Well, This chapter should reveal a lot for most. Here you go.

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The next few days of that week passed quickly, and Kagome finally thought she had returned to about as normal as she could get. Considering her lost love came back to life and was attending her school, everything was just jolly.

Inu-yasha had hung back for a couple of days, and it worried her. Usually he would be all in her face, demanding that she speak. Something had shaken him that day, and she could tell. He had just asked out of the blue what the Shikon jewel was, which meant he would soon be remembering more and more of their past. That weekend there was a school dance, which usually took place within the first few weeks of school.

Unfortunately, Hojou had beaten Inu-yasha to the girl.

"Hey Kagome!" Hojou cried to his friend, hurrying beside her in the hallway. "There's a dance Saturday, want to come?"

"Of course."

Naturally, Kagome thought he was asking her if she was going. He thought he was asking her to go with him, a minor miscommunication that would cost her a major disappointment.

That week rolled around quite quickly, and Kagome was worried if it would squish her mercilessly. On Friday, Hojou had come to confirm his 'date'. Murphy's law was well in place, as Inu-yasha strode down the hallway to do exactly the same thing. The result was a death glare and an upset woman.

"I'll pick you up at eight." Hojou said quickly, eyeing the approaching silver-haired boy.

"Huh?" Kagome looked confused. "Pick... me up?"

"Kagome?" Inu-yasha's voice in her ear startled her.

"Oh, hi Taishou!" Hojou said quickly, reaching for Kagome's arm.

"What's going on?!" Kagome cried, taking a step back from the over-possessive men.

"I just wanted to ask if you would go the dance with me, Kagome." Inu-yasha said easily, flashing a sexy grin in her direction. Hojou flushed.

"She's already going with me." He said sharply, loosing his 'I'm stupid' look.

"I am?" Kagome asked him quietly, looking between the two boys.

"Yes, remember when I asked you yesterday?"

Inu-yasha cursed himself for not gathering his courage earlier.

"Not... oh no! I thought you were asking me if I was...! This is horrible! I'm so sorry, Inu-yasha, I already said yes to Hojou..."

His self-pride broke and his self-pity rose. Her eyes told him she was telling the truth. "It's ok."

"I'll see you there, though." She said, waving sadly.

"Yeah... See you there..." He said to her back, as she walked down the hall next to that 'weenie'. (A/N: compliments of "InuKagLOTS o'KIDS")

For some reason, he felt strange. Like she had betrayed him.

"If we don't act quickly, that bastard Miroku will steal all of the shards!" Inu-yasha yelled at a mysterious girl in a short skirt. She looked so familiar.

"Why do you hate him so much...?" She asked innocently, gazing back into his angry golden eyes. That face was haunting his memories, but every time he tried to get a closer look, it vanished.

"And you like drooling lechers like him?" He asked her incredulously, bringing his face closer to hers.

"I love 'em!" She said, fighting to keep her face straight.

"... What?!"

Inu-yasha blinked. He had another one of those daydreams. These things were starting to get a little scary. He glanced around him. Apparently it had lasted longer than he thought. Everyone was in his or her class. There was something missing. Something was missing from his heart. Like a chunk of soul that he had lost under the couch, it must have been that girl. Her grey eyes seemed so familiar.

He ran to his room, fighting the stream of emotions that coursed through him. Something about his past was painful. As he ran, his necklace came out from under his shirt. The beaded rosary that his adopted parents had said was in his safety deposit box. The one thing his parents had left him with. He stuffed it back underneath his collar angrily. Sometimes he resented his parents for leaving him in the first place.

He skid to a halt beside his classroom, and wrenched the door open. The teacher looked up from her books.

"You're late."

Inu-yasha walked past her, and sat loudly in his seat. Kagome looked at him for a moment, then turned back to her work.

Finally, it was Friday. He had already had enough of this damn place. The only thing that made him return was the fact that she was there. He opened his book slowly, and read the text blindly. Without warning, the page was dotted by his tears.

. The Next Day, 8:00

Kagome cursed loudly when she heard the doorbell ring. She still needed to put on her pants, earrings, makeup and shoes.

Hurrying to complete the task at hand, she slipped on her socks, and hit the floor with a crash. She held still for a minute, and then checked herself for injuries. The most she would have is a red cheek, though her body ached from the strange position that she had fallen in. She pulled on her pants from the floor, and pulled her makeup kit to her. Kagome could hear her mother chatting with Hojou happily.

Brushing her hair with her fingers hurriedly, she dashed down the steps, grabbed Hojou's hand, and sped out the door.

"Bye mom!"

Ms. Higurashi stood in the doorway and waved happily. "Have fun, dear!"

Kagome never stopped running, as she made a beeline for the school, Hojou huffing behind her. Her nearly constant training in the Sengoku Jidai had toned her muscles and lungs well, but the recent tragedy had torn her from her exercise.

They stopped in front of the large building, and caught their breath before stepping inside, and handing the man at the front their tickets. Hojou led her to the auditorium, where the bodies of hundreds of students were moving to the music.

"You wait here!" Kagome yelled over the noise. "I'm going to find Taishou!"

She pushed her way forcefully through the crowd, and found him lounging near the food. Kagome grinned. That was so typical of him.

"Hey!" She cried, waving. "You ok? You look sort of sad."

"Who's Miroku." It wasn't a question, but a demand. "I had a... memory. Who's Miroku?" He paused, when her eyes widened.

"Oh my god! I forgot all about them!" She cried frantically, trying to calm herself. Her heart told her that she needed to return immediately, but her logic told her it was unwise to do it now.

"Them?"

"Our... My friends." She said quietly, but his sensitive ears picked it up easily.

"Our? So you do know me."

"Of course I do, how could I ever forget?" She gave him an oddly pained smile, and went back to find Hojou.

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Longer by one and a half pages! I'm on a roll!