Oh yeah. I can really tell that you guys are just DYING for me to update. I haven't gotten any new reviews. Or e-mails. pouts

Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha.

"Whaaaaaaaaaaa! You can't leave! We just now found you again!" Shippo was wailing in the arms of kagome, as she broke the news that she was going home. Sango and Miroku were standing together off to the side, with Kilala on her shoulder. They both sighed.

"Shippo, you know I would take you with me if I could; but you won't be able to go through the well."

"Well then why is he going!?" Shippo pointed accusingly at sesshomaru.

Kagome sighed wearily.

"Shippo..." she began.

"I wanna GO!!!" Shippo crossed his arms and looked up at Kagome with the cutest, poutiest face he could muster.

Sesshomaru knew that Shippo was just a kit; but at the moment he wanted to do some harm. Mainly wringing his neck. 'Annoying kit. Why can't he understand that this is pointless?' sesshomaru sighed in annoyance.

Kagome gave Shippo a hug.

"I'll be back soon, Shippo. I promise. We're only staying for a day or so." Shippo pouted.

"I still wanna go." He grumbled. Kagome decided she was going to have to tell him what a brat he's being; she should really get tough with him. 'Time for the heavy artillery.'

"Shippo, if you stop complaining, I'll bring you back some candy!" she bribed. Oh yeah. She was really cracking down on him. Shippo seemed to think about it for a moment, as if considering if it was worth it. Then his face lit up.

"Chocolate?" he asked hopefully.

"Yes! I'll bring you back chocolate! Goodbye you guys!" she waved good-bye and ran to catch up with sesshomaru, who had gotten tired of waiting and already started walking.

Kagome stopped next to Sesshomaru and they walked side by side. The path was dusty; but it had branches hanging over that provided some shade. Kagome glanced over at the regal demon lord. He walked in calculated steps, going around holes or roots, keeping his gaze straight. 'I wonder how he does that without looking down.' She thought. Right as she tripped.

Her foot had gotten lodged under a root; unable to pull it out she went tumbling to the ground. 'I bet this looks dignified.' She grumbled in her mind; as she tried to pull her foot out.

Ten minutes later, she was still sitting there on the ground; while sesshomaru looked at her in a slightly bemused way.

"My foot is stuck." She told him, panting slightly from trying to get her foot out. His eyebrows quirked ever so slightly.

"There you go. Stating the obvious again."

"So?! My ankle is killing me! Won't you help me out?" she pleaded.

"You are a demon. It is a root." She looked up at him blankly. He sighed in annoyance from her ignorance.

"Use your claws." He stated. Kagome looked at her claws as if just noticing them. She scratched tentavely at the root, and it gave way under the slightest pressure. She stood up and glared at him.

"Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?!?" she demanded. He shrugged.

"You didn't ask." And with that he started walking again.

After a few more minutes of silence, she stopped in front of him and turned to look him in the eye.

"Do you think I'm weak?" she asked with a little fear creeping into her voice. He looked at her. His amber eyes cold and unrevealing.

"I think you are in need of training. You are not weak. Even as a human, I thought you to be strong. Mentally. But now you are strong physically and you need to learn how to use your strengths. That is all." She thought of his answer.

'I do need training. But is he going to train me?'

They picked up the pace. Running through the woods and trails was exhilarating for kagome. Even sesshomaru seemed to be having a good time. They were running swiftly, dodging trees and jumping over streams. Kagome had a smile plastered on her face the whole time.

Until she came to the well.

When she stopped all of the sudden in a clearing, sesshomaru stopped and stared at what was there. A small wooden well, covered in vines. 'That is the portal to her time? 'He thought skeptically.

Kagome slowly walked towards it, as if in a daze. She was getting wrapped up in old memories. Old emotions.

She suddenly snapped out of it and tentevaly; she took his hand.

"I hope this works." She said.

She jumped; dragging sesshomaru; lord of the western lands, into the future. Hopefully.

I know! Its short but I was in a hurry. R&R!