Wait...
What?
How could there be no Sengoku Jidai anymore? Was that even possible? If they hadn't become mates yet, then she had to be able to go back. If she couldn't then...then...
He breathed in, "Explain."
She looked at him and spoke with a little sarcasm, "What do you mean 'Explain'?" her voice became softer, "The jewel was purified and I was sent home. That's it." She was annoyed. Why did he have to come into her life now? She had finally gotten over all the drama that had come with the feudal era, and she was normal again. She took a step back, "I-I'm leaving..." she started to turn around, but felt him grab her arm and turn her back around.
"Wait!" he looked deep into her azure eyes, "What about the wish? What did you wish for?" He knew the answer to the question, but he had to know her answer. Maybe it would be different – maybe they had wished for something else – maybe Inuyasha hadn't-
"Wish..?" Kagome's eyes widened once she understood. She hadn't even thought about the wish, the only thing she had been thinking of – the only thing she could think of – when she purified the jewel was wanting to be able to come back, "Wait... The well..." She immediately turned around, and pulled from Sesshomaru's grip.
He tried to stop her, but the moment she was out of his grasps she was running.
"Kagome!" he swept some hair from his forehead and started running in the same direction, "Damn it! Come back!" he ran and ran. He didn't want to go his full speed – which was much to fast to even be seen – because he could still smell her, but it pained him to not have her in his sights. Not after all this time. He bumped into the crowds surrounding him and stopped when his he lost her. He looked up and smelled the air. He knew where she was going immediately.
"The well..." He picked up his pace again and soon found himself standing in front of the shrine that held the Bone-Eater's Well. He only saw Kagome for a moment before she jumped in the well; a blue, mystical light shooting from the top.
"Damn..." He mumbled to himself.
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The moment she got to the well she looked down and felt a sense of despair rush through her. What if she was getting her hopes up? What if her wish hadn't been granted? She felt her emotions deepen as she kept thinking about it.
She would just jump in, that's all she had to do.
She would either go back, or stay here. So she had to try.
She lifted one leg onto the lip of the well and stared down.
"I can do this..." she readied herself as she lifted her other leg up and jumped down.
She felt herself laugh.
She hadn't hit the bottom.
The familiar sapphire light surrounded her as she could feel herself being engulfed with joy she could have never imagined she would ever have since the day she had been sent back.
She was really doing it! She was going back, and she could see Shippou, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha... Everything would be alright again. She could be with all her friends; both in the past and present. She could feel tears of shear happiness fall down her cheeks as the steadied herself when she felt the ground under her feet.
"...I'm here," She smiled and stood up. She glanced up and felt a drop of water land on her left cheek, "It's raining..."
She laughed again.
Of all the days she came back – it was raining.
She grabbed one of the vines growing from the side of the well, and started to climb up. When she reached the top she could feel the rain grow harder, so she ran.
It looked exactly the same. Nothing had changed in Inuyasha's forest, nothing at all. Soon enough she saw the the tree Inuyasha had been bound to, and walked up to it. She gently ran her fingers across the bark, "...Inuyasha," she wanted to see him so bad – she had missed him so much that she could barely take the time to finish her walk back to the village.
Had Shippou grown any?
Had Sango and Miroku gotten any farther in their relationship?
She hummed through the rain as she stepped into the opening of the village. She was soaked, but she didn't care. All she cared about was seeing her friends. That's all that mattered.
She caught sight of Kaede's hut and dashed to the door. She opened it and yelled, "I'm Home!"
The first of them to notice Kagome was Shippou. He had smelled her, but it was faint. So he thought his mind was playing tricks on him like it had done so many times before. But he felt a mixture of happiness and disbelief surge through him when he heard a familiar voice that he had missed all to much these past months.
"..Kagome..? Is that really you?" he looked at her wide-eyed and felt a smile go from ear to ear.
Both Sango and Miroku stood up with their hands intertwined and said, "Kagome?"
Kagome ran up and gave Shippou a bear hug, which he gladly returned in response. She looked up to Miroku and Sango, "I can't believe I'm back."
They smiled back as they walked up and gave Kagome a quick hug.
"How were you able to come back?" asked Miroku as he and Sango sat down beside each other.
Kagome looked at them and smiled warmly, "I'll explain later, " she glanced around the room for a moment. Where was Inuyasha? Surely he had caught her scent by now; the rain had lightened, "Hey guys, where's Inuyasha?"
Everyone immediately tensed.
"Well..." Shippou whispered softly.
"You see.." Sango added.
Then Miroku looked up at her seriously, "Lady Kagome, Inuyasha is dead."
