The Pain of Memories : Forbidden Knowledge The Pain of Memories Forbidden Knowledge

"Inuyasha! Ramens ready!" chirped Kagome, from her kitchen.

The two had been in Kagome's time for no less then three hours and already Inuyasha was asking for ramen!

"Great!" he replied, racing down the stairs "Bout time too!"

Kagome smiled to herself. Inuyasha always reminded her of a small child on christmas morning, or on their birthday when ever the word "Ramen" was mentioned. His cute little dog ears would purk up and a huge grin would plaster on his hansome face, revealing those tiny fangs. A soft giggle came from within her. Somehow, even with his large and overly used mouth, he had mannaged to miss it completely and drop ramen all down his front. The look of horror splashed across his features to the thought if missing his mouth and wasting his precious ramen was halerious. Stiffling a laugh, Kagome grabbed a piece of kitchen roll and wipped the left over juice from his chin.

"Your worse than a child sometimes, you know that?!" she giggled, watching his face turn from pink to crimson red in a matter of seconds.

Trying to remain control of what dignity he had left, Inuyasha gave off his usual "keh" along with another deep blush. Still after two years of knowing eachother, just the slightest touch sent delightful shivers down his spine. And yet, even though he had plenty of oportunities, he still hadn't confesed his feelings for her. From what he had managed to get out of Shippo, after a few poundings to the head, Kagome still thought herself to be nothing more than a cheap inmitation of Kikyo and thought he saw her as nothing more aswell. Sighing inwardly he finsihed the rest of his ramen, avoiding eye contact with the younger Miko.

"Kagome, what are all those books in your room? They're filled to the brim with pictures and stuff." he asked suddenly, making her jump.

"Eh? Books? Oooh! You mean the photo albums in my cubboard."

"Mmmm, yer them." he said, nodding his head slowly.

"Why'd you ask anyways? And how did you know about them? They should be hidden..." she asked sarcastically, knowing fully well that he had been snooping.

Inuyasha felt his cheeks burn with a new blush, and the look in her eyes only made it worse. He could practically feel her stare that probed him for an answer he really didn't want to give. How could he tell her he'd been snooping around?! Sure he'd seen most of the things in her bedroom but that didn't stop him wanting to know more. It was the things that he didn't know that made him go on a snooping rampage. In the two years he's know Kagome, he didn't really know much about her. Sighing deeply he tried explaining himself.

"Err...W-well, i kinda got bored and so i...I looked around a bit and found them..And before you start shouting let me finish!!" he stated quickly holding his hands up in defence "I thought that since you weren't gonna tell me anything about your past i thought i could find out for myself. So when i found the pictures i knew some of them where of you so i looked at them all, okay?!"

Kagome was gobsmacked. Inuyasha was so interested in her past that he went snooping around her room instead of asking her?! But why? And why now of all times? Suddenly she felt her heart begining to crack. How could he say she never told him anything of her past? All those nights where they sat beneath the stars and talked for hours apon hours just talking about their pasts, was he not listening? Or the times in her era when she would explain all the modern technology to him and say how she used it in her past. Or when her mother decided she would tell him embarressing stories from when she was younger and she would try her best not to set things alight with the heat that was radiating from her cheeks. Didn't any of that matter? The stinging sensation at the back of her eyes made her turn away from him. All those precious moments to her, where they anything to him?

"Kagome? Whats wrong?" Inuyasha asked, his voice full of concern.

"Nothing!" she snapped back in reply.

Oh, great. What had he gone and done now?! All he said was that he wanted to know a bit more about her past. Well maybe not in so many words but that was what he ment. Was it something bad for him to know more about her? Placing a comforting hand on her shoulder he spoke.

"Look, you know you don't have to tell me about your past if you don't want to. I just, well, wanted to know more stuff about you. It was stupid of me to ask. I'm sorry, okay?."

Kagome felt her heart strings pang. "Know more"? But that would have to mean that he had to know stuff about her in the first place, wouldn't it? So he had in fact listened all those times. A wave of guilt washed over her. How could she have been so stupid?! Quickly wiping her face, she smiled and turned around.

"Okay, you wanna know more about me then you can!" she said, grabbing his hand.

Dragging a Hanyou up the stairs and into her room was alot easier than people would have thought. Not that people would even think of doing it, but that was besides the point. Sitting down on her bed and dragging Inuyasha with her, she smiled again.

"So what you wanna know then?"

Inuyasha thought for a couple of seconds. Standing, he then walked over to where the large books were and picked the smallest one up. He hadn't had a chance to look through it yet since Kagome had called him down for his ramen, but now he could go through it and he had Kagome to help him along the way. Sitting down beside her, he opened the book and pointed to a random picture. The photo was of a small girl with raven black hair. she had deep chocolate eyes that were shining with such life and joy, he thought they were going to pop out of her head! She wore a light pink dress and stood infront of what Inuyasha thought to be the sacred tree. Kagome smiled. Figured out of all the books he could have chosen he would pick her birthday book. The one he had chosen first had been her tenth birthday. After telling him what she remembered he flicked back a few pages and selected another photo. This time the picture made Kagome frown. In the photograph stood her mother, her grandfather, Sota and herself all stood around a table with a birthday cake in the middle, six tiny candles alight. But to her left stood a tall girl and to her mothers right was a man. She had never seen this one before. The girl was of her height now. To be honest she looked as though she was a mixture of herself and Sango but she couldn't tell who she most resembled. She had long dark hair tied back in a loose ponytail and had dark expressive eyes that told a story Kagome couldn't understand. Unconciously she trailed her thumb over her face but her gaze was moved to the man. He had short brown hair and wore a stoic mask, similar to Sesshomaru's. His eyes were dark and menacing and he had his arms wrapped possesivly around her mother. A sudden bolt of pain ran through her body making her drop the album. She sat, mouth slightly open, staring at her hands.

"Kagome? You alright? Whats the matter?" asked her Hanyou companion.

Before he could get an answer she ran from the room. The scent of salty tears smacking him forcfully in the nose. Thinking she should have time on her own, he picked up the album and looked at the photo. Nothing seemed to be abnormal but then again it was her past not his. Maybe if he asked her mother, she could shed some light onto the situation. Heading downstairs he called for Kagome's mother. As usual she was in the kitchen making tea. Placing the book on the table he spoke.

"Hey, do you know what could be the matter with Kagome. She saw this picture and started going all weird." he said bluntly.

"Oh, hello Inuyasha dear. Picture you say. Well lets have a look then." she replied walking to the table, her mug of tea in her hand.

When he pointed to the photo her heart stopped dead in its tracks. The mug fell from her hands as she brought them up to her mouth, shaking terribly. The look of pure horror filled her expressive eyes.

"W-where...Where did you...F-find this?!" she choked out.

Inuyasha was sevearly confused. What was with this picture? He opened his mouth to answer but was cut of by a fire line of questions.

"Why is this here?! It should have been burnt with the rest of them!! Oh, my god...Has Kagome seen this? Has sota seen it either? What am i going to tell them if they have?! Where is Kagome now? Please, Inuyasha, please say she hasn't seen this!!" she cried, pacing frantically around the room.

"Yer, Kagome's seen it. Thats why i came down here. She's upstairs crying over it now. But i ain't gotta clue as to why..."

Kagome's mother froze in place. Her hands still trembling. With out a word she ran upstairs and started knocking lightly on the bathroom door. The knocking continued and got louder as no reply came.

"Inuyasha!!" the older Higurashi woman yelled.

Within seconds Inuyasha was by her side. The bathroom door had been locked and Kagome was inside. Using his sensitive hearing he checked to see what she was doing. Nothing. Nada. Not even the sound of breathing could be heard. Panicing he punched down the door, only to find the bathroom was empty and its window wide open.

"Inuyasha, she must not remember who those people are, understand?! She's been through enough. The memories alone would destroy her in a way you could never think possible!! Please just find my baby and bring her home!" sobbed the hysterical woman.

Inuyasha wasted no time. With a swift leap he was out of the window and began his search. Images of what that one picture had done to both women flashed in his mind. Just one photo had managed to fill both with such terror and pain that Naraku seemed like a fly on a wall.

"Just who the hell where those people?!"

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