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Kagome was sitting on her bed, trying to pull off her shoes. Today had been long and hard for her. Being 19 now, she was trying to find a place to go to college, but having not finished high school it was extremely difficult. The only thing she could do was take her equivalent tests, which would take months to study for.

There had been many times to where she sort of regretted running back and forth between this era and the next, and this was definitely one of those times. School had always been a big thing for her, and now she felt …lost.

She couldn't believe she had lost everything.

Inuyasha.

Tamiya, Sakura.

Sesshomaru...

They had all died for her.

There were nights she woke up screaming, usually her mother would come in and grab Kaya when that happened, having expected it now, she usually just set her up with her grandmother.

Kaya was the one thing that made Kagome smile every day. The child was close to 1 in hanyou standards, having the privilege to grow faster than humans.

She looked remarkably like her father. Those golden eyes could reach right into her and pull out her heart, just like his had. That crescent moon showed just as bright as his. She had also captured the hearts of her family, especially her mother.

She felt like she saw a bit on Inuyasha in her as well, she was very playful and mischievous, making Kagome laugh half the time.

Sesshomaru stood at the bottom of the well, feeling a tad foolish.

It hadn't worked.

Jumping back out again, he tried it again, with no luck.

Sango stood and watched from the tree line and observed Sesshomaru try to jump through twice, having no luck either time, her heart ached for him.

Stepping forward, her presence caught his attention. "You have no connection to Kagome now."

Sesshomaru stared at her, waiting on her to continue.

"When you went through the well the other time, she had the mating mark. A connection to you, and you to her."

He closed his eyes and remembered that he had never marked her again. What did this mean?

"We have to wait for her to come back on her own."


Kagome lay in her bed, staring up at the ceiling. She missed her friends; she hadn't seen them in almost a month now. They had told her to come back when everything had settled down, but she really wanted to see them.

She also wanted to visit Sesshomaru's tomb. She just wasn't sure if she could stomach it, being there and remembering everything that was now gone. Tears pricked at her eyes, she had thought she had cried all her tears by now. Hastily wiping them, she turned over on her side to look out the window at the moon, glowing brightly behind the clouds.

Sleep never came easy for her. Nightmares filled her dreams, and most of the time she tossed and turned, waiting on a decent night's sleep to claim her.

Her mother had taken her to the doctor a week ago, for something that would help with the insomnia. The doctor had prescribed her with sleeping pills, but they didn't help. They only succeeded in making her extremely groggy.

Kagome had tried to go on a date with Hojo one time since she had been back, that had been disastrous. The evening had ended with her breaking down into tears and cancelling.

Her clock read 2'oclock.

She wouldn't get to sleep tonight. Throwing off the covers, she went over to Kaya's crib; all was well with her daughter. Her little face displayed a tiny smile, her nose twitched as it changed into a frown. Kagome wanted to laugh, even in her sleep she was a very expressive little being.

Kagome reached down and grabbed her hand, her tiny fingers curled around her mothers, as if to tell her she knew she was there.

Looking down at her admirably, she almost didn't notice the soft glow of her crescent moon.

Strange.

It never did that.

Kagome looked closely at it, it was almost getting brighter.

Sesshomaru sat outside of the hut with Inuyashas group inside sleeping. Rin and Jaken were curled up beside him, sleeping as well. He had tried to get the two to sleep inside, but they refused to be away from him. It irked him that Jaken would not leave him alone, but Rin seemed to be at peace with him being back. She wasn't screeching like she would usually do, truth is told; it hurt his ears when she did that.

He was looking at the glow of the moon, wrapped up in puffy clouds.

Had he really died and come back?

It felt so surreal to him, and now he didn't know what to do.

He wasn't sure if Kagome would ever come back. She honestly had no reason to, except to visit her friends.

Sighing, he looked over at the two sleeping beside him. Rin was lying against Jaken, who usually didn't like the child's closeness, but now didn't seem to mind it. He sneered slightly.

Standing up, he walked back to the well.

Somehow, he had to get through. There had to be some way he could.

How had Inuyasha?

Oh yes, the beads of subjugation, they had been those two's connection to each other.

Sesshomaru touched the wood again, feeling the heat beneath his fingers.

Kagome stood and looked down at the well. The darkness loomed over her, and she was slightly afraid. But, Kaya's crescent moon glowing had been very odd to her. What did it mean?

All she had to do was push her leg over the side and she would be in the next era.

But, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Reaching out, she let her fingers run over the wood. She pulled back when she realized it was almost hot to the touch.

It had never done that before.

She wondered if it still worked. Pulling out her jewel shards from her pocket, she looked at their gleaming light. Looking at them brought up so many things she wished she could forget. Closing her eyes, she made the hardest decision she probably would EVER make.

She stood over the side and looked into the dark hole. She had to do this, in order to move forward in her life she had to take this leap.

Kagome held the bag over the shoulder of the well, willing herself to let go of the object. She knew this was all she had to do..

Her hands shook so much; her teeth were starting to rattle.

Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and just….

Let go.

She saw the light in the bottom of the well. It was done.

Kagome shakily sat down, drew her knees up to rest below her chin, and started to sob.


Sesshomaru was still looking down into the hole when a bright light came through. His heart rate accelerated as he waited for a pair of azure eyes to look back at him.

There was nothing.

Frowning, he jumped in.

There was nothing. His feet suddenly kicked something; he reached down to realize it was the bag of jewel shards Kagome carried around with her.

No.

No.

He knew what this meant.

She had sealed the well.


This chapter is a little shorter, but I wanted everyone to have a look into what is going on with Kagome. I hope everyone likes it so far, leave me a review, hate review, love review, all of them are appreciated!

With great love,

Heather.