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Wait not Want Not

Grabbing a hold of Kagomes' waist Inuyasha leaped on to a low-lying branch. He knew from the look on her face that she was scared so after making sure that she was comfortable and securely positioned against the tree he stated, "you wanted to know about us, and well this is where we did most of our talking."

Encircling her arms around the tree she held on as tight as she could as she glanced over her shoulder at him. The look on her face said she thought he had just lost his ever-lasting mind. Glancing at the ground below her then over at him she almost screamed for the monk to come save her, but a small part of her told her that she should calm down. 'What am I thinking? Didn't he just say he tried to kill me when we first met?' Scooting away from him a little she said, "I don't think it's safe for me to be up here with you, after all didn't you just tell me you tried to kill me?"

He didn't turn to look at her but he could sense the fear she was feeling.

"Kagome, when we first met…I thought you were someone else. I never really was trying to hurt you, just scare you into giving me the jewel, that's all."

"The Jewel? And who did you think I was?" She asked as she glanced at him.

He wasn't sure if he wanted to tell her about Kikyou because he knew that she always held a small amount of jealousy towards her and with her current state of mind he didn't know if that would be a good thing or not.

Sighing heavily he began, "well Kikyou and I were really close friends at one time. But that was way before you fell down the well.

'Really close friends? Why does that bother me to hear him say that? And what is this well he's talking about?' She thought to herself.

"To make a long story short, Kagome. Kikyou thought I betrayed her so she betrayed me and sealed me to this tree…" he said patting the branch of the Goshinboku, "for 50 years, and that's when I met you." Turning to look at her, he continued, "You released me. You saved me, but I didn't know that when I woke up I thought you were her and she was you. I…I'm sorry about that."

His eyes held so much gratitude and love that she almost reached out and touched the side of his face. If only she could remember that, if only she could make sense of this feeling that warmed her whenever he was near.

"Did you love her? I mean Kikyou. Did you love her?" She asked not really sure of why she even cared.

"Back then I thought I did, but…" He turned away from her for a brief moment but then turned back to face her, "I thought I did, but when I met you and we started to travel together you taught me things I wasn't expecting to learn. You taught me things about my self that made me rethink everything I thought I knew. So I guess if I answer that question honestly, I would have to say, no I didn't love her, but I did and still do care a lot about her, as one friend would for another."

'Oh, god why do I feel happy that he said that! What's this tingly feeling?' Subconsciously she released her hold on the tree letting her hand closest to him fall to sit between the two of them while the other still held on to the tree. 'What was my relationship with him? Were we together? Did he…is he in love with me?' She questioned herself, but she couldn't find the courage to ask him that.

Glancing over to the well he stated solemnly as if he was telling the story of his death, "that's the well there. You and I are the only ones that can travel through it. It takes you back to your time which is 500 years in the future."

'Okay maybe I did loose my memories, but is he serious! He sounds like he's talking about some fairytale. I'll have to remember to ask the Monk about this.'

"As for the jewel…well how about you ask the hag…I mean Kaede about that when you go back to the hut." Lifting his head he inhaled deeply and exhaled as he allowed his shoulders to fall forward in a slouching defeated manner.

Apart of her wanted to believe him, wanted to reach out and hold him to tell him that she understood. She wanted to tell him that she believed everything he said and that she remembered him, but she didn't, not even a little bit. "Inuyasha? Did…what…what type of relationship did we have?"

'How could she not remember me? Maybe I should take her back through the well to her mother? Maybe there's something that they have there that will make her remember me.'

"I…Inuyasha?"

Hearing her call his name he shook his head as he dismissed his desperate thoughts. "Yeah," he replied with out looking at her.

"Are you going to answer me? What type of relationship did we have?"

Smirking he could've kicked himself. He wanted more than anything to tell her that he loved her that he wanted to spend the rest of his days with her, but how could he when she hadn't a clue as to who he was.

"I'm your protector Kagome."

"My what!"

"Your protector. Basically, I made a promise to you and to myself that for as long as I breathe air no harm will ever come to you, so that's make me your protector. Where ever you go, I go and so forth, I guess." He finished with a shrug as everything within him screamed at him to tell her the rest, tell her how much he cares for her, tell her that he would lay down and die for her if it meant she would be happy. "Just your protector." He whispered sadly.

Noticing the mood that he was in she said playfully, "So you're my protector, huh?" Leaning back as if she was going to fall she shrieked playfully and grabbed on to the branch before she could do any damage to her self.

Looking at her out the corner of his eye, "wench, stop that before you fall."

Leaning forward again than back she giggled as she pretended to loose her balance.

"Oi! Don't blame me when you fall on your ass!"

"You're my protector remember," she said as she leaned back but lost her balance and fell from the tree. "Inuyasha!" She screamed.

She waited to hit the ground but instead the felt her body being pulled into someone's arms as a picture flashed in her mind. It was of her and Inuyasha. He had just broken down a door to save her she suspected and last thing she remembered was saying, 'Inuyasha, you came for me.'

Gasping for air as if she was drowning, she sat up and came face to face with the Hanyou from her quick dream.

"Clumsy," he stated jokingly as he stood her up next to him.

"You saved me." She whispered as her hands held on to the front of his haori for a little longer than necessary.

Gazing down at her he whispered as he pulled her a little closer, "I always save you Kagome, and I always will."

His eyes told her that he loved her. They told her that she loved him too and that she needed to trust him. Her heart ricocheted off her rib cage as it tried to validate what his eyes screamed at her, "I…I know." She whispered as her mind stated vehemently to her that she shouldn't be touching him like this.

Pulling away from him she blushed profusely as she sat down on the ground at the base of the tree. "Maybe we should just sit down…"

He hit the ground with a loud wham.

"Oh, god I'm so sorry! Please don't be mad at me! I didn't mean to say that!" She stated hurriedly as she knelled at his side. She wanted to reach over to help him up but before she could there seemed to be a million and two flashes in her mind all saying the same thing just different situations but no doubt it was the silver haired Hanyou in front of her hitting the ground. Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit…and it went on and on like that for what seemed like forever.

Sitting up abruptly he was planning on telling her off, but when he noticed the stiff position of her body and the dazed vacant expression in her eyes he immediately calmed himself. "Kagome, Kagome are you alright?"

Her breathing was heavy and erratic as the last of the flashes disappeared.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, I did that to you." She cried as she sat back on her knees. "I remember saying that word to you and hoping that it would hurt you. I remember you deserved it sometimes, but sometimes you didn't! Oh, god Inuyasha I'm so sorry!" She screamed as she threw herself into his chest hoping that he would forgive her.

He didn't know what to do. Should he console her? Should he tell her that it was okay? He had always hated when she sat him, but it never really hurt anything except maybe his pride. "Kagome, it's okay, really. Sometimes I really did deserve it, especially when I was torturing the runt."

Looking up at him she sniffled a little as she tried to compose herself, "I'm really sorry and I promise I'll never say that to you again."

Pulling away from her he chuckled a little which was something that he never did, "don't make promises you can't keep."

This felt so familiar, so right but outside of the flashes she really didn't remember anything. Smiling back at him she said, "Okay how about this. I'll try to not say it out of anger."

"That sounds better." He replied as he sat back against the tree and pulled her closer to his side. "So what else do you want to know?"

Leaning against him slightly she smiled as she rested her head on his shoulder. 'I think I might have loved him. Some how…I know, I loved him.' She thought as she closed her eyes and relaxed against him. 'How could I 'not' have loved him? If only I could just remember him.'

Until Next Time…(This chapter written by Simonkal of Inuy! Please review!)