When am I going to learn? She thought to herself dejectedly.

She sat on the edge of the old well and scuffed her feet at the grass as she thought about what had just happened.

~~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~

After three years, she was finally coming back!

The light covered her in a warmth she had missed as she traveled back to the Warring Era. When she arrived at the other side of the well a bright day welcomed her. She reached up, not surprised at all to see that he was there. His golden eyes captured her warm brown ones in what she thought to be a loving gaze. He helped her out of the well carefully, as if afraid she would disappear on him again, and he set her down beside him gently.

"Kagome."

"Inuyasha." It felt so good to say his name, so right. She rushed forward to hug him tightly, burying her face in his fire-rat robes, breathing him in.

But he didn't return the hug.

Instead, he slowly pushed her away.

"Kagome, I have to talk to you."

End~~~~~~~~~~

He had told her that he loved her then pushed her away. Once again he was running towards Kikyo.

"I don't care if there's a chance for her to be revived," Kagome muttered darkly. "I just wanted to be with him. He's the reason why I tried so hard to come back!" She pounded her fist against the aged wood that she rested on in a show of frustration. But, she didn't want to feel this pain anymore. Before he left, she had removed the subjugation beads that kept him under her thumb. He gave her a small nod of appreciation before running off in a blur of red, silver, and gold.

Kagome sat there, and cried.

After a while, she felt a familiar presence; looking to the trees for something she couldn't yet see she called out, "Sesshomaru-sama?"

He emerged from the shadows with a quiet, "Hn." His long silver hair flowed down his back and danced lithely in the slight breeze. He golden eyes, set off by his magenta markings and the blue crescent moon on his forehead, bored into hers. She sniffled quietly and wiped her eyes with her shirt sleeve.

"Dressed in white again I see?" She asked, trying to make light of the situation. She had no idea of what had gone on after she wished on the jewel. Whether or not Sesshomaru still harbored ill will for her was unknown, and she didn't want to risk her neck this soon upon returning to the past. As expected, he didn't answer, merely staring her down in that way of his. Kagome stood and bowed to the demon lord, deciding respect would keep her alive longest. He gave an imperceptible nod of his head and she took it as a sign that she could resume sitting.

"How is it that you have returned, miko?" Sesshomaru's deep voice caught her off guard, but she quickly swept away her surprise and turned to look at him.

"That's right, huh? You never did find out about where I came from…" Kagome thought for a minute to herself about telling him the truth, but she figured she might as well now that Naraku had been defeated.

"You may want to sit down; it's a bit of a long story." When he only continued to look at her without a shred of emotion visible, she shrugged. "Suit yourself."

Kagome proceeded to tell Sesshomaru everything that had happened. From that first, albeit accidental, time she came through the well on her fifteenth birthday, to her unhappy return just a few hours before he arrived. Throughout the entire tale the Inu lord never said a word; he only occasionally blinked in an uninterested manner.

"As that's why I'm here now." She finished rather unceremoniously. "And now that I'm back I've been abandoned again and can't return home. She felt her eyes begin to water, but she blinked back the tears. She refused to cry over Inuyasha anymore.

Sesshomaru hadn't yet left, so she took that as a good sign. Truthfully, Kagome felt that a large weight had been lifted from her after telling her story.

"Sesshomaru-sama?" He remained unmoving, but Kagome knew he wasn't ignoring her. "Thank you, for listening. I honestly don't know what I would have done if you had not come along when you did." She lowered her gaze to the ground. "If you go by the village, please tell Rin that I say hello. I'm sure she'll pass my greeting on to everyone else." With what she felt she needed to say done, she stood to leave. She didn't quite know where she would go, but she didn't want to stick around the place where Inuyasha would eventually return.

Kagome was surprised be the feeling of a one-armed youkai patting her on the head.

"There. There." Sesshomaru said, somewhat awkwardly. She appreciated that he seemed to be trying to comfort her, in his way. Kagome sniffed again and looked up at the demon that had tried so many times in the past to kill her. "Thanks, Sesshomaru-sama." He nodded and stepped away.

"I wish to take Rin back to live at my castle." He said suddenly. "She will need a human there to interact with." His voice betrayed nothing, but she knew that he was offering her a chance for freedom from what haunted her. Kagome needed only a second to think it over.

"When will we leave?" She asked with bright smile.

So what do you think? This is my first fanfic and I don't know whether I should add chapters or leave it as a one-shot. Depending on how I see this with some sleep (it's almost 4 in the morning I just had this nagging sensation that I had to write this thing down) I'll decide if I'm either going to add to it or leave it alone. Um… I guess now is when I ask you to read and review… If I decide to write more on here I'll let you know now that I won't try to fill a quota of reviews before uploading a chapter, but constructive criticism would be highly appreciated! I want to put my best stuff out there, and thank you for reading what I wrote!