Paved Over

CHAPTER 1

"We finally got him..." Inuyasha said as he and the group were sitting around a fire licking their wounds. It had taken the better part of three years, but they had finally killed Naraku. He had decided to keep the jewel with him. He didn't want to destroy it, in case they ever needed its power. He took a deep breath as he looked up into the night sky, "Well, what the hell are we supposed to do now? I mean, Naraku is dead, we don't have anyone to worry about now."

They all sat in silence for a moment thinking about what this meant. Their journey was over all of the sudden. They had never thought about life after Naraku. Inuyasha's thoughts turned to Kagome. He had been dreading this day for a long time. Sure, Naraku was dead, but would Kagome still come back to the Feudal Era now that there was no urgent need for her to be there?

"Well, why don't we all just take a break for a while?" said Miroku. He stood and walked over to where Sango was sitting. "We haven't been able to relax for the longest time...," he said, sitting down next to her, "And I'm sure..." his hand sliding down her back, "that we all could use..." his hand firmly on her ass now. SLAP. "...sigh, a little break."

"Not that kind of break, you perverted monk..." she muttered as she stood up.

"Well, it was worth a try..." he said to himself.

The logs on the fire began to crackle as Inuyasha poked at them with the Tetsigiau. They eventually crumbled away into embers on the ground. Kagome stared at him as he sat prodding the fire. What would she do now? She had to finish high school if she wanted to get into a good university, but then again, she couldn't just leave everyone behind. Three years was a long time to fight alongside your best friends. She couldn't just throw it all away; she had to give them a choice.

"You guys...I have some bad news..." she said as she slowly stood up. "I didn't want to mention this until Naraku was dead, so here it goes. A company has bought the land that my home...and the well is on. They're going to put a building on top of it." She said emotionally, looking at them.

"Those bastards!" Inuyasha screamed, "I won't let them do this! I'll go through the well, I'll stop them. They aren't taking you from us!" He was worked up now, storming around the camp, knocking over pots and supplies. "I'll kill 'em!" he screamed.

"Inuyasha, don't make this any worse." said Miroku calmly. "We all must eventually go our own ways, however difficult it might be."

"And do what?" Inuyasha snapped back

By this time, the loud noise had woken Shippo. "What's wrong you guys?" he asked, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. No one had the heart to tell Shippo that everything might be ending. They were all he had.

"Some ass-holes are taking Kagome away from us." Inuyasha said, without any tact.

"What? Why?" he shouted as he began to cry.

"See what you've gone and done? You've upset the little guy." Said Miroku as he tried to console Shippo.

"Hey! I'm not dieing or anything!" Kagome shouted over the noise, "Besides you didn't let me finish...I want to know if any of you want to..."

"Feh...spit it out would ya." said Inuyasha.

"Would want to come to my time...before it's too late. We moved into a residential area by the beach, and I have my own apartment, so anyone who wanted to come could stay there."

They were all dumbstruck. Leave their lives behind for new ones? They didn't even know what to expect from Kagome's time, except for Inuyasha, who had been on several occasions.

"I know it's fast and it's a lot to think about, but we've already moved, they're paving over the well in two days. If you want to come, we have to leave tomorrow. I broke the rules just by coming here yesterday."

"I'm going with you!" Shippo exclaimed as he dashed into Kagome's arms.

"Dammit...that was my line." Inuyahsa thought to himself.

"I'll go with you Kagome. I have no one left here, this is a chance for me to start over." Replied Sango.

"Well Sango, you leave me with no choice. I'll come along" said Miroku, as romantically as he could...-reaching for ass- SLAP

They stood in silence for a moment. "Inuyasha, will you come with us?" asked Kagome. This was it. If he went, there would be no turning back. He could finally show Kagome how much he cared for her. He tried to come up with something dashing to say, but his mind was disconnected from his mouth so all that came out was, "Geeze, thanks for the warning..." Then he saw her reaction. "Shit...why do I always say stuff like that." He thought angrily.

"You're such a jerk Inuyasha! I'm trying to do something good for us all, but no, you have to go and turn me into the bad guy!" she was about to cry now, and he braced for impact, "SIT BOY!" she stormed off. "I'm going now, if want to come, now's the time!"

Miroku stayed behind as Sango and Shippo followed Kagome to the well. "Smooth mouth you got there Inuyasha." Miroku laughed as Inuyasha struggled to pull his head from the rocky ground. He gave him a hand up and brushed him off. Inuyasha walked over to a tree and jumped up into a branch. He gazed into the night sky, thinking about what Kagome had said, "You're such a jerk Inuyasha". He thought about it for a moment, and realized, it might be true.

"Hey Miroku."

"What?"

"Am I a jerk to her?"

Miroku though about how to best avoid getting his ass kicked, but still answer the question, but then decided he might as well make Inuyasha squirm. He deserved it. "Oh yeah. All the time. I'd bet she has some nice guy in her time to go home and cuddle up with. In fact, I bet that's where she's headed right now." Miroku was having a hard time holding down his laughter looking at Inuyasha's reaction.

Gulp... "Really?"

"Oh yeah. If I were you I'd get my ass up there and get through that well!"

As soon as he said that Inuyasha jumped out of the tree and bolted to the forest where the well was. Miroku fell to the ground he was laughing so hard. "I'm a terrible person..." he said, wiping the tears from his eyes. He stood up and headed after the others. "I wonder what the women are like in Kagome's time..."