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Remember me

Chapter 22: Who are you?

Sesshomaru felt an awkward tension and let go of Kagome. "Are you ok? Is it something I did?" He kept his hands on her shoulders as he asked her.

Kagome looked right into Sesshomaru's eyes. She was afraid of something, but what? "Yes…yes everything is fine." Kagome sharply turned away from him and settled herself down in her office chair. "I'm sorry to be pushy like this, but I have a lot of work to catch up on."

"You have no need to worry my love! Kikyo and I took care of everything already. Now just sit back and relax, and enjoy this time. Would you like me to get you some coffee? Cream and sugar, right?" Sesshomaru walked closer to Kagome and kissed her on the cheek. The only thing she could do was look down and nod her head. When Sesshomaru saw her response, he left the room and walked down the hall.

Once alone again, Kagome took in a huge sigh and placed her head on her desk. She was back to her normal state; not that she remembered loosing her memory. But Kagome did remember something that had happened only several days prior. Whatever it was, she couldn't get a grasp on it. Along with that there was something also lingering around. A deep hidden desire for someone else. She didn't know who or why, but the feeling didn't go away no matter how hard she tried.

As if someone stabbed her with a knife, Kagome leapt up from her position and looked around everywhere. No one stabbed her, thank goodness, but something did hit her. Kagome looked down to see a metal letter opener laying on the ground. She picked it up and examined it. It wasn't one of hers, but it looked familiar. Touching the back of her neck, Kagome felt the spot where the letter opener hit. There was no blood but surely to be a bruise. With that part taken care of, Kagome was now trying to figure out where it came from. Her back wasn't toward the door and there's no window or opening in the back of the office where someone can throw something through.

Just as Kagome was sitting back down in her chair, Sesshomaru walked back into the office with two cups of coffee. "You ok? You look like you've seen a ghost. Maybe you should call the rest of the day off." Sesshomaru suggested while placing one of the cups in front of Kagome.

Kagome took the cup and began to drink from it. "Don't worry about me…I'm fine." She kept sipping from the cup to avoid Sesshomaru's eyes.

"No you're not…take a look." Sesshomaru reached for Kagome's purse and took out her compact. She looked into the mirror and saw that she was pale white.

Kagome insisted that everything was fine and continued being stubborn. "Like I said, I'm al—" Before she could finish her sentence, Kagome fell over as if she fainted.

"Oh no…not those stalkers again. WHAT THE HELL DO THEY WANT! If it's Kagome…she's not here." InuYasha rose up from his desk and went outside. Everything seemed normal until he went around to the front.

His car was defaced and two out of the six windows were busted in. InuYasha ran over to it to see that nothing was stolen. Right when he sighed a sigh of relief, he noticed something else. There was a wire that had been cut lying on his driveway. InuYasha looked up at his house and then the telephone pole that was nearby. Who ever was there and left in a mad hurry had cut the telephone line. InuYasha started screaming curses and walked back into his house.

"Man…I should've never let that woman into the house, let alone my life. None of this would be happening and I would still be living in peace." InuYasha complained to himself as he picked up his cell phone and dialed the police.

"Hello, Breezeville police department." A receptionist said at the other end.

"Yes…I would like to report that my car has been damaged and that my phone line has been cut."

"And what is your name?"

"InuYasha Takashi. And I assume you need my address too."

"Nope…since you've had so many police reports in the past week, we've kept your information on hand." The receptionist laughed a bit.

"Very funny…"

"I'm sorry. Someone will be out there shortly."

"Thanks." InuYasha hung up the phone. He tossed the phone onto the couch and walked over to one of the kitchen cabinets. Slowly, InuYasha pulled out a tall bottle of vodka and poured it into his coffee mug. The bittersweet tang of the mixed coffee and liquor ran down his throat like a knife through stone. InuYasha hardly drank, but when there was either a special occasion or just plain overwhelmed, he would have a couple of shots. Just as InuYasha was taking another drink, a load bang came from his front door. He slammed down the mug, breaking it, and shot around to see who it was.

"Kagome? KAGOME!" Sesshomaru yelled while holding his fiancé's hand.

Dazedly, Kagome opened her eyes and looked around. She was lying on an observation table in the building's clinic. She tried to sit up but Sesshomaru made her lie back down.

"Honey! Please stay still. The doctor doesn't want you to move until he gets back." Sesshomaru informed.

Kagome unwillingly listened to Sesshomaru's words and continued to lie on the table. It was just her and Sesshomaru in the room. A few minutes later the doctor returned.

"Hello Miss Higurashi. You have a nice little wound on the back of your neck." The doctor mentioned while flipping through some papers.

"Wh…what happened?" Kagome sat up unconsciously.

"Please lay down miss!" The doctor forced Kagome back down on the table. "I'm not sure what in the world happened, but whatever object hit you it hit your neck in just the right place that it made you pass out."

"OH MY GOSH! DON'T TELL ME SHE LOST HER MEMORY!" Sesshomaru jumped up from his seat.

"Down my boy! She didn't lose her memory. Miss Kagome is just fine…just a hefty little wound." The doctor laughed. "But I do have to say that she is in no condition to work the rest of the day. So, Mr. Takashi, you my have the privilege of diving Miss Kagome home."

"But what about her car?"

"I would advise you to drive her to work tomorrow and she'll be fine then to drive home."

"Thank you sir." Sesshomaru got up again and bowed. He walked over to Kagome and this time helped her up off of the table. She was a bit wobbly walking, but with Sesshomaru's aid Kagome walked fine the rest of the way.

…Not long after the doctor prescribed for Kagome to go home did the two make it to her apartment complex. They entered the building and did the usual routine of answering the greetings by everyone. Kagome could still feel the pain on the back of her neck, and that one feeling that seemed to haunt her from before.

Sesshomaru and Kagome finally made it to her apartment and walked in. Gigi wasn't there as was expected by Kagome. Sesshomaru took the opportunity to try to heat things up with Kagome.

Kagome had already walked into the living room area and was looking out of the huge window. Sesshomaru sauntered over to her and placed his head on her shoulder. He began to run his hands up and down Kagome's arms and then placed his arms around her waist. Gently, Sesshomaru started to kiss Kagome's neck. Kagome jumped at first because it tickled. Slowly but sensually he moved his hand up to her shoulders and took off her blazer jacket. Kagome didn't seem to mind, it felt good.

As Sesshomaru kept kissing Kagome from her cheek to her shoulder, Kagome felt herself getting lost in the moment. Quickly, she turned around and placed her arms around his neck. They started to passionately kisses, as lovers would. Just when things were starting to heat up, Sesshomaru started to unzip Kagome's blouse.

Suddenly, Kagome stopped her kissing and pushed herself away from Sesshomaru. Normally she would go right ahead with it and start taking off some of Sesshomaru's clothes, but something was wrong.

"What now? What did I do?" Sesshomaru asked with an extreme concern in his eye.

Kagome looked away from him. She couldn't say anything.