A/N: I usually don't write stuff in the 3yr gap, but yeah...
Wait
It was her second year anniversary. The day marking the end of the second year that the well was sealed. She tried to forget about that, forget how much time had passed since her last travel to the past. Thoughts about her friends from the feudal era were plaguing her mind more often than usual and it was hard to focus on stuff at hand.
Like now - she was hanging the laundry. Every time she saw a certain colored piece of clothing her mind would wander to a person associated with it. A green scarf reminded her of Shippou. Was he taking his kitsune tests? Was he missing her? A purple blouse was instantly connected to Miroku. Was he alright? Did he marry Sango and was a good husband?
"You better be," she mumbled as she shook out Souta's pants before throwing them over the line. The pants were dark red. It wasn't the right shade, but red was red and it was Inuyasha's color. "Inuyasha..."
She smoothed her hand over the rough fabric and lost a minute just remembering the hanyou. Then she resumed her work, her mind drifting to Sango, Kaede and other was for Sesshomaru, pink was for Rin, gray was for Totosai, blue was for Jinenji - all colors were assigned to certain people, every one of them taking a spot in her heart. This day she was remembering them all, easily finding fond memories and good things they've done. She was more blessed because she knew them, but at the same time she was the most miserable person because she couldn't see them anymore.
She didn't even know if they were still alive.
She bit her bottom lip, forcing herself not to drop the item she had in her hands and run to the well house to check the well. Kagome wiped her eyes when she heard her grandfather calling her name. She hung the last piece and walked to him to see what he wanted.
The old man was standing in front of the Sacred Tree, looking confused. He had been grooming the tree, cutting some dried branches and making sure that all charms hanging from it were secure. When Kagome approached him he smiled at her.
"Ah, Kagome!" he said and grabbed her hand to put something in it. "I found it stuck in a crack in the bark," he said.
Kagome blinked. Why did he call her? What could stuck in the Sacred Tree? The arrowhead had been removed by her long ago... She looked down at the object in her hand.
The world spun around her and then disappeared when her mind focused on the small thing.
"Oh, goodness," she breathed and cradled the object in her palms as if it was a wounded bird. She didn't realize she knelt on the ground, her grandfather lowering himself so he could see her face and make sure she was fine.
"Kagome?" he asked. She lifted to him her teary eyes, but after a second looked back at the golden pendant. It was shaped like a heart, with her name engraved on the lid of the locket. With trembling fingers Kagome opened the locket.
Two pieces of paper were too old, the ink had faded years ago, but Kagome could easily remember what had been on them. Two photos of angry hanyou and miko came to her mind. She choked a sob when she remembered putting this very locket around Inuyasha's neck. She had kissed him not long after giving him this heart... What did this mean? Who had put it in a crack on the Sacred Tree's bark? Was Inuyasha alright? Was it Inuyasha who had engraved her name on it?
There was a small roll of paper which fell out from the space between the photos. Kagome forced herself to control herself before she very carefully unrolled the letter. She prayed it wasn't a letter telling her about her friends' deaths... She looked at the single sentence squeezed in the tiny sized piece of paper. Somehow the ink was much better saved than in the photos. Kagome supposed it was because it was made to last long while the cheap photos were printed with poor quality ink. She sobbed as she wiped her eyes with her sleeve so she could read the note, a blessed letter from five centuries ago, where her heart was.
''I'll wait for you forever.'
A/N: ~evil cackles in the distance~