Hello again. I hope you're not too mad at me and my procrastination. Can you blame a girl for enjoying some time off?

If it makes you feel any better now I'm all sun burned in the face, and it's bugging the hell out of me.

So, to my reviewers:

InuyashaFreak15: I'm sorry I made you wait

Angel-chan3: I updated! Don't call Fredrick!

Inuyasha-my-lover: It's defiantly Kagome =D

vixen-s.m.f: glad you like it

Nedz: It wasn't so quick this time, and a review is better late then never

Inukag=LOTS o'KIDS: Crazy is always good.

Disclaimer: I have yet to own Inuyasha. I keep trying though.

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Patience was never a strong point with Inuyasha. Three days had passed and, not counting the current day, there were three more to go.

The wait was driving him slowly, quickly insane.

"Three more days, just three more days," he chanted over and over again in his mind.

A voice in the back of his head filled him with doubt, "But what is Rin decides to stay? What if Kagome only pops in for two minutes to tell this to Sango and then she disappears again? Why would she want to stay and talk to you? She has a life there, even if Rin did come back Kagome doesn't have to..."

"I'm doing this if she's here for five seconds or five hours," He growled

"Doing what?" Shippo jumped onto the rooftop that Inuyasha occupied, and looked at him quizzically.

"Feh, none of your business"

"Does it have to do with Kagome?"

"No!"

"What about her?"

"Didn't I just tell you no?"

"Yeah, but usually when you say no about Kagome you mean yes"

"Feh, what do you know" Inuyasha grabbed the kisune's tail and flung him off the roof.

Watching the fox retreat to Kaede's hut the dog returned to his thoughts, staring blankly into the clouds.

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In honor of Rin's last night Kagome took her and Souta out for dinner.

"Are you ready to go back?"

Rin smiled as she always did, "Yeah, I had a lot of fun here though."

"Too bad you have to leave so soon" Souta looked genuinely sad as he pushed food around his plate with his chopsticks.

"Don't play with your food Souta" Kagome scolded her younger brother.

The two kids branched out onto some other topic, Kagome's attention drifting elsewhere.

Inuyasha.

That single name affected her too much, when heard or thought of she felt happy and sad and angry all at once. "Why does he do this to me" She muttered to herself.

She'd left cause some of her dearest friends because of him, Sango, Miroku, Kaede, and Shippo. They were family to her, but the pain of seeing the man who she loved, the one who didn't love her back, out weighed everything else.

Years later and here she sat still wondering "what if..."

What if she had never fallen into the well?

What if the jewel had not been broken?

What if Kikyo had never come back?

There were too many possibilities.

"WHEN DID THIS BECOME SO COMPLICATED" her mind screamed.

"Your bill miss"

"Huh?" Kagome looked up at the handsome waiter, "Oh yeah" she flushed reaching for her purse, "Thank you"

He bowed walking away

"I'm so stupid" she growled so no one would hear, "Come on you two"

The sun was still hovering just above the horizon, it wouldn't fully disappear for another hour or so, which would give the girls enough time to make it to the village from the well.

The car drive home went by fast, Rin and Souta's constant chatter provided Kagome with a distraction.

All Rin's belongings were collected and she and Kagome made their way to the well house, Kagome's family in trail. They had been rather taken with the small girl, and were sad to see her leave so soon.

"Bye Rin! Don't forget to visit"

"Yes you're welcome anytime"

She nodded happily before turning back to Kagome. Once again the two girls locked hands and jumped, vanishing amid the purple and blue light.

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They were coming back today, no, she was coming back today! All he had to do was wait a few hours and compared to the past week a few hours was nothing.

He was so happy he couldn't help but allow a smile through; it wasn't even the normal cocky one.

"What are you so happy about?"

Inuyasha looked down at the fox, "Feh, none of your business"

"I bet its cause Kagome is coming back today"

"What would you know?"

"I know that deep down you love her, weather you admit it or not. You're both just too blind and stubborn to admit it"

"Shut up"

"I agree with Shippo"

"Stupid monk" Inuyasha snarled under his breath.

"Come now Inuyasha, it's been five years, we all know you and Kagome-sama have feelings for each other"

"Will you get off my back?!" There went the smile.

"You really shouldn't toy with her like this, just admit and get it over with"

"Maybe I will!"

"I promise it's not as hard... Wait, did you just say you would?"

"What's it to you?"

Identical grins spread across Shippo and Miroku's faces.

"Absolutely nothing. Now if you'll excuse me I think Sango wanted help with dinner"

"I want to go show Kaede my new drawings"

The two headed off in opposite directions, leaving Inuyasha confused and alone.

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Wow that was horribly rushed and short. Gomen! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

I'm getting on a plane in exactly 3 hours and 35 min., which means this won't be updated for at least 2 weeks, possibly longer since I have 3 books to read within 4 weeks. I hate school so much, and it starts on the 17 of August! I'm gonna cry.

Any who I'm off don't forget to review!