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The familiar pull of the Bone Eater's Well tugged at his form as Inuyasha and Kagome slid from the darkening void and back towards the voices that were calling to them. Kagome's family had been so frantic to have her returned to them that the idea of first venturing to the Feudal Era had never crossed the hanyou's mind. Her family needed reassurance; their companions in the past knew that Inuyasha would find her if it was the last thing he ever did.

Her hip was warm beneath his grasp as he held her tightly to his side. Loosing her to the Meido had convinced him of his desperate need to keep her near him. He would never let her out of his sight again.

Her body seemed to physically react to his touch, her head nuzzling into the crook of his neck. They belonged together and she would never let him go again.

As they drifted through the vast expanse of time, the voices of her mother, brother and grandfather grew louder and clearer until suddenly they were sitting before the trio on the edge of the old wooden well.

Inuyasha could smell the tears rimming her eyes before they were even visible, reluctantly releasing his hold on her so that she could reunite with those who had raised her.

"Mama!" She cried out, launching herself from his side and into the loving and warm embrace of the woman who had given her life. The warmth in her mother's arms was so different from that of Inuyasha's and while she relished in her mothers touch, she longed to be back in his arms again.

The boy watched on with hope filled eyes, remembering the embraces shared with his own mother whenever he would get lost or wander too far from her sight. When the rest of the world had despised him, he could always rely on his mother's comfort and kindness. She had been taken from him too soon.

If Kagome chose the Fuedal Era, would she often long for her mother's comfort? Or would he be enough? How long could the raven-haired girl continue to travel between times?

As if answering his unspoken question, the familiar tug of time travel spread through his body. "Kagome?" Her name fell from his lips, concern dripping from his every word.

Her head snapped to gaze at him as his body slowly began to descend into the well. He was being ripped from her time and hurtled back into his own. Her eyes widened, her arm stretching out to grab him as she flung her body towards the well to stop him from vanishing into thin air. "No! Inuyasha!"

Her agonizing cry ripped through him, cutting to the core. She wouldn't reach him in time; he knew it already. "Kagome!" He yelled, his own hand reaching for hers as his voice reverberated in the hollow silence of time travel.

The moment his feet hit the hard earth at the bottom of the well, the boy was off. His body launched upwards, reaching for the lip to pull himself out into the sunlight. It was blinding after so much time in darkness but he didn't bother taking time to adjust. He planted his feet firmly on the edge of the smooth wood and leapt back into the darkness. This time, however, the path did not open for him and he landed with a huff upon the cruel ground.

"No…" He breathed, a desperation lingering in his voice.

Over and over again he bounded out of the well and back again. Each time he reached the bottom, still trapped in his own time, another piece of him shattered. He knew. The moment he first landed upon the harsh earth after being ripped from her home he knew that Kagome's time in the Feudal Era was finished. She had been thrown back into the world where she belonged.

Kagome was gone forever.

A feral wail ripped from deep within him, his fists hammering again and again into the harsh dirt beneath his knees. His knuckles split open, blood dripping into the unforgiving soil. Still, the pain of broken bones and torn flesh was nothing compared to the heartache of losing her.

Night spread, covering the forest with the same darkness that had filtered into Inuyasha's soul. His senses dulled by pain he didn't even realize that he was being watched.

"Inuyasha?" The small boy's voice was barely a whisper, his eyes wide as he peered down into the dark well at the hanyou below him. His eyes scanned the ground, searching for his surrogate mother. "Is Kagome…?"

The small boy's question was implied; was Kagome dead?

Shaking his head, Inuyasha leapt from the well. He didn't stop to console the boy or offer an explanation. "She's home now." He barely whispered as he pushed past the anxious fox demon. His body felt heavy, like he was carrying hundreds of bricks upon his shoulders, as he headed towards the village and left the child behind. "And she's not coming back."

Authors Note: I hope you like this so far. Originally it was going to be a one shot; a back and forth about Kagome and Inuyasha's three years separated by the Sacred Jewel. I got the idea from the song "Come Home" by OneRepublic which is why each new posting will have italic song lyrics to go with it. I feel like this is too short to be a chapter and much too long to be a drabble so I've decided to post chabbles. (That's not really a word but whatever). The entire story is written already so its up to you lovelies how quickly you would like to read it all. I'll post something every Monday. But I'll also post once I receive three reviews on a chapter.

Please let me know what you think.

This chabble pretty much follows exactly what happens in the last episode of The Final Act but the rest will be my own take on what happened to the two during the three years they were separated.

Much love;

Kaasuten.