It took Kagome a total of 2 weeks to recover from the shock of losing
Inuyasha. During those 2 weeks, she had stayed in the care of Miroku and
Songo while Shippo took the Shikon No Tama to tell Kagome's family about
what happened to Inuyasha in the Present Day. While he was there, he spent
some time talking with Kagome's younger brother Sota about Kagome. Shippo
spent a few days at Kagome's house then returned to the Past to see if
Kagome was alright. All through those 2 weeks, Shippo spent as much time
as possible with Kagome, until those 2 weeks had passed. "Shippo, these 2
weeks have been torture for both you and me, and that's why I have decided
to return home and destroy the Shikon No Tama," Kagome told Shippo on the
last day of the 2 weeks. Shippo looked up at Kagome with tears welling up
in his eyes. She was smiling that serene smile that he loved so much, but
nodded slowly as he looked down. He wished with all of his might that she
would not go and stay with him so that they could be together, but he knew
that it was her decision. "Well, I guess this is goodbye then
Kagome.....Maybe, we will see each other again someday," Shippo said quietly
as a single tear slowly dropped from one of his green eyes and hit the
floor. Kagome
slowly squatted down in front of Shippo and turned his head up slowly and
smiled. "I promise that someday, I will come back and visit you Shippo but
please, don't cry," she said softly as she slowly ran one of her hands
through his golden yellow hair. Kagome smiled and kissed Shippo on the
lips lightly before she stood up and left the home that they had been
staying in. Shippo stared after her for a long time, then slowly stood up
and began chasing after her as fast as he could, but it was already too
late. By the time that he had reached the ancient well, she had already
jumped in and had returned to her own time.
It was 2 months after she had returned to her own time before Kagome's grandfather was able to build a machine that would grind the Shikon No Tama into dust. It was a very queer looking machine because of the fact that Kagome's grandfather had plastered sacred talismans over the entirety of the machine. Kagome slowly stepped up to the place where she was supposed to put the Sacred Jewel into and opened her left palm, in which she was grasping the Shikon No Tama. She was alone in her home except for her grandfather. Everyone else was at the store shopping for groceries. She slowly pressed her lips against the Sacred Jewel, and then slowly slipped it into the machine. Secretly, she held one last shard of the jewel behind her back, so that she could keep her promise to Shippo and visit him someday. As the grinders inside the machine slowly whirred to life, Sota ran up the front steps to the shrine and ran over to stand beside his sister. "I guess that this means you are never going back, huh Kagome?" Sota's voice broke Kagome out of the trance that she had been in as she thought about all of the time that she and Inuyasha had spent together finding all the different shards of the Shikon No Tama. Kagome slowly slipped the shard that she had within her hand into the back pocket of the pants she was wearing just as the machine spit out a sparkling pile of dust into a small little bowl. Kagome looked down at the dust just after the machine stopped grinding up the jewel, and then leaned down, picking up the bowl and holding it so that both she and Sota could see. Before she could pull the bowl away, Sota sneezed, causing the Shikon No Tama dust to fly up into the air. Kagome let out an exasperated sigh at Sota, causing her to breathe in heavily. What she did no know was that when she breathed in, she had sucked in all of the Shikon No Tama dust. Kagome coughed a few times because of the gag reflex at breathing in all of the dust, but slowly walked back into her house, completely unaware that the dust from the Shikon No Tama was now coursing through her blood.
It was 2 months after she had returned to her own time before Kagome's grandfather was able to build a machine that would grind the Shikon No Tama into dust. It was a very queer looking machine because of the fact that Kagome's grandfather had plastered sacred talismans over the entirety of the machine. Kagome slowly stepped up to the place where she was supposed to put the Sacred Jewel into and opened her left palm, in which she was grasping the Shikon No Tama. She was alone in her home except for her grandfather. Everyone else was at the store shopping for groceries. She slowly pressed her lips against the Sacred Jewel, and then slowly slipped it into the machine. Secretly, she held one last shard of the jewel behind her back, so that she could keep her promise to Shippo and visit him someday. As the grinders inside the machine slowly whirred to life, Sota ran up the front steps to the shrine and ran over to stand beside his sister. "I guess that this means you are never going back, huh Kagome?" Sota's voice broke Kagome out of the trance that she had been in as she thought about all of the time that she and Inuyasha had spent together finding all the different shards of the Shikon No Tama. Kagome slowly slipped the shard that she had within her hand into the back pocket of the pants she was wearing just as the machine spit out a sparkling pile of dust into a small little bowl. Kagome looked down at the dust just after the machine stopped grinding up the jewel, and then leaned down, picking up the bowl and holding it so that both she and Sota could see. Before she could pull the bowl away, Sota sneezed, causing the Shikon No Tama dust to fly up into the air. Kagome let out an exasperated sigh at Sota, causing her to breathe in heavily. What she did no know was that when she breathed in, she had sucked in all of the Shikon No Tama dust. Kagome coughed a few times because of the gag reflex at breathing in all of the dust, but slowly walked back into her house, completely unaware that the dust from the Shikon No Tama was now coursing through her blood.