Thanks all for waiting and sorry this chapter is a little short, btu im still trying to find that good link over for what will happen next in the story. Plus Forever: Sesshomaru & Kagome (also on is occupying alot of my time now along with Inuyash & Kagome the Future and InuYasha's Past (these are only on my website). Hopefully I will have another chapter for this story next week. Thanks again, and to some who asked me to read their stories, I started on them today, so give me a few days to review them. Plus I will update on my website for my Fanfic recommends.

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Chapter 11: Questions; Other Secrets and Magic

Kagome had long since fallen asleep, within SesshoMaru's grip. The Demon Lord looked back at the one who on countless occasions defied him. Even tried to protect that worthless brother of his, and was now his mate. 'Great more human blood in the family' he thought a look of disgust on his face. 'Will fathers curse of human blood stop tormenting our family?' He looked back at the sleeping girl again, a low growl emitting from his throat; "still she is good to look at." He stopped in mid flight looking all around him for who ever spoke those words. Seeing no one, he began to move forward again, still in thought once more. Finally coming to realize that the words had come from him.

Sango and the others were in shock and stared at Inuyasha in disbelief. Kaede was in deep thought not really looking at anyone. With all the stares, Inuyasha became nervous and began to fidget. Looking for the nearest thing to release his stress upon, he grabbed Shippou and flung him into a tree. BOOM! He smiled but after a moment frowned at the kit who now slid down to the ground unconscious. 'For some reason that felt familiar and good, yet I know for some reason I need to apologize.' He thought to himself. Before he could make good for his actions, he felt something hard and heavy hit his head and passed out himself.
Sango came out of her daze quickly when Inuyasha flung Shippou and seriously doubted that Inuyasha had forgotten everything by his actions. Miroku seeing the look on her face was too late to stop her taking her boomerang and slamming it into Inuyasha's head. Once he was lying on the ground, Miroku moved over to him and Shippou and laid them flat on the ground. Looking up at Sango he asked "was it really necessary to hit him that hard?" but inching back slightly in case she thought he needed a hit also.
Kaede finally noticing the noise around her looked at the situation and smiled. She had a pretty good idea what had happened to Inuyasha. Still apart of him was there trying to escape yet she never knew his will was that strong.

She lay in a world of dreams, seeing all around her but not seeing. She floated in the air moving towards her destination, waiting for the time to come and she could awake again. All in the area moved out of her path, knowing that death lay in store if they dared. She could kill them with a touch from her stealers. Even with the greater power she had now thanks to the idiot Naraku, she still needed the stealers to travel. The jewel she obtained would not be useful much longer and she would die. Her only hope was that the spell she placed on InuYasha during his fight with Sesshomaru would fully take effect. She did not like that he attacked her stronghold, and helped the kitsune escape. He must still have some memories to come rescue him. Still she couldn't come close to him, without anyone knowing the truth. So she would go to her next base and wait for her time to come. Then she would kill them all, Inuyasha, the Exterminator, the monk, especially the Demon Lord and her reincarnate. They would pay dearly and with their lives, after Inuyasha gave her what she needed to sustain her life.

Kaede hovered over Inuyasha with the herbs she had Sango gather, to get her to calm down after the earlier incident. Now the exterminator was cooking a meal for them, while Miroku talked with the happy kitsune. Kaede knew what was wrong with Inuyasha, but waited before telling the others. If Inuyasha progressed at the rate he had been according to Shippou there might not be a need to. She knew that her sister was the only one who could cast this spell. Kaede once at a younger age had tried, because she needed to learn. And like many others who trained to be a miko she could not perform it. It only took the very skilled to accomplish this; ones born to be a miko. Not like herself or others who chose to be. She knew that the only way to break the spell was by the one who cast it or another miko able to perform it. With the way things were, most who could perform the spell knew there were very few who could ever break it, if they were alive at the time.
Kaede looked over at the others again, looking back at the hanyou, she knew he was about to awake. Not wanting him to be afraid, she moved by the fire with the others, and whispered to them. When he awoke they were ready, waiting to see what he would do.

Inuyasha lay there wondering why the woman hit him. He still wasn't sure of her name but he knew that she would pay for the pain she inflicted. He would have to wait and get her when the others were not around. 'What am I thinking of traveling with these people? But I do feel like I know them. Just like the kit I felt some attachment to him, just like the others. Maybe I should stay with them awhile and find out a few things. Still I feel like there is something missing. I wonder what that could be?' Looking around the site now, he saw them all watching out the corner of their eyes. Like he didn't know they were watching him, he was half demon.
"WHAT?" he said which made everyone jump at the question. When no one answered him, he 'Fehed' and began to walk away. He needed to think, something just seemed missing to him and he just couldn't tell what it was. This plagued him; he didn't remember much since before he found himself in the forest. That troubled him also, how did he get there and what was he doing before then? He knew that his youkai wanted to kill but his human side was winning and would not allow that. He knew that his human side rarely won, but what other times had he faced that. He just couldn't remember he wanted to, still something blocked that from his mind.
When he was unconscious he remembered something about a woman with black hair, who she was he did not know. He knew I was not his mother, he remembered her and his father, and unfortunately his brother. On some level he remembered the old woman too, yet he thought she was younger in his visions. Maybe he had known her and the others for a long time. 'Maybe so but why wouldn't I remember them? This is so confusing.' He continued to walk knowing that the others were safe. Him worrying about their safety was new to him, but he felt he needed to.

Kagome awoke to the sounds of birds not far off from her. Slowly opening her eyes she was met with beautiful paintings adorning the walls. Pictures of the sea and mountains surrounded her along with other landscapes. She turned to her left and saw doors leading to a balcony where the birds she heard earlier could be seen. The room itself was beautiful done in subtle shades of blue and green with splashes of white here and there. Getting up from the bed she was on she moved to the doors going onto the balcony. There in front of her not far in the distance was the sea; the breeze coming from it blew her hair around. Several times she had to grab it to keep it from her eyes. Looking down below she saw a beautiful garden and what appeared to be a young girl picking flowers.

After standing there sometime she turned and reentered the room. She noticed a wardrobe against the wall across from the bed, going to it she looked inside. It was full of beautiful kimonos, unable to stop herself she touched them looking at the designs. Engrossed in the beautiful patterns she failed to notice her company enter the room.

"So I see you found the clothing, chose what you like." She spun around towards the doors of the balcony. In the chair behind one of the doors sat Sesshomaru watching her. This was the second time that he had appeared near her and she had not noticed. She realized that she was slipping and had to be more alert from now on. She was now dealing with the Demon Lord and not Kouga, there were something's she could not do. She knew he watched her return to the village and watched as she rested there. Still she was unsure if he knew about her ability to sense him. Apparently not since he had surprised her twice and she did not notice. Choosing one of the kimonos a misty blue with white splashes made it look like a picture of the sky. Deciding it was time to start getting the demon lord where she needed him, so when her friends arrived she could get away.

"Thank you Sesshomaru, if you will tell me where I can bathe I will change." She stated politely with a smile. The Demon Lord was shocked by her behavior but to let her know would not do. He kept it to himself and stood leading her out of the room to the bathe. She followed him through several passages until they were outside an enormous door. He stopped there and opened the door; going in she followed him. She found herself in a natural hotspring that someone had built the room around. Yet it did not lose it natural beauty as some trees, flowers and rocks still surrounded the area. In the roof there were openings allowing the sunlight in, which helped keep the trees and flowers there alive. It was a place that Kagome could ever dream about but found here in the lair of her enemy. Still enemy or no she would take advantage of this great opportunity, not knowing when it would happen again. Besides she was now mated with his brother, this made her his sister-in-law. Even though Sesshomaru did not like his brother he still lived by the rules of nobility and with such he would treat he no less than her station. She knew that about him and would use that to her advantage.

Sesshomaru left the girl in the bathe, thinking about her unusual behavior towards him. 'Had she realized that she had no choice but to obey him? No every time they met she always disobeyed him, even had the nerve to stand against him and protect her now mate. So what is she up to? She is planning something and I will stop her whatever it is. I will get it out of her and when I'm done she will complete my plan. I will be rid of that brother of mine and the rest, wouldn't that make that bone bitch mad. I did something she has as yet been unable to do. But what she plans is nothing compared to what I have in store for them.' He smirked and continued down the hall, going to his study.

Kagome enjoyed her bath, but she wanted to know how her friends were doing. She needed to use the jewel, but was afraid that someone namely Sesshomaru might sense the power she emitted. Still she needed to take the risk and see. Sending her power through the castle sensing all around, finding no one close by she called upon the jewels power. The power went out into the lands searching for the people she wanted. After a few minutes she found them, not far from where she first saw them the other day. This time she almost cried out in joy, there with them was Shippou sitting by a fire with them eating. Then suddenly she saw them all stop when Kaede came to them and look over at something. After a moment she noticed what that something was, InuYasha sat up. A couple of tears slide down her face, she was happy they had found each other again, but now she was here. She wished she knew what they were saying, at that thought white waves came from her. Then she could hear them talking, she heard Inuyasha yell and then storm off. She knew someone was coming but she did not want to stop the power yet. Straining to hear she heard, Miroku say "Its a shame he's lost his memories maybe when we find Kagome he might get them back."

The person was almost outside the doors to the bathe, she finally had to stop the power. Her face was covered in her tears; Inuyasha had lost his memories. Now they all were desperately trying to find her so he could return to normal. Her senses began to tell her Sesshomaru was the one coming. She needed to think fast, even though she could not stop crying. Using her tears to her advantage she would see what he would do. If he was anything like InuYasha he could not stand to have someone cry.

Sesshomaru had smelt her tears and came to find out what was wrong. He could smell her sorrow and it intrigued him. Why would she be crying, he never seen her cry or felt such sorrow coming from her. Slightly opening the door, he saw her in the water crying. Moving towards her he spoke, "Why are you crying human? Stop that at once." Kagome just sat there as the tears flowed unable to stop them.

Looking up at him, she smiled through the tears and spoke "I'm sorry Sesshomaru I guess the last few days have caught up with me. I know Kikyo must want you to kill me, so why dont you? Or does the Great Inu youkai have better plans than his mistress?" she asked his, she saw the brief surprise that etched his face. If she had not been looking at him directly she would have never seen it. He did not respond though he just stood there staring at her. After an eon he finally spoke, "Well human your smarter than you look, yes I do and you will achieve it for me." With that he walked out the room, not sparing her a backward glance.

Reviews:

Ok. I know the biggest question is Inuyasha's amnesia and why, well I thought it best to help Inuyasha and to keep the story going some. Why rush the ending with wham bam and thats it. Sorry I like a good story and I want to keep this story good. But don't worry the answers will be revealed soon, you got a hint in this chapter. And unfortunately Im going to have to do a Kikyo chapter. So all the Kikyo haters you have been warned, besides it will take all I have to write it and not be sick.

MoodSightEyes: Thank you and here's that update hope you like it.

LadyofInuyasha: Your request is coming very very soon, already in the works.

MichelleW.: I hope this answered some of your questions. On the question of Kikyo, I will not say right now, but here's a hint, I DON'T LIKE KIKYO.

Mikky: Thank you and I appreciate the concern. On the song issue I wanted to list other songs also but not knowing the extent of most peoples anime cd collection, Im trying to stay with Inuyasha soundtracks. Even though there are some better songs that I really want to list. I will eventually on my site have a place where in the story you can hear the music for that part of the story. i want to wait until I get most of the stories done first.