"Darn it!"

Kagome laid in her room, her face buried in a pillow, which was now soaked with tears. She let out sniff, and wiped her nose hard on the fabric, trying to stop the fluids, any fluids, from leaking out of her.

"Darn it!"

Kagome's mom had been called to get her, and found her sobbing in the principal's office. The principal had tried to be strict, but after the 5th "Their gone!" wail, he had given up all hope and simply stroked her back untill her mother got there to drive Kagome home.

"Darn it!"

Kagome looked up at Shippo, who was trying to play with Souta's gameboy. He growled and set it down. Kirara let out a lazy yawn and walked over to kagome, licking her ear. She smiled weakly.

"I guess I am not ready yet."

"It's ok Kagome." Shippo said. He looked around, quickly and gently, then looked back at her. "I cried to….when no one is around."

Kagoem smiled. "You don't have to worry about crying in front of me Shippo." He shook his head, and Kagome's eyes grew slightly. "Oh….you mean when your mom and dad…" Shippo gave her a soft nod. "Come up here." Shippo nodded and scrambled onto the bed.

"Meow?"

"You too Kirara." Kagome said gently. She sat the two of them in her lap and nodded. "We have to work together on this…be strong…move on. That's why I brought all of us to my time…so we could all move on…but not forget the past." She hugged each one of them. "We are on our own now."

Shippo nodded, then looked at her. "Kagome…will it get better?"

"Did it get better when your parents died?"

Shippo paused, then blushed. "Yea…but that's because I found a new mom." He hugged her close and Kagome smiled, ruffling his hair.

"Right. We'll just have to find another cursing rage machine, a tough woman with a boomerang, and a pervert." She paused. "And in my time, it's easy to find all three…the pervert especially."

The two of them laughed, Kirara meowing happily. They had just stopped laughing long enough for Kagome to hear her mom calling for her. She smiled and got up, and looked at the two of them.

"Be right back…and Shippo, stay out of my makeup. And Kirara, don't eat any more of my makeup."

The two paled, remembering the mess they had made that day. Well…Shippo paled…Kirara it was hard to tell.

"Come mama!" Kagome said, coming down the stairs. She paused at the bottom, staring into the living room.

Her mother was sitting on the couch, looking over some pamphlets. Next to her was an older man, dressed in a black suit. He had brown hair that was graying at the temples, thin glasses and a kind smile. He stood up and bowed.

"Kagome…" her mother said. "Could you please sit down?"

Kagome nodded. "What's wrong?"

"Kagome…the principal and I talked on the phone after I got you…and we both think you need to see a psychiatrist."

Kagome frowned. "I'm not crazy. I know I had a large outburst in history class, but I can…"

"It's not like that" The man said. "You see Kagome, we think it might be nice if you could talk over your feelings with me." He paused. "I'm sorry…I am Doctor Max Christian." He smiled. "You see…when someone suffers a loss…they fell there is no one they can turn to. Their emotions get bottled up…and boom!" He clapped his hands, hard, causing Kagome to jump.

"So…I would talk to you?"

"You would be let out of school. It won't affect your grades, as the school will count this as a class. You will come to my offices, we'll talk, ad you can let me know how you feel. It can be about anything, from what happened, to even if a report was giving you trouble. The point is…" here, he leaned in close, gently taking her hand. "…you can't do this alone."

Kagome looked at him, startled. Half of her wondered if he had heard her conversation with Shippo.

'I don't know if I can do this…see a shrink? People thought I was sick in the body, now I am going to be sick in the head?'

"Kagome…we will let you think it over. But I want you to know…that this is something for your sake alone." Her mother smiled softly and the two of them stood up to leave the room.

'I can't do this on my own…and I can't do this with just Shippo and Kirara. I need to be strong for them…and need someone to help me stay strong. Why should I be embarrassed?'

"I'll do it." Kagome said. Her mother turned and smiled, before giving her a hug. "mom…can't…breath….gasp!"

Her mother let go, muttering a few 'i'm sorry's, then looked over at Dr. Christan. The shrink nodded and sat back down.

"Well Kagome, I am glad you are willing to try this. Now, I have an opening…"He flipped through a little book he had taken out of his suit pocket. "1 o'clock,after lunch."

"Perfect" Kagome said, not wanting to give away that she would miss math and not have to be punished for it. "but…where do I have to go?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that, didn't I?" Dr. Christan smiled. "I sometimes forget stuff like that. My offices are located at the Toyko Childs Home."

"That big orphanage?" kagome asked. "Why am I seeing a doctor from there?"

"Well, the school and the orphanage share things, like books and the sort, since the Childs Home has home schooling. In return, we lease our services as guidance councilors, psychiatrists, so on, to them. We are only 2 blocks from school, so it was a perfect fit."

Kagome nodded. "before 1, go to the orphanage…"

"We prefer Childs Home."

"…for appointment with shrink"

"Psychiatrist."

Kagome smiled. "Ok…I can do that."