Important A/N: As you should know already I've been giving a sequel a lot of thought lately. And I've come to realize that if I don't make one I will probably be leaving many questions unanswered, so unless you wish to play the guessing game I will almost be forced to make one. Of course, the sequel would have WAY more action, with still a good amount of humor every once in awhile. I also think that it would be much better than the original I'm writing as of right now. So please, let me know what your thoughts are on this predicament. Again, thanks for your time and enjoy this latest chapter.

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Chapter 10

Slowly Kagome was losing her mind; she could no longer take the solitude and seclusion that she was now feeling. There was once a time many years ago when she would've done anything for just a few minutes of this 'bliss.' But now, it was beginning to tear her up inside.

Her mind began to reminisce about the old days. How she missed them all, but she supposed it was for the best. Kagome couldn't help but wonder if she would ever lay eyes on them again.

What would life have been like if she had never gone, if she had decided to stay with them instead? Was the group even still together anymore? She had so many questions, yet no outlet for answers.

She glanced over to where her clock lay, seeing as it was almost ten at night now she reasoned that it was time to get ready for bed. Kagome knew that her friends would come for her soon, especially if Inuyasha had anything to say about it.

She smiled at that thought as she got up and began her nightly routine while giving a few last thoughts to the hanyou who still, after all these years, held her heart so firmly. The more Kagome thought about it the more she realized how much she really trusted Inuyasha, almost to the point where she would give her life without hesitation to him if he asked or were in grave danger. She shrugged it off and continued to get ready for bed.

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"Miroku, may I ask you a question?"

He stopped and turned around to face Sango. "Let me guess, you find me incredibly irresistible and wish to go out with me for some 'fun' tomorrow night? Well Sango, I cordially accept your offer." Miroku concluded with a suggestive wink of his eye.

"Wow, how did you know exactly what I was thinking? This must be a sign that we were meant to be together!" Every word that Sango had said was literally dripping with sarcasm, but the monk remained clueless, or at least he made it seem that way.

"Well, I'm glad that you're finally coming around to my side, dear Sango." A sly smile crossed his face but was quickly erased by a hand smacking him hard in the back of the head.

"For your information, I only wanted to know if you've noticed anything different about Inuyasha lately."

Miroku considered this for a brief moment, "He has seemed a little distracted ever since that strange human paid him a visit a couple of days ago." Sango just nodded her agreement, "Maybe you should go talk to him and see what's bothering him, I myself would do it but unfortunately I have to go into the woods for my daily meditation hour."

Before she could say anything to object, Miroku had already sped into the forest leaving a very angry Sango behind. She decided it would be better to settle the score with him later, right now she would have to try and find out what was bothering Inuyasha so much.

After a good deal of searching she had found him perched in the branches of a tree about a mile east of the camp they had set up. The look on his face made him seem as if he were in deep thought, which was something very rare from what she could remember years back. She guessed that he still hadn't realized he had company, or he just refused to recognize her presence.

Sango cleared her throat in an attempt to grab his attention, it worked. Inuyasha glided down from the tree gracefully landing a couple of feet in front of her. "What the hell do you want?" Came a rough, jagged voice that she was still trying to get used to again.

"I only wish to know what's been bothering you as of late."

He scoffed in contempt at the remark, "Like it's any of your business."

She just sighed; he could still be such a jackass sometimes. "It is my business Inuyasha, as long as we are all traveling together everything we do concerns all of us. It's time you learned that; I will not let you tear our group apart again just because you can't learn to open up once in awhile."

He knew that Sango was at least partially right, so he just began mumbling to himself under his breath. "Like you really have a choice when it comes to the outcome of our group,"

"Will you just tell me what's bothering you already!?" She was beginning to get extremely agitated.

Inuyasha was stubborn but he knew that she wouldn't let it go; he would have to tell her eventually if he ever wanted another moment of silence. Then again, after having nothing but that for the last five years straight, he couldn't complain. To him, it seemed like Sango was beginning to take the role of the absent Kagome, fretting over others WAY too much, at least to his liking anyway.

He sighed in defeat, "If you must know, I am only giving some thought to the days ahead of us. There was something about that man that I just didn't like, how can he be trusted when he went behind his masters back and betrayed him? It just doesn't make any sense; for all we know it could be some sort of trap."

"Do we really have a choice?" Came the strong yet gentle reply, "We have no other leads to the whereabouts of Kagome, and time IS running out. Even if it is a trap, we must confront it no matter how one-sided the odds are."

Inuyasha hated to admit it, but she was once again right. If he even cared a small amount for Kagomes' well-being then he had to keep going, there was no turning back now when time itself was against them. He sighed, "You're right, let's get back to camp now, it's getting late and we have a long day ahead of us if you continue to keep up your slow pace." Sango glared at him, but he just ignored it and headed back for camp.

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A/N: I was planning on making this chapter longer, but due to being gone a couple of days from school due to the flu I have WAY too much homework and tests to make up. Also, I can continue at the updating pace that I am going right now, or I can make the chapters longer if you wish, it would just take longer to update. Let me know which you would prefer, thanks and have a great week.