InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Deceiving Appearance ❯ Forgotten ( Chapter 2 )

Started Feb 17/2004

Deceiving Appearances by Firebird Phoenix

Chapter 2 Forgotten

"Now that Kagome had been forced into her true form her memory has been blocked it will come back gradually over the next one to two weeks. But you must never tell Kagome much about her past a few things is ok sometimes, but forcing her to remember all at ones will cause all her memories to come rushing back, and if that happens she might lose all her memories forever. But luckily when Kagome remembers a lot of her past the rest with come back at the same time." Said the mystery woman standing over Kagome sleeping on the bed of hey the lions made for her.

"I understand Akiko, I shall pass the word to the rest of the lions." Said the Mori leader of the lions; Kagome began to stir opening her eyes slowly taking in her surroundings.

"Where am I?" her voice was raspy, sore from lack of water.

"You are in our Cave, I am Mori leader of this lion tribe." Kagome looked around more then seventy lions watched curiously as Kagome began to get up. She was clearly frightened not only could the lions and Akiko smell it but also it was shown on her face.

"Don't worry the lions nor I will harm you. Do you remember anything?" asked Akiko. Kagome searched her memory trying to find and answer but coming up blank.

"I can only remember my name, it's Kagome." Kagome said

"Good Kagome. I'm Akiko my lions were the ones who brought you here." Akiko said smiling kindly.

"Really, where did you find me? Do you know anything about where I'm from." said Kagome her hope rising at the thought she might learn more about her self.

"I'm sorry Kagome I can't answer those questions, but I'm sure your memory will come back to you soon." Akiko said with sorrowful eyes.

`When I look closer at Akiko I feel like know her from somewhere before, I feel close to her like someone special, someone important.' Akiko gave Kagome a bowl of water upon looking into the bowl Kagome gasped her eyes changed to an icy blue and hair white as snow, Kagome pulled back her hair and revealed slender pointed ears as well a long tail just like the lions. Kagome looked like Akiko her features were vary feminine, slender body, skin of silk, her long snow white hair her bangs long some just passing her eyes lids with icy blue eyes and a long tail.

`Why dose this feel so familiar but it also feels wrong. I wish I could remember.' Kagome thought gazing upon her reflection, it didn't take long for Kagome to stop gazing and start drinking, and her thirst now filled she had many questions to be answered.

"Ummm, what am I?" Kagome asked bluntly, Akiko chucked lightly.

"I was wondering when you would ask me that, come on lets take a walk." Said Akiko leading Kagome out of the cave into the worm sunlight.

*~~~*

InuYasha was searching like a madman for Kagome, not stopping until he found her sent or that of the lions but he found nothing and he had been searching all night and morning. Sango and the others flew over head looking for any sign of the lions but it was like they vanished. Their stomachs rumbled they hadn't eaten or rested sense early last night and afternoon was creeping its way into the day.

"Let's get something to eat, looking for Kagome on an empty stomach isn't doing anyone any good." Said Miroku again with his words of wisdom and common sense

"Go, give up! I'm not going to quit until I find Kagome!" InuYasha screamed from the ground, everyone sweatdropped.

"InuYasha what good will you do to Kagome if you're too hungry to fight?" Shippo yelled back to InuYasha when InuYasha didn't respond the gang took it as a yes and landed too begin cooking lunch.

"I hope Kagome is alright?" said Shippo looking into his bowl of rice an uneasy silence moved over the group.

"I'm sure Kagome is fine Shippo," Said Sango trying put Shippo's worries to rest.

"Come on we've rested enough lets get back to finding Kagome." Said InuYasha getting up and continuing his search with the rest of the gang looking sorrowful at him.

*~~~*

Kagome and Akiko walked along a crystal clear stream a cool breeze blew, birds sang happily in the trees around them humming birds drank nectar from the wild flowers growing everywhere. The sun was perfect that day not too hot and not too cold the perfect summers day.

"In this world there are three races, Human, Demon, and Angel. Humans are pretty mush the main race some have spiritual powers but most don't, humans are half and half some have weak hearts and can be easily sway into darkness by money, or power but the others are honorable and can't be swayed. Then there are Demons evil beings wanting nothing but death, destruction, and power and would kill anyone who got in their way of gaining that goal, granted some have shown acts of kindness towards humans but more often then not it was to further obtain their goal. Not all demons are the same there are different kinds like dog demon, wolf demon, fox demon and many others. And lastly, Angels they, we would rather fight as a last resort then as a main course of action, mostly we just want to live peacefully helping when we can and like demons there are different kinds like lion angels that's us and cat angels not to mention hundreds more. But sadly, sense we look so similar to Demons we are thought of as Demons and Angels have just disappeared in the human eye and the Angels who've grown up being called demons have forgotten their true race. We are slowly become extinct not by dying out but by being forgotten in a few hundred years Angels will be thought of as myth and the Angels still living will think of themselves as Demons." Akiko voice was sorrowful she had lived for so long and seen so much it broke her heart to think of her race dying out by being forgotten.

"That's so sad to think of such a wonderful race just being forgotten, tell me am I an angel?" asked Kagome hoping to gain some answers on her identity.

"Yes Kagome you are, a vary powerful Angel indeed the more weaker angels can't do what we can." Said Akiko with sly glint in her eye and a big smile on her face

"What's that?" asked Kagome, smiling even more Akiko lifted into the air with see-through wings on her back like the wings of the lions.

"We can fly." Kagome looked on at Akiko with wonder and amazement; `I wonder what I can do?' Kagome wondered the idea of herself flying it excited her.

"When can I learn to do that?" Kagome asked Akiko who simply smiled joyously.

"Its really easy Kagome, when you fly all you have to do is imagine yourself flying and poof you have wings to use your other powers is just as simple." In Akiko's held out hand a watery blue orb formed, "All I have to do is think of what I want the orb to do like turn something to ice." Akiko threw the orb at a near by tree turning the entire tree to solid ice. Kagome tried to form an orb in her hand with success a blue watery orb formed in Kagome's hand.

"Good, think of what you want it to do Kagome." Kagome threw the orb at the tree next to them turning it to ice.

"Good, now these orbs are vary powerful the more you learn to use them the powers are unlocked." Said Akiko "The power of the orb can do almost anything if your are strong enough to handle it." Kagome was fascinated by the orbs' power more so by Akiko and the Angels

"Perhaps you can use your powers in a different ways then just the orb, lets go look at some weapons and see which feels comfortable." Akiko and Kagome returned to the cave, the back of the cave was nothing like the front it had two real beds a fireplace and furniture, in the far corner was a large oak chest with various weapons, swords, bows, and staffs to name a few, hung in the cabinet. Outside Kagome picked up each weapon and tried to figure out if she used any weapon before.

"This bow it feels familiar." Said Kagome she shot an arrow at a tree, the arrow turned into her sacred arrow destroying the tree. Kagome stood shocked at what she had done Akiko on the other hand looked like nothing had happened.

`Kagome's gained control of her sacred arrow again; her memories will start to coming back soon, she's recovering faster then I first thought like I could expect anything less.' Akiko stood proud by Kagome, Kagome continued to destroy trees with her orb and arrow.

`She's learning her powers so quickly it's amazing it's like she never forgot her true self and lived in it all these years." Akiko's pride clearly painted on her face was replaced with regret, `How could I have left Kagome like I did, even if it was for her own good I should never have left her I should have stayed. The only thing I can do is try and make up for it by helping her except who and what she is, it really bugs me that she has to go threw this forcefully but it's the only way.'

"How was that?" asked Kagome after just destroying seven trees with her orb,

"Wonderful, but you can do more then just destroy things with your orb remember." Said Akiko putting on a false smile

"Like what?" asked Kagome

"Well it's different for each angel you'll have to search yourself for that answer. I'm heading back to the cave you want to come or stay here?" said Akiko tried and hungry from the long day.

"I think I'll stay out here for a while longer." Said Kagome

"Ok, be careful." Said Akiko leaving Kagome alone, after watching Akiko leave Kagome started to walk into the forest her mind drifting.

`I wonder why I feel like I should be doing something, looking for something with someone this is so confusing, I would give anything if I could remember what I am. I can't stop feeling like I have this great duty I should be doing.' Kagome couldn't shake that feeling she sat in the shade of a tree and started to dream.

Dream:

Kagome stood in darkness nothing but emptiness surrounded her, she could hear someone calling her name she turned around a strange boy dressed in red with a white hair and dogs ears was calling her name trying to reached her. The closer he came the more darkness vanished, Kagome started to run to the strange boy calling the name InuYasha. The closer Kagome came to the boy the more darkness vanished finely she reached him and he took her into his arms, the dark nothingness was replaced with a small town surrounded by six people including the strange boy. Another boy looking the same as her maybe a little older dressed in monk clothing carrying a staff, his hair in a ponytail at the base of his head. Sitting on her shoulder was a child his light brown hair was in a ponytail he had green eyes and a fluffy tail with paws for his hands and feet he wore dark blue pants, a green and white shirt, with a tan vest. Standing next to the monk was a woman her hair was in a loose ponytail she wore a red and white shirt with a green skirt she had a large boomerang on her back. With the most adorable little kitty on her shoulder, it was white with black streaks, red eyes with two tails. Behind Kagome was an older woman she was short long gray hair held in a ponytail she had an eye-patch on one eye and she was dressed like a priestess.

`Who are these people and why do I feel so comfortable around them, I feel close to all of them especially the InuYasha one.' Thought Kagome everything started shrink away replaced by the darkness the people started to scream her name Kagome tried to run to them but they were moving to quickly and were gone as fast as they came. Kagome jolting out of her sleep she could hear someone calling her name, Kagome got up rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and started to follow her name deeper into the forest. It didn't take Kagome long to stumble upon a road, she hid in the bushes as the boy in her dream came down from the sky onto the road.

`That's the boy from my dream the one who took me out of the darkness, what was is name?' Kagome's heart beat faster and faster as she watched InuYasha sniff the air and ground, it felt as if her heart was going to explode.

"I know I smelt Kagome's sent here she must be close by." Said InuYasha sniffing the ground trying desperately to find Kagome's sent again.

"InuYasha did you find anything?!" yelled Sango from Kirara hovering above InuYasha.

"Give me a minuet to look!" yelled back InuYasha frustrated at their lack of success of finding any sign of Kagome.

"InuYasha." Whispered Kagome never expecting him to hear her InuYasha's dog-ears pick up the whisper he whipped around glaring fiercely into the forest hedge, Kagome gasped when he laid eyes upon her, she felt ashamed when he looked at her.

"K-Kagome?"

End Chapter:

Finished Mar 20/2004 1:30am

Aren't I evil leaving you like this? (Hehehehehehhehe) what will happen next now that InuYasha has found Kagome will he except her true self or reject her and what will happen if InuYasha and the gang try to make her remember her old self will her memories be lost forever or will more be gained? Stay tuned for the next chapter of Deceiving Appearances to find out. I ran into a few blocks along the way of writing the chapter that's why it took so long to update I'm hoping It wont take me so long again to write another chapter. And don't forget to REVIEW. And don't worry I'll explain why Akiko hates demons so much later on. I tried to make this chapter just like the last one but I just couldn't seem to do it was annoying anyway I hope you still enjoyed it and please REVIEW.