Occult Passage

Kagome gazed outside the apartment door. It was raining, and her son had to stay inside. At least he wasn't making any noise. But something inside of her wanted him to make the slightest bit of noise; she was starting to get lonely—she was starting to think about Inuyasha.

It had been about ten or fifteen years since she had left the well forever. She hadn't let Inuyasha come with her—but Kagome knew that she'd regret that decision. The Shikon Jewel was full and complete, as well as destroyed, and she didn't want to stay in Feudal Japan. She wanted to have a normal life in the present time—but almost everything reminded her of the hanyuo.

When her son was born, Kagome saw a striking resemblance of Inuyasha's bone structure, and also mentally. So she named him Inutoshi (I think Toshi means mirror image). To this day, he looked almost exactly like Inuyasha was in human form, except younger; he was about ten or eleven.

Kagome realized with a start that she was daydreaming. Her coffee had tipped over in her hands and spilled on her finger. She grumbled as she cleaned up the mess, then sighed and allowed herself to dream.

Kagome had moved away from Tokyo once she was old enough. She wanted to leave the memories of shard hunting away from her, but it almost seemed impossible. But here in her new home, Kagome had a decent job as a waitress and a beautiful son.

She yearned for a husband, even so. A handful of boyfriends had asked the question, but Kagome always turned them down. She wanted the feeling she had around Inuyasha when she was with her husband—but it almost seemed impossible.

That made Kagome start to think of Inutoshi's father. She remembered sleeping with a lot of men, but none of them seemed to look like that boy. But she did remember someone who looked an awful lot like Koga—when he asked her to marry him, Kagome actually thought about it. He was a nice man, very cute, sensitive and fun to be with, but—

"Mom?"

Kagome jumped again, and looked to see the miniature Inuyasha standing in front of the kitchen. Indeed he looked like the human form, but instead of wearing that red kimono, it was blue pajamas and was carrying a blanket.

"Yes, what is it?" she asked, pouring herself some more coffee.

"Umm—nothing, you just looked weird." Inutoshi smiled brightly, then ventured into the playroom. Kagome heard the TV turn on.

She straightened and sipped her coffee. This was a horrible way to spend her life, Kagome decided. 'I'm going to go to Feudal Japan and see him one more time,' she decided firmly. 'I can't stand it anymore!'

She walked over to the mirror and looked to see if she looked all right. After years of looking at the same thing, Kagome was almost startled that she gasped. She looked like an exact replica of Kikyo, except more warm and dreamy. She was wearing a yellow shirt with a purple sweater, and denim flares and a yellow side skirt.

She gulped and went into the playroom.

"Inutoshi," said Kagome, "we're going on a road trip."

Inutoshi looked up at her, then shivered. "In this weather?"

She glared at her son. "Yes. Hurry and put you're jacket on—then meet me in the car."

He nodded glumly, then grabbed his jacket. Kagome sighed as she watched him go outside. Finally, she was going to see Inuyasha again. She was going to see Sango, and Miroku and Shippo. She was going to see Kaede and the local villagers and the scenery.

As Kagome drove away from their apartment, she wondered how Inuyasha would react. Would he even recognize her? And what about Sango and Miroku? Were they married, and did they have kids? And Kaede—is she still alive?

She grinned happily as she drove out of their city, headed towards Tokyo.

AN: Sorry, it's not very long. Oh well! Lol. Well, uhh—thanx for reading. Review or I shall suffer.