IV.

Kagome awoke the next morning feeling better than she had since everything that happened to her. She took a deep breath stretched and then pulled herself from bed. Walking around her new home she was looking for Megumi.

She heard a chuckle and then Megumi's voice, "Ah I see my little one had decided to wake up and greet the day. Tell me how do you feel this morning?"

Kagome let a small smile appear, "Better than I have in a while."

Megumi smiled softly at her, "Well come little one and have some breakfast."

Kagome sat down in front of Megumi and pulled her food to her. Once she finished eating she looked a Megumi curiously, "Why do you keep calling me little one?"

Megumi sighed softly, "That is because you were still in mourning for everything that you lost and you never told me your name."

Kagome gasped and a pretty blush covered her face, "I am so sorry. My name is Kagome."

Megumi nodded her head happily, "I see you are still holding that bit of fur and the cloth. I can make you a necklace out of it so that you may keep him with you always."

Kagome's eyes filled with tears, "Really you could do that for me?"

Megumi gave Kagome another soft smile, "I will do anything you would wish of me little Kagome. After all the Kami told me to care for you as if you were my own kit."

Kagome threw her arms around Megumi thanking her repeatedly for everything she has done and everything she is still doing.

Megumi wrapped her arms around Kagome and let out a soothing purr to calm her. "There is no need to thank me. You are a sweet girl that went through something horrible. I wish to train you and help you get stronger so you can finish your mission. I will stay with you as long as you wish me to."

Kagome gave Megumi the first really smile she had ever seen from her. She could tell the darkness was already leaving Kagome's heart from what happened to her. She would protect Kagome with the best of her abilities she would not allow harm to come to her little one again.

Kagome laid her head in Megumi's lap and as Megumi ran her fingers through Kagome's hair she asked something that had been bugging her for a while now. "Kagome do you know why you have a demonic aura?"