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Chapter Thirty Five: Lost and Found

"Damn it." Inuyasha mumbled out loud when he reached the river and noticed that Kagome had indeed left. He sniffed the air and followed her scent for a while. She's not gonna take a bath alone again he thought to himself I don't care how much she protest.

Inuyasha was a little impressed with how far she had gotten. Her scent was fresh, so he could tell that she hadn't left the river that long ago. He kept walking, farther then he thought he would have to, until he saw a figure in the distance illuminated by the light of a small fire. He could tell it was Kagome, but he didn't know what the fire was from.

Must be another camp he thought, then became suddenly worried. His Kagome might be in trouble.

He tried to reach her in time, but he wasn't quick enough. Kagome stepped into the camp.

Kagome looked around for Inuyasha and the others, but didn't see them. Am I in the right camp she asked herself.

"W-Who are you?" She almost jumped when she heard a voice behind her. Without meaning to, Kagome had walked right past whoever was using the camp. She turned around slowly, but screamed in delight when she saw who it was.

"Kohaku! We've been looking all over for you!"

"Kagome?" Kohaku stood up, "You're," his eyes glanced down to her stomach and back, "as big as a cow!"

Kagome smiled at his sense of humor and hugged him; "Sango is going to be so happy to see you." She said once she pulled away from him. His smiled faded a little bit, but he still kept it on. Kagome was about to ask him what was wrong, when Inuyasha jumped down from the tree.

He landed inbetween the two of them with his back facing Kohaku. "Kagome, are you ok?"

She nodded.

"Good. Come on, I'll take you back to camp."

"Umm I don't know if you've noticed, but there's someone else here." She pointed behind him.

Inuyasha looked at her curiously then turned and camp face to face with Kohaku. "Bout time." He said with a smirk on his face. "I was wondering when we'd find you."

"How long have you guys been looking for me?"

"I think," Kagome tried doing the math in her head, "around three or four months."

"Come on." Inuyasha started to lead the two away from Kohaku's camp. "You can stay at our camp tonight."

Kagome and Kohaku stayed a few steps behind Inuyasha. Kagome glanced down at Kohaku every now and then, not really believing that they had actually found him. "I'm so glad we found you Kohaku." She put her arm around his shoulder.

"Thanks."

Kagome noticed that he seemed a little depressed. "I-Is something wrong?" she asked him.

He looked up at her for a few seconds, like he was going to tell her something important, but then decided against it. "No. I'm fine."

Inuyasha glanced over his shoulder at the kid. He had a look on his face that reminded him of something. I think I've felt whatever feeling he's feeling right now. He thought, hardly understanding the meaning of his own words.

Something in Kohaku's face reminded him of when he was little.

They all reached camp to find Sango asleep next to Miroku. "Do you think we should wake her up?" Kagome said.

"No. Kohaku will be a nice surprise for her in the morning."

Kohaku looked around at everyone, "Why is Sango sleeping so close to Miroku?"

"They're getting married soon." Kagome said, "You and Sango will have a lot of catching up to do."

"Married?"

"Yeah."

Inuyasha looked down and saw Shippo's eyes move under his eyelids. "We should all go to sleep." He said. "Before we wake someone up."

"W-Where will I sleep?" Kohaku asked.

"Use that bed." Inuyasha pointed to the sleeping bag that Kagome usually used.

Inuyasha and Kagome both waited until Kohaku was asleep before they worried about themselves. "You gave away my bed." was the only thing Kagome could think to say, she hated standing in complete silence.

"Come here." Inuyasha grabbed Kagome, sat down (leaning against a tree) and pulled Kagome into his lap.

She rested her head against his chest and listened to his heartbeat for a little while before saying, "I guess you really are the most comfortable bed I've ever had."

"Gee, thanks." Inuyasha said sarcastically.

She nuzzled her head in his neck so that his silver hair covered her face. "You know what Inuyasha"

"What?"

"Kohaku reminds me of you, when I first met you."

"What do you mean?"

"He has that same, sad, look in his eyes that you did when I first met you."

Inuyasha thought about it for a few minutes then said, "I think I know what's wrong."

"What?"

"If Kohaku knew who we were, then that means his memories are probably back. Including the ones of him killing his family and friends."

Kagome leaned more into Inuyasha's chest. He was probably right. "What should we do?"

"There really is nothing we can other then lend a kind ear and a helping shoulder to cry on when he needs it. He'll have to get over the pain in his own way."

"But"

Inuyasha wrapped one arm around Kagome and rested his other hand on her swollen stomach. "You should get some sleep."

Kagome would have argued but she was a little tired. She listened to Inuyasha's heartbeat for a little while before drifting off to sleep.

Neither Inuyasha nor Kagome were surprised when they woke up to the sound of Sango screaming. Miroku and Shippo, whom had no idea what was going on, instantly jumped up ready to fight.

"Kohaku!" Sango screamed out again and wrapped her arms around the, still sleepy, child.

"Morning Sango." He laughed.

"Where did you come from?"

"S-Sango, I can't breathe."

Sango released her grip on him and sat down to his level. "When did you get here?"

"Kagome found me last night, then she and Inuyasha took me back here."

Sango smiled at Inuyasha and Kagome. After putting up with Sango's happy screams Kagome snuggled back into Inuyasha and fell asleep, she was still a little tired.

Sango laughed at the way her friend fell asleep. How could she sleep at a time like this, Kohaku was back, and he seemed to have his memories back too. "Come on." Sango pulled on his arm. "Let's let Kagome sleep."

Kohaku and Sango both stood and walked out of the camp. Sango wanted to spend the morning talking with her little brother. Shippo tried to follow them, but Miroku grabbed his tail.

"Let go Miroku."

"No. Let Sango spend some time alone with Kohaku."

Shippo sat down with his arms crossed.

"I'll just get started on breakfast." Miroku said.

"NO!" Inuyasha and Shippo both screamed out at the same time.

Miroku looked at the two of them. "My cooking isn't that bad, is it?"

"Yes." Shippo said.

"Well what do you think we should do. Unless Inuyasha is willing to set Kagome down and cook the food himself -"

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome sleeping in his arms. She looked so comfortable and he didn't want to let her go, but he also didn't think that he would be able to stomach more of Miroku's food. "Fine." He growled a little bit.

He set Kagome down at gently as he possible could and started on breakfast.

Sango walked with her arm around Kohaku's shoulders. "I'm so glad your back with us Kohaku. I was worried we'd never find you."

"Really?"

"Yeah." She let go of his shoulders and grabbed onto his hand, "You and I really need to catch up."

She started to walk quickly towards the river that Kagome took a bath in last night. They both sat down and dipped their feet in the nice cold water. Even though it was morning, it was already warm outside.

"K-Kagome told me you are getting married." Kohaku broke the silence between them.

Sango smiled. "Yeah. Miroku and I are gonna get married."

"When?"

"Well, we were gonna get married as soon as Kagome got the full jewel, but that might change."

"What's the jewel?"

She had forgotten that her brother didn't know about it. "The jewel, the Shikon no Tama, has all kinds of powers. Kagome it the rightful guardian of it, I guess, but she broke it a while ago. So, we've been traveling around looking for parts of it."

"I thought you said you've been looking for me."

"We have been. Basically, we took a break from our search for the jewel to find you."

"Oh." Kohaku understood as well as he was going to about the jewel, but something else confused him "What did you mean when you said the your plans might change."

Sango glanced at her brother then looked down at the clear water. "Kagome already knows where the rest of jewel is. So we really don't have to look for it."

"She knows where it is?"

"Yeah."

"Why doesn't she get it then?"

Sango thought for a few seconds. "It's a really long story involving a girl named Kikyo. It comes down to the fact that she has to go get it in secret."

"Secret?"

"Yeah. She doesn't want Inuyasha to know."

"Why?"

"That's where the long story comes from. I don't think I would be able to explain it right. Personally, I think Kagome should just let us go with her. For protection."

Kohaku pulled his feet out of the water. "I see that Kagome's having a baby."

"Yeah. Inuyasha is the father. I am really hoping she has a girl, but she won't tell me."

Kohaku gave her a confused look, "S-She can tell?"

Sango tried her best to explain to Kohaku about Kagome, her era, and the way that doctors can tell if the baby is a boy or girl. " but she won't tell anyone if it's a boy or girl, even though she knows."

"That seems a little cruel."

"Tell me about it." Sango laughed. "So, I think you're completely caught up with what's going on with us. Has anything happened to you since you've been gone."

Kohaku closed his eyes and stretched out on the grass. "I got my memories back."

Sango smiled. "I know. That's good."

Kohaku didn't smile, he turned his head to one side so that (even though his eyes were closed) he wasn't facing Sango.

" Isn't it?" she asked.

Kohaku sat up and looked directly into Sango's eyes. "Sango," he said in a quieter voice, "My memories are back all of them."

Sango stifined a little when she heard this. She was hoping that he wouldn't have the memories of the time he killed his family and friends. "K-Kohaku. It wasn't your fault."

Kohaku sat up and brought his knees to his chest. "I sure feels like it."

Sango wrapped her arm around Kohaku's shoulders again. "Naraku was controlling you. It wasn't' your fault."

Kohaku stayed silent for a long time with his face buried in his arms. Sango tried to hold back tears as she waited for her little brother to speak. When he finally did lift his head back up she noticed lines on his face from tears going down them.

"Sango. I – I knew I was being controlled, but I didn't try to fight it. I just let Naraku use me. Isn't that just as bad as killing those people myself."

"No. You were scared. I would have been too. You did what you had to do to keep yourself safe."

Kohaku sighed and looked up at the sky. Sango could tell that he was tortured inside. "Don't worry." She said. "You'll be able to laugh again soon, I'm here for you."

Kagome opened her eyes when she noticed that the warmth of Inuyasha's body was missing. She sat up and watched him serve food to Miroku and Shippo before he turned around and glanced at her.

"Kagome. I didn't know you were up. Do you want some food?"

Kagome smiled and gladly took the plate from Inuyasha. "Where's Sango and Kohaku?" she asked when she noticed that they weren't at camp.

"They went off to talk." Miroku said. His hand started to reach over to grab seconds, but Inuyasha hit him with a wooden spoon.

"You can't have anymore food. All that's left is Sango and Kohaku's share, and Kagome gets dibs on seconds."

Kagome smiled. "You can have the seconds Miroku."

"Thanks." In a very immature gesture, Miroku stuck his tongue out at Inuyasha and grabbed more food.

Inuyasha growled, but didn't do anything more. He looked over at Kagome and noticed that she seemed troubled by something. "What's wrong Kagome."

"I just remembered something. Doesn't Kohaku have a jewel shard in his back."

"Yeah. Can't you sense it."

"No, my powers haven't been that strong lately."

"Why?" Shippo asked.

Kagome shrugged. "I guess some of my powers are getting transferred into the baby."

Inuyasha shook his head, "Wait, why did you bring up the jewel in Kohaku's back?"

"We need to make the jewel whole again, but I remember Sango saying that the jewel was his lifeline."

Inuyasha looked in the direction that Kohaku and Sango had walked off in. "What do you think we should do?"

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