Okay everyone! Here's my Friday update! Thank you for your continuing support on my first story! Every review is appreciated greatly! I also wanted to add this to clarify something just in case anyone questioned it:

Disclaimer: I do not own the show "Inuyasha" nor do I claim any rights to the making of it. I write this story for my own personal writings, and do not plan to publish this as actual workings from the actual show. By reading this disclaimer you aknowledge that this story is nothing more than what it is, fanfiction. I am a fan, and therefore, I write fiction.

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"Who are you?! Tell me the truth!" Koga pressed on.

"I already told you who I am! Get it through your thick skull!" Kaede tried to reason with the boy.

"How could you possibly be the child of Kagome?! Admit it! Are you some sort of Incarnate of Naraku's?!" he yelled.

"If I was an Incarnate of Naraku's I would have the scent of Naraku! Haven't you figured that out yet?!" Kaede reasoned.

At this point Kaede had put herself in a bind. Koga wasn't going to just let this go, and there was a major possibility that he would start a battle with her if he didn't believe what she was telling him.

"Listen, I've had just about enough of this, you're wearing me out! So I'm just going to move along now, and I suggest that you do the same!" Kaede said as she turned towards the water of another part of the river and sprinted away.

Not far from where she had been, Kaede turned to see that Koga was, once again, on her tail. She knew that he wasn't just going to wave her off, but she was hoping that this didn't turn into anything that could get her into trouble.

Kaede jumped down from the high cliff and jumped from ledge to ledge on the way down. Koga followed her easily as well.

"This is getting ridiculous! I got to lose this guy! Maybe instead of trying to rid myself of him, I should try to kill him with kindness..." Kaede thought.

She finally arrived where she had made a fire earlier. The fire was still going, but only a small flame. She stopped at the fire and sat down.

"Giving up?!" Koga asked as he arrived as well.

"I'm not giving anything. I just decided that I was tired and if you decided that you wanted to, you could sit with me by the fire."

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It was now the early morning hours of the second day in Kagome's time, and InuYasha was up and about before anyone else... Well, almost anyone else.

The demon opened the door up to the kitchen and saw Kagome's grandfather sitting at the table drinking a cup of hot tea.

"Uh... Morning..." InuYasha said a bit nervous.

"Sit down, boy," The old man ordered.

InuYasha sat down at the table and gazed across it at the man.

"Young man, when you started your quest, I had to do many things to ensure that it would be successful. I called in for Kagome several times for school with fake illnesses so that she could have a valid reason for missing school, and I would prepare sutras and charms to cleanse her of any demon spirits that may have followed her back to this time period."

"A whole hell of a lot of good that did!" InuYasha chuckled to himself as the old man continued.

"What is it that you plan to do to keep protecting Kagome as the year's progress? Do have any savings? Do you have a house?"

"What are you talking about?" InuYasha was confused.

The old man sighed and said, "That means that I'll be the one to take care of all of this. Her mother and I will take care of her and the child and what will you do?"

InuYasha didn't think about all of this.

"Well, I thought that we would spend most of our time in the past, we really don't need to worry about schooling and "tests" like Kagome had to worry about."

"You fool! What will happen when it's time for the child to be born? Where do you think that Kagome will go? A hospital! Expenses of that nature are quite high!"

"Well... I could find a way to make the money! I'm sure of it!" InuYasha became confident.

"And where will you raise the child?" The old man pressed on.

"What do you mean? In the past, of course!" InuYasha replied with ease.

"In the past? With demons lurking around every corner? With all of the dangers that you've already put my grand-daughter through, you would be willing to put the same dangers upon my great grandchild, at such a young age, as well?" The old man finally blurted it out.

InuYasha was completely knocked off of his high horse. He didn't even think about the dangers of the past.

"If she stays in the past as a child, she could... she could really be killed... And all of the work that we've made would have been for nothing... But what do I do about it? Wait! There's only one person who can answer these questions!" InuYasha thought frantically.

"Good morning everyone," Kagome said as she opened the door to the dining room.

InuYasha and Kagome's grandfather turned to the girl with frowns and they both mumbled their good mornings to her.

Kagome looked at the two and asked, "What's going on?"

The old man looked away but InuYasha stood up and walked to the girl putting his arms around her and rubbing her back.

"Listen, Kagome... I have to go back to the past for a little while, okay?" he informed the girl as though he had something major on his mind.

"The past? But we don't have to go back until tomorrow night! What could you possibly need from the past that you can't wait for?" Kagome asked, beginning to get a little upset.

"I have to...check on someone, and talk to them..." InuYasha informed her in order to keep her grandfather from figuring out who it was that he was talking about.

Kagome took InuYasha into the hallway and closed the doors to the dining room for a little privacy.

"InuYasha, "she began slowly, "I'm worried about her too. I'm worried about what's happening to our daughter but Miroku, Sango, Shippo and old Kaede are taking care of her. As well as the fact that we made her promise to stay in the village, so just trust her, okay?" Kagome tried to reason with the boy.

"It's not about that... Kagome I need some answers to some questions about... about how we took care of her..." InuYasha looked away sadly.

"InuYasha... What's this about?" Kagome asked quietly and comforting.

InuYasha just couldn't look her in the eyes. He wanted to tell her, but he didn't want to worry her the way he was worried.

"I just... I have to go... Please understand, Kagome..." InuYasha said quietly.

Kagome became that much more aggravated and then her voice was raised as she said, "You can't just leave! I'm worried too, but you have to let it go until tomorrow night, okay?!"

"Of course he can't just leave!" Kagomes' mom's voice rang in and the two turned and looked at the woman with confused looks on their faces.

"The uniform fitters are here, and InuYasha has to be fitted for a formal kimono!" Kagome's mom said happily as she opened the door and two men walked in with smiles on their faces.

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Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kirara and old Kaede were finishing a small breakfast in old Kaede's hut.

"Do you think Kaede will be back before InuYasha and Kagome arrive tomorrow night?" Shippo asked.

"I'm not sure. She said that she would be here in time for their arrival, but we haven't heard or seen anything of her since she left. I thought that perhaps she would at least return for shelter to sleep or a meal or two," Miroku replied.

"Yes, I'm worried as well. We haven't even heard of rumors about her whereabouts from other villages. Maybe we should go looking for her?" Sango asked.

"I doubt that we would do much good. If we were to find her, and she was not harmed, our efforts would most likely be wasted. She would probably have the intentions of continuing her training alone and we wouldn't be able to convince her to come back to the village with us," Miroku explained with his arms crossed.

"The girl seems to have inherited her ways of thinking from InuYasha," old Kaede commented.

"Yes, but her passion for life comes from Kagome. Remember, she is doing this to restore the safety of the future, as well as ourselves and her family. Her efforts are not just for greed, she really does plan to destroy Naraku to benefit everyone in the future. As well as the fact that she may actually be safer here in the past, than she was in her own time, where she lived in hiding from Naraku for ten years of her life," Miroku replied again.

"Come to think of it, she really is safer here in the past on her own. She probably had to battle more in her own time than she would have to do here!" Sango thought aloud.

"Yeah! The demons here are probably all not as powerful here as they are there!" Shippo realized.

"Yes, I imagine that the demons that exist in Kaede's time are manipulated by Naraku to be more powerful so that he can command a formidable army," Old Kaede commented.

"Do you think that Kaede will stay here once Naraku has been defeated?" Shippo asked sadly.

Everyone just sort of looked around at each other before Miroku said, "Once Naraku is defeated, I doubt that Kaede will want to stay in the past, when she could be back into the future and see if life there has changed."

Everyone was quiet for a moment before old Kaede said, "Even so, we'll see her again, once she is born and grows into the girl that we know now. So do not worry."

Sango looked around the hut and then asked, "Did anyone see where Kirara went off to?"

They all looked around and Miroku said, "I thought she was right here next to me just a few seconds ago... Wait a minute, Where's Shippo?"

"I wonder where they could have gone off to?" Sango asked.

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It was, now, about midday in the present time, and Kagome and InuYasha were out shopping with Kagome's mom, and were currently eating lunch at a fast food restaurant inside the mall.

"So what have you planned up to this point mom?" Kagome asked.

"Well, if everything works out right, then the ceremony will take place tomorrow morning, giving you two plenty of time to get back to the past by the evening," her mom replied.

"Well don't overdue anything, we just want something small and private, that way it's just family," Kagome said thoughtfully.

"Don't worry, I've got everything taken care of. I just want you two to focus on what you'll need to do for the baby," her mom replied happily.

InuYasha scoffed and said, "Are we done yet? I'm ready to get out of this place!"

"Don't worry, InuYasha, we're basically done, all we have to do is get the rest of the food," Kagome said frustrated with the boy.

"Food? Like Ninja food?" InuYasha asked in an uplifted tone.

"No, InuYasha, ninja food isn't eaten at a wedding ceremony!" Kagome scolded.

After lunch, they had gone to the grocery store and were now seen walking out of the store. InuYasha was carrying several bags of food with a smile on his face, and Kagome was carrying an upset look on her face.

"I can't believe we're going to eat potato chips and ramen for the main course..." Kagome said with crossed arms.

"This ceremony thing is for us right? Well, we should eat what we like!" InuYasha said with a bright smile across his face.

Kagome's mom laughed and said, "InuYasha certainly does have an appetite for ramen!"

Kagome turned to her and said, "You have no idea..."

It was now getting close to the evening and the sun was nearly set. The sky was almost pitch black with a few shades of orange and red on the horizon. Kagome walked downstairs into the kitchen where her mom was making dinner.

"Have you seen InuYasha mom?" She asked.

"I thought I saw him walk around the shrine courtyards a little while ago dear," her mom replied.

"Thanks," Kagome said with a smile as she walked out of the house and looked around.

Kagome didn't see a sign of the boy so she walked around a little until she came to the old Tree of Ages. At the base of it, was InuYasha, leaning his back to the tree.

"There you are! We're getting ready to eat dinner, are you coming?" Kagome asked as she walked closer to him.

"Come over here and sit down Kagome," InuYasha said happily.

Kagome sat down next to InuYasha at the base of the tree and looked to the sky, where he was looking also.

"The stars are really shining tonight!" Kagome commented.

"Yeah, but it's like you said, there aren't as many here as there are in the past," InuYasha said quietly.

"Well don't worry, we'll be back in the past by this time tomorrow night and we can get on our way with the hunt for Naraku and the jewel shards," Kagome comforted the boy.

"You know Kagome? I've been thinking."

"About what?" Kagome asked, unsure of what to expect from the demon.

"Maybe you should stay here, I mean, since this whole baby thing has come up," InuYasha said firmly.

Kagome was taken back by this and said, "No way! I want to see Naraku dead just as much as you do! Plus you won't be able to sense the jewel shards without me!"

"I hate to say it like this, but Kaede can sense jewel shards too, remember? She can also shoot sacred arrows!" InuYasha pressed on.

"So that's it, is it?! You're going to throw me away, leave me here and forget about me so I'm not in the way?!" Kagome got angry.

"Of course not! I'm saying that we have someone who can shoot arrows and sense jewel shards so that you can stay here where it's safe and you can rest!" InuYasha said angrily back at the girl.

Kagome was once again taken back but she looked away and said, "I don't just want to abandon the quest for nearly a year InuYasha... We've come so close, and I want to be there to help out when we meet up with Naraku again! I'm going back to the past with you and that's final!"

InuYasha brought the girl close to him in a hug as he leaned them back against the tree.

"Just promise me that you'll come back here when you can't keep up with us anymore, okay?" he said quietly.

Kagome relaxed against the boy and lowered her eyes.

"Okay, I promise..." Kagome replied.

They both looked up at the stars, which seemed to shine even brighter than they did a moment ago.

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Kaede was sitting back against a tree in a small clearing with a campfire that was fiercely burning not far from the tree. Kaede looked up at the stars, which seemed to shine brighter than before.

"The stars sure are bright tonight! There are so many here, and so very little in my time... Maybe if the future is changed, the stars will be shown more in my time! Maybe anyway..."

Kaede couldn't help but feel that she wasn't alone. Not that anyone was there behind or near her you see, but that someone was there in spirit. And knowing that, Kaede was able to fall asleep soundly, for the first time in a long time.

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For the Next Chapter!

"Shippo? Kirara? What are you two doing here?" Kaede asked, quite surprised by their appearance.

"We were worried about you, and didn't know if you were going to make it back to the village in time, so Kirara and me went out to find you!" Shippo explained.

Kirara stanched herself for a fight with a low growl.

"What's he doing here?!" Shippo asked in a scared tone of voice.

Kaede turned back to Sesshomaru and said, "Don't worry guys, he's just looking for the same answers that we are."

The girl turned to walk towards Shippo and Kirara when Sesshomaru said, "Tetsusaiga?"

Kaede's heart jumped as she realized that he recognized the weapon and turned back to look at him.

"You carry my father's sword with you? I thought that InuYasha was carrying it?" he asked.

"He... loaned it to me for a while... I'm trying to kill Naraku, just as you are..." she replied with a deep stare into Sesshomaru's eyes.

"Lord Sesshomaru! This may be the perfect opportunity to take back your father's sword! In the hands of a mere mortal, it would be like taking candy from a baby!" The imp chuckled as he spoke.

"I agree..." Sesshomaru stated as he lunged forward at the girl.

"Kaede! Watch out!" Shippo cried out.