October 19

I spent some time at Kaede's house today and told her all about our trip to the demon slayer village; everything from the sparring matches to the snake demons attack to the performance that the demon slayers put on.

"It sounds like you all had quite an exciting trip," Kaede said. She had been highly entertained by my story.

"It was so much fun, Kaede. You should have seen Midori and Mieko too. They loved all of it and have decided that they're going to be demon slayers when they grow up."

Kaede laughed a bit. "I have no doubt about that. With Miroku and Sango to look up to, those girls, and Shinichi too, are going to be quite fierce when they grow up."

At that moment, Rin came into the house.

"Hi Rin," I said.

"How was school?" Kaede asked.

"Not super fun. I wish I didn't have to go to school."

I giggled a bit. "I know that feeling."

"At least you don't have to fight demons like entrance exams like Kagome did in her era," Kaede pointed out. "Kagome, would you mind going to get some herbs for me?"

"Of course," I said, standing up.

"Can I come?" Rin asked.

"Of course you can."

So we went out together to our usual spots to pick herbs. Rin and I went out together every so often to get herbs for Kaede or to simply talk and have fun. She's such a sweetheart and it was always fun to spend time with her.

"Has Sesshomaru been to visit you lately?" I asked her as we were getting our herbs.

"It's been a while," she said with a sigh. "I know he's busy a lot but I miss him."

"I understand. I'm sure he's thinking about you though and wants to get back to you as soon as he can."

"I hope so. I wish I still traveled with him but he says it's too dangerous and I should do normal things like make friends in the village and go to school."

"But those things are fun right?"

"I guess so. It's not like I have many friends at school. Most of them think I'm weird but that's okay." She was silent for a moment. "When did you have your first boyfriend, Kagome?"

"Well...Inuyasha was my first boyfriend."

"Really?" she said in surprise.

I couldn't help the smile that formed on my face at the thought. "Yeah. I mean, I technically went on one date with a guy from my era way back then but we were never actually together. Inuyasha was my first love, my first kiss…" My first everything, I added silently.

"That's nice. I want to have a boyfriend one day. One of my friends, Yuka, started dating this boy in our class."

"Is there anyone in your class that you like?"

Rin shook her head. "They're all so immature and gross."

I laughed. "That's how I felt about the boys at my school when I was your age."

"I would want to be with someone who is really kind and loving. Like how Inuyasha is to you."

"You'll find someone like that someday Rin, I know you will. How about we head back to Kaede's?"

After leaving Kaede's house for the day, I thought about our conversation. Inuyasha really had been my first for everything. I still remembered very clearly how I felt when I first started to fall in love with him; it was exciting and scary to wonder if he felt the same way about me. He was my first love but he was also my first heartbreak; there was certainly a lot of that back then. Things weren't always great between us with the way we would fight and the jealousy on both of our parts. At one point I was sure he had chosen Kikyo over me and didn't want me to stay with him which hurt like a knife cutting through my heart.

Yet for every time he made me angry or made me cry, there was a time where he was so kind to me and made me feel like I was on top of the world with happiness. How could I not have loved him with the way he always protected me and was so affectionate with me? When we had our first kiss it was like everything had fallen into place. A million kisses later, it still makes me heart pound every time I think of it.

When I got into the house I was surprised to find Inuyasha putting dinner on the table.

"Hey, sweetheart," he said.

"You've been busy."

"I wanted to surprise you." He came over and out his arms around me. "I made your favorite."

"Thank you, honey." I couldn't help but smile as I kissed him. Thinking back on the way we used to be, who would have thought that one day we'd end up like this?