Authors note: Really sorry about this one, I had it done a week before the holidays, but Raven never decided to proof read it so here we are. It's unproofread, I know, I don't even have time to read it myself, but it's the next so -Enjoy.

InuYasha's eyes snapped open. Could she possibly be back after all these years- and who was the kid? Could he be....

InuYasha couldn't stop thinking about it, and because of that, he completely missed the dark aura heading their way.

He took another whiff of the air, inhaling it deep into his lungs.

Inu-Yasha darted up quicker than he ever thought was physically possible, and took off in the area from which he caught the scent of Sango. The child did slightly resemble him, but he never thought more of it. The older the night became, the more the kid had the scent of Kagome. He leapt among the trees, expecting to catch up to him in just seconds, but in mid leap he glanced to his left and saw a face he would not soon forget. InuYasha even forgot how to land in his shock, and hit the ground in a manner most certainly painful to a normal human. He didn't seem to have noticed, still unbelieving of what he saw.

His eyes blinked more rapidly, and he took in the scent of the air around him. He stood, nearly skipping off clouds, and he jumped up again to get another glance at her. To be sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him, he leapt up again, wind ripping through his baggy clothes. He wasn't sure what to feel. He looked for her, but when she was gone, he hit the ground again.

He didn't believe his eyes were playing tricks on him. He was so sure, and he only needed proof to believe it. He wasn't sure what he was feeling when his mind told him what it did. Happiness, dread, apprehensiveness. His mind told him 'Kagome came back'.

-

Kagome sensed an aura up ahead, one was Kawayou's, making her heart flutter, and the other was one seeming oddly familiar. Kagome wasn't sure for where, but the aura didn't seem evil. It wouldn't have slowed her rapid climb either way. She rushed up the cliff seeing him at just the end of the clearing.

'Kawayou.' She saw her child; Kagome's heart soared.

-

InuYasha could remember the exact day Kagome had left him, not returning like usual. It was a drastic situation, and he'd never exactly got the chance to say goodbye. The scroll had slipped from her hands when they were surprised attacked, and rolled along the ground. Kagome went to grab it, but had her fingers crushed, and immediately dropped it. There were to many attackers, and InuYasha was truly beginning to fear he wouldn't be able to protect Kagome anymore.

So he shouted at her to get back in the well, and not come back.

His claws flexed anxiously as he ran toward the scent. Kagome was back! He should feel bad for all the past things that had occurred and set their relationship off course, but he wasn't. He was more focused

about the second scent. The kid, could he be Kagome's son? And another question he'd asked himself.

Was it his?

Kagome and him had shared that one night together, in such confusion, he'd be surprised if Kagome remembered it. It was hours before the battle, that she could have easily lost her entire memory.

InuYasha had prayed that was all the damage that happened to her during her fight with Naraku.

But whether it was due to her new powers, Midrikos sword, or just blind luck, Kagome lived.

He'd spent so much time dreading her death....InuYasha felt as though he couldn't wait any longer, and took off at an even faster speed.

-

Kagome had walked into the clearing, oblivious of anyone else there at the moment-- she just had her eyes set on her only son. Kawayou, noticing her presence too, immediately ran to greet her.

"Kawayou." She couldn't help herself whisper with relief as she held him in a tight hug. "You are a fighter, I knew you'd live."

Kagome noted it was difficult to keep her eyes dry just having a little reunion with her son, but she had no idea what would happen next. Kawayou pulled away a minute later. "Hey Mom," He said softly to get her attention. "I want you to meet these people persons."

For the first time Kagome looked up to meet the eyes of Sango and Miroku.

"Kagome." They both managed to whisper bewildered. Kagome at first too, was shocked, but she shook her head to regain composer. Sweeping Kawayou up to hold, she looked over at them in a more confident pose.

"Hi Sango." She nodded in Sango's direction. "Miroku." She looked over at him with a weary eye after remembering all of his little tricks.

They're second reaction was a blank stare before they to regained composer.

"Kagome, wow-" Sango muttered, and Miroku followed up her statement. "What we mean is we didn't think you'd come back, especially after--" Miroku was leading off to something, and Kagome didn't need a hint to know what it was.

"I have no grudge against either of you, and don't give me a reason to have one. Don't bring it up, I don't want to hear it." She said firmly.

Then switching Kawayou to another arm, she went to add "I do not believe I can stay here long. Naraku will no doubt return to find me, and that is not a confrontation I wish to be taking."

Taking a step back, she went to turn on her heel.

With a sigh Sango went to speak. "Kagome, you can't avoid it forever. You can't, just like I couldn't avoid remembering the past how my family was killed by Naraku, or Miroku couldn't avoid remembering how his father died, and Inuyasha couldn't either. So why do you still try?"

Kagome felt tears forming at the edges of her eyes, this up tight behavior was never hers. "I don't want to, I have to keep going on Sango-- without regret. I have a real strong reason Sango, this is my reason." Kagome replied indicating to Kawayou, as she tried harder to suppress the memories that still lingered fresh here.

"What doesn't kill you--" Miroku began a statement that he was told.

"-- usually tries again." Kagome finished for him. " I screwed up big time, but I don't have the chance to finish playing for it , I will one day, but today's not that day." Kagome finished when neither of them had anything else to say. She turned around, ready to head to the well, but something crashed down in front of her.

The swaying red garments in the wind already told Kagome who it was.