Confessions

Kagome was sulking in her room when Inu-Yasha found her. She was cleaning anything and everything busying herself among any chore available, but it was obvious to Inu-Yasha that she HAD been crying by her blood shot eyes, change of clothes, and water streaks on her blood red face. It did not take Souta long to find Inu-Yasha either. "Inu-Yasha," He cried out, "Come play." Startled by Souta's cries, Kagome immediately became aware of her surroundings…including Inu-Yasha's presence. She froze and stared at him while pain engulfed her face. Inu-Yasha's face dropped. He was sorry for making her worry; He didn't think he'd be at Kiada's for so long, that she would notice his disappearance, or that she'd worry about him so much. Inu-Yasha felt embarrassed to apologize for his behavior in front of Souta, but he knew he could not put it off much longer because Kagome looked broken. She almost looked as if he had betrayed her and she could no longer trust him. She looked right through him then to the ground before continuing her chores. Souta and one of the relatives that was Souta's age began to pull on Inu-Yasha's robes, pulling him away from Kagome so that they could play. Inu-Yasha went with them willingly leaving Kagome behind; after all, he hadn't thought about what he'd say, only what she'd say…SIT.

Inu-Yasha spent the next hour playing with Souta and the other boy. Meanwhile Kagome went to help her mother with cooking and cleaning. The relatives had all awoken whether they meant to or not.

"Kagome" her mother started "What's bothering you?" Kagome glanced out the window looking squarely at Inu-Yasha before dropping her head in defeat. "I see," said her mother softly. "Come here," she stated with open arms. Kagome hugged her mother for support pressing her face to her mom's shoulder to absorb her tears. "Kagome" she started again. "Did Inu-Yasha know about my birthday before you both came back?" Kagome thought for a moment. She had been so excited about returning almost as excited as giving a surprise party where you can't tell anyone, but everyone already knows. Maybe she hadn't told Inu-Yasha… Kagome pulled away from her mom then looked up into her mother's eyes confused with what that might have to do with anything. "Kagome, when did Inu-Yasha leave last night?" "Shortly after we got here…why?" "Where do you think Inu-Yasha went?" Kagome thought hard. Then it hit her, TO BUY A GIFT.

"Oh" was all Kagome was able to mutter. Her mother held Kagome tightly then released her. Kagome looked to her mother for answer. "Inu-Yasha gave me this, this morning." She said shaking the gold bracelet on her wrist. "Can I see it?" Kagome asked. "Sure" her mom replied. Kagome's mom tried a few times to remove the bracelet. She grabbed one bead in order to slide it off, but it didn't come off. She then tried to roll the bracelet over her wrist; it didn't come off that way either. She pulled fiercely on the bracelet. Then she asked Kagome to help her. Kagome touched one of the gold beads on the bracelet when a surged of magical energy repelled her hand. Kagome couldn't believe this so she tried again. This time the bracelet fought back. The magic consumed her hand burning the inside her hand. Kagome quickly withdrew her hand clutching her fist tightly. It was magical all right. She thought not breaking her concentration on the bracelet. "Is something wrong Kagome?" Her mother asked with concern. "No, no." She assured her mother. "It's just…I have to ask Inu-Yasha about something." Kagome gave her mother a quick kiss on the cheek and then was gone.

Kagome flew through the front door before making a flying leap. Inu-Yasha barely had time to turn in surprise before the flying Kagome landed squarely on him. Knocking him off balance, she succeeded in landing on top of him consequently pinning him to the ground. Her hands pushed against his shoulders and she sat on his stomach. Inu-Yasha yelled in confused anger from under Kagome. "What was that for?" However, Kagome was in no mood for his attitude. She snapped back almost in a growl. "We need to talk!" Souta immediately got the message that this would be an ugly argument so he grabbed his cousin's wrist and ducked inside the house for cover.

"Where were you last night Inu-Yasha?"

"Getting your mom a gift."

"What did you get her?"

"Why didn't you mention it was her birthday?"

"I forgot."

"A bracelet."

"From where?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Because its magical, Inu-Yasha."

"Oh…is that all."

"Where Inu-Yasha?"

"Kiada"

Kagome's face dropped. Kiada had given him that? Why?

"Get off me!" Inu-Yasha exclaimed squirming underneath Kagome.

Obviously this had come as a shock to her, but Inu-Yasha really didn't want to be in earshot when she figured out why Kiada had ask him to put it on her. Surely she would explode and Inu-Yasha would be her target.

Kagome simply slide off of Inu-Yasha's stomach landing in the dirt. Inu-Yasha sat up in a panic, backing away. Kagome opened her injured hand and stared down at the magical burn mark with no emotion left in her face. Inu-Yasha spent a minute studying Kagome before moving to comfort her. He looked at her hand. She's wounded. He thought. These are burns; they look like burns from magic. The rosary…She was asking about the rosary. It must have done this. That's why she wanted to know where it came from. Inu-Yasha pulled the bandana from Kagome's hair then wrapped her hand with the bandana. Kagome clinched her hand around the bandana, stood up, and proceeded to walk away without showing emotion or speaking a word.

This oddly quiet behavior worried Inu-Yasha; Kagome was always so cheerful, so carefree, and so talkative. Kagome made her way to the side of the well. Placing her hands on the ledge, she looked into the well. Inu-Yasha simply stayed by her side. "Why?" Kagome asked tripping over the question obviously hurt by the implication. While staring at her hand, tears began to silently run down her cheeks. "To …protect her" Inu-Yasha replied carefully. "Well…take it off." Kagome hastily responded glaring evilly at Inu-Yasha. "Can't." Inu-Yasha said smugly. "You know as well as I do how a rosary functions." The anger and emotion dropped out of Kagome's face again. "A rosary…" She uttered with the last of her breath. Inu-Yasha was afraid to speak for her wrath would most likely be taken out on him for placing it on her mother and not taking it off when he alone had the power to do so.

Kagome stumbled out into the yard. Inu-Yasha followed yelling at her. "Kagome. Where do you think your going? This isn't the time for this. Kagome." "…sit…" she uttered as she waked away.

Inu-Yasha grumbled as he watched Kagome walked away. She may have convinced herself that she wanted to be alone, but she hadn't convinced me. A weak "sit" wasn't enough to deter him and if Kagome thought that then something was definitely wrong. After all, she was excited that he decided to come back with her. She worried about him when he disappeared last night. And now…well he just didn't know. "Women," He said to himself with a huff.

Kagome walked back to the house. She walked into her mother at the door. Her mother stood with her arms crossed across her chest. "Kagome" She said. "I don't know what's wrong, but until you're back to your cheerful self I don't want you in this house. You'll upset Souta, your grandfather, and the relatives. Go… Make up with your friend… Be happy again."

Kagome walked down to a lake where she spent the day, just staring out at its serene feeling. Then walked for hours until she ended up a 'Library.' Inu-Yasha followed her inside the place as the sun sunk over the horizon. Inu-Yasha was afraid to ask Kagome what a 'Library' was, but it was full of books. Kagome wandered around these aisles of books until she picked one on old legends and myths surrounding magic. Then she after browsing through the book, she put it back. Kagome then picked up one on mythological magical items. In the book, she found rosaries. She stared at the book for a bit before putting it back on the shelf; it obviously wasn't what she was looking for.

Inu-Yasha decided to look elsewhere. He took off down another isle. Something caught his attention. He picked up a rather large book. It was old and dusty. The book obviously hadn't been touched in years; apparently, the library had forgotten its existence. Inu-Yasha knew the book was different; it felt different from the other books. Maybe it would have what she was looking for, whatever that was.

Kagome was getting frustrated. She spun in two small circles picked up the rather thick book she had just put back and threw it down the isle with a small and frustrated yell. "Kagome?" Inu-Yasha wondered what had gotten her so frustrated. What could be that important? Kagome threw her head back. She grabbed her hair letting out a large, frustrated yell upon spinning around to yell at Inu-Yasha. The sight of Inu-Yasha made Kagome freeze. She forgot about all her frustrations. His black eyes were wide with shock and his mouth hung open. Black hair draped over his shoulders, in his normal hands was a large, old, and dusty book. Inu-Yasha looked utterly confused by her erratic behavior. "I found this." He said softly handing her the book carefully. Kagome had been so frustrated she forgot tonight was the night of the new moon.

She took the precious book from Inu-Yasha and they both sat down on the floor. "Where did you find this?" Kagome asked. "Over there." Inu-Yasha said pointing to the aisle label "Science Fiction." "Figures" Kagome admitted to herself. Kagome dusted off the front of the book with her uninjured hand; meanwhile, Inu-Yasha tried to apologize. "I'm sorry…" Inu-Yasha started. Kagome looked at him. He was apologizing? His apologue distracted her from the book causing her to move her hand over the top of the cover. Kagome quickly looked back to the book, something she felt startled her. Etched in the cover of the book was the title, The Legend Of The Shikon Jewel.

Kagome and Inu-Yasha looked at each other then back to the book. This couldn't be real. Kagome flipped open the cover. The first page that was falling apart from age read: "The Legend of the Shikon Jewel" and lightly signed at the bottom of the page was "Kiada." Kagome slammed the book shut and stood up quickly. Inu-Yasha rolled up to his feet as Kagome left the isle with the book. He followed.

Kagome slammed the book down on the counter. "I wish to check this book out" Kagome told the old woman. The old woman silently searched the computer for a few minutes. She claimed she had "no record of this book" and that Kagome could have it, "if she really wanted it." Kagome thanked the woman with a nod and left holding the book.

With Inu-Yasha's confusion growing, he asked Kagome "you still have the book?" "Yes Inu-Yasha. That's a library." She looked at Inu-Yasha; she forgot he was new to this era and had never seen a library before. "You take a book and bring it back later." She explained. "You can do that?" Inu-Yasha asked. "Yes" Kagome giggled. "Let's go home," she commanded happily. With that, they started to walk since Inu-Yasha was human. Kagome tried to comfort him. "Look at the bright side. Now that your human, I don't have to worry about who sees you because you're not a demon."

"KAAAAAGOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEEE!" A familiar voice yelled. Kagome turned to see her friends emerging from an ice cream parlor. Kagome stopped and smiled back. "Hello" she greeted them. "Who's he?" the shortest one asked running up to Kagome. "He's cute," another sounded off closing in. Inu-Yasha began to blush as he tried to make an excuse they'd believe; the girls didn't pay any attention to his attempts to do so. After a while, oldest one, who hadn't said much at all, noticed that Kagome's hand was bandaged; of course, she spoke up. "What happened to your hand, Kagome?" The question startled Kagome; she had forgotten all about her hand. "I cut myself," Kagome lied to them. Changing the subject so they wouldn't question how, she introduced Inu-Yasha. "This is a close friend of mine. He's from another place." Kagome said earnestly. "Is he single?" The short one asked. "No" Kagome lied again. "Now we really must be going. I'll see you all in school tomorrow. OK?" "OK" replied the oldest in the group. Kagome grabbed Inu-Yasha's arm dragging him off. Once they were out of sight Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. "But you wouldn't be in school tomorrow?" "I know that." "You lied to them." "That's not the first time and I assure you it won't be last." "It's wrong to lie to your friends." "You know what your absolutely right Inu-Yasha…Let's go back there right now, tell them the truth."

"Hey wait up you guys." Kagome yelled back to her friends. Maybe this will teach Inu-Yasha to watch what comes out of his mouth. "My friend wanted me to tell you all something. I know it's wrong to lie to my friends so here's the truth."

"Kagome…" one started "…What are you talking about?"

"You do want me to tell you the truth, don't you?"

"Well…yes…"

"Ok…Well...Here it is."

"I don't go to school regularly anymore because I'm fighting demons that existed 5 hundred years ago. My friend here is not my friend. Actually he's a demon that was trying to steal a magical jewel from me when a 'witch' placed a controlling device around his neck so that one word out of my mouth flattens him to the ground. The only reason he's here is because he's using me to find all the shattered pieces of that same jewel so that he can steal the completed jewel to become more powerful. 'Our crime fighting team' consists of an old witch, a perverted monk whom has a genetic curse of air void in his right hand given to his grandfather by a great demon, a demon cat that can grow large enough to ride, a baby demon fox whom can change shape at will and who's father was killed by this great demon whom we are still hunting, a demon exterminator whose family and village was slaughtered by that same demon as well, in addition the demon exterminator's pet is the demon cat; and Inu-Yasha, a half human, half dog demon, whom warrants his revenge on the same great demon for betraying and killing his love fifty years ago whom was the older sister, also a witch, of the old witch helping our group, and me, an average girl whom was pulled into my family's well into another time because I'm the reincarnation of the witch that Inu-Yasha loved that was killed by the demon. …Also I can detect the Jewel of great power that I accidentally brought it back to that time and shattered it. Now the same demon of great power grows stronger with each day because he has a large portion of the jewel of great power…We've made friends along the way including a wolf prince whom expresses his undying love for me, the wolf clan, ancient demons, other witches, and innocent people, along with the concept that we all have magically inclined items that have been specially made for us. Inu-Yasha, am I leaving anything out?"

Inu-Yasha was absolutely amazed in her ability to talk without air. He could swear that she had said all that in on one breath and had the ability to say more if only she could think of something else to say. "Yes," Inu-Yasha replied smugly "Mioga."

Kagome smiled evilly. "Remember I said one word flattens him to the ground…" The girls looked at one another for answers when they decided that they had none they looked back to Kagome. Inu-Yasha was now staring at Kagome. "You wouldn't…" He said challenging her. When he thought about it, today she had been off balance, doing anything that someone challenged her with. "…No…Kagome…" he pleaded. "Inu-Yasha…Sit" With that Inu-Yasha fell to the ground. His face held a vengeful expression. He's human. Kagome thought to her self. He can't do anything till he turns back into a demon and by that time this will be long forgotten.

Her friends stood in awe. They didn't know if they should believe her or not. Before Inu-Yasha fell, they would have just shrugged it off as Kagome's whacked out sense of humor, but HE DID FALL ON COMMAND.

Kagome leaned over to Inu-Yasha's ear not yet ready to be defeated "You're lucky I didn't tell them that you're single."

Kagome then looked back to her friends. "At sun rise, Inu-Yasha and I will return to the past. If you still don't believe me, meet me at my family's well then." When Inu-Yasha picked himself up from the ground, Kagome walked away glancing over her shoulder to be sure he was following.

Once out of earshot of Kagome's friends, Inu-Yasha began to yell at Kagome for telling her friends about the futile era. No one was suppose to know she was from the future, let alone she was constantly traveling back and forth to the past. No one was suppose to know about the demons that existed, demons were stories…myths. No one was suppose to know that Kagome battled demons like Naraku, which was too dangerous to be mentioned in this time. For if they hadn't defeated Naraku, then he might be in her time just waiting for an opportunity such as this. Kagome told him, "Who's going to believe them and their wild stories about their 'sick' friend who travels to the past to fight demons that exist only in myths? Stop worrying Inu-Yasha…Nothing can go wrong."