A/N: OMG!!!!! I love you all who reviewed!!!!!!! Like seriously that was crazy I mean I went from three to nine and they're still coming!!!!! So thank you all and I shall do my best to make this chapter great!!!! Oh! And something very important... I changed Takeshi's name (the dog demon) to Hiroki...because Takeshi and Takashi are way to much a like... even I got confused!

Disclaimer: Why do I have to even say I don't own it???

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Sango's POV

I was speaking to Miroku when I heard Takashi yell that there was a demon and he had a girl. Naturally I ran out into the clearing, but I never thought that I would've seen this. Inuyasha and Kagome were standing there starring back at me, and Kagome was on Inuyasha's back, like old times. I heard Miroku stop behind me and a small gasp came from my lips in sudden realization, the group would be complete again if Shippou were here.

I smiled and I felt tears stinging my eyes as Inuyasha let Kagome off his back. Within a second Kagome and I were on the ground holding each other for dear life, crying into each other's shoulder. We pulled apart and gazed at each other, she had changed so much. Only a shadow of her childish face remained, it was replaced with a new one, one that resembled Kikyo's more so, minus her cold expression.

I looked around me and saw Takashi in utter confusion, while Miroku and Inuyasha were just staring at us. I giggled along with Kagome, and hugged her once again. I gazed at Takashi again and decided to address his confusion.

"Takashi, this is Kagome and Inuyasha." He nodded slowly, and I could tell that he still didn't understand.

"Remember when I told you that I used to travel with five other people in search of jewel shards?"

"Yes..."

"Well these are the people."

"But there are only five of you, shouldn't there be six?" He asked.

"Shippou is the only one missing." I replied and he nodded.

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Hiroki's POV

I had no idea where Kagome went. After that inu hanyou left the house she pulled away from the hug and ran after him. I was starting to get the suspicion that something was going on between them. I followed her to the door and saw her hug the inu hanyou. Jealousy took its place in my stomach and started tearing me from the inside. How dare that hanyou touch my intended!

I watched them leave and then followed at a safe distance behind, making sure the hanyou didn't try anything with Kagome. They stopped in a clearing and I stayed in a tree above watching as Kagome and a girl tackled each other to the ground in a hug. I smelled salt, and realized that Kagome was crying. I wanted to go down and comfort her, but I didn't want her to get mad, and I also wanted to find out why she left.

The other girl started explaining something to a man that was standing there, looking confused, and I listened in.

"Takashi, this is Kagome and Inuyasha." The girl said, and Takashi just nodded, still looking confused.

"Remember when I told you that I used to travel with five other people in search of jewel shards?" she pressed on.

"Yes..." he inquired still not understanding.

"Well these are the people." She replied gesturing to Kagome, Inuyasha and a monk.

"But there are only five of you, shouldn't there be six?" He asked.

"Shippou is the only one missing." She replied and he nodded.

So, that was how she knew them. Kagome did tell me about her traveling with her companions to defeat a demon named Naraku and toe retrieve the Shikon fragments, but when I asked what happened she didn't reply. "What happened a year ago?" I kept on asking my self concentrating on Kagome's figure below me.

"Where's Shippou?" I heard Kagome ask, wrenching me away from my thoughts.

"He stayed behind at the village when I left," I heard the girl respond.

"So was the only one that stayed behind?" Kagome questioned.

"Yes. But what happened after you left? Did you find Inuyasha?" The girl asked.

"No, I met Hiroki, a dog-demon, and I've been traveling with him ever since. I just recently met up with Inuyasha again, after we ran into each other while trying to get a shikon fragment from a centipede demon. What about you two, did you guys leave together?"

"No, I left before Sango did, and we just met up again too. I was hired by a nearby village to exorcise a bear demon that has been attacking it regularly," The monk responded instead of the girl, who I presumed was Sango.

"A bear demon?" questioned Sango

"Yes, have you heard of it, Sango?" asked the monk.

"Yes we have. We heard a demon with a Shikon fragment was terrorizing a village, that's what brought us here." Takashi answered for Sango.

"A shikon fragment?" asked Inuyasha.

"Yeah, why are you asking Inuyasha, are you looking for them as well?" Sango replied.

"Well, yeah, I have ten. What about you Miroku have you been searching for the shards also?" Inuyasha addressed the monk.

"Yes, I have three, What about you Sango?" Miroku asked Sango.

"Yes, we have four. What about you Kagome?" she asked.

"We have fifteen," Kagome replied quietly.

"Fifteen!?" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Well, yeah, that was what it was the last time I counted, but I suppose around seventeen now, after we got the shard from the centipede, unless you got that one, I don't know, and a weasel before that." Kagome mumbled putting a finger to her lips thinking.

"No you guys got that one," Inuyasha replied, calming down a bit.

"Kagome, could you do me a favor?" asked Miroku.

"Yeah, sure, as long as it's not bearing your child," Kagome joked.

"Of course not! How could you think that of me? But my real question is can you purify the shards I have?" he asked.

"Sure let me see them." Kagome replied walking toward him, and holding out her hand. He placed some fragments into her hand, and they immediately changed from black to a light purple.

"Thank you, Kagome." He said while pocketing his shards.

"No problem."

"Wait, Kagome, if you just met up with Inuyasha again, then where were you going, and where is the dog-demon you talked about?" Sango suddenly asked.

"Oh shit! I forgot to tell Hiroki that I was leaving with Inuyasha to go to the well!" Kagome exclaimed slapping a hand over her mouth, while the rest just stared at her.

"So, you're going back to the well?" Miroku questioned.

"Yeah, we are. If Kagome couldn't get through I might still be able to. Oh, and Kagome, where did you get that colorful vocabulary?" Inuyasha asked.

"Guess you and Takeshi rubbed off on me," she replied while shrugging.

"Um, Kagome, hate to tell you, but dog demons are very possessive and Hiroki might get mad that you left," Sango replied.

"You don't need to worry about him not knowing though. He's right there," Inuyasha said jerking his thumb to where I was sitting.

Kagome whipped around as I landed on the ground. I saw the worry in her eyes and advance upon her.

"Sorry I forgot to tell you," She mumbled, as I embraced her.

"It's ok you just wanted to go home, I understand," I replied burying my face in her hair.

I heard two uncomfortable coughs and looked up to see Miroku staring at us.

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Miroku's POV

Wow, never did I think that Kagome would get in a relationship like this one. Sure she hugged Inuyasha from time to time, but never so affectionately. On our journey together I had began to feel like an older brother to Kagome, so I really didn't like this open display of affection.

I glanced over at Inuyasha and saw him glaring at Hiroki, while Sango was staring in mild interest. Takashi, decided to get ideas from this and began to hug Sango, again, and she didn't seem to mind.

I looked back over at Inuyasha and made eye contact with him. We smirked at each other in an understanding manner, and we both coughed awkwardly. I stared at Kagome and Hiroki while Inuyasha stared at Sango and Takashi.

Hiroki glanced up at me and growled, while Kagome lightly slapped him on the chest. She looked back at me with a red faced and gave me an apologetic look, then stared at something behind me.

I turned around and saw Sango and Takashi kissing! Well, more like sucking each other's faces off, but that was worse. Inuyasha stared back at me and shrugged.

"Um, Sango do you maybe need some air?" Kagome spoke up from behind me.

Sango immediately pulled away and turned a shade of red I never thought possible. She murmured a quiet "sorry" before glancing at me, then adverted her eyes to the ground. Takashi just smirked the whole time. God how I wanted Sango to slap that smirk off of his face.

Sango once again looked at me, but I was too busy glaring at Takashi. She followed my glare to Takashi and saw his smirk. She elbowed him in the stomach lightly and he looked down at her, where she whispered for him to stop.

"So, nice weather isn't it?" Kagome said after a long silence, and shortly after it began to rain.

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Kagome's POV

After my failed attempt of trying to start a conversation we all took refuge in a cave we found near by. But, not before we were all soaked, Sango even more so. She hadn't told me yet why she was wet when she emerged from the trees, or how she had met Takashi. I had a lot of questions for her, but for the mean time I was content with being in a cave with her.

As the men got a fire started with some wood they found in the cave, Sango and I sat by the opening staring out at the rain. I looked over at Sango and she looked back, we smiled then hugged once again.

"So, how has your life been?" Sango asked pulling away.

"Pretty good, you?" I asked.

"Good." She replied, and we stared at the rain again.

"I really did miss you guys a lot," she said after a moment. "I also missed the times when you and I would just sit and talk, and I actually kind of missed Miroku groping me," she whispered the last part, I laughed.

"I missed those times too, but I mainly I missed sitting Inuyasha," I replied, followed by a large thump.

Sango and I turned around and saw Inuyasha flattened on the ground by the newly created fire. Sango, Miroku, and I stared at each other then burst out laughing. Sango and I were rolling on the floor when Inuyasha got back up and made his way over to us, stopping right above me.

"Wench," he said as he picked me up and ran outside to the river that we passed while making our way to the cave, and dropped me in it.

"Oh, Inuyasha you are so gonna pay," I mumbled as I waded out of the river and up to where Inuyasha was standing.

What I did next, I still can't believe. I was watching Inuyasha laugh at me and then out of no where I grabbed him by his hair and crushed his lips with mine. I quickly pulled away after realizing what I had done, and gasped, but he pulled me back.

"Why did you pull away?" he whispered against my ear, involuntarily making me shudder.

"I can't do this," I lied. I my eyes adverted to the ground.

He gently grabbed my chin and made me look into his red eyes. Wait red!?

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Sorry, but I had to have a kissing in the rain scene!!!! Call me a hopeless romantic, but I love those scenes!!!! Ok now that I'm done with my little spasm...Please review, other wise I won't update!!!!