A/N: What a refreshing Christmas break this is! Ahh, 'tis wonderful. So, I'm back to fill your questionable minds full of Inuyasha, and my story. :D Yay. Oh yes, I've decided to put a disclaimer in, just in case. -Looks around- Oh! And, has anyone seen the new Peter Pan movie, hmm? Well, I have, and sadly enough the first time I watched it I cried for fifteen minutes afterwards. x.x;; Ahem, so, yeah, you don't have to answer this pitiful author, but I just want to know if you have seen it, because it's a really good movie.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, I just like putting the characters into uncomfortable situations.

Chapter ten: Anything for Forgetting

As Kagome sat there, eyes squeezed shut, hand clasped to one hand the size of her own, and one hand that was calloused and quite large, one misty blue eye was opened, before she squealed in a childlike mannor. "It worked! It worked!" And threw herself at Sesshoumaru to clasp her arms around his neck joyfully. Inuyasha crossed his arms and "Feh'ed", looking quite displeased. Sesshoumaru pried the happy girl off him and put her down beside Inuyasha.

"Yes, it worked." He said, looking down at the two children, "Things are back as they should be,"

# In the Woods... #

Inuyasha tucked his hands inside his sleeves, a frown marring his face. Kagome skipped along, picking wildflowers and forget-me-nots from the ground. Inuyasha just couldn't get the image of Kagome out of his head. Since he had partially recieved adult emotions, more so love. His young mind just couldn't comprehend what he was feeling, and so he shut it inside himself to see if Kagome felt the same way before he opened up to her. So far, he'd come up empty-handed from all of his silent prodding.

He stood and stretched, observing the armload of flowers that Kagome had picked. "Time to go," He stated, turning and starting the trekk back to the castle. Kagome's head snapped over, slightly alarmed for a moment. The peace had been shattered. She had been wondering how long it would take him. With a resigned sigh, she put the flowers into the basket she'd taken along and followed.

"Hey, Inuyasha?" Kagome questioned,

"What?"

"Why are you acting so strangely?"

"..."

"Hmmph, fine, don't answer me!" Kagome swept past him with annoyed intentions. He caught her wrist,

"Kagome, I have some emotions from when we went to, well... older versions of ourselves." Kagome listened ceriously, every fiber of her forgetting she was supposed to be annoyed. Inuyasha turned slightly pink from the childs curiousity, and his own embarassment. "Well, I-I suppose that, well, when we're older... I mean, what I mean, is..." Kagome tilted her head slightly, much to the dismay of the stuttering Inuyasha.

"What you're trying to say, is?"

"I... my emotions from then, I... I love you, Kagome..."

# With Sesshoumaru... #

"Lord Sesshoumaru!" Came the squeal of delight, as Rin launched herself at the Demon Lord, "Rin has missed Lord Sesshoumaru very much!" Sesshoumaru patted the girls' head and moved on to his pile of work that was slowly growing. "Lord Sesshoumaru?" Of course, for the girl it had only been a few hours, since she couldn't remember anything that had happened.

"Yes, Rin?" He asked, glancing over a paper his keen molten gaze.

(A/N: Right, I'm sorry to interrupt during the story and all, but I want some opinions on if the pairing should be Sess/Rin, or Sess/Kagura. Eh? Weigh the options and get back to me, but it will be harder providing that Kagura hasn't been introduced to the story. That would mean making more pairs, which I really wouldn't mind, however, since the relationship bewteen Rin and Sesshoumaru is already made in the show.)

She smiled brightly, "Does Lord Sesshoumaru want to take Rin for her walk now?" He sort of scratched his head and looked over to her,

"Alright." He conceded, letting her pull him away towards the doors.

# With Kagome and Inuyasha... #

It was a dumb reaction, a first reaction to a first love.

She ran.

She was afraid, and didn't have these so-called emotions that ran rampant through Inuyasha.

She could hear him calling out, but couldn't stop.

She just ran...

# Days Later... #

Kagome was tired, Kagome was hungry, but over all of these emotions she was scared. She had no idea where she was, and had long-abandoned any hope of finding her way back to the Western castle. She had given up that with her basket of flowers she had left behind along the way. The only thing that would serve as a reminder was a wildflower intertwined with a forget-me-not, tucked away behind her ear.

All she knew was that she was heading South.

South... back to her home. Back to Souta, Mom, Grandpa, and her Father. The man who had arranged this stupid marriage in the first place! She sighed and kept her pace, though it had slowed from brisk to short-stepped. I'll be lucky if I reach my castle by nightfall, if I don't miss it. She thought wearily.

When nightfall finally did come, however, Kagome was slumped at the base of a tree. "So tired..." She murmured, pulling her breeches-clad legs to her chest. She fell asleep.

# In the Morn... #

"Look Mummy, a Girl! A Girl is lying by that tree!" A voice yelped,

"Oh, Dear! She looks quite exausted, let's go see if she's okay..."

Kagome weakly awoke from her sleep, after hearing those two noisy people in her unconsious she decided that she had to wake.

"'Ello, lady!" A young boy broke in, a wide grin spead across his face with a few teeth missing. A lady was watching her, too, a mother?

"Oh, you have awakened! Please, you have to come with us," She urged, helping Kagome to stand with slight impatience. Obviously there was something going on that Kagome didn't know about. "Lady Kagome, please hurry, the reward ends today at three."

"Reward?" Kagome repeated, pulling away from the woman. "Leave me be! I do not wish to be taken back!" She backed up, the lady quickly grabbing her arm with slight force, so that Kagome yelped. "Leave me alone!" She wailed. A slight tingling entered her body, as a pink light shot the woman away from her. She ran on, too afraid that the woman would catch up. She didn't want to be taken back to her home with force, she would go willingly, she would be good, she wouldn't run away again.

She would even marry the man that she felt only fatherly affection towards if only to escape the feelings Inuyasha had spoken about. She reached the castle gates, before falling forewards in a slump, right before the guards.

"Lady Kagome!" One of the guards gasped out, and kneeled to pick her up and bring her back inside...

# Later on... #

Kagome sat, clasped in her hands a cup of herbal tea, and wrapped in a plaid blanket. Her room was exactly as she left it. She observed it silently, before putting down the tea and slipping forth from the blanket, to retrieve the crumpled picture from the floor beside her window. Sesshoumaru stared back at her coldly from it.

This is where it all began. She mused silently, putting away the picture in the drawer. And this will be my new beginning...

(A/N: I was thinking of ending it here... but I decided that it was too short to end, because I wanted to write a really long chapter for you guys, my wonderful readers.)

# Nine Years Later... #

All of this time had been a recouperation. All of this time had been suffering. All this time, Kagome had been in a school to reform herself back to ladylike ways. So now she stood gracefully at the doors to her very own castle, luggage behind her, one suitcase held tightly in one hand. "This is it..." she said to herself quietly. Her hair was swept up into a neat, untroublesome bun, small strands of pearls, jewels and stones tucked into her raven hair. Her bangs hung down to just past her eyebrows, not tampered with and left there. For now, she wore breeches and a blouse with a belt.

It was very odd to see her in such a state of dress, with her hair pulled up so nicely. Just because her parents thought she had been turned into a lady, she hadn't been. She had learned and not taken to heart everything, and snuck out in the wee hours of the morning to learn sword-fighting from Tôtôsai. Yes, she had suck over to the boys' school and the old man had taken a liking to her and taught her how the ways of sword-fighting worked.

And now she had her own castle, free to do anything she pleased. Of course, now her father had made her accept the engagement of the Lord of the Eastern Lands. She hadn't met the fellow yet, though she was sure he would be quite nice from the way he sounded in his letters. She unfolded one and held it up,

Dear Lady Kagome;

My name is Kouga Wolfe, I am the Lord of the Eastern Lands. I know you have not yet met me, but your father and I have been discussing an arrangement for the joining of our Lands. I have met you when you were naught a child, and even then you were beautiful.

I'm sorry if I sound quite old-fashioned, but even as a young boy I found you special. Of course, I'm not much older than you, only twenty-four, but I'm sure you'll like me.

Please accept my engagement. I've heard of your rejection of the Western Lands' Lord, and was quite intrigued. Why did you reject him? Then again, he is Sesshoumaru, Lord Ice-Heart. I cannot wait to meet you once again, for it has been many years, and much too long a time since I did last.

Sincerely Yours, Kouga Wolfe.

Shaking her head with amusement, she went inside the castle.

P.S. I have left you one castle I had built for My Woman, which is you, on the very borderline between the agreed Lands of South and East.

It was quite beautiful.

I'm not going to describe it, but to say so, it was quite drab and yet well-furnished. Most of the walls were starch-white, but colorful tapestries hung on the walls. It was a balence, she decided.

After hauling in all the bags, she decided, this is home.

# Western Lands... #

Inuyasha stared out off of the balcony. He had heard that The Eastern Lands was forming an alliance with The Southern Lands. That could only mean one thing, Kagome was engaged. He sighed resignedly, and buried his face into his crossed arms. "This stinks..." The nineteen-year-old sighed. Sesshoumaru stood behind him, in his proud twenties, looking past his brother.

"Indeed," He stated, Inuyasha jumping up from his seat in suprise and alarm.

"Sesshoumaru!" He yelped out. Both brothers had finally settled the slight feud that they couldn't remember what was about in the first place. Then he sighed, "Don't sneak up on me like that." Sesshoumaru raised a perfectly formed eyebrow,

"And what if I do?" Inuyasha just grunted and pretended not to hear him, "I'm sure Kouga Wolfe will take Higurashi as a mate... if you don't stop it from happening." With that, he walked back inside, leaving Inuyasha to wonder.

Thanks to: inu and kag fan till death: Uhh... thank you, thank you, thank you... ect. Kougagurl666: You're very welcome. n.n; Oh, thank you.

A/N: Woo, the chapter was finished in... uh, probably an hour or two or... three. Thank you for the reviews, they pushed me onwards. -Points to the horizon- And now, a small skit!

Small Skit:

Inu: Well, we're back to normal!

Sesshoumaru: Why did I forgive that stupid hanyou half-brother of mine?

Tia: Well, it's a stupid feud and you finally noticed that with your supiror mind.

Sesshoumaru: I suppose that makes sense.

Inu: In a way.

Tia: In a special way?

Inu: Whatever...

Sesshoumaru: ...Yeah...

Tia & Inu: Review!

& Sesshoumaru: Review...