*Note: This chapter contains PTSD topics!

Requested by theragingartist: How about a little angst? Not a crossover ask but a one shot! Kagome has been back from the feudal era permanently for a month or so and is having trouble adjusting. PTSD, imagining demons right round the corner and modern life feeling fake and cold.

Anime: Inuyasha

Pairing: Kagome Higurashi

Enter, grab the things she needed, walk home, and then she would be safe. That was the initial plan the miko had in mind as she entered the doors of the grocery store. Her eyes moved left and right as she heard voices accompanying beeping noises and drops of boxes echoing through the area.

Fingers scrunched over her skin as she kept them crossed with a basket hanging over her elbow. Anyone giving her look could see the tight grip she gave herself as she bruised her own skin below her fingers.

A month had passes since she had returned from the feudal era, and although she should feel like a hero for destroying the jewel, she did not. Every sound and every light made her shiver in fear and wanting nothing more than to hide in a corner. The constant feel of corrupted auras made her think demons were around to get her for revenge after many years.

Turning the corner to another aisle, Kagome jumped at the sound of a cry from a baby. Her breathe hitched as she shook in fear with the cry still being released. With a chest heaving heavily from her shock, the miko blinked as she saw the mother at the other side of the aisle calm her baby.

The war with Naraku was not easy, and it has scarred her - for life. The blood and deaths she had seen in that last battle were still stitched in her mind.

Could she even live a normal life?

Shaking her head, the miko proceeded to get the things she needed back at home. Slow steps were made towards the register, but the journey seemed miles away with each person that walked by and the carts that screeched against the floor.

How could she feel so alone when she had her family? She felt vulnerable in a safe world. Simply tasks were beginning to get tougher for her and she was unsure if she could move forward.

Tears threatened to escape the corner of her eyes; her body felt heavy and tired the more she went on.

"Miss, are you okay?"

The miko jumped at the sound of a male's voice. Looking to her right, Kagome took a step back as she saw an employee looking at her with concern. "Y-Yeah…," she nodded slowly. "I-I'm fine."

"Ah, well-," the employee blinked as he saw the girl scurry away, leaving him in blank stares at her weird behavior, "ask me if you need any…help." This was the first time the employee had ever seen a person so afraid of being…exposed.

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