A/N: Well I'm back and hopefully no more breaks in the near future. I apologize for those who waited on me and those who recently liked and reviewed this story. I'm strictly doing this to pass the time, but I do want to finish this story and my other ones. I won't update as often as I used to but hey gotta start somewhere right? Well I hope you all review and leave some advice because boy do I need it.

Chapter 10

Kag POV

I smiled as the Gummi Ship raced full speed towards Tokyo. I know it has only been about two months, but I still miss my mother dearly; not only her, but my whole family. I miss my mother's hugs and her smiles that make you feel as if everything will go smoothly. I miss my grandfather's eccentric behavior that although can be annoying, it never made a single day dull. I miss Souta's laugh and him calling me big sister. I miss my family. That's why with every second that passed, my smile grew wider because I know we are just that much closer to home.

Yet, I couldn't shake this feeling of dread. I don't know why, but I feel that when I get home, something awful will happen. This feeling, it sends shivers down my spine whenever my mind wonders about it. It scares me, yet I know not to doubt my instincts. Whenever I did that in the feudal era, it got me in loads of trouble. You can say that, it taught me many lessons. That's the thing, I don't want to learn any more lessons through this means, because if I do, that means something horrible is about to happen.

Shaking my head, I forced my mind to go down the happier path once again. I can't look depress or everyone is going to know something's wrong. If they think that, we might not be able to go visit my family and I'm not having that!

Pretty soon, I saw my home, World. It looks so amazing from way up here. It looks the same way it does in pictures of it. Weird, I figured that with me now in the whole big secret of there being many and different Worlds, it would now look different in my eyes. Yet, it still has that same beauty and majestic aura, staring at it took my breath away.

"So beautiful…" I whispered to myself, but I heard sounds of agreement from behind me.

I turned my head and saw Sora, Donald, and Goofy behind me. They were staring out the window with their faces pressed against the glass. Sora's blue eyes were as wide as Frisbees and Donald and Goofy wore comical expressions. I giggled at their silliness and nodded my head in agreement.

"You know, people from my world saw it from a distance like this." I stated.

"Really?" Sora exclaimed. "That's amazing."

"Yeah, I guess. When I first told my friends from the past, they were amazed at how advanced the future is. I even brought some of the stuff from my time to theirs. They all had their favorites."

"Kagome, can we hear stories about your friends?" asked Goofy. "Well, garsh. They seem pretty interesting."

"Ok, I don't see why not." I said cheerfully. I bit my lips and tapped my foot as I thought of a story to tell them. After a few seconds of thinking, I jumped up slightly and smiled, "Ok, I want to tell you guys the story of how we met our friend Koga."

"It all started when we walked into a village. It was horrible and really sad. The first thing that greeted us was the sight and smell of dead bodies. Everyone in the village was slaughtered and left unburied. Now, at this time I had already met all of my friends. I had to cover Shippo's eyes, sadly, since he is a demon, I couldn't do nothing to hide the scent. Miroku, he was the monk, had decided to bury everyone. Yet, before he was able to, Inuyasha began to smell someone.

Inuyasha has the strongest sense of smell in the group. Even outside of our friends, his sense of smell makes many demon's pale in comparison. As he began to a sense of direction from where the smell was coming from, that was when he appeared."

"Who is he?" asked Donald impatiently. The three had the look of excited and dazed children. Due to this, I couldn't help but tease them a little.

"Now if you talk like that, I won't finish the story and you will never know." I bated them.

"Donald! Don't interrupt her or she won't tell us!" Sora scolded the duck. I mentally chuckled at this, and cleared my throat.

"Now, where was I? Oh, yeah! That was when he appeared. Now he didn't just walk in like everyone else. No, he would never do that. Instead, you will always recognize him when he walks into the room. You know what he does? As he runs, a mini tornado forms itself around him. That is all you will see as he moves around and that is all we saw until he stood in front of us. He was tall, tan skinned, with long dark brown hair tied in a ponytail. However, the most important fact was that he was a wolf demon and that he was the one who killed all those people."

"HE KILLED THEM! AND THEN YOU MADE FRIENDS WITH HIM?" Sora exclaimed. I winced at the loud yell and glared at the guy. He immediately shrank back into his place.

Giving him one last look, I continued my story. I went through all the details and even told them how I felt at some places. Whenever it looked like I was about to be interrupted, I gave them my signature glare, and they all calmed down. It was a long story, but we had time to kill. Before I knew it though, as I went on, more people came to listen to me until everyone on the ship was there sitting before me like kindergartners.

As I finished my tale, I smiled and felt a weight lifted off my shoulders. It felt good to open up more to everyone, especially Riku. A few times during the story, I met his eye. It mostly happened whenever I mention Koga's feelings for me. That's why I wasn't surprised that as soon I was done, he stood up and pulled me to the side.

Together, we navigated our way through the Gummi Ship until we were in his room. As soon as we were inside, he cornered me between his arms and his body. I blushed a thousand shades of red as I saw how close we were. I tried to bury myself further into the wall, but it seems that the universe isn't cooperating with me today.

"Riku…" I began but was immediately cut off by said person.

"Kagome, tell me nothing happened with you and Koga." he grounded out. I blinked a few times and pursued my lips.

"I said that I didn't like him back. Anyways, you know why I never liked him back." I explained harshly.

"You liking him have nothing to do with this."

"Are you implying something, mister? How dare you say that, Riku! I thought you knew me better than that." With that, I pushed him off of me and ran out the room.

I fought back the urge to purify something into dust and to let the angry tears flow. I fought against myself as I walked to the 'living room' of the Gummi Ship. I felt my anger clash with my sadness. My need to end things with him battled my need to fix things with him. Most of all, I fought against the urge to compare him to Inuyasha. I knew how it felt to be compared to someone else constantly, so I never wanted to inflict that kind of pain to someone else.

Why things are always complicated for me when it comes to the person I like? Why it is always the past, even if it's not my own, which hurts or strains my relationships? Maybe, I rushed into things with Riku too soon? I mean, I do like him a lot, maybe will one day love him; but if this keeps up, then what am I going to do?

I walked in a daze, my head swarming with my uncontrolled thoughts. I went on without noticing what went on around me, so when we landed it caught me off guard. As I felt the Gummi Ship lose altitude, I gripped on the handlebars on the walls. Good thing that these are on all the walls, if not, I would be flat on the floor!

I waited for the ship to slow to a halt before attempting to regain my balance. I waited for my stomach to settle and took a deep breath. After feeling somewhat normal, I ran to the nearest window and smiled.

"Home…" I whispered before breaking into a run for the exit. I didn't care who was in my way; I didn't care that my legs were straining by how fast I was running; I didn't care about the sweat that began to form. No, all I cared about was running into my mother's arms.

I leapt out of the vessel and stopped dead in my tracks. I didn't expect this. I wasn't ready for this. I felt like I was having mini heart attack as I saw who was before me. When my mind registered, the waist length silver hair and sun kissed eyes, I began to hyperventilate. Inuyasha was here. He came back through the well. The well was working again!

Then, I felt warm arms around me as his face placed itself in the crook of my neck. He lifted me slightly off the ground and whispered my name. That was when my onslaught of tears began. I cried without a care in the world. I wrapped my arms around his torso and called out his name. He is here. He is in my arms. I have my best friend back.

He then, after what seemed like an eternity, placed me back on my feet. As I dried my tears, I noticed his eyes were directed towards something behind me. After making sure my face was dry, I turned around and saw my friends. Sora had a look of confusion on his face, Roxas was steaming from obvious jealousy, Aqua looked surprised with something else I couldn't place my finger on while Donald and Goofy had identical expression. They were both happy for me, both of them knowing who he was instantly. Kairi had a knowing glint in her eye. She must know who he is from the many nights we spent talking on the Gummi Ship. Lastly, Riku looked like a puppy that was just kicked by it master. His face was a whirlpool of hurt, betrayal, and even a little of hate. That killed a small part of me.

Still, I stepped away from Inuyasha just a bit and smiled. I saw Inuyasha tensed slightly, ever ready for any potential danger. However, I walked to my World traveling friends, to show that they mean no harm. "Inuyasha, I want you to meet my new friends." I began.

"This is Sora, Donald, Goofy, Riku, Kairi, Roxas, and Aqua. You guys, this is Inuyasha." I heard Riku snort slightly and I frowned. Sora and Kairi stepped up first to greet him, the two always being friendly. Soon the others opened up as well and I smiled as I saw Inuyasha fidget. Obviously, he was uncomfortable with all the attention.

As they did that, I went inside my home. It looked the same as it always did. I heard some sounds coming from the living room and assumed it was Souta playing his video games. I quietly walked in the room and snuck up on my little brother. I giggled as he jumped up form shock, but when he realized it was me, he tackled me to the ground. I wrapped my arms around him as I hugged him with all my might. I relaxed against his warmth and smiled as I slipped out his arms and ruffled his hair.

"Miss me, lil' bro?" I joked. He smirked and stuck his nose up in the air.

"Me? Miss you? Don't count on it!" he teased.

"Well, from the way you nearly hugged me to death I think it would be a pretty safe bet." I laughed. He shook his head and hugged me again.

I let him get back to his games and went to the place my mother would be at this time of day, in the kitchen baking sweets. As I neared my destination, the smell of chocolate cake filled my senses and my mouth began to water slightly. My mother always had her own personal magic when it comes to creating dishes.

When I entered the kitchen, I saw her opening the oven, and the sweet fragrance became stronger. My mother had a small smile gracing her face as she pulled out the chocolate pastries. She set them on the stove to cool off and wiped the sweat off her brows. Smiling at her handiwork, she turned around and her eyes settled on me; her eyes widened and she stepped towards me.

"I'm back, Mama." I smiled. She nodded and walked towards me and wrapped her arms around me. I buried my face in the crook of her neck and smiled. I even cried a little. Somehow, being away from her this time was different than going to the feudal era. I guess it because I'm no longer just a hop in a well away from her. I have to be in completely different Worlds now. I'm not so close to her anymore.

My mother felt just like I remember her to be. Warm, gentle and loving. I even felt a few tears drop on my shoulder. I missed her so much and I wish I could stay, but I can't. Just like my time in the feudal era, I have responsibilities that I need to complete. She already knows that though and for that I am grateful.

We pulled apart when we heard a gruff snort. Knowing it could only be one person; I turned around and faced Inuyasha coming in with everyone. Seeing that he caught my attention, he immediately walked to my side, hovering around me like a moon in a planet's orbit.

"Everyone, please make yourself at home and thank you for taking care of my daughter. It truly means so much to me." my mother said. In return, she received a chorus of 'no problem' or 'it's our job'. Hearing that, my mother simply giggled and offered them a slice of cake. Of course, Inuyasha and Sora were the first to jump at the cake, but then again it made life funnier.

We spent the day talking, eating, and relaxing. It was a nice change compared to fighting Heartless and the forces of Darkness. I guess, everyone silently agreed that this was to be our home base; a place to come to when needed to rest, heal, or relax. You could say, I was more than happy with that decision.

Yet, I could feel the whole time the tension between Riku and I. I looked at him from time to time and each time he wouldn't meet my eye. He was avoiding me and because to that I felt horrible. I felt like crawling up in a ball and cry. Every time that feeling would come over me, Inuyasha would pull me into him and Riku would glare at the two of us.

This whole situation was upsetting me. I wanted to make up with Riku, but I didn't want him to think that what he did earlier was okay. I also wanted to catch up with Inuyasha, but if I do, Riku would get the wrong impression. I was stuck and couldn't decide what road to take.

"Kagome, I need to talk to you."

If this keeps up-

"Wench! I'm calling you, I said we need to talk." Inuyasha said roughly. Processing that he wanted me to come with him, I stood up quietly and followed him out the door all the while feeling Riku's glare on my back.

When we were outside, Inuyasha picked me up bridal style, and jumped up into the sacred tree. He buried me within his arms, securing me in his cradle like grip. I looked up at the night sky, gazing at the few stars that could be seen.

"You know, those stars are actually worlds." I muttered absent mindedly.

"Keh, where did you hear that from Kagome?" he whispered.

"My new friends, but I actually been to some new Worlds though. It's pretty amazing."

"More amazing than a priestess from the future and the half demon traveling through time?"

I giggled at that and answered, "Hmm, just about the same actually." I then moved out of his arms slightly to look at him. He looked the same. I been gone for over a month but he hasn't changed a bit. I wonder; do I look the same to him? Am I the same Kagome who fell down the well to him?

I received my answer when his lips lightly brushed against mine. My eyes widened as he pulled away. His amber orbs glowing with a passion I thought I'll never see again. He loved me. He still loves me and because of that I cried for the third time today.

Instantly, Inuyasha was all over me, apologizing, kicking himself about what he did. I couldn't tell him to stop though. For so long, before I met the others, I longed for this moment. I wished for it every day, the day he would choose me over Kikyo. Now it's finally here, but…I don't want it anymore. I'm falling for Riku too quickly. I still love Inuyasha, but I'm becoming head over heels in love with Riku. Why is this happening too fast? Why is this happening now?

I then felt Inuyasha's arms around me again. He kept apologizing over and over again. I simply hid my face in his haori and cried. I let my tears stain his robe of the fire rat. I let my tears release all of the pain I felt today. I let my tears free of out their cages.

Once I was done. I sniffed and tried to clean up my appearance. After I was somewhat decent, I looked Inuyasha in the eye. He still had worry radiating off them, but I could see the pain I caused him to feel.

"Inuyasha…I'm sorry." I began.

"I'm sorry for blowing up like that, for hurting you." With that, I told him everything that happened, while we were separated. I told of my discovery that I was a princess of light. I told him of when I entered the realm of darkness and returned the Shikon Jewel to where it belongs. Then I told him of Riku. I told him of everything that happened between us. I told him of our arguments, of our pain, when we confessed, when we opened up to one another. I told him everything.

At the end of my confession, I couldn't read Inuyasha's expression. He had so many emotions running through his eyes, that I couldn't get a chance to see which one was which. Eventually, he nodded and pulled me back into him.

"Kagome, I don't care if you love that wimp. I've been through too much to let go of the one person I've ever truly cared about. To give up the one person I would die for. If I can't be in your life as your mate, then I would be more than happy to be just a friend. Also, if he ever lays a hand on you again, I will gut him from where he stands, you got that?" he said, his tone expressing how serious he was.

I smiled at the fact that Inuyasha is the way he was. He is arrogant, stubborn, strong, obnoxious, loud, loyal, kind, and protective of those he cared about and I am lucky enough to be one of those people. He will always be one of my best friends. It's like he said; if I can't have him in my life as a lover, then a friend will be more than enough.

"Also, Kagome, you do realize that I am coming with you from now on." Inuyasha said out of the blue. At this I jumped away from him, and yelled, "WHHAAAAAAT?"

He glared at me, no doubt for me yelling so close to his sensitive ears. Still, I couldn't help it. I was beyond shocked. He is going to be coming with us. When did he decide this? Why? Again, whaaaat?

"Well, of course, wench and watch your tone! You almost made me deaf with your screeching!" Inuyasha said rudely, his hands immediately going to the top of his head to massage his aching ears. He glared at me, but I simply giggled and went to rub his ears. I always loved these ears. They were the first thing that caught my attention when I first saw him.

After that, we spent the night chatting away, reminiscing, arguing, laughing, and simply enjoying each other's presence. So when I woke up the next morning, I expected to be in my own bed, Inuyasha without a doubt in the corner by the window. Instead I woke up to me in the guest bedroom, Riku's face right next to my own and his arms wrapped around my waist. I blushed immediately and tried to get off the bed, only for him to pull me closer to him. Panicked, I stood still as I heard him mutter my name.

I gazed at him with wide eyes. He was dreaming about me? Wasn't he angry at me? Shaking my head, either way I need to get out. Gently and quietly, I lifted his arm off of me and slowly stepped out the bed. As soon as I was off, I looked back at his face. He looked so peaceful and calm. All of the stress he would normally show when he was awake was nowhere to be found. Was it this face I fell in love with or did it form as the spark between us? Either way, I'm falling and fast.

Not being able to help myself, I leaned in and kissed him lightly, savoring the feel of his lips against my own. Pulling back slightly, I whispered, "I love you." Then before he could wake up, I tip toed out of the room, not wanting all of my sneaking to go to waste.

Deciding to get ready for the day, I tried to come up with a plan of what to do today. I was only able to come up with one idea. Smiling to myself, I took a quick shower and got dressed in a sky blue sundress and white flats. I pulled my hair up in a ponytail and then tied a white ribbon around the rubber band. Happy with my appearance, I went downstairs to see if anyone was getting ready or at least waking up.

I saw that Kairi and Aqua were up and dressed already. Both were wearing their everyday's clothes with the addition of their Wayfinder around their hips. They were talking to each other when they noticed me. Both of them smiled, but Kairi was the one who walked up to me.

"Morning, Kagome!" she greeted cheerfully. I smiled and wished her a good morning as well.

I looked around the room, not finding the others I asked, "Where are the others?"

Aqua then replied, "Oh, well Sora and Roxas are with Inuyasha outside. They wanted to have a practice match. Donald and Goofy are in the kitchen eating and I think Riku is taking a shower."

I nodded as the smell of bacon and eggs, and the sound of metal hitting metal invaded my senses. Giving them one last smile, I quickly walked to the kitchen and devoured the breakfast my mom laid out. As always, it was delicious.

Once I was done, I ran up to my room and quickly packed my bags, making sure I have enough supplies for the day. I tripled checked my bag and smiled when I was done. Slinging the hideous yellow contraption over my shoulder, I went downstairs and saw everyone talking.

Smelling me come into the room, Inuyasha was immediately at my side. I then greeted the other.

"Kagome, you are looking as lovely as ever." Roxas greeted, a charming smile plastered on his face. I laughed nervously and thanked him, noticing that Inuyasha and Riku were giving him a warning growl. I merely sighed before clearing my throat as an attempt to get everyone's attention.

"Okay, so you guys know how Inuyasha is from the past, right?" I started.

Waiting for everyone to nod, I then continued, "Okay, so for him to be here that means to well must be working. So before we leave this World, I just want to catch up with my friends form the past. Anyone is welcomed to come join me. If you want to go, I'm leaving now, so it's now or never."

At that I received cries consisting of "I wanna go!" and "Oh yeah, now we're gonna be time travelers!" I smiled at their behavior and made my way to the well house. Aqua decided to stay behind, however. She said she wished to learn more about this World from my mother. As I walked through the door, I saw the two of them deep in a conversation, both enjoying talking to one another.

The others except Riku and I were already in the well house. I was shocked that Inuyasha left without me and now the silence between Riku and I was getting awkward. Now, it's against my nature to tolerate these types of silences, so I didn't last long before calling his name.

"Riku, we need to talk…" I started before he cut me off.

"No, Kagome. I know what you want and I respect that but from now on let's just keep a distance, it's only fair." he said before walking into the well house.

I stared after him, feeling my whole world become undone. He doesn't want me near him was the only thought running through my head. I felt my body stiffen and pure misery take over my senses as I fought to make a brave face and join the others inside the well house.