Prologue-

Kagome and the rest of the group walked out of the palace, battered, bruised, and bleeding, but alive. Their battle with Naraku had taken it's toll, but they had been victorious. Naraku had been defeated, and the last shard of the Shikon-no-tama had been retrieved. Kikyo had disappeared. A few weeks before the battle, she had been attacked by Naraku and she fell off a cliff. They didn't find her body.

Kagome looked up at him. He was stareing at the ground as he limped away. He was obviosly thinking about his ex-lover. She reached out and grabbed his hand. He stopped and looked down at her.

"What?" He asked.

"Are you thinking about Kikyo?" Inuyasha nodded then saw the look on her face and laughed. She frowned, then she started laughing.

"Yeah. But, she's gone." He popped his wrist back into place. "For good."

Kagome smiled. "You mean it?" Her smile vanished as Inuyasha leaned in closer. She gasped. "You tell me." He kissed her lightly on the lips. Kagome swung her arm around his neck and returned the kiss passionetly. They stayed like that for a few minutes before Kagome broke the kiss. She giggled.

Shippo's voice broke through the silence. "Hurry up you guys!" Miroku hit Shippo over the head with what was left of his staff. "Now now Shippo. It's not nice to interupt people while they're making out."

Sango slapped him across his face. "You're one to talk, you filthy, womanizing hypocrite!" She yelled. "You brought us back here in the first place and told him to say that!"

Miroku closed his eyes. "That may be, but you could have stayed back." He opened one eye. "Or are you really that attracted to me?" Sango's face went red. She slapped him hard. He fell back and hit his head on the ground. He didn't get back up. Sango put a hand over her mouth. She waited for him to get up. When he didn't, she ran over to him and sat him up.

"Oh Miroku..." she started. "I'm sor--" She cut off as she felt somethingfamiliar running up and down her backside. Her face turned red again and she slapped him again. Miroku put a hand behind his head and gave a nervous laugh. Sango then laughed, then they both started laughing, while Shippo watched them with a look of confusion on his face.

"What's going on?" The young kitsune asked.

Inuyasha and Kagome both laughed and ran to catch up with the group, the tettsiaga hanging loosley at his side, laughing the whole way.