InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Forgiving Loss ❯ Chapter 4 Truth ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, no matter how much I hate to admit this. This anime/manga along with all of its characters belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. This disclaimer is valid to all chapters of Forgiving Loss. Though they do not belong to me, BlueAngel326 loves to toy with them, a lot.

Chapter 4 Truth

"Okay, tell me how this goes again, Rin."

"Easy. All you do is hold up the bow and pull the arrow back. Then you aim and fire."

"Well, can you show me how I'm supposed to do this again?"

"I've never actually shot an arrow before. Have you Sango?"

"I'm more of a boomerang and katana person. What about you Ayame?"

"Let me see. It can be too hard. Besides, I've seen Kagome do it a million times." Ayame took the weapon and did as Rin had told Kagome. "So I'm aiming for Shippou, right?"

"Yeah. Shippou, hold still, alright."

"But why do I have to be the target? Why can't Miroku be it? He deserves it more than anyone." He looked over at the monk. Miroku held his heart, a somewhat pained expression on his face.

"Because he's human and you're fast enough if someone actually shoots an arrow directly at you. Now, hold still. Don't move unless the arrow is actually gonna hit you."

Cold sweat started running down Shippou's face and neck. He prayed to all Kami that the arrow wouldn't hit him.

Ayame aimed at Shippou and let fly the arrow. It only went a foot.

"Dang it! Let me try again." She tried again but the arrow still went no where. She tried one more time and failed. "I think there's something wrong with this bow. Or maybe it's the arrows."

"No, you just don't know how to shoot arrows either."

"Alright, then, why don't you try since you know so much, Rin."

"Why not. I can't be worse than you." Rin took the bow and drew an arrow from the quiver. She aimed at Shippou and released the arrow. Somehow, the arrow didn't go straight forward. In fact, it didn't even go anywhere near Shippou. Everyone watched as the arrow flew upwards in the air, stopped, and plummeted down towards Rin's head, arrowhead first. Rin ran from her spot as the arrow embedded itself in the ground.

"Wow, nice, Rin. Really, that was further than where mine landed. Seriously, I mean it landed in the exact same spot from where it was shot. No, really, you didn't do worse than me."

"Shut it, Ayame. At least mine went a further distance, even if it came back." Rin took up another arrow and aimed once more at Shippou. She let loose the arrow and, amazingly, it headed towards Shippou. Shippou suddenly ducked down to the ground and held fast to his head. Lucky for the kitsune, the arrow soared over past where his head had been half a second ago. "You were saying?"

"I hate you, you know that right?"

Rin smiled.

"Hey, guys, we need to get a new target. I think Shippou's out of it," Kirara pointed out as she kneeled over Shippou's unconscious form.

"Oh, is he okay?" Kagome asked as she too leaned over the poor kitsune.

"Yeah, he just passed out from fright."

"Mm-hm, we'll just have to use the trees instead. I don't think Shippou will trust again if we try to get him to do it. And as much as we all would like to, Miroku can't be the target. The agency will still need him, even if no one really misses him. But first we'll need something to mark the tree so that we can tell if Kagome actually hits the target and not some other tree. I know, we can use some rope to tie around the tree. I'll be back in a sec." Rin ran off back to the house.

"So, Kagome, do you remember anything yet?" Sango asked.

"No, not on my own. Rin's been telling me stuff about my life for the past few days, but I've not recovered anything without someone reminding me about it. I feel so helpless, and you guys have been so kind to help. I don't know how I can repay you."

"Don't worry about it. We've past due for returning all the favors that you've done for us. This is just how we can help with repaying our debts here. Besides, what kind of friends would we be if we didn't help one of our best friends when she needs us the most?"

Kagome nodded. "I guess, but still... I feel so helpless... I can't remember anything, and, yet, I have this feeling that I don't want to remember. It's strange, but I know deep in me that I want to remember because if I don't then I just won't be me." Kagome looked up at her friends' sympathetic faces.

"We know you want to remember, as much as we want you to, if not more. Just give it some time, and you'll recover yourself. These things take time so be patient. We all know that remembering yourself is important but you must wait."

She nodded again at Miroku's words. "Yeah, I know, but still... You all tell me I'm this great person that everybody loves, but that makes me feel that I'm just being a burden since I can't remember how to be someone that you all describe, how to be myself. Don't mind me. I'm just babbling on about nonsense."

"Don't feel that way. We all have our problems but we figure how to overcome them, just like you have and will. All we have to do, like Miroku said, is just give it some time as we help you. You'll remember eventually. We just know it. We believe it, so you have to too, alright?" Kirara said.

Kagome brightened up. "Yeah, you're right. I just have to believe in myself so I can do what I've always done, to be myself. Thanks you guys."

"No problem!" Ayame said as she gave Kagome the bow and quiver. "Now, let's get started on your archery practice. We can't let our best archerer be stuck as an amateur. I think I hear Rin coming."

--------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------

Inuyasha drove up to his house in his red Ferrari and didn't even bother to park the car as he jumped out and bursted through the front door. "Kagome!" he called. No answer. He searched for her scent. 'What the-? She hasn't been here for a while. So why is the door unlocked?'

'Forget the door! Where the hell is my mate?!' his youkai screamed at him.

Inuyasha sniffed out the area, but Kagome's scent had disappeared when it rained.

"Damn it! Where the hell is she?!" Inuyasha stopped long enough to park the car and take the keys out. He stepped inside the house and looked around for any signs of what happened with her. Not much had changed, except that the place had been cleaned. After finding no evidence of Kagome doing anything else but cleaning the last time she was there, he returned to the living room. That's when he noticed the cordless phone on the floor in front of the couch.

He picked up the phone and sniffed it. 'Kagome was here a a few days ago and hasn't been back since. What is going on?!' Inuyasha looked up and saw that the answer machine was blinking. 'Maybe she called and left a message.'

Inuyasha started checking his messages, and there turned out to be twenty messages. About fifteen of the messages were from him when he was trying to reach Kagome, two from Kagome's family, and another two from telemarketers. Inuyasha was about to walk away when all of a sudden he heard Rin's voice.

"Inuyasha. I need you to come to my house as soon as you get this message. There's something we have to talk about...about Kagome. It's important."

'Important? If it's about Kagome, then she better know where the hell she is!'

Inuyasha had rushed so fast out of the house that he seemingly had forgotten to notice the bitterness in Rin's voice. He jumped into his Ferrari and drove off to Seeshoumaru's mansion on the outskirts of Tokyo. When he arrived, he noticed that everyone else's cars were there already. 'Why's everyone here?'

Inuyasha ran up to the door and banged on it before crashing open the door. "Sesshoumaru! Where the hell are you bastard?! I got a bone to pick with you!"

"Baka. Have you no more sense to just knock and not break open my door? It's deplorable how you are part inu-taiyoukai and have no brains to simply knock."

"Shut up, Sesshoumaru. Rin left a message about talking about Kagome, so tell me where Kagome is because I know you do know where she is."

"Calm yourself. Your precious miko is here, though I doubt she'll be good enough for you to be in your presence."

"What the fuck are you talking about?!"

"You should know, little brother, or did you forget what you told her over the phone already?"

"What the-"

"Dog-shit! Come here so I can kick your ass!"

"What the hell do you want, Kouga? And why are you here?!"

"To kill you for making Kagome like this! You'll so pay!"

"Kagome? For making her like what?!"

"Inuyasha! Do you not care for Kagome?" Miroku said as he too stepped into the room.

"What's that s'posed to mean, monk?"

"How could you, Inuyasha?! You're such a baka!" Shippou said as he also stepped in after Miroku.

"Could someone tell me what the hell is going on here?! Did I like do something I wasn't supposed to?! And what does that have anything to do with Kagome?!!"

"Did someone call me?" came a voice from the doorway to the social room. She looked at Inuyasha as if trying to remember something. "Hello. Do I know you?" she asked.

Inuyasha was frozen to the spot. 'Wha- What's going on here? Why is she looking at me like she's never seen me before?'

Rin came up behind her and saw Inuyasha. She took Kagome's arm and tugged a little. "Come on, Kagome. The girls are waiting."

"Okay." She turned back to the guys and bowed. "Excuse us," and the two left.

Inuyasha moved to go after Kagome. "Kagome..." but Kouga and Miroku stepped in his way. "What's going here? Why are you guys all of a sudden against me and why's Kagome here, acting like that?"

"Answer this, Inuyasha, before we answer your questions. Why did you say that to her?" Miroku said calmly.

"Say what? To Kagome?"

"Do not play dumber than what you are, little brother. You know good and well what we speak of."

"No, I don't. Spit it out, or don't say anything at all. Either way I couldn't care less except why Kagome acts like she doesn't know me."

"She doesn't," Miroku answered.

"What?! What do you mean she doesn't know me?!"

"Oi, shit for brains. She lost her memory because of you and I have the right to wanna tear you to shreads."

"What the- She did what?!"

"She lost her memory, baka! She was hit by a car becuase you blinded her with your careless words. I can't believe you would hurt Kagome like that, baka! I hate you!"

"Y'all keep saying that I say something to her and it's really pissing me off 'cause y'all ain't telling me what I did."

"Are you really that thick-headed, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. "Do you not remember what you blatantly stated?"

"Look, I haven't talked to Kagome since last week, and even then I just mysteriously got disconnected from her. I tried to call back but no one answered. Now tell how did Kagome lose her memory."

"Baka. She got hit by a car. She was so grieve stricken that she didn't see the car coming."

"What?!!" Inuyasha ran up to Sesshoumaru and grabbed him by the collar. "You better explain before I decide to hack something off," he growled.

"Release me, or you shall lose more than just your miko's memory." Inuyasha complied.

"This is all your fault, bastard! If you had waited till I got on the plane, then none of this would've happened!"

"My fault? I think not for it is yours to be accounted for. Were you not the one that told her you wanted a divorce?"

"FUCK!!!" Inuyasha pulled out Tetsusaiga from its hilt. "Tell me where you got this bullshit from before I decide to leave Rin pieces of her mate!!"

"Put away your pathetic, tainted sword. This bullshit came from none other than that miko of yours."

"What?!"

"Was it not you that called Kagome to tell her that you wanted a divorce?" Miroku asked as he tried to read his actions.

"Fucking no! I called her but then the line got screwed. I didn't say anything close to what you people are talking about!"

"Really? If that is true, then why does Rin claim that that is exactly what Kagome said to her before the accident?"

"I don't know. I ain't the one that decided to let Sesshoumaru leave me in the UK. If you hadn't left without me, then none of this would have happened."

"I did not decide to leave you. You are the one that called me saying that you volunteered to stay to help the President, not I."

"What?! I never called saying I wanted to stay for that jackass! What the hell are you playing here, 'cause I ain't liking the rules!"

"Oh, really. If this Sesshoumaru is not mistaken, you called me with your cell phone saying to leave you. This Sesshoumaru is not mistaken for I heard your voice on the other side of the phone."

"Fucking shit! Are you trying to say that I called with my cell phone to tell you to leave me in that damned country?!"

"Duh, dogturd! Or did you not get the message?"

"Shut it, ass. I'm itchin' for a fight, and I ain't hesitating to just cut up some wolf meat to feed to the roaches."

"So, are you saying that you never told Sesshoumaru to leave you and never mentioned anything to Kagome about a divorce?" Shippou asked.

"Why don't y'all believe me?!! Some damned bastard must've somehow been able to mock my voice or had a voice device to sound like me to call you and talk to Kagome. Why didn't you people call me to tell me this?!"

"Because we were not sure if we could really trust in you anymore. Not after what we were told. We're sorry that we did not believe you. We were simply uncertain," Miroku apologized.

"Whatever. So Kagome, how bad is it?"

--------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------

"So, who was that, Rin?"

"You'll find out in a few minutes. But first, we must get finished with your practice for today. Now, let's hurry!" Rin took off in a sprint.

"Hey, wait up!" Kagome tried to catch up and arrived right after Rin had told everybody something.

"I see. We'll just have to wait till later to deal with him later," Kagome heard Sango say.

"Deal with who?" she asked.

Everyone looked at her. "Oh, no one. Now let's get back to practice," Kirara said, waving off Kagome's inquiry.

"Okay, well, is everything set up with the tree?"

"Yep! Your target is marked over there." Ayame pointed over to the tree with a rope tied around its base, happy to change the subject. "Here're your arrows! Now let's begin!"

Kagome took the bow and arrows and began aiming at her target. "Well here goes..." She released the arrow, hoping that it didn't fly too much off course. But as far as amateurs go, Kagome needed a lot of help. The arrow managed to fly in the direction of the tree, just that it went over it, without hitting the leaves. "Well that sucked."

Rin gave Kagome a comforting pat on the back. "Don't worry. You did better than Ayame. At least yours actually went somewhere and not just the ground right in front of your feet," Rin teased.

Ayame started pouting. "It's not my fault the damn bow's screwed. Besides, she's had a lot more experience than I've had."

"But she doesn't know how to shoot an arrow either because she doesn't remember, so that means you two are basically at the same level."

"Am not. She's going by instinct. I went by absolutely nothing except with the knowledge of remembering how she shot arrows."

"Can you two stop bickering for a while? We've gotta continue Kagome's training before it gets too late in the evening," Sango said as she stepped in. When she saw the two calm, Sango motioned for her to continue.

'Please hit th mark, please hit the mark...' Kagome kept chanting in her head and she closed her eyes, imagining hitting the tree, before releasing the arrow. Less than a second's tick, she heard someone yelling. She snapped them open and turned around seeing Shippou ducking for cover as she saw the arrow land right next to his feet. "Oh, sorry, Shippou! I didn't mean to aim at you."

"Kagome, you're arrows are more dangerous when you don't know how to handle a bow!" Shippou yelled as he tried to recover from the scare.

"Are you okay, Shippou?! I swear, I wasn't trying to hit you."

"You girls are out to get me, aren't you?! First, you use me as a target and almost shoot my head off, and now you're sending arrows at me when all I'm trying to do is wanting to tell you something the other guys said!"

"We don't mean anything by it, Shippou. We all are just trying to help Kagome, not kill you off."

"Whatever," he said as he kicked some dirt to vent some frustration. "Anyway, the guys want to see y'all."

"Did they figure anything out yet?"

"Yeah, seems like it. They'll explain when you get back to the mansion. Look, I gotta go before you decide you wanna set me on fire or freeze me or whatever. See ya!" Shippou transformed into a bird and flew away.

Rin untied the rope from around the tree and the others helped Kagome gather the arrows up before heading back to the mansion.

When they arrived, they found the guys still in the social room. Kagome walked in after the other girls, and Inuyasha stood up when he saw Kagome.

"Oh, hello again. I see you're still here." Kagome bowed slightly before taking a seat next to Sango and Rin. "So, what's going on here?"

Inuyasha sat down as Miroku began explaining the situation.

"You mean, Inuyasha wasn't the one who said-"

"No, he's not," Sesshoumaru said cutting off Rin. He gave Rin a cautious look and Rin understood the meaning.

"As I was saying, it appears that someone wanted to cause Kagome harm and did it through using Inuyasha's voice. Kagome cannot know of what happened on the phone because she does not remember. Only she and the other person know what was actually said on the phone, but now, we don't even know exactly because the only other person is the one that disguised his or her voice to be Inuyasha. Kagome became confused and ran from the house crying. Rin found her in the park crying and then the accident happened. Am I correct?"

Everyone except Kagome and Inuyasha nodded. Kagome looked over at Inuyasha, trying to see if she could remember him but it was to no avail. She noticed that he was staring at her intently. She saw in his eyes different emotions swirling in his golden-amber eyes. She offered him a small smile and turned back to the others.

"So Inuyasha is not responsible for what happened to Kagome?" Kirara asked.

"No, but if he was I'd pummel him to nothing and then get Sesshoumaru to bring him back so I could do it all over again." Inuyasha started growling at Kouga but said nothing. Kouga just smirked. Kagome looked at the two and became confused.

"Kagome, are you sure you don't remember anything from the day before you woke up?" Sango asked.

She shook her head. "Sorry, no. I remember small things, but they're all kinda blurry and foggy. I'm sorry I'm not much help with this. Are you all sure that I'm not a burden? I mean, I feel helpless in this whole situation that's really mostly about me. I want to help as much as I can, but my memory loss doesn't permit me to do too much."

Rin placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder. "We told you, don't worry about. We all know that you're trying your best and that's enough. Don't stress yourself over it too much. Everything will be fine eventually, but for now, just let things come back and don't try too hard. I'm sure Inuyasha here will take good care of you, right?"

Inuyasha nodded.

Kagome's eyes widened in surprise. "You're Inuyasha? Oh, wow, I didn't know that you were him, not from all the things that I've heard about-"

"Yep, that's Inuyasha! We forgot to tell you, didn't we? Well, sorry about that. Kagome, this is Inuyasha!" Sango said neverously, cutting Kagome off. She sneaked a glance at Inuyasha, hoping he didn't catch what Kagome almost said.

"What do you mean 'all the things you've heard about me'?" he said, anger rising in him as he looked at Sango, Rin, Kirara, and Ayame suspiciously.

"Oh, nothing, Inuyasha. We were just saying that you were very exertive and expressive with your words and like to be a little nice at times and..."

"But that's not what you said. You said that he was a very pompous jerk at times and always gets in over his head and is very impatient and is a half-wit sometimes and never listens to anyone unless it's me and doesn't know what the meaning of manners is and..."

"Okay, I think you've said enough, Kagome. Well, look at the time. I think Kouga I have to go someone, right Kouga?" Ayame said, trying to get away before Inuyasha exploded.

"Don't know what you're talking about, but I sure as hell know that you girls are in an assload of trouble."

Ayame ran over to Kouga and grabbed his hand. "Yes, you do, now let's go before we're late. See ya guys!" Ayame dragged Kouga away to the door. Kirara stood up as well.

"Yeah, me too. I think I better go check on Shippou since we kinda scared the wits out of him. Bye you guys! Kirara transformed into her neko youkai form and flew out the door.

"I might as well go home too. Kohaku may be kinda worried since I haven't called him all day to tell him where I've been." Sango started walking to the door. "Keep your distance, houshi-sama."

Miroku sighed, seeing as sneaking out with her without her notice would fail. "But you misunderstand, Sango. I only hope to apologize to you and walk you home."

"You can do that by going away."

"But Sango, dear..." The conversation faded away out the door.

Kagome stood too. "I think I'll go pack my things."

"Don't bother, wench. I already got them."

"Oh, well, I guess I'll see you two later." She tilted her head to the two.

"Hurry it up, wench. I ain't got all day to wait for you."

Kagome nodded and waved back at Rin and Sesshoumaru. As Inuyasha drove off, Rin turned to Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru, do you know if this is a good idea? I mean, what if Inuyasha was really lying. How do we know we can trust Kagome being safe with him?"

"Inuyasha was not lying. He is a baka, but he does have somewhat sense to not hurt his miko, this Sesshoumaru is sure of that."

"But why would someone want to hurt Kagome? She hasn't done anything to deserve this? And who would do such a thing?"

"That is one thing this Sesshoumaru does not know. The miko has made many enemies to those of the opposing side as my little brother has. Maybe the person was trying to weaken Inuyasha, but I cannot be sure of it."

"Weaken Inuyasha? Through Kagome? How?"

"Making one vulnerable would make the other vulnerable as well. It's the custom of the mates. When one mate is weakened so is the other. The attack was made for Inuyasha, through his miko. One cannot be sure until the true plot is revealed. Until then, only my brother can help himself and his miko."

This chapter was supposed to posted up last week, but I didn't finish it until Saturday, but I'm trying to post two chapters of all my stories at one time before Christmas break since I won't be able to update until after New Years'. But by then, you shall probably get about three chapters of each story since it'll be two weeks away from school. So, I'll try to get the next chapter up by Thursday at the latest. If not, then you'll probably get four chapters after Xmas. Sayounara, bye bye!

BA326's Final Thoughts:

I wonder why [adultswim] likes to do the mustache thing on April Fool's day. I found a picture of Inuyasha with bifocals on and a mustache and goatee on his face. Very hilarious. I named it "Mustachey Inu". It's my avatar currently on livejournal.com. Check it out, or just look on yahoo and type in Inuyasha on Images. It should be on the first page. I wonder why they decided to screw up Fluffy-sama on the first movie. Very flicked-ed, but he was still cute, a little. I MUCH prefer him on the anime. Very hot! All hail the almighty god of sex, Sesshoumaru-sama! JK, but he's still HOT! LoL! ^~*