AN: This ('') will represent the thoughts.

"InuYasha, I'm going to need to go home again for only three days ok?" Kagome pleaded hoping with all her might that he'd say yes but as usual, he was his

hotheaded self. "No Kagome! Why? What do you have to do this time huh?" Kagome sighed and replied with no hint of a lie, "InuYasha, I got to get more supplies!

And I have a test! Please!" The real reason why was because it was her sixteenth birthday and she wanted to celebrate it with her family. Miroku and Sango

already knew the real reason and had promised to keep their mouths closed. "InuYasha just let Lady Kagome go. Besides, we DO need supplies and you were the

last one to finish the ramen." Miroku said glaring at said person and hoping guilt would work on him. "Yeah it's only three days. It's not like a week." Sango said

trying with Miroku. Kagome flashed a smile in their direction silently thanking them. "Why do you care?" Shippo asked. Now that my friends is where things went

downhill. "Keh. I don't care. I need her to find the shards and the sooner, the better. She's just a shard detector." Kagome spun around to look at him and you

could swear you saw fire coming from her mouth and steam from her ears. "WHAT! A SHARD DETECTOR AM I?! WELL THE NERVE! LET'S SEE HOW MUCH SHARDS

YOU CAN GET WITHOUT ME!" She said outraged but just as quickly as it came, it was gone. "InuYasha. SIT!" She cried out. She turned to Sango and Miroku and

said, "I'll be back in three days tops. Ja!" And then she was gone. InuYasha said from the ground. "Ow." Miroku and the rest headed back to Kaede's village to tell her the news.

Meanwhile…

Kagome climbed out of the well and ran into her house. "Hahaoya (mother), I'm home! Mom! Souta? Ojii- san (gramps)? Anyone?" She paused on her way to the

refrigerator. There was a pink note with her name on it.

Kagome, Souta, me and your gramps went on vacation on a cruise trip. This week is a week off in school so if you do come back, we're terribly sorry. But I bought you a gift to make up for it. Enjoy!

-Love Mom.

'Great the one time I come to visit, everyone is on vacation. Just my luck.' Kagome sighed and thumped upstairs. She cooked a small meal and then prepared for

bed. Then realized that the note said something about a note and got up only to retrieve a large white box. Sighing again she opened it and saw a pair of jeans

and a cute blue top to match. There was a small note saying that her mom left a ton of jeans and tops for her on her bed so she wouldn't worry about flashing

anything and it would be more comfortable to move around in. Especially to fight in. Smiling, Kagome wrote a thank you note back and replaced her mom's note

with hers. Then she packed her bag with the needed supplies and her new clothes to change into. Before she knew it, she was fast asleep.

Kagome's dream:

She opened her eyes to an empty dojo. Wondering how in the world she got there, she got up and was about to explore when a familiar voice stopped her in her

tracks and made her face the doorway. "Kagome." There stood the legendary Midoriko smiling at her shocked face. "M-Midoriko?! Not to be rude but what are you

doing here?" Midoriko's smile faltered slightly. "Kagome, you still don't remember do you?" Kagome was really confused now. "Remember what?" "Tell me Kagome,

what do you know about me?" Kagome made a face and told her what Sango told them about Midoriko. "You were a powerful miko who could purify and kill ten

demons at once with your spiritual powers. Also you had an evil human who secretly lusted after you. He then let demons devour his body and the result was a

demon named Magatsuhi. Kind of like Onigumo who lusted after Kikyo and let demons devour his body and thus Naraku was born. After seven days and seven

nights of fighting, you realized that you would be unable to finish him off so when you were drawn into his massive jaws, you seized his spirit and bound it within

your own with the last of your powers killing you both and creating the Shikon Jewel which burst from your chest. Inside the jewel, your spirit and his still continue

to battle while your corpses were mummified and relocated to a cave near the demon slayers village. The state of your battle is influenced by the person who

possesses the jewel. Is that about right?" Kagome asked Midoriko hoping that she didn't leave anything out or offend her in any way. "Yes. That was all correct and

very accurate. But you're missing the biggest thing about my life that was not talked about." She turned around and refused to face Kagome but spoke to her none

the less. "What was it?" That's when Midoriko spun around. Her eyes were that of a grieving person. And her happy self was gone, replaced by grief and sadness.

"Before I met Magatsuhi, I fell in love with the Lord of the North. We were happy together. The day I married him and became Lady of the North, I was pregnant…

With you…...Kagome you are his and my daughter...

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