Hi guys! So, I'm alive! My life has been a rollercoaster. I lost my Dad to suicide in 2014, got married in 2015, kicked depression right in the ass and then in 2016 I had a baby! My life is finally falling back into place and I'm ready to come back! Its been a long time so I figured I would post the first chapter of this story and see what everyone thinks and then go from there! Hope you enjoy!

Anything in one quotation and italics is someone's thoughts

Anything in one quotation and bolded is someone's inner beasts thought

Anything bolded is beast talking

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Kagome opened her eyes and looked at her alarm clock. It was early afternoon. She hadn't really slept well but there wasn't much of a point in trying. Every time she closed her eyes she saw them. Her family back in the feudal era. She missed them all. But there was one she missed the most.

He haunted her dreams. His smile, his laugh, and the way he looked at her. His face was all she could see when she closed her eyes. When she dreamt of him it felt so real, like he was beside her. But when she would open her eyes she was alone. She wanted him back so much it hurt.

Tears slid down her face and she quickly whipped them off. She took a deep breath to calm herself and rolled out of bed. She had to find something to do to get her mind off him.

'As if that's even possible.'

She shook her head and quickly dressed herself in shorts and a t-shirt. She slowly made her way downstairs and into the kitchen. Her mother was nowhere to be seen but a plate of food was waiting on the table for her. She smiled slightly and sat down. She wasn't very hungry but she had to eat something or her mother would worry.

She looked up at the calendar hanging on the wall. It had been two months now since she had been sent back home. She hated it. In fact she was probably going to jump down the well again today and pray to whatever God was listening that it would work. So she could get back to him.

She took another deep breath and continued to eat. She sat there in silence and thought about what she could do to occupy her mind. There was still a few things that needed to be moved around in the store house that grandpa couldn't move himself. She put her chopsticks down and grabbed her iPod from the living room. She was just about to walk out the door when Sota came running in from the kitchen.

"Hey, mom wants you to come outside and meet the guys who are going to buy the shrine."

She let out a sigh. "Fine. Lead the way."

She slipped her iPod into her back pocket and followed Sota to the side door, looking down at her feet the whole time. She was still looking down when he opened the door and while she followed him out. She had no idea why grandpa even agreed to let strangers have ownership of the shrine but they had promised him the family could stay in the house at no charge. She didn't believe a word of it.

"Here she is mom."

"Thank you Sota. Gentlemen this is my daughter Kagome."

There was complete silence for a moment. Too long of a moment. She looked up and was immediately meet with five pairs of familiar eyes. And they were all staring back at her. But one pair of eyes was the set of eyes that followed her in her dreams.

"Koga?"

. . . .

"Why do shrines have to have so many damn steps?"

Koga looked over at Shippo. They had just showed up, hadn't even started walking up said steps and already he was complaining. He rolled his eyes. How on earth he had put up with the fox for so long was a mystery to him.

'She would have wanted it that way.'

Koga hated his beast at that moment. He hadn't thought about Kagome in years. It hurt too much. He had missed her like crazy and had started to lose his sanity. He had to push her to the back of his mind a long time ago. But that didn't stop him from bringing the fox into the tribe. He couldn't let Inuyasha raise the kit.

"Stop complaining Shippo! If anyone has any right to complain its Rin."

Shippo squinted his eyes at Koga.

"Whatever you say father."

Rin reached over and smacked her mate in the chest. Shippo was trying to get on Koga's nerves and she always stepped in between them. Especially when Shippo called him father.

Sesshomaru cleared his throat. "Let's get this over with."

Rin grabbed Shippo by the hand and dragged him up the steps, the other four demons following behind them. Once they reached the top step Shippo let out a small laugh.

"Well there's the damn tree. Definitely the right place."

Koga raised a brow. "The hell are you talking about?"

Shippo flinched. He forgot that he was the only one, besides his mate, that knew about Kagomes time travel. She never told Koga, Ginta, Hakkaku, or Sesshomaru about the power of the well. He was a moron.

"It's nothing you should worry about."

Shippo looked at Rin and winked. He had told her all about how he met Kagome, her travels and why she had disappeared. They were the only two who knew the significance of this shrine.

"Sometimes I wonder if you have a screw lose."

"Maybe he lost his sanity." Hakkaku said.

Ginta smirked. "Maybe he was dropped on his head when he was a young one."

Shippo shook his head and made his way toward the house on the grounds. Rin decided to take a look around and let the men talk business. She hoped and prayed that they were in the right time line. She wanted to see Kagome again.

"Welcome to the shrine gentlemen! It's nice to meet you all."

Shippo smiled at the women and old man that made their way out of the house. He could tell the women was definitely Kagome's mom. Which meant the old guy was her grandfather.

'We made it to her time!' He said to himself. He didn't want to give anything away so he held in his excitement.

He shook hands with Kagome's mother and grandfather and introduced the four other demons with him and pointed his thumb over his shoulder.

"My wife, Rin, wanted to have a look around while we discuss business."

"I shall give her a tour then." Kagome's grandfather made his way over to Rin.

Kagome's mother had been talking about the shrine grounds for a while when a young boy ran up to her.

"Sorry Mom. I didn't mean to interrupt anything."

"Gentlemen this is my son Sota. Sota could you do me a favor? Could you see if your sister is awake for me? If she is ask her to come out here please."

"Sure Mom."

Shippo held back a smile as he watched the boy go back into the house. He knew exactly who would be walking out that door with him and he was so excited to see her again. He had no idea how long it had been for her but spending the past five hundred years looking forward to this moment was just about to kill his sanity.

He watched the door Sota went through impatiently. And when she finally walked outside he let out a breath he had no idea he was holding. She hadn't changed at all. She was the same girl who had left them when she wished the jewel to disappear forever.

He looked over at his five companions and grinned. They were all paying attention to her mother. He couldn't wait to see Koga's face.

"Here she is Mom."

"Thank you Sota. Gentlemen this is my daughter Kagome."

Shippo held back a laugh. The look on Koga's face as he looked at Kagome was absolutely priceless. Shippo looked back at her as she finally looked up. And the second her eyes met Koga's they widened.

"Koga?"

Shippo finally let out the laugh he was holding back. He couldn't help it. This moment was just too perfect.

"I knew you would have that look on your face! Oh man! This is perfect!"

He whipped tears from the corners of his eyes as Kagome looked at him. He took a few breaths to calm himself before he met her eye to eye.

"Don't freak out Kagome! You know who I am."

She tilted her head to the side a bit.

"What other demon male do you know with red hair and green eyes?"

It took a few seconds but it wasn't long before her eyes lit up and a smile stretched across her face. He hadn't realized how much he missed her till that moment.

"Shippo!"

She launched herself into his arms and held on for dear life. He returned the hug with just as much enthusiasm.

"It's good to finally see you again Kagome."

"Did you have to go and get so tall? I mean seriously!" She released him from the hug and looked up at him. "Do you have any idea how short I feel?"

"No. But I know one person who does." He turned and looked back toward Rin who had made her way back to the tree with Kagome's grandfather. "Rin get over here and say hi!"

Kagome looked over to the tree just as Rin turned around. Both females let out a squeal and ran to each other, each catching the other in a hug.

"Lady Kagome! I have missed you so much!"

. . . .

He had to be dreaming. There was no way Kagome was standing there hugging Rin. She had disappeared a long time ago. She was dead. How in the hell was he staring at her? What the hell was happening to his mind?

"Kagome you know these people?"

Kagome let out a laugh as she released Rin from the hug. It was music to his ears.

"They are all friends of mine. From the feudal era."

The boy, Sota if he recalled, stared at them wide eyed. He was in total awe.

"Would you stop staring? They aren't Inuyasha so they aren't going to put up with you!"

"Kagome, I thought you said they weren't any demons in this time."

"Will someone explain to me what the hell is going on here?"

Kagome smiled at him. She walked back over to Koga and when she took his hand, he felt like he could finally breathe again. He could feel her warmth, her fingers against his. She was real. All of this was real. The women he loved more than anything was standing in front of him. Five centuries he had mourned her loss and now he had her back. He would be damned if he let her slip away this time.

"Come inside and I will explain everything."

She still had that smile on her face. God he had missed that. He had missed her so much he nearly lost himself. He had pushed her to the back of his mind so that he could be the leader the tribe needed him to be, the Lord his father wanted him to be. He would have forgotten her if his beast would have let him.

"So you mean to tell me demons are buying the shrine?"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Stop it Grandpa! They are friends of mine. Well, Lord Sesshomaru was an alley of mine and technically these three." She gestured to Koga, Ginta, and Hakakku. "Say I'm part of their tribe. And Shippo called me mom once. So family and an alley of mine are buying the shrine. Treat them with respect."

"So what kind of demons are they?"

Koga chuckled at the boys curiosity. Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Ignore him." She turned to her brother. "Sota stop asking questions. I told you they aren't Inuyasha."

"Which means they aren't half demons?"

"Sota behave yourself." Mrs. Higurashi put a hand on the boys shoulder. "Kagome bring them inside. I will make tea and Sota will help your grandfather in the shed today."

"Thanks Mom!"

Kagome tightened her grip on Koga's head and motioned for them all to follow her inside. She led them to the living room and told them to sit.

"I seriously miss when that word had meaning. 'Sit' just isn't going to mean the same anymore." Shippo said and let out a sigh.

"Would you just sit down fox? You're really starting to irritate me!" Shippo looked Koga dead in the eye. "I swear I will rip you in half if you say it!"

Shippo smirked. "Whatever you wish of me fa-oof!" Rin had smacked him in the head before he had a chance to finish his sentence.

"Alright you two enough!" Kagome looked at Koga. "Be nice Koga." She then turned her attention to Shippo, lifting a brow and placing her fists on her hips.

"Don't give me the mom face!" Shippo ducked his face behind Rins head. "I haven't seen you in five hundred years and that look still scares me!"

Kagome let a triumphant smirk cross her lips. "Then stop acting like a child." She let her arms fall to her sides and sat on the floor in front of the coffee table. "So, I have a long story to tell. It's going to sound crazy, but the whole thing is true I promise."