It was Momo's birthday today. She was 16. She was a year older than me, but if you didn't know any better you'd think we were sisters.

I met her in primary school, first year and we were friends the second we landed eyes on each other. She was my best friend.

On my 10th birthday she gave me a necklace that said 'M-O-M-O-K-O', and I gave her a necklace that said 'K-A-G-O-M-E'. That way we would never forget each other.

Soon after she disappeared. The police had found her dead parents in their home, but they never found her. They had searched for 3 months before they declared her as dead. I never stopped believing. So I always celebrated her birthday.

But I couldn't do that today. Inuyasha was being annoying and said there were rumours about a shard in some village in the middle of the forest that was said to be guarded by an elemental demon.

He didn't know why I needed to go back to my time, if only for a day, and I didn't want to tell him. So all I did was get the necklace that Momo gave me. I also had a kimono that had survived the fire that had burnt her house. It was strange, how the second people started searching for her, the house simply caught alight, and the kimono was the only thing left.

"Kagome! Hurry up! If we're not quick enough-"

"Sit!"

That would shut him up for a while. He was spread eagle on the floor and I quickly walked over him so he wouldn't see me stuffing a 10-year-old's kimono into my bag.

"Come on, Inuyasha. We need to hurry." He just groaned on the floor.

It was a stormy outside, a lot like the day Momoko went missing. It made me sad, but I had to find all the jewel fragments. Momoko would understand.

Inuyasha was silent when he caught up to me and silent when we arrived in the feudal era. Obviously he had noticed that I was not in the best of moods and knew better to leave me alone.

Shippo greeted us as we entered the village, and I felt my whole day start to brighten, and it wasn't just because it was a sunny day in the feudal era.

"Kagome! I'm so glad your back! I made another play!" he said cheerfully and started to show me his pictures.

"No, Shippo. It's time we move on. We need to find that fragment before Naraku does!" Inuyasha snapped and pushed the pictures away and stormed past him. Seems like I wasn't the only one in a bad mood.

"Huh. Seems like whenever you two meet with each other Inuyasha is in a bad mood and you're angry with him," Shippo said silently and followed Inuyasha, his pictures forgotten.

Why is he also so angry? Just because I'm angry and won't tell him. He does that all the time! It's my turn, I should think, I thought sadly, running my fingers along my necklace and sighing sadly.

Maybe I should tell him, so that he understands why I'm acting strangely.

"Kagome! What are you doing? Hurry up! We need to go!" Inuyasha yelled behind him and I noticed that he, Shippo, Miroku, Sango and Kirara were all ready to go. They were just waiting for me.

"Yes, I'm coming!" I yelled back, and decided I would not tell him a thing. I got on my bike and started pedalling towards them, and I wouldn't even look Inuyasha in the eye.

"Kagome! Kagome! Come out and play, Kagome!" Momo cried from outside my window. I opened it up and saw her dressed in a bright blue kimono with white flowers on it and red belt. It was my birthday today. Momoko and I were going to spend the whole day together.

"Okay, Momo, I'll be right down!" I yelled back and ran down the stairs almost running my mother over in the process.

"Kagome! Where are you going?" she asked me, before I left.

"I'm going to go play with Momo! I'll be back before it gets dark! Promise!" I said hastily and saw Momo waving at me frantically.

"Make sure you stay away from Mr Atsuhiko's house, Kagome! He gets angry when he hears you screaming," my mother called back, and I just laughed.

We loved playing on his lawn. It was always bright green and full of flowers. Sometimes Mr Atsuhiko let us in his house and gave us toffee. He was really nice, but everyone thought he was scary.

Momo knew better because one day for no reason she ran up to his house rang his doorbell and started talking with him when he answered. Nobody else knew how nice he was, or how beautifully he could play the piano.

"Kagome! Hurry! We have to get to Mr Atsuhiko's house!" she laughed at me and grabbed my hand and ran as fast as she could.

It was always like this. She was always leading me to new places, and she always got me in trouble. I held her back when I felt it necessary, but she could usually convince me to do anything she wanted.

She turned her head to face me and the sunlight was behind her head, making it look like she had a halo around her curly brown hair, and her green eyes sparkled with eternal laughter. She was so beautiful. Everyone said so. But I was never jealous. I couldn't be. Whenever she thought I would be jealous of her she'd roll around in the mud until she looked even more of a mess than me.

She never stopped smiling, and when we reached Mr Atushiko's house he presented us with two necklaces, one with my name on it, and one with Momo's. We gave them to each other, and Momo's smile got even brighter.

"This way, we'll never forget each other, Momo!"

"Yep. We're gonna be friends forever!"

"Kagome?" Shippo's inquisitive voice woke me from my dream. It was the last day I spent with Momoko. It was the best birthday I had ever had. And today was her birthday. I only wish I could celebrate it with her.

"Kagome? I'm sorry to wake you, but Inuyasha wants to know if you can sense any jewel fragments, because we've almost reached the village," he said and looked at me with concern.

I sat up slowly and looked around. I must have fallen asleep on Kirara's back. I looked to my left and saw large wooden gates. The gate to the village Inuyasha wouldn't shut up about.

I could sense a jewel fragment. But it was small, as if it was hidden or very far away.

"Yes. It's weak, but there could be a jewel fragment in that village," I said and stood up, stretching my sore back.

"Good, let's go," Inuyasha said quickly. He was still in a bad mood.

"I don't know, Kagome," Miroku started, "Normally when we find a jewel fragment, we see some giant beast that used its powers as well. I don't see any sorts of disturbances at all."

"Are you sure there's no 'dark cloud' over the village?" Sango asked sarcastically.

Miroku just rolled his eyes.

"Well, if there's no giant beast that must mean that the jewel fragments are safe right?" Shippo said, "And anyway, the only thing we can do now is go into the village and look."

For once he was making sense.

"Can we stop talking? Talking will get us no where! Let's go!" Inuyasha snapped, quickly becoming tired and irritated with Miroku's worries. "We'll be fine either way. I have Tetsuiaiga, don't I?"

I said nothing but walked past him, toward the village. I was still annoyed with him and his attitude was not helping his cause.

"Kagome! Where are you going?" he suddenly asked, sounding angry all over again.

"Sit."

The others quickly followed after also noticing that I was in a bad mood. Inuyasha caught up when he was able to, and grumbled even more. I didn't care. He had absolutely no reason to be angry. It was his fault.

KOME

My names is Kome. I used to live in a quaint little village near the ocean. It was a really wonderful place. I was happy there. Then a monk came into the village and ruined my life. His name was Miroku.

Today was the day I would get my revenge.