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Chapter 14:

This Can't Be Happening to Me

Kagome sighed as she sat in the kitchen of her family's shrine, drinking some hot tea. Her face was tear stained and she has a bruise on her wrist. She looked defeated. Her mother sat across from her quietly, waiting for her daughter to speak. Jin had found Kagome crying on the front porch at 5 in the morning. Lord only knows how long she had been there. Now it was 9 am and Kagome still hadn't spoken.

"Kagome, sweetheart. You know that if something is wrong, you can tell me." Kagome looked at Jin with those cold colored eyes. Kagome flinched inwardly as she saw the look on Jin's face. "You too..." She whispered and stood up. Jin blinked but stood up too. "What?"

Kagome looked at her. "Inuyasha, last night, he looked at me the same way you did. And he....he said he wished he had the old Kagome. You do too." Jin bit her lip as she placed a hand on her chest. Kagome decided she over stayed her welcome and headed for the door. "Kagome wait!" Jin cried and ran to her daughter. "Kagome, yes. I wish that you had your memory back. I wish, none of this ever happened to you. I do. Kagome, it's hard for all of us to see you this way. But that doesn't mean we don't love you."

Kagome looked away and sighed. "I can't help that I can't remember. And I don't need you people telling me that you wish for the old Kagome. Because that doesn't help!" She pushed her mom off of her and ran towards the well. Her mom called after her and chased her, but by the time she got to the well house, the blue light was fading, Kagome was gone.

Amaya mewed happily when her mistresses scent filled her noes. Kagome climbed out of the well and sat on it's lip. She looked down at the small cat and smiled as she jumped into her lap. "At least you love me the way I am Amaya. Come on, lets go to Kaede's. I could use a bath."

Inuyasha growled as he ran through the forest looking for any signs of Kagome. Her scent was almost gone. She had taken off on Amaya. But if he knew Kagome, he knew where she was heading. 'Hopefully even though she isn't the same, she'll still head there.' He prayed as the head towards the bone eaters well. But he stopped abruptly when he heard a laugh. 'Kagome?'

He turned and ran telling the group to check at Kaede's. He could smell her scent at the nearby hot springs. He ran to it. When he got there, he raised a brow. Amaya was sleeping on a rock, but no Kagome. He then saw bubbles in the water and then a very naked Kagome surfaced. His face turned to the color of his haroi and he stood there in pure shock.

Kagome sighed and pushed her hair out of her face. Then she gasped as she saw a dumbfounded Inuyasha staring right at her. "INUYASHA!!" She screamed and dove into the water. "SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!" SPLASH. Oops, he was a little to close to the hot spring and fell in. When he surfaced he growled at her. "Wench! What the hell!" Kagome huffed. "It's YOUR fault for spying on me." Inuyasha growled, thought he didn't look to dangerous due to the fact that he was soaking wet and blushing. "Don't flattered yourself. I ain't got NO interest." Kagome glared at him. "Well fine then." She turned around and swam to the shore and grabbed her towel She walked over to a bush and put on the priestess close that Kaede gave her. She came out and Inuyasha, who was now shaking off, just stared at her. Kagome placed a hand on her hip. "What do you want."

Inuyasha blinked. "I came to find you. You ran off last night."

"Well maybe I wouldn't have if someone wasn't being a complete asshole." Inuyasha smirked at her choice of words. He was such a bad influence on her. He walked over to her and grabbed her wrist to get her to come with him. She let out a sharp cry and yanked her wrist back. Inuyasha blinked and thought back to last night. Had he actually hurt her that bad? He was human though.

He gently took her hand and pulled the sleeve up and his eyes widened at the dark bruise around her arm. 'She is after all a human girl. Even as a human, I'm still a lot stronger than her.' He thought. He looked into her eyes. "Kagome...I...I didn't...." Kagome shook her head. "I deserved it."

"No! No Kagome! You never EVER deserve to be hurt. Not by me, not by anyone. Kagome, I'm...I'm so sorry." Kagome squeezed his hand. "No worries. I'm fine." Inuyasha sighed and traced the bruise with his claw. Gently he brought her wrist closer to his face and kissed it. Kagome blushed and after he released her hand she brought it to her chest. Inuyasha hugged her. "I'm sorry." He whispered.

Kagome broke the hug. "What are you doing?" Inuyasha raised a brow and blushed. "What does it look like? I'm apologizing! You use to always bitch at me to do it!" What was her problem?

Kagome shook her head. "So....wait...You're allowed to hug and kiss me whenever you want, but if I do it, you get pissed for three days?" Inuyasha sighed. "Oh for god sake! You are by far, the most tiring woman I've ever met!Could you not hold a grudge for once in your life!?"

Kagome placed a hand on her hip and glared at him. "My problem is that you have royally pissed me off and you won't apologize for it!"

Inuyasha was no imitating a fish. 'She can't be serious!? Was I NOT just apologizing.'

"Wench! What do you think I was doing!?" Kagome shook her head. "I don't care about the bruise I TOLD YOU that! What I'm upset about is the way you acted towards me over that stupid kiss! You wouldn't talk to me, unless you wanted to yell at me. You were rude, mean, glaring at everyone! And then you had the balls to tell me you wanted the old Kagome back. Well I got news for you bub, she ain't coming back. You pissed her off and she doesn't want to see you." Kagome covered her mouth. Had she really said that?

Inuyasha was about to yell back until her words really sank in. "You mean...wait...how do you..." Kagome sighed, she really didn't want to go int this. "Tell me what you did to me Inuyasha. Tell me why it is that, whenever I see Sango, Miroku, Shippo, My family, the villagers, My heart is happy. But when I see you...it's broken. It hurts me all the time. Since the very moment I saw you in that clearing, to this very moment now, my heart aches." Kagome grabbed him by his haroi and shook him. "What did you do."

Inuyasha felt a pain in his chest. Was Kagome mad that he didn't finding her in time? Was she mad because it was his fault she died. If he hadn't went to see Kikyo, she would've never gotten mad. Inuyasha looked down at the ground.

Kagome blinked and waited for him to reply. When she didn't get one, Kagome let him go. "Why won't you tell me." Her voice cracked. Inuyasha looked at her. "Kagome, I already have. I've told you, I couldn't find you in time. You were mad at me because I saw Kikyo." Kagome looked at him. "Who is Kikyo to you? Why is she so important in our lives. And don't lie to me." She warned when he opened his mouth.

Inuyasha sighed. "I was suppose to be with her 50 years ago. Naraku set a trap for us and we ended up betraying each other. She bound me to a tree where I slept for 50 years. She died and was burned with the Shikon jewel."

"So how is she here, and how is the jewel back?" Inuyasha grunted, as if feeling uncomfortable telling her everything. "She was resurrected by some old hag named Uresuea. Kagome, you're the reason for everything. For her resurrecting, for me being unbound, for the jewel being here. You're Kikyo's reincarnation."

Kagome gasped and backed away. "So...you only show kindness towards me because I..." "NO! Kagome! Please don't think that! We are friends!" Kagome shook her head. "I find that hard to believe. I get the feeling that when Kikyo isn't around you cling to me because I'm her reincarnation and that's the only reason." Inuyasha growled. "Well you're wrong!"

Kagome glared up at him. "Well until you tell me what it TRULY is that is making my heart hurt when I see you, then I have nothing else to believe. You're nothing but a two-timing asshole. Playing with girls feelings like that. You should be ashamed!" "Kagome..." "SIT!"

And with that Kagome walked back towards Kaede's village.

Once she arrived she saw Sango cooking some stew, Miroku was "helping". Shippo was napping and Kaede was preparing some new arrows for Kagome. She smiled and sat down next to Sango, but not before pinching the top of Miroku's hand, right before it reached Sango's butt.

"OW! Lady Kagome! Why did you hurt me so?" Miroku cried. Sango whipped around to see the monk holding his hand. Then she wondered, "Miroku, weren't you sitting near the door...." She glared at him and thanked Kagome. Deciding to change the subject, Miroku cleared his throat. "So where's Inuyasha?" Kagome looked up from inspecting the arrows and sighed. "Probably off being a two timing jerk. How dare he play with my and Kikyo's hearts like that!" Sango and Miroku backed away at the angry aura surrounding their friend. "Miroku, maybe you better make sure Inuyasha isn't dead or anything." Sango whispered. Miroku nodded and ran out of the hut.

Miroku found Inuyasha sitting on a fence post, looking at the stars. "Hey, you alright?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha looked over at him and feh'd. "I was wrong, Kagome doesn't still have her heart. She has some evil nasty heart that only finds pleasure in making me feel like shit and SITTING me!" He growled. Miroku smiled and shook his head. "Inuyasha, honestly, did you really think that Kagome would sit idly by while you went between her and Kikyo forever?"

Inuyasha blinked and looked over at him. "You already know that I said I picked Kagome." "I remember. But since then, you haven't told Kagome that, and you went to Kikyo the other day. So what? Just because Kagome doesn't have her memory you think that Kikyo is once again fair game? That you can go back between them?"

"No! I never said that!" "Actions speak louder than words Inuyasha. And you are screaming." Inuyasha sighed and looked down. "She told me that whenever she sees me, that her heart breaks. That she's happy with everyone else, but not me."

Miroku nodded. "Her heart is upset Inuyasha. Think about it. Whenever Kagome is in trouble, she screams for you, and you're there to rescue her in an instant. Her heart probably remembers laying there bleeding, screaming out your name, and you never came. I'm not trying to make you angry or feel bad. But you need to face to cold hard truth. Kagome died, alone, crying and begging for your help and you weren't there, and we know that Naraku was the one who killed her, so you know he played some mind games while she was dying. He probably talked about you being too busy to come because of Kikyo. You should already know this! Do you honestly think that Naraku just had Kohaku slash her and run away?"

Inuyasha couldn't look up. He honestly had only thought those thoughts once and forced himself never to think of them again. Because the thoughts of Kagome laying there, bleeding to death, screaming out his name, and he never came, killed him inside. Miroku noticed his friends expression and side. "Kagome is here now. No she's not the Kagome we all love and remember, but maybe someday she will be. But one thing is for sure. When she does remember, she'll remember all of this too. And I would rather her remember me supporting her, helping her, making her laugh and smile, rather than wishing she was the old Kagome. Because that's going to tear her up."

Inuyasha nodded. "Look, I think I should leave her alone for tonight. Keep an eye on her." Miroku nodded. "Thanks Monk." And with that Inuyasha ran off.

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