Thanks again for all the reviews, they're really motivating me to write and your suggestions are helping a lot also. Anyway. So what have Ichigo and Kagome been up do, let's find out.

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Once inside the shop Ichigo sees Kagome continue to the backrooms and follows her hurriedly. "Kagome?" She doesn't seem to hear him as she eventually reaches her room. Opening the door she walks in and sits down in a corner, curling up in a ball. Seeing as she left the door open he realizes that she knew he was there and didn't mind if he stayed. With this in mind he moves over next to her and sits down beside her. "Wanna talk about it?" He hears her take in a deep breath trying to steady herself.

"No, but I will. I... I just want someone to talk about it with. Someone that won't think I'm crazy." He stays quiet, waiting for her to continue. "When I turned 15 I fell into the well on the shrine. Well I guess fell isn't the right word, more like I was pulled into it by a centipede demon. We seemed to almost float there for a long moment before I pushed the demon away with a flash of pink light. The bluish light that had been surrounding us faded away and I found myself at the bottom of the well. Not thinking twice about it I climbed out of the well but instead of the shrine building that I was used to it being in I found myself in a forest. It was really weird, but then I saw the goshinbuko and worked my way towards it."

"When I got there I was surprised to see a boy with long white hair seemingly pinned to its trunk. Getting closer I realized he had dog ears on his head. As I was inspecting him the villagers found me and captured me. When they took me to the village I thought I was dreaming or had lost my mind because it looked like I was in the feudal era. I later found out that I was though." Kagome stopped there and looked up at Ichigo to see his reaction. She was relieved though to see that he was taking her seriously and waiting for her to continue, which she did.

She told him of all of her adventures in the feudal era, all of her friends. About how Naraku had tricked Inuyasha and Kikyo in order to taint the jewel, and how finally they had defeated the evil hanyou and completed the jewel.

"Everyone was so happy when Miroku's wind tunnel disappeared," Tears were flowing freely from her eyes as she held her knees to herself even tighter. "Then the jewel began to glow, and I guess I might have too because they all looked at me. I saw fear and concern on Inuyasha's face, it was the last thing I saw before I found myself in the well shrine." Her sobs racked her body and she couldn't continue, Ichigo reached over and gave her a hug, petting her hair in an attempt to sooth her. He held her like that for a long time before she finally calmed down. He now understood why she was taking this whole thing so hard. Her friends that had become like a second family for her had been taken from her so suddenly and she didn't even get to say goodbye. It was worse, he thought, than if they had died right in front of her. But not knowing how they lived out their lives, only that they were no longer alive... He supposed he would be broken like this also.

When she had calmed down she moved away from him slightly to show that she was feeling better, "Thank you."

"You looked like you needed it."

She managed a small smile, "Thanks for not thinking I was crazy."

He scoffed gently at her, "Crazy things happen to people. If I discounted your story because of something as out there as time travel, I'd be a real jerk. I am sorry though, that you lost your friends like that. You know since some of them were demons, do you think they might have survived the time between then and now?" He looked down at her and saw her shake her head.

"Dad said demon's no longer existed. Even if they could have, they obviously didn't."

"Well yeah, he says that. But quincies were supposed to be extinct but Uryuu is one, so that's not true. And if even one quincy can survive to disprove that they're extinct then why not a demon?" Kagome looked up at him with her mouth hanging open in shock and her eyes filled with hope. "I'll even see what I can do to help you find them. We can sneak you into Seiretei even if you want to see your human friends. We might be able to find them; it's a big place though."

Kagome launches herself at Ichigo and embraces him in a tight hug, "Thank you, thank you so much Ichigo." She is crying again, but this time they are tears of joy and hope.

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After Urahara had gone inside, the three that worked for him followed suit and got back to work in the shop while Uryuu, Rukia and Renji stood outside trying to figure out what was going on.

"So... Are we going to report Kagome to Seiretei or not?"

Rukia sighs and closes her eyes, "No, but not for Urahara's sake. Kagome was really brave to tell us that and she's also going through a hard time. Its probably best if we at least let her move on before saying anything."

Uryuu nods. He had been thinking that he would do what was necessary to stop the two if they decided to tell their higher ups about Kagome and was glad that they would at least let her mourn her friends before bringing down more trouble for her to deal with. "We should probably go now. Things seem to have settled down and with that jewel sealed back up we shouldn't have to deal with any problems caused by it."

Renji and Rukia nod, "I'll go get Ichigo. I'm staying at his place."

"Yeah, I better get back to Seiretei before they start to wonder. Don't know what I'm going to tell them though. They would have noticed the menos that came here."

"I'm sure you'll think of something." And with that the three split up and went their own ways, Rukia going in to get Ichigo before heading to his place.

She went straight back into the back, following Ichigo's reiki to where he was with Kagome, but Rukia didn't know that. She sees the door to Kagome's room, still slightly ajar and move towards it, stopping when she hears hushed voices and soft sniffling.

"Hey I should probably get going home. I'll see you tomorrow morning. I'll walk you to school so you know where it is."

"Alright, thank you again Ichigo. It means a lot to me."

"Ah, don't worry about it, wouldn't be much of a friend if I just let you suffer when there was something I could do to help you."

Rukia heard Ichigo get up and head for the door before realizing that she had inched closer to the door and was hunched over in a classic eavesdropping position. She managed to straighten herself up just in time for Ichigo to open the door. Rukia looked up and saw Ichigo blinking at her before sighing and putting his hand up to his head in exasperation. "Rukia... Lets just go, you're staying in my closet again aren't you?" He doesn't even wait for an answer before walking past her and down the hall, the door now closed behind him. He already knew the answer and knew that Rukia wasn't far behind him, probably with a curiously expression on her face. "We're going to have stop by here on our way to school tomorrow. I hadn't had time to show it to Kagome before you came by about the hollows."

Rukia nods, "Alright." She pauses, "Hey Ichigo...?"

He interrupts her question, "Sorry, Rukia. It's just not my place to tell you. Give Kagome some time, she may tell you when she's more ready."

Rukia stopped on the sidewalk; they had already left Urahara-ha. It was just so strange for her to see Ichigo act this way, he was usually so brash and charged into things headfirst. For him to be so conscious of another person's suffering was a bit disconcerting to her.

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Well I hope you guys liked that tender moment between Kagome and Ichigo. I plan to have more.