Author's Note: hi! Thank you to everyone who reviewed on my last chapter! they were all so nice! THANK YOU! I was in a good "writing mood" when I finished that chapter I guess… BTW in case anyone's wondering, I NEVER, NEVER write a whole chapter in one sitting, I don't think I ever have or ever will. I just can't do that. Unless it's a very short chapter! lol… I just write when I feel like it and if I don't feel like it then I stop or whatever! Oh and I hope that no one was offended by the you're-popular-which-means-yer-a-bitch kind of thing that was in the last chapter, I know not all popular people are bitches, some of my friends are "in" with the "popular" peoples… hehe, I'm not exactly, I have some "popular" friends but I myself am not "popular"… I am with the "right" people tho, kind of, I mean like with my friends, I love ALL my friends! lol… here's the next chapter, which, will be short probably… lol… oh yeah and I am now an Aunt! My step-sister had a baby on the 25th of January! It was a girl and her name is Olivia! I'm so happy! and yes yes very sorry about not updating for a long long time….ahem but here's the new chappie!

Disclaimer: yes! I remembered to put this! Me and my bad memory…. :D but I don't own Inuyasha…. :(

Chapter Title: I don't Know Myself Anymore

Chapter: 8! Yay!

BTW, blah blah blah is me, k?

Last Time:

"I loved you. But that's changed now," Kagome said, quietly.

"G – Wait, what did you say?" Inuyasha asked, not thinking he had heard right.

"I said I loved you, but not anymore. If you hate me, well, well. Because I hate you too now!" Kagome got up and ran out of the house.

Inuyasha stared after her. 'She loved me…?'

Then he got angry. 'What did she think she was doing? Asking for forgiveness and all that crap! Like I could give her that!' Inuyasha thought. 'And she hates me now too? Now that makes me happy!'

New Chapter!

Inuyasha ran outside and over to the large tree that was in the Higurashi shrine. He knew there was some special legend to it but he couldn't remember what it was. He stared at it for a while, his anger slowly seeping out of him. For some reason this tree calmed him, like how a mother calms her baby when it cries. He felt as though it was whispering, 'Shush, Inuyasha, don't be angry', or something like that.

"What the hell?" Inuyasha shook his head, trying to rid himself of those silly thoughts. "That was weird…"

Then it was like the tree stopped 'whispering' to him, and he suddenly got angry again.

"Argh! I hate Kagome!" he yelled, punching his fist into the ground, but, having Kagome's delicate hands, injured himself in the process. "Ouch! That hurt!" he started shaking his hand around, hoping it would stop the sudden pain going through his fingers.

He looked around the shrine, checking if anyone was watching him, then let out a howl when he accidentally hit the tree with his hand, hurting it even more.

"Dumb, fucking tree! You did that on purpose!" he yelled at it.

The tree of course did not answer, making him even angrier.

"Answer me, god dammit!" Inuyasha yelled at it.

Of course the tree did not answer him.

"Argh! Why am I so confused? Me and Kagome were before! Not now! Argh!" he yelled, sitting down next to the tree. 'What's wrong with me lately? Why am I acting like this? Me and her were over a long time ago, why am I feeling like we're back together and had a big fight? I mean, we did have a fight but we're not… together anymore… and, Kagome's so different now, I don't know her anymore…' His thoughts drifted off.

'I don't even know myself anymore…'

:Meanwhile…:

Kagome ran into the Takahashi residence and ran up the stairs so Inuyasha's room, slamming both doors behind her.

"I don't believe him!" she sobbed, flinging herself onto Inuyasha's bed and burying her face into the pillow. "How could he? And why did I tell him that I loved him before?" She cried into the pillow for a while, ever so often muttering something like, 'How could he?' or 'Why?'.

She eventually fell asleep, and slept for an hour or so.

Flashback/Dream

Like, she's dreaming but it's a memory or something… I think you get it… she's having a dream that actually happened a long time ago… :D

Kagome was sitting on a bench in the city gardens, staring off into space.

'I hope he comes soon," she thought, 'he's kind of late, which is unlike him…'

Suddenly, someone came up behind her and covered her eyes. "Guess who?"

"Hey Inuyasha! You're late!" Kagome smiled as she heard the familiar deep voice of her boyfriend.

"I know, I got caught up with Sesshomaru who insisted on knowing where I was going, who I was going to see, and when I was coming back. Oh, and also what I was doing." Inuyasha grinned as Kagome turned around and kissed him lightly on the cheek.

"That's ok," she smiled.

Inuyasha smiled back and kissed her on the opposite cheek she had kissed him on. "You look great."

"Thanks," Kagome blushed, looking down and straightening her back mini skirt. She was also wearing a light blue, off-the-shoulder t-shirt, which matched her flip-flops perfectly. "You too."

Inuyasha shrugged and smiled again. "I'm only wearing shorts and a t-shirt."

"I know."

Inuyasha smiled.

'I love him so much…" Kagome thought, "He's so sweet… cute… perfect…'

"Well, want to go for a walk?" Inuyasha asked, gesturing to the path that led through the gardens.

"Sure!"

Kagome stood up and she and Inuyasha began walking through the gardens holding hands and talking about what they were going to do on the weekend.

"Well, Sango and Miroku are going to the movies, and they invited me, well us…" Kagome laughed.

"Sure!" Inuyasha agreed, squeezing her hand slightly.

"That's Friday, what do you wan to do Saturday?" Kagome asked, returning the squeeze.

"Donno. What about you?"

"No idea… wait! We could go to the beach and go surfing!" suggested Kagome.

"Sure! That'll be fun! And I'll get to see you in your bikini which is a plus!" Inuyasha grinned, pulling Kagome closer to him and nuzzling his face close to her neck.

Kagome giggled and pushed him away. "You perv! You've been around Miroku too long!"

"Well he is my best friend you know."

"I know, I know."

Inuyasha looked down at Kagome and kissed the top of her head. "You're so great, you know that right?"

Kagome blushed and smiled. "Bet you don't know how great you are!"

She was so happy. This was how she wanted her life: great friends, loving family, and a wonderful guy. And she had it. She had everything she always wanted. Well, except for kids but that was later to come… :D Inuyasha was the perfect guy. He was sweet, nice, cute, funny, and just plain amazing. He was also very protective, even though that could be a downside sometimes but that was fine. Once he said that he felt the happiest in his entire life, whenever he was with her, and she loved it. He confided in her, and she confided in him. If there was something wrong they could always detect it and make the other person feel better. They never hid anything from each other and if they didn't like something, they said it. They were completely upfront with their feelings. And even though they sometimes disagreed, they never got in fights.

Kagome was pulled out of her thoughts when Inuyasha said, "What ch'ya thinkin' about?" ok I just have to put this in here, right now, (well actually right before I started this little A/N), it was 1300 words! Hee hee I just thought that was kewl… :P back to the story

"You."

"Me?"

"Yes, you. Don't sound so surprised!"

"Aw, I should have known it, you can't get me out of your mind, can you?" Inuyasha said, teasing her.

"How did you know?" Kagome poked him playfully. "I was thinking about you and how great my life is right now, with you and all."

"Really?" he sounded truly happy.

"Yes. I've never enjoyed life more than the times I'm with you." Kagome gave him a genuine smile.

"Me too," Inuyasha agreed, smiling back.

They walked in silence for a while until Inuyasha said, "So, are you gonna wear your bikini when we go surfing?"

"'Yasha! Oooh I'm going to get you for that!" Kagome squealed, chasing Inuyasha and he fan away from her.

"Can't catch me!" Inuyasha called, turning around so he could see her and running backwards.

"I will!"

"Nuh uh!"

"I will too! Wait! Watch-!" Kagome yelled suddenly, just as Inuyasha ran into a tree because he couldn't see where he was going.

"Ooff! Inuyasha fell down, and lay there motionless.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried, running over to him and kneeling down next to him. "Are you alright?"

She rolled him over to find that he was laughing so hard he couldn't talk.

"Got ch'ya!" He grinned as he poked her sides, tickling her and making her fall on top of him.

"Hey! No fair!" Kagome cried as Inuyasha rolled them over so he was on top of her.

"Yes fair…" he said just before he kissed her on the lips. It was a long, soft kiss, full of love. When they pulled apart they were both breathing heavily, partly because of the lack of air from their long kiss and partly because they had been running.

"Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered.

"Hm?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

End of Flashback/Dream

Kagome suddenly sat up, tears dripping down her face. "And I still love you!" she moaned, sobbing again and she rolled over onto her back.

"I don't know myself anymore."

TBC…

HA! Bad cliffy! I know this isn't the longest chapter (it's half the # of pages that last one was) but I actually wrote most of this all at one time, which like I said, doesn't happen very often. I hope you like it, I think I do. This is actually my favorite story to write (at the moment at least) because I kind of like writing flashbacks and in the next few chapters there will be more and more. Also I just like this story! I just got back from Germany about 2 weeks ago, and I've been trying to catch up since. I almost am. I'll try to update on my other stories soon too, ok? well, I gotta go do some homework so I don't get even farther behind. (man, my hand hurts and my homework is to write 2 paragraphs…. not on the computer…. and I've got to study for a science test tomorrow…)

BYE!

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