That night, Sango and Kohaku felt asleep in the grass. In the end, Sango hadn't told him about the "someone else".

"Sango.."

"Who?"

"Father."

"Father? Why?"

"I want to talk to you."

"Yes?"

"Do you hate me for making you a demon exterminator?"

Sango looked straight into her father's eyes. She knew the answer. She never hated her father. Not for such a reason. "No."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I never regret about it."

"I know that I was not a good father. I didn't allow you to enjoy your young days as a girl. I thought that one day you will understand what I am doing but after hearing what you said yesterday, I knew that you didn't like it."

There was a silence. Sango didn't expect her father to say these to her. "Father, I am sorry about what I said yesterday, it was because –"

Suddenly, Kohaku stretched himself and yawned. Sango and her father looked at him. They wondered whether he had heard their conversation. He asked, "Father, you are early today. Why don't we go to the street together?"

Sango and her father smiled and they proceeded down the streets. Sango thought, "How can I explain this better? Father will not believe me. Who will believe in the existence of the 'Time of Wheel'? And if even he did, it won't –"

Not far away from them, Kagome smiled and said to Inuyasha, "How nice is it for Sango to be with her family again, right?"

Inuyasha didn't reply. He was deep in thoughts. He felt that there was something there that needed him to do but he just did not know what it was. There was something screaming for him. Just what was it?

"Inu..yasha?"

"Are you calling me, Kagome?"

Kagome did not respond. Two of them slowly strolled back to the house. Inuyasha's eyes suddenly widen as he exclaimed, "Oh ya, Kagome. How are we going to get back to time?"

"I don't know. He didn't say clearly. But I believe if we find the well which connects the modern world and the warring states, we will be able to get out of this."

"Idiot! We will be going back to your strange world then! Like this, we won't be able to find Naraku and I won't be able to –"

Inuyasha's eyes widen. "What is it, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha ignored Kagome and dashed off. He knew what that thing was. It was Kikyo! Now that he went back to time, Kikyo is not dead at this point and he could find her. "I will not let you die again, Kikyo." Inuyasha said to himself as he ran through the forest.

Kagome looked at the fading image and walked off down the streets to join Sango. When she saw the Taijiya family, she noticed that Sango was keeping herself away from her brother and father. She was walking slightly slower and she looked very down.

"What is it, Sangochan?"

"Err?"

"Your wish is fulfilled now so why are you still looking so down? Your brother and father are with you now –"

"The truth is that they are dead. No matter how happy I am now, it won't change a thing. I am just living in the past. I shouldn't have come here. This Taijiya village brought back too many memories. Both happy and unhappy."

There was a silence before Kagome said cheerfully, "Just enjoy the time here. See, how happy Miroku is."

Sango turned and saw Miroku. He was asking the same question to every woman that he met, "Will you bear my child?"

Sango shook her head. He did it everywhere and Sango had grown tired of it.

"Sango, look at this." Her father said with a slight giggle.

Sango looked towards the direction where her father was pointing to. It was a small boomerang which was like the Hiraikotsu.

"It is like a mini Hiraikotsu."

"I regret giving you Hiraikotsu. I thought it was good that you can be strong. Remember the times when Hiraikotsu flew off and you had to run to find it. Climb trees, swim in the gushing rivers and mud. It was your childhood. I know you are angry with me."

"No, father. I love Hiraikotsu. It is a great weapon and I like to be strong. Didn't you say before that only the strongest of the strongest can survive in the feudal era?"

"Yes. But –"

"No more buts. Thank you, father."

Sango walked off in the other direction and Kagome chased after her. "Sangochan, why didn't you tell him that you are in the past? And why didn't you tell him that you didn't want history to repeat itself so you said those words?"

Sango shook her head. "He will not believe in the wheel of time. Anyway, what will happen if he knows? He will still remain in the ground…oh ya, how did you know that I said those words, Kagomechan?"

"Err…we were hiding behind a tree when you talked to your father. Pardon me for eavesdropping."

"It's alright…where's Inuyasha?"

"No idea. He ran off just now."

"At this period of time, where will he go?

"He seems to be in a hurry."

"Hurry? He must have some important things to do."

"Important? Don't tell me –"

"What?"

"Can't be."

"What is it? Kagomechan?"

There was a silence. Kagome thought, "Kikyo! It must be Kikyo!" Suddenly, Kagome felt a jealousy inside her growing.

"Stop guessing. He went in search for Kikyo." A familiar voice sounded. It was Kagura.

"Kagura!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Yes. What are you waiting for? Sango, appreciate your moments with your family. Happiness is hard to build but loneliness is just a touch of the second."

"Did this happen before?" Sango thought.

"Isn't this fun? Being trapped inside this confusing mixture of both the reality and past." Kagura said as she flew off in the feather.

"What's the meaning of this? Both the reality and past?" Sango said unhappily.

"Sangochan, can I borrow Kirara for a while?"

"Let's go together!"

Kirara flew as the two girls went in search of Inuyasha. After flying for a while, they sighted Inuyasha by a lake. "Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Ka...gome? Sango? Kirara?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Nothing. Let's go back."

"Ok."

"Both the reality and the past?" Miroku questioned.

"Yes. That's what she said to us. Right, Kagome?" Sango said as she turned towards Kagome. The room was only the 6 adventurers.

"Yes. What's that suppose to mean?"

"Is it that some things that appear before us now are reality while some is past?" Miroku frowned as he said.

"Whatever it is, let's go back to time as soon as possible." Inuyasha interrupted harshly.

"How to?" Miroku questioned.

"He said find his house and then –"

"It's impossible. Now that we stopped the killings in the caste, the villagers will not die in the hands of Kohaku. Nothing will be destroyed and so his house will not be built." Sango analyzed.

"Is it a trap set by Naraku to –" Miroku interpreted.

"It must be! Kagura said that we were trapped, right?" Kagome exclaimed.

"Then we can't continue our journey to find the fragments?" Shippo asked.

"Not really, let's see what he is doing." Miroku said.

There was a strange silence for a while before Sango said softly, "Sorry, guys. I was too rash at that time. I shouldn't have gone into the wheel of time. Sorry."

"It's ok, Sango. I understand how you feel." Miroku said calmly as he swift himself towards Sango. Sango stared into his eyes. She had a very strange but nice feeling at this moment. Miroku moved his face closer to Sango. Sango relaxed her grip and allowed her face to move closer towards Miroku.

"ANYWAY, we just have to continue to look for Naraku and the fragments. We must catch Naraku and I will kill him with my Tetsusaiga!" Inuyasha interrupted loudly.

Sango and Miroku moved quickly away from each other. They both blushed.

The night settled down with the moonlight shining upon the house. Inuyasha stared out of the window. He wondered, "Where are you, Kikyo? Are you the reality or the past? No. No. I can't let my desire for you be my weakness. I must overcome it to be stronger. Is the Naraku the reality or the past? There is too much unknown to be discovered in this world. No matter you are the reality or the past, I will destroy you, Naraku. For myself and for Kikyo!