Hello all! I was going to update yesterday (my birthday lol had to add that) but then I went out with my friends so I didn't have any time. But I'm here now because I have a half-day at school today! YAY! I just wish it could have been yesterday, and that I didn't have to waste it babysitting! That's right people; I got stuck at home on a half day because I have to BABY SIT! I am VERY pissed. Lol so if this chapter seems kind of moody, blame my mom.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.... Still... someone PLEASE tell me why I have to do this for every chapter? (sees lawyers glaring at me) oh... well that makes sense!

Kagome sighed as she looked up at the ceiling of the well house. She was finally going to see her family. What if they don't want to see me? What if they think I'm some kind of demon? Oh god I can't do this! Kagome thought as she climbed to the top of the well, preparing to jump back down. What she didn't expect was to see her mother praying by the side of the well. Kagome screamed at the sight of her mother, which caused her mother to scream, and Kagome to fall back through the well.

"KAGOME!" Mrs. Higurashi screamed as she bent over the well, praying to every god there was that her daughter was really there. She saw nothing but darkness.

"Kagome? Are you here?" Mrs. Higurashi asked the dark well with tears pouring down her face. Suddenly a bright pink and blue light filled the well and in it, Mrs. Higurashi saw the one thing she had been praying for since Inuyasha had told her the heartbreaking news.

"Mama?" She heard a small, but familiar voice call up to her.

"Kagome?" She called back.

"MOM!" Kagome screamed as she reached the top of the well, and threw her arms around her mother. Both women were soon crying all over each other in a giant hug. They sat like that for at least 10 minutes, before Souta and Grandpa came into the well house to see what the commotion was. Soon all four of them were crying and hugging each other with a grip that showed how much they missed Kagome.

"Ho—How are you here?" Souta finally asked, as his tears seemed to be subsiding for the time being.

"I don't really know... I know I was buried." At this statement, Mrs. Higurashi gasped at the thought.

"Then I remember being dug out by Kikyo... and then she took me back to Inuyasha... then everything went fuzzy. I don't really know what happened..." Kagome said, not wanting to reveal to her family that Sesshomaru had indeed brought her back.

"You're here and that's all that matters! Oh Inuyasha! Oh my goodness, we..." Mrs. Higurashi attempted to explain the situation about Inuyasha, but Kagome stopped her.

"He told me, that's why he's not here." Kagome said with a hint of bitterness in her voice.

"Kagome, I'm so sorry! We didn't know who to blame so we put it all on Inuyasha without even thinking of what might—"

"I know mom... you will let him come back now won't you? I don't want him to feel hated because I died." Kagome said, trying to disguise the fact that she was really distressed at the thought of her family banning Inuyasha from this era.

"Of course dear! I don't even see why we banned him in the first place! Please tell him that we send him our humblest apologies." Mrs. Higurashi said as she slowly got to her feet. The entire family agreed and went into the house to talk about everything that had happened in the past 3 months.

"Inuyasha? Where is Kagome?" Sango asked as the sad looking hanyou approached her and Miroku.

"She went home for a while." Inuyasha said, just as sadly as he looked.

"Do you think she can convince her family to let you go back again?" Sango asked carefully as to not set the hanyou off.

"Yeah I think she can, if not then I'm stuck over here like you guys." Inuyasha said as he sat beside Miroku by the fire the monk had just made.

"Since she's changing their minds as we speak, why are you so sad Inuyasha?" Miroku asked as he stared into the fire, causing the flames to reflect in his eyes.

"I'm not sad!" Inuyasha defended himself as he crossed his arms stubbornly.

"Yes you are, your appearance is sad, your voice is sad, you are sad there is no avoiding that fact." Miroku pointed out, getting a bump on the head for his trouble.

"I'm not sad, I'm mad!" Inuyasha explained with his fist preparing for another swing at Miroku.

"Myouga came today, he told me that Tyronos is still alive..." Inuyasha mumbled although he knew that the couple heard him from their reactions. Sango gasped and covered her mouth with her hand, and Miroku's eyes hardened.

"What?" Sango asked, not even bothering to hide her concern.

"Yeah, Myouga was tagging along with Sesshomaru and found out that Tyronos is alive and he has formed an alliance with Naraku..." Inuyasha explained with venom in his voice.

"How is he still alive? Kagome killed him!" Sango shouted, hoping that she could prove him wrong.

"I don't know how he's still alive... it must have something to do with Naraku."

"He's going to come after Kagome again isn't he?"

"Yes."

"We need to send her back to her own time!"

"I tried."

"Well I didn't!" Sango exclaimed as she stood up, preparing to march over to the well and some how tell Kagome to stay there.

"Sango!" Miroku suddenly shouted, causing the girl to stop mid-step.

"We need Kagome, yes it is a danger to her safety but we need her! She is the only one who can see the shards, and she is the only one powerful enough to destroy Naraku! Remember when she fired a purity arrow at him last time? Imagine what damage she could do to him with her whole soul." Miroku explained as he pulled Sango by the hand back to the ground to sit beside him.

"Myouga said something about that too... he said that now Naraku's only weakness is Kagome, and she is essential to his demise as he put it." Inuyasha told the couple, who showed little or no reaction.

"So we need to make sure that Kagome is protected at all times..." Miroku said, obviously thinking about when the two girls were in a bath.

"Not by YOU!" Inuyasha shouted, knowing as well as Sango what the lecher was thinking.

"I'll protect her all the time, except when the two of you go to take a bath, where I'm going to ask you, Sango to take care of her then." Inuyasha informed them, not allowing Miroku any say in the matter at all, while knowing before hand that Sango would obviously agree. She didn't want to lose Kagome again just as much as the rest of them.

"So I'm not worthy enough to help you two protect one of my dearest friends?" Miroku asked incredulously, with a hand over his heart.

"No it's not that you're unworthy monk. It's just that I don't trust you around her!" Inuyasha stated, inwardly laughing as Miroku pouted.

"Perhaps I shall stop being so womanizing..." the lecher pondered, earning a laugh from his companions.

"What? You don't think I can do it?" Miroku asked with a serious look.

"No!" Sango laughed

"Well we'll see! I swear that I will not grope another woman ... aside from my dearest Sango, ever again until Tyronos is dead." Miroku said with his right hand in the air and a serious look on his face, showing he was not kidding this time.

"HEY! Why do I have to deal with you groping me while every other girl on this planet gets to escape it!" Sango demanded angrily

"Because you love me and you would feel very lonely without me groping you." Miroku explained, earning himself a slap on both cheeks.

"I'm going to bed before this guy makes me knock him out." Sango said with a glare directed at Miroku, who only smiled innocently, as she stood up.

"Good idea my dearest Sango! Please allow me to escort you –"Miroku said, but stopped because of the slap he had just received.

"That was uncalled for! If you're going to escort me, that does NOT require putting your arm around my waist and GROPING ME!" Sango shouted at the now unconscious monk and she turned on her heel to go to bed.

"So worth it..." Inuyasha heard Miroku mumble before he finally lost all consciousness and fell asleep, right in the dirt. Inuyasha had to laugh at the situation, and how funny it would look to anyone watching the scene. Only then did he notice how late it was and leapt in a tree to go to sleep.

Ok I'm really sorry you guys... my chapters are all so SHORT! I usually make longer ones... but now it's a treat if I write more than 3 pages! I'm really sorry... well I got to go start working on the next chapter... maybe if I get some reviews I might be inspired to write longer chapters? Just wanted to let you know that little fact before I leave lol TTFN!!!