AN: waaa! The story is almost over. I don't want it to end. Oh well at least I still have a couple more to write. Ok about it being late I had school stuff sisterly stuff and just plain stuff to do. But here is your update. I know it is really late sorry about that.

Disclaimer: Don't own him but I am getting the third movie for my birthday. Let's just say a little birdie told me. Don't own Mountain Dew either.

Oh Brother!

Chapter 24.

"But I never got to tell mommy goodbye." 'sniffle sniffle'

"Oh calm down Shippou how about we call her now and you can talk to her would that make you feel better?" Shippou nodded before snuggling closer to Izayoi.

Inuyasha walked in as Izayoi was about to pick up the phone. She looked at the emotionless look on his face as he stomped up to his room. 'I hope my old Inuyasha comes back soon. He must have really liked that girl.' she thought as she felt something wet on her kimono. Shippou was crying again.

"What's wrong now Shippou?"

"I never should have gone to Rin's house I should have been here so I could tell her goodbye" Shippou sobbed.

"Oh Shippou I'm going to call her now so you can talk to her" She picked up the phone once again.

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"Kagome some one is on the phone asking for you! It sounds like that cute little fox kitsune" Kagome's mom yelled up the stairs.

"Coming mom!" Kagome ran down the stairs and took the phone from her mom. "Hello?" sniffling could be heard coming from Shippou. "Oh Shippou what is wrong?" Kagomeasked sounding very concerned.

"I never got to say good-bye to you mommy, I miss you so much."

"I miss you too Shippou… I wish I could see you and I can't wait until I get the chance to." her eyes started to fill up with tears just as Shippou's were doing now. She really felt like sobbing but she had to keep herself together for Shippou.

"So what has been going on since I left?" (It has been about a week now since she left.) She asked desperately hoping to change the subject. She was also trying to get their conversation on a less sad note. She wanted to cheer Shippou up. She would do anything in her power to reach this goal too.

Shippou laughed. "It is soo funny daddy just walks around moping all the time, he's really mean too. I tried to talk to him yesterday when I got home and he screamed at me. Uncle Miroku is ok but I can tell he misses Aunt Sango. By the way when are they going to have my baby cousin?"

Kagome giggled puzzling Shippou. 'Why was she laughing this was not a funny matter at all he was serious.' "Mommy why are you laughing I was serious. When is Aunt Sango going to have my cousin? Cause Uncle Miroku said that she was going to have a baby soon." Kagome scowled when Shippou told her the part about Miroku. 'Great! Now that stupid pervert is filling poor little Shippou's head with perverted nonsense.'

"Well Shippou ignore everything Miroku ever tells you because he is wrong. Aunt Sango is not going to have a baby. They aren't even married yet." Kagome tried her best to explain it to Shippou.

"Ok I won't listen to Miroku anymore." Shippou said smirking. 'Yes this will work out good. I can't wait until Wednesday when Miroku is babysitting me.' (Here is a little mental image for you; Miroku is sitting on the couch on Wednesday thinking baby sitting Shippou is going to be a piece of cake, when he hears a loud crash coming from the kitchen. He gets up thinking 'what the heck. That can't be Shippou usually he is a good boy when I baby-sit him.' When he got to the kitchen Shippou had spilled the flour all over the floor and was eating sugar right out of the bag. "Shippou put that sugar down now." Miroku said a stern look on his face. Shippou just glanced up at him once before continuing on eating his beloved sugar. "Great I see this isn't going anywhere." Miroku mumbled to himself heading toward the fridge to get a Mountain Dew. He kept on mumbling about something that included "Inuyasha… clean up this…. Blackmail him." when he grabbed for a Mountain Dew he grabbed a hold of nothing but air. "What the?" That's when he turned around and saw all the empty cans littering the kitchen table. "SHIPPOU!" Shippou looks up innocently. "What mommy told me not to listen to you?"

"Shippou? Shippou? Are you there?" Kagome said worried. She was just about to hang up the phone when Shippou replied.

"Yeah… I was just thinking about something." Shippou said. Too excited for his own good.

"Well what was it. You sound really excited about it whatever it was."

Shippou began to worry what if he said something that would ruin his wonderful plan? "Uhhh…. Ummmm… I was just thinking of when I would get to see you again." he said really fast mentally giving himself a pat on the back for coming up with such a good excuse in so little time.

"Awe that is soo sweet Shippou! I can't wait to see you either." Shippou rolled his eyes he wasn't really into this mushy stuff. "So how are Miroku and Inuyasha anyway?"

"I just told you a little bit ago. Inuyasha mopes around all day and Miroku keeps telling me of all the new cousins I am going to get."

"Oh…" Kagome said disappointed she was hoping to get more details on how Inuyasha was doing. She knew she wouldn't get anymore facts from Shippou though. "Shippou may I speak to Mrs. Taisho?"

"Sure." Shippou said handing the phone to Izayoi.

"Hello?" Izayoi said. In the few seconds it took Kagome to answer she was thinking to herself 'Why did Kagome want to talk to her?' But when she heard Kagome answer and her moping son appear at the bottom of the stairs with the frown he had been wearing since she had left, she had a pretty good idea.

"Mrs. Taisho I was just wondering….how is Inuyasha doing?" When she finished the sentence she regretted it though she had forgotten to ask how Miroku was doing to so Mrs. Taisho didn't get suspicious.

Mrs. Taisho looked up at her son who hadn't said a word, just silently made his way to the kitchen. "Well, he has been silent since you left and he won't eat much and he stays in his room all the time. I don't know what to do Kagome I just don't know. I'm starting to get worried. I've tried everything. I sent Inutaisho, Miroku, and Shippou up there to try and cheer him up. Not even I could."

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'Why can't I just forget about her? It's so annoying. It wasn't like I liked her that much anyway. She is just a girl after all.' Inuyasha thought as he listened to the music loudly resounding from his CD player. Getting hungry he got up from his comfortable bed and started his way down the stairs hoping not to run into any one. They kept asking him a question that annoyed him to no end and that stupid question was…"Are you Ok?" Of course he was ok. Why wouldn't he be? But then again he was being quiet, not eating much and never coming out of his room. Why? When he was asked he would use as few words as he could and say…"Because I want to." He wouldn't tell them the truth which was…. The only girl he had ever felt anything close enough to love had been taken away from him.

As he made his way down stairs he saw his mom take the phone from Shippou and Shippou start to dance around. 'Ok what has them so excited? Oh like he cared that is until he heard his name being mentioned. He ran to the fridge and grabbed the first thing he could and ran up to his room. His phone and the living rooms phone both used the same phone line so he could listen in. He often did this. It wasn't like he needed his own line anyway he usually kept the phone off. Why would he need it? He never called anyone. Now he was happy he had a phone as he turned it on and being as quiet as he could he started listening.

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"Oh it isn't because of me is it? I shouldn't have ignored him on the day I left. I'm so sorry. I just couldn't help it. I was upset by the way he had treated me if there was anyone I thought would never hurt me it would be him. I'm so sorry. It's not like I am good enough for him anyway. Please tell him I'm sorry…" Kagome had started to cry. She tried to stop herself but she just couldn't.

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Inuyasha almost said something but he had to bite his tongue to make sure he didn't. If he did he would not only have to face a really long lecture from his mom but he would also be surrounded in guilt. It was none of his business. He shouldn't even be listening. So he kept his mouth shut. His conscience wasn't going to stop him from listening though. He had one question that was unanswered and he hoped this conversation would reveal the answer he sought.

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"Oh Kagome, no dear that is not why he is upset. He deserved what he got I will admit. He was a jerk." Mrs. Taisho said trying to comfort Kagome. 'Should I tell her why he had treated her so badly? No! I think I should leave that to Inuyasha. It might mean more if she hears it from him he would probably like that better to. I would probably blow his pride.'

"..ill you tell …I'm I am s…ry?" Kagome asked she was still crying and it was kind of hard for Mrs. Taisho to make out but she did after a couple minutes of thinking.

"Kagome…. Stop crying. Do you want to talk to Inuyasha?" Mrs. Taisho knew Kagome's answer before the word even left he mouth. She thought she might as well give it a try anyway.

"No please I don't think I am ready yet." Kagome wasn't crying as hard anymore she had calmed down slightly. She knew the reason that Inuyasha was upset was because of her. She knew Mrs. Taisho hadn't told the whole truth to try and make her feel better.

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Inuyasha was shocked. Why was Kagome crying over what he thought? Whether he was mad or not. It wasn't like his opinion was important anyway. And she had made his mom promise that she would tell him that she was sorry. Why? Why had she cared so much? It had hurt him to hear that she didn't want to talk to him though. Almost to a point where he wanted to slam the phone down stomp on it and punch the nearest thing close to him till either he broke his hand or the object he was destroying was nothing but dust.

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"So do you like Inuyasha?" She blurted out before she could stop herself. She bit her lip hoping she hadn't made Kagome cry again. Surprisingly she hadn't she sounded solemn about the subject though.

"Yes… I think I do that is one thing I wanted to tell him before I left. He shoved me away right as I was going to tell him. I don't think he feels the same way." Kagome replied. The subject was heart breaking for her to talk about just yet and it took all she had to get it out but for some odd reason she felt better now that she finally had.

"Why don't you ask him? You know I think it would make things better if you would." She tried to hint at the reason why Inuyasha was upset. She knew it was killing Kagome to know why.

"No cause what if he doesn't?"

Odd I know but Mrs. Taisho smiled at that remark. I know it sounds cruel. Yeah it does but it wasn't cruel at all. Just think of yourself in her position. Two kids so much in doubt of themselves that they are blinder then a bat. She felt like laughing but then what would Kagome think of that? "Well that is your choice I won't bother you about it anymore if you don't want me to."

"Thank you Mrs. Taisho….. Thank you so much."

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Ok now Inuyasha felt like skipping around, humming a happy tune of purple ponies, and kissing everyone in the house. That is until he remembered Kagome was living on the other side of a big ocean. Ok that dampened his mood a bit but not nearly as much. He was still happy to sing his song of the purple monkeys. He quietly sat the phone down not caring about the rest of Kagome's and Mrs. Taisho's conversation. He bounded down the hallway singing of his ponies. (Ok I know he is ooc but he is not in the past he is in this time and I saw a friend of mine dance and sing a weird song when he got the girl he wanted. I wrote this to basically brighten the mood. I don't want to write sad anymore it is to sad. If it bothers anyone please tell me and I will try to fix it. After all this story is for the readers not me.)

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"What is that?" Kagome asked. She could hear someone singing faintly. She couldn't make out who it was though.

"Well it certainly can't be Inuyasha. It has to be Miroku."

"Well I'm guessing you would want to know about that and supper is done so I guess I had better get going. Remember to tell Inuyasha."

"I will no worries." she hung up the phone and went to investigate what had made someone very happy.

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"Miroku start packing your bags we are going to Japan." Inuyasha said practically giving Miroku a heart attack.

"Inuyasha what is with the dramatic mood swing? I thought you were being 'Mr. I'm to depressed to talk to anyone and when I do I bite their heads off because I was a jerk and was mean to Kagome for my own selfish reasons an…"

"Miroku I get it stop! That is exactly why we are going to Japan. I have to tell her sorry. Just think of it this way you will get to see Sango" that seemed to cheer Miroku up a lot. He jumped off the bed.

"Then what are we waiting for? Get to your room and start packing" He shooed Inuyasha out of the room and threw a bunch of junk in a suitcase. He ran to get Inuyasha when he ran into his mom. "What was with the singing earlier and what is that?' she said pointing to the suitcase in Miroku's hand.

"Well first of all I don't know what you are talking about singing cause it wasn't me must have been Inuyasha, and this" he said pointing to the suitcase "I'm going to go see my lady."

Mrs. Taisho gave him a 'you have got to be joking me look.' "That was not Inuyasha."

"Go look for yourself then he is as happy as can be."Mrs. Taisho went to Inuyasha's room and knocked on the door. "Are you readymiroku cause if not too bad for you?" Inuyasa said.Mrs. Taisho opened the door.

"Inuyasha!" She flew at him. "Your finally happy again." She said as she hugged him. Then she backed away and put her hands on her hips. "Were you listening to Kagome and my conversation?"

"Yeah but I needed to know mom…."

Mrs. Taisho put a very disappointed mad look on. "You could of at least told me you were in a better mood before you told Miroku. And you'll need these." She reached in her pocket and pulled out two tickets.

"How did you know?" Inuyasha said shocked taking the tickets. "well a mother always knows. I had gotten the tickets. I was planning on calling Kagome today and I was hoping you would listen in. By the way next time you listen in try to be more quiet. Kagome was getting suspicious."

"So when does our plane leave?"

"In two hours you better go. I suppose Miroku already has the limo ready for you." Inuyasha ran out the door not another word was spoken.

"Oh it is so depressing how they grow up so fast." Mrs. Taisho said wiping a tear from her face. Oh well at least now she had the house to herself.

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Miroku and Inuyasha got there just in time. They got on their plane. "Kagome here I come."

AN: Sorry that was so bad and fast I have to give my annoying sister the computer. Please review.

Later,

Shadow Of A Lost Soul