Journey's End
a/n: I do not own Inuyasha. I named Kagome's mother Keito, since her actual name is never noted as far as I know.
Prologue
Keito Higurashi looked at her daughter from across their dining room table with her hands wrapped around her porcelain tea cup, hardly believing what her daughter was saying.
Kagome was not a little girl anymore. She had grown into a beautiful woman at some point in time, and Keito reminded herself that she had missed most of that, missed her daughter growing up. It seemed only yesterday that they had been celebrating Kagome's fifteenth birthday, only yesterday that Kagome had fallen down the well; and now her daughter was about to turn eighteen.
"Mom, are you going to be okay/" Kagome asked, chewing her lower lips worriedly.
"I'll be fine dear. Do you want to start packing now?" Keito knew that in the end she would be fine, but right now her help was needed to save the world.
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Three days later, Inuyasha was coming to fetch Kagome. Keito, Gramps, and Sota all stood outside the well house with Kagome, knowing it may be the last time any of them see her; and the last time she sees anything of the world she came from.
"Kagome, your journey may be ending here, and this all may be over now, and I want you to know how very proud of you I am. You saved the world, or helped to save it. It's my job to worry, so know that I always will. But with Inuyasha at your side, I know you will be okay," Keito told her daughter the words she knew would matter most right now.
"Yeah Sis! Now that the jewel is back together, maybe you and Inuyasha can have some peace!" Sota pointed out.
The well glowed briefly, and then Inuyasha emerged, "Ready to go, Kagome?"
Kagome looked at each of them in turn, "Sota, you take good care of Gramps and Mom, okay?" Kagome ruffled her little brother's hair and turned to her grandfather.
"Gramps, you take care of yourself, all right? And Mom," Kagome grabbed her mother's hands and looked her in the eyes, "don't worry. I will be okay. Besides, we do not know for certain I won't be back, right? Just always know, I am okay"
None of them could say anything else as Kagome and Inuyasha gathered up the rest of their things. Inuyasha carried three large suitcases and a large duffel bag. Kagome carried only her large yellow backpack. With a flash of light they were gone, and only time would tell if they would ever return.