Chapter 37: Let's Go Home
Once the ferry makes its stop on the dock's assigned spot, it drops its anchor to make sure it doesn't float away from the mainland. The bottom of the ferry opens up like a drawbridge, allowing the vehicles that boarded earlier to drive out. Once all of the vehicles got off, the other passengers begin to get out. Kagome runs to the gate where the passengers take to get to wherever they need to go. Inuyasha comes to her side, just to make she's in safe arms.
A few minutes later Kagome spots her Academy friends coming her way. "Sakura!" She waves her hand to get her friends' attention. "Hey look, it's Kagome." Miyuki smiles as she runs ahead of the two and comes to Inuyasha and Kagome. "How is it that you guys got here?" Inuyasha asks the trio as they got enough. "We'll talk later. But first." Sakura said as she gives Kagome's luggage. Kagome gasps as she sees it. "I didn't know I left it at the Academy." She said in disbelief as Sakura gladly gives it to her. "Thanks." Kagome smiles as they all head to a local café to know what happened.
The group of friends take an empty table that had enough seats for all of them after they order their drinks. "So how is it that you guys escape?" Kagome asks them. Sakura giggles first. "Escape? Nope. We were actually released by the staff of the Academy." She answers to them. Kagome and Inuyasha look at each other in udder disbelief. "You're joking." Inuyasha accused them. "Not at the least. Thanks to Kagome's purification powers, she was impress by the staff that they think that it's best that let us go." Hirako takes his turn to the answer.
Kagome looks down in shame. "This is my fault to get you guys involved into this." She controls her cries, not to make a scene in front of the customers. "Kagome, it's not your fault to begin with. It was us who did. You have nothing to be ashamed." Sakura assures her. Hoping to make Kagome feel better.
Fortunately, it does. "It was something we didn't expected at the least. We were just lucky to make it here." Miyuki said to them. "So where are you going from her?" Inuyasha asks them after taking a sip of his water. "Well, the obvious answer we can give you is that we all go home." Miyuki spoke to them. "I have to go back to Osaka, pretty much to surprise my family to let them know I'm back safe and sound" Kagome nods to her. "And you Hirako?" She turns to him. "I live there as well so she doesn't get back there alone." He smiles proudly. "And I assume you're coming back to Tokyo with us Sakura?" Inuyasha asks this time. Sakura nods. "Yeah. My family will be in a shock to see." Kagome nods. "Mine too." She agrees with her.
After taking their the belongs they leave the café and head to the outskirts of the town. "So I guess this is where we have to split." Miyuki tells them as Hirako gets to her side. Kagome writes down something on a piece of paper and gives it to them. "That's my cell phone number. Call me when you get home." She said to them and does the same and gives another one to Sakura. Sakura looks confused. "You know it's going to take us days to get back to Tokyo." She said to them. "I know, but I just wanted to make sure that you don't lost it." Kagome smiles to her. "And besides, thanks to Kirara here, she can get us at half of them." Kirara mews. Sakura smiles back. "We might as well get going." She said to Miyuki and Hirako. Sakura hug Miyuki first and Hirako. "You guys be safe." She tells them. Miyuki does the hug to Kagome. "Same to you guys." Miyuki speaks back.
Inuyasha and Hirako give a firm hand shake. "It was nice meeting you guys." Hirako smiles to him. Inuyasha nods back, "Right back at you. Until we meet again." They finalize their farewells and heard their general directions. "Let's go home.
Like what Kagome said earlier, Kirara indeed made it back to Tokyo in record time. But to make sure they weren't seen by the other people of the city they land in the outskirts. "We're not far where I live." Sakura said to them as she gets off of Kirara's back. Kagome and Inuyasha remain of the feline's back. "You sure you know where you're going." Sakura waves her hand. "It's okay, it's a few blocks away." She assures them and walks away from them. Kagome nods back. "Okay, you take care Sakura." She waves her hand good-bye.
Once Sakura makes her way to the street where her house lives on, Kirara decides to fly to the Higurashi Shrine. Luckily it's the middle of the night so no one can spot them in the sky. The Sacred Tree gets their sight. "We're finally home." Kagome smiles with tears of tears spilling from her eyes, even if they're closed. Inuyasha jumps off after her and embraces her as he rested his chin onto the top of her head. "It is." He agrees.
After a few minutes Inuyasha and Kagome make their way to Kagome's bedroom window. He hops onto the sill and opens it. Once wide enough he jumps back down and wraps Kagome's luggage first and gets into her room. He jumps back down ad bring her into the room. Luckily no one is here sleeping. Kagome gets her luggage and changes into her pjs. Inuyasha turns around and does the same but to take off his hoodie and the charm to revert back into his hanyou form. He spots Kagome get under the comforter and made room for Inuyasha to sleep with her. When they get comfortable, the first thing that Inuyasha does is to wrap his arms around Kagome's waist and pull her close to him. Soon enough Kagome falls asleep like the dead. Inuyasha rolls his eyes and does the same. 'It's good to be home.' He grins in his head.