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You're Kinda, Sorta, Basically, Pretty Much, Always On My Mind.

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I Do Not Own Inuyasha

"Talking"

10. Kikyou's Grave

"So someone had taken the form of Inuyasha, and stolen the shikon fragments from ye, Kaori?" Kaede asked. It was the day after my capture. I had passed out because of the pain from my wound, and now yesterday was just a blur. I couldn't remember any details, nor what I had said. I only saw images and remembered my feelings during that time.

"Mhm. He also tried to kill me as well." I replied, rubbing my shoulder. But now I was considered the most strange of all. My life threatening wound, and my shoulder injury were now healed. Not even a scar was left. I was healing as fast a Inuyasha did, which in his eyes, was very suspicious. I didn't know what was wrong with me. I had been one to heal quickly, but never this fast.

We were back at the village, and, according to Shippo, there had been a long and violent fight over who I'd stay with. Koga had given in once Kaede told him she and I were related, and left saying that it would be better for me to stay with family.. for now.

"Hmmm.. this could become a problem." Kaede sighed, poking the fire. She always did that when she was in deep thought. She then got to her feet, and walked out the door, not saying another word. Uh.. okay?

"But why would someone do something like that?" Shippo asked, climbing up into my lap. "Why would someone pretend to be Inuyasha, just to take the jewel shards?"

"I know.. It is kinda weird. But maybe the person wanted to trick me into a false scene of security so it would be easier to get rid of me." I answered. I held up the one fragment that was attached to a cotton string. The false Inuyasha had also stolen my silver chain along with the shikon shards. "But at least Koga gave us that shard that was in the giant turkey."

"What do you mean, at least Koga gave us a shard!?" Inuyasha shouted. "I was the one who found it!!"

"Are you sure? I'm positive Koga had it first." I replied, still staring at the glowing pink piece.

"Why the hell are you taking his side!? He's the one who kidnapped you, and almost caused your death!!"

When I didn't reply his expression became shocked, and angry.

"Don't tell me you're actually considering marrying that guy!!!?" He shouted.

"Well, why not!? He's nice." I said, glancing at him. "A lot nicer than you!" I got to my feet and stormed out the door. He was so rude! Yesterday when I might die, he was nice to me. But today now that I'm okay, after almost getting married to some stranger, he's as rude as all ways! It was all just to bother me, wasn't it!? Stupid jerk!

As I walked through the village, I received wishes of good luck, and bows of respect, but now the villagers didn't seem as friendly as before. They saw me as the fiancée of a wolf youkai, and no matter how much that wasn't true, they didn't seem to change their hostility.

I found Kaede climbing the stone steps up toward my sister's grave. I felt a sudden sadness and followed silently behind. My sister's grave.. Kikyou's grave. She had been dead for about 50 years. She had died suffering from a lethal shoulder injury, and after she had pinned Inuyasha to the Goshinboku.

"Inuyasha!" Her voice then was filled with sadness, hurt, betrayal. All those feelings that I didn't understand, had been piled upon me at age six. I was forced to try and understand the situation although they had been keeping the facts away from me. I had been forced to take on her role as protector of the Shikon no tama..when I barely even knew what it was.

I reached the top of the steps and stood beside my sister keeping my eyes on the ground. This would be the first time I'd ever visited my sister's grave. The thought of it made me feel a little guilty for not visiting as soon as I had arrived here. I heard Kaede gasp, and I snapped my head up toward Kikyou's grave. The place where her grave should lay, was now replaced with a huge penetrating hole in the ground. The tiny shrine that marked her grave was smashed to bits.

A lump formed at the back of my throat, and I took in a shaky breath. I felt my eyes start to water and I quickly wiped away the tears.

"I had hoped it wasn't true..." Said Kaede, making me jump.

"Onee-ch-chan?" My voice broke, and I wiped away more tears.

"I had heard from the villagers that a witch named Urasue, came while we were gone.." Kaede sighed, rubbing her forehead. "She's taken her bones, Kaori."

"You knew..?" I said, getting over the shock. "You knew and you didn't tell me!?"

"Kaori.. I didn't want to worry ye about something that might not have been true." She answered, staring wide-eyed at the violated grave.

"But I'm family! I deserve to know! I have the same right as you and Inuyasha do! Why.. why do you keep hiding things from me!? She's my sister too!!" I whipped around and sprinted down the stone steps. But I crashed into the same intoxicating scent from before.

I pulled away from him. "Did you know too!?" I shouted, making him flinch.

"No Kaori, Inuyasha did not know either." Kaede said, placing a hand on my shoulder. Inuyasha looked at me and I noticed he looked confused at my slightly tear streaked face. He looked up over me and I noticed his expression harden.

"I refuse to help!" He snapped, heading back down the steps.

"Inuyasha.." Kaede sighed.

"Have you forgotten Babaa!?" He shouted, glancing back at her. "Kikyou and I were enemies!"

"No you weren't.." My voice came out small and confused. They glanced toward me, looking guilty like Inuyasha had said something he shouldn't have. He scowled and continued down the steps not saying another word.

Kaede sighed and turned away sadly, staring at the ruined grave. I felt betrayed again. They still kept things from me, and no matter how I acted or what I did, they would never stop.

I looked from her then back down the steps. Inuyasha wasn't there anymore. I sprinted down the stone stairs, after him. I needed to figure this out...No matter what, I needed to get information. Why did he consider them as enemies? What had made him think that way? And why.. did Kaede agree?

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I sat down under the tree, an hour later, where me and Inuyasha had shared the mutant Veggies almost a week ago. That time seemed so long ago. Like in a dream in another life. Again the sky was flawless. A beautiful jay blue, not one silver cloud. It seemed like nature was mocking me.

When I was little I took the death of my sister lightly, being too young to understand the concept. But what was strange was I had understood perfectly when I thought Inuyasha had died. When he had been pierced to the Goshinboku, by my sister's arrow, heart wrenching terror and pain had shot through me like I had been the one hit. I was able to understand his pain more clearly than my own sister's.. than my own families.

But now her death hurt more than anything. It hurt to know I hadn't cared until now. It hurt to know I turned my back on her when she was injured, to cry for someone else. It hurt to know than even now I still didn't understand why she died. Maybe Kaede knew how much I was hurting.. Maybe telling me the truth would hurt me more, and that was why they refused to tell me.

I brought my knees to my chest and stared at an ant carry food back to it's home. I sighed as the ant continued to struggle. "Osuwari.."

Inuyasha came crashing down beside me, crushing the tiny ant. He growled and glared at me.

"You crushed my ant friend.." I mumbled, as he sat up.

"And whose fault do you think that is!!" He shouted. "Why do you keep sitting me!!"

"Why do you keep doing things that make me say Osuwari..?" I replied as he plummeted into the dirt again. He growled as he got up again and looked away from me, watching a butterfly dance across the field. It was late in the season for butterflies..

I sighed, and picked at the grass beside me. "I don't know why you hate Kikyou-onee-san.. and that is your fault but.." I sighed again and looked at him. "She has been dead for a long time, and still you hold on to these negative feelings. Why can't you just let it go?!"

I noticed his eyes narrow and he turned his head away from me some more.

"But still.." I growled and pulled his hair. "LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU, STUPID DOG!!"

He looked guilty, scared, and surprised all at once. "Wha..?"

"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM!!" I screamed. "ALL YOU DO IS STALK ME ALL FUCKING DAY, THEN WHEN I FIND YOU, YOU'RE ALL DISTANT!! IS THE REASON WHY YOU HATE ME IS BECAUSE I'M HER LITTLE SISTER!! THAT I LOOK TO MUCH LIKE HER!!"

He grabbed my hand, pulling it away, and held my arm just above my elbow. He looked at me, his face pleading, guilty, and he looked like he was losing an internal struggle with himself. His amber eyes stared at me in a way I had seen him look at Kikyou so many times before.

"It's not.. like that." He whispered.

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I sat on my knees, staring unblinking at the ground in front of me. My fingers rested on my slightly parted lips. I was alone.. or at least I thought I was, having paid no attention to my surroundings. It was strange. Unnatural. Wrong. It didn't happen. What had just happened didn't count as anything. It was a nothing. Yeah.. a nothing.

"Kaori?"

I jumped and leaned toward the base of the tree, pulling my hands away from my face. I slowly looked toward my sister. She was in travel clothing, a bow and a quiver of arrows slung over her shoulder. She held her hands together in front of her, standing straight and tall, as she looked down at me.

"Ye look bemused, Kaori, and ye cheeks are glowing red." She said, looking over me with her warm brown eyes. I stared blankly back at her, having forgotten how to speak. She sighed and helped me to my feet.

"Maybe ye should go home for a few hours, your real home in the future," She added, feeling my forehead. "Well, ye doesn't have a fever.. But yes, ye should go to one's home for a few hours as we are to set off for Urasue at noon."

I nodded, and silently made my way toward the Sacred Well. Yes.. maybe I just needed a rest. My heart still pounded in my chest, and my breathing was still ragged. The effect still hadn't worn off.

I reached the well, and peered down into the darkness. I tucked my hair behind my ear and sat down, my legs hanging over the wooden edge. Maybe I was over thinking things. What happen wasn't what I think it was. I was an idiot after all, and I do get something mixed up with others..

I hopped off the edge, and fell into the deep bottomless pit. Once the neon blue orbs faded away, I climbed up the walls in a daze. Yeah, I was wrong. I was mistaken. It was a nothing. Just a huge nothing, that wasn't what I thought it was. But.. what if I was right? Kagome.. would know wouldn't she? She was a few months older.. a few months wiser.

I opened the house door, and peered inside. Silence. Were they at the hospital, visiting my shocked Mother.. or were they at her funeral? I walked inside and locked the door behind me.

I look a long warm bath that relaxed my body and returned my breathing and heart-rate to normal. I blow dried my hair and changed into blue hip hugger jeans, and a black plain T-shirt. I had almost forgotten everything while I was brushing my hair, until I heard the door unlock below.

My heart jumped, as the sound of footsteps walked through the house. I heard a familiar groan, as the fridge door closed, from the downstairs kitchen.

"Why do I always have to do the groceries?"

Kagome!!

I sprinted down the stairs and slid into the kitchen, when raven haired Kagome was muttered wildly about how she always has to do the chores around here. I felt my body resume it's position from when I talked to Kaede, as the memories from earlier reminded me why I was here in the first place.

I cleared my throat, and Kagome jumped, hitting her head on the fridge ceiling. She peered up from behind the door, and gasped. She slammed the refrigerator door and ran toward me, wrapping her arms around my neck. Her grasp was so tight it cut off all air supply.

"Kagome!" I gasped, as she tightened her grip. "Choking.. not breathing."

She gasped again and let go. "Sorry." She murmured, taking a step away from me. "It's just.. were you really that desperate to get out of here? I mean you did smash your window."

"Oh.. well.. the window wasn't me but that's not why I'm here.." I said hastily, feeling my face heat up.

"What is it?" She asked looked at my glowing red cheeks. "Your face has gotten all red."

"Yes, I am aware of that, thanks, but I needed to ask.." I swallowed the lump in my throat, feeling embarrassed. Why did I need to know this anyways? Why was it so important?

"What is it?" She insisted.

"Okay so look.. er.. if two people brushed lips, but they weren't in anyway romantically connected... W...WOULD THAT COUNT AS A KISS??" I shouted. In my opinion, shouting was the only way to get something out.

She blinked at me, then looked to the ceiling.. then to the floor.. then back to me. "I think any kinda mouth to mouth contact would be a kiss.. unless it was CPR.. but then that would a life saving kiss then now wouldn't it?"

I slid to my knees and hit my head against the wall. I was right...

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I sat on a white mare, falling behind. I was in a daze, staring at my hands, letting the horse have control. Kaede, rode up ahead, with, surprisingly enough, Inuyasha stood on the horse behind her, staring into the nothingness.

The stupid jerk. I wanted nothing to do with him, not after this afternoon. I looked past them, over the rocky landscape. It.. wasn't really his fault though. He had been confused, thought I was someone else that time, I'll bet. I shouldn't have let myself fall victim. He didn't seem to remember.. or he did but he was acting like nothing happened.

The story that I had told Kagome was true.. except me and him with 'two people' and you have the whole truth. He hadn't gone past what I had said, either snapping out of it, or catching the scent of Kaede on her way up the hill. But whatever it was.. he had disappeared until noon, where he magically showed up when we were about to leave.

"What is it, Inuyasha?" Kaede asked stopping her horse. I was still minority dazed, and I had forgotten how to stop the animal so I let it continued forward, past them, trying to relax my racing heart.

"I smell it.." He said watching me in confusion as my horse carelessly passed them. He probably heart my mini heart attack. "It's the scent of the youkai."

I stared out into nothingness.. when it hit. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WHERE'S SHIPPO!!" I screamed, falling off the horse. The horse didn't seem spooked by my sudden shout and stopped walking and waited for me to climb back on. I could have sworn that horse was laughing at me.. in a secret horsey type way.

"I'm right here, Kaori.." Said Shippo from my shoulder. "Did you forget?"

"Oh.. Sorry." I mumbled clambering back on the mare, my face hot. I heard the horse grunt and stumble a few minutes later but paid no attention.

"What the hell is your problem?"

I yelped and twisted my body around. Inuyasha was siting behind me, his body turned away but his face watching me with suspicious amber eyes. I felt heat rise up in my cheeks and I looked away, forcing the horse into a gallop to catch up with my sister.

"Nothing." I replied, meekly.

"You're such a liar." He retorted. "You're all spastic! Either you're a mental case or theres something's bothering you.. or both."

I growled but didn't answer. I wanted to sit him a million times, but since doing so would result in an injured horse, I decided against it. A guy like Inuyasha took up arguing as a hobby, so I figured silence would be the best weapon against him.

End Of Chapter 10

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