"So, what does this mean Kagome?" Sango asked her best friend. They were all seated in Kaede's hut eating a small dinner of stew. Sango and Miroku had gotten married, so when he went for her butt, she waited three seconds before slapping him across the face. Sango was expecting too, Miroku had been doing it less, not wanting to unleash the wrath of his hormonal spouse.
"It means, I have to leave around mid-summer to get ready to move to another country to study. I won't be able to come back until about December." Kagome explained.
"Why do you have to go away for so long!" Shippo whined. Even though he was five years older, making him look like an eleven year old, he still acted like Kagome's son.
"It's something most people do in my time Shippo. We reach an age where we move out of our parents homes and live on our own, without their constant support. I'm an adult now in my time, and I need to act like it."
"What happens after December?" Miroku asked. He was very curious about the happenings in Kagome's time period.
"I'll go back and visit in April, or maybe a little sooner, if I can. Then I'll be home in Japan for the summer and the same process will happen for the next four years."
FOUR YEARS!
"Well, we will miss you when you leave us Kagome." Sango hugged her as best as she could, with a giant belly.
"What do people in your era do after they go through 'college'?" Shippo asked.
"Well, depending on what you study, you get a job. Then, I suppose I'll be getting married and starting a family. But I have a little while to go before I'm ready for that." Kagome explained to him. Inuyasha had fallen over anime style when she mentioned getting married.
"Are you okay Inuyasha?" The kitsune asked, jumping on his head.
"Oi! Get off of me you son of a b-,"
"Sit!"
"Gahh!"
"Kagome, before you go back to your time, would you like to visit the hot springs with me?" Sango asked, ignoring the cursing hanyou.
"Sure Sango."
"No following Miroku!" Sango shouted to her husband.
He sighed and sat next to Inuyasha.
"How do you feel about Kagome's leaving?"
"What are you talking about monk?" Inuyasha questioned back.
"Please Inuyasha, we all know you have feelings for Lady Kagome. Are you okay with this?"
"Keh"