Chapter 8
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I would like to thank those of you (you know who you are! smiles) for reviewing my story so far in its profound glory (not!). But thanks for reviewing my beginning story so far. Well, because without you guys, my story wouldn't be here and I wouldn't continue writing to it!
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Inuyasha woke up and shook his head. It seemed so real to him. Was something like even possible? She was really getting to him, and fast at the looks of it. Why was this happening though?
He glanced over at the empty space where he had left Kagome. She wasn't there! Oh my God! She was taken, he thought.
Deja-vu or what? He stood up and looked around the area and noticed that she was in the water, scrubbing herself to death. He felt kinda sorry for her, to go through that and then having to feel all dirty about it.
This all really did seem familiar. What was that dream about, in fact? He hit himself on the head and remembered it precisely as if it were happening just now. Maybe he was being tested about something. Maybe he had to not get close to her and then things wouldn't end as badly as they did then, you could say.
He reminded himself not to get into the water, but let her get out herself and let her do whatever she wanted to do. Things would be a lot easier for her that way.
Minutes seemed to turn into hours, but they hadn't. Time was by slowly because she was taking her damn bath and that was all he could think of. He sighed and got up, not heading towards the brook but towards the woods. It seemed more peaceful for him and if she remembered anything, then she would know where to find him.
Ever since the Shikon no Tama had been fully restored, Kagome couldn't remember anything about the time she had spent here. He only heard pieces of her dreams as she spoke out loud in her sleep. Sesshoumaru had even said that she was saying how she remembered him in her childhood, but that wasn't true. It seemed that once the jewel was back in one piece everything seemed like a childhood she only remembered when she slept.
He felt terrible about everything; he wished things could go back to how they were. But, he knew that that wasn't going to happen anytime soon.
He jumped up to a tree branch and just sat there looking over the woods. It was the exact tree he was always in in the old days. Maybe he could get her to remember, but he wasn't going to force her to.
His ears perked up and noticed a sound. Water being splashed and… giggling? This wasn't right. What was going on here? The only time Kagome ever laughed in the water was when…
"Shippo," he growled with a tinge of happiness in his voice. It had been two years since he had seen the little kitsune, and everyone else.
"But, Kagome," Shippo whined. "Please don't leave me with him! He's always mean to me." Shippo was whining as he always did when Kagome left.
Of course Miroku was off to squeezing her ass before she left and Sango fumed from behind him. "Monk," she growled at him, it looked like she was about to burst with anger and… was that jealousy?
Inuyasha just shook it off and glanced at Kagome, "Just hurry up this time, woman," he spat at her, like he did every time she left. He figured it would be a little reminder of what he was like, something to remember him by. His nature of how he was.
Kagome got this look of anger on her face. "Inuyasha," she paused, "SIT BOY!" And with that, he fell straight into the ground.
Sango walked up to Kagome and gave her a big hug. "Do you think you'll be able to ever return here? I mean, you are my best friend here. I'll miss you so much!" Sango seemed like she was about to cry and Miroku let his wandering hands find Sango's ass. "Monk!" she growled again, slapping him extremely hard and leaving a red imprint of her hand on his face.
Kagome just laughed and Inuyasha seemed to be all warm inside. "Well, I sure hope I can. It won't be the same without you guys," she said, wiping away at tears. "Jeez, now I'm gonna start crying on you guys." She hugged Sango back and didn't let go for almost two whole minutes.
She's gonna miss us a lot, isn't she? Inuyasha asked himself. He waited there for his hug, but it never came.
She seemed to go to Shippo and hug the little kitsune and then said bye to Miroku. Inuyasha just stood there dumbstruck. He just shrugged and began walking out of the village and towards the well.
He heard Kagome gasp, "Oh, bye guys!" And then he heard her running up behind him. "Inuyasha wait! I can't walk as fast as you can," she whined at him.
"Keh! Keep up then. Learn to work out or something," he said rudely. This wasn't how he wanted her to remember him by. He wanted to tell her how he felt, but he couldn't bring himself up to do it.
As they walked to the well, he plundered on whether to tell her or not. He finally came to a decision. He would tell her, whether she felt the same or not.
They reached the well and he opened his mouth to speak, but she spoke instead, "Inuyasha, thanks for everything. I'll miss you, and don't be so rough on Shippo, will ya?" she asked of him.
"Whatever," he said. Wait, that wasn't what he was supposed to be saying. He slapped himself mentally and told himself to hurry up before she went down the well. "Uh, Kagome. I… I need to tell you something," he got out timidly.
She sat on the well and looked back at him, "Yea, Inuyasha."
He just watched as her raven smooth black hair flowed down her back and insinuated her beauty further. "I… Well, I…" He couldn't get it out, but he did manage to get closer to her and within being four feet from her lips, her mouth. He wanted so badly to just take them as his own.
"Yes," she said, seeming to prod him from his daydream.
"Oh," he said shocked. "I… Don't laugh, kay?" She nodded and he continued, "Well, Kagome, I think… I think I love you." He said this very softly.
He looked up to see her shocked expression. He knew that she had heard him. "Oh, Inuyasha. You tell me this now, why?" she asked him with love in her voice and eyes. She looked near to tears.
Was this good or bad? He didn't know. He wasn't the one for helping the upset. "Uh, are you okay?" he asked with as much concern as he could.
"Yeah," she replied, wiping away tears. "So, you… you love me?" she asked with a shocked look on her face.
"Yeah," he said, looking down at the ground shyly. He couldn't believe that he had just told her that. After all the times he told himself he wouldn't, he goes off and does it.
"Inuyasha," she said, putting a finger under his chin and tilting it up to meet her. "I don't really know what to say, but I'm going to miss you. Soo much, too!" She hugged him and waved goodbye, jumping into the well.
He had a tear fall down his cheek as he recalled his heart felt confession to her. Yes, he did love her. But she didn't remember anything about all of this. His love had left him and then she came back but to something she doesn't even remember.
He wiped away the tears and jumped down, heading back to the brook. He wanted to see how Shippo had grown and he was sure that Sango would be there as well. He left with her because of Kirara. They were close, like siblings.
As he approached, he wasn't shocked by what he saw. Until he noticed someone he didn't even know. Who the fuck is that! he screamed inside.
He noticed a teenage looking boy with red-orange hair. At first glance, he thought it was Shippo. But that couldn't be him; this boy looked much older than Shippo. Yet, Kagome was being all… flirty with him?
Inuyasha growled, pissed that some little punk was gonna take his woman. MINE! his demon yelled at him.
"Tsk, tsk. Inuyasha, you shouldn't be doing that," a feminine voice said from behind him. He heard the purr of a cat as well and knew exactly who it was.
"Sango," he said casually. "What brings you here? And who is that little punk over there?" He looked at her and she seemed to change a bit, but not much. Still the same Sango, he told himself.
"Well, to question number two first. That's Shippo dummy. And to question number one, we were walking by and noticed Kagome in the brook." She smiled at him.
"Well, I don't think it will go over well. I mean, she doesn't even remember anything," he said, breaking it to her gently.
"Oh, well I know," she said rather quickly. Her once happy grin turned into an upsetting frown.
"You… you know?" he asked confusedly. His eyebrow shot up and he really did know what to say.
"Duh, Inuyasha. Of course I know," she told him. "If you remember correctly, the jewel was made in my village and I know a lot about it. Don't tell me you have forgotten that already?" She seemed to laugh at this.
He slapped himself in the face. "Sorry, yea. Guess you could say I forgot about it," he replied sighing. "Jeez, Shippo really did grow up, didn't he?" he asked, changing the subject.
Sango smiled, "Yea, he has. I mean, Kohaku has even thought of him as a brother just as I have. He really has, I mean the whole teenage phase hits ya hard as a demon, doesn't it?" she asked.
"So, I'm guessing Kohaku is the same, or what?" he asked her. He didn't want to seem too interested in her life, but he couldn't help it. This little reunion has brought him to realize just how life can be, upsetting at times and surprising at others.
"Yea, he's over there with Kagome and Shippo right now. He's seemed to go back to the way he was. I mean, I thought that he would die completely, but I guess he didn't. And I'm grateful for that," she explained, smiling happily and a single tear fell down her cheek.
"What about Miroku? I mean, you guys seemed like you were gonna get together," he replied, looking at her face, which seemed to be upset.
She didn't answer, just walked to the edge of the brook. She sat there and wadded her feet in the water.
Since Kagome didn't remember anything, then things were really going to be different. They weren't really going to be the same after all.
Sango felt a hand on her… ass? Her eyebrow shot up and a smile came to her face. "Monk," she laughed out angrily. She turned around and saw him.
He just blushed and smiled at Sango. "Sango, my love. How are you?" he asked, removing his hand from her butt.
They both grinned happily and gave each a hug. Sango had a few tears falling down her cheeks, but she didn't bother with them. "I… I'm great in fact. Everyone is! What about you?" she said, looking up at him.
His smile told it all, he was great and couldn't be better. But his eyes told a different story, they said that he was alone and needed someone to love and be with forever.
"Oh, Miroku. I wish things just didn't end badly with us. I really do," she explained. She cried again, this time wiping away the tears and turning away from him. She didn't want him to see her cry.
"Sango, don't cry. Please don't cry," he said soothingly, trying to calm her down.
"Hey Miroku," Inuyasha said from behind them. "See you found Sango. Shippo and Kohaku are in the water with Kagome," he explained, hitting the monk on the back. Everyone was back, he guessed.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked questioningly from the bank. She was lying down in the water and wore that contraption she called a "bra" and her "panties", which were both lacy and white. They complimented her fairly tanned skin. "Who are you're friends? They say that they know you." She seemed like a little innocent child he thought, but he didn't say anything bad out loud.
"Yea, they're friends of mine, Kagome," he told her. And yours too, he thought to himself, but he wasn't going to tell her that. "This is Sango, Kohaku's older sister." He pointed at Sango then Kohaku. "And this is Miroku, watch out for him." He laughed and pointed at the confused monk.
"Well, Kohaku and Shippo already introduced themselves. They seem like nice little boys," she explained. "Umm, is Shippo a demon like you Inuyasha?" she asked him, looking confused.
He thought that he saw a flicker of recognition in her eyes, but then it disappeared as fast as he saw it. "Yea," he said with sadness in his voice, "but he's a fox demon."
Shippo smiled, he did look different. He had grown pretty tall since he last saw him. He looked to be about Inuyasha's height, but a little shorter. He was skinny too, little bicep muscles smaller than Inuyasha's. He couldn't believe it; the little kitsune had actually grown up and rather quickly in two years. He had on an outfit like always wore, but much larger to fit his frame of a body. His hair was straighter and not so bushed out as much as it was before.
He smiled to himself as he thought of the "fun" he had with the little fellow. He had missed it for those long years. That kitsune was really getting to him.
"Kagome, I mis—." He was cut off by Inuyasha hitting him in the head. "Ow, Inuyasha. What was that for?" He looked sad at this, but a small grin was on his face. He missed it as well, just like the old days.
"I need to talk to you Shippo. Privately," he half growled out. He gave him that look that meant things weren't good.
"What did I do?" Shippo whimpered softly, but followed Inuyasha to the woods.
As they walked slightly into the woods, Inuyasha turned around glaring at Shippo. His expression didn't look too good and Shippo didn't want any trouble started up. "Shippo, did Sango tell you anything lately about Kagome?" he asked him angrily.
"Uh, nope!" he replied loudly. His smile kind of fell as he saw the hurt in Inuyasha's eyes, the sadness. "Inuyasha, what's wrong with her?" His voice a bit lower and masculine than before too.
Everything was changing and the only thing that wasn't, was him. He looked the same, talked the same and felt the same for her. Yes, he still loved her, but he wasn't about to let anyone else know about it. He told her and she forgot everything as soon as she passed through that well. In fact, he did check up on her a few times and her mother did allow this, just as long as he wasn't seen.
He wondered thoughtlessly about how her family could remember him, but she couldn't. Then, there was the accident she was in. Only he remembered it, he saw everything.
Kagome got into her car and began driving off with her grandfather in the passenger seat. Things couldn't have been better. She was a great driver and nothing seemed to be slowing her down today.
She drove to Souta's school to pick him up and that's when it happened. She never thought that it would, but it did.
As she was driving through the intersection a diesel truck came speeding by and didn't put on its breaks. The squeals came and Kagome didn't have any time to think about it. She just kept on driving and Inuyasha had yelled at her silently to stop, but of course she didn't hear him.
Tears flew down his face as he saw the oncoming truck hit right into the side of the car. Kagome was jerked sideways and into the window. Her head hit it and blood flowed from it. He could smell it and he cried as he thought that she could be dead.
He still smelt life on her, but there was death in the air as well. The familiar scent of her grandfather. NO! he thought. This couldn't be happening.
Sirens flew past and headed towards the accident and they began to get both Kagome and her grandfather out of the car. What Inuyasha saw shocked him and scared him. His love was going to die and he couldn't do anything about it.
"Kagome," he whispered softly. She was gone and he just stood there. He ran off to her home and found her mother happily making snacks.
She turned around and noticed Inuyasha's face stained with tears. She had never seen him cry before and she just looked at him with confusion.
"Mrs. Higuarishi," he said softly. "I'm sorry; I couldn't do anything to help them." He pulled her into a hug and squeezed her.
"Inuyasha, what happened to them?" she said, tears beginning to show in her eyes. She looked at him and tried to pull away from his embrace, but she couldn't.
"They're… they were in an accident," he said into her ear. "A big car came by and smashed right into them. I think your father is dead, but I don't know about Kagome." He cried into her shoulder.
"Inuyasha," she said soothingly, "where are they?"
"Some sirens or something came by and took them. I couldn't follow, I thought that maybe you should know first," he explained.
"Thank you, Inuyasha," she told him. "I'll inform you on how they are, okay?" She had happiness in her voice and yet a tinge of sadness. "I'll be back shortly dear." And with that, she left to the hospital.
Inuyasha just sat there in Kagome's room for hours. Her mother wasn't going to return any time soon and he knew that. He lay on Kagome's bed and just took in her smell. He hurt him to know that she would possibly be dead.
He just lay there thinking. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad, maybe it was a small cut and it just looked bad. He shook his head, knowing that this was completely wrong.
He soon fell asleep and looked around at the people around him. Mrs. Higuarishi and Souta, they both looked upset. "What happened? Are they okay?" he asked frantically.
They both looked at him and Souta just ran out of the room. "No," he whispered. "She isn't, is she?" He looked concerned and her mother just sat down on the bed beside him.
"She's not, but he is. You were right about my father. I will miss him," she stated. "They asked her a few questions of what she remembered and well, they weren't too good, dear." She paused and then continued, "Apparently, she only remembers things from her childhood and her family. She doesn't remember you. Though she keeps saying she can see a little boy with white ears. Said he was her best friend when they were growing up. But we all know that that never happened."
"So, I can't see her or anything? She wouldn't even remember me," he replied to this with such shock. "Guess I'll just leave and check up on her as always?" he asked, looking up at her.
"No, Inuyasha. We can't afford you to do this. We can't afford to lose Kagome," she told him. "Just leave, okay?"
And with that, she began to push Inuyasha out of the room and down the stairs. She pushed him to the well and pushed him into it.
That was the last time he had seen her. Her accident had scared him to hell and now here she was. He knew he would have to take her back home, but he wanted to spend time with her and try to get her to remember. To remember everything.
"Inuyasha?" Shippo asked, waving a hand in front of his face. "You were going to tell me what Sango didn't tell me."
"Oh, that," he said blankly. "Well, let's just say that Kagome doesn't remember any of us, okay? So don't tell her anything that happened in the old days. That's all I needed to tell you." Inuyasha walked back to where everyone was and noticed that Kagome was cooking.
"… yea, I was cooking for some friends when I was little and they loved this stuff. Fish over an open flame," she explained.
He saw that they all looked near tears and just sat beside them all. He knew what they were thinking. Poor Kagome, she doesn't remember. Yet she's doing exactly what she used to do. Of course everyone was thinking this. She seemed to only remember little things about her "friends from her childhood" and things they did together. But, those things were what she had done when she was last here.
She kept going into these stories of all their adventures and what they did, who was who in each one. They were somewhat like the gang here. Everyone seemed to be hurt and they smiled as if it were interesting. It was, but she just wasn't the same.
He hoped any minute now she would pop out of her little charade and act like she remembered everything and everyone. Her little memory loss would be gone and she would know exactly what happened when she used to be here and things would be back to normal. But, he knew better. It was never going to happen, ever.
"Hey, why don't we all go to Kaede's village, so that we can have a place to sleep," Sango suggested.
Everyone nodded and Kagome spoke, "Is Kaede another one of your friends, Inuyasha?" She appeared happy to get to meet another one of his friends.
"Yea," he said, "she is. You'll get to meet her and she's very nice for an old hag." He gave a grin and hoped that Kaede remembered what he told her about what happened to Kagome. He prayed to the gods that she did.
"Kagome, how about you ride with me and we can talk. The guys can run behind us," Sango said, laughing at the thought of the guys running behind them.
"Sure!" Kagome answered happily. "Wait, what are we going to ride on?" And as if on cue, Kirara turned into her full demon form, a large cat. "Oh my God! A friend of mine had a cat like her, but she didn't change her form. This is so cool!" Kagome seemed ecstatic.
"Okay, well come on. We wanna beat the guys, don't we?" Sango asked her, already on Kirara.
Kagome squealed and got onto Kirara behind Sango. This was going to be different, she always rode on my back, Inuyasha thought. He just sighed and began running towards Kaede's village with Shippo, Miroku, and Kirara following after him.
Hours went by and Kagome and Sango just chatted the entire time there. It really did seem like old times. They used to talk like this all the time. Maybe he would be lucky to get her to remember everything.
He saw the clearing and there was Kaede's village. The old hag was outside mixing herbs and such. She smiled as she saw Inuyasha, then a bigger grin came to her face when she saw the rest of the group following.
"Inuyasha, what have ye done this time to get everyone following ye? I thought ye all went your own ways?" she asked, seeming concerned as to why everyone was back together. Her eyes widen as she saw Kagome. "Inuyasha! Ye did not! Ye didn't go back and get her, did ye?" She looked upset and glared at him.
"No, you old hag. I didn't," he said. "My brother did. He took her from her time." He growled at the thought of his brother going to fetch Kagome.
"Calm down Inuyasha. So she doesn't remember anything?" she asked him softly.
"No, just pieces of things she did here. But, they are her childhood memories," he explained, sighing. "Can we stay the night here?"
He looked upset about all of this. "Yes, ye all can. Just make yourselves at home, like you always did." She smiled at him and the rest of them. "Sango, Miroku, Shippo. How are ye all?" She walked over and gave Sango and Shippo a hug. Miroku just stood off to the side and nodded his head.
"We're all fine, Lady Kaede," Sango replied for them all, smiling. "Oh, Lady Kaede, this is Kagome." She pointed to Kagome. "And Kagome, this is Lady Kaede." She pointed to Kaede.
"Well, it's so nice to meet you Lady Kaede. So, you're friends with Inuyasha?" she asked, with a smile.
Kaede just hid her hurt side and smiled. "Yes, dear. We are friends, you could say, in a matter of speaking."
"Oh, I see. So I'm guessing, you've known Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo for a long time?" Kagome asked, smiling a bit. She felt glad to get to know some of Inuyasha's friends.
"Yes, I've known them all for quite a while. Inuyasha the longest though, he knew my sister," Kaede explained. "He is quite a nuisance sometimes, but we always dealt with him. Not hard to control him." Kaede got an evil idea and went over to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, why don't you and the other guys go get us some food, fish perhaps, for dinner," she told him.
"Feh! Fine old woman," he told her, rolling his eyes. "Miroku, Shippo, Kohaku. Let's go!" And at that, all the guys left and the ladies stayed there.
When she knew that Inuyasha was out of hearing range she spoke, "Kagome, Sango. Come inside I have something for ye." She grinned and let Kagome go in first. "I'll be right there, dear," she called in after Kagome.
"Kaede what is going on?" Sango asked, not quite getting at what she was planning.
"Ah, but ye do know what I have planned. His necklace I put the spell on. Kagome can still "sit" him, my dear," she said evilly. "Which would help right now, since Kagome doesn't know about it at all."
"You crafty old woman. I didn't think of that. So you're gonna tell her about it?" When Kaede nodded, Sango smiled and walked into the hut.
"Kagome, I something to tell ye," Kaede said with glee in her voice. She was going to get into so much trouble for this, but she didn't care right now. Kagome needed this and of course, this is how it happened when she first put the two together.
"What is it?" Kagome squealed like a little child.
"Well, not really a present, but something ye can use against someone," she said grinning at Sango, who in return was grinning back. "Have ye noticed the necklace around Inuyasha's neck?" Kagome slightly nodded. "Good, because there is your advantage there. Its magic, a spell is put on it. See, if he ever gets rude with ye or mean, ye can just tell him to "sit boy", like a dog!" Kaede said happily, a big grin on her face.
"Well, what happens when I do this to him?" Kagome asked her, confusion written all over her face.
"Well, my dear. That's the best news! See, when ye do this, he ends up on the ground. So, if ye are really angry with him, then you can say it over and over and he'll end up farther into the ground," she explained, smiling all the while.
Sango was behind Kagome, stifling a laugh and just trying to look serious. "Yeah, Kagome. You would never have to worry about him trying to upset you so bad anymore," Sango replied.
"Oh, is comes Inuyasha, dear. Just act calm and like I told ye something dirty about his past or something," Kaede told her with an evil grin on her face.
Kagome just nodded and began laughing as soon as Inuyasha walked in. Kaede and Sango looked amazed at how good she was at this.
As Inuyasha heard the laughing he got this confused, angry look upon his face. "Kaede that is the funniest thing I've ever heard!" Kagome got out between her laughs.
"What the HELL is going on in here? And what is so funny Kagome?" he asked all the ladies in the room.
Kagome just shook her head and Inuyasha became more and more furious with this. "Damnit woman tell me, NOW!" he growled out. This couldn't be good and he knew that if it were about him, then Kaede told her, but he wanted to hear it from her: Kagome. When Kagome shook her head again, he growled louder, "TELL ME NOW!" His growl seemed to shake the room.
Kagome got this look of someone being hurt. Great, what did I do now? he asked himself. Then, she got that look. NO! It couldn't be, not THE look, he thought. This wasn't gonna end good.
"Inuyasha," Kagome said shakily. She didn't seem to like people yelling at her. Then, she walked out the door. Tears seeming to try to fall, but she wouldn't let them.
"Damnit. What did I do?" he asked all of them.
They just looked at him like he was stupid, giving him the "Duh" look.
He sighed and ran outside to Kagome. "Kagome, what's wrong?" he asked her caringly, or as best as he could.
"Inuyasha, I… I…" She didn't even finish just looked at him with that same look. "Inuyasha, SIT BOY!" she yelled at him.
"Shit!" he growled as he went straight into the ground. Behind him, he could hear laughter from inside.
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Well, that's it for this lovely chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. I plan on having a few more reviews than I have had recently before I write my next chapter. Until next time, Au Revoir!