Kag: Sorry it's been a while the author has been-uh busy. But she's very diligently writing out many pages as we speak.

(moves to the side to show miko sitting at table writing in notebook furiously as Inuyasha leers over her with Tetsusaiga)

Kag: she'll be updating more often now…

Miko: I'm sorry Kagome please call him off…that stupid sword is starting to freak me out it so…sharp

Inu: STUPID?

Miko: No (cowers) it…it's beautiful…

Inu: (growling)

Miko: Manly! Sorry! It's a manly, strong, killing machine (gulp)

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"Inuyasha can we talk?" Kagome whispered to the tall dark haired boy walking through the door.

He stopped and turning to her nodded, "we'll see you guys inside" Inuyasha promised his hesitant friends. He offered Kagome his arm and they walked arm and arm around the shrine.

"I haven't been honest" she spoke softly staring at the ground, as they wandered by the sacred tree. He looked over at her and placing his fingers on her chin lifted her eyes until they were level with his own.

She saw a look of concern on her friends face, and wondered if those stupid "memories" were even something to be concerned over. "It's nothing…don't look so worried." she smiled at him, "I just…that wasn't my first memory… I don't think." she added when she saw his jaw drop.

"Well, I have these memories that are crazy, I think they might just be memories of dreams I had before the accident. But even if they're just memories of dreams…they're still memories." she stopped and waited for him to either laugh at the stupidity of it or yell at her for lying to him.

He looked her straight in the eyes "tell me" he commanded holding her arms closer. She looked at him in a stunned silence for a moment. Concern? This was unexpected.

"I…it's…" she stuttered trying to explain the strange memories to the boy. When she had finally found the words and explained herself he looked a bit apprehensive.

"And you don't remember who you were telling any of this to?" he almost choked as he spoke slowly.

"Nope, all I remember is the campfire, and the things I said" she looked at the ground, missing the glare of frustration in his eyes.

Inuyasha looked up where they had stopped, "Goshinboku" he whispered to himself.

"Huh?" she looked up at the tree and walked closer; she stared at the tree she had stood in front of only last night convinced it was talking to her. She had told Sango, but only because she was the one who found her, but she wasn't about to let the guys think she was crazy too.

"Tell me" she smiled, glancing back over her shoulder at Inuyasha. She caught his eyes with hers and he felt his heart stop. She stood in front of the tree, her long hair blowing gently in the wind, the way she had a million times before. Only this time it was different. This time he couldn't grab her; hold her. This time she didn't even remember him. She turned back to look at the tree, the same loving smile and sparkle in her eyes, that she'd always reserved just for him.

"Your so close, yet your so far from me…oh Kagome…" he thought as he felt his heart reach out for the beautiful girl standing before him.

She whipped back around, a question on her face, "what?" she asked quietly.

"I didn't say anyt-" he stopped abruptly and looked up at the tree. "The story says that there was a girl that lived here not so very long ago, and one day she fell into a well on the grounds and was transported into feudal Japan. There she found a half-demon attached to this tree, and she released the spell on him, setting him free. Through a course of events" Inuyasha's expression turned a bit sour at this point, "they started traveling together on a mission to find the newly shattered pieces of the Shikon no Tama, the sacred jewel. During their journey they fell in love, the hanyou and miko, but at one point became separated. She was trapped here in her time, and he, in the past. They were able to reach each other again through the tree, connecting them together again even though centuries separated them. Through this they were reunited and soon after were brave enough to finally confess their love for each other." he stopped and sighed at the sight of the girl, who was watching him with a smile on her face and happy tears in her eyes.

"That's so romantic" she whispered walking closer to him.

She placed her hands on his arms, and felt her skin get hot, the familiar warm feeling crept through her body, as it always had whenever she touched him, as if her body was only waiting for his touch to come alive again.

"And they lived happily ever after" she stated simply, feeling the warmth make it's way to her fingertips, where her skin met his.

"Not quite" he mumbled glancing up at the tree, "not long after their, uh, commitment, an evil demon they had been chasing named Naraku gained control of the now complete jewel and placed a curse on the girl to hurt her and her lover. He erased the girls memory, she couldn't remember her love, her friends, even her life back home and memories of family had been erased. He sent her back through the well, and she wasn't able to return…unless of course she could remember…"

"Well then her friends! All they'd have to do is remind her and bring her back!" Kagome interjected grabbing Inuyasha's shirt.

"No, that was the problem, they couldn't remind her, they couldn't tell her ANYTHING…it would…it would kill her." he paused to look down at the angel still clutching to his shirt, "I believe Naraku told them she could come back if she remembered just to make them believe she could, like false hope, dangling it, only to pull it away every time." he gritted his teeth in frustration and she pulled him close, tears running down her flushed cheeks.

"How horrible she forgot everything too, I know how awful that feels…and the poor hanyou, he must have died inside when she didn't recognize him."

"Yeah" he sighed, pain laced in his voice as he rested his chin on her head.

"What happened?" she whispered hesitantly holding tight around his middle.

"No one knows" he answered quietly, as she started sobbing at his words imagining the worst.

"At least I don't know…yet" he whispered almost inaudibly above her tears.

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A/N: ok so this chapter explains some stuff yes? Yes. Ok next chapter out tomorrow. Since I can't leave the house apparently (eyes shift unhappily at the large sword resting inches from her (grumbles))