Hidden Love

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Ch.10 Lost Memory

RECAP.

"Damn Kagome slow down." Inuyasha told her as he walked faster to keep up with her.

"I don't want anyone else to see me. I want to go home. I'm tired and cold. I'm going home." She assured him with a laugh. He chuckled as he followed her to the car. The moment they got in the car she started the engine and drove off. The moment they reached her room she jumped up on her bed, unpinned the wings from her shirt and threw her shoes off and wrapped herself in the blankets that covered her bed. Inuyasha laughed as he came over and sat beside her after putting his sword beside her bed. "When do you want to go back?" Kagome asked him.

"Whenever you want. Tomorrow?" He asked. She nodded as she let herself fall back onto the bed and closed her eyes. "Tired?" He asked softly.

"Mhm." She nodded but opened her eyes when the bed moved as Inuyasha got off. "Where are you going?" She asked him as she sat back up.

"Uhh...to sleep?" He said carefully.

"Your not going to stay with me?" She asked him. He rolled his eyes with a smirk as he walked back over to the bed and pulled the covers away from her. "Hey! On second thought go sleep somewhere else. Now give me my blanket back!" She pouted, crossing her arms. He shook his head and wrapped it around him before sitting on the bed. "I really hate you right now I hope you know." She glarred at him.

"No you don't. Lie down." He told her.

"Why?" She asked giving him a narrowed look. He rolled his eyes and got on the bed then lied down behind her pulling her down with him before pulling the blanket over them both.

"Go to sleep." He told her as he wrapped his arms around her.

"You could stop telling me what to do." She muttered before closing her eyes.

"Mhm." He closed his eyes enjoying her scent so close to him. She had fallen asleep soon after. Inuyasha smirked at how fast she fell asleep then let himself drift off into sleep.

END.RECAP.

"You think you could have fit anymore stuff in this bag?" Inuyasha asked as he helped her out of the well with her backpack over his shoulder.

"Maybe." She laughed. "I'll carry it if it's to heavy for you." She teased.

"Feh, it's not to heavy. I just can't believe you could carry it." He shrugged as they started walking toward the village.

"So were going shard hunting?" Kagome asked.

"Hmm...i'm not sure...now what was it that we usually do almost everyday? It's as if I know...but can't think of it." He said acting as if he was trying to think of it. He looked over at Kagome and chuckled at the glare she was sending him.

"Very funny. It was just a question. I guess i'll be taking that as a yes too." She sighed.

"Whatever makes you happy." He laughed.

"Actually, if it's whatever that makes me happy then i'd rather not hunt shards and take you back home with me." She smirked.

"Oh really? And what exactly would happen if we stayed at your house?" He asked as he stopped in front of her.

"Whatever makes me happy, remember? You said so yourself." She smirked.

"And what would make you happy exactly?" He asked slyly.

"Spending time with you." She smiled as he leaned down to kiss her.

"I don't know...sounds ok but i'd get bored." He shrugged after pulling away. She glarred at him and pushed him.

"So being with me is boring to you?" She asked him. He chuckled and pulled him to her once again.

"Of course not. I love being with you, being able to smell your scent near me all day, hearing your voice. Your right, I don't think i'd get bored after all." He smirked. She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Well that's good to know, I'd hate to bore you." She rolled her eyes.

"You can never bore me. I love you way to much for that to happen." He smirked as he told her with a soft tone.

"How much is way to much?" She asked with a smirk.

"You don't know?" He asked and she shook her head. "Well then let me tell you. Way to much is mor then you can ever imagine."

"How long can I try imagining this exactly?" She giggled.

"Forever and ever, cause I can't ever stop loving you. You can try to imgaine it but you never will." He kissed her lightly after explained softly. "In fact..." Inuyasha started as he looked up when he saw soul collectors fly over them. Kagome looked up to see what he was looking at and sighed.

"I'll carry the bag." She told him and reached for the bag once she saw the soul collectors. He grabbed her arm and looked at her.

"No...I want to prove it to you." He told her.

"What?" She asked.

"Right now. I want you to be able to trust me." He said quietly.

"Now?" She asked not wanting to have to run into Kikyo at the moment.

"Yes. Now." He said. She reached behind her neck and took off the locket and handed it to him.

"No look. Here, I trust you." She told him.

"Kagome..." He said hesitantly.

"...fine." She sighed. He put the locket in her hand and led her toward the forest. They followed the soul collectors to a tree. Kagome didn't want to do this but it seemed it meant alot to Inuyasha for him to do this.

"Kikyo! I know your here!" Inuyasha yelled and placed the backpack on the ground. Kagome sighed and back away so she was leaning against a tree. Inuyasha looked at her then back toward the forest when he heard someone walking over as the leaves crunched under their steps. Kikyo walked out and looked at Inuyasha then over at Kagome and glarred at her. "Kikyo we need to talk." Inuyasha told her.

"Oh sure. Let's talk. First I want to make sure everyone is comfortable though." She said and pushed Inuyasha back into another tree and pointed to the tree's as viens came out and wrapped around them both to hold them down.

"What the hell!" Inuyasha asked as he struggled against the viens. He looked over at Kagome who was also struggling. "What the hell are you doing!" He asked Kikyo as he turned to look at her.

"Arn't you comfortable Inuyasha? I was sure you would be since you like trees so much." She told him. "Now what did you want to talk about?"

"Why are you doing this?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"To make sure your comfortable. I promise that after we talk i'll let you go." She assured him.

"Kikyo I don't have any intensions of being with you or going to hell with you! I love Kagome so stop coming after her! I don't want to hear about you trying to hurt her anymore!" He yelled. Kagome watched wide eyed. She never thought he would talk to Kikyo that way, she looked over at Kikyo and saw the same cold stare. Her heart started pounding when Kikyo started walking over to her. "Kikyo! Don't touch her!" Inuyasha growled.

"Inuyasha, I wouldn't hurt her. A long time ago I would have but i'm not as childish anymore. This naive girl has actually saved me many times, i'm in debt to her. Althought all this is true...if I can't have you then neither can she." Kikyo explained in her uaual tone. Kagome looked wide eyed at Kikyo, afraid of what she was going to do to her.

"Kikyo! Stop!" Inuyasha yelled as he struggled more to get lose.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled when Kikyo put her two fingers to Kagome's forehead and a light blue light glowed.

"Kagome! Kikyo stop!" Inuyasha yelled at her. He watched in fear as Kagome's head slowly fell forward and her eyes closed. "You bitch! What did you do to her!" He growled.

"She's not dead." Kikyo assured him.

"Then what the hell did you do to her!" Inuyasha glarred at her as he tried to get lose.

"I erased her memory." Kikyo said simply.

"What do you mean you erased her memory!" Inuyasha asked out of shock.

"I mean what I said. I erased her memory. Not all of it...just the memory of being with you. She may still love you but she won't remember that you love her. She'll remember everyday like normal as if you and her were never together." Kikyo told him.

"She'll remember everyday?" He asked.

"Yes." Kikyo said.

"So she'd remember when I was with her...and when I had kissed her?" He asked her, knowing it would make her mad that he said that. She was still facing Kagome so Inuyasha couldn't see her glarring at Kagome from what she was told.

"No, she won't remember that, just you being there and that's it." She told him.

"Why would you do this?" He asked her.

"Like I said. If I can't have you then neither can this worthless girl." Kikyo told him.

"You fucking bitch! Fix what you did!" Inuyasha growled as the veins started to tear.

"I won't." Kikyo said as she walked over to him. She looked off to the side when she heard people coming. "I was going to take you to hell with me but looks like my time has run out. I'll just erase your memory with her too." She said and brought her two fingers to his forehead.

"You fucking bitch! Stop it! I'm not going to hell with you! I don't want you! And I never will!" He yelled as he kept shaking his head away from her. "I love Kagome! Face it! I love her! You know so deal with it!" Inuyasha yelled but suddenly stopped as his head also began to sink down. She glarred at him for what he said and finished removing his memory of Kagome. She flicked her wrist toward the trees and the veins dissapeared and the two fell to the ground. She turned around and walked deeper into the forest.

Kilala came running over in her small form when she smelled Inuyasha and Kagome near by and came up to the backpack. She stuck her head inside the bag and smelled what was inside then realized the two who came with the bag weren't to far away and walked a little further into the forest and saw Inuyasha on the ground and she ran over to him. She nuzzled her nose to him to wake him up and then saw Kagome behind her and noticed they were both unconscience. Kilala nuzzled his ear and then pulled on it.

"Kilala! I give up! You win! I can't find you!" She heard Shippo yell. She turned and ran off deciding to try and get help. Inuyasha's ear started to twitch and he slowly arose his head and realized he was lying on the ground. He sniffed the air and could tell Kikyo had been there. He looked to the side and saw Kagome on the ground by another tree. He got up and rushed over to her.

"Kagome?" He asked as he looked her over to see she wasn't injured and she didn't smell of blood or anything but he could small that Kikyo was near her too. He bent down and picked her up bridal style and then started walking toward the hut. He stopped when he felt a bit light headed. He looked to the side and saw the backpack and picked it up before he began walking again. "...Was Kikyo the one who did this?" He said to himself then looked down when Kagome groaned as she started to move. He looked down at her and her eyes opened and she looked up at Inuyasha.

"Uhh...Inuyasha?" She asked when she realized he was carrying her. He placed her on her feet before she said anything.

"Are you ok?" He asked.

"Ya...why? Did something happen?" She asked hesitantly.

"...that's what i'm trying to figure out." He said with a confused look on his face. Kagome was suddenly light headed also and reached out to the tree beside her to keep herself on her feet.

"What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked worriedly.

"Uhh...nothing, a little dizzy for a moment." She told him, she was a little confused about why he was being so nice to her.

"Hop on." He said as he bent down in front of her.

"I can walk." She assured him.

"Ya and when you fall and lose consciousness what'll we do about jewel shards?" He asked gruffly. She rolled her eyes then realized nothing was different about him and got on his back.

"Yes we wouldn't want me to get hurt cause then we can't find the jewel shards." She mumbled to herself.

"Why else would I be hauling your ass back to the hut?" He asked her as he began walking again.

"Well excuse me, maybe I won't even help with the jewel shards for a coupld of days. I could always head back to my time and go to school." She told him.

"Feh, in your dreams. Your not going anywhere, you just got back and that's enough of going back and forth for a while." He told her.

"You went to! Which I have no clue why. If you would have stayed I would have at least gotten some alone time." She explained to him irritatedly.

"Why the hell did I go! It's not like..." He started but stopped when he heard a stream nearby.

"It's not like what?" Kagome asked.

"Forget it." He said as he continued walking. He listened to the stream and tried to figure out what the fuzzy picture that flashed in his mind for a minute was. He had remembered something about the stream but wasn't sure what.

"Your such a jerk." Kagome muttered.

"Excuse me? At least i'm not making you walk." He told her.

"Oh ya, how grateful I should be. Oh thank you Inuyasha, I wouldn't want to fall and sprain my ankle because I would hate to have to miss out on shard hunting." She said sarcastically.

"Feh." He replied as he came to the front of the hut.

"We're here now put me down." She told him.

"Gladly." He replied as he let her go so she fell to the ground. Sango and Miroku were walking toward the hut from the other direction and saw this take place.

"You jerk!" Kagome yelled as she got up.

"Well your the one to weak to walk on you own!" Inuyasha yelled as he dropped her bag next to her.

"Your the one who made me go on your back!" Kagome yelled back as she faced him.

"Well if you weren't so damn heavy it would be easier!" He glarred at her.

"Shut up! You've never complained before!" She told him.

"That's because you can't ever keep up so I have no choice but to carry you!" He yelled.

"Agh! Don't talk to me!" Kagome yelled as she turned and walked inside the hut.

"Alright with me!" Inuyasha yelled into the hut as he walked away from the hut but stopped when he saw Miroku and Sango walk over to him.

"What was that about?" Sango asked curiously.

"Nothing." Inuyasha said as he jumped up into a tree.

"What do you think they're fighting about?" Miroku asked Sango.

"I don't know...they've never fought before. I thought something was wrong when Kilala came and got us...maybe this is what she meant." Sango said as she walked into the hut. Shippo and Kilala both came running to the hut behind them. Kagome was inside digging inside her backpack. "...hey Kagome..." Sango said hesitantly.

"Oh hey Sango." Kagome smiled. "I brought lots of candy from halloween for you guys." She told her.

"Uhh...great...what's going on with you and Inuyasha?" She asked.

"He's being a jerk like always." Kagome rolled her eyes. "Oh well...I don't want to talk about him right now." She said and pulled out seperate bags of candy. "These are for you guys." She said then pulled out a container. "And this is some halloween cookies my mom made." She smiled. "They're really good."

"Wow that's alot." Miroku said as he looked at everything she pulled out.

"Ya I guess so." Kagome laughed.

"Kagome!" Shippo yelled as he finally ran in after calming Kilala since she seemed worried about something. "Your back!" He said as he ran and hugged her.

"Yup, and I brought candy for you too." She smiled and handed him the bag.

"Yay! Thank you!" Shippo said as he took the bag.

"Your welcome, but don't eat to much right away." She told him.

"I won't." Shippo said as he ran out of the hut back to Kilala.

"I know he will." Kagome giggled. Sango looked over at Miroku oddly and he shrugged and headed out of the hut toward the tree Inuyasha was in.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled as he looked up into the tree.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"I've found a lead on a jewel shard." Miroku said and waited a few seconds as Inuyasha jumped down out of the tree.

"Where?" Inuyasha asked once he was on the ground.

"Come take a walk with me and i'll tell you all about it." Miroku said as he started walking toward a field.

"You can't tell me here?" Inuyasha asked and crossed his arms but noticed Miroku kept walking. He sighed before following him.

"You havn't fought with Kagome in a while." Miroku said simply.

"Ya, what's it to you?" Inuyasha asked as he crossed his arms once they were at the top of the hill out in the field.

"Nothing, I just thought you wouldn't fight with her much after all that happend with you and her." Miroku shrugged.

"She's the one who donsn't want to look for the jewel shards. Stupid wench." Inuyasha muttered the last part to himself.

"Wow...something must have really upset both of you. So i'm guessing after everything that has happend hasn't changed anything." Miroku sighed.

"I don't know what your talking about. Just tell me about the jewel shard." Inuyasha demanded.

"Fine, there were some passing villagers talking about a demon up on a mountain not to far from here that terrorized a village up there that was around the same time a wandering priestess passed through. She was mending one of the villagers when it attacked and said to herself that it had five jewel shards. The villager said that she shot one arrow at the demon before continuing her trek to wherever she was headed. He said that she seemed in a hurry to get somewhere." Miroku explained and turned to look at Inuyasha who had a thoughtful look on his face.

"Well...I guess we should go get it then." Inuyasha saod simply and crossed his arms.

"There was also a report of a young boy in a village in the other direction that attacked some demons but is now unconcious that fits the description of Kohaku." Miroku told him.

"So you and Sango are going over there?" Inuyasha asked calmly.

"We were planning on it. Which is why we waited till you returned but we didn't expect you and Kagome to be fighting." Miroku sighed.

"Well you go after Kohaku and i'll get the shard." Inuyasha finalized.

"You taking Kagome with you arn't you?" Miroku asked.

"She dosn't want to search for jewel shards then she dosn't have to, i'm not hauling her around everywhere." Inuyasha explained gruffly.

"You can't see the shards without her. I'm sure she'll go after you apologize to her for whatever you did." Miroku shrugged.

"I'm not apologizing to her! I didn't do anything to her!" Inuyasha told him out of irritation.

"Ok ok Inuyasha. Calm down. So...are you guys...taking a break or something...cause it hasn't been that long you know." Miroku said trying to figure out what was going on.

"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked as he gave him an odd look.

"...you mean after all that's happend you guys are back to how you were before?" Miroku asked.

"Miroku your not making any sense. After what happend?" Inuyasha asked only getting more and more confused as Miroku talked but felt some type of belief in what he said but pushed it aside.

"...are you saying you don't love Kagome anymore?" Miroku asked also becoming confused.

"What the hell! I don't love Kagome! What happend that your talking about!" Inuyasha demanded.

"I'm talking about you telling Kagome you love her!" Miroku yelled.

"I never told Kagome I love her...cause I don't! Miroku...maybe you really do need to take a break away from shard hunting...it's probably a good thing your going with Sango." Inuyasha said giving him another odd look. Miroku just looked at Inuyasha with a confused look.

"Inuyasha! Stop turning this around! Your saying you don't love Kagome anymore!" Miroku demanded.

"I never have so what's with this 'anymore' crap!" Inuyasha asked, Miroku saw the questioning look Inuyasha was giving him and didn't know what to think.

"Something is going on..." Miroku mumbled to himself.

"Whatever...i'm going to go tell the others what were doing." Inuyasha said and turned to walk back to the hut.

SANGO.AND.KAGOME.

"So what's going on?" Sango asked Kagome curiously.

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked.

"Why were you guys fighting?" She asked her.

"Oh that, Inuyasha is just a stupid jerk." Kagome shrugged. "I don't know. He only thinks of the jewel shards and all that. I can't wait till we find all of it so I don't have to deal with him anymore." Kagome said out of frustration.

"...you don't really mean that do you?" Sango asked.

"I don't know anymore. I'm just waiting it out I guess. I know one say Kikyo is going to come by and he's just going to go off with her and he'll throw his life away by going to hell with her." Kagome explained with a sigh.

"Kagome...Inuyasha wouldn't do that to you." Sango said, surprised at what her friend was saying.

"I wouldn't doubt it if he did. It dosn't matter anymore to me though." Kagome shrugged, she knew she was lying to herself. It did matter to her cause the truth was she still loved Inuyasha but he didn't love her so she just decided to finally maybe she should just try to stop those feelings. She just couldn't shake the feeling of being with him in her time, as if they were different. She shrugged it off and listened to what Sango was saying.

"What do you mean it dosn't matter to you? Inuyasha wouldn't do that to you. He's already told you he loves you wh..." Sango said but was cut off by Kagome.

"Sango...what are you talking about? Inuyasha dosn't love me, remember? He has a thing for dead girls." Kagome rolled her eyes.

"...Kagome...what are you talking about?" Sango asked, giving her a questioning look.

"I don't know what made you think Inuyasha told me he loved me. Don't tell me that, i'm trying not to have feelings for him anymore." Kagome sighed. Kagome had told Sango about her feelings for Inuyasha a while back.

"Does kissing you mean nothing at all?" Sango asked her, surprised of what she was hearing.

"What do you mean kissing me? I've never kissed Inuyasha...wait...that was a long time ago and that was only to stop him from transforming. That didn't mean anything." She said, it meant everything to her but seemed to mean nothing to Inuyasha.

"...that's not wha..." Sango started but was cut off when Inuyasha walked in. She watched him walk in giving him a questioning look as she thought to herself.

"Can I help you?" Inuyasha asked when he noticed Sango looking at him.

"What do you want?" Kagome asked as she crossed her arms.

"We have to go find a jewel shard...well five while Sango and the others go to a nearby village." Inuyasha told her.

"I have to go with you?" Kagome asked, she hated sounding mean to him but it was the only way to try to stop her feelings.

"Sucks huh? And I have to be with you. Seems we both lose." Inuyasha commented.

"I guess so. Fine. Tell me when we're leaving." Kagome sighed and walked outside. Sango looked at them both oddly then looked over at Inuyasha.

"This is like a joke right?" Sango asked.

"What's a joke?" Inuyasha asked now being the one giving her an odd look.

"...nothing, i'm going to go find Miroku." Sango said as she walked out of the hut. Inuyasha rolled his eyes before exiting the hut also.

"Oi wench!" Inuyasha yelled as he walked over to Kagome. She turned to look at him and rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"What?" She asked dully.

"Are you going with me to find the jewel shard or not?" He asked also crossing his arms.

"Your asking me?" She asked out of surprise. "Umm...ya, I guess i'll go." She shrugged.

"Right...Sango and Miroku are going to another village and i'm guessing they're taking Shippo so i'm lucky to spend a couple of days with you." He said sarcastically.

"Don't think i'm pleased either. When are we going?" She asked him.

"I want to get there as soon as we can so we'll be leaving as soon as Miroku and Sango leave." He said before turning to walk back to the hut.

"Don't you think their's something wierd going on?" Sango asked Miroku as they watched Inuyasha walk into the hut.

"Yes, I believe so. Inuyasha claims he dosn't love Kagome and never has...what about Kagome?" Miroku asked.

"Same. She says Inuyasha has never told her that. When I brought up him kissing her she thought I was talking about that time we fought Kaguya." Sango sighed.

"Something is very wrong. I don't know what's going on but it can't be good. Maybe after a few days together it'll be ok..." Miroku suggested with a shrug.

"I hope so." Sango sighed.

"Shall we get going?" Miroku asked and she nodded as they walked to the hut and gathered their stuff.

"Sango! Are we going now?" Shippo asked as he came running inside with Kilala.

"I'll be back. I'm going for a walk." Inuyasha said as he exited the hut once more.

"Ya we're leaving. Inuyasha and Kagome are going after some shards though so their not coming with us." Sango explained.

"Ok. I'm going to go say goodbye to Kagome then." Shippo said as he ran out. Kilala ran out of the hut but instead ran after Inuyasha and followed him into the forest. He stopped where he had awoken on the ground by a tree. He crossed his arms and stood there trying to remember what had happend. He knew something must have happend but couldn't figure out for the life of him what it was. Kilala purred and rubbed her head to his leg.

"Hey Kilala." He said as he knealed down to pet her. "I have no idea what's going on." He sighed as he pet the small two tailed cat. "I feel like i'm forgetting something. You wouldn't know what that would be would you Kilala?" He smirked. She purred and looked up at him. "No I didn't think so." He sighed. He looked over at the tree where he had found Kagome lying on the ground and saw something shimmer in the light of the sun. He stood up and walked over to the tree. He knealed down and picked up the shiny object and recognized it instantly. Kilala ran over and looked at the object. He opened the locket and saw the two pictures in it and gave it a thoughtful look.

"I wonder how this got here. Why did Kagome have it..." He wondered out loud before sticking it back inside his haori. Kilala stuck her nose inside his haori and pulled it out. "What? That's mine Kilala." He said and pulled it back from her. She looked down at it and pawed at it. "What?" He asked and opened it once more. She put her paw over Kagome's picture and looked up at him. He sat down under the tree and Kilala jumped up in his lap still looking up at him. "What about her?" Kilala then put her paw over his picture and growled.

"You think I was being a jerk too?" He asked with a sigh. She just looked up at him. "Something happend here...and I keep thinking it has to do with Kikyo. Her scent is all over the place." He muttered to himself then looked back down at Kilala. "I'll be nicer ok?" He asked gruffly. Kilala purred and rubbed her head to his hand. He pet her once more before standing up. He looked back at the wooded area as he stuck the locket into his haori and shook his head. "Something is wrong..." He concluded as he walked back to the hut with Kilala following behind him.

"Kilala! Ready to go?" Sango called out and Kilala raced to the girl that called her name and transformed into her larger form. "Bye Inuyasha!" Sango called out before getting on Kilala. Inuyasha just waved as he walked over to them and found Kagome helping Miroku take a small bag with the first aid kit. She decided to let them take it since they would probably need it more for Kohaku. Kagome backed up with her backpack with a couple things out of the first aid kit for her to take and she emptied all the stuff they wouldn't need. She watched Miroku and Shippo get on Kilala's back before they took off.

"Bye Kagome! Bye Inuyasha!" Shippo called out as they flew into the air. Inuyasha sighed and walked over to Kagome.

"Ready to go?" He asked her.

"Ya sure." She said and started walking. He sighed and caught up to walk along side her. They kept walking in silence until they exited the village.

"Kagome..." Inuyasha started.

"Don't Inuyasha. I don't want to start fighting now. Let's just get these shards and get it over with." She told him without even taking a glance at him. He sighed once again and continued walking. Now he regretted being mean to her, his mind was just on the matter that Kikyo had probably done something to them and he was just easily angered. They continued their silent walk until they got to an old looking bridge with a waterfall beside it. Inuyasha's ear twitched when he heard the water and he looked over at the waterfall. "Oh great...that looks safe." Kagome said sarcastically to herself as she started walking onto the bridge as flashbacks of what happend last time she crossed a bridge but all she remembered was the bridge breaking and her almost falling and then...and then Inuyasha catching her, she remembered the look on his face but couldn't remember what he had said at all. She sighed as she continued to walk across the bridge. No matter how hard she would try she still felt those feelings for Inuyasha, she still couldn't get over the feeling that she was missing something though.

'I wasn't going to start anything...' Inuyasha sighed. 'I'm not always starting a fight with her...am I? I don't mean anything by the shard detecting thing...I just panic...what happens once we find all the shards and she really does go home cause I made her mad?' He thought to himself, he always wondered what would happen after they found all the shards. Most of all, what would happen to Kagome. Kagome stopped and turned around on the bridge and looked at Inuyasha, he stopped and looked back at her.

"What?" He asked.

"I don't..." She started trying to figure out what she was trying to say.

"You don't what?" Inuyasha asked giving her a questioning look. He realized she was about to start crying and wanted to do something to stop her. "No why are you crying!" He paniced. "Don't cry." He told her calmly and took a step closer to her. "Please don't cry." He told her quietly before pulling her into a hug. Kagome was shocked at what was happening and stiffened. He didn't know why he hugged her it just came to him to do it like it was right. He froze and realized what he was doing and pulled away from her. "Uhh...what were you saying?" He asked her with a light blush.

"I just...don't want to keep fighting." She said also with a red tint over her cheeks. He was about to say something then turned to look the other way when he heard a loud noise. "What was that?" Kagome asked and looked to where he was looking to see rocks falling from the top of the waterfall.

"Come on!" He yelled as he grabbed her arm and started running for the other end of the bridge. One of the large boulders that were falling hit the bridge as they were nearing the end and broke it down the middle. Inuyasha jumped up and grabbed Kagome around the waist as he carefully landed on the ground. "I'd say someone is out to get us." Inuyasha said as he watched the bridge fall.

"Or we have bad luck with bridges." Kagome sighed as she looked where the bridge used to be. "How are we going to get back across?" She asked him.

"I guess we'll worry about that when we head back." He shrugged and let go of her as he started walking again. He stopped when he thought he smelt a familiar scent but it quickly dissapeared so he shrugged it off and continued walking once again with Kagome following behind.

"I'm starting to hate bridges." She muttered to herself.

NARAKU.

"Your not doing a very good job. I thought you said you erased their memories of ever being together?" Naraku asked.

"I did." Kikyo told him.

"Then why does he seem to still have feelings for her?" Naraku asked.

"I don't know. He shouldn't." Kikyo explained to him.

"Unless...Inuyasha really did love the girl." Naraku concluded with a smirk.

"Well we'll just have to make sure he dosn't have a chance to remember any of it." Kikyo decided.

"What about Inuyasha? He's getting closer you know." Naraku told her.

"He wouldn't agree if she's alive either." Kikyo muttered, knowing what he was thinking.

"But we can take her and if he says he won't then we can kill her. If he loves her as much as it seems he'll do it." Naraku smirked. Kikyo glarred at him as she grew irritated from him saying Inuyasha has feelings for Kagome.

"You really think he'll just hand over the jewel then help you free that dangerous demon?" Kikyo asked dully.

"If not then there are ways to get him to." Naraku said simply.

INUYASHA.&.KAGOME.

Kagome was now walking a few steps behind Inuyasha as they continued their trek to the village.

"You think you could pick up the pace a litte?" Inuyasha called to her.

"I'm walking as fast as I can, just keep walking i'm right behind you!" Kagome told him. The truth was she was feeling tired for some odd reason and had a few dizzy spells every now and then. She tried to hide it and keep up so not to cause any trouble since they already seemed to be fighting over the smallest things.

"That's the fastest you can walk? Old age catching up to you now?" He asked when he stopped and looked at her as she slowly walked.

"Shut up." She muttered as she began to walk faster so he would stop complaining. Her breathing became ragged and he looked at her oddly. He walked over to her and she just rolled her eyes and kept walking. She was afraid he had noticed she was tired so she tried to play it off as best as she could.

"Oi wench! Stop." He told her when she walked by him. She turned around to face him with a glare but regretted turning so fast when she got another one of those dizzy spells and felt herself being caught as she began to fall as her sight blackened into the darkness. "Kagome?" She heard him say before she fell out of complete conciousness.

"Stupid girl. Should have told me." He mumbled to himself as he picked her up. He couldn't help the fact that he was still worried about the reason she had passed out. 'She isn't sick...why would she pass out? And why wouldn't she tell me she wasn't feeling good?' He wondered as he looked down at her sleeping face.

"I just...don't want to keep fighting." He sighed as he remembered her saying that.

"Dammit, it's not like I would get mad if she felt sick." He said to himself as he kept walking after pulling her backpack over his shoulder still trying to figure out why she would pass out.

'She didn't do much...so it can't be she was overworked or anything...and when I found her this morning she had passed out but she was fine after that...' He thought to himself. 'If she was feeling sick then when she was about to start crying...crying would have done something to her..like weakened her...right? So it can't be that.' He thought becoming irritated with himself for not knowing. He felt like he should know why but maybe he wasn't listening or something.

MIROKU.&.SANGO.

"I don't get what could have happend...why do they act like nothing ever happend between them?" Sango asked now that Shippo had fallen asleep as they soared through the sky on Kilala.

"Maybe they decided that against the idea and thought it would be better to act as if it didn't happen...that's the only thing I've been able to come up with. I've been thinking about the same thing. It's that or either...they really forgot." Miroku sighed.

"You can't just forget about something like that." Sango told him.

"Yes I thought so too...but why else would they act like that? Unless they've decided to joke around." Miroku shrugged.

"It wouldn't be the first time...but that just dosn't seem to fit to what's going on." Sango said with a sigh of her own. "I don't think you could love someone then decide to act as if it never happend that easily. I'm sure you'd have some feeling in it. I mean look at Inuyasha. He believed he loved Kikyo and whenever we spoke of her he got mad and either left or made sure we wouldn't say anything of her like that anymore." She explained.

"Well then there has to be an explanation. Maybe it will be better when we meet up again." Miroku suggested with a nod from Sango.

"Hopefully." Sango said.

WITH.KOGA.

"Kagome's scent. I can smell it. She's close but...she's...different. Why does she smell so different?" Koga wondered to himself as he knealed at the edge of a cliff. He looked down to see both ends of a bridge hanging at the sides of the cliffs.

"Koga! There you are!" Ginta yelled out of breath as him and Hakkaku ran to catch up to Koga.

"What's the rush?" Hakkaku asked trying to catch his breath.

"I smell dog shit around." Koga said as he stood and looked across to the other side where the bridge should end with his arms crossed.

"Who? Inuyasha?" Hakkaku asked. "What is he doing around this part?"

"I don't know, but it's only him and Kagome. Why would he be away from the others is what I want to know. He better not be trying to take Kagome." Koga growled.

"I don't think Inuyasha would do that. He's probably just searching for the jewel shard." Ginta concluded.

"Ya well whatever his reason we won't be able to get there this way. Something happend to the bridge and that's a long way down." Koga said looking down the side once again. Ginta and Hakkaku backed up instantly once they looked down.

"Uhh...m-maybe we should go then." Ginta said.

"Y-Ya...w-we wouldn't want to f-fall." Hakkaku nodded.

"You guys chicken or something?" Koga smirked.

"No!" They both yelled but still backed up a little more.

"Just suggesting." Ginta told him.

"Ya...cause if you fall...then...then what'll we do about Kagome?" Hakkaku asked nervously.

"Whatever, let's get going. I'm sure there's a way around or something." Koga said as he walked in the opposite direction of the cliff.

BACK.WITH.INUYASHA.&.KAGOME.

Inuyasha continued to walk for a few hours and was surprised that Kagome was still unconcious. It would be getting dark soon and he was begining to get very worried that she hadn't woken up yet. He found an abandoned cave and decided to rest there as he waited for Kagome to awaken. He had fallen asleep himself after a while of watching her while he sat next to her as she lied in her sleeping bag. The soft rain had awoken Inuyasha to see it had turned dark already and when he turned to see Kagome surounded by a blue aura. He blinked and the light was gone.

'...Midoriko?' The name had popped in his head when he saw the aura surrounding the girl. "Kagome?" He asked. 'Why the hell did I think of Midoriko?' He wondered. 'Wait...Midoriko...what was it that happend with Midoriko?'

"Midoriko had came...I remember that...cause I was talking to her." He said as he tried to remember why the name seemed important. "She was talking about Kagome...but why?" He tried to figure. He looked down at Kagome once again and remembered her glowing like she did a moment ago. He remembered seeing her floating up into the air but as it played out in his mind it was as if it was on mute. He didn't know what was being said just seeing her lips move.

"What was it that Midoriko had said? She said she knew us...I remember that..." He said. "Ugh! Why can't I remember this!" He wondered as he stood up and walked to the enterance of the cave. He jumped back when he was hit by the water expecting hail for some reason. He looked out at the rain and noticed there was no hail. "What the hell..." He said and just waved off the thought. He went back to trying to remember what had happend before.

"Midoriko came...and she started talking to us about Kagome. Ok I remember that much...dammit why the hell can't I remember this!" He groaned. "Ok...Midoriko showed up because...dammit. Why was she even there?" He wondered and remembered Midoriko killing a cloud. "What the fuck! A cloud? Kagome was killing a cloud while being possesed by Midoriko...What the hell was with the clou...COYOTE DEMON!" He yelled and realized he had yelled. He turned to look over at Kagome and noticed her move but didn't awaken. "That's right...Kagome was kidnapped by the coyote demon for some reason and then Midoriko killed it off and started talking to us about Kagome telling us that...wait...she was weak for a while cause of something to do with her powers and then Midoriko...god dammit. What the hell did you tell us Midoriko?" He asked as he looked up at the sky watching the rain drops fall. He sighed and turned to look over at Kagome once again.

"Why would you faint Kagome?" Inuyasha asked in a soft tone. He sighed as he looked down to the floor of the cave. 'Dammit this is starting to piss me off. Something could be wrong with Kagome and I have no idea how to help her. Why can't I remember something being said by a dead miko who possesed Kagome!' He wondered. He sighed once again and looked back at Kagome.

He gasped and his eyes widened as he suddenly remembered while he ran to her side. "God dammit! Her powers! I forgot that her powers were maturing!" He said becoming angry with himself for putting her through all that when she was going through that. 'Fuck...how could I forget.' He thought. "I'm sorry Kagome. This is my fault, you better be ok." He whispered as he leaned down to her and stroked her cheek. He began to lean down to her but stopped himself. 'Shit...what the hell was I going to...something is really wrong with me.' He thought with a groan. He had no idea what he was doing, it was just another thing that had came to him that seemed right at the moment. He groaned and looked down at her. "What the hell is going on?..." He asked himself with a sigh before letting his head rest against the cave wall while keeping an eye on Kagome. "Wake up Kagome." He muttered softly.

...tbc...

AN: Okz is finally here! lol. Kinda shorter then usual. Hope you don't mind. Wellz g2g type other fics. ttylz,

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