Hello! So I've been reading a lot of Kouga fanfics and I just can't get over how much I adore him. So I thought, 'hey, I'll write him a fanfic!'

And that's why this chapter's here! :D

The summary's awfull, I know. And I'm open for suggestion of other titles, since I'm not really into the one I chose. Hehe.

Now, TO THE STORY!

The cool breeze whipped at the young girl's face. She could feel her hair flowing along with it as she finished collecting the herbs Lady Kaede had asked of her. She walked back to the village, where all her friends lived and where now were starting a family.

"Welcome back Kagome!" The small fox demon said happily. She smiled and entered the hut.

"Here Kaede, I hope this is enough." She said, sitting down beside the old woman.

"Thank ye Kagome. You've been a great help to the village." Kaede stopped cooking her stew and studied her for a while. "You sure make the people here happy Kagome. But are ye happy?"

The black haired woman stayed silent, for she herself didn't know the answer. She wasn't unhappy, no not at all. She loved helping out, she was learning a lot by Kaede's side and it was wonderful to be with around her friends, to watch them start a family. Kagome definitely wasn't unhappy, that wasn't it.

"I feel like there is something missing in ye, child."

"Maybe you're right…" She whispered as she got up and left.

"What are you doing up this late?" The half demon asked. He was sitting on a high tree branch near the Bone Eater's well.

"I could ask you the same thing, Inuyasha." Kagome said plainly, sitting down on the bottom of his tree.

He stayed silent, but she knew that he wasn't drifting to sleep or anything. No, he was most certainly thinking of a certain someone.

She turned to look at the well. 'To think everything started when I was dragged down into it by a demon centipede on my fifteenth birthday. I fell into a whole new world, a world so different from the one I grew up in.' She remembered. 'And now my family's stuck in one side and I'm on the other. Uhg, the countless times I tried to cross over again, but it just won't open up for me. Maybe I'm meant to stay in this era. Maybe this is where I'm supposed to make a new home.'

"What are you thinking of?" Inuyasha's voice rang from above.

She sighed. "The other side of the well." He jumped down and sat beside her. "I wish I could've at least said goodbye to them. They probably thing I'm dead."

He took a while to reply. "They're strong Kagome. They might think that, but they'll get on with their lives. They have to, there's nothing they can do." Inuyasha turned to look at her. "You should do the same."

The priestess could feel the warmth of tears slowly taking over her eyes. "I wish things were as easy as you make them seem. It's been three years Inuyasha, I've been through the worst part, but I still wish I could have them here with me."

"Well, we all wish we still had someone in our reach." His eyes turned distant, almost lifeless. His beautiful honey colored orbs always transformed this way when his thoughts traveled to his former love.

She got up, the night air was getting colder, and her kimono wasn't keeping her warm enough. "I'm going to head back to the village. Good night, Inuyasha." He murmured a good night in return as Kagome made her way through the forest.

The next morning, Sango caught up with her by the river. She was cheerful and had a big smile on, which went perfectly with her pregnant belly.

"Good morning Kagome!" She greeted, filling a jar with water. "Did you sleep well?"

Kagome shrugged. She knew her friend wasn't here to ask her such trivial things.

"Look Kagome," Sango began, putting her jar down and motioning for them to sit a bit. "Shippo told me you came back late last night. He was awfully worried."

"Well, yes. I did return late to the village." The girl sighed. "I just couldn't sleep, that's all."

"Kagome, it's dangerous to wander away from the village in the middle of the night. You know that well." Kagome didn't respond, so she went on. "Ever since the Jewel disappeared your powers have disappeared along with it. The last thing any one of us wants is for you to get hurt, or worse."

The black haired felt useless every time she remembered she had lost all of her spiritual powers. "I wasn't alone, alright? I was talking with Inuyasha."

"Oh. I see." Sango petted Kirara, who had suddenly appeared from the trail to the village. "How is he?" She asked, but they both knew what she meant when asking that.

"It's hard for me to see how he has become." She paused. "He used to be so lively, annoying even… And now he's just this cold and distant body."

Sango said nothing, just studied her.

"Ever since he witnessed Kikyo's true death, he's been emotionless." Kagome held back the tears. There was a time when her feelings towards the half demon were of love. She loved him so much that it pained her every time she noticed him thinking of the dead priestess. But now he was a brother in her eyes, and what she wanted most was to see him want to live, just like he used too. "It's like he's between life and death. Like an undead."

"When Kikyo died, when he was sure she would never come back, in a clay body or not, his reason to live died along with her." The demon slayer said. "I know how you feel about him Kagome, but I don't think there's anything we can do to cheer him up or help him." Kagome merely nodded. It hurt, but what Sango said was true. "It's been three years, and he still thinks of nothing but her."

"I guess he'll only be happy when he joins her again." The priestess murmured, but Sango heard her. She let Kirara off her lap and sat closer to Kagome.

"You shouldn't feel bad for him Kagome. You shouldn't stay sad just because he is." Sango held her hand, and looked straight into her heart the way only a best friend could. "You deserve happiness, and you should try and find it."

She smiled. "I know you're right Sango. A few years ago I thought I had found it, in Inuyasha. But ever since he changed and I lost my love for him, I've been so lost." The demon slayer hugged her tight. "And I just don't know where to start looking, or even if there is my share of happiness out there somewhere."

They both got up and Kirara jumped into Kagome's arms, asking her to pet her. She purred along as Kagome did so.

"Of course there's happiness for you out there. Maybe it'll just take time to arrive, but you can't give up on it before it even comes to you."

She nodded and promised to her friend that her heart would be open for new chances. They picked up the water jars and returned to their village, their home.

Hope you liked it. Please leave me reviews telling me what you thought of this first chapter! :3