name?"
pKagome's mother sighed. "It seems as if our Kagome has gotten some case of amnesia, when I found her passed out in the well, she didn't even know who she was.."
pi'Passed out in the well?'/i
P"What was I doing in there, any ways?" Kagome seemed eager to find out what was going on.
p"Perhaps it would be best If I explained later" Her mother said soothingly "Would you please go see if your brother needs help with his homework?"
p"Yes" She nodded and turned on her heel, leaving InuYasha in an awkward silence.
pAfter a few moments of silence, Kagome's mother set the laundry on Kagome's bed.
p"I'm worried" Kagome's mother said "I don't think this had anything to do with falling into the well. It hasn't happened before.."
pInuYasha didn't know what to say, after all, he'd been thinking the same thing..Kagome's fallen ialot/i of times..as far as he was concerned, the girl was quite thick headed.
p"Well, feel free to stay" She smiled warmly "Maybe you can help Kagome try to adjust." With that, she turned and walked out the door calmly.
pNot wanting to stand there alone, like an Idiot, InuYasha followed.p When they reached the kitchen downstairs, he peered in. Kagome was sitting in a Chair next to sota doing long division! Of course InuYasha didn't really know that, but he still knew something fishy was going on.
pi'Why is it Kagome has no problem with her school work, yet she can't even remember her own identity?'/i InuYasha thought to himself.
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p"You see Sota, you put the two here and there you go." Kagome smiled at the confused Sota.
p"But Kagome..." Sota whined " I still don't get it!"
pKagome sighed deeply. "This may take a whi-" Kagome paused, seeing InuYasha out of the corner of her eye. Sota saw him too.
p"Dog brother!" He cried out happily.
pi'Dog brother? '/i Kagome thought to herself with a small laugh.
p"So tell me " Kagome said, standing up "What's the deal with the ears? They're so icute/i!"
p"Cute? I'm A dog Demon! They aren't bcute/b! " He grumbled.
p"iHalf/i dog demon" Sota corrected, receiving a glare from InuYasha. "What? You are!"
p"Half dog demon, huh?" Kagome pondered outloud "Are there alot of creatures like you around here?"
p"CREATURES!?" InuYasha fumed.
p"Uh..heh.." Sota Interrupted quickly. "No, there aren't really."
p"Ah..so where do you come from?" Kagome asked curiously.
p"He is from the past!" Sota cried out before thinking.
pKagome raised an eyebrow "The past...? Your joking right? These things probably aren't even real!"
pKagome stomped over and with a large tug on InuYasha's right ear, jumped back in surprise, and embarrassment.
p"Oh Kami, I'm sorry!I..I didn't think they..were..real..heh.." Kagome blushed.
p"Well They are!!" He growled getting very agitated.
p"Well there isn't any reason to snap at me about it! Your the freak from the past, not me!"Kagome fumed back, poking InuYasha accusingly in the chest.
p"You ever think for a second that YOU were the freak?" InuYasha replied angrily.
p"So how do I know you anyways?" She asked "Are you my boyfriend? Your an awful big jerk."
pInuYasha blushed "no.."
pThis made Sota grin from ear to ear.
p"Well Kagome, You and dog brother here are pretty close I'd say! I remember a while back when you two were fighting, he came back two times in the same night just to see you, and chickened out! Also-" InuYasha put his hand over Sota's mouth.
p"What's wrong, InuYasha? Let him talk!" Kagome sighed.
p"It's nothing important!" InuYasha said, still blushing.
p"There really is something going on between us, isn't there?" Kagome said, smiling.
p"It isn't li-" InuYasha started to say, but was cut off by Kagome.
p"So if your from the past, like you say, then how did you get here?" Kagome asked, puzzled.
p"From the dry well!" Sota answered enthusiastically.
p"You mean the well I was found in?" Kagome asked.
p"Yup! Follow me!" Sota grabbed a hold of Kagome's wrist and led her out the door and into the rain.
pBy the time they reached the well, they were all soaked, including the curious hanyou that followed.
p"see. Watch!" Sota hoisted himself onto the edge of the well and carefully climbed down the ladder. "You see, If I am down here, it doesn't work!"
p"So..." Kagome raised an eyebrow.
p"Now you try!" Sota said, motioning for her to come down.
pKagome rolled her eyes, finding the whole idea ridiculous. She put one leg over the edge and taking hold of the ladder, climbed down into the darkness.p Within moments of her feet touching the ground, a blinding light surrounded her, and for a few moments, she felt as if she weren't even in this world..this dimension! She was floating! And then, it all disappeared as quickly as it had come, leaving her standing at the bottom of the well, puzzled and a bit freaked out.
p"Sota! What was that about!..Sota?" Kagome yelled upwards. "If this is a joke, I'm not laughing!"
p"It's no Joke" Kagome almost jumped right out of her skin, looking over and seeing InuYasha standing behind her. "Although I don't think your safe here now."
p"Here? You mean my ihouse/i?" Kagome asked, feeling a bit annoyed with him
p"No, not unless you've built a house in the feudal era that I don't know about." He replied flatly.
p"Th-the Feudal era!?" Kagome gasped "you must be kidding!"
pKagome started to turn to look for something to grab hold of or to climb, but no sooner had she turned her head, she was lifted off the ground and was flying right out of the well! When she finally realized that InuYasha had picked her up and they had touched the ground, she pushed him away from her.
p"Hey, hands o-" She paused, looking at the beauty around her. "Wow.."
p"Kagome!!" Miroku, Sango, and Shippou Chorused from Afar.
p"Kaaagggooommeee!!!" Shippou cried out again, zooming towards her and leaping into her arms.
p"Ahh!" Kagome gasped Dropping Shippou on his head.
p"Hey!" Shippou cried out in pain and sat up, looking up at her with sad eyes. "Why'd you do that, Kagome?"
p"Awww! It's so cute!" She said, her eyes filling with awe.
p"What's with this "It" stuff..Are you ok?" Shippou asked, puzzled and a ibit/i offended.
p"Apparently Kagome has come down with a bad case of Amnesia" InuYasha sighed.
p"What's that?" Shippou asked, standing up.
p"It's when you forget previous happenings in your life for a short or long period of time, or in some cases, permanently!" Kagome replied happily, liking how smart it made her sound, she must have been a girl who paid attention in class to know such things!
p"But What I want to know is, why can you remember that?" InuYasha asked still unsure of the situation.
p"I don't know..I remember alot of things..just not this..or me.." Kagome replied "It's like a dream..That's it! I must be dreaming!"
p"What?" InuYasha raised an eyebrow.
p"Of course! I should have seen it all along! Now how to wake up..this is nice and all..but just too weird! So long dream dog person!" Kagome ran full speed towards a large tree and with an earth shattering thump, fell backwards again, unconscious.
pWhen Kagome opened her eyes, InuYasha was crouching beside her.
p"Why did you do that? That was pretty stupid."
p"I..I got caught up in the moment, that's all..this is just too unreal..perhaps I ishould/i have found a less painful way to try to wake up.."
pKagome sat up with a large groan, feeling the new large bump on her fore head, wondering if she were crazy.
pi'This can't be happening'/i She thought to herself. pi'Who are these people?'/i
pKagome looked at InuYasha up and down curiously pi'Who is this guy, really..'/i p Her eyes ventured to his hand which lay, relaxed at his side.
Pi'Claws..Claws..Why does that seem so important to me?..Why Can't I think?...Who am bI/b really?'
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b So..What did you think? Cute enough for you, while at the same time mysterious and upsetting..I think I've done my work here. Carry on! (oh, and reveiw, that makes me happy. You want me to be happy, don't you?)