A/N: Konnichi wa, minna-san::waves: Hope you all have been great. Responses now so then I can write the story:

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Domo arigatou gozaimasu for putting up with all my bad writing and for all of the reviews. It really means a lot to me!

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Chapter Ten: Is it Real?

When Inuyasha gained consciousness again, the first thing he smelled was dampness and wood. His first thought was 'Ow' and he stood. He forced himself to stretch so that his muscles wouldn't stiffen and hurt more later.

He blinked and looked around, seeing Kurai and Kagome. He didn't see Sango or the monk, and thought back. 'We did find her, didn't we?' He said, and then everything hit him, having the force of a full blow in the gut.

He wished that he had been ignorant again, not to remember what happened, when she turned... but no. He remembered and it hurt so badly.

Suddenly, Kagome turned around. "Inuyasha." She said quietly. "You're awake. How... how are you?" She was hesitant to ask him, not wanting to force him to talk.

Kurai also turned, looking at him. "Ah, Inuyasha..." He said, almost staring into space. Inuyasha wondered if he knew what had happened. Kurai's eyes held some sort of understanding and pain, something Inuyasha thought that he had experienced, but not known fully.

The door of the hut rustled and Miroku walked in, looking at them. "Inuyasha." He greeted, smiling wearily. "How are you?"

Inuyasha realized that he hadn't answered Miroku's or Kagome's question, and he shook himself from his daze. "I'm fine." He said gruffly, looking at the two. "Why is everyone staring at me?"

"You were out for a few days..." Kurai said, standing. He had a teacup in his hand and gave it to Inuyasha. Inuyasha took it, staring at the contents, but then drank it slowly.

"I was?" He asked absentmindedly, trying to remember. The gray world had seemed so recent, not feeling like it had occurred a while back. "I thought I... never mind." He ended. "Where's Sango?"

The three glanced at each other for a second and Inuyasha knew that they were hiding something. He was about to question them when Shippou came bounding into the room from outside with Kirara.

"Inuyasha!" He shouted, leaping on top of him. The older Hanyou almost fell backwards but managed to keep up. "I missed you! Are you alright!" Shippou looked close to tears and was hanging on tight. For a moment, Inuyasha felt love for the little kitsune. After all, he was like a little brother.

Then he pushed him away, frowning. "I'm fine. What else did you expect, Fox?" He asked. He grinned cockily. He looked at the others, who were still looking away. Kirara was nudging against Inuyasha's leg affectionately.

'Well then,' he thought. 'I'll just have to find out what they're hiding from me.'

Sango was outside, resting against the base of a tree. She sighed heavily, looking at the sky. Her wound had long since closed up, and she didn't remember. When she woke up, Kurai had been looking down at her curiously.

"What are you doing here!" She had yelled, glaring at him. She didn't have any of her weapons, and she felt uncomfortable. His demon aura was prickling against her skin and making her stomach churn. Unwanted memories were vivid again in her mind.

"I live here." He said shortly, getting out of her face. He held out a hand to her, but she ignored it and sat up by herself. She and Kurai were the only ones in the room, and she had demanded to know where everyone else was.

"Kagome and Shippou are in the other room." He had explained. "Inuyasha and Miroku are in two different rooms across the hall. They're asleep." He said, knowing that she wanted to go and visit them.

"Why am I here?" She asked angrily, her temper flaring up again. 'Darn him, who does he think he is? What am I doing here? The last thing I remember is...' She sucked in her breath sharply, the phantom pain searing in her stomach.

Kurai noticed her quick intake of air, but didn't acknowledge it. "The others brought you here. You had died and needed my help. Kaede suggested it." He added, almost shrinking back at her fiery aura that was now calming down. She glared at him.

"Why would Kaede-baasan suggest you to us?" She asked acidly, her words stinging him a little. Her voice was at best bittersweet to him, passionate memories flaring up in his mind and replaying them. He remembered she asked a question.

"Oh." He said shortly. "I was under a different name, and after my last encounter with... death," he said, avoiding saying her name and bringing up painful memories, at least for him. "I became a healer and healed all sorts of people and youkai who came to me."

She had sighed, looking up. "I'm going to go for a walk." She said, her bangs shading her eyes. He knew that she was trying to sort out what had happened to her. After all, the last memory she held was of her closest friend shooting her. And kissing Inuyasha.

She pushed the memories to the back of her mind. "No..." She whispered. She had been going on these walks often now, just to sort out her thoughts. She wasn't mad at Kagome... no. Kagome had the right to shoot her. She had the right.

'I knew that Kagome-chan liked Inuyasha.' She thought sadly. 'I knew that, and yet I kissed him. What's the matter with me?'

She didn't know what she had been doing, what possessed her to do that. She wanted to know, and yet she didn't. She knew that she couldn't love Inuyasha. 'How? I've never loved him before.'

She glared, suddenly hearing something in the bushes. She stood quickly, grabbing hiraikotsu off the ground and preparing herself for an attack.

She saw white hair and dog ears, and put down her weapon, sighing. Inuyasha came out, his golden eyes smoldering with life.

"Sango." He said, saying her name slowly. "We need to talk."

Sango nodded mutely.

A/N: Hahaha! YAY! Another chapter up! I hope the next chapter will be up soon because I'm having fun writing this. I'm going to make another story, but this one will be an Inuyasha and Kagome one-shot. My friend told me this idea and I know it's overused, but what the heck.

Well, I think it's overused. :thinks: Hehe... well, please review! Arigatou gozaimasu!

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