2: The Beginning of the End
Japan: Tokyo
1988: Six years later

"Don't play so close to the road now."

"I won't, mommy," Suki shouted back as she ran outside and into the front yard. She was giggling by the time she reached outside. She was going to play with her new shiny ball that her daddy had bought for her birthday, her sixth birthday. She bounced the ball once, watching in awe as it flew high up into the sky and then move out of the way as it came down.

She grabbed the ball again and this time jumped to see how high she could throw the ball. It went even higher than before. She caught it as it came down and threw it. It slept from her hand and rolled towards the street.

She grabbed it just before it went over the sidewalk and look back to see if her mommy was looking out the window at her. She saw that her mommy was busy talking on the phone and so she threw the ball into the sky once more. She watched as it went up into the sky and tried to catch it when it came down. She missed and it bounced a couple of feet away from her, into the middle of the road.

Suki frowned. She needed to get mommy. Her mommy told her never to go into the streets. She ran back inside the house and shouted for her mommy.

"Hush, I'm busy now, honey," her mother told her as she tugged on her mommy's skirt. "Don't bother me."

"But Mommy, my ball is out in street." She said.

"Mommy will get it for you in a little while," her mother said absently as she wrote the ingredients down for some kind of food she was making. "Okay, now do you boil that after or before you do the meat?"

Suki frowned even more. She wanted to shout and stomp her feet, but her mother wouldn't like that. She tugged at her mother's skirt once more.

"What is it, honey?" Her mother look down at her with the phone nested on her neck.

"Can I go get it then?"

"Of course," her mother told her. "Just watch where you are going."

Suki smiled at her mommy and then ran back outside. The ball was still right where it was. She ran towards it, her hands stretched out in front of her.

The car came out of nowhere, and Suki wasn't paying attention. Before she knew it, the car was almost right in front of her, trying to stop and Suki could only stare at the front of the car as it came towards her, beeping at her to move out of the way….

A pair of arms grabbed her and Suki started to cry even as the danger passed.

"Hush," the silent voice told her, and Suki quieted down to small sobs. "You are safe now, little one. Hush."

Suki look up to see a pair of golden eyes look at her with such warmth that she quieted down immediately. "Inuyasha." She blurted out, and laughed. "Inuyasha! Inuyasha come back!"

Inuyasha look surprised. Kagome remembered him, or should he say, Suki remembered him. He wasn't expecting her to, but she did. That was unheard of before. But he picked her small fragile body up into his arms. "Are you okay?"

She nodded, but hiccupped softly. "My ball, my shiny new ball."

Inuyasha looked behind him, across the street at the ball that was now flattened. "Right here," he smiled as he held out an exact copy of the ball. "I saved it."

Suki gasped happily as she hug the ball into her small body and then she put her arms around Inuyasha's neck as she yawned sleepily, forgetting about the ball. "Where Mommy and Daddy?'

Inuyasha tightened his arms around Suki. "That is right, you have a family now, do you not?"

"Fably," Suki murmur as she lean her head against his chest. "Fably and Inuyasha."

"She's in here, honey, what are you talking about?"

"But, but…" Mrs. Mitsushi wiped the tears away from her eyes. "I checked in here a while ago and she wasn't in here."

"She probably was tired and came back here, come on, you go and rest. You've had a tired day, I'll do the cooking."

"But…"

"No buts," Mr. Mitsushi kissed his wife gently on the lips. "Go."

"Okay," Mrs. Mitsushi said reluctantly. "Don't burn the food this time."

He chuckled. "I won't. I've learned a lot since I was a married man."

Suki yawned as her parents closed the door behind him. She was sleepy and she brought her hands out to grasp something, but she couldn't find it.

"Inuyasha?" She whispered tiredly. "Where...Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha was right by her side. "Go to sleep."

"Inuyasha...be back?" Suki opened her eyes.

"When you are all big," he told her, and then he kissed her gently on her forehead and she fell asleep.

Inuyasha chuckled softly as her eyes closed. At least she had no idea how to resist his magic anymore. His chuckle stopped though, when he saw the calendar on the wall. November 26th, 1988. Didn't his Aunt say that Suki was going to be born in the year 2000?

He turned back to look at Suki. The little figure was exactly like Kagome when she was small. She had the same innocent look about her, the same dark hair and nose, the same circular baby face. She even remembered him. It was her all right. His Aunt must be getting old in her years to make such a miscalculation. He'll have to go and bring her the good news.

Suki grew up, going from six years old to twelve years old, from twelve years old, to sixteen years. As her body and her brain grew, her past was forgotten, and soon she forgot about the mysterious man who saved her when she was six, soon forgot about everything. Her mom died in a car crash, being hit by a drunk driver, when she was eight years old. Only her mother was in that car.

Her father didn't let that keep him down; instead, he worked even harder and cared for her even more than ever. Suki lost her mother and she suffered greatly from it, but that didn't keep her down also, after all, she still had her father right?

That was what she thought, until she was twelve. Whether it was her fate, or her luck, she was in the car with her father when another drunk driver hit them. She was sitting in the back seat her father was in front. When she came to, she found her father and her a couple of feet away from the burning car, safe. She didn't remember going out and her father didn't remember being thrown out, so someone must have helped them, whoever it was, she never found out, but she was still thankful for that person. Ever since then, she was afraid of fires, after seeing the fire in front of her, burning away the car. Her doctor had said it went even deeper than that for no one ever suffered after seeing a car on fire, but nothing had happened to her before to make her afraid of fire.

Her father survived until they were at the hospital. She was released a day after and her father lived for two days until he died. Suki was right by his side when he died. She was still talking to him and didn't realize he was dead until the doctors rushed in. By then, it was too late.

By age twelve, Suki found herself alone in the world.

And ever since then, she had never been the same.

Her father had given her a necklace. He had told her that she was born with it and it was clutched to her hand. It wasn't until a couple of days later after she came home that they noticed. They have kept it for her. And ever since that day she received her necklace she started seeing things she shouldn't see, feeling things she shouldn't feel.

It first started when she was in the orphanage. They have given her a little stuff doll to play with and she had picked it up and immediately seen images, voices, a baby crying, someone talking, another person screaming. She had drop the doll and refused to touch it ever since.

The second time was when she had a bad dream and touched the necklace her father had given to her. She had clasped her hand around it and when she did, she felt herself drifting and suddenly saw a girl, much older than her. Someone had called her by the name of Kagome, and then she had seen her get burned.

Ever since then, she had never touched the necklace on her neck. No matter how tempted she was, she refused to touch it. She had found out that she had a gift. She could sense, feel, see whatever material she touch, and so she schooled her emotions, careful to not let anything show when she did touch a cup, a stuff doll and see things she shouldn't be seeing.

She knew she was different, but that didn't stop her, and she was now sixteen. Two more years and then she would be allowed to go free. Two more years and she would finally be free of the orphanage and those stinky foods.

"I can't believe they serve those stinking mashed potatoes again!"

Suki turned to see one of her friends from the orphanage.

"That was yesterday," Suki told her. "We're in school now. We don't have to worry about it until lunch time."

"I hate it over there sometimes," her friend told her. "Too bad we can't escape eh? Go live on our own."

"We're not old enough," Suki told her. "Besides, we don't even have a job."

"Yeah, I know, that's the sad thing about being an orphan."

Suki didn't comment. Instead she was looking at the door, staring at a boy who had just walked into the room. He was no different from all the rest, except…except his golden eyes reminded her of a pair a long time ago. She couldn't remember where she had seen them, but she had seen them somewhere before, she was sure of it.

She kept staring at him, willing him to turn her way, to meet her eyes, but he refused. He wouldn't meet her gaze at all, and she grew angry. Why wouldn't he listen to her? She was—

"Suki," her friend nudged her.

Suki blinked, dazed. For a moment there, she thought he actually heard her and was communicating, she laughed shakily to herself. Yes, she was most definitely going crazy. She seriously needed to stop with those midnight scary books.

"Look at that guy."

Suki turned just in time to see another guy step inside, this time, he had silver hair that should have made him look old, but he wasn't. In fact, he looked very dashing, especially with his dark piercing eyes and sharp well-define nose.

Okay, Kagome told herself, you definitely need to stop reading those scary vampire novels. You act as if you almost know them, but you have never even seen them in your whole entire life.

She turned back to look at the golden eye boy. She knew though, in her heart and in her mind that she had seen him from somewhere before. She didn't know where, but she did. It was almost like recognizing an old friend who she hadn't seen in a long, long time.

It was confusing, and scary.

This time, the guy turned her gaze on her. He stared at her and Suki was unable to move her gaze away from him.

And then he smiled.

Hello.

That brought her out of it, and she looked around her. "What?"

Her friend turned to look at her, "Huh?"

"Did you say something?"

Her friend shook her head.

"I thought I heard someone say hello." Suki frowned.

"Maybe you heard it in your brain," her friend joked, not knowing how true it was.

Suki ignored them the rest of the day. She seriously needed to get some rest, she thought.

"Are you okay?" Her friend look worried.

"Fine," she answered. "I just need to stop reading those vampire novels."

She grinned at her. "Why don't you try reading those romance novels for once?"

"A couple of those vampire novels are romance novels," Suki admitted.

The teacher came in before they could continue their conversation and Suki focus on school instead of anything else.

She was running again in the forest. Everywhere she turned, a pair of golden eyes was looking at her. She couldn't escape them even if she wanted to.

"Kagome."

It called out, but to whom? She wasn't Kagome. She was Suki.

"Kagome, come back to me."

The voice wasn't loud or booming. It was low and whispery, soft. It should have frightened her, but for some reason, it didn't.

"I'm not Kagome." She answered back.

No one answered.

"Hello?" She asked again.

"You have forgotten," the voice came again. "The necklace, touch the necklace."

Suki shook her head even though no one can see it.

"Why not?"

"I see…things I don't want to," she answered.

"That is something you must face before you remember."

"What are you saying?"

"Are you willing…?"

"Willing to what?" She shouted.

"Are you willing to face your past? Are you willing?"

She didn't answer.

"Do you love me enough to face your past?"

"I don't even know who you are; I don't even know who I am!"

"You are Kagome."

"Who are you?"

Silence.

Suki look around, searching for the pair of golden eyes, but they were no longer in sight. Now she felt cold, unprotected. She wanted to shout his name, wanted him to come back, to keep the fear at bay, but she didn't know his name, didn't know him….

After a moment, she knew he was gone for good, and she opened her eyes. Suki found herself in the orphanage, the balcony window opened, the weather outside was clear.

"Inuyasha…" She whispered as the name came out of nowhere.

Inuyasha who was already halfway down the street, turned as he heard her call. He turned his face to look at the orphanage where she was, and then he answered her, knowing she could hear. "Yes."

And then Suki closed her eyes and went to sleep again, knowing that in the morning when she awoke, she would forget everything that had happen because he willed it, and she always have to listen to him when he wanted something done….

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: heh yea I know it's a short chapter sorry…but hey at least I updated!

The rest of this story has been finished as well im just revising it. So you should expect a chapter a day…as long as I get reviews. No reviews no more chapters!!