"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled in surprise, jumping up from where he was seated and running out of the hut.
He raced out of the hut; only to find Kagome standing just outside the hut door; crying. Miroku and Sango saw this and ran up to her; worried, but because she didn't recognize them, she took a few steps back, almost backing into Inuyasha.
"Kagome, are you okay?"
"Who are you?"
"Oh, I'm sorry; we must have scared you. My name is Sango and this is Miroku; Keade told us that you lost your memory. Everything will be okay, I promise, we'll help you remember everything. But you shouldn't be up and about yet, you're still hurt and you need rest," Sango told her best friend, wishing there was more that she could do to help; Kagome always did everything to help her; even if I meant putting her life on the line.
"I'm fine," she mumbled, looking at the ground, suddenly it had become very interesting.
"Okay, but be careful," Sango responded. "Oh, by the way Inuyasha, do you know where Keade is?"
"Nope," Inuyasha said casually, noticing a hand wandering.
"Okay, well if you see her please tell her that Miroku and I are going to go check on my village; since we aren't going to be hunting for jewel shards anytime soon. I would also like to repair my weapon; it was damaged in the last battle," she finished, feeling a hand caress her ass. "HENTAI!" she slapped the monk, leaving a bright red handprint on his left cheek.
"Good luck Kagome, and get better!"
"Inuyasha?" a small voice came from in front of the half demon.
"Yeah?"
"Where is the woman and boy?" she looked up at him questioningly.
The hanyou knelt and said, "Get on, I'll get there faster; plus you're still hurt and shouldn't be moving around much."
Kagome obeyed and climbed onto his back and they were off. She felt comfortable, relaxed, and surprisingly safe, as Inuyasha leapt from tree to tree; she drifted in and out of sleep, still tired from the fight with the unknown man. Inuyasha landing, softly on the ground, and his gentle, calming voice awakened her.
"Kagome, we're at the well," he told her, trying, nicely, to wake her up.
When he was sure she was awake he carefully set her down and stepped up to the lip of the old well.
"Are you ready?"
Kagome nodded in response, trying to shake the drowsiness from her. With Inuyasha's arm securely around her, they jumped into the Bone Eaters Well.
Suddenly, they were floating through a soft blue light, Kagome, who didn't remember any of this, was amazed. When she felt her feet touch solid ground, she looked around; surrounding her were the well walls, and when she looked up she noticed a ceiling instead of clear blue sky.
Inuyasha, careful of her wounds, gently picked her up, bridal style, and jumped effortlessly out of the well.
When they exited the well house, they found a few police cars and a couple police officers searching the property. Inuyasha, of course, as confused and surprised to find these people looking around Kagome's house, and he found himself wondering why they were dressed so funny.
When the two of them were noticed, a police officer came up to them and said, "You can't be here, this is a crime scene. Please, step behind the yellow tape."
Kagome understood what this man was talking about, unlike Inuyasha, and did as she was told, dragging Inuyasha along with her.
"What happened here?" she asked.
"I'm sorry, I can't release that information."
"B-But I live here…" Kagome stated, shocking Inuyasha, and making the officer, who was walking away, turn around.
"You live here?"
"Y-Yes."
"What is your name?"
"Kagome…"
"Do you have a last name?"
"Ummm…I don't remember it."
"Huh? Well, do you remember anything that happened here?"
"Ummm…I remember a man chasing me. I was with a little boy, I told him to run…there was a woman in the house; there was a lot of blood, she was lying in it. Is she okay? What about the boy?"
"I'm sorry, there was nothing we could do for her. She was dead when we arrived at the scene."
"What about the boy? Is he okay?" she sounded almost hysterical.
"Yes, the child was unharmed."
Kagome sighed in relief.
"We'll need to ask you a few questions down at the station."
"Sure, whatever to help catch this man."
"Higurashi!" a male voice came from down the street. A boy, whom Kagome didn't recognize, which was not surprising, came up to her and grabbed her hand.
"Kagome, are you alright? I saw the ambulances and police cars…what happened here?" the boy, whom Inuyasha had already started to despise, was talking so fast Kagome could barely keep up with him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Inuyasha cut in, already hearing enough, stepping protectively between Kagome and this random boy.
"What are you doing? Who are you? And what makes you think you have the right to talk for Kagome?" the boy said angrily. "Kagome, who is this person? And why do you socialize with such a rude person? Why aren't you stepping in? Normally, you rage at someone if they speak for you."
"Ummm…do I know you?"
"What! Kagome, of course you know me, remember I'm your boyfriend, Hojo! What has this idiot done to you! You'd never forget about me…remember all those dates I asked you to, but you had to turn me down because of your various diseases, and the few dates we did go on. I'll never forget those."
"Hojo?" she said trying desperately to remember, but not succeeding. This caused her eyes to well up with tears, once again.
Inuyasha, tired of seeing woman, Kagome, crying, stepped in, "Can't you see she doesn't remember. Just leave her alone," he said, defensively. He turned to Kagome, "Don't cry, he's just an idiot, don't bother with him," Inuyasha said, carefully taking her in his arms; he held her for what seemed like eternity.