In One Moment

Summary: Cancer. This six letter word can change the lives of anyone. So what happens when Kagome is diagnosed with it? Then, when she tells InuYasha that she has a few days to live and they can't be with him?

Author's Comment: I want to apologize for the late update on chapter three. For some reason I was not able to post it. Thankfully the problem was fixed! I hope to update quicker, my goal is to finish the story before summer ends. So keep your fingers crossed.

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha!

"Kagome?" InuYasha took a step back away from the girl from the future. Besides her outer appearance, her inner light and personality were clearly different then from when they last met. "Don't you know me?"

Kagome stared at him, her eyes full fright and confusion. She felt sorry, for whatever this creature was. She had noted the blue dog ears on top his head; at least she knew he was not human. Kagome did feel pity for him. 'I wish I knew him.' She thought. 'Or at least help find the girl he was looking for.' Surely, this dog eared creature was mistaking her for some other girl named Kagome. It, after all was a popular name. There must some other girl out there for him.

"I'm sorry." Kagome sighed, starting to turn away from him. "I don't know you."

"But you must!" InuYasha lunged at her. Bad move, because Kagome took this as a threat and leapt away from him, shouting at the top of her lungs.

"Stay away from me pervert!" She cried, as InuYasha grabbed her hand. Kagome lifted her hand and slapped him, hard. It was a deafening sound to InuYasha's ears.

He stepped back from Kagome. He looked like a puppy that had been whacked with a rolled up newspaper. 'She's telling the truth.' He thought, sorrowfully. 'She truly has forgotten about me.' The hanyou was at the verge of tears and Kagome could sense that.

"Oh." Kagome was hesitant at first, but she slowly reached out to him with her right hand. "Listen, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit you, but…" She paused. What was she to say to this stranger? Actually, though she had never met him before, this creature did look familiar. It was that cocky grin he had on earlier; it awoken something locked in her heart, something she hadn't felt in a while. Then there was that hideous red outfit. Who wears kimonos, after all? But, then there were those eyes. Two deep pools of amber, Kagome thought she could drown in. They sparkled at her like two canary diamonds. 'This crazy!' She shouted to herself. 'I've never met him before.'

"Listen, whoever you are. I…….don't……..know……..you!" She said the last sentence quite firmly, so even he would understand. His ears twitched at that.

"InuYasha." He replied to her.

"Bless you."

InuYasha held a growl back and shook his head. "No, that's my name! InuYasha!"

"Oh." 'Well, at least this thing has a name.' Kagome thought. 'A strange name, but none the less a name.' "By the way, what are you?"

"I am a hanyou. A dog-demon."

"You're half mortal and dog-demon? How did that work?"

"My mother was a mortal and my father was a full dog demon."

"Oh, ok." Kagome turned on her heel away from the half demon. She had intended to leave, or at least try too. She still had no idea where she was, or for that matter to find a way home. They had been standing in front of the sacred tree for the last few minutes. When she was a little girl, she always remembered that she could fine her way home, if she found this tree. Well, here was the tree, now where was her home? Anyways, she was nearly in the cover of the shadows cast down by the trees, when she felt his hand on her shoulder.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?" He asked her, in an almost sinister voice.

Kagome gulped. "Um. Home?"

"Feh, that's what you think. Listen, Kagome. You may not remember me, but I remember you. I loved you, in fact, I still do. Now, we've been a part for nearly two, and I'll be damned to let you slip away again."

"Um." Kagome now was frightened. This half whatever he said he was was confessing his love for her! "I don't know you." She repeated again, in a quivering. Kagome was on the verge of tears. She had missed her appointment at the bridal shop, her mother must be wondering where the heck she was, she was stuck in some lalala land and she had no idea to get out of it.

"Please, just let me go." Pleaded Kagome. InuYasha had his hand gripped tightly around her wrist and it seemed he was not going to let her go, any time soon.

"No, not again. I don't know how, Kagome, but I'm going to help you."

Kagome became enraged. She formed her free hand into a fist and began hitting him over and again on his chest. "How dare you say that? I'm perfectly fine! I don't need your help."

InuYasha grabbed both her wrists. He looked her straight in the face, with such an expression, that she gasped. "Yes you do." He stated to her.

"Please, my fiancée will be wondering…"

"You're what?" InuYasha cut her off.

"My fiancée." InuYasha looked like he had been hit with a truck, even though there were no trucks in the feudal era. "I'm engaged." She continued. "In two months, I'll be Mrs. Hojo Miazski."

"Well, that settles it." Said InuYasha. "You are not leaving."

"Say who?"

"Says me." InuYasha looked at her for a moment before saying, "forgive me, Kagome." He drew his sword and hit Kagome on the back of the head, just hard enough that she would just be knocked out. He didn't want to give the women he loved one concision. She fell limply into his waiting arms. He lifted her up, her head dangling over his shoulder and jumped away.

Yes, I know it was short! But I really wanted to post this and I thought the chapter was better suited ending here. So na!

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Coming next chapter:

Miroku and Sango are reunited with their old friend! (sort of).