"Why can't I go home!"

Seshoumaru stared at a point on her forehead, his golden eyes seemingly bored. For some reason that just irritated Kagome even more. It had been two days. For two whole days she had held onto her hope that he would change his mind and let her go. However he seemed to be relentless. They hadn't even moved from their spot since her wound still hurt quite a lot. So she had been amusing herself by playing with Inuyasha's ears.

Oddly enough, the gruff hanyou was also sticking around and ever since she had thrown a fit when Seshoumaru wouldn't stop beating him up, the inuyoukai limited himself to cold glares and throwing pebbles at him. Sure Inuyasha growled and grumbled whenever she stroked his soft ears, she knew he secretly enjoyed it. He had fallen asleep three times while she was doing it.

The first time she had touched them, he had bolted up a tree and refused to come down. It had taken Seshoumaru's poison whip to bring him back to the ground.

Kagome stomped her foot, furiously, "I. Want. To. Go. Home!"

Seshoumaru raised a brow at her childish tantrum, "Then remember."

The young girl gritted her teeth, "Remember what! You keep saying that, over and over and over again! How can I remember something when I don't even know what I'm supposed to remember!"

"Hn."

"No! No! Don't you 'hnn' me! You've been 'hnn-ing' me for the past two days! I want to go home, and I want to go home now!"

Seshoumaru studied the image of the angry girl. Her cheeks were flushed with anger and she kept biting her bottom lip. He actually felt sorry for the poor apendage. However, he was resolved. She had to remember. Some part of her did know him.

"I'll take you, wench."

Inuyasha was lazing in one of the trees. He deftly avoided Seshoumaru's poison whip and examined his claws, "It's not like I have anything to do."

Seshoumaru's voice was cold, "Then leave, halfbreed."

"Nah. Got nowhere to be."

Kagome stared at them and huffed, "Fine! I'll just go by myself!"

She turned around just to come face to face with an armoured chest. Seshoumaru raised a brow, "You will not leave."

Kagome spluttered and without even thinking she lunged on him and grabbed his nose with her thumb and forefinger. Seshoumaru was so taken aback that he stumbled onto the ground, cushioning her fall. His eyes were wide and a whine escaped his lips. Kagome growled at him, "You are one irritating dog, you know that?"

Inuyasha fell off the branch and crashed into the ground with a yelp. That startled Seshoumaru and he immediately flipped Kagome over, looming over her. Her 'oh' of surprise was quickly replaced by indignant scowl, "Get off me!"

"Stop trying to run away."

"I want to go home!" she half shouted, making him wince.

"Did you just discipline that bastard?" Inuyasha's shocked voice was like a bucket of cold water. The two immediately realized the position they were in and Seshoumaru got off her. His apology was stiff, "I apologize."

Kagome's face was red as she looked everywhere but at him. Running a hand through her hair, she mumbled miserably, "I don't know what you want me to remember, but I want to go home. I miss my family. I don't belong here."

As she said those words, something in her clenched, but she pushed aside the strange feeling and focused on the man or inuyoukai in front of her. His eyes were hooded as he studied her. Although he wasn't showing it, she somehow knew he was upset.

"Look, Seshoumaru-"

"You would rather go back to your home than stay here with me, where you belong?"

Somehow that question seemed to hold a lot of significance and she hesitated before answering slowly, "My home is there. My family is there."

"And what am I then?"

That question had just tumbled off his lips. He hadn't meant to say it. Inuyasha was ignored as he gaped at them. Kagome's heart clenched, and she swallowed. He meant something to her. She knew it. Although it had just been two days, somwhere deep inside, a part of her didn't want to leave. All her life she had felt a vital part of her missing, but when she had first seen the silver haired inuyoukai a breath had escaped her body and it was like she had been fixed. Whatever the problem that had been in her had been miraculously repaired.

She didn't believe in love at first sight. She didn't know what this emotion was, but she didn't want to leave him. "I-" She paused, and then closed her eyes, "I don't know what I saw that day, in my head, what I heard, but I know you're someone important to me. But how can I know who you are if you won't let me. Sitting around brooding isn't going to let me know you."

Seshoumaru was silent for a moment. He knew he had mated her. He had bound himself to her forever. But after she had left he had lost interest in everything. He wasn't communicative. He had forgotten how. He didn't even know how. But he didn't want to destroy who she was. Maybe she was never meant to be his. His chest tightened and he felt an unbearable pain. He was not the same Seshoumaru she had left behind.

"I'll take you to the well tomorrow."

Kagome's mouth fell open. That was it? Before she could say anything, Seshoumaru turned on his heel and walked away, into the dense forest. There was a moment of silence till Inuyasha spoke, "What just happened?"

When darkness started settling in, Kagome looked across the fire at an entirely too cheerful Inuyasha, "What's taking him so long?"

Inuyasha shrugged, "How should I know? Seshoumaru does what Seshoumaru wants." After an afterthough, he added, slyly, "You probably pissed him off."

Kagome bristled, indignantly, "I didn't do anything. I don't know why he's so adamant on keeping me here."

The white haired hanyou stretched his arms over his head and mused, "Y'know, I've never seen Seshoumaru obssess over a human before. It's strange to see him act this way. Last I saw him was, " He scrunched his face as tried to remember, "I think a week before I was sealed to that damned tree. He's always been a silent one. He hated me on sight, I think, but then again," He snorted, "Everybody hates me so it doesn't really bother me."

"Maybe if you stop trying to kill every person you meet, you might make more friends."

Inuyasha shot her a filthy look, to which she just smiled. After a few moments she got up, "I'm going to go look for Seshoumaru. He might be hurt or something."

Inuyasha's brows shot so high up, it was a miracle they didn't fly off his forehead, "He's a daiyoukai. I doubt he's hurt. He's probably sulking because you chose your family over him. Seshoumaru is strange. He always has been."

"Has he always been like this? Quiet, you know. He hardly syas anything."

Inuyasha shrugged, "I don't know. Ever since I've known him, he's been like this. But my mother once told me that someone very close to him was killed or kidnapped or something. And his parents were behind it. After that he closed off from everything and everyone."

"Who was this someone?" Kagome was genuinely curious.

The hanyou frowned, trying to remember, "A human child, I think. Seshoumaru was pretty young back then. He had barely started training. I don't know the details, you'll have to ask him yourself. I tried to ask him once and he nearly took my head off."

Kagome dusted her skirt, "Do you think he's angry with me?"

"He didn't look angry. He looked like he always does, blank. Seshoumaru has no emotions you know. After that one incident, he lost all emotions."

"What is the relationship between you two? If he hates you why are you even here?"

Inuyasha smirked, "I've got nowhere else to go. I don't hate the bastard. Don;t love him either."

Kagome sat down and peered into the forest, "Do you think he'll be back soon.?"

"Don't know, don't care. Get some rest. You have a long way to travel tomorrow."

That night as Kagome slept, she dreamt of a pair of heartbroken golden eyes which just stared at her, and the wails of a little girl.

A.N: I know it's been a long time, but my papers are finally over! I'll be updating weekly from now on. DO review!