Sunset musings

Kagome gave a long gusty sigh from where she sat, perched in the lower branches of a tree. She had wandered away from her companions at the campsite, just needing some alone time. As she watched the sun slip below the horizon, she contemplated random issues.

'How am I going to salvage my grades? Can they even be saved at this point? Ugh, did I remember the ramen? I sure hope so. It's the only thing that keeps Inuyasha relatively quiet these days. And whatever am I going to do once the shikon jewel is complete? I don't really belong here, but then again I don't really belong anywhere anymore….'

Giving another drawn-out sigh, she gave up thinking about that last, particularly unsettling notion. She shivered in the twilight, and resignedly made her way back to the campsite, and into her sleeping bag.

And all the while, she was unaware of the set of eyes that had followed her every movement.