The trip through the pipe was short, and ended with a thud, bodies crashing into the bottom of a real well. Wufei, Heero and Inuyasha, who had gone down first, were already on the outside when the rest showed up. Inuyasha was crouched down, sniffing the air, and the ground, looking for any familiar scents. After a few moments of this, he turned to the two boys who were sitting behind him, and said:

"The village is that way, follow me if you want to find it."

Wufei, who was irritated and sore, looked at him then asked:

"Why, in God's name, should we follow you! You drug us here in the first place, this is not our..."

"Oh shut it human!

Not in the mood to fight with the annoying boy, Inuyasha walked away from them, heading in the direction that he had indicated before he was interrupted. After a little while, he picked up the pace and ran toward the village. The only thing on his mind was Kagome, and seeing her again.

Meanwhile, at the well, Heero was helping Quatre, Trowa and Duo out of the well. Shippo hopped gracefully onto its rim, and then the ground, taking off toward the direction Inuyasha had gone.

Inuyasha ran as fast as he could; even when he got to the village he didn't stop. He went straight to Kaede's home, where he stopped abruptly. He stood there for a moment, sniffing the air. Kagome was, or had been there, and recently. A lump appeared in his throat, and he was almost afraid to go in. He stood there, shuffling his feet, and he was reminded of when they had said their good-byes.

^FLAHSBACK^

Inuyasha was standing in front of the Bone-Eater's Well, where Kagome was planning to leave. They had found all of the Shikon-No-Tama shards and she was leaving, going back to her own time. After all they had been through, everything that he had gone through with her, he had decided to give the jewel to her, and have her take it back to her own time. The well was to be destroyed, so nothing could go after the stone, including him.

As they had stood there, they were a little nervous, especially considering what had happened just a few nights earlier. Kagome grabbed his hand, and placed it on her chest. He stood there, motionless, then raised his hand and put it on her cheek. He leaned in and half kissed, half licked her. She tasted of salt, likely from the tears on her cheeks.

It had made him want more. However, something inside him said no, they didn't have time for that. He moved away from her, and silently turned to leave. She called out to him, to come back, but he didn't listen. She had said her good-byes to everyone else already, Sango and Miroku had almost cried. Shippo had begged her not to leave him. Inuyasha thought of all that, but even that didn't make him stop. He loved her and couldn't bear to see her leave. Yet, because of his reluctance to tell her, she left, without ever knowing.

^END FLASHBACK^

Inuyasha thought about this, but when he heard the padding of feet and the thumping of shoes coming from behind him, he decided to go on with it. He burst through the door, regretting that he hadn't knocked, then stood there. The others followed him in, but what met his eyes was too wonderful to turn away from.