Kagome sat up as her alarm went off, tears falling down her cheeks as she realized that Inuyasha was never there. She looked down at her bed and twisted her fingers into the sheets as a knock sounded at her door.

"Sis? Are you awake now? I found you asleep in the well house. Can I come in?"

"Y-Yeah. Come in Sota." Kagome answered softly. She had wondered how she had gotten to bed, not remembering the trip. Sota had grown so much over the years. He was now easily as tall as Inuyasha. His body had filled out as well as his voice deepening.

Sota opened the door and stepped inside. He had a worried look on his face, his lips turned down at the corners as he saw the evidence of tear tracks on her face in the moring sunlight coming through her window.

"You dreamed of him again, didn't you, Sis? I don't know why you wont visit him. I know you want to."

"If he'd wanted to see me he would've already come through the well to see me, Sota. Me being angry had never stoppe4d him before. I guess he's happy with her." Kagome answered. 'What does he see in her still? She's not the same woman as she used to be. She's full of anger and bitterness since her soul was returned into a fake body. There's darkness in her heart.'

"I don't know, Sis. He night be being as stubborn as you are about this. He's never been too level headed." Sota responded. He hated seeing her like this. She hadn't been herself since coming back from the feudal era. She had been so focused on her school work and avoiding anything that might remind her of Inuyasha. She had even stopped eating as much.

Sota's frown deepened. He'd carried her back into the house and noticed that she seemed to have lost a lot of weight in the past month. She couldn't weigh a hundred pounds soaking wet. Kagome was lighter than Tessaiga was when Inuyasha wielded it.

'He can't complain that she's heavy now' Sota thought bitterly. 'I could barely tell I was holding her. Mom had to get her new uniforms too.'

"I know, Sota. But, Inuyasha would've come by now. Even with how stubborn he is." Kagome retorted, hugging her knees to her chest. Her hair was falling past her hips now. As a senior in high school she had finally gotten to ditch the awful green of her middle school uniforms for a black skirt, white shirt, and cerulean blue over shirt.

So much had happened while she'd been in the feudal era. It had been so long since she had focused on her present life instead of what she was doing in the past. Kagome thought about handing in all the work she'd done and forgoing attending school the rest of her last year. She was done with all of it. Had even taken all of the tests her teachers pulled from the books. It left her bored in class, all she had to do was sleep.

Sota sighed and stood. He knew he wasn't going to win this argument with his sister. "I'll leave you alone, but please think about at least going to see Shippo and Sango. They can't come through the well to see you, even if they wanted to." Sota left, closing the door quietly behind him.

She watched the door closed and put her head on her knees. She knew he was right, but did she still want to see Inuyasha when she knew all it meant for her was heart ache even stronger than she felt now.

Kagome stood up and walked downstairs, intending to bathe. She was just a few steps from the bathroom door when she tripped. SHe clenched her eyes shut tight expecting to hit the floor hard when a stong pair of arms caught her.

"Thanks, Sota. That would've-" Kagome stopped abrubtly as a scent familiar to her filled her senses. Dark spices and musk with a slight tang. Her eyes flashed open top meet blazing amber, halting her thoughts.

"Geez, still as clumsy as ever. How would you survive if it wasn't for me?"

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