Kim: I'm trying to write this one quick so that minipower can review. I didn't know I had written a message and posted it. So I'll write another chapter!!
Amber: We would really like to thank minipower for being extremely supportive of this fanfiction.
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Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha
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Last Time…
'I wonder if she'll ever remember…' Kagome's gaze stayed forward. 'Maybe she isn't reading my thoughts right now. Well, we can't sit around and wait for her to remember. We have to find the jewel shards.'
Little did he know, though, that she was reading his every thought. When they landed back in the feudal era, InuYasha grabbed her out of habit and jumped out. He let go of her and she blushed lightly.
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Chapter 16: The Kiss
"Kagome!" Shippo jumped up into her arms without hesitation. "We missed you! Oh…" he paused. "Do you remember me now?" She smiled and nodded once.
"Are you feeling better?" Miroku asked out of concern. "What do you remember?" They all watched as InuYasha strode towards Kaede's hut. When she was sure he was out of earshot, Kagome answered.
"I remember my family, you guys, and Naraku."
"So you don't remember Kagura? Or Kanna?" Shippo asked, still whispering. "Or even Kouga?"
"Or the friends in your own time?" Sango added. Kagome shook her head silently.
"It may be better this way. I mean, not knowing your friends." Sango said.
"That's what my mom had been saying. But I wish I could remember him," Kagome said, looking in the direction InuYasha had gone.
The next day was quiet. They had all decided to check the other side of a mountain for Naraku. InuYasha stayed in front of the group. Kagome decided to "turn off" her mind reading abilities to give him some private time to think.
Miroku and Sango exchanged glances.
"Does either of you guys smell Naraku?" Sango asked, causing Kagome and InuYasha to both sniff the air yet again.
"Oh great, just what we needed!" InuYasha growled, looking back in the direction they had come.
"Who is that?" Kagome asked. They all watched as a familiar tornado approached them.
"What do you want?" InuYasha snapped at the wolf demon standing in front of him.
"Why did Kagome's scent change?! What did you do to her, Mutt Face?!"
"That's none of your business! You damn wolf!"
"Yes it is!" He pushed InuYasha out of his way and stared on to the back of the group at the hanyou girl. He gasped and took a step towards her. Kagome looked at Kouga; confused. "What did the dog do to you?!" InuYasha started to growl. "He's always hurting you!"
"Wh-who are you?" Kagome was getting frightened. This guy emerged from a tornado and started insulting InuYasha.
"WHAT?! You don't know me? Yes you do!"
"She lost her memory, Kouga," Shippo said before he could lash out at anyone. Kouga thought this over for a second. He walked toward her. She tried to back up, but Kouga gripped her shoulders.
"Let GO of her!!" InuYasha yelled as he laid his hand on the hilt of his sword. Kouga ignored him and leaned in.
He pressed his lips against hers. Everyone gasped. Miroku covered Shippo's eyes, while Sango covered her own. InuYasha stared on in disbelief.
'Is this how she feels when she sees me with Kikyou?' Kagome's eyes got big and she smacked Kouga in the face with as much force as she could put into it. It was obviously enough, since she sent him flying into a tree only a few feet away from them. 'No…she probably feels worse…'
"What where you thinking?! I don't even know you!!" Kagome yelled as he stood up.
"I have to go," Kouga declared. He suddenly turned to InuYasha. "Have her back to normal by the next time I see you, got it?!" He ran off before InuYasha could say anything.
"Come on we need to go," InuYasha said flatly and turned his back to Kagome, who was rubbing her temples with both hands.
"You okay, Kagome?" Sango asked.
"That sure worked.."
"What? You remember him now?" Miroku asked and Kagome nodded. They walked in silence until they came to a village. Miroku performed another fake exorcism.
"I'm going to sleep outside," InuYasha called, already walking away from the house they had been staying in. His body pulsated as he walked and he turned human. "Dammit." He mumbled, looking at his hands, then the star filled, moonless sky. He walked up to a tree that sat on the top of a hill and sat down at the base. He crossed his arms and sighed, looking down at his lap. "Can't I get a little time alone?"
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Kim: CLIFFY!
Amber: Is anyone ther with him? Or is he dreaming? Is he already asleep, and this is just a dream already?
Kim: Review please!!
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NOTE: I'd LOVE to thank the anonymous reviewer of chapter 1 that I got a few days back. They wrote:
personally, I dont find this very enjoyable. It is very illiterate, the chapters are way to short, and the charecters dont act very much like they really would.
Well, here's my reply: Don't find it enjoyable? Don't read it. Illiterate? I mean, I know I can make grammar mistakes; I'm not perfect, but really! Illiterate? It's not like its chat speak…The chapters were short because I updated a lot. And they are going to continue to be this short because That's all I can handle at one time. I'm trying to update my stories once a day again. So this one will be updated a minimum of once a day. And about the characters not acting correctly: I apologize. NO ONE can make them act like they would. NO ONE here is the original author. So you won't find a story where they act EXACTLY like they would. Any are you really that scared that you have to be an anonymous reviewer? Aren't you brave enough to use your penname?
