It was 4:00 in the morning, and Kagome was trying to keep herself awake. She needed to be alert to chew out Inuyasha when he arrived.

He had said he would be at the shrine at 8:00 p.m. yesterday. Kagome thought about going into the well after her favorite dog-demon, but decided against it. If Inuyasha didn't want to be found then he probably wouldn't be found. Kagome could have enlisted the help of Shippo, but that would have involved yelling at Inuyasha with words that a demon of Shippo's age should not hear. Kagome sipped at her high-caffeine tea, and stared at the door Inuyasha was supposed to have entered more than eight hours ago....