Author's Note: IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK!

This story is focused mostly on Kagome, however this first chapter is written mostly about Miyu Higurashi, her mother. This story is also going to be all over the place as far as timeline. This chapter is set in "Modern Day" after the defeat of Naraku and instead of Kagome being trapped in modern day she is trapped back in the past. The next few chapters will be set in the past with Kagome and the group. Everything will eventually lead into modern day. This story will also have EXPLICIT ADULT CONTENT, you have been warned. Also please don't take offense with the certain liberties I have taken on the storyline towards the end of the actual anime, but it was necessary. ONWARDS!

"Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or it's characters, blah blah

Miyu Higurashi leaned against the doorframe of her back door, staring out to the well house with a small, sad smile on her withering face. The worn dark wood was bathed in shadows from the tall surrounding trees, the building itself reflecting her own, misunderstood thoughts. Worry consumed her everyday, wondering if she would ever see her kind, beautiful daughter again. Yet a small light beamed into her subconscious, she knew Kagome was happy wherever she was in the other world.

It had taken some time to get used to her daughters comings and goings, it had made her used to the loneliness and anxiety. At first Miyu had been reluctant to let Kagome go through the well, especially after the first unexpectedly long visit. Not long after her adventures began, the visits to the feudal era became more permanent and coming home to Tokyo became more like visits. Miyu had known for some time her daughter would never be comfortable in the modern day and eventually she would never be able to return. Yet Miyu remained hopeful that she had more time left to memorize her daughters beaming smile, to hug her as if she were little again, to brush through her hair with her fingers and give her much needed advice. In her mind she would never stop being her baby, but in her heart she knew that Kagome had grown up in what seemed like the blink of her eyes. One moment she had just turned fifteen and in the next she was… different. Her body had not aged, her hair had not grown much, but it was as if her soul had become wise.

~Flashback~

'She's been gone for six whole months. She's never gone so long without resupplying. Kami protect her please.'

Miyu had been stricken ill with worry for Kagome. So much time had passed without any word from her and she knew that soon her daughter would be close to ending her quest. Kagome had only told Miyu brief information about why she had to keep returning to the Feudal Era, the main cause being that of an evil hanyou named Naraku. Although she never knew much, Miyu did know that he was dangerous and had to be destroyed.

She was wrenched from her thoughts from the small knock on the back door. Miyu put the forgotten dirty plate back into the sink and brushed her hands dry on her apron as she walked to the door. She turned the warm knob in her hand and opened the door, her heart catching in her throat. Kagome's sparkling brown eyes staring up into hers, a smile splitting her face.

"Hi Mom."

Miyu's eyes prickled and her arms reached out to envelope her into her chest, holding her close to her heart.

"Thank Kami you're alright. I was so worried you had been gone so long."

Kagome was shocked by her mother's firm embrace, the guilt building in her throat as she held onto her mothers arms, the urge to cry overwhelming. She had been away too long, she knew what it must have been doing to her family but the need to fulfill her responsibility was hard to ignore.

After several moments Miyu released her, smiling and beckoning her inside. Kagome looked around her small kitchen, illuminated in the afternoon light. The feeling of her home settled her nerves, she felt safe and protected. It reminded her of another set of arms she had just left on the other side of the well.

Miyu set a small glass of tea in front of Kagome and sat across from her at the table. The small room was warm and inviting, although the housekeeping had obviously been neglected lately. Dishes piled in the sink, an overflowing trash can in the corner, dirty footprints led from the backdoor. Her mother must have been preoccupied lately otherwise it was always immaculately clean.

"So tell me about your adventures. It's been rather dull around here with Sota being at school so late for Soccer Practice. Your Grandfather has been pushing himself to exhaustion trying to catalog the store house again against his doctors advice."

Kagome took a sip of the cold tea and cleared her throat. She waited a few moments before deciding how she was going to phrase it all. There was so much to say to her mother, so much to do before she had to leave and she knew it had to be soon.

"We weakened Naraku significantly over the past few weeks. His minions are dwindling with each fight and his influence on others has let up. While he's injured he's easier for Kikyo and I to track. Inuyasha and her managed to pin his location to a nearby mountain. They want to get moving tonight, and we should reach there by dawn and hopefully we can end it this time. Our group has gotten larger, so many allies coming together to defeat him I really believe we can do it this time. We even have incredible yokai on our side and my abilities are advancing under Kikyo's training but…"

Kagome drifted off, staring down into her cup. Miyu waited patiently and reached her hand across the table to gently touch Kagome's hand that she hadn't realized was shaking.

"Kagome… It's okay to be scared. This whole thing would terrify most people, you are so much stronger than anyone I've ever known. I just wish I could help you honey…"

Kagome looked up at her mother's saddened face and the tears started to run down her face.

"I'm more scared for what's going to happen to everything afterwards. Once Naraku is destroyed, the Shikon no Tama is going to ask for my wish… I have to make the right wish and then it will finally be gone forever, and once it's gone I can only assume my connection between the worlds will be broken…"

Miyu sucked in a sharp breath, having drawn the same conclusion several times before. She had hoped deep down that was not the case yet Kagome reaffirmed her worst fear. Kagome would never be able to come home again.

Ice formed throughout her chest, her heart seizing. Her babygirl leaving for the last time. She never thought it would come so soon, if ever.

"Kagome… It's okay if you don't want to leave here. You've done your fair share-"

"No mom, I haven't. I should be the one to complete it. I have to see this through to the very end. I was the one to break the jewel, I put so many people in harms way and so many people are dead because of my mistake…"

The room was heavy with silence for a moment, the air thick with emotions, and just like that it was gone as her mother smiled.

"You're so brave Kagome. I could never be happier with the daughter you became, the person you became. It's not all your fault. You're doing everything you can to make it right and you will."

"Mom… There's one other thing… I have someone I care about over there…"

Kagome's face flushed and she had to look away, embarrassed to admit it out loud to her mother.

Miyu's laugh bubbled in her throat and spilled out as tiny giggles. She had never seen her daughter so shy about something and it made her happy that atleast something in her life was normal, even if it was just the young love. Kagome looked at her, obviously appalled she reacted happily to the news.

"Is it Inuyasha by chance? I know you had feelings for him at one point."

"No it's not Inuyasha. You've never met this man. He's a full demon, but he's very good to me. He protects me, and shows how much he cares for me everyday. At first I never thought of him like that but he started traveling with us and I just… saw him differently one day. Like a light in my head went off and it all made sense. I just wanted you to know I'm protected over there… That someone will take care of me…"

The sadness washed itself clear from her mind. The knowledge that her daughter had someone to look after her settled her worries for now.

"Well then tell this man he has made your mother very happy and that he should tell you he loves you everyday…"

"Oh mom…"

Kagome jumped from her seat and wrapped her mother is a fierce hug, burying her face in her shoulder and sobbing. Miyu held her tight, burning the moment into her memory. Many different emotions flew through her mind but one kept her steady, the happiness that her daughter will not be alone if it meant she was far from home.

"Kagome just promise me if you can come back, you will. Even if it's just for a moment, please just let me know you lived. Soothe your mother's mind."

"I will Mom. I will try to come back and I hope you can meet this man. I have a feeling you would like his tail."

~End Flashback~

Later that night Kagome left down the well, with many tears shed between the two of them and later from her Grandfather and young Sota. Kagome had left her a letter on her bed in secret, a letter that Miyu read several times everyday.

'Dear Mom-

I'm sure this bring very little comfort in my absence but know that even if I am far away, I think of you all everyday. I miss you all so much but I will make a life here in the past with many of my friends and hopefully with a man I grow to love. I hope this bring some some sort of peace from the chaos I brought our family. For that, I am so sorry for Mama. But I will do everything I can to make you proud of me.

With All My Love, Kagome'

Miyu clutched the letter in her hand, replaying that day on repeat as she did most days to get through the ache. She wanted so badly to be happy, and to some degree she was, but the urge to find out what happened to her daughter was growing every single day she was gone. A hundred and two days exactly since she left. A mother could never forget, but she could hope.

She finally turned from the doorway and stepped inside, closing the door behind her. With time she had returned to a normal routine, taking Sota to school and soccer games. Her father- in-law being as stubborn as ever about his health. Things had changed slightly, they rarely discussed Kagome, especially Sota. He had not be happy about her leaving, feeling abandoned and helpless. Miyu had spent countless nights trying to get him to talk to her but being a young fresh-into-puberty boy he never wanted to discuss his feelings. His grades had improved however and he became a model student. She was very proud of her young son who looked so much like his father.

She passed the living room, a room she had yet to tackle that day as the cushions lay all across the floor from the movie marathon Sota had the night before. Buyo was sprawled across the coffee table where he did not belong.

Miyu sighed, choosing to forgo the cleaning for a few hours and take a small nap. She climbed the stairs to go into her room, but before she could reach the last step, the front doorbell rang.

'Sota's friends asking to play again.'

Miyu turned back,folding the letter carefully and placing it into her pocket. She reached the bottom step slowly but the closer she got to the door, the higher the hair on the back of her neck rose. The day was too close to the day she came home. She had a strong sensation that she had to reach the door as soon as she could. She took long strides to the door, unlocking it with hasty fingers and wrenching it open with a gust of wind blowing her hair out of place.

The shock rippled her whole body, her joints locked, her eyes flooded with tears, her brain fizzled, but the feeling of her heart bursting was the only thing to quake her frozen thoughts.

"Kagome…"

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