Hey!! Well sad as it is, my story is almost over : ( But no worries! My second one is coming SHORTLY after!! ENJOY CH. 25!!

Chapter: 25 – The Talk

"MIROKU!!"

Sango ran up to Miroku and hugged him so tightly that she could have killed him again.

Miroku chuckled as he hugged her back. "I've missed you too Sango."

Soon, everyone was running up to hug him. Saying that it was a miracle that he was alive.

Everyone, except Kida and Tekei. Kida didn't belong in this group; she was all alone in the world with no one by her side. She's been that way for three years; not counting the 50 that she was sealed to the Sacred Tree. She sighed heavily. She didn't want to be apart of it if it meant being tortured with the fact that Inuyasha is in a love square with her, Kagome and Kikyo. She couldn't live with that kind of sadness. She didn't know how Kagome could.

She slowly turned around and walked out to the lake, letting everyone get reacquainted with one another.

Tekei followed her.

Kida sat down by the river and stuck her fingers in.

After a few minutes, Tekei finally joined her. "So, anything you want to talk about?"

Kida sighed. "Not really."

Tekei put his arm around her shoulder.

Kida blushed. She sniffed, trying to pull back her tears. She finally realizes that if she can't be with the group, then she can't be with Inuyasha. Kida slowly put her head on Tekei's shoulder, watching as the sun was beginning to rise.

"You know, you don't have to be alone."

Kida's sleepy eyes opened to the sound of Tekei's soft, warm voice.

"I've been alone for 16 years. I've trained myself, learned myself, and didn't interact with others until this experience. You changed me Kida."

Kida lifted her head and looked at him sadly.

"Maybe, since we're both alone, we can travel together," Tekei suggested.

Kida smiled. "I'd love to," she said as she kissed him on the cheek and lowered her head on his shoulder again. He smiled and rested his head on hers as they watched the sun rise.

Now in the middle of the day, after a long nap, Kida had taken Inuyasha out alone with her in the forest.

"What's wrong Kida?"

"Inuyasha. I know you loved Kikyo, and me; and I know how you feel about Kagome," Kida said, making Inuyasha shutter.

"I've seen you Inuyasha, I've watched you and your friends; wishing every day that we can be together again. But now I realize that I can't."

Inuyasha froze. "What do you mean?"

"I can't travel with you, because I know that it'd be hard for you to choose between us. And the more I'm with you, the more I–" Kida stopped. She took a deep breathe and whipped her eyes so she wouldn't cry.

"Now I'm going to choose. Between you and Tekei."

Inuyasha froze in fright.

"I choose Tekei."

Inuyasha felt like he couldn't breathe.

"I know it's hard; it's hard for me too. But I'd rather be with someone who I know will love me and only me; and not take off for another girl," Kida explained.

Inuyasha remembered all the times he ran after Kikyo, and how Kagome was left behind feeling sad or angry.

"I'm sorry that it has to be this way. But I'm going to do what makes me happy. And I think you should do the same," and with that, Kida turned and left Inuyasha stunned with her words.

Inuyasha wondered if this was how Kagome felt when she had over heard him talking to Kikyo in a certain way. He now realized how bad it felt. He began thinking about her last words. Doing what makes me happy, Inuyasha thought. Was that supposed to help me choose between Kagome and Kikyo?

Kida walked back to the hut and found Tekei observing the potion he had made.

"Tekei! About the potion! It's not–"

"The cure? Yeah, I kind of just figured that out," Tekei interrupted. "So what is it?"

Kida walked over to a table and picked up a small device with one button, small holes in the front like a speaker, and a large hole on the bottom for where the potion was supposed to go.

She took the potion and poured it into the bottom then sealed it.

Back on the table were two glowing ear pieces. They were to block out the sound for who ever was wearing them.

"This device. What were you trying to make if for?" Kida asked.

"It was for my computer. It was supposed to transfer data to other computers," Tekei explained.

"Well you might have gotten something wrong while building it," Kida said, holding it up. "This device can paralyze anyone who is not wearing these ear plugs; of course the device probably needs to be right by the person's ear in order to work." Kida sealed it and the ear plugs into a clear case with a hole at the top. "But still," she put a chain through the hole and connected it. "In the wrong hands, it could be trouble."

Kida held out the device for Tekei to take it. He didn't. He smiled. "You keep it."

"What?"

"You obviously know a lot more about it then I do."

Kida smiled as she put the device around her neck.

"Take good care of it."

"Shouldn't we give you inventions names?" Kida said.

"What for?" Tekei asked.

"So we don't get confused," Kida said walking over to the computer.

"We?"

Kida took the device around her neck into her hand. "This one is first," she said looking at him with a smile.

Tekei knew that she didn't hear him; or didn't want to. "What do you have in mind?"

Kida looked at the device, observing it well; trying to think of a good name for it. "How about," she turned to the computer and spoke as she typed. "The P-Modulator." She looked at Tekei. "You know, P for paralyze. And Modulator makes sense since this is a sound device."

Tekei giggled. "Clever."

Kida rolled the chair to the other side of the room to a table. "Oo! What's this!?" She said picking up a small device.

"It's just a prototype but it still works."

"What's it do?" Kida asked.

"It's supposed to…um…call other people who are far away," Tekei explained.

"Does it work?"

"Yes, but only with people who have one as well," Tekei said.

"How do you talk through it?" Kida said twirling the device in her palm. She brought it to her mouth and mumbled something.

Tekei smiled. "No, no. You put it to your ears so you can hear what other people are saying," Tekei said, bringing Kida's hand up to her hear, demonstrating it.

"But it's not long enough to reach my mouth. How will they hear me?"

"They will, trust me."

"So how do you contact someone?" Kida asked.

"Ok, listen carefully. Those buttons on it are numbers. Every device has three of the same numbers; nine, five and four. Then they have seven more numbers that are different from the others. If you push them all together then you're calling another device. It's like a cellular project," Tekei explained.

"Cell phone!!" Kida blurted out.

Tekei looked at her.

"Well the word phone just popped into my head, and cell is short for cellular!"

Tekei smiled.

"Cool! Let's look at more!!"

LOL! Kida's funny!! Let me know what you guys think! And anything you'd like to happen in my SECOND story! Just let me know!! I'm ALWAYS open for options! TATA!!