Disclaimer: I wish I owned InuYasha and Spirited Away

Bunny: glad you understand the story ^_^ you'll just have to see what happens!

TsukinoDeynatsu - Glad you like it! Hmm I'll have to get that song, thanks.

And on with the show! er, story. Also, as I mentioned before, I'm taking this a little further then the end of the movie goes.

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Yasha's ears were perked up and listening. Kagome took a deep breath. "His name was, InuYasha. It was you. You're name is, InuYasha!" she said. Yasha, or rather, InuYasha from now on, shook beneath her, and shrank back into his dog-eared human form. As they fell, Kirara quickly transformed back into herself and caught them. Sitting on her back, InuYasha put his arms around Kagome.

"I remember Kagome." he said. "I was trapped under the ice, and you saved me. Then we promised." he broke off blushing. Kagome sighed happily into his chest and then pulled back to look at him. "That I'd always love you. I have, I've never loved anyone but you, InuYasha." He pulled her back into his arms and the two kissed.

Feeling a tug on her sleeve, Kagome broke off the kiss and looked at Shippou, still in the form of a fox. He pointed out over Kirara's shoulder and Kagome saw the bathhouse. "We're almost back, what will we do?" she asked. InuYasha smiled at her. "You have your name, and Kikyou made a deal with me, she'll let you go. And change your mom and brother back too." He hugged her again. "Don't worry."

Kirara landed on the bridge. Kikyou stood at the door to the bathhouse glaring. Kagome could see most of the staff gathered around watching. Sitting along the sides by Kikyou were a dozen wolves. "Where's Shippou?" Kikyou demanded, as they 4 drew near. Shippou ran forward and with a poof of smoke, turned back into himself. Kikyou's eyes widened. "The fox? Damn my sister. Are you alright Shippou?" she asked. Shippou grinned, "I had sooo much fun! I wanna go out all the time!" he said happily.

"Well, Kikyou? Let her go." InuYasha demanded. Kikyou frowned. "Come here Mei." she snapped. "My name is Kagome." Kagome said defiantly. Kikyou glared even more. "Remember it hmm? Well you're almost free. But first," she gestured to the wolves. "Which ones are your mother and brother? You only get 1 guess. Get it wrong, and you're mine." Kagome took a deep breath and looked at the wolves. *None of them have those shards* she realized. "None of them. My mom and Souta aren't here."

Kikyou's eyes widened and she pulled out the contract Kagome had signed and ripped it up, cursing. "Go! Take her out of here Yasha." A cheer went up from the crowd. "Thank you Kikyou." Kagome said. InuYasha grabbed her hand and pulled her onto his back. "C'mon." As they ran, Kagome turned behind her and waved to the workers, who cheered again.

Kagome watched the field fly by, resting her head on InuYasha's back, suddenly he stopped. She looked up, they were at the end of the road, with the well-house at its side and the steps leading to where the main building should have been. "This is as far as I can go Kagome." InuYasha said. She jumped off his back and hugged him. "Will I ever see you again?" she asked. He turned, grabbed her shoulders and held her out looking at her. "I have my name now. I'll get Kikyou to let me go, and then I'll come to you." he said, then he leaned down and kissed her. Pulling back with a grin, he looked up at the sky over her shoulder. Kagome turned and saw the sun slowly rising over the steps. As she watched, the main shrine building faded into existence.

She turned back and saw InuYasha had turned into his black-haired form again. "Well, head on into the main building. You're free now." he said sadly. "Go inside, and don't look back." Then, he kissed her fiercely. "I love you, Kagome." he said. "I love you too, InuYasha." she breathed. She turned and ran, fighting back tears. As she moved away from him, she felt something tug and thought she heard a snap. She wanted to turn back, but kept running. She pounded up the steps into the main building and slid the door open.

Closing the door behind her, and still not looking back, Kagome sank to her knees on the floor and cried. *I don't want to leave him again. What if I never see him? What if he can't come back?* she wondered.

InuYasha watched the door close and sighed. He looked down and opened his fist, revealing a shard on a broken chain. The necklace he had given Kagome the first night. He had broken if off her neck as she ran off. He clutched it in his hand. *She's gone, I'll have to find her again, somehow.* As he turned to go, the well caught his eye. He stared for a moment, and then with a grin, dashed off back to the bathhouse.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kagome stood up, brushing back the last of her tears. *He'll come to me, he promised. I have to believe him. * she thought. She carefully opened the door and looked out. The sun was much higher in the sky. *I must have been crying for a good 2 hours.* she thought. Then she noticed the car on the road. *The car wasn't there when I was here with InuYasha. That means* she turned around and almost smacked into Souta.

"Ah! Watch where you're going sis." He said. Kagome stared at him in shock as he pushed past her out the door, dragging a big suitcase. "Are you packed dear?" her mother's voice asked. Kagome turned and saw her mom standing on a stairway to the left of the door. "Momma!" she cried, and threw herself into her mother's arms. "My goodness. Are you crying? You complained the entire way here and now you don't want to leave." her mother said, hugging her.

"Leave?" Kagome said in surprise, pulling back. Her mother laughed. "Do you mean you're not coming?" she laughed again and gave Kagome a pat as she headed down the stairs. "Get your bags, we'll still have 2 weeks before school starts when we get home." she went out the door as Souta came back in. "Souta! What's today?" Kagome asked. He shrugged and pushed past her, heading up the stairs. "Well you've only spent the entire summer counting down the days, you tell me." he said on his way by. "Entire summer?" she muttered, and went up the stairs after him.

Turning into the first doorway she came to, her eyes widened in shock. Her suitcase sat on a bed, half packed. She looked around the room. A calendar, with X's throughout most of the days hung, on the wall over the bed. A few of her schoolbooks sat out on the bed, by the suitcase. She went over and gasped in shock. All of her summer homework had been completed, in her handwriting. She looked around at the posters on the wall, one half peeling off with a chair under it as though someone had been taking it down. They were her posters. It looked as though she had spent the entire summer in the shrine.

"Amazing!" she said. *guess I'd better start, er finish packing.* As she gathered up the schoolbooks a small book fell out. She picked it up and looked at the cover.

"Legends of Midoriko Shrine ~ Ghost sightings at the well ~ Mysterious Lights at the Bathhouse ~ Shadows of Buildings in the Field ~ Wolves Howling in the Night ~ And more!"

Kagome smiled and opened the book, looking at writing on the first page. "For Mei, don't forget us." she read. It had been signed by Kaede, Miroku, and Sango. Grinning she put the book in her bag. "Kagome! Are you ready?" her mother called. "Yeah!" she yelled. Kagome grabbed her bag and headed down the stairs.

As the car pulled back out of the driveway, Kagome saw a sign she hadn't seen on the way in. "Midoriko Family Shrine and Bathhouse." it said. The sign shimmered for a moment and Kagome could see the words "For the Gods" underneath it. Then it shimmered again and the words vanished. She smiled and pulled out the book they had given her.

She spent the ride home reading about supernatural happenings at the Shrine. Someone, probably Kaede, had written in the margins, writing what had really happened and what "Chapter 1: History of Midoriko Shrine" had missed. Before she realized it, they were pulling up to the Higurashi Shrine. While Souta and her mom carried in their suitcases Kagome stood by the well house. *InuYasha* she thought sadly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2 months later, Kagome trudged up the shrine steps. She shifted her backpack to her other shoulder and pulled her sweater tighter against the October wind. She reached the top of the steps and Souta ran over. "Kagome, some guy's here to see you." he said. She followed him and stopped in her tracks as she stared at her visitor came out the door.