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Thanks flare for the review. I'm sorry that it was short. Ya, I tried to make this chapter not so mysterious and tell you some facts about Kagome.

Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha. Don't own the poem "Once Upon a Day" by Nanaka Gto, another friend.

Where Do I Belong?

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Once Upon a Day "Once upon a day

Long, long ago.

A girl sat on the steps of her home.

She sat and watched the world go by before her.

She wondered if her life was like that.

Fast paced, with the slow times mixed.

And once upon that day,

She learned the true meaning of the word life.

She learned,

Once upon a day,

That life is just what some call a mid point.

And, others call,

A day."

Higurashi Kagome sat on the steps of her shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Watching the sunset. Dreaming of earlier days.

She was a strong 21-year-old woman. She had a good job and a loving family. She hadn't really wanted to be married. But, he was pushing, hard. So, she had married Hojou. It wasn't what she wanted at all. Her real love never told her. She had nothing to hold her back anymore.

Though, she knew Hojou wouldn't last. Soon, her life grew too boring. He was a bit worse of a husband than she could have ever imagined. She finally grew too frustrated at 20, after being married for 1 year. 

Kagome knew she should have expected it. Nothing lasts forever. But, in some cases, love overcame that. But, it hadn't overcome the barrier in any of her relationships.

Kagome kept looking off the west, watching the beautiful reds and golds fill the sky all around her. A gentle breeze from the south coddled her and whisked leaves around her and the old steps. It was the early fall and it was already cold. Kagome hugged her anorak closer to her body.

She already knew her plans for her later life. She would be a spinster. There was no hope that she would have another husband. She was smarter than that.

Her only real love had turned her away. But, she didn't like thinking about him anymore. At first, he was all she could think of. She spent countless nights either not sleeping or crying herself to sleep over him. He wouldn't have ever cared. Kagome knew better than that now. She had really thought he cared. But, really, he was just as glad to get rid of her.

At first, Kagome thought he might come back through the well and hug her and brush away her tears and tell her it was all just a nightmare. Or that it was all a joke. But, he never did. And she was still waiting. But, after half a year, the deepest part of her heart exposed itself and told her the truth. He was never going to come back. Never again. No one wanted her really. But, she wasn't sure what to do with her life now.

Her grandfather had died just last year, 3 months after she and Hojou separated. Her mother was gone most of the time. Souta was away at some boarding school in England. She just wasn't sure what really called to her. It was like nothing was really sticking out. She was a little disappointed that even in her own era, people didn't want her around or left, but at least they had better reasons than her old other "so-called" friends. They had never been sincere about being her friend.

She knew she should have been more cautious. She had been a little stupid with her life so far. Kagome knew nothing great would ever happen again.

The best moment had been in that final battle. The last time she truly remembered her friends, acting like real friends.

It had been almost a year of looking for the jewels. They had the final pieces to collect. The ones Naraku had. To get those meant everything was finished. Nothing was left to do. They could live normal, healthy and good lives. Sango and Miroku had been lovers for a while and Inuyasha and Kagome were a bit friendly with their feelings. The boundary was almost crossed. Only about a nanometer lay left. And, Inuyasha had crossed it the night before the battle. But, that didn't last long.

That last night, they all sat around, Sango and Miroku trying to look as least conspicuous as possible, Shippou in Kagome's lap and Inuyasha being quite protective of her. Especially if Miroku ever looked at her. Or, Shippou would snuggle closer into her stomach.

"Inuyasha it's ok." Kagome would say every time. He would still act defensive of her at all costs.

They had joked around the campfire and laughed hard that night.

That was her last true memory of her friends, at least "acting" like her friends. Everyone seemed to know that they were wanted there. Everyone had a place. Everyone seemed needed.

The next day after the battle, Kagome couldn't stay anywhere without being threatened or hurt. Everyone seemed to have betrayed her. Nothing seemed right. It all seemed so wrong. Like everything she did was the worst thing that could happen.

The sun finally set over the western horizon. Kagome walked back up to the empty shrine. Buyo met her and walked along and could tell she was depressed.

Kagome took off her anorak and made dinner. She couldn't ever eat ramen anymore without feeling sick. Or depressed. Everything seemed to be a blur. She only remembered getting in bed before the noise from the downstairs awoke her.

A/N: Alight, that's that chapter.

I haven't gotten a chance to update because of "Get Over It." So, gomen nasai.

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