AN: Shippo needed a distraction he is thinking about his future and it looks grim. Inu Yasha is no longer stuck in bed and now he has some important decisions to make.
Disclaimer: Inu Yasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi
When Inu Yasha woke again a few hours later he forced himself to stand at the bed side. Stretching his ignored leg muscles he walked out of the house and jumped into the branches of the god tree. He forced himself to think of anything but Naraku. So his thoughts turned to Kikyo. Kikyo had part of Kagomes soul, and if that wasn't enough she was taking the souls of dead village girls to sustain her own life. He was surprised at himself, but he had to do something about her. Kikyo, he had said he would go to hell with her but he really just couldn't see his life ending that way. But Kikyo couldn't keep stealing souls. He had to stop her. He jumped down from the tree and walked to the well a determined look on his face. It was time to end this, he had to face her now.
Miroku went into one of the huts and lay down to sleep. He had worked all day repairing the fence around the village and it was almost finished. He was tired now and the distraction had been a good way to stop his crying. He fell asleep right away and slept peacefully the whole night.
Shippo tired himself out playing tag the day before and was just waking up. He looked around the room and saw that he was alone. He walked up to Kagomes room rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"Kagome?" he asked opening the door slowly. He heard some one inside cough.
"Who is it?" Kagome asked her voice slightly ragged.
"It's Shippo." he answered entering the room. "Are you ok?" he asked walking to the bedside. "You don't sound so good." he said worried.
"I'm fine, just a little sick." She said smiling weakly.
"Kagome I wanted to ask you something really important." Shippo said setting next to her.
"What is it Shippo?" she asked setting up in her bed.
"Now that Naraku is gone, where am I gonna go?" he asked sadly. "My parents are both dead and I don't know where my sister is." he informed looking down at his feet.
"You can stay here with me." Kagome said simply. "I asked my mom and she said it would be ok, Grandpa said no but I made him change his mind and Sota really seems to like you." She said smiling weakly.
"How much longer are you gonna be sick?" he asked looking worried.
"Not too much longer, at least I hope not."she said lying back down. "Will you go play with Sota so I can go back to sleep?" she asked sweetly.
"Ok." he sighed sliding off the bed and walking to the door. "Get better soon Kagome." he said and quietly closed the door behind him.
Inu Yasha was walking through the forest quietly, thinking about what he was going to do when he finally found Kikyo. He wasn't sure how to go about killing the woman he had loved for so long. He had agreed to go to hell with her but now, he was going to have to tell her that he'd fallen in love with her reincarnation. She wouldn't just roll over and die and he didn't think he could convince her to go quietly so then what could he do?
"Inu Yasha?" he heard a voice from behind him. He turned to see Kikyo standing on the path starting at him.
"Kikyo," he said a little shocked. Whatever he was going to do he better figure it out, and soon.