A Love That Never Was

Author’s note: I was able to write this chapter using the website Inuyasha
Sengoku o-Togi Zoushi, which is an excellent site for Inuyasha manga translations. Also I’ll be leaving tonight for the holiday weekend, so I won’t be updating again until next week. Sorry guys. And thank you to everyone who told me WHY the last chapter was good or bad.

Disclaimer: Still don’t own Inuyasha, stop reminding me.

Settle this with a single blow, Kikyo.
Like when you killed me.
Kikyo...
What are you saying, my name is...
Kikyo is... not you...
You got it!?
My name is Kagome.
Ka Go Me.
Kagome, Speak the soul quieting spirit word!
Anything's okay.
A word that'll quiet Inuyasha!!
Sit!!

A face with golden eyes and white hair. A pair of dog ears sitting a top his head. A touching combination of gruffness and kindness. The constant fights followed by sweet friendship. Inuyasha…


However, it's become a problem.
As the Shikon no Tama has come out yet again in this age
Bad people will come swarming after that.
Umm... like youkai you mean...?
It's not only youkai.
It's people with evil in their hearts as well...

An old woman missing an eye. A feeling of warmth and love, wisdom and guidance. Kaede…

What're you doing?
Quickly shoot it down with an arrow!
Do, don't say something so absurd.
My archery experience is...
You can do it with one shot,
Because Kikyo was a master of the bow.
I'm Kagome damn it!

She let the arrow loose and the gem shattered, scattering the pieces everywhere…

You must listen,
Kagome... Inuyasha.
You two must use your powers to collect the fragments of the Shikon no Tama and
return it to normal.

A journey began, traveling back and forth between her home and the past.

Ba, bastard.
You're Sesshoumaru!?
Ooh... Well done, looks like you've remembered...
your elder brother's face...

A full youkai, cold as ice and full of hatred. Sesshoumaru, Lord of the western Lands…


Damn, it's just a disguised young Tanuki kid…
I'm a Kitsune!
My name's Shippo.
Why were you going for the Shikon no Tama?
I wanted vengeance on Otou's enemy
"Enemy"...
Your otou-san was killed off...?

A little orphaned boy, with fox ears and a tail. The way his green eyes gleamed with happiness when she held him close. Her son. Shippo…


I am one in the service of Buddha.
My name is Miroku...
I aid people in trouble with my Houriki
Kazaana!
His right hand is...
an air rip!!
It's as if it's a Black Hole...
This is way beyond clerical powers!
This rosary... It is a seal for his right hand.
He sealed it by himself...
The reason I am collecting together the Shikon no Tama...
is to seek out and destroy a particular youkai...
That youkai is known as... Naraku
If we keep collecting together the Shikon fragments...
we'll definitely come across Naraku, won't we?
Let's collect them together.
In that case, I have a request. Please bear my child.
A handsome face with black hair and eyes. The Kazaana that sucked down everything in its path. A pair of wandering hands that never behaved. Miroku…

So you're that asshole Inuyasha, huh!
I'll exterminate you!!
Hiraikotsu!
She thinks Inuyasha attacked the village.
She'd been deceived by Naraku.
Hey, you're Sango, right.
If you do any more stupid stuff, I'll drop you!
Sheesh, Inuyasha,
If you put it like that, she'll misunderstand
Sango-san, you gotta sleep some more...
The graves...
You made graves for everyone
When you're healed, why dowe gwe go together?
Fine.
I will go with you.
Sango-san...?
Just Sango is fine.

A woman riding a giant cat with flame streaming from its tail. Her deadly weapon was strapped to her back, her eyes raged with vengeance. But those same eyes would be sweet and friendly to her. Sango…

The images continued to swirl around her, voices everywhere. And one name repeated over and over.

Kagome-chan!
Kagome-san!
Kagome!

Kagome? Is that me? A face came back to her with brown eyes and black hair. I know that girl. A voice came to her.

Sango-chan, come with me to the hot spring.
Miroku-san, what are you doing? Hentai!
Shippo-chan, I brought you some chocolate.
Inuyasha! Osuwarai!!!!!!

Another face swam up before her. Sesshoumaru. His visits at night. The games he played. Always games. Her heart ached as she watched him standing next to the girl, next to herself, threatening her and her friends until she answered his questions.

The final battle with Naraku. Miroku and Sango swallowed by the Kazaana. K sha shattered by her arrow. Inuyasha lay dying. The enehad had exploded out of her, vaporizing the wicked hanyou. All her friends gone. Dead. The pain, oh the pain. Her wish made at the well. A kiss from a man she had loved and hated with all of her being.

Kat woke up slowly. The first thing she was aware of was someone’s hand holding hers and a gentle pressure on her stomach. She opened her eyes slowly. The hand holding hers was Sesshoumaru. The pressure on her stomach was the Shikon No Tama. She sat up pulling her hand away from Sesshoumaru. She cupped the jewel in her hands, barely believing what she was seeing, what she knew. Ignoring his questions of concern, she stared at the jewel, faces and voices continuing to dance across her memory. Tears began to stream down her cheeks.

“How could I have forgotten?’