Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters. It belongs strictly to Rumiko Takahashi.

Thank you all for the lovely reviews. Honestly, they work like magic. Lol can't you tell by the four updates back to back in four days?! :P

I would like to reply to some of them, so this might take some time. All of you impatient folks can skip this and head straight to the story.

sierra. – Glad that my story amuses you. :)

laney keller – Thank you for loving this story. I hope you enjoy this chapter as well.

lilith-the-fallen – Hmm… I try. Lol

jui2014 – Thank you for liking the plot. Yes, you will definitely hear more from me. :P Btw, when is your update coming?

Lifesgreywolves – After reading through your review, I was like …Wow! She took my 'constructive criticism' part too seriously. Lol, just kidding! What's a review if it doesn't talk about both the good and bad parts of the story?! Now, onto clearing your doubts.

Starting with my crabby pal…while writing about its appearance, the first digits that popped into my mind were 5 and 8 (IDK why). So, if I had made it 5 ft tall with 8 legs it would've been… I dunno… just weird. Thus I gave it 5 legs and a height of 8 ft. (please don't ask me how it balances itself on 5… it just does. Lol! And you have seen how huge some of the random demons in the anime were! So consider it to be one of them.)

Yes! The time in which the story happens. I've been asked this question earlier and Ive pm'd the reader saying how much I suck in dates. It'll be safe to say that History and I don't get along much. So feel free to throw in any date that you deem fit according to the story line. Lol yeah its definitely not happening in 2014! Hmm lets just go with your suggestion and keep it in the 1700s.

About Kagome's way of speaking to Inuyasha when she first meets him… Yes, I tried to make her sound a little bit sophisticated like the early European ladies. So I made her sugarcoat her words which would make Inuyasha feel like he is doing her a favour by giving his name. But I don't know whether to make her a European herself as she screams "kawai" after looking at those ears…well unless she is an European with a knowledge about the Japanese language. :P

Now now I see there is a slight confusion regarding Kagome's injury. I would like to clear this by saying it was a deep wound. ( You know like those wounds that are so deep that they don't hurt because the injured area goes numb? Trust me on this, I once had got a deep cut on my knee and honestly I couldn't feel any pain unless the doc started poking it with a needle to stitch up the gash. Man that freaking hurts!) Thus she couldn't feel it and when Inuyasha pointed it out to her, she fainted due to the shock. And please cut the poor girl some slack now guys… first getting washed up to a stranded island and then an unfriendly demon host. Kagome belongs to a well off family (I think you guys can tell since her dad can conduct voyages and all) and she isn't used to some much of …excitement, you know. But I won't go so far by saying that she is such a wimp because she is one of the (like you said) pathetic old European ladies…I don't want my European readers to go all Bruce Lee on me. XD

Regarding Inuyasha's childhood, you just have to read and find out. Like you said, I want my readers to drive themselves insane to come up with possible answers. Lol! But I have included a small portion of it in this chapter which also answers another question of yours. (I am not going to say which one and spoil the fun. You have to read it to find out.) Truth to be told, even I have no idea what happened to Inuyasha in his childhood. *sweatdrops* Ideas just strike me as I type.

As far as Kagome's father is concerned, I haven't given him much thought as he doesn't come up for now. He might make an appearance in the later chapters. So for now, he is still busy out in the sea. But the suggestion you gave was quite tempting though Im not sure whether to pull in Naraku or not. Hmm… decisions decisions.

Yes I pay extra attention to my spellings. But I guess there was a little slip in chap 2 where 'honor' was changed to 'owner' by my auto correct. Sheesh it's so lame.

About that movie you say that this story bears resemblance to, I would like to tell you that I haven't watched it (as surprising as it may sound) so I won't be able to comment on that. I just hope that the similarity isnt too much for it would then spoil all the fun.

Ok, so I guess that's almost it then. Did I miss anything? If I did, feel free to point it out. Thank you for such an insightful review; really made me think it through. I hope you continue reviewing and don't hesitate to write as much as you want. I always wanted lengthy reviews for myself. :D

Phew that took some time. Anyways, enough of me rambling. Back to the story…

Promises…

"...Please Kaede. I haven't cracked my skull!" Kagome squirmed as Kaede checked her head from every possible angle. Her patience was wearing thin as the older lady took her sweet time scrutinizing for any wound.
Finally, her old bones gave out and she sighed in defeat.
" I can't find any wound." she mused to herself.
"Yes Kaede! That's exactly what I have been screaming all about since daybreak." Kagome grumbled.
'...and it's almost afternoon!' she silently complained. 'I feel like a humming bird now.'
" Inuyasha must have misunderstood then." Kaede wondered.
' Inuyasha...?' Kagome's eyebrow twitched.
'That does it! I will change my name to Ka-boom if I don't make him swirl in a tutu until he perfects the step.' she pledged to herself.

Somewhere in the midst of a forest, sitting on a branch was a certain hanyou who sneezed, making his landing not so...graceful.

"#%*!" he muffled as his body twitched in its current awkward upside down position.

"What are ye saying child?" Kaede asked with wide eyes...err eye.
"Kaede where am I?"
The last part came out a little louder than she had intended but Kagome was tired of being in the dark for so long.
"Inuyasha and I had thought you traveled here from another part of the land and somehow got lost in the forest. "
"No! Kaede, the waves brought me here...to this island after...

**After sometime**

"... and then I found myself here." Kagome finished.

Kaede listened tentatively, her breath hitching in her throat with every word that came out of Kagome's mouth.

"Th...this cant be real. This...this is impossible!" Kaede's face paled.

Kagome's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"Ye come from beyond the sea?" Kaede whispered, keeping her senses in high alert to detect any eavesdropper.

"You sound surprised." Kagome stated. "Why is it impossible? Kaede please tell me what's wrong!" she pressed.

She wanted... needed to know what was happening around her.
It was then Kaede started talking and this time, it was Kagome's turn to gasp.

Inuyasha's body jumped from one tree to another while his mind slipped back to a certain time during his adolescence.
To the time when he felt happy.
To the time when he actually lived.
To the time when he felt complete.
To the time when...she was by his side.

"No...Don't...Please!" his voice cracked as a single tear rolled down his cheek.
A pale hand rose to cup his cheek as her thumb wiped the streak of tear.
"Thank you...thank you for being there for me always. Pr..promise me...promise me that you wont give up, Inuyasha."
"I promise! Please don't leave me." Inuyasha begged.
She let out a weak smile... "I can never. I'll be back. Inu..Inuyasha I..I lo-"
Her words died in her mouth as her hand went limp by her side. She had taken her last breath.
In that one moment, Inuyasha's world came crashing down.
"No...NOOO!"

Inuyasha closed his eyes in a feeble attempt to subdue the pain that had hollowed his heart years ago.

Those same eyes...
That same face...
Yet a completely different scent...

'Did you keep your promise? Did you really return...Kikyo?' Inuyasha pondered as his eyes watched the gigantic red orb gracefully set along the horizon, marking the end of yet another of his lonesome days.

A/N: Review please! :)