Chapter 20: Who Am I? Our New Question

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.

"No who am I?" She stared blankly at him.

"Oh god Kagome you honestly don't know who you are?"

"Kagome? Is that me?"

"Yes" Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore. he started crying. He didn't care if he was supposed to be a strong half demon. Kagome didn't know him or herself.

"You're a half demon?" Kagome asked Inuyasha

"Yeah, how did you remember that?"

"You said it just a minute ago."

"No I didn't"

"Really? I heard you say it though" Now Kagome looked even more confused than before.

"No I thought it."

"Oh well I heard it"

"Yo mean to tell me that you can read my mind?"

"I don't know you tell me" Kagome said angrily

'There's the Kagome I know' Inuyasha thought

"Is it? Is that how I act?" Kagome asked

"What? How did you- wait I forgot never mind. Yes that's how you acted before you lost your memory."

Miroku sat back in amazement "I'm shocked that she didn't freak out or something like that. For crying out loud, we don't look exactly like normal people. I'm surprised she didn't start screaming in fear."

"Why would I?" Kagome asked

"Actually Kagome didn't freak out when she first came here either so I'm not that surprised." Inuyasha said

Kagome gasped and reached towards Inuyasha. He looked confused but permitted her to touch him.

She touched his ear gently and it twitched. She giggled and started rubbing them then gasped again. "Inuyasha." She whispered softly.

(In case you were wondering, Inuyasha's ears came back up again after he got over the initial shock)

"You know my name" he said

"Yes"

"I never thought my name since you woke up"

"I never heard your name, I remembered it."

"It must have been your ears Inuyasha, it must have triggered a memory" Sango said

"Yeah must have…" he muttered, still watching Kagome.

Kagome was looking around trying to remember what happened. She put together everything they had told her. Her name was Kagome, the man that looked concerned about her was Inuyasha, he was a half demon and had dog-ears. That was all she knew. She remembered nothing about the other man and the woman with him.

"Who are you two? I'm guessing you're a couple since you're together but I don't know your names or who you are. I don't even know if your demons or humans."

"I'm Miroku, this is Sango. She's a little upset right now because her brother had his memory taken away by Naraku." He stopped and looked at Kagome because she shuddered violently.

"What's wrong?"

"Naraku, I remember him, I think, what I remember is that he caused a lot of deaths and has hurt people. He took someone from us I think." She furrowed her brows and concentrated as hard as she could. "Nope nothing more than that."

"Well at least its something." Sango said

Kagome nodded then smiled "So your er, Sango?"

Sango gave a quick nod

"Ok hi Sango what are you?"

"What do you mean what am I?"

"Are you human, half demon, or maybe demon?"

Sango laughed, "You remember what those are?"

"Yes"

"Ok well I'm a human, actually a demon slayer"

"So you kill demons?"

"Yeah"

"Why haven't you killed Inuyasha then?"
"Because we became friends thanks to you"

"Me?" Kagome said surprised

"Yes, you were with Inuyasha when I came after him to kill him, you stopped me from doing that and asked me to join you in hunting for the jewel shards, and Inuyasha wanted to kill Naraku. After I figured out that he tricked me I wanted to kill him to so I joined you."

"Oh"

Miroku decided it was his turn to explain himself "I'm Miroku like I told you. I'm a human, a monk to be exact. Naraku cursed my grandfather with a windtunnel in his right hand and the curse passes down to every son on my dad's side of the family. I have the windtunnel too. It sucks up everything in its path no matter how big or heavy it is."

Kagome started to back away from Miroku the monk and his windtunnel.

"Don't worry I would never suck up a friend, not even Inuyasha, though I have wanted to sometimes." He smiled reassuringly

Sango laughed, "Don't forget to tell her about you being a pervert."

She looked at Kagome "Don't let him near your bottom, he likes to rub them, and ask every woman he sees if she will bear his child. I'm warning you now before you witness it"

"I though he was dating you, but I see that he enjoys the company of all woman." Kagome said

"Yeah you could say that" Sango said dryly and glared at Miroku.

Miroku sweatdropped. Sango didn't have to be so rude about it, sure he was a pervert but hey, who wasn't? he was sure that his friends were private perverts. Honestly, who couldn't be a pervert with all these beautiful women around? Then he thought of Sango and Kagome and wondered if maybe they were private perverts because of all the sexy men out there, such as himself and Inuyasha, well Inuyasha according to Kagome. He wasn't about to judge a man.

Everyone was staring at him curiously. "What?" he asked

"You looked like you were deep in thought." Sango said

"Oh I was just thinking about the life of a pervert."

Sango rolled her eyes "Well you would know Miroku."

Miroku nodded happily "Nothing wrong with that" He reached over and rubbed Sango's butt.

SLAP

"Oh Sango why do you continue to slap me? I tell you it is not my fault that your beauty attracts my cursed hand" Miroku pouted and rubbed the red handprint on his cheek.

Kagome winced "That looked like it hurt"

"Not really I'm used to it now, she does it all the time, its such a bother. At least I didn't get knocked unconscious this time." Miroku said

Sango rolled her eyes at Miroku. "I don't slap that hard, don't be a wimp."

"I'm not!"

"Are too"

"Am not!"

"I give up on you Miroku honestly your like a child with your whims and wants and always arguing." Sango huffed

Kagome looked at them. "Well you two sure argue like a couple would."

Inuyasha closed his eyes and tried to block out that comment, he remembered that him and Kagome used to argue all the time, did she mean that they were like a couple then?

"Do you have a headache Inuyasha? Why don't you sit down?"

Inuyasha winced expecting to get smashed into the ground but miraculously nothing happened.

He opened his one eye and looked around then opened both and let out the breath he had been holding.

Miroku and Sango were shocked "He didn't fall down, what happened?"

"I guess since she doesn't remember what it means that it doesn't work." Inuyasha said after recovering from the shock.

"What are you guys talking about?" Kagome asked

"Oh n-nothing Kagome don't worry about it." Inuyasha said. He did not want Kagome to know about the power of the word sit.

Sango and Miroku burst out laughing "Don't want her to know Inuyasha?" Sango asked

Inuyasha glared at her and shook his head violently.

Kagome looked at them in confusion. These people who said they were her friends were pretty weird.

To be continued