It was now May, nothing much had happened during school, Kagome hung out with Tohru and the girls and got a job as a cleaning lady in an office building, and she enjoyed every minute of it. They were all sitting in Math class when a teacher came in and called Tohru out, they talked at the door for a bit then hurried off. Kagome automatically hurried out, Uo and Hana close on their tails.

They got to the hospital and into the emergency room where Kyoto lay. She spoke to Tohru for a minute or two before slipping out of their lives forever. Tohru wailed next to her mother's now dead body, Uo and Hana had tears running down their face and Kagome fell to her knees. Why did everyone around her have to die! She should have know that it would only be a short amount of time before it happened. She couldn't help but feel that if she hadn't met Kyoto, that she'd still be alive.

They left the hospital and Tohru was sent to live with her grandfather. Kagome sat at the Sohma's on the floor. She could hardly believe it. Shigure walked into the room.

"Kagome? Are you alright?" Kagome shook her head.

"I'll be alright."

Summer Vacation came and went it was time for Kagome's final trimester as a 1st year high school student. Kagome had spent the summer at the shrine doing some miko work and loved every bit of it, and the parting for school again was saddening, but Kagome knew that being home and seeing the well had opened a few wounds that had healed at the Sohma's and she couldn't wait to go back and see how they fared without her there. She walked through the front door the day before the new trimester. She inhaled deeply.

"YUKI! SHIGURE! I'M BACK!" Down the hall came an over ecstatic Shigure.

"Kagome my dear how we have missed you!" Kagome smiled.

"Hello Shigure." She partly expected a hug, but after the year with them, she could live without. Around his legs came Diamond. She jumped into Kagome's arms. "I missed you to Diamond." Kagome had left Diamond here to watch over the boys in Kagome's absence. "Where's Yuki?" And speak of the devil, here he came down the stairs.

"Hello Miss. Higurashi, welcome back. Are you ready for another school year?" Kagome smiled wide.

"Of course I am! I haven't seen any of you guys all summer except for a few calls from Shigure telling me how Diamond was fairing." She pet the demon cats fur. She still couldn't get over how soft the fur was. She had seen Diamond in her other form once or twice and it really reminded her of Kilala, the thought of her old friend made her sad a little, but not as much as it would have last year.

"Anyways Kagome, let's get you moved back in." Kagome nodded and did so. Her room was clean and Diamond's cat bed was all neat.

"Has she even slept in that thing since I left?" Kagome said after laughing a little bit. Shigure scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

"No, I'm afraid that she's been sleeping on your bed." Kagome pet the cat's fur again.

"Oh Diamond." Kagome kissed the top of her head and the cat purred happily. Kagome went around the house and entered the kitchen. Her heart stopped. It was a mess again. Shigure chuckled weakly.

"Sorry about this Kagome. We still can't clean to save our lives." Kagome sighed and just shooed him out so she could clean again. These men were hopeless. Kagome cleaned the room and started some grilled fish and put some raw fish on the floor next to Diamond. Kagome felt like she had never left Shigure's house and returned to the living room with the food and placed it on the table. Yuki and Shigure looked at it happily and began to eat.

"Wow Kagome. I think your cooking has gotten better over the summer. I didn't think that was possible." Shigure looked so happy eating something that wasn't burned. Yuki looked equally happy.

"Yes Miss. Higurashi, this is very good." He smiled at her and Kagome flashed a smile back. "Miss. Higurashi, when did you get that necklace?" Kagome looked down, she had on the necklace Sesshomaru gave her, she had never taken it off, but hid it under her clothes until recently.

"Oh, it's a present from someone dear to me." Kagome clutched the fang in her hands.

"It looks almost like a tooth." Kagome nodded.

"Yes. It's actually a fang. My-" The words caught in her throat. Kagome had never talked about the past with them, and for some reason she couldn't bring herself to do so. She trusted them and all of her friends from high school, but she just couldn't bring herself to tell them. Shigure pat her back.

"Don't worry Kagome. Who ever gave it to you obviously held you close, but you don't need to tell us who gave you the necklace. It doesn't concern us and we won't pry." Kagome smiled at Shigure. He may be a complete goof sometimes, but he can be really sincere when he wanted to be.

"Anyways, I look forward to going to school with you again Miss. Higurashi." Kagome smiled to the silver haired boy. He could be so kind, but sometimes he felt, distance. She was hoping that would've changed a little bit, but she couldn't control it.

Diamond came in and rubbed up against Yuki. Kagome had a hopeful look on her face, but it was soon dashed when Yuki leaned away from her slightly. He still hated cats. Kagome sighed. Poor Diamond just wanted him to be her friend and he couldn't get over his hate for cats.

The first few weeks of school seemed no different to anything last year. Kagome was so happy to see her friends.

Tohru had gotten a job at the building that Kagome worked at and they had the same shift and they had fun cleaning together and Kagome would always make some sort of competition with Tohru to see who could get a certain job done faster. The old cleaning ladies were happy when the two teenage girls helped take some of their heavy work.

School was great though. Kagome wasn't to pleased with Uo when she pried about Kagome's fang necklace and even teased about a boyfriend until Kagome began to tear up and she stopped. Kagome still couldn't bring herself to talk about it. Her time travels into the past with her friends, or her ice cold inu youkai lord lover. How she missed him.

I hope this wasn't to short for you guys.