Theme 9: Drive

"He doesn't remember me Mama" Kagome said sadly.

After Inuyasha revealed that he remembered that she was the reincarnation of Kikyo, and that they were on a search for the Shikon shards but nothing else, Kagome couldn't take it anymore and returned home.

"I'm sure it can't be that bad" her mother tried to reassure her. They were alone, Souta was with some friends and Grandpa was cleaning artefacts in the shed while she and Kagome made lunch. When Kagome suddenly returned, no one questioned her melancholy, all willing to allow her to tell them herself when she was ready. And it seemed now she was.

Kagome looked up at her mother "Mama, you didn't see him. He knew about us like he wasn't Inuyasha; he looked at me like I was a complete stranger. He draws away from all of us" She hands tightened on the packet of bread in her hands, leaving finger dents. "I just…couldn't stand it, that he actually forgot about everything we've shared, all the progress we've made, all that we've been through. He's not the Inuyasha I fell in lo...he's not the Inuyasha I remember."

Kagome's mother smiled and hugged her daughter "Then try to imagine how it feels for Inuyasha. There's a strange spell on him that's made him forget everything, he must be so confused"

"Oh Mama, It's not like he's just forgot things. It's like he'd a completely different person, his entire personality has changed!" she sat down "What should I do Mama?" Kagome felt like she lost all of her energy. Kaede said the spell was too strong to be broken, that they'd just have to wait and see. But what if it was never broken. All Kagome ever wanted was to stay by Inuyasha's side. Even when he chose Kikyo, even when he called her wench and was at his most crude, she'd just wanted to be with him.

Inuyasha, for all his flaws, it was his personality, he kindness, his gentleness and so much more that had made her fall in love with him. But now it felt like all of that was gone and replaced with something else.

How could she be with him when that wasn't Inuyasha?

Her mother could see Kagome needed some motivating so she bend down and cupped her face "I'm going to say to you what I said to you several months ago after that spat with Inuyasha. Kagome, I have a lot of faith in you and I know you will choose the path you believe to be right. If Inuyasha is no longer who you remember, you may choose to stay here, it was because Inuyasha asked you to that you chose to return to the past"

"No" Kagome said "It's not just that. It was my fault, the shard shattered, and also…" also, she wanted to be by his side.

"Kagome, now that Inuyasha is different, will you stop caring about him?"

"No!" she said, my heart…" she still loved him, that why it hurt so much.

"Well if you still care about him, then don't give up on him; if anyone can bring the old Inuyasha back, you can Kagome"

DRIVE, AS IN MOTIVATION, AMBITION. I TRIED TO KEEP HER AS MUCH IN CHARATER AS POSSIBLE. SHES KIND BUT SELFISH AND SWEET. AND I WANTED TO KEEP HER MOM IN CHARATER TOO. DID I DO GOOD?

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