Yes, I'm horrible I know... but I'm only... ah forget it. I'm late and everybody knows it. Blame my "My Boyfriend's an Anime Character" OEL Manga series and it's up-coming book release.

It's also clear I need to work on my time-management skills...

Anyway, here's your regular update everybody!

Oh yeah and while you're here, I've been wondering about something: Is it possible to get another name added to the character list?

When you are looking for a story about a certain character, you select there name in those box things...

How is it 'Hakudoshi' is in it, but not Kaname??! I'm just wondering how you go about getting another name added.
I mean, there's 25+ stories with Kaname on FFN, so her name should be on the list!!

Notes: "Italic" = Inner Kaname

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Chapter 20: Homecoming part 3

Late that night, Kaname was reading the Shikigami spell book.

Turns out, Jaken was partly right about putting a spell on someone, but it didn't have the power to do what the imp said it did.

Not to mention the fact she didn't even know about it until that moment... but if Jaken knew there was even the potential to put a spell on Sesshomaru, he'd probably attack her even if Sesshomaru said to leave her alone.

Kaname flipped through a few more pages, a pang of guilt starting to get the better of her.

Reading the book now meant she'd find the spell she needed to get home faster.

Sesshomaru was dreading Kaname leaving, even through he knew she had to.

Even Kaname felt like going home was out of obligation, not because she wanted to.

"What's so wrong with staying here forever?"

'My friends back home would miss me, not to mention my family.'

"Your best friends are HERE, your boyfriend is here.'

'I don't know if 'boyfriend' is the right word to describe Sesshomaru...'

"It doesn't matter! You love him, he loves you. Can you honestly say you'd choose to go home instead of staying here?"

'It's only temporary...'

"What if it wasn't? What if you go back home, and find out you can't get back?"

'That won't happen. I'll know how to get back before I go.'

"If it fails? It could fail for some reason. Would it be worth it?"

Kaname's internal debate stopped.

'If it didn't work, I couldn't come back here... But, that wouldn't happen would it?'

Kaname hadn't really considered the idea that there might not be a way to return a third time.

What would she do if she couldn't get back to the Feudal Era?

'No... I will be able to get back to everyone. I'll find the return spell before I leave and everything will be fine. I know it...' Kaname thought.

Kaname decided to stop reading for the night, and put the book on the table next to her bed.

'Everything will be fine. I'm just thinking too much.' She thought.

The Next Morning: Kaname walked down the stairs, and heard an argument between Inuyasha and Kagome.

"Not happening!" Inuyasha yelled.

"I told you before! I have a HUGE test next week and I have to go home to study! It effects 50% of my grade and if I fail, I'll probably have to repeat the year!!" Kagome yelled back.

"So what? I thought you liked 'school' since you argue about going back all the time!" Inuyasha said, loudly.

"If I fail this test, that means we'll argue like this about my going back for another year! Do you really want to go through this any more then necessary?" Kagome said.

Inuyasha hesitated, then turned his back to Kagome.

"Fine. Go back and 'study' then." Inuyasha said, crossing his arms.

Kagome grinned and hugged Inuyasha from behind.

"Thank you, Inuyasha. It'll be over before you know it and I'll be here most of the summer."

"Most?"

"Well, I did promise my friends I'd go with them on a vacation..."

"Oh, you'll go off with your friends in your world to who-knows-where, and leave us here to wait for you to get back to do anything!" Inuyasha yelled.

Kagome sighed, exasperated.

"It's only for a week. I'll be back before you have time to miss me." She said.

Inuyasha scoffed.

"What makes you think I'll miss you at all?"

Kagome returned the scoff.

"You don't fool me, Inuyasha..." She said quietly, hugging Inuyasha tighter.

Kaname saw Inuyasha's blush from across the room and giggled quietly.

Inuyasha's ears twitched and he looked over at Kaname, only to blush darker.

"Morning Kaname." Kagome greeted letting go of Inuyasha.

"Good morning." Kaname said, walking over to Kagome and Inuyasha.

"So, any headway on the book? Have you found the spell yet?" Kagome asked.

Kaname shook her head, looking down slightly.

"No, I haven't found it yet. It's going to take awhile so..." She said, trailing off.

Sango came down the stairs, as Sesshomaru came in the back way.

Kaname blushed as she glanced over at Sesshomaru, but looked a little sad.

Inuyasha tensed, then Kagome took his arm and drug him away.

Sesshomaru walked over to Kaname, and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"Have you made any progress on the book yet?" Sesshomaru asked.

"A little..." Kaname said quietly, blushing slightly.

"Don't put off reading the book for too long. The longer it takes, the harder it's going to be." He said, sadly.

Kaname looked sad, nodding once.

Sango was frozen on the stairs, watching them.

"It's a little hard to read, since it's not separated into chapters like books from home are. But, I should be done in a week or so. Then again, that depends on where the spell is in the book, it might be sooner..." Kaname said, rambling a bit.

Sesshomaru smiled slightly, resting his hand on Kaname's shoulder.

"Don't worry about it, Kaname. You'll find it soon either way." He said.

Kaname nodded and Sesshomaru walked passed her, sensing Sango watching them.

After Sesshomaru was out of site, Sango walked down the stairs the rest of the way.

"That was a cute KanameSesshomaru couple moment." Sango said, with a smile.

Kaname was looking down at the floor.

Sango's smile quickly faded, seeing the tears in Kaname's eyes.

"What's wrong? Kaname...?" Sango asked, as Kaname started crying.

Sango put an arm around Kaname's shoulders as the two walked out to the garden.

The two girls sat in silence on a stone bench, as Kaname calmed down a little.

"I don't want to leave..." Kaname sobbed out.

Sango smiled sympathetically.

"You said yourself it's only for a few days, not forever. You'll be back before you know it." She said.

Kaname shook her head, wiping her eyes.

"What if I can't get back? If the spell fails? I'd never see you guys again..." She said, quietly.

"That won't happen. Even if it does, there should be a way for us to come see you in your time." Sango said.

Kaname looked at Sango, sniffing and wiping her eyes.

"Really? You think so?" She asked.

"Of course. If there's a way for you to come here, there must be a way for us to get there." Sango said, with a smile.

Kaname smiled slightly, with a nod.

"That makes since." She said.

Sango nodded.

"No matter what happens, no one's getting separated forever. We, especially Sesshomaru, would find a way to get to you, with or without Shikigami powers. Don't worry about it." She said, with a smile.

Kaname returned the smile, wiping her eyes.

"Okay, breakdown over. You might want to wash your face before Sesshomaru sees it's all red. If he thinks someone upset you... Well, we don't want to know what he'd do." Sango said.

Kaname nodded with a small laugh.

"Yeah, that's true..." She said.

The two girls walked back in the house.

After Kaname washed her face, she walked upstairs to her room, to read more of the Shikigami book.

About 3 hours later:

Kaname was sitting on her bed, and gasped quietly.

"I found it..." She said, quietly.

The Shikigami girl marked the page, and drew a little star by the spell she needed to go home.

Closing the book, Kaname sighed quietly and hugged the book.

"I guess I can go home now." She said to herself quietly.

'...Home... to a world without Sesshomaru...' Kaname thought sadly.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Done at last!!! Sorry for the long wait, especially since the chapter feels like a filler...

But, it's done and the next chapter SHOULD be done by the end of the month. Well, I hope so anyway.

Okay, well I've got a TON of stuff to do, including get started on the next chapter so I'm gonna go now.

Read and Review PLEASE!!!!