I just can't believe he is truly gone...Kagome thought quietly to herself as she sat on her bed at home. After she had ground the Shikon No Tama into dust, she had ran back into her room, taking off all of her clothes and taking a quick shower, throwing the shorts that had the last shard of the Sacred Jewel into her laundry basket, completely forgetting that it was there. The water had felt good against her soft skin and it had reminded her of the times when she had actually been able to hold Inuyasha in her arms without him making some excuse as to why he was letting her do it. She remembered the first time that Inuyasha had first complemented her about anything. It was the very first time that she had been around when the New Moon was up, causing Inuyasha to lose all of his powers and become a human for one evening. He had been poisoned by the evil spider Demon who had trapped them within a shrine to steal the shards of the Shikon No Tama that they had. He had said that she had a very pleasant smell and that had surprised her more than anything. Ever since then, Kagome had felt strong feelings for Inuyasha rise from within her until the day that he died along with his brother, Sesshomaru. The thoughts of watching Inuyasha die before her very eyes caused tears to form in her eyes, and she buried her face in her pillow and cried herself to sleep.

Kagome awoke the next day to Buoyo jumping up onto her bed. She slowly ran her fingers through Buoyo's soft fur, once again being reminded of Inuyasha. She sighed heavily before she slowly picked up the fat cat in her arms and held it up to her face. "Why did the one person I truly cared about have to get killed Buoyo? I miss him so much," Kagome asked the cat softly. Buoyo opened his mouth and let out a long yawn lazily, and Kagome rested her head back upon her pillow yet again. It was early morning, almost 6a.m. but that didn't bother her. School was over for the summer and she silently mused at how she was able to pass all of her finals and still have time to collect the Shikon No Tama shards. Once again, she forgot the last remaining shard left in the pocket of her pants which were now buried under a pile of clothes. She also forgot her promise to Shippo. As she thought about Inuyasha, she silently wondered how Miroku and Sango were holding out without her. She sighed and rolled over again, closing her eyes. Nothing truly mattered to Kagome anymore now that Inuyasha was gone. She did not know how much that Shippo had missed her and the things that he had been doing as he waited for her to return to visit him as she promised.

Shippo walked slowly through the forest by himself yet again. Kirara had taken both Sango and Miroku somewhere that they could make love again in private. Shippo sniffled softly to himself, tears once again forming in his deep green eyes. Unknown to anyone, including Sango and Miroku, Shippo had celebrated his 9th birthday only a short time ago. He had a little party with some lizards and other such creatures and had been forced to cry himself to sleep seeing as the one thing that he wanted for his birthday was something he thought he would never be able to have. He wanted to hold Kagome in his arms and kiss her soft and tender lips the way that Inuyasha had done before Kagome had left the night that Inuyasha was killed. Because of how much he envied Inuyasha, Shippo was at first happy that Inuyasha was killed because he thought that he would be spending a lot more time with Kagome alone, and that way he could tell her how he felt about her, but after the 2 weeks that she needed to recover from the shock of losing Inuyasha, Kagome had left and made a promise that so far she had not kept her promise to him. He had grown slightly and if Kagome had been there, he would have come up to her waist. He sighed heavily yet again as he pulled himself up and onto the edge of the Ancient Well, looking over the edge and staring down into its depths. He stood up slowly and leapt in, hoping that it would transport him to the time Kagome was residing in, but unfortunately he landed on his face with a loud and resounding smack. Shippo let his tears flow out of his eyes as he pounded his fists against the ground, wishing with all of his might that Kagome would come back to him.

Sorry everyone that it took me so long to upload anything at all. I have been very busy with stuff like school and Marching Band. I will try to upload a new chapter for this story every other day, seeing as it's the newest one and I like how good it is going so far.

Inuyasha: If it is so good then why did you kill me within the first few chapters?

Sesshomaru: And me too?

Me: Quiet down the both of you!!!! This is MY story and I choose who lives and dies!!!! Sorry about that, but I will leave another note on my next chapter. Hope you all enjoy this one.