Inuyasha waited by the bone eaters-well. He was silent, folded into a crouching position just staring at the hunk of rotting wood that formed a hole into a new world far beyond his own. He waited, trying to drown out the questions that formed past his mind. Should he go after her? Should he stay and wait for her to calm down and come back? He growled uncertainly. Knowing how stubborn she was, it could take days if not weeks for her to return. He had never seen her this angry………..well, since he kissed Kikyo that is.

He silently paced back and forth before the well. Then, looking all around him to make sure no one was watching, he silently slipped into the future.

"Is he gone?" a Miyoga asked Shippo gently. "Yea, he's gone." The small fox answered from the bushes in front of the well. "It's time to apologize to Kagome I guess." Shippo looked thoughtful for a moment. The he huffed exasperatedly. "And it's about time too." He sighed "Those two are so stubborn." Miyoga nodded in agreement, as they laid down and waited for Inuyasha to return.

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Back in modern day Japan, at the prestigious high school, Retoki Academy.

"Kagome, come outside with us!" Kagome was dragged from one of her daydreams sitting at her desk to glance at her friend, Shiera. "Come outside with us and look at all the cherry blossoms." Kagome sighed. "No thanks I think I'll just sit here for a little while." Shiera sighed. " Kagome, I don't know what's wrong but you've been in a real stint lately and you need to get out of it." She huffed away when there was not response. "We'll see you later then."

Kagome sighed "Sure see you…." The door slammed shut behind her friend, cutting off her words. "Later."

Kagome looked out the window. "Darn it, why can't I stop thinking about him?" She stood up quickly "Maybe a walk will clear my head."

As she walked slowly down to the courtyard, she didn't see the shadow hiding in one of the corners. A doggy eared shadow.

Kagome sighed as she walked among her classmates racing in the courtyard beneath the cherry trees. The fragrant white and pink blossoms drifted past, some getting caught in her raven black tresses, making the dark color look even lovelier.

She glanced up at a birds call, just in time to see a shadow dash from the window upstairs and disappear to somewhere she could not see. "Weird." She muttered, and continued her walk.

After about an hour, she gave up and went back upstairs to gather her things to go home. And sitting there, on her briefcase, was a letter, written on old fashioned paper.

Paper from the feudal era.

On the outside it looked a little crude, a creamy color from before they had saws to hack down trees and use the thinnest sheets to make the bright white almost clear paper today and folded into a small square.

But that little piece of paper and the simple words on the outside made her heart pound.

"Kagome" was written on the outside in crude, unpracticed scroll.

She gasped for air and took a look around. No one was in the room, but there was not doubt in her mind about who it was from.

She gently picked it up, unfolded in and began to read.

Dear Kagome.

You think I only need you for some distant ending quest.

And when we have found all the shards, our relationship will be put to rest.

You think that I hate you, that I despise you through and through. Well I am here to say, that this is far from true.

You're like the setting sun that we watch each passing day

Beautiful and startling a true treasure any would say.

You bring light into my life, for simply being true

What you have confused as hate, is the love I have for you.

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Kagome stared at the piece of paper, trying really hard not to cry. She smiled gently. "I love you too, Inuyasha." She whispered. She slowly folded the paper up and stuck it in her briefcase, and then she ran out of the room and rushed down the school stairs back to the courtyard and street.

"Whoa Kagome." Shiera called "Is everything okay?" Kagome smiled as she turned back to look at her friend. "Yes, everything is going to be just fine." She called, and raced home to face her destiny, never knowing where it would lead, but knowing that she would face head on, as long as she had her family, her friends, and Inuyasha.