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Chapter 5:

All I want to is fix my mistakes

Kagome sighed and hung her head as she walked into her room at Naraku's castle. She knew she was in trouble. She wasn't able to kill Inuyasha. She didn't realize just how difficult it was going to be. He wouldn't fight her. All he did was block her attacks, plus he had his friends there to help him. She walked into her room and gasped as she saw Naraku standing there.

"Tsk Tsk. I thought you were going to kill him. I thought you were ready." He smirked as he watched the girl squirm. "Forgive me my Lord." She looked at the ground. "I was nervous. I promise you I will not fail you a second time." Naraku looked Kagome up and down. "Show me your hands." He stated. Kagome gulped, she had thought she was doing a good job hiding it. 'Guess not.' She thought and held her hands out, palms up. Naraku saw the burn marks on her hands.

"Just as I thought." He muttered to himself. 'Her body is still that of a humans. So even though she is able to transfer the power. Her body is not able to protect herself.' Naraku finished her thought as Kagura walked in. Naraku handed Kagome a single chopstick. "Put your hair up and remove your top and pants." Kagura, disgusted, was about to leave, but Naraku stopped her.

Kagome just gulped but did as she was told. She was left in only a pair of black panties. Naraku walked around her a couple times. "Kagura, I want a new outfit for Kagome. She also needs something for her hands." Kagura growled. "Why on earth are you giving her so much attention!? Who cares? She's just a useless human!" Naraku smirked and walked over to Kagura. "Would you rather me focus all my attention on you and your heart?" Kagura winced as she felt her chest tighten up. "Forgive me, I don't know my place." She stated. Naraku nodded and walked over to Kagome and picked up a short kimono top. "You will wear this until Kagura and I have returned with your new outfit. Now go bathe. You reek of that half breed." With that Kagura and Naraku left. Kagome sighed and headed to the hot spring.

Once she was submerged she began to think about her fight earlier. And how when Inuyasha hugged her, her heart began to beat rapidly. She didn't expect that, considering he was the one who had killed her. "I wonder why I reacted that way...oh well, best not to dwell on it. Or ask Lord Naraku, I wouldn't want him any madder at me than he already is." And with that Kagome continued to take her bath.

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Inuyasha watched as Kaede lifted the bowl that contained Sango's blood soaked scarf and water, with herbs. "Hai this is definitely Kagomes blood. There are no traces of demons or dilution to her blood. She is solely alive by the power of the Shikon jewel shards." Inuyasha inwardly winced.

"That means..."Sango started, but Inuyasha interrupted. "Once it's all over, or Naraku is bored with her. He'll remove those jewel shards and she'll die again." Everyone had a moment of silence, trying to figure out their next move. Inuyasha looked over at the corner of the hut. There laid Kagome's bag. He sighed and got up and grabbed the bag. "W-Where are you going with that Inuyasha?" Shippo asked, tears welling in his eyes.

"I'm taking it back to Kagome's time. Her mother needs to know what is happening. I've put off talking to her long enough." Inuyasha was about to leave but Shippo tugged on the bag. "Can't we keep the bag? It was Kagome's." Inuyasha growled. "No! There might be sentimental things in here that her mother might want." Inuyasha tried to take it away. He was getting irritated and his heart was breaking. Holding the bag made him smell kagome's sweet scent again and it was killing him. He ripped the bag from Shippo. But Shippo was persistent. He jumped on the bag. "NO! I WANT TO KEEP IT! IT'S ALL I HAVE OF HERS!!!!!!!!!!!!" He cried loudly. "ENOUGH!" Inuyasha yelled. His voice hoarse and cracking as he had to refrain from crying. He threw the kitsune off, probably harder than he meant to. And he ran to the bone eaters well.

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Kagome sighed as she walked along the river. She was bored and didn't really want to sit in the castle. She continued to walk but then stepped on a sharp rock. She whimpered and sat down. The rock barely cut the flesh. She sighed. "I am so clumsy. No wonder my lord is so irritated with me." She decided that she would go back in, but then she heard a soft cry. She got up and walked over to a small bush. Moving the branches she saw a small fire cat demon stuck in a barbed wire fence. The cat looked a lot like Kirara, except her colors were reversed. She felt bad for the small cat. It's front paw was tangled really tightly and was bleeding. Kagome went to remove the wire but the cat hissed at her. "Shh...I'm not going to hurt you." Kagome stated and pat the cat gently on the head to calm her. It seemed to work. Kagome gently removed the wire and put the cat in her arms and carried it back to the castle.

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Inuyasha stood in the bottom of the well, looking up at the darkness of the well house. He was in Kagome's time now. And he was dreading going to talk to her mother. Decided that had no choice, Inuyasha jumped out of the well and walked across the way to the house. Outside he Saw Souta, Kagome's younger brother. And Kagome's grandfather.

"Hey Inuyasha!" Souta smiled and ran over to him. "What's up? Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha didn't answer. He just patted the young boy's head and walked into the house. There he saw Jin, Kagome's mother, cooking lunch. Jin looked over and smiled when she saw Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha! So good to see you. Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha opened his mouth to talk, but nothing came out. He just closed his mouth and looked at the ground. Like the white tiled floor would scream the answer to him, no such luck. Jin saw the looked on the hanyou's face. Her expression darkened. Her heart began to beat so fast it was painful. She walked over to Inuyasha and grabbed him by his haroi. "Inuyasha," She choked. "W-where is my daughter?" She plead for and answer but Inuyasha only shook his head. Jim began to shake him. Screaming at him, tears streaming down her cheeks. "WHERE IS SHE!?" Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Jin to make her stop pounding his chest. "I'm sorry..." He cried. "I couldn't protect her..."

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Kagome had finished bandaging up the cat when Naraku appeared. He looked down and frowned. "What is that?" Kagome bowed her head. "My lord, it's a fire cat demon. It was tangled in the barbed wire outside. I saved it and was hoping to keep it." Naraku shook his head. "Get rid of it." "But..." "I said get rid of it!" And with that, Naraku walked out of the room. He then looked down and saw Kanna. "Naraku, the fire cat demon may be of some use to her. Like the one in Inuyasha's group." Naraku nodded. "Very true Kanna. Tell Kagura to ready Kagome's outfit." Naraku walked back out and saw Kagome slowly making her way to the forest. "Kagome, you may keep it. But if that thing doesn't prove itself worth the time. I will kill it without a second thought." Kagome smiled and nodded and walked back to her room.

Once she was settled for a moment, Kagome laid the cat on her lap. Kagura then walked in. She looked down at the cat. 'It amazes me. Her shards are tainted, yet she still acts like the same girl. It's just now she harboring hatred for Inuyasha instead of Naraku. It must be because Naraku didn't take out her heart, or put a demon in her.'

"What are you going to call her." Kagura asked, setting the clothes down. Kagome looked up at her. "You know, lately I've been hearing this name over and over again in my head. I don't know who it is though...i think I'm going to call her, Amaya."

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Inuyasha had finished telling Jin what had happened to Kagome. Jin just sat there, sipping her cup of hot tea. She was looking at the table. Tears were no longer falling. She looked up at Inuyasha. He looked awful. He didn't even look like the same person. She smiled, "I'm OK." She said. Inuyasha looked up, surprised. "What do you mean?" Jin smiled a little wider. "I mean just that. I'm ok. I'm not as sad as you may think." Inuyasha was more that just a little confused.

"But I just told you that Kagome died and Naraku brought her back with no memory of any of us." Jin nodded. "Yes, but, she's alive. And I know that Kagome is fighting to get her memory back. Kagome's a fighter. She fought to get into this world and she'll be fighting going out." Inuyasha raised a brow. "Fight to come into this world?" Jin stood up and motioned for Inuyasha to follow her. She sat down in the living room and patted the cushion on the couch that was next to her. Inuyasha paused for a moment, but then sat down.

Jin pulled out a big picture album. It had Kagome's name stitched in the front in Pink lettering. "This is Kagome's photo album. I have one for both her and Souta. It shows pictures from events in their lives." She opened it to the first page and Inuyasha's eyes widened. There was a picture of a baby in a mans hands. The baby fit in his palm. "This is Kagome when she was born. She weighed 3 pounds 3 ounces. She was born two and a half months early. Doctors said she wouldn't make it through the night. But she did. Then they said through the week. But...she did." Jin laughed softly as she continued to flip through the pages.

"I was always so worried about Kagome. She has a weak heart. It over exerts itself. I remember when she was younger, she'd get exhausted from just walking from here to her room. I never allowed her to play sports. I was terrified she'd have a heart attack. That's why when you met it she was so lanky. No muscle or nothing. You of course could imagine how I felt about her going over to your time, fighting demons, hiking, running, and what not. For the first year, I awaited you to come back and tell me she collapsed and wouldn't wake up. But, you never did. And I saw Kagome grow. She became so strong, so lovely. I couldn't believe it. God I must've fought with her every time she was home. Telling her she could die. She always told me that if she did die over there, at least she would die knowing that she did something that mattered. That she made a difference somewhere."

Inuyasha looked at Jin in amazement. "I never knew about her heart. She never acted like it hurt her. In fact she fought more than most of us. Then she'd clean our wounds, cook dinner, and take care of Shippo. I almost feel bad. If I had known, I wouldn't of pushed her so." Jin placed a hand on his knee. "Don't think that way. The last thing Kagome ever wanted was to be a burden." Jin continued to flip through the pages. She smiled when she came upon one of Inuyasha and Kagome.

"You remember this one?" She smiled and pointed. Inuyasha laughed. "Yeah I remember that day. Her 18th birthday." Kagome was standing in the picture laughing, the scared tree behind her. Her hair was up in a ponytail and she was wearing a pink tank top and a white pleated skirt. Inuyasha was towering over her in a black t shirt, jeans, and a red ball cap. He had his arm resting on her head and was smirking at the camera.

"She had to beg you for hours to wear that outfit." Jin kept flipping through and smiled. "This is my favorite." She stated. The picture was a recent one. Maybe six or seven months old. It was snowing outside. Kagome was in a black turtle neck sweater and blue jeans. Inuyasha was in his haroi. Kagome was on Inuyasha's back and she was kissing him on the cheek. Inuyasha's face was a mixture of shock and happiness, and he had a blush staining his cheeks.

"Do you realize how much she loved you?" Inuyasha blushed. "I love her to. She's my best friend." Jin shook her head. "That's not what I meant." She let the subject go though. She went to the back of the book and pulled out a package of photos. "These are Kagome's. She lent them to me so I could see what your friends look like. But she wanted to take them to your time." Jin handed the package to Inuyasha. She stood up and went to the kitchen.

Inuyasha opened the package and started looking at the photos. He smiled as he remembered that day about 4 months ago.

*******Flashback*******

Kagome sighed as she heaved her person over the well. She smiled at the lovely summer day. She wore a black baby tee and blue jeans. Her long hair flowed freely. She looked around and grinned when she saw her friends sitting on her picnic blanket not far ahead. Of course Inuyasha had already noticed her.

"KAGOME!" Shippo yelled and ran up to hug her. Kagome laughed and carried him back to the group. "Hey Kagome how was your time?" Sango asked. Kagome smiled and sat down. "It was great. I went to visit my aunt so it was very nice. Oh! Hey before I forget! My mom bought me a brand new digital camera, she wants me to take pictures of everyone so she can finally put a face to the names." Everyone looked at her in a confused manner. "Di-g-what?" Sango stated. Kagome hit her forehead. "Duh! Sorry I forgot." So Kagome spent about 15 minutes explaining cameras to them. Afterwards everyone was actually quite excited about it, of course Inuyasha sort of knew what a camera was because he had seen them in Kagome's time.

"OK! Sango get closer to Miroku and smile." Sango leaned towards Miroku and smiled sweetly at the camera. Miroku smiled as well. But just as the camera was reading to take the picture Miroku squeezed her butt. So instead of a smiling couple, You got a angry Sango and a said Miroku with a red hand print on his face.

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Inuyasha smiled as he looked at the photos. There was one with Kirara and Shippo. Kagome had finally gotten one of Sango and Miroku smiling together. Kagome had set something called a timer on the camera so there was a picture of the whole group. He liked that one. Cause Kagome had been running back to get to the group in time and she had jumped into his arms just before the camera took the picture.

Inuyasha stood up, deciding to take these back to the group. He walked into the kitchen and saw a huge first aid kit, a large thing of lunches and ramen noodles. Jin was packing them in Kagomes bag. "Wh-what are you doing?" He asked. "Oh! I re-packing Kagome's bag." "I didn't come here for you to do that." "I know," She stated. "But you needed fresh supplies." Jin smiled and scooted the bag to him. "Thank you." He stated. Jin nodded and walked over to Inuyasha and hugged him. "I know you'll bring her back. That's why I am ok." And with that Jin turned around and started doing dishes. Inuyasha smiled softly and walked out of the house and walked back to the well. "I will try my hardest." He whispered just before jumping into the well.

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Naraku walked into Kagome's room and told Kagura to assist Kagome in getting dress. Once again Kagura was shocked at how disgusted she could be by Naraku. The clothes were risqué. But some parts of them might be beneficial. The top was sleeveless, black with gold trim and tied in the back like a corset. It ended under her bust. Kagura pulled the strings tightly until Naraku decided her breasts were showing enough. She wore tight black tights that ended at her ankles and a white skirt that tied at her side and flowed past her ankles. Kagura gave her gloves to put one to protect her hands. And placed a gold spiral band around her right bicep as well as a few gold bracelets on her left wrist and a gold anklet on her right ankle. Naraku nodded in approval. "Cut her hair." He told Kagura and then he walked over. Kagura mentally screamed but grabbed the knife and began to razor her hair. When her hair was done, she hadn't lost any length in the back, but up front she had bangs again, as well as fringe (Think Princess Abi). Kagura also began to paint her face. Some light lipstick, Black eyeliner and a smoky shadow. Kagome was finished and looked completely different.

Kagura pulled her out of the room and over to Naraku. Naraku looked up from Kanna's mirror and nodded. "Perfect." He stated and stood up. He looked at the cat demon in Kagome's hand. "I'm waiting to see it's worth." He stated. Kagome nodded and told Amaya to transform. The cat meowed and did as it was told. Naraku nodded. "Very well. Kagura, Kanna, we are off." Kagome was about to ask where they were going, but she knew better. Sighing and not wanting to be alone, she looked over at Amaya. "Let's go to. I don't want to stay her." And so they were off.

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Inuyasha reached Kaede's hut but nightfall. He walked inside and saw the group eating dinner. He saw Shippo sleeping on Kirara. His arm was bandaged. "What happened to him?" He asked. Sango wouldn't acknowledge him. Miroku sighed. "He hurt it when you threw him. Just a sprain though. He'll be fine." "Could've been worse. You're lucky it's not, I don't need a sit command for you. I'll just use my Hiraikotsu on your ass if you EVER hurt him again. Especially for missing Kagome." Inuyasha gulped nervously and nodded. He sat the bag down and walked over to Shippo and tapped him on the shoulder. Shippo stirred and looked at Inuyasha, then he rolled over to face the opposite way. Inuyasha sighed, but then had an idea.

He reached into his pocket and shuffled through the pictures and found one of Shippo and Kagome. The were pressing cheeks in the pictures and smiling. He reached around Shippo and held the picture in front of his face. Shippo's little body began to shake. He sat up and looked at Inuyasha with tears in his eyes. "H-How did you get this?" he cried. Inuyasha handed him the photo. "Kagome meant to bring them back, but forgot. Her mom gave them to me. You can have that one." Shippo got up and hugged Inuyasha. "I'm sorry about your arm." He stated. Shippo shook his head. "It's ok. Thank you Inuyasha." Inuyasha patted his back.

Sango and Miroku scooted closer as they all looked through the pictures, laughing and reminiscing about that day with Kagome.

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