Stay Chapter 4: Naraku's Sister, Kamatari!, an inuyasha fanfic

A/N: As usual, thanks for the reviews of the RESPONSIBLE people reading this fanfic. If you can't understand something on the fanfic, don't be shy to mail me. And if you want to get mail when I update, tell me in your reviews. Even just by dropping your mail address, I'll already know you like to receive my mail. ' Please if you're reading this, please review this fanfic PER CHAPTER. Even just drop a few words each chapter because I want to know if I'm doing better or I'm doing worse… Anyway, thank you again… that's all!

Wait! I forgot something! To all the reviewers thank you so much. And I just want to clear something... I don't like Kikyou!!!! (that's how it is spelled in the manga) I'm TOTALLY AGAINST HER!!! Inuyasha is for Kagome! So this is an Inuyasha-Kagome fanfic. There's no mistake about it! And KaoMi? If you're reading this, I can't understand the thing you told me about Naraku telling Kagome that Inuyasha chose a dead miko over her... umm... what do you mean background story? I just want things cleared. Naraku just said that to piss off Kagome and I'd like to hear your opinion to clear my mind. Thanks for telling me your thoughts. I'm glad.

So here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I hate this part. This is the part where I tell everyone that I don't own Inuyasha…blah blah…. It's too sad for me… huhuhu… Nuff said!

Chapter 4

Naraku's Sister—Kamatari!

"Hey! Inuyasha!" Shippou shouted at the top of his lungs to be able to reach Inuyasha, who was far away in front of them.

Inuyasha groaned and jumped effortlessly, landing in front of Shippou. "What?" He demanded, looking annoyed. He really didn't know why he had to bring them in his search for Kagome. Probably because they were also worried about Kagome and they kept on insisting that they wanted to go with Inuyasha.

"Can we take a rest?" Shippou said, sitting on the ground.

"What?!" Inuyasha grumbled. "We have to rest again?! We've been walking for only six hours!"

"Correction," Miroku stated. "We've been walking for almost seven hours already."

"It's been two days since Kagome-chan was kidnapped…" Sango said worriedly. "We still haven't seen any trace of her…"

Inuyasha clenched his fists and growled. "That's why we have to hurry! We don't have time to dally! Naraku might have killed Kagome while we're resting here!" He said, looking angry with himself. "If only I had come to save her on time…"

Shippou comforted Inuyasha and said, "Don't worry Inuyasha. I'm sure we'll find Kagome…"

Miroku nodded. "Shippou's right, Inuyasha." He said. "You should also take a rest so we'll have strength to battle with Naraku."

Inuyasha looked down. "Okay, we'll rest." He finally said, sitting cross-legged on the ground. He folded his arms and looked up to the sky. "Kagome… please be safe 'til I come to save you…" Inuyasha thought.

Back at Naraku's castle, Kagome was inside a room, looking out at the castle's windows.

The door opened gently and a girl, wearing white kimono, entered.

"Lady Kamatari, do you need anything?" The girl asked after bowing down before Kagome.

Kagome turned around to face her and smiled. "Yes." She said. "Would you please get me a new set of clothes?" Kagome pointed to her old school uniform. "I don't know why I'm wearing these clothes ever since I came back here. They're so weird-looking." Kagome said, looking rather disgusted at her clothes.

"Yes, my lady." The girl said and disappeared behind the door.

Kagome walked through the corridors of the castle silently. She stopped in front of a door and knocked gently. "Naraku? Can I come in?" Kagome said.

No answer.

"Silence means yes to me." Kagome stated then opened the door.

Naraku looked at Kagome's direction and was surprised.

"How do I look?" Kagome asked, standing in front of Naraku. She slowly turned around so Naraku could take a look at her.

Naraku smiled. "Just like before, you look great." He said, looking at her face. "Very different when I saved you from that hanyou who attacked you."

Kagome winced at the mention of the word that caused her pain—hanyou. "Don't you mention that hanyou to me!" Kagome glared at Naraku. "Every time I hear that, it makes me want to throw up! How dare he hurt me!" Kagome clenched her fists. "Somehow, he changed my clothes into that weird-looking kimono that doesn't even look like a kimono…" said Kagome, looking annoyed. "I'm glad I'm back to normal!" Kagome said, looking pleased with herself. Kagome looked at herself adoringly. She was wearing an elegant-looking deep red kimono with white flowers designed on it. She had her hair tied in a high ponytail with the use of a red ribbon just like the way she wore her hair during their P.E. classes; a white flower on the left side of her hair. Her face had changed as well—definitely not like before. Her lips were as red as fresh blood and her eyelids were lined with pink lining, like Sango's eyelids.

Naraku continued to stare at his new creation. "Poor Inuyasha… now he has to deal with his beloved girl as well." He thought nastily.

"Kamatari," said Naraku. "I want to return this to you… That hanyou tried to steal your weapon but I stopped him on time." Naraku handed Kagome a red bow and a set of red arrows.

"My bow and arrows!!" Kagome cried excitedly as she got them. She immediately touched one of the arrows dreamily and smiled. "I always liked using these arrows…" Kagome told Naraku. "Especially if it's stained with blood." Kagome's smile widened.

"My new creation's a masterpiece." Naraku thought, happy with the result of Kagome's altered memory.

"Can I go outside to play?" Kagome asked. "It's so boring here. I want to test my bow and arrows." She explained, looking at Naraku.

"Why not?" Naraku said. "You could also look for that white-haired hanyou who attacked you and play with him." Naraku suggested, smiling. "I even have a gift for you before you go." He added.

"Really?" Kagome said, sounding much like a thrilled little girl.

Naraku smiled and gave Kagome a sword. Kagome looked at the sword on her hand and pulled it out of its black sheath. She examined the blade curiously and smiled wickedly. The blade glistened perfectly because it was still new and unstained. "Perfect!" Kagome said, looking down at the sword. "A good sword to end up that bastard's life!" She said. "I'm going to enjoy seeing his blood dripping from this very blade!" She returned the sword into its scabbard and tucked it on the side of her kimono.

"I hope you'll enjoy playing," said Naraku before Kagome turned to leave.

Kagome smiled. "I'm sure I will." She said and headed for the door.

"Kamatari,"

"What?" Kagome turned around.

Naraku tossed a golden orb at Kagome and Kagome caught it. "Bring that with you." Naraku said.

"Saimyoushou?" Kagome said, looking at the ball on her hand.

"I don't want my sister to leave without any protection, do I?" Naraku said.

"Okay." Kagome said and left to search for—Inuyasha.

Naraku smiled to himself. "Silly girl," He said. "I still have to guard her very well… She might be able to remember something and my plan will be ruined."

Kagome was walking in the forest with the Saimyoushou flying nearby.

"This is boring…" Kagome said, holding her bow. "I still can't find any playmates!" She complained.

Kagome stopped and placed an arrow on her bow. She aimed at a large tree, which was a hundred meters away from her. She released the arrow and frowned. "This isn't fun." She said. "I want live targets." She said, looking up the sky and hoping to see a bird fly by. Fortunately, she saw something red jump up the sky. She smiled. "A target!" She immediately released an arrow to that direction.

Inuyasha sensed the coming arrow and caught it by the hand.

"An arrow?" He said curiously, slowly landing on the ground.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku said. "What's that?"

Inuyasha showed them the red arrow he got.

"Who shot that to you?" Sango asked.

"I did." Kagome said, walking towards them.

"Saimyoushou?!" Inuyasha said, noticing the insects fluttering around her. "Who are you?!" Inuyasha demanded.

"Never mind my name, hanyou!" Kagome said, aiming another arrow. "Because you're going to die!" She released the arrow and it instantly sped fast to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha leaped immediately. "Keh!" He said. "Too slow for me." He quickly drew out Tetsusaiga and transformed it. "Who is this girl? She smells kind of weird." Inuyasha thought, examining the girl. "Another offspring of Naraku?" Inuyasha looked at the girl but didn't see any markings of a youkai. "No," Inuyasha thought. "She's human…"

Kagome took another arrow and aimed. "Will you keep still!?" She shouted. She released the arrow aimed at Inuyasha but instead it hit a tree—very far from Inuyasha.

"Where are you aiming at, bitch!" Inuyasha shouted. "Don't you know how to use that thing?!"

Miroku looked at the girl and suddenly thought about something—actually someone. "She reminds me about a certain person…" Miroku thought. "Kagome! Could this girl be Kagome?!" He thought impossibly.

Inuyasha had been thinking about the same thing. "She does smell like her but—her smell is somehow different. Like her smell was mixed with Naraku's scent." Inuyasha jumped in front of Kagome and looked at her closely.

Kagome looked at him with an irritated look. "Don't come near me!" She said, throwing her bow and drawing out her sword. She swung it at Inuyasha with all her might.

Inuyasha jumped back to dodge Kagome's sword and shook his head. "No… definitely, that's not Kagome." Inuyasha muttered to himself, cringing his nose in disgust as her scent lingered in his nose. Kagome just looked at him with an annoyed look.

"Will you stop muttering there!!!" Kagome shouted, charging into Inuyasha again but Inuyasha leaped above, dodging her sword.

Inuyasha returned Tetsusaiga inside its sheath and landed firmly on the ground.

"Draw your sword, bastard!" Kagome ordered. "Don't tell me you decided to die without putting up a fight." Kagome said, still gripping her sword tightly.

Inuyasha revealed his claws and looked at Kagome with a pissed off look. "Why would I spare your life?" Inuyasha asked. "I just don't think you'll be worthy enough to be killed by Tetsusaiga so I'll just kill you with my own claws!"

Kagome sneered at him. "Do you think you can kill me?" She said.

"Of course!" Inuyasha said, springing upwards again. "Prepare to die!!!" Inuyasha dove towards Kagome, his claws ready to slash at her.

Kagome raised her sword to block Inuyasha's claws. Luckily, Inuyasha couldn't get any closer to Kagome. A barrier was emitted by the sword to protect Kagome. Inuyasha tried to penetrate through the barrier but it was just too strong.

"Damn." Inuyasha cursed, looking angrily at Kagome's eyes.

Kagome glared back at him with an angry expression on her face. "It's a good thing Naraku gave me this sword…" She thought, gripping the sword tighter.

The impact of Inuyasha's attack was somehow beginning to pierce through the barrier of Kagome's sword. She began getting cuts on her face and her ribbon loosened, making her hair fall down.

Inuyasha suddenly stopped the moment he saw Kagome's raven black hair unbounded and flowing past her shoulders—just like her normal hair did. He looked closer into Kagome's eyes. "Ka-Kagome…?" He whispered. Inuyasha leaped backwards and looked at her again. "Is that you?" He asked, looking confused and worried at the same time.

Kagome looked at him in confusion. "What are you talking about?!" She yelled. "I'm not Kagome!!!" She jumped away from Inuyasha, shivering every time Inuyasha came near her.

Inuyasha knew by heart that she was Kagome. But why did she have the scent of Naraku on her very scent? Inuyasha stepped towards Kagome. "Kagome! What's happening to you?!" He shouted.

Shippou looked at Sango worriedly. "Sango, is that really Kagome?" He asked fearfully.

"Yes… but she's different." Sango answered, looking at Kagome. "Inuyasha, what will you do?" She thought sadly.

"Kagome, don't you remember me?" Inuyasha stepped closer to Kagome.

Kagome stepped back, pointing the sword defensively in front of her. "I don't remember you except—" Kagome paused. "You tried to kill me!" She pierced Inuyasha's shoulder with her sword with full force.

Inuyasha grasped the wound on his left shoulder; his face looked pained and shocked. "Kagome…" He said; his voice was sorrowful and weak. "I never tried to kill you!" He protested.

"Liar!" Kagome shouted back. "You attacked me! I should have been dead by now if my brother hasn't come to save me!" She said angrily.

"What are you saying Kagome?" Inuyasha said, looking deeply troubled. He tried to get closer to Kagome but she began firing arrows at him continuously.

"Kagome! Kagome! Kagome!" She shouted exasperatedly. "Why do you keep on calling me that! I'm not Kagome!!!" She stopped firing arrows already. Her breathing was heavy, getting tired of all the shouting she'd been doing.

Sango came to Inuyasha's aid, blocking Kagome's arrows with Hiraikotsu.

"Don't get in the way, Sango," said Inuyasha, walking out of Hiraikotsu's cover.

"Inuyasha!" Sango tried to stop him.

"I'm going to bring Kagome back." Inuyasha said determinedly, walking towards Kagome again. "Kagome… why are you acting like that? What did Naraku do to you?" Inuyasha thought.

Sango looked at Kagome. "Kagome! Stop it! Why are you hurting Inuyasha?!" She asked, her voice deeply troubled.

Kagome threw an irritated look at Sango. "Shut up! You'll get your turn to be killed later!" She shouted immediately. She reached for another arrow but then, she noticed that she ran out of arrows. She drew out her sword again and the next thing she knew, Inuyasha was holding her shoulders and was looking into her very eyes.

"What's happening to you?! Don't you even remember me anymore?" Inuyasha asked, his eyes were looking desperately at her. "Inuyasha, Kagome! Don't you remember my name?" He continued.

Kagome suddenly dropped her sword. "Inu…yasha?" She repeated. "That name…seems to be quite familiar… Inuyasha…" Her head began throbbing again. "This boy… I think I know him…"

Inuyasha hugged Kagome tightly. "Please try to remember, Kagome." He said, holding her securely in his arms. "You've been kidnapped by Naraku…"

"Naraku…kidnapped me? That's impossible…" Kagome said, flashes of blurred memory began to disturb her. Her head felt like it was going to split into two. Kagome felt something wet trickle down her eyes. "Tears?" Kagome thought. "Why am I crying?" Kagome closed her eyes to stop more tears from falling.

Inuyasha noticed Kagome's tears and broke the hug gently. He lifted his hand to touch Kagome's cheek but Kagome slapped his hand away.

"Don't touch me!" Kagome said forcefully at him, her eyes shooting deadly glares.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome's eyes, his face was filled with worry and sadness. "Kagome…" He said softly to Kagome but Kagome looked away from him quickly.

"Don't say that name anymore!" She yelled. "Why is he sad?" Kagome thought to herself, still not looking at Inuyasha. Kagome suddenly saw someone standing beside one of the trees around the forest.

"Naraku…" Kagome whispered.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome and followed her gaze. "Naraku!" Inuyasha said, standing protectively in front of Kagome.

"You bastard! What did you do to Kagome?!" Inuyasha barked, gritting his teeth.

"Come." Naraku said, extending his hand to Kagome.

Kagome instantly ran towards Naraku. She looked at Inuyasha with an evil smile on her face, much like Naraku's smirk. "Sorry. I don't remember you at all!" She said, her eyes were serious when she had said that.

Inuyasha froze for a moment. It seemed that Kagome's words had pierced him badly. "Kagome?" Inuyasha looked at her with questioning eyes. "Why?"

Naraku looked at Kagome and asked, "What happened here?"

Kagome looked at Naraku with an annoyed look on her face. "Naraku, this boy's too stubborn! He's making my head throb again!" Kagome said, leaning at Naraku. She threw a wrathful look at Inuyasha. "He's so stubborn He keeps on insisting that I am Kagome!"

"Kagome! What are you doing?!" Inuyasha said, surprised that Kagome went to Naraku.

"See?" Kagome told Naraku, completely ignoring Inuyasha. "He's quite annoying!"

Naraku placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder. "That's because you didn't introduce yourself to him, did you?" said Naraku, smiling evilly. "Why don't you introduce yourself properly?"

Kagome nodded, looking happy that Naraku arrived. "I told you, I'm not Kagome!" Kagome told Inuyasha, smiling wickedly. "I'm Kamatari—Naraku's younger sister." She said.

Inuyasha was stunned by Kagome's words. He turned to Naraku, growling loudly. "Naraku! You bastard! Get your hand off Kagome and give her back to me!" Inuyasha shouted, leaping forward to slash Naraku with Tetsusaiga.

Naraku lifted his hand and conjured a barrier to protect both Kagome and him. "Give her back? She's mine, Inuyasha." Naraku said, smirking. "Why not return to your beloved dead miko instead and leave her to me?" Naraku suggested.

"Damn you!" Inuyasha said, gnashing his teeth in anger. "I won't let you have Kagome!!!" He snarled.

"Shut up!" Kagome shouted at Inuyasha angrily.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome, looking surprised. "Kagome…why?" Inuyasha wanted to ask Kagome.

"Don't speak to my brother like that!" Kagome said, pointing her sword at Inuyasha's throat. "Or I'll cut your throat so you can't speak anymore!"

Inuyasha jumped away from Kagome and Naraku. His face was still not changing—he looked confused and pained at the same time. "Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered.

"Let's go, Naraku!" Kagome said, turning her back at Inuyasha. "I don't want to see that hanyou's face anymore."

Naraku summoned a cluster of clouds and helped Kagome climb to it.

Before leaving, Kagome looked at Inuyasha for the last time. "Inuyasha!" She shouted.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome, waiting.

"Remember this, " Kagome said. "The next time we'll meet… I'll kill you!" And she left together with Naraku.

"KAGOME!!!!!!!" Inuyasha shouted at the top of his lungs, looking at the sky. After Kagome disappeared, Inuyasha's wounds began to ache and he slowly sank to the ground. Fortunately, he managed to use Tetsusaiga to help him stay on his feet, while grasping his left shoulder with his other hand.

"Inuyasha!" Sango, Shippou and Miroku immediately rushed towards him.

"Are you okay, Inuyasha?" Shippou asked worriedly.

Inuyasha winced in pain then he lost his consciousness, forgetting his pain a bit.

"Inuyasha…" Miroku looked sympathetically at Inuyasha. "I think we should go and bring Inuyasha back to Kaede-sama's hut to treat his wounds." Miroku said to Sango.

Sango nodded and called up Kirara.

Kagome and Naraku arrived shortly at Naraku's castle. "So, did you have fun playing with Inuyasha?" Naraku asked Kagome.

Kagome walked away from Naraku, not looking at him. "Please leave me alone for a while." Kagome told Naraku. "I'm tired."

Naraku nodded. "Okay then." He said, watching her leave. "Kanna,"

A little girl arrived immediately holding the same old mirror on her hands.

"Watch over her. She's too dangerous to be disregarded." Naraku said, walking away to the other direction of the castle.

Kagome rested on her futon, looking at the ceiling vacantly.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome murmured softly. "I think I know that boy… but my mind keeps on repelling him… Why?" Kagome asked. She sat up and touched her kimono. It was covered with blood—Inuyasha's blood.

"The moment Inuyasha embraced me, I felt myself shivering. My heart kept on beating hard inside me." Kagome thought, remembering her encounter with Inuyasha. "What's with that boy? And… he keeps on calling me… Kagome...?" Kagome held her head for a moment. "He also told me that… Naraku kidnapped me? How could that be possible when Naraku had been my brother all along?" Kagome suddenly saw a blurred picture in her mind. A well. She was standing by a well and she was with… Inuyasha? He was looking at Kagome but his eyes weren't filled with hatred… It was filled with loneliness and sadness. Why?

Inuyasha's voice began to fill Kagome's head. "Kagome… Kagome… please remember…"

Kagome groped her head in pain. "No!" Kagome said. "Why can't I take his voice out of my head? Inuyasha… who are you?" Kagome looked into the ceiling but still no answer entered her mind. She rested her body back on her futon and closed her eyes. "Maybe I should rest… to forget…. Inuyasha…" She said and slowly drifted away.

Inuyasha opened his eyes slowly and found himself in a forest. "A forest?" Inuyasha said, looking around.

"Inuyasha!" Someone shouted behind Inuyasha.

Inuyasha turned around, knowing the voice too well. He immediately got hit in the chest by a speeding arrow. Inuyasha looked around to see who was the person who had shot the arrow—although he already got an idea who shot him. He saw a familiar figure standing in front of him, holding a bow on her hands. Her face was very angry. "Kikyou…?" Inuyasha said, looking at her closely. She was wearing the same white haori and red hibakama that Kikyou wore…

"No." Inuyasha told himself after looking into her eyes. "Kagome…"

Kagome's face didn't change. She still got an angry expression on her face.

"Get ready to die, Inuyasha!" She said and without any further words, she shot another arrow straight to Inuyasha's heart.

Inuyasha opened his eyes and immediately sat up. "No, Kagome!" He shouted, gasping heavily.

"Inuyasha?" Shippou said, immediately hopping towards Inuyasha's side.

Inuyasha slowly began breathing normally again. "Shippou?" Inuyasha said, looking at Shippou. "We're at… Kaede-babaa's cottage? So it was… a dream," Inuyasha said, looking around the room. "Kagome! Where's Kagome!" Inuyasha said, looking worried again.

"She went with Naraku…" Miroku answered bitterly.

Inuyasha used Tetsusaiga to help him stand up. "Then… I must save her…" Inuyasha said but his feet didn't support his weight, he sank back to the floor again. "Shit! This scratch is dead painful!" Inuyasha groaned, grasping his now bandaged wound on his left shoulder.

"Inuyasha you must stay here! Your wound hasn't closed yet!" Sango said, stopping him from standing up.

"It's a good thing Kagome left her bag complete with medicines and bandages!" Shippou said, looking at the yellow bag on the corner of the room.

"Shippou!" Sango scolded Shippou.

Shippou looked at Sango curiously and saw that she was looking at Inuyasha worriedly. He immediately covered his mouth. "Sorry." He muttered, looking at Inuyasha.

But Inuyasha didn't hear what Shippou had said. Actually, he wasn't paying any attention to anyone. All he thought about was Kagome. "Kagome, whatever Naraku did to you I promise I'll bring you back!" Inuyasha thought worriedly as he imagined the Kagome that wounded him.

"Inuyasha," Kaede said, sitting next to him.

"What?" Inuyasha asked.

"I think Kagome has been manipulated by Naraku," said Kaede. "So she doesn't know what she's doing…"

"I know that!" Inuyasha said. "If Kagome hasn't been manipulated, she'll never act like that! That's why I want to save her. I don't want Naraku to use Kagome just to get to me…" Inuyasha looked down. "I don't even want Naraku getting anywhere near Kagome…" Inuyasha thought, gritting his teeth as he remembered Naraku placing his hand on Kagome's shoulder.

"For now Inuyasha, you must take a rest so you can heal that wound faster." Miroku advised. "And there's no point of looking for Kagome-sama because we don't have any clue where Naraku's castle is right now. I'm sure she'll be looking for you sooner or later anyway." He added, guessing what was on Inuyasha's mind.

"I guess… you're right." He said, finally deciding to just wait for his wound to heal. He sat on the far corner of the room and closed his eyes.

"Kagome cried… a while ago. I know she can remember me but something's holding her back." Inuyasha thought. "If only I could talk to her again… I want the old Kagome back."

Memories of Kagome began flashing back in Inuyasha's mind…

Inuyasha was walking behind Kagome while Kagome walked, pushing her bicycle beside her.

"You also get bullied before… right, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.

"I don't want to talk about it!" Inuyasha said, looking annoyed.

"So you did get bullied!" Kagome said, looking happy that she was right.

Inuyasha's face relaxed for a moment. "Because we're not like them…" He finally said.

"Huh?" Kagome said.

"Neither youkai nor human…" Inuyasha answered. "That's why I lived alone ever since and then I finally woke up without anyone beside me… That's how I decided to live…"

Kagome looked at him with a deeply moved expression. "Inuyasha…I'm…" Kagome paused. "I'm very happy!" She said, smiling.

"What?!" Inuyasha said, looking at her.

"It's the first time you ever talked to me like this." Kagome said. "I wanted to know your sad and painful experiences. I wanted you to share your thoughts with me. " She smiled.

"That sort of things make you happy?" Inuyasha said, raising an eyebrow.

Kagome nodded. "So show me you weak side from time to time…" She said.

"Feh! That sounds like I'm a weak guy!" Inuyasha protested.

"Ah well, that's all right. Because… you're not by yourself anymore," said Kagome, smiling at Inuyasha.

"Sometimes, Kagome really acts like a child. I don't know why she's happy about those things I've told her but… she's right about one thing. She was always beside me that's why I'm never alone anymore…" Inuyasha thought.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome angrily. "You damn fool! I told you not to re—"

Kagome began running to Inuyasha and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. "Inuyasha… Thank goodness…" She said, hugging Inuyasha. "I thought you already died 'cause you never came to pick me up!"

Inuyasha's face began to soften. He was slightly moved by Kagome's words. "Idiot! I told you never to come here again, didn't I?!" He said, his face a little angry.

Kagome broke the hug and looked at Inuyasha's eyes. "I can't help it! I wanted to see you again!" She explained.

"At that time, I was really surprised when Kagome told me those words…" Inuyasha thought. "I also wanted to see her again but… she should have stayed in her world where it was safe so she didn't have to suffer any longer…"

Inuyasha was standing near the well, talking to Kagome, who was sitting on the edge of the well.

"I want to be together with you Inuyasha. There's no way I can forget you…" Kagome said.

"Kagome… how should I respond?" Inuyasha thought.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha and said, "Inuyasha… answer one thing for me."

She stood up and walked closer to Inuyasha.

"Can I stay with you?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome chose to be with me even though she'll have to suffer a lot of consequences… She did it because she wanted to stay with me…" Inuyasha thought. "And I'm happy she chose to stay… I hope she'll still stay. I can't afford to lose her, I need her beside me. When Naraku had kidnapped her, I just realized how much I needed her. I'm so useless when she's not here with me. I don't want to do anything but worry about her. Until she's safe here with me, I'm going to be a wreck."

Kagome found herself standing on the ground with lots of skulls and other bones on the floor—and everywhere. "Where am I?" Kagome asked as she looked around. She immediately saw a girl looking up worriedly at…

"What's his name? I know his name…umm… Inu—Inuyasha. That's his name." Kagome thought, looking at Inuyasha, who was standing on a huge stone above the girl, while holding a blunt sword. Kagome didn't understand why he was holding that kind of sword. She turned her look on the dog youkai in front of Inuyasha. "Who's that?" Kagome thought, looking at the huge youkai.

"Go get him, Inuyasha! That strike just now did some damage." Kagome heard the girl shout, trying to encourage Inuyasha.

"What's this girl doing? Trying to meddle with someone's fight. Why doesn't she just shut up?!" Kagome said, looking annoyed at the girl. "Wait a minute," said Kagome, looking closer at the girl. "Why does she look exactly like me?" She asked, looking again at the girl. "Not to mention, she's wearing clothes that look so much like those weird clothes I wore once when I was attacked by Inuyasha…" Kagome examined the girl closely. "It can't be but—that is me!" She said, knowing herself too well. "Why am I there when I'm in here too?!" Kagome looked at the girl with a look of absolute confusion on her face.

"Hey you!" Kagome heard Inuyasha shout at the girl. "It did absolutely nothing!!!" He growled, looking annoyed that the girl was saying such a lie.

Kagome looked at the dog youkai. "Inuyasha is right. It didn't even scratch him." Kagome thought. "Is this girl blind or what?"

"But…" Kagome heard the girl protest. "That's your katana right?! I believe in it—in your power." She said, looking happy.

"Eh?" Kagome thought. "Now this girl has gone way too far. Why will she expect that blunt sword to kill that immense youkai?!"

Inuyasha glared at the girl from the corner of his eyes. "Feh! You sure? Saying such things cheerfully..." Inuyasha said to the girl. "I'm strong enough to survive this, but you might get killed." Inuyasha explained.

The girl seemed to be suddenly depressed. She looked down on the floor. "You mean…" The girl said then looked up at Inuyasha. "There's no way?" Her eyes suddenly became watery, it seemed that she would be crying any second now.

Inuyasha edged away from the girl, looking afraid that she'd be crying soon.

The girl looked down again and began weeping.

"What's with this scene?!?!" Kagome said, looking quite annoyed but she kept on watching them.

"Don't cry!" Inuyasha yelled down at the girl.

The girl had stopped crying now. She looked up at Inuyasha angrily and said, "Should I laugh, then?!"

Inuyasha looked down at the girl and retorted, "Shut up! What I'm saying is I'll protect you!"

The girl looked entirely taken aback, her eyes were wide with shock.

Inuyasha turned his back at the girl and faced the dog youkai. "Geez, just sit back and watch quietly." He said.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha, also shocked by his words. "I'll protect you?" Kagome repeated Inuyasha's words. "Why do I feel like I've heard those words before?" Kagome turned to look at the girl that was also her but she was gone. Then she noticed that her kimono had changed… she was now wearing those weird clothes that girl was wearing. She looked at Inuyasha and saw that he was now holding that large sword of his… "So he transformed the sword huh." Kagome thought. Her heart seemed to be beating faster. "What's this feeling?"Kagome said, looking puzzled. "Is it possible that I'm feeling the same thing that girl feels? Who is that girl really? Is she really me? And why am I wearing her clothes?" Many other questions filled Kagome's mind but none of them seemed to be answered. She didn't notice that a thick fog was swallowing her while she was busy with her thoughts.

Kagome closed her eyes from a blinding light. The moment she opened them again, she found herself facing Inuyasha.

"Kagome…" She heard Inuyasha say.

"Eh? Are you talking to me?" Kagome asked, looking at him questioningly.

"Please stay with me. Don't go." Inuyasha said the words softly.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha, taken aback. "Why do you want me to stay with you?" She asked. "When… I don't know you at all…"

Her heart began beating fast again. "This feeling again?!" Kagome said. "What's happening to me? Feels like my heart knows him quite well… do I know him? But then, why can't I remember him….?" Kagome immediately felt a piercing pain in her head. "My head! It's like I'm fighting back something in my head!"

"Because I don't want to lose you…" Inuyasha replied, touching Kagome's cheek lightly with his hand.

Kagome felt her head burning in pain. The pain was torturing her to death that her mind began flashing blurred memories again. "Inuyasha…" She said softly, closing her eyes as the pain continued to kill her.

A picture of Inuyasha flashed in Kagome's head. He was looking at her worriedly. "Kagome… Kagome… try to remember! Kagome! KAGOME!!!" Inuyasha's voice repeated itself over and over again inside Kagome's head. As Inuyasha's voice grew louder, the pain in her head became more unbearable for her.

"STOP IT!!!" Kagome yelled with her remaining strength. Her eyes suddenly opened. The pain was gone but a trace of it still lingered in her head. Her breathing was faster than normal and she was sweating strongly. She slowly sat up, almost draining her remaining energy in doing so. She looked around and was thankful to know that she was back in her room—safe.

"What's with that dream?" Kagome said, her whole body felt like she had just finished a stressing work. "It felt so real." Kagome looked at her kimono and was glad that she wasn't wearing those weird clothes again. "That girl… She was me? But how come she seems so worried about Inuyasha? And why does Inuyasha call her Kagome when my name is… Kamatari. Yes, that was what Naraku had called me ever since." Kagome felt her head ache again as her heartbeat sped up. "This feeling again?! Why does it keep on coming back?! Inuyasha… why does my heart say that I know that hanyou? And if I know him… who is he to me?" Kagome asked herself. "He seems to know me the way he talked to me… When he first saw me he looked like he was going to kill me but then when…" She ran her hand through her flowing black hair. "He seemed to have changed suddenly.... What a weirdo." Kagome said, reminiscing the way Inuyasha's eyes looked when he saw Kagome's untied hair. "He seemed to be sad about something. I wonder what's the reason. And… why do I always have those memories flashing back in my head? I always see Inuyasha in my mind. Why?" Kagome didn't know any other option to answer those questions looming in her mind but to see Inuyasha and talk to him personally.

Kagome stood up and got her sword and bow and arrows. She left the castle, without telling Naraku, to search for the sole person who might have the answers to all of her questions—Inuyasha.

A/N: Okay the chapters are long I know and I hope you like them… Anyway, please review. I know I repeat myself over and over again but I have to 'cause I really need reviews. Please do one for me before closing this window. Thank you. If you'll review all my chapters, I'll be glad to acknowledge your name on the author's notes the next time I upload. Thanks again and may you have a nice day ahead of you!