Like A Cinderella Story

Kiwi: Oh sweet inspiration! I should be doing homework, but I don't wanna! Procrastinator to the end! All right… that's out of my system. Onward!

Chapter 4

Inuyasha hurt her? Was he truly so disgusting to her mind that it hurt just to recall him? Inuyasha stood up abruptly, turning for the open doorway.

"Inuyasha…?" Kagome stood up slowly, crying so much was exhausting. He stopped for a moment but stood facing the door still, preparing to leave.

"You don't even remember me, and I hurt you. I don't know what happened, because I wasn't there for some of it. But if the memories hurt so bad, maybe it's better to not know them. Blissful innocence." He took one step. He would have taken more, mind you, but that was as far as he got before Kagome latched onto his arm.

"Kagome, let-"

"Don't even say it! And don't go spouting philosophy either! I know it hurts! I feel it everyday! And I know that probably means that what ever happened was bad," her voice had softened, but her grip kept Inuyasha still, "but I really want to know. I can't run away from my past no matter how badly it stings or how much I cry. I'll always be running. I want to be able to be strong enough to overcome whatever I may have forgotten, and I can't do that if I don't even know what I am fighting." Her words had Inuyasha turning around now, but Kagome refused to let go. "Inuyasha, I have been so lost. Anything from beyond a few years ago becomes riddled with holes, like a broken puzzle. I have felt like I don't belong, that I am nothing because I know nothing. But when I'm with you, that feeling begins to go away, like somehow you found me. I would rather feel something painful than nothing at all," she looked straight into his eyes now, sparkling with tears that rebelled against her, "I don't want to be lost anymore. Please, help me." Inuyasha had once not be able to resist his best friend's pleas, doing anything in his power, no matter what happened to him, to help her. She once would have done the same. He had once trusted her with his entire being, only to receive the same faith from someone he cared about.

"You don't know what it's like, to have someone forget all about you, like you are worth nothing," he mumbled, facing the floor.

"Add that to the list. I know I am being selfish, and that it hurts you. But please, let me make it up to you by remembering you. I want to know, I really do. To be stronger, to be able to answered questions I always ask myself," Kagome, in all her watery glory, smiled at Inuyasha. He got the feeling that she hadn't smiled like that since her childhood. The thought made Inuyasha giddy for an unknown reason. "Besides," she continued when Inuyasha looked up, "I think you were special to me. Someone I want near my heart. That is enough reason for me to want to go on." He had once trusted and defended the girl in front of him, just as she had. She couldn't remember that, but she was doing so anyway. Even without her memory, she had not given up on Inuyasha, she was still there for him. No way was he going to give up on her now, not when he needed her.

"Well, the best place to start is at the beginning right?" Kagome looked up at him in disbelief for a moment, then smiled another huge grin.

"Yeah. Lets start over."

o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o

After the tears and words of, well, whatever you would call them, Inuyasha was seated at Kagome's table, and they were attempting to map out her life.

"What is the first thing you remember?" Kagome thought for a moment, a finger resting on her chin in thought.

"I remember the country, and a big house."

"What about your family?"

"I remember Mom and Souta, but nothing about Dad. Even the memories of Mom and Souta are fuzzy." Inuyasha looked down, this was hard on him and Kagome knew it. "I'm sorry. I'm trying, but-"

"It's not that. There's so much you just don't remember." Kagome looked down.

"Well, no one said this was going to be a picnic. But I have to keep trying."

"Even so, this doesn't seem to be getting us anywhere."

"Well, everything from when I was about 14 back is what doesn't make sense."

"When did you say you moved here?"

"That year. Kaede said I might be a priestess, and that I should live here with Sango when I couldn't remember where my family was."

"Well, 14 is where we start then. We are going to have to meet this Kaede lady." At least now they had a start.

Kagome called Kaede and let her know that they were going to come over the upcoming weekend. Inuyasha, meanwhile, had been explaining the day's events to Sango and Miroku who had come home in search of their friend. Kagome expected a slightly different reaction from her friends. Something less painful perhaps?

"Kagome, why didn't you tell us!" Kagome expected anger, resentment, or hurt, but not a bone crushing hug.

"Can't…breathe…" she gasped.

"Miss Kagome, you must have known you could trust us,"

"Yes, I know that," she reply, slightly out of breath when released. "But it wasn't easy, and I didn't have much hope that I would ever remember anyway. Sorry,"

"Don't be," Sango replied warmly, "just don't ever do it again." Kagome smiled. Maybe now, with these people, I can actually get somewhere.

Kiwi: It's short, yes. But I am tired and updating twice in a row. Everything from here on is pretty much made over…. So yeah. If anyone noticed, I used a theme from Furuba in there, so that's not mine. Hoped you liked!