A/N: Okay I lied. Just so happens that my teachers didn't really give me that much make-up work. Well lets get on with the chapter.
It was still raining the next day, but Kagome and Inuyasha still went back. For the first time in a month they had both gone to the village to find everyone else, but to their surprise the three weren't there. So they decided to ask Kaede what was going on.
"They left to Mushine's shrine about two weeks ago..." Kaede had told them.
"Why did they go though?" Kagome asked.
"Because they figured that you and Inuyasha wouldn't be coming back to the village" Kaede answered her.
"I see..." Kagome said then turned to Inuyasha "Well lets go."
"I don't know where the stupid place is!" Inuyasha responded.
"Well we have an easy answer then" Kagome said "We'll just follow you nose."
"Fine then..." Inuyasha replied and they both walked outside "but if we get lost its not my fault the rain could make me loose their scents." With this Inuyasha sniffed up in the air and took off east.
"So you didn't come back to the village when I left?" Kagome asked Inuyasha as they were hopping in the trees, he was hoping that what was left of the leaves would keep them dry.
"What makes you think that?" Inuyasha replied.
"Well Kaede said that Miroku and them left because they figured that we weren't coming back" she said after a bolt of lightning went off.
"Oh" was all Inuyasha could manage to say. It was true but he didn't want to admit to it, because who knew what Kagome would think.
"So I'm right you didn't go back" Kagome said. She figured that the 'oh' was basically the answer, then came her next question "Why?"
"What does it matter?" Inuyasha said defensively "What matters is that your back and everything is going to be ok again."
'Did he not go back because I wasn't there? Where was he the whole time then?' Kagome thought to herself 'He just wants everything like it was before, well duh this is the only time he's had real friends, but still...'
"Damn you Monk!!!" Sango yelled when she caught Miroku watching her bathe "Can you not be perverted for once in your life!!!"
"You got it all wrong I didn't know you were there and-" his words were cut short after he got knocked in the head with a bucket.
"Try and make all the excuses you want" Sango said walking out of the bathing house and into her room "but that doesn't excuse the fact that your just a perverted monk!" she added and slammed the door shut.
"Damn..." Miroku said "I love her I just don't know how to show her..."
"Well if you stopped groping her that would probably help" said an amused Shippo "and maybe if you stopped trying to grope other women that would probably help too."
"Who asked you?" Miroku responded getting up off of the ground.
"Well you really didn't address anyone when you asked the question so I figured I would just answer you" the little fox demon said.
"Know one likes a smart ass Shippo" said Inuyasha from behind them.
Shippo didn't really pay attention to Inuyasha just leaped into Kagome's arms yelling "KAGOME!!!." Sango came back out of the hut to see what the commotion was about to find Inuyasha and Kagome out in the yard.
"Your back" said Sango coming over to Kagome and giving her a hug "It took awhile."
"I'm sorry its just that I had some things to catch up on in my time" Kagome responded.
"We're just glad that your back" Miroku said smiling then turned to Inuyasha "and where were you for a whole month."
"I was staying in the Western lands with my brother" Inuyasha replied "you got a problem with that?" The question was answered with a hit in the head. "What the hell was that for?!" Inuyasha yelled at the monk.
"You could have at least told us where you were" Miroku said "we were all worried that something might have happened to you!"
"Well as you can see nothing happened to me!" Inuyasha yelled in his face then walked over to the steps to sit down "All that matters is that we're all here now."
'He really wanted us all to be together' Kagome thought to herself 'I just figured that he would want to be left alone after everything was over with. Well I'm just happy that that's not the way things happened.'
It was about midday and the rain had lightened up, it was a good thing that the shrine had coverings so that the pathways didn't get wet and they could all keep dry. Everyone ate lunch and they were all sitting on one of the porches watching Shippo play with Kirara in the rain.
"This all still seems so weird..." Kagome said "It just feels like a dream that I'm going to wake up from soon..."
"It does" Sango agreed "but the good thing is that we know its not a dream, its all real."
"No more worries" Miroku said looking at his hand "I can live a full life now that the wind tunnel is gone, I just wish that my father and grandfather were here to celebrate with me."
"Don't worry there watching down on you proudly" Sango said. She didn't want to see Miroku down in the dumps because it was a time to be celebrating "Naraku is finally gone."
"Everything is normal again" Inuyasha said "except for the fact that I have friends to be with now..."
"Well what did you expect?" Kagome said "Did you think that we were going to abandon you?"
"You did for a good month!" Inuyasha replied.
"I didn't abandon you!" Kagome said "I was just taking care of some things!"
"Yea right you know that you were planning to stay in your time and forget about us" Inuyasha said teasingly.
"My mind was telling me to do that..." Kagome said "but instead I listened to my heart..."
Inuyasha just sat there dumbfounded. 'She wanted to forget us? But why?' Inuyasha thought 'that doesn't matter all that matters is that she followed her feelings and she's here now...' "I see" Inuyasha finally said.
"Yea, so I didn't abandon you..." Kagome stated then got up and went to the room that Mushine said she could stay in. "Or at least I didn't mean to abandon you..." Kagome whispered to herself leaning against the door after she said this tears started to trickle down her cheeks.
A/N: I'm not too sure about the ending, what do you guys think? I'm thinking about changing it. Well just write me a review and tell me what you guys think k? thanx a bunch!
It was still raining the next day, but Kagome and Inuyasha still went back. For the first time in a month they had both gone to the village to find everyone else, but to their surprise the three weren't there. So they decided to ask Kaede what was going on.
"They left to Mushine's shrine about two weeks ago..." Kaede had told them.
"Why did they go though?" Kagome asked.
"Because they figured that you and Inuyasha wouldn't be coming back to the village" Kaede answered her.
"I see..." Kagome said then turned to Inuyasha "Well lets go."
"I don't know where the stupid place is!" Inuyasha responded.
"Well we have an easy answer then" Kagome said "We'll just follow you nose."
"Fine then..." Inuyasha replied and they both walked outside "but if we get lost its not my fault the rain could make me loose their scents." With this Inuyasha sniffed up in the air and took off east.
"So you didn't come back to the village when I left?" Kagome asked Inuyasha as they were hopping in the trees, he was hoping that what was left of the leaves would keep them dry.
"What makes you think that?" Inuyasha replied.
"Well Kaede said that Miroku and them left because they figured that we weren't coming back" she said after a bolt of lightning went off.
"Oh" was all Inuyasha could manage to say. It was true but he didn't want to admit to it, because who knew what Kagome would think.
"So I'm right you didn't go back" Kagome said. She figured that the 'oh' was basically the answer, then came her next question "Why?"
"What does it matter?" Inuyasha said defensively "What matters is that your back and everything is going to be ok again."
'Did he not go back because I wasn't there? Where was he the whole time then?' Kagome thought to herself 'He just wants everything like it was before, well duh this is the only time he's had real friends, but still...'
"Damn you Monk!!!" Sango yelled when she caught Miroku watching her bathe "Can you not be perverted for once in your life!!!"
"You got it all wrong I didn't know you were there and-" his words were cut short after he got knocked in the head with a bucket.
"Try and make all the excuses you want" Sango said walking out of the bathing house and into her room "but that doesn't excuse the fact that your just a perverted monk!" she added and slammed the door shut.
"Damn..." Miroku said "I love her I just don't know how to show her..."
"Well if you stopped groping her that would probably help" said an amused Shippo "and maybe if you stopped trying to grope other women that would probably help too."
"Who asked you?" Miroku responded getting up off of the ground.
"Well you really didn't address anyone when you asked the question so I figured I would just answer you" the little fox demon said.
"Know one likes a smart ass Shippo" said Inuyasha from behind them.
Shippo didn't really pay attention to Inuyasha just leaped into Kagome's arms yelling "KAGOME!!!." Sango came back out of the hut to see what the commotion was about to find Inuyasha and Kagome out in the yard.
"Your back" said Sango coming over to Kagome and giving her a hug "It took awhile."
"I'm sorry its just that I had some things to catch up on in my time" Kagome responded.
"We're just glad that your back" Miroku said smiling then turned to Inuyasha "and where were you for a whole month."
"I was staying in the Western lands with my brother" Inuyasha replied "you got a problem with that?" The question was answered with a hit in the head. "What the hell was that for?!" Inuyasha yelled at the monk.
"You could have at least told us where you were" Miroku said "we were all worried that something might have happened to you!"
"Well as you can see nothing happened to me!" Inuyasha yelled in his face then walked over to the steps to sit down "All that matters is that we're all here now."
'He really wanted us all to be together' Kagome thought to herself 'I just figured that he would want to be left alone after everything was over with. Well I'm just happy that that's not the way things happened.'
It was about midday and the rain had lightened up, it was a good thing that the shrine had coverings so that the pathways didn't get wet and they could all keep dry. Everyone ate lunch and they were all sitting on one of the porches watching Shippo play with Kirara in the rain.
"This all still seems so weird..." Kagome said "It just feels like a dream that I'm going to wake up from soon..."
"It does" Sango agreed "but the good thing is that we know its not a dream, its all real."
"No more worries" Miroku said looking at his hand "I can live a full life now that the wind tunnel is gone, I just wish that my father and grandfather were here to celebrate with me."
"Don't worry there watching down on you proudly" Sango said. She didn't want to see Miroku down in the dumps because it was a time to be celebrating "Naraku is finally gone."
"Everything is normal again" Inuyasha said "except for the fact that I have friends to be with now..."
"Well what did you expect?" Kagome said "Did you think that we were going to abandon you?"
"You did for a good month!" Inuyasha replied.
"I didn't abandon you!" Kagome said "I was just taking care of some things!"
"Yea right you know that you were planning to stay in your time and forget about us" Inuyasha said teasingly.
"My mind was telling me to do that..." Kagome said "but instead I listened to my heart..."
Inuyasha just sat there dumbfounded. 'She wanted to forget us? But why?' Inuyasha thought 'that doesn't matter all that matters is that she followed her feelings and she's here now...' "I see" Inuyasha finally said.
"Yea, so I didn't abandon you..." Kagome stated then got up and went to the room that Mushine said she could stay in. "Or at least I didn't mean to abandon you..." Kagome whispered to herself leaning against the door after she said this tears started to trickle down her cheeks.
A/N: I'm not too sure about the ending, what do you guys think? I'm thinking about changing it. Well just write me a review and tell me what you guys think k? thanx a bunch!