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"Hi Okasan," Kagome said sweetly to her startled mother. She crossed her arms over her chest and walked to her where mom was standing. Ms. Higurashi sighed as she watched her daughter.

"Is it going to be your eighteenth birthday already?" Kagome glared at her mother.

"Listen mom, I have no idea what possessed you to leave me out of the loop, but why didn't you at least tell me once I started going to the feudal era? Ms. Higurashi backed away slightly at her daughter's loud voice.

"I didn't realize what was going to happen. I guess I forgot that you would transform back and didn't realize it until you came in here glaring like that," Sada said. The older woman sighed and restlessly clasped her hands out in front of her body. Striding across the floor quickly and taking a seat she motioned for Kagome to do the same.

"Alright Kagome, what do you want to know," asked Sada tiredly. Kagome stared at her mother for a long few minutes before asking.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Again a sigh was heard from the mother.

"I didn't want you to feel excluded and alone from all the other children. I just wanted to protect you from the truth." Sada's voice was soft and gentle as she told her daughter the truth. Kagome continued to glare at her mother before softening her gaze and letting an exasperated sound escape her mouth. Slowly Kagome started to drum her fingers against the table top.

"I want you to answer all my questions to the best of your knowledge, Mom. No lying to me."

Sada looked at her daughter wearily before saying, "All right." Kagome nodded her head and asked her next question.

"What side of the well was I born on Mom?"

Sada answered carefully, "You were born in the feudal era—Inuyasha's time—as were your father and I.

"Wait, does that mean you're a demon?" Her mother smiled warily and settled her gaze onto the table.

"No, I was a miko though I gave up all of my powers when I opened the passage in time. And before you ask, I don't have any power anymore. But you see, the leap through time was so great, I had to sacrifice something." Kagome nodded her head in understanding. "Your younger brother is a hanyou as well, but I highly doubt he'll show any signs because when the sealing spell was placed onto him, he was still in my womb."

"What about Grandpa? Did he…?" Kagome asked before her mother cut her off.

"He adopted me. He a lonely priest with no remaining family, so he took me in and helped raise you and Souta.

"Did I know Inuyasha," Kagome asked feeling irked to find what she thought her time was, was indeed not the truth. Sada spared a glance at the door to see if Kagome's grandpa was going to come bursting in at any moment; for he did not approve of her deceased husband. She continued cautiously.

"You knew Inuyasha as a small child. Kagome, well, you're more involved with Inuyasha than you know. That information, though, you'll have to pry out of Shino.

Kagome's eyes lit up, "You mean I knew Inuyasha before Kikyo did?" Kagome found this new piece of information very pleasing. Sada nodded her head and started talking again, a small smile coming onto her face at her daughter obvious pleasure of the news.

"Yes we left that time to come here when you were a little older then six. Souta never got to meet his father because he died before I was even a month along." Kagome watched as her mother's eyes glazed over took her hand.

"It's okay Mom, you don't have to talk about Dad if it makes you this sad." Sada shook her head and kept going.

"No, I've kept you from the truth long enough. I'll tell you everything I can." Kagome nodded her head encouragingly and patted her mom's hand.

Sada continued to speak, "I met your father when I was seventeen. He stumbled into my village because he was wounded. He explained who and what he was and stayed there, at the shrine, until he was fully healed. But when he was healed he didn't want to leave; nor did I want him to go. We had fallen in love, you see. The villagers weren't happy at all, but as the upcoming miko of the village, they eventually accepted my judgment. A year went by and we were sure of our relationship so we mated and had you. Everything was wonderful. Yasisashi was a wonderful father as well as a mate. He was also good friends with the ruler of the Western lands. They too had a hanyou child. So we had you and Inuyasha meet. You were only about a month and Inuyasha a year. The two of you became instant friends. Inseparable if you ask me, the two of you always playing and whatnot. I think you were even at the early stage of love; if you didn't love each other already." Kagome blushed at the thought of her and Inuyasha together. She shook her head lightly to clear the thought and her mom chuckled softly.

"Yes, you and Inuyasha together…It's not so weird. But anyway, you two grew up together until the day when everything seemed to be going wrong. Your father was attacked by the southern lands. He retaliated, but he was outnumbered and severely injured. So we fled to what you now know as the Forest of Inuyasha. I opened the well so we could travel through to the future and your father resealed the well and told me it wouldn't open until your eighteenth birthday, but it opened earlier than it was supposed to. I don't know why." Kagome let out a deep breath she had been holding in and asked a question that had been nagging her ever since she found out where she was born.

"If I knew Inuyasha when I was little then how can it be that fifty extra years passed for them?"

"I'm not really sure, but fate had its hand in this." Kagome gave her mother an odd look.

"Well, those are all the questions I have for you at this very moment, but I'll come back the night after I turn into my hanyou form if I can, Kagome said pleased that she now had a bit of information and was not like a lost child, wander through the streets.

Sada then decided to speak about another matter at hand, "I'll go get the Ramen for Inuyasha. I stocked up on it just the other day." Kagome mumbled an 'uh huh' before getting up to put all her blood stained and ripped clothes into the washing machine. She put in the detergent needed and finally presses the start button on the washer.

She decided to take a nap, but before she did she called down to her mom, "Mom, what am I going to do about school?" She heard her mother bustling around downstairs and then an answer to her question.

"Don't worry about it honey. I'll take care of all the stuff here." Kagome nodded to herself knowing that her mother couldn't see, but did it anyway.

"Okay, thanks mom!" Kagome continued to change into a fresh change of clothing and plop onto her bed. She instantly fell into a light sleep. She knew she would probably never be a heavy sleeper again with demon characteristics. Spending so much time in the feudal era didn't allow it with all the demons and such trying to kill her and her friends to take the Shikon no Tama.

Kagome awoke feeling really refreshed and relaxed. She spared a glace towards her alarm clock and found it was only a little after two o'clock in the afternoon. She jumped out of bed and stumbled across the floor to her closet. Kagome pulled out a white quarter sleeve blouse that buttoned up the front and a navy blue skirt. The young woman bent down and pulled out a pair of comfortable leather shoes she had gotten last Christmas from her adopted-aunt. She quickly pulled on the outfit and moved into the bathroom across the hall. There was a brush lying on the bathroom counter and she picked it up and ran it through her shiny black hair to remove all the knots. She proceeded to pull out a ponytail holder from the drawer and pull her hair up into a ponytail. When she was finished she gave herself a satisfied smile and exited the bathroom only to run smack into her mother.

"Oh!" Kagome fell backwards and Sada almost did as well. Once Kagome's mother regained her balance she helped her daughter up.

"I finished packing all of the Ramen and your things while you were sleeping. I also put some different clothes in your bag so you don't have to wear your school uniform all the time. I thought it would be best with that monk around all of the time." Kagome laughed nervously and shrugged her shoulders.

"Thanks mom!" the hanyou hugged her mother tightly. She was really lucky to have such an understanding and supportive mother. Kagome knew that most mothers wouldn't trust their daughters to travel into the past like hers did; even if they were born there.

"You're welcome Kagome. You better get back before Inuyasha comes and drags you to the feudal era." Sada chuckled while saying this.

"Also, if you can, come home around 9 o'clock pm and stay here till at least 10:30 on your birthday. I haven't glimpsed you in your hanyou form in such a long time and I would like to see my little girl the day she turns eighteen."

"Okay okasan, I'll have to get away from Inuyasha though and that's not always easy." The older woman nodded and walked her daughter to the back door.

"See you soon and take care!" Kagome hugged her mother one last time before jogging off to the well with her overly large backpack. She situated herself on the lip of the well before jumping down to be engulfed by that oh so familiar blue-purple light.

About an hour after Kagome had returned to her time Inuyasha had given up sulking in the corner and moved into a tree that had a clear visual shot of the well. He stayed in the tree for quite a while and was about to jump down the well to retrieve her when he caught a whiff of her scent. She smelled like a storm, with the wind raging and a heavy downpour of rain. It was rather consuming.

Inuyasha shook this off and jumped down to meet his miko.

She had just reached her hand up to grasp the brim of the well when a clawed hand grabbed her wrist. She gasped and let go out of reflex, but the hand holding her didn't. It pulled her up and out of the well all together placing her on the ground. Kagome looked up into amber orbs.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome said relieved to find him and not another blood thirsty demon after her life. He continued to stare down at her with his piercing amber eyes. She shifted uncomfortably under his gaze. Finally he realized he was staring and averted his eyes to anywhere save Kagome.

"I'm back," Kagome exclaimed nervously. Inuyasha just muttered something about not being blind before turning his back to her and crouching down. Kagome took the hint and situated herself onto his back. She clenched her legs onto his waist and wrapped her arms around his neck. Inuyasha put his arms over her legs and pulled her closer making sure she wasn't going to fall off.

Without warning he took off. It was warm out and Kagome enjoyed the wind whipping around her and Inuyasha's bodies while they flew through the air. She snuggled into his back feeling very content. Inuyasha stiffened before relaxing; he hadn't expected her to do that. He continued with one last leap to land right outside Kaede's hut.

Inuyasha helped Kagome off his back before picking up her bag again. They walked into the hut to find Sango already working on that night's dinner. She glanced up, mumbled a greeting, and then looked back down at the stew.

Kagome looked around to locate Miroku at the far wall nursing his red sore cheek that had recently been slapped. She continued to look for Shippou.

"Where's Shippou?" Sango looked back up at Kagome and answered her question.

"He went to play with some of the village children about an hour ago." Kagome nodded and watched Inuyasha set her bag down in a corner and went back outside. She didn't question him and went to help Sango with the other preparations for dinner.

Shippou had returned from playing a while ago and colored with some crayons Kagome brought him right outside the door to the hut. The dinner was uneventful other than Miroku getting slapped by Sango, Shippou getting hit by Inuyasha, and Kagome 'sitting' Inuyasha into the ground.

Kagome made the decision to turn in early that night because she wanted to talk to Shino as soon as possible. She had questions she knew her mother couldn't answer and she was dieing to know. All of this was new to her and she wanted to understand as soon as possible.

She unrolled her sleeping bag and lied down. Kagome soon found herself in a field full of blooming cherry trees. The wind blew them around and there sitting on a rock was Shino. She was going to understand this; even if it took her forever.

Inuyasha watched as Kagome dozed off and her breathing evened out. He didn't understand why, but when he looked at Kagome closely he got the feeling he knew her from before he was pinned to the tree. It was a nagging itch he just couldn't reach to scratch. She looked so innocent there lying on the ground, her face completely relaxed and peaceful. He was falling for her, he knew. It would be a miracle if he hadn't already.

But then there was Kikyo. He had been hers first. And he had made promises to her first. It was all so confusing. He had never mated with Kikyo, but because she was his first love, he felt obligated to always be there for her. But why did that feel wrong?

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