I stood under the Goshinboku tree at my family shrine. It's been three years since the well closed and I was sent back here. We had defeated Naraku and destroyed the jewel. That wasn't the bad part though. It was when I lost InuYasha. I had turned around to thank him for saving me but as I did so, he was disappearing. For three months straight I tried to jump into the well everyday to see if I could make to the other side of the well. No such luck.

Sighing I sat down under the shade of the large, old tree. There's only two weeks to graduation and without that to keep me busy, I don't know what I'm going to do. Maybe I can get a job.

"UGH!" I shouted pushing out the frustration that I was felling. "Why did this have to happen? Why me? What have I ever done to deserve this? Can you tell me that?"

"Kagome calm down," came a voice that sounded familiar to me.

Confused I looked around the shrine grounds trying to locate the source of the voice. When I didn't see anyone I sighed.

"Maybe I'm losing my mind," I said.

"That may be a factor," came the voice again.

"Who are you," I said standing up from my seat on the bench looking around the shrine grounds again. "I can hear you but I don't see you."

"Maybe if you turn around it will help," the voice said.

Slowly turning, I was shocked by what I saw. There standing in front of me was Kikyou. But how? I thought that she had died after that battle with Naraku. Has she been brought back once again? Can't her soul have any rest.

"No Kagome I can't," she said stepping through the stone bench to stand directly in front of me.

"You can't what?" I asked confused by her sudden reply.

"My soul can't rest until you are back with InuYasha," Kikyou said.

How did she know what I was thinking?

"How did you know what I was thinking?" I asked aloud stepping closer to her.

"The question was in your eyes." Kikyou said simply as she sat on the bench and patted the spot beside her.

Causiously I took the spot beside her and looked into her eyes.

"Kikyou," I said never turning my gaze from her, "why are you here?"

"That is a very good question," Kikyou said folding her hands in her lap. "I came to tell you that you will soon be able to return to InuYasha. I can not tell you exactly when but you will."

"Wait a minute," I said holding my hand up for her to stop, "how do you know this?"

She laughed holding a hand to her mouth then said, "You and InuYasha truly are made for each other. He asked me the exact same question."

"InuYasha?" I said, my eyes growing wide. "You saw him? Is he okay? He's not hurt is he?"

"No, Kagome," Kikyou said placing a pale hand on mine which was warm as if she were alive, "he's not hurt. He's just fine actually. And he misses you dearly."

I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes when she told me that he was okay. So nothing bad has happened to him in the last 3 years. Good. I'm glad. A small smile spread across my face as I looked at the miko beside me who was gazing at the Goshinboku. Then the question sparked.

"Kikyou," I said gaining her attention again, "how did you get here?"

"When you're a ghost you can travel through time," she said smiling. "I came only to tell you that you'll return to InuYasha soon. But I must warn you, there is no guarantee that the well will remain open for you to continue to travel through time. When you leave here, it may be for forever. Just make sure that you're making the right choice."

"I will," I said smiling back at her, "thank you Kikyou."

"You are welcome Kagome," she said as she disappeared.

I smiled as I stood and touched the old Tree of Ages. Running my hands over the spot where I had first seen InuYasha when he was pinned to the tree, so many memories raced back into my head. The day that Kikyou had pushed me back down the well when we fought that moth demon. I can't even remember his name now it's been so long. I remember touching the tree and being able to talk to InuYasha as if I were standing right in front of him. Almost as if I could have reached out and touched him that day.

Then the memories of all the time we spent fighting each other by this tree and all the times I had ran home because I caught him with Kikyou. Back then it had broken my heart but now I can somewhat understand why he had done it. Kikyou was his first love. She was the first person who had ever showed him kindness. She also was the first person that he had decided he wanted to settle down with. That is, until Naraku came into the picture. He tore them apart making them think that they had betrayed each other.

Then I came into the picture fifty years later. That's when everything changed, forever.

Removing my hand from the tree, I walked into the well house and peered down into the inky darkness.

"InuYasha," I said down into the shaft, "I'll be seeing you again, soon."