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They made it back to Genki's quickly. Yukina was very happy to see Kagome again. She apologized several times. However Kagome assured her she was not at all upset with her. After all she had only done what Kagome asked her to do.

It took some convincing on Kagome's part but, Kuwabara gave the jewel to Shippo so he and Kagome could have some time to catch up with one another. Genki let them use a small sitting room. Kurama was still nervous about Shippo so he chose to sit outside the door in the hall.

"Shippo will you please tell me what happened to the others now." Kagome asked once they settled down into the sitting room.

Shippo thought for a moment he wanted to phrase it in just the right way. "Well, after you had left we tried several times to get you back. Even the well disappeared so we weren't sure what to do. Eventually we left the jewel with Kaede she passed it down through her family line for a while."

Kagome nodded it made since she was Kikyou's sister so she would have been next inheriting the jewel if it hadn't been burnt with her body. "Does that mean Genki's related to Kaede?"

Shippo shook his head no. "No but you family is. Genki got the jewel from your family. After I gave it back to them."

Kagome was confused for a moment "Gave it back? When did you get it?"

Shippo looked up with a slight grin a hand up behind his head. "I kind of stole it from its current guardian at the time."

"Shippo." Kagome scolded

"I had a good reason I promise!" Kagome pierced him with a look that clearly stated that it had better be a real good reason. "You see it was close to the time that you were going to be born. I didn't know what would happen with two versions of the jewel in the same area. With the jewel originally being inside of you and all. Later I gave the jewel back to your mom. "

Kagome nodded that made since. "What about Sango and Miroku?"

Shippo smiled. "Got married had lots of kids. Eventually all their decedents reinstated the demon slayers. Most of them went underground though when worlds split. Shortened the name to just Slayers. They take after Sango most of them are girls. They've left japan for the most part though. Mainly in Britain and America now."

Kagome was happy to hear about Sango and Miroku. She was glad they were finally able to have a good life.

"What about Inuyasha? Is he….still around?"

Shippo knew she would ask. He really didn't want to tell her but knew she deserved to know. "He's …..I don't know. Most likely is, I'm not sure I would want to find him if he was."

Kagome frowned that did not sound good. "Why? What happened Shippo?"

"After you were trapped he tried entering the void through the medio several times to find you. He'd be gone for days, sometimes weeks, at a time looking. I guess time was hard to tell with it being a void and all. Each time he came back he was just… changed a bit. A little more off. When he came back the last time he… he was really reclusive."

Kagome looked down, there had to be more. Inuyasha was reclusive when she first met him. So that would mean he just reverted back in character a bit. That would have been a normal reaction. "There's more isn't their Shippo?"

Shippo nodded. Looking down as he told her. "A few days after his last trip in to the void he took off. No one knew where he went. Then we, Sango, Miroku and I, got a request for help from a village nearby. They said young girls started dispersing. They all had long black hair and blue eyes like you. All around your age too. We found the first of the girls drowned by the river the second was left in the forest. No one wanted to believe it at first but finally we caught him trying to abduct another girl. He ran, I gave chase to him but he got away. There were no more problems at the village after that and even though we kept a close ear out for any information on him we never heard anything more. We don't know what happened he just…went crazy."

When he was finished he looked back up at Kagome, her face was in her hands a muffled sob escaping now and again.

Kagome didn't know how to react to that other than cry. Tears for the girls that had lost their lives and for Inuyasha. He ended up that way because of her. If she hadn't been trapped then he wouldn't have gone looking for her. He won't have spent the time in void. He'd no doubt gone through the torments she endured as well. The meditation Miroku taught her was really the only reason she kept her sanity.

Kurama sat outside as the two talked. He could hear their conversation but tuned them out so as to give Kagome at least some privacy. It wasn't long before Kuwabara joined him.

"What brings you by?" Kurama asked

"Well it seems like every time I let someone else hold the jewel for a while something happens." Kuwabara stated. "I promised to help her so I'm going to. Why are you still sticking around?"

Kurama nodded at his simple logic it did make since. "I know a fox's nature; I still don't trust him just yet."

They were both quiet listening to the soft mummers from inside of the room. It was a few minutes later they heard crying. Getting up quickly they both barged into the room. Kagome was curled up crying and Shippo looked very guilty and upset himself.

"What did you do now fox!" Kuwabara shouted at him. While Kurama moved in closer to check on Kagome.

It wasn't Shippo that answered. "He didn't do anything please don't yell at him." Kagome said wiping her tears away even though more still fell. "He was just filling me in on what happened to few friends since I've been away. It's not all happy."