"Have you seen Kagome, Mom?"

"She's still in the feudal era isn't she, Souta?"

"Grampa said she came back a while ago but she hasn't said a word."

"Maybe she's in her room."

Kagome buried her head in Buyo's soft fur trying to block out all of the voices invading her thoughts. Now Souta would come up and bother her, distracting her more. Sure enough moments later Souta knocked on her door.

"Sis?"

Kagome ignored him and wished he would go away.

"Sis? Neechan? Are you in there?" Souta opened the door and went in. Kagome was sprawled out on her bed, her face blocked out by their cat. "Sis, are you okay?"

Kagome looked up.

"Sis, have you been crying? Hey, where's InuYasha?"

Kagome sat up. "I can come home without him." Kagome said in an angry tone.

"Hey just askin'. Why are you back already?"

"Gee, thanks Souta. I can come back anytime I want to, okay?"

"Yeah, but you came back here and left only five days ago."

Kagome put her face back down. Buyo meowed at her. "Just go." Kagome said in a muffled voice.

Souta sighed. "Alright. And Kagome?"

"Now what?"

"Your school clothes are ready. I'd change into them if I were you. Those clothes are just weird."

Kagome threw a pillow at Souta but he closed the door too fast.

"Geeze. Is everyone against me today!" Kagome yelled to herself.

Buyo scratched and yawned, "Mow"

"Thanks Buyo…I think."

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"InuYasha, did Kagome go back already?"

InuYasha sat down and folded his arms. "Yea she left." He answered quietly.

Miroku rubbed his forehead. "What happened?"

"I think it all just got her. Then she snapped." InuYasha seemed upset about answering.

Sango sighed. "Are you going to go get her?"

InuYasha looks away. "No. She'll come back when she's ready."

Everyone seemed surprise at this. Shippo jumped across Miroku and onto InuYasha. "Are you sick? Usually, you're so frustrated when Kagome leaves." InuYasha knocked Shippo over.

"Hey, what was that for?"

"For being a pest now shut it!"

"I for one don't blame Kagome for wanting to go back to her time. I believe that it got to her; all the villagers came up to her at least twice. That's just too much attention." Sango stated.

Miroku and InuYasha nodded in agreement. Shippo looked up in confusion.

InuYasha continued to be deep in thought. Kagome got so mad at me earlier. I only wanted to help. Feh, Why am I beating myself up about this?

"Kagome just needs some time to get away from all this." Miroku said.

Shippo sighed. "Maybe. But Kagome also needs to be around friends so we can help her."

Everyone looked up at InuYasha, even Kirara.

"What's everyone looking at me for? I didn't do anything."

Miroku laughs nervously. "Calm down. We think that you should probably go and get her."

InuYasha thinks about this. I can use that as an excuse if she gets mad at me. But then she'd be mad at everyone."

InuYasha bent his head down and flopped it back and hit it on the wall. This is way too complicated.

Shippo tilts his head to the side. "Something wrong InuYasha?"

Sango looks thoughtful. "If we wait for her to come back, it could take a while."

InuYasha growls and stands up. "Fine. I'm going." InuYasha walks out of the hut and to the well. It's dark and he can hardly see. On the way he passes Yume's grave. It sickens him to know that Naraku killed her. "I'm letting this bother me too much It shouldn't. But—it does." The wind rolled over a wilted flower and ruffled the petals of the others. InuYasha continued to make his way to the well. He stepped on something that made him jump. A dark lumpy yellow circle was prodded against the well. "Heh. Stupid girl. She forgot her bag." InuYasha lifted the backpack into the well and let is drop and followed after it.

Souta knocked on the door again for the fifth time that night. "Kagome?"

"Souta. Maybe this is too hard for you." Kagome said in a sweet voice. The tone quickly changed. "But will you stop buggin' me!"

"Sorry. But someone's here to see you."

Kagome buried her face into the pillow and let out an exhausted sigh. "Fine." Just then she realized it could be one of her friends form school. And she was still in that miko outfit. "Wait, Souta!"

Before she could stop him, the door opened. Kagome crouched down behind a pillow. Buyo lifted up his head in surprise then fell back asleep. Kagome closed her eyes hoping her friends wouldn't say anything. The lower part of the bed sank down and Souta was sitting there. "Um, Kagome, did something happen in the feudal era to you? Like, demon poisoning?"

Kagome slapped him upside the back of the head.

"And I thought I treated my brother bad."

Kagome dropped the pillow. InuYasha sat there in front of the doorway with his arms crossed, holding up the Tetsusaiga.

"InuYasha? What're you doing here?" Souta started for the door. "Luckily, I have many excuses for this." InuYasha said quietly enough for only Souta could here.

Kagome sighed and rested her chin in her right hand. "So what's one of them?"

InuYasha's ears perked up. Souta sighed. "Apparently, that wasn't quiet enough."

Kagome rolled her eyes at the ceiling.

InuYasha stood up and kicked the bag closer to the bed. "You left your bag by the well."

"And what were you doing at the well?"

InuYasha made a silent growling sound. "Um…I had to pass there to get to Yume's grave."

Kagome's eyes widened. Souta looked a bit confused. InuYasha stopped talking.

Kagome sat up quickly. "Um Souta, maybe you should leave." InuYasha stepped out of the way and Souta left. InuYasha jumped when the door closed behind him. He turned to look back at Kagome. She was tugging at the frill around her pillow. "Why were you at Yume's grave?" she asked in a small quiet voice.

"I wasn't actually there. I had to pass the grave to get to the well."

Kagome didn't seem too happy about this. "I see. And here I thought that someone actually cared."

InuYasha's ears drooped. Kagome looked away and sighed. InuYasha looked up quickly. "I-I do care Kagome. Why do you think I was there with you earlier? Because I felt sorry for you?"

Kagome nodded.

InuYasha sighed and sat down on the end of the bed. "Yeah, I did." He said quickly.

"Jerk." Kagome threw the pillow at him. InuYasha ducked and the pillow landed on the floor. Kagome hugged her knees close to her chest and glared at InuYasha. "Humph"

"Alright, fine. So why do you think I'm here now?" InuYasha crossed his arms.

Kagome lifted her head up. "Everyone wants me back, don't they?"

InuYasha made a face. "How do you know all of this?"

Kagome looked down. "I know all of these situations. I don't need people feeling sorry for me just because of—" Kagome took a deep breath. "—Just because my little girl died." Kagome broke into a few tears.

InuYasha growled at himself and hit himself on the head.

"InuYasha?" Kagome sobbed.

InuYasha looked up. "Now what?"

Kagome wrapped her arms around his right arm and sobbed into his shoulder. InuYasha sighed. "Kagome, I do care." InuYasha wrapped his other arm around her and hugged her. Kagome tired to stop the flow of tears and pull away but the tears kept coming and InuYasha hugged her tighter. Kagome buried her face into his kimono top and sobbed. "Naraku is gonna pay for this. Before he left, Kouga and I promised that we would kill him. Next time we see him. Even though I'm not looking forward to working with Kouga." Kagome nodded and took his word on this.

The next day, the two jumped out of the well. "You comin' back to the village?"

Kagome shook her head. "I have a promise to make to someone." And with that, Kagome took off running towards the Sacred Tree leaving InuYasha confused.

Kagome reached her daughters grave quicker than she thought and plopped down beside it. "Yume I have a promise to make to you. I'm not sure when, but soon, I will personally avenge your death. You're going to get your revenge and so am I. And in the future, I won't let this happen to you."

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Well that's it. I really hope you liked this story. Send me reviews tell em what you liked or disliked about it. I'll be working on more soon but sometimes it takes a while 'cause I have school and stuff. Be writing more soon! ♥

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