Welp guys, I'm back from my trip to Europe. Had fun there… Mmmhmm, actually I was back a week ago but I was feeling lazy and tired so I didn't type anything up. So, I promised you all a longer update this time, so here it is!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters and I never will. I also don't own the title of the whole story "Maybe Memories" by The Used. The lyrics will be at the end of the chapter, as always.

Maybe Memories

Forgiveness

A dark look passed over Inuyasha's features before he growled out "Naraku is back, of course. He's after Kagome."

Just as Inuyasha planned to vanish out of the room, Mai shoved him back into it and made him sit down. The panther-man's eyes flashed before he ground out "Ok, to begin with, yes I was listening to your conversation. If she lives in another time and only you two can go through, doesn't that mean she'll be safe over there? Safer than here?"

"Yes." The short answer shot forth from between the half demons shining fangs "But he might find a way to get to her."

"If it was my mate, I'd make her stay over there. Keep her there until the fight with Naraku was over. Naraku will only use Kagome against you. She'll cause your demise." Mai was of course, using his more feline-like thoughts to run this conversation. He didn't understand what this love was, or how overbearing it was upon a soul. Well, that is, he didn't recognize it yet.

"But if he keeps her away from him, she will grow weakened and wilt like a flower. Plus, if her world is as civilized as you make it out to be, then she is quickly becoming a danger to it and is in danger of it. Her powers will be evident and she will be shunned and possibly even attacked. Inuyasha, she will be vulnerable, just like we have been from ignorant people." Emiko spoke up, trying to reason Inuyasha into going and fetching his woman.

His ears twitched crazily when he stalked up and down in the room, brooding until he eventually settled down and stood, hanging his head "What if she doesn't believe me? What if she doesn't take me back? I can't stay by her side if she hates me!"

Mai was slowly catching on to all the problems in the conversation, now that his civilized brain was being used more and more often. This time he turned to Inuyasha and cut off a piece of his hair, wrapped it up, and handed it to him.

"What the hell was that for, you bastard!" Inuyasha yelped out and grabbed the piece of hair. Not that he was vain or anything, but if that stupid wild man was cutting his hair off without a reason, he'd have to teach him a thing or two.

Snorting he sat down lazily and yawned, showing off a toothy grin "Oh, let her smell it a bit if she doesn't believe it. Even the old priestess of this village could smell the stench of a fire demoness' work. It's your proof."

The tiniest of smiles crossed Inuyasha's face as he gave Emiko a great big hug and then Mai a hardy handshake, twittering like a nervous school boy. He was wringing his hands a bit and then finally mumble out a quick "Thanks." Before the couple watched him run out of the door of the hut, and then they picked up their things and continued on to the village where the rest of this group was.

He rushed it almost all the way there, but the further he got, the more nervous he got about it and the slower he paced himself. When he finally got to her side of the well he was walking slowly, holding her favorite flowers, Forget-Me-Nots, in his hands.

For once he was polite about his entrance and went to the door, knocking on it lightly and waiting for an answer. Instead of an opening door all he heard was a voice come from around back "I'm around back!"

Walking towards the back of the house he caught Mrs. Higurashi's scent and followed it until he spotted her in the garden, knee deep in dirt. She smiled kindly at him and wiped the sweat off of her face before speaking up "Hello Inuyasha."

Knowing that she probably already knew all that transpired, he dropped his head shamefully and dragged his feet the rest of the way looking like a pitiful puppy "Hello Mrs. Higurashi."

"Come here, help me carry these pots over to the side of the house." She signaled him to follow her as he carried some of the pots she left behind her. When they got to the side of the house she sat down and patted a spot next to herself on the porch "Go ahead and sit down. Tell me what's going on, because my daughter will not."

As he ungracefully sat himself down with a heavy-hearted sigh he looked towards the older woman "So, it's that obvious that it was my fault she was upset?"

A laugh very akin to Kagome's bubbled up from her old throat "Yes, it is very obvious. Kagome is very light-hearted and doesn't let much get her down for long. But whenever it comes to you," she prodded him in the head "she seems to get down on herself more."

Heavily sighing, he draped his arms around his knees and avoided from denying it all from the start. Wasn't this his mother-in-law now? He might as well tell her his side of it before Kagome had hers "Well… You see, I loved a woman before Kagome… Or at least I thought I loved her. Once she was killed, I agreed to avenge her death. But when she was reincarnated she kept after me, asking me to go to hell with her."

His golden eyes peered up at her to make sure he could continue "So of course when I told her I would not and that I loved Kagome, she grew bitterer and held more anger for the world. She went to our enemies and asked their help to ruin Kagome's and my relationship. They already look similar, Kagome and Kikyo, but after she used some witchcraft, the stupid bitch looked exactly like Kagome and tricked me…"

A raise of the older woman's eyebrows reminded him that he'd let his tongue slip, as much as he was trying to control it and not just rage out "So Kagome caught Kikyo and I together… Except I thought I was with Kagome… Get it?"

Leaning back and pondering it for a moment, she blew out a puff of air to get the hair out of her eyes, much like Kagome usually did "Things are much more complicated with magic and demons and such interfering over there… But do you love Kagome?"

An eager nodded was gained by this question as he gushed out "She's my soul mate." After realizing what he'd nearly yelled out he blushed and looked off to the side, running his hands through his hair.

"Alright, and are you deeply, truly sorry?" her eyes brightened when she watched him nod quickly, slitting his eyes suspiciously as to what she was getting to "Then, you must go and apologize and explain the situation to her. She loves you Inuyasha, so you must try more not hurt her so much."

"Agreed. Now where is she? I can't sense her anywhere around the shrine or in the house."

"I think she went off to the park… She's been gone for some well, so you might have to sniff around a bit to find her." She watched as her son in law prepared to take off. Before he leapt off she called to him and he looked back over his shoulder "Oh, and Inuyasha? Good luck."

His nod announced his leave as he sped off towards the park. When he finally got there he walked through the place searching for her and finally spotted her a ways off on a bench, leaning over and feeding the ducks and fish in the pond.

The thing that bothered him about this scene was there a guy sitting next to her, chatting away cheerily and putting his hand on her arm occasionally, as if trying to flirt with her. He couldn't tell her reaction from here, but it still pissed him off that some guy was touching his mate.

He stalked his way over to the bench and stood behind it and cleared his throat, watching as both looked up at him, the boy confused and Kagome wearing an expression of… of shock and heart-breaking sadness.

Inuyasha's eyes flashed red for a moment before he realized that if he wanted to win her back, he'd have to prove to her that he was mature and serious about their relationship "Kagome, I need to talk to you."

The expression on her face changed to a mask of anger "No Inuyasha, I don't want to hear it."

"I don't think you understand Kagome, I really want to talk to you. Alone, without this creep listening in." his eyes pleaded silently with hers but hers remained stone-cold.

The guy that had been sitting next to her was now standing, puffing out his chest and stepping in front of Kagome "No, I don't think you understand buddy. Sounds to me like the lady doesn't want to talk to you."

"Get the FUCK away from my woman!" Inuyasha yelled out as he advanced towards the guy. Well, so much for being mature.

A shrill voice reached his ears a little too late as he collided with the ground "SIT BOY!" his eyes shut tight as he watched Kagome and the boy walk away, the boy wrapping his arm around her waist and bending down to say something in her ear.

Before they were out of hearing range Inuyasha yelled out "Please! Kagome, please don't leave me again… Please… I have to give you something!" he saw her pause long enough for him to regain his holdings on the earth and get up to run up to them.

He looked away quickly and shoved out his hand until it was an inch away from her chest, holding the bouquet of crushed Forget-Me-Nots. He said gruffly "Sorry they're crushed. If you won't let me apologize and explain myself, then I'll keep coming back and trying. I won't let you forget me, because I'll never forget you cuz I love you. Ok Kags? Just know, I'm never going to give up until I win you back."

With that he turned and started to walk away, his head hanging in slight defeat. After a few steps he leapt into the air and into the distance. By the time Kagome had enough guts to speak up, he'd disappeared into the sky. She let a deep frown crease her features as she stretched out her hand, the other held close to her chest with the flowers "Inuyasha…"

"Hello? Are you there? Earth to woman!" the boy leaned in front of her and stuck his face into hers and then waved his hands in front of both of their faces. He frowned angrily into the distance, knowing that the guy who'd just shown up had ruined his date with the girl.

So he wasn't going to get laid tonight. So what if the guy was a demon or something, the guy had still out shone him in girl's eyes. When he caught the girl's dark blue eyes he smiled and kissed her lightly on the lips, trying to save the date.

Her mouth was like iron, hard and cold. She shook her head to clear it once more and stared at the boy who had just kissed her "Hnn? What is it?"

"Are you alright? Who was that guy anyways?"

"Nobody. Nobody at all, don't worry about it."

"Good. I was beginning to worry that you liked him and not me." He turned her towards him and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling their pelvises together so she could feel how much he felt for her. He grabbed her butt and squeezed, which usually made girls jump more so into his arms.

Now was his time to reel in the poor girl and make the kill, make her forget about this guy completely. He swooped in to kiss her passionately, but at the same time the girl had somehow shoved her hands against his chest and was now pushing against him violently.

His eyebrows rose slightly "What baby? You don't like it? Here, maybe this'll make it better." He took one hand from her butt and moved it around to her pants, starting to slip it in.

"STOP IT! Get off me!" she gave one last shove until she was free of him and glared angrily at him "What is your PROBLEM?"

He shrugged and held out his arms, advancing on her slightly "Come on babe… You're hot, I'm hot… It works. Now just give me a little somethin' somethin' and I'll take you home."

Her glare intensified as she slapped him to keep him from advancing more towards her "Do you even know my NAME, you creep!"

He was beginning to worry that she didn't want to go for a romp and that he was going to have to force her to "Of course I do babe… Now come here." He grabbed her hand and started to put it down his pants, thinking she'd like it if she felt it.

But nope, he had himself a screamer "RAPE! RAPE!" her voice rang out shrilly in the evening air as she tried to pull herself away from him, distracting him enough so that she pulled her hand away just in time. She was unlucky, because there was barely anybody in the park… The ones left in the park were all out trying to do the same as her assaultant, or homeless people who couldn't care less unless they got money.

He had her smashed up against his chest now, but before he could do anything more there was a slight bolt like lightning that came from her and shot him away from herself, as well as causing her to skid across the ground. After her own powers got him off for a few seconds he started to advance on her again, but Inuyasha was now in between them.

He caught up to the guy who was now running from him and punched him senseless before running back to Kagome, who was kneeling on the ground. He gathered her into his arms and let out the rush of apologies "I'm so sorry Kagome… I'm so sorry, you can't believe how sorry I am. I love you, Kags… Please forgive me… Please let me explain."

Her dark blue eyes flashed up to his, deep wells of tears pooling in them as she held his hands and nodded quietly. He smiled lightly and led her to a bench so she could calm down before he started to explain everything to her.

"I'm sorry Kagome, but you have to believe me when I say I had no intention on cheating on you. Kikyo had the help of Kyoko and somehow changed Kikyo's appearance and scent to resemble yours exactly… I thought it was you all along! See?" he held out the lock of his hair that still smelled of the spell.

She held it up to her nose and nodded lightly in understanding, looking down and letting a few of the tears fall before she threw herself at him "It hurt so much Inuyasha! So much! Seeing you two together, seeing you let her do something so intimate! It hurt so much because I love you too much Inuyasha… Too much."

He hated to see her like this so he nudged her lightly and tried to make a joke "Well good thing you love me that much, because you're kind of really attached to me… Or rather, stuck with me."

A sniffle or two came from her as she looked up at him questioningly "What… What do you mean Inuyasha?"

"Heh… I've been meaning to tell you this too." He ran one of his hands through his hair nervously "Umm, Emiko told me this… It's just that you kind of have to stick by me a lot… Because every time you're away from me, I guess you weaken a lot. I don't know exactly why, but that's how it is. So you have to stay by my side always… Sorry."

A frustrated laugh emerged from her lips as she kissed him lightly on the cheek "I was planning on doing that anyways, you know… Do you know anything else about it?"

"Umm, just that the more your powers grow, the longer we can be apart…"

"Welp, then maybe I'll just have to make more excused up to stay by your side as much as possible." Her grin was contagious and soon both of them were smiling goofily at each other and they were headed back to her house.

Hand in hand.

Hmm hm hmm, there it is, the end of the chapter. A little sappy, a little jerky-gross guy, a little begging from Inu. I'll type up my other updates and put them up tomorrow when I can. If you feel like givin me lip about my promise, haha, this chapter was a chapter and a HALF! So i gave you groveling lovelies that I love extra. So there! hahaha

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Ok, here are the lyrics to Maybe Memories! Ta DAA!

And we trudge along through the mud, and we tried to call it home, but we weren't alright, not at all, not for one second.

Never have been one to write it down, Now I think I can, I know I'm stronger now, who is looking south? Not me I'm not looking back, I'm done denying the truth to anyone, cause I'm alive.

You showed me how, you seemed to find a hole, but I just laughed and smiled, begged and rolled my eyes, even cried and denied the truth to you, just like the truth to me, mostly lied.

I'm not going to look back

Write it out like glittering butterflies.