Chapter 19: Who Are You? The Dreaded Question

Inuyasha carried Kagome into camp and Sango ran up to him "What happened? Where were you two? Why doesn't Kagome look so good? Why is she so pale? What did you do? Were you attacked?"

"Whoa calm down Sango, everything is alright. We went to Kikyo in the forest over there, Kagome killed Kikyo and got part of her soul back, and no we weren't attacked. There I think I answered them all."

"Are you serious?" Miroku asked from behind Sango

"Yeah I am" Inuyasha said, "Now move! Kagome's exhausted and not to mention unconscious and I need to make sure she's ok and that she didn't hurt herself."

"How could she hurt herself?" Miroku asked

"Overstraining herself for one" Inuyasha said

"Oh."

"Yeah it took a lot of willpower and concentration to do what she did. And she got a jolt when the rest of her soul came back to her." Inuyasha concluded and walked over to their blankets and set Kagome down. He checked for a fever and finding her forehead a little warmer than usual he put a damp cloth on her forehead.

"Miroku, Sango do you two know about a herb that revives unconscious people that suffered from a shock? I want you to check for it around here and I'm going to look through Kagome's backpack to see if she has anything from her time that would help."

"I'm not sure but I think there's a herb that does that. I don't know what its called but its mostly green with a purple stem and it grows on the ground. Oh and it has four leaves connecting to the stem. (I made all that up about the herb. I don't know if it really exists) But I don't know where the herb is." Sango said

"Well start looking for it ok?" Inuyasha lifted his head out of Kagome's bag to talk to them, then stuck his head back in searching for something to help them.

Miroku and Sango ran off to try and find the mysterious herb.

Inuyasha dumped everything out of Kagome's bag and sorted out the medical supplies. In a minute he figured out that nothing in Kagome's bag was going to help him wake her up. And he needed her awake to see if she was ok in the head. He couldn't ask her questions if she was unconscious.

"Come on Kagome wake up, please wake up!" Inuyasha moaned

Meanwhile

Sango and Miroku were searching for their herb. "I can't find it anywhere Sango, are you sure that's what it looks like?" Miroku asked

"Yes I'm sure. It was used at my village to revive the demon exterminators that were knocked unconscious. I used to go and pick it with my dad." At the mention of her dad Sango started to cry. "My dad… oh god how I miss him. I wish he were here right now."

Miroku stopped looking for the herb and put a comforting arm around Sango. He gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze to show he was there for her "I'm sorry Sango"

Sango sniffed and looked at Miroku "For what?"

"For making you bring that up, I know it's hard for you to remember that"

"Thanks Miroku but its ok, it just makes me want to kill Naraku even more." She smiled weakly and wiped her tears away.

"That's right Sango. You keep being that strong person you are and remember Naraku is why all this has happened." Miroku said smiling "Now lets get back to looking for that herb"

"Ok Miroku, and I'm sorry too."

Miroku looked surprised "Why are you sorry?"

"I'm sorry for crying in front of you like that. It was stupid for me to cry. Like I've heard Kagome say, its no use crying over spilt milk."

"Don't be sorry because unless I'm mistaken your dad being well, uh, you know,"

"Yeah"

"Is not the same thing as spilt milk. I'm sorry but they are two very different things."

"Ok I guess your right." Sango said

"And look!" Miroku held up a plant, "I found the herb we were looking for!"

"Alright good job Miroku now lets hurry back to Kagome and Inuyasha. I'm sure he's worried sick over her."

They ran back to their camp as fast as they could.

Just as Inuyasha finished looking through Kagome's bag for a third time Miroku and Sango ran up to him out of breath and handed him a plant. "here-gasp-you-gasp-go Inuyasha" Sango said

"I told you we should have taken Kilala" Miroku managed to say

"Oh shut up"

"Ok"

Inuyasha ripped one of the leaves in half and smelled it. "Oh gross this stinks. I hope it works." He leaned over Kagome and put the leaf in front of her nose.

Kagome's nose twitched slightly.

"Look her nose moved!" Miroku exclaimed

"No duh." Inuyasha said sarcastically then stared at Kagome to see if she did anything else.

"Well just because Kagome isn't conscious doesn't mean that you have to be all mean to me you know." Miroku complained

"Shhh!" Inuyasha said

Miroku made a face at Inuyasha's back.

Kagome opened her eyes and looked up at her three friends. "Who are you?" She asked looking confused. She saw a woman standing beside a man with a purple robe on. She figured they were going out or something. Then she saw a man with silvery white hair standing right above her. He looked concerned and she swore she saw love in his eyes. The problem was she didn't know who they were but they obviously knew her.

Inuyasha's ears pressed against his head out of fear and sadness. His face fell and he almost burst into tears. Kagome didn't know who they were. She lost her memory, all hope was lost.

He leaned close to Kagome and looked into her eyes trying to see a glimmer of her old self in them. Nothing, her eyes were blank, she honestly didn't know who they were.

"Wha-wha-wha-" Inuyasha said dumbstruck. How could this happen to Kagome?

Miroku looked at his friend sympathetically. He knew what was going through Inuyasha's mind right now. He couldn't believe that Kagome lost her memory.

Sango was painfully reminded of Kohaku and how he had no memory of her or their family.

Sango started crying silently and Miroku didn't know what to do. Sango was crying into his shirt, Inuyasha was staring at Kagome like she was a ghost and Kagome was looking very confused.

Inuyasha couldn't form words. His mouth simply would not work properly. "Wha- how- I uhh…" he forced himself to get over the shock and actually talk. "Do you know…" Oh god this was hard to say "Do you know who you are?" He feared her answer.

Kagome looked at him and started to speak.

To be continued