Sota ran out.

"Kagome! It is you!" he cried.

Kagome gasped.

"S...Sota! You've gotten so big!" she stammered, tears springing forth.

Sota hugged her.

"Don't cry sis. Gramps had a feeling you'd come back today. Mom has your favorite food prepared," he said, desperately wanting her not to cry.

Kagome looked up, seeing her mother and grandfather. That was too much and a whole new round of tears sprang forward.

'I...I can't believe I'm home.'


Sesshomaru settled with his back against a tree, ignoring Inuyasha's protests. Sango stared at the stronger demon.

"Did Kagome really pass through the well?" she asked.

Kikyo stood by the well looking in. Sesshomaru watched her carefully. To him, her scent was strange and it sent a clear warning sign. The older priestess smelled of graveyard soil. In other words: death.

"I see her," Kikyo said suddenly.

Sango rushed over.

"Me too. It's Kagome and her family!" she said.

Everyone crowded around the Well except Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. And Kirara who was curled up on Sesshomaru's shoulder.

"M'lord. Come see!" Jaken cried.

Sesshomaru stood and made his way to the well, looking in. To his surprise, he saw Kagome and a little boy. They were laying on the floor, laughing like imbeciles.

"The little boy's name is Sota," Inuyasha said matter of factly. "He's her little brother." Sesshomaru blinked, looking at Inuyasha with his eyes.

'Little brother?' he wondered turning back.

When they stood up though, he had his doubts. Sota was a head and a half taller than Kagome.

"Sota. I can't get over how big you've gotten," she laughed as if voicing what they all were probably thinking.

"I've been drinking lots of milk. I think I could take on Inuyasha now," he declared.

Inuyasha ,of course, snorted at this.

"I thought you were a dog demon not a pig demon," Sesshomaru remarked.

"Quiet you!" Inuyasha growled.

"Make me," Sesshomaru taunted.

"That's it!"

Inuyasha leapt for his brother's throat, missing and catching the demon's hair.

"You guys!" Shippo yelled.


Kagome and Sota went on with their conversation, undisturbed by the fighting demons in the Feudal Era.

Sota watched his sister move gracefully in the long miko robes. She looked so mature and elegant. She didn't even trip over the last step on the stairs like she usually did. Kagome's hair was longer too and her once gentle and soft hands were now warrior hands. Kagome's bow and quiver laid by the table. Sota looked away for only a second and Kagome was already standing at her room door.

"Wait sis!" he called, recalling a dream he always had of Kagome coming home, going in her room and the door locking behind her.

In his dream it took him forever to reach the door and when he finally got there Kagome was laying on the floor in a puddle of blood. Her eyes were always opened in horror and a tall, female demon stood over her corpse; a horde of demons always hovering around her like she was their queen. By now, Kagome had already opened her door and had stepped into her room. Sota ran up the stairs and into the room as well. Even here, in her own room, Kagome in her miko robes, looked out of place. Sota desperately wished she would change into one of her pajama sets. But she passed her closet as if it was not there. She even passed the cat, barely even scratching his head before she went downstairs again. Sota followed her to the Sacred Tree. Kagome touched it.

"Hello old friend," she whispered.

A strange aura surrounded her and she began to float.

"Sis!" Sota yelled.

Kagome snapped out of her trance landing firmly on her feet. And even then she was graceful.

"Sis. Are you staying? Or going back?" he asked.

Sesshomaru froze when he heard Sota's question. He had Inuyasha pinned to the ground. The others also froze, waiting for Kagome's answer.

Kagome stared at her brother.

"Sota. I have to go back," she whispered.

Sota's tears emerged then.

"I knew it! You did come back just to leave again!" he screamed, running back inside. Kagome dropped to her knees and covered her face, her entire body shaking with sobs.

Sesshomaru felt something tug at his heart as he watched her cry.

"We shouldn't watch. This is a private moment," Sango declared.

Kikyo nodded her agreement and the two began walking back to the village.

"I'm going to her," Inuyasha declared, leaping into the well.

But he merely landed on the Well's bottom.

"W..what?" he gasped.

Sesshomaru smirked.

'Does Kagome's will control who can pass through the well?' he wondered as Inuyasha leapt out of the well.

Sesshomaru leapt in.

"M'lord!" Jaken yelled.

Blue, twinkling sparks of light surrounded Sesshomaru as he passed from past to future.

Kagome looked up at the sound of approaching footsteps. "Se...Sesshomaru?" she gasped.