Kagome makes sure Yume is still following her and keeps going, parting tree branches and pushing away leaves.

"Um, Mo—I mean…"

"It's ok."

Yume stops and a tree branch flings back and hits her on the head. "Ouch!"

"Careful. It's not much farther."

"Where are we going?"

"Do you know where the Bone Eaters Well is?"

Yume jumps over a fallen tree and follows Kagome into a clearing. "A well you say?"

Kagome nods. "Maybe you can remember something about it."

Yume nods and follows Kagome to an old rotten wooded well. "Is that the well?"

Kagome nods nervously. "Does it seem familiar to you?"

Yume peers down the well searching for the bottom. When she can't find it she leans in closer and slips. As another one of her reflexes, Kagome grabs the back of Yume's kimono robe and pulls her back. Yume doesn't bother to get back up but just sits there, Kagome still holding the back of her kimono. "My fault. Again."

Yume tries to get back up but Kagome stops her and hugs her gently. Yume tries to stop the tears from finding their way into her eyes but they get there anyway and fall down her face. The top of the little girls black hair is wet and matted down with Kagome's tears.

"I was wrong. I was totally wrong and then I take my anger out on you. I'm scared. I'm just scared." Kagome sobs.

Yume turns around and tightly hugs her mother back. "I didn't mean to make you sad."

Kagome shakes her head. "No, it wasn't you. It's—I don't know. But it wasn't you. This isn't your fault but I took it on you anyway." Kagome grabs Yume's shoulders and pulls her away to face her. Kagome looks straight into Yume's tearful eyes and says quietly between sobs, "If you can't forgive I'll understand. But I'm really, really sorry Yume, for yelling at you like I did yesterday. Heh, I'm sorry you had to listen to Kouga too."

"Oh he wasn't so bad. He said some really nice things about you and that you didn't mean it. Hmm! I like him."

Kagome freezes and let tears fall out of her eyes. Is it Kouga?

"Yume, from now on, since I know and all, I'm gonna try and be a better mom to you. Okay?"

Yume nods gratefully and hugs her mother again. "I'll try too. Thank you, mommy, I love you."

Kagome replays the last sentence back in her head over and over until she realizes that Yume is still there with her. "You ready to go back?"

"I thought you were going back. Isn't that why you came here to the well?"

Kagome all of the sudden becomes very happy and hugs Yume. "Yeah, that's what I would normally do."

Around night, InuYasha and Kouga returned. Miroku and Shippo were the first to spot them. "InuYasha and Kouga are back. And both of them are alive Miroku." Shippo chirped.

"I wonder if they ran into Kagura…"

Miroku questioned InuYasha and Kouga when they got closer to the village. Both of them explained everything about Kagura and Yume's position. After a while it got really dark and they retreated inside. Sango was asleep in the same place she was last time and Kagome was asleep sitting up, Yume lying on her lap.

Shippo jumps down form Miroku's shoulder. "I still say she's pretty cute."

Kouga picks up Shippo by the tail. "She more than cute, Kagome is the most beautiful girl I've ver seen."

"Actually I was talking about Yume."

InuYasha thinks about killing Kouga but Miroku stops him. "Now, now. Please, be quiet."

"I'll kill him. One more word…"

Miroku taps InuYasha on the shoulder then points to Yume quickly so Kouga doesn't see. InuYasha looks down at the girl. A few seconds pass by and InuYasha hisses at Miroku, "That's not fair. I was mad! I wanted to stay mad!"

Kouga slides down to the floor next to the doorway with Shippo still in his hand. "Naraku will kill Yume if she remembers anything."

Shippo grabs his tail away from Kouga. "What's that supposed to mean?"

InuYasha sits down next to Kagome and explains to Miroku and Shippo. "Naraku set up something special for Yume so that she feels pain when she remembers something. The bigger the memory, the more it hurts."

Miroku nods. "I knew it. It was too easy."

"Hey dog-boy, how come you get to sit next to Kagome?!"

"You had your chance, Kouga." Besides, you were the one that went to sleep last night while I protected Kagome.

Kouga shakes his head. "Tsh. Shut up. I can protect her just as good as you. And way better!"

"I bet…"

In the middle of the night, InuYasha was woken up by Yume, who murmured something in her sleep. A sheet covered Yume and lying on her side on the floor, but Kagome was gone.

His first instinct was that she went home but she wouldn't have gone home without telling him first. "SO much for protecting her Kouga. Damn wolf…" InuYasha got up and left the hut quickly searching for Kagome by picking up her scent. She was close by.

The only light Kagome really had was the stars and half of the moon. This is really what I needed. Just somewhere where I can think.

The silence was broken by footsteps behind her. Kagome panicked; she didn't think to bring her bow or any arrows. AS the footsteps got closer, Kagome realized who it was.

"InuYasha?"

"How come your out here?"

Kagome shrugged. "I needed to get out for a while."

InuYasha thought about turning around and going back.

"Come here and sit with me. I've been out here long enough to get lonely."

InuYasha accepted that and dropped the sword and sat down.

Minutes pass before either of them said anything.

"Sorry I didn't tell you I left. All of this is too crazy for me to keep up."

"It's not like I blame your nothin'."

"Hm. I actually tried talking to Sango about this but it felt too weird. I can't talk to Kouga about this…"

"Got that right."

"Yeah…but what about you?"

InuYasha tilted his head up a bit.

"Can I talk to you?"

InuYasha thought about this for a while before answering. "I don't know how much of a help I'll be."

"Ah, but it's a yes…"

InuYasha shrugged. "I guess."

Kagome nodded. "InuYasha…"

"What now?"

Kagome turned red before asking. "Would—it be okay if you stay out here with me?"

"You sure?" She wants me too?

"Yeah. I'd feel weird going back there now."

And this doesn't? "Yea if it'll make you happy."

"Hm. It would, thanks."

I really don't get this. Yesterday she didn't want anything to do with us. I'm glad Miroku thinks he owns all women 'cause I just don't understand them. InuYasha sighs. "Lucky me." InuYasha cringes. HE said that out loud. Kagome doesn't say anything. InuYasha looks at her and she's asleep, her head resting on his shoulder. "Kagome?"

She doesn't reply. InuYasha shakes his head. "I really don't understand you. Especially you!" When she doesn't say anything again InuYasha decides he'll say all he needs to say in the morning. "Urgh. This is the second night I won't get any sleep." O well I guess. At least Kagome can actually sleep without having to worry about anything.

"I really hope someone understands all of this—and can explain it to me."