At Your Side

Saying Goodbye

Standing at the airport, waiting to say goodbye to Miroku was very difficult for Kagome. For she could not bear the thought of saying goodbye to him, even if she was going to see Miroku in a couple of months.

As everyone escorted Miroku and Inuyasha to their gate, they started to say their farewells.

"Taishou, meet some hot American girls for me." Kouga said which caused him to receive a slap on the back of the head from Ayame. "Behave yourself is what he means." "I'll miss you big brother." Sango told Miroku as she gave him a hug. "I'll miss you too."

Letting go of Sango then walking over to Kagome; pulling her into a tight embrace Miroku, "I'll call you when I get there, don't worry." He whispered as he kissed her neck. Causing her to freeze and tears run down her cheeks, not even able to say goodbye.

"Hey, Houshi." "Yeah?" Releasing Kagome and turning to face Inuyasha, "Their calling our flight, come on." Picking up their bags and waving one last time, Miroku and Inuyasha disappeared in to the crowd of travelers.

"We'll I guess that's it." Yuka commented as everyone started to turn, to exit the airport. "Where's Kagome?" Questioned Sango, "She was here just a second ago." Answered Ayame.

However, Kagome had already left; for she could not stand to see the sight of Miroku's plane take off.

All night and the next day Kagome waited by the phone. Not even getting up to eat, however she did end up falling asleep. Though thirty minutes after Kagome drifted off she was awoken by the loud ringing of her phone.

Anxiously reaching for it, "Hello?" "Hey, Kagome." "Miroku! You got there alright?" "Yes I was a long flight though." "I miss you." "It's only been a day Kagome." He said while letting out a big yawn." "Well, I will miss you." "I'll miss you too." "You should get some sleep." Yeah, I am tired. Bye then." "Bye."

Three weeks has pasted and Miroku still hasn't call, Kagome knows he must be busy and can't call every day, however she hopes he will call soon.

As the weeks went by Sango started to notice some changes in Kagome. This started to worry her so she decided to confront her to see what has been bothering her.

One day after Kagome went to the mall Sango approached her, "Hey Kagome," "Hi, Sango." "Can we talk?" "Sure, what about?" "Um…well, I have noticed that you've been distant recently and we never really do anything together anymore. Is something wrong?" "No, nothings wrong." "Are you sure?" "I'm positive. I need to go home." Walking away leaving a concerned Sango behind. "I could never tell her what's on my mind." Kagome whispered to herself.

As soon as she walked in the door the phone rang, "Kagome, it's for you." Her mother yelled from the kitchen. "I'll get it in my room." Running upstairs as fast as she could and then into her room Kagome snatched the phone off her desk.

"Hello?" "Hey, Kagome, it's Miroku." "Miroku! You haven't called in 3 weeks." She said with frustration in her voice. "Yeah, sorry about that, I decided to take a course; and this ESL (English as a second language) class is killing me. To tell the true I didn't know how bad my English really is. However, you should hear Inuyasha, his is even worse. I have no clue how he even passed the test." "That's funny. I told you, you should have practiced more." "Yeah I know." "You know Kagome; I was thinking why don't you come visit me, winter break instead of me coming there. What do you think?" "That's really far from now; I thought you were coming sooner." "Me too, that's until I found out I really will need to concentrate." "Alright." "I have to call my parents. Call you back in a week or so." "Okay." "Bye." "Bye."

After hanging up the phone Kagome throw herself on the bed, all she could do was think about what she had just talked about with Miroku. 'Winter break, he expects me to wait till winter break. This will be a long eight months.'

That night Kagome received a phone call from Sango, "Hello." "Kagome?" "Yes." "It's Sango." "Hey." "Guess what, earlier I got a call from Miroku and he invited us to come visit him during winter break. Would you want to come?" 'He invited her too, grr…' "Yes, that sounds great." "My parents said that they would pay for our tickets." 'Are you sure, they'll pay for mine?" "Of course, come on Kagome we're like your second family." "Yeah, your right, well I need to get some rest. I'll talk to you tomorrow." "Okay, bye." "Bye."

The eight months came and went faster than Kagome thought, and before she know it both her and Sango were standing at their gate waiting for their flight to be called.

"Now boarding flight 12 to Detroit." "Kagome, that's us." "Finally, let's go." After boarding the plane and taking their seats Sango noticed that Kagome was getting a little shaky. "Have you ever flown before Kagome?" "Yes, when I was little, but that was a long time ago and we're going to be on this plane for 11 hours strait." "I see, well I find it best if I look out the window during take off. It's amazing how things just keep getting smaller." "Ahh, what was that?" Kagome screamed while jumping in her seat. "The plane is just preparing for take off."

As the plane took off Sango continued to talk to Kagome, distracting her from what was happening around her. "See that wasn't that bad." "No it wasn't, hey you did that on purpose." Smiling as she looked out the window.

Eleven hours and thirty minutes later they reached Detroit International Airport, however this was not their final destination. Going through customs wasn't all that bad for they had nothing to declare.

Once inside the terminal Sango, "So, Kagome do you know how long we are going to be here?" "Umm…6 hours and 40 minutes" "Six hours, what are we going to do for six hours?" "Well we should probably find our gate first and I have to go to the washroom." "What gate is it?" "Gate 3." "What are we at?" "Umm…36" "Ohh…I'm so tired." "Well when we get there you can rest but I really need to go to the washroom." "Kagome there's one." Pointing to their right. "Thank goodness."

After relieving themselves, Kagome and Sango started to make their way to the gate. Upon arrival Sango plopped herself into a chair and rested her head back. "You know Kagome as soon as we get there I'm going to sleep. Personally I don't think I can stay wake much longer." "Sounds good to me, I need some rest too." "Wake me up when it's time to go." "Okay."

Time was going by slowly, Kagome was closer to Miroku than she had been in months, but there was still 2 hours left until they could be together. 'What's taking so long?' Kagome thought as she rested her head on Sango's.

"Now boarding all seats for flight 1694 to RDU." Jumping out of her seat Kagome, "What how could I miss the first boarding calls." Shacking Sango Kagome, "Sango it's time to go."

Grabbing their things then getting in line Kagome. "Just 1 hour and 40 minutes on this plane and then we're there."


A/N: Sorry for the late update, I write during school and recently I haven't had time. I do apologize.