Kagome ran to the well. She wasn't out of breath considering they were camping out just a few miles to the north of it. She didn't even think twice about how bad she looked nor that her mom, grandpa and little brother were probably asleep. All she wanted to do was get out of the feudal era.

She had it all planned out. As soon as she got home she'd pack all her bags, and head straight for America first thing in the morning. She knew a good amount of English since she had a pen pal from America, Rose. Rose had sent her a 2 years worth ticket to go to China Town to visit her. She'd enroll in a school there in China town and live with Rose for a month or two.

Kagome climbed out of the well and ran inside to her bedroom. She opened Rose's e-mail address and told her that she was coming for a visit. She hit SEND and began to pack. She through in all of her clothes that wasn't a school uniform, make up, all of her shoes, hair brush, hair clips, scrunchies , a couple of books to read on the plane ride, and her tooth brush. By the time she was all packed it was 8:26am the next morning.

She knew she had to move quickly, Inuyasha was bound to be here any minute. She grabbed all four of her suitcases and ran downstairs, her mom was just starting to make breakfast. Kagome could smell the fried eggs and her mouth began to water.

'No, you don't have time to eat, you have to get out of here as soon as possible.' She thought to herself.

She set her suitcases down by the front door and went into the kitchen. Sota was laying by the table watching Spongebob Squarepants. Her grandfather was playing with another "mystical object " he had found in their shrine.

"Why Kagome! Your back sooner than we thought! Would you like some eggs?" her mother asked.

"No thanks mom, I'm on my way to China Town to visit Rose for a couple of months."

"Huh? What about finding the jewel shards?" Sota asked not taking his eyes off the TV where Spongebob was just beginning to sing the "Campfire song song."

"Sango broke an arm, a leg and a couple of ribs so we won't be able to travel until she's gets better. Their and Kaede's house right now trying to heal her." Kagome quickly lied.

"Oh, well, call when you get there. No talking to people Rose doesn't know, or doesn't trust. And be back by February." her mom said. The she smiled. "Look at me! When you go off nearly killing yourself I'm perfectly fine. But when you just go into a different time zone… no! I have to give you a whole bunch of warnings!"

"Just hurry up and go. We'll deal with mom. And bring back me a souvenir." Sota whispered.

"Thank you." Kagome mouthed, and ran out the door, almost forgetting her suitcases in her hurry to get out of there.

{Meanwhile, back in the feudal era}

Inuyasha yawned and rubbed sleep out of his eyes. Last night was one long night. After he ran to find Kikyo for a couple of minutes before he got tired, some raccoon demon suddenly sprung out at him. The demon wasn't that hard to fight, but it still left him tired to the bone.

He looked around. Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Shippo were all hunched over staring at a letter. Miroku looked up and saw Inuyasha looking at them. He tapped Sango on the shoulder and pointed when she looked at him. Sango looked at Inuyasha and made a motioning sign with her hand {red from obviously slapping Miroku who had signs of a hand print on his face} for him to come down.

Inuyasha jumped down off the tree to see what the four were looking at. They were looking at a letter that said:

Dear beloved friends,

I have decided to go home for a while. I need a short brake

from shard hunting. Do not take it personal, I just need to rest

my feet for a while. I'll be back in one to two months.

Signed,

Kagome

Inuyasha looked towards the well and began running towards it. No one asked what he was doing. For they all knew that Inuyasha could barely go three days without seeing Kagome, so he certainly couldn't go for two months.

He jumped in the well, waiting for the familiar blue swirl to go around him, for the familiar lurch in his stomach as he crossed over. But nothing happened. He jumped out and tried again. Still nothing.

'Why?' he thought. 'Why can't I get to Kagome's time?'