Chapter 5: I Miss You

Kagome had spent at least an hour worrying about Inuyasha and the cops that were still back at her house. Well, if they were able to survive Inuyasha and if Inuyasha was still there.

Kagome's eyes drifted up to look out the window. She wasn't exactly sure where they were but felt that she should be able to trust an officer of law to get her to her destination safely. And for once that safe destination wasn't going to be her home. It was going to be a completely different place. A different family and a different way of living.

Finally everything else she had to worry about today disappeared into the one worry she so desperately tried to keep aside. Maybe to convince herself that it wasn't real. But it was real.

Her lip began to quiver and she felt her throat seem to tighten up making her breath in sharply for air. She could hear herself start to sniffle and ended up putting her head down in her lap trying to calm herself down. She really didn't want a stranger to see her like this. But she felt the tears fall and her breaths continued to come sharply.

Why did they have to go? It didn't seem fair. Her brother was just too young and didn't even get to grow up. He never got be an adult or get married. And her mother just shouldn't have gone. She was still too young too. It would have made more sense if they were older like her grandpa had been. At least then she would have been expecting it. But it had been so fast and unexpected. Maybe that was why it hurt so much.

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Inuyasha had been leaping across buildings only to stop every now and then to try and sniff out the direction Kagome had gone. At first it wasn't that difficult, but as he continued to look her scent seemed to slowly fade away. Not to mention Inuyasha's body was slowly getting sore from all this jumping. Usually it wouldn't, but now it was. Why now of all times? What was happening to him?

He stopped on a rather large building and looked around for that shiny thing Kagome had gotten into. But there thousands of them everywhere! Some looked exactly alike and there was even a bunch that looked like the one Kagome was in. He had checked a few and had gotten some very frightened looks from the people inside.

"Kagome, where are you," he asked himself quietly.

With one last breath Inuyasha jumped forward to the next roof he could reach.

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The ride to her aunts house was very uncomfortable considering the cop just sat there glancing back every now and then and Kagome couldn't stop herself from crying. She managed to pause a few times, but that just seemed to make it worse. Thankfully the car had stopped and Kagome managed to calm down.

She looked out of her window and saw her new home. Well, it was somewhere in the building. Her new home was going to be an apartment apparently. When she saw the officer coming around to open her door she quickly wiped away her tears.

She stepped out of the car when he opened the door and led her into the building. They walked up a flight of stairs to the second floor and stopped at room 23b. Kagome's eyes started to tear up again as she looked up at the number. This was where she was supposed to live now.

The cop knocked on the door and before he could take his hand away a middle age woman appeared in the doorway. Kagome immediately recognized this woman to be her aunt. She had only met her a few times but knew it was her.

She was much younger than her mother and had the same dark black hair with a few silver streaks in it. Her eyes were also the same brown as her mother's.

"Oh, Kagome!" she said quickly grabbing the girl. "Thank for bringing her officer."

Kagome was a little more than shocked when the woman quickly pulled her into her arms, but Kagome just hugged her back like any niece should.

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Inuyasha had finally caught up with Kagome and waited outside while the mustache man took her inside the building. He had thought about following them from the outside but was too tired to do anything. It had been hard enough to follow them. It felt like all of his senses were so much weaker than they were supposed to be. He wasn't sure why though. Maybe it was just an exhausting day physically and mentally. Mostly for Kagome, but he felt like rolling over and dying at the moment. That might not be the best idea considering Kagome's situation.

Inuyasha's ears flicked forward when he heard a thud and saw the mustache man leaving. When the shiny thing left with its rider Inuyasha softly landed on the ground looking around for anyone. Of course, considering his luck today, a few stunned people stopped dead in their tracks and just stared at him. He glared at a few and then walked over towards the building Kagome went inside.

He went around the side were there were balconies hanging off the side of the building. Inuyasha grumbled and went to the other side only to see the same thing.

"I wonder which side she's on," Inuyasha sighed.

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Kagome closed her eyes trying to fall asleep. It had been a few hours since she had first gotten here. Her aunt, Kimi, had made dinner earlier but Kagome couldn't eat it. She just wasn't in the mood for food. There was too much on her mind including Inuyasha. Considering he was still in her time, she had a lot to worry about concerning him.

So her aunt had let her use her cousin's room for the night. Kagome's cousin, Haru, was at his father's house. Aunt Kimi and her husband had been divorced for a few years now so Haru had to visit his father every now and then.

Kagome turned over in the bed again looking over at the wall with a bunch of posters on it. She thought going to sleep would make things better and take away the pain for a while. But the bad thing about that was the fact that she couldn't sleep. She forced her eyes shut trying to sleep but was interrupted by a tapping noise coming from the very small window on the opposite wall. A little afraid of what she'd see, she flipped over and squinted her eyes trying to get a good look through the dark.

After her eyes adjusted she saw Inuyasha looking in with his everyday cranky look. Kagome was for once glad to see his face, angry or not. She quickly made her way over to the window and opened it.

"Inuyasha, you found me," she whispered.

"Well, I have to get the jewel," Inuyasha answered trying to sound unconcerned. "You have it?"

Kagome glared at him feeling hurt by his lack of compassion for the situation they found themselves in. Was that all he could think about? That stupid jewel? Now, not only was Kagome upset as it was, she was also "fairly" angry. She closed the window trying not to slam it and walked back to the bed. Then she climbed in and turned her back to him.

"Hey! Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled causing a few dogs to bark around the neighborhood. "I asked you a question!"

Of course Kagome made no attempt to listen to him. Her eyes were filled with tears again and she just wanted to go to sleep. She didn't have time for that inconsiderate jerk.

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Inuyasha had finally given up on getting Kagome's attention and looked back down at the ground. There was no tree to keep him up here. Just the side of the building he managed to hang onto since there was the window sill and a few oddly placed bricks. In other words, it had been luck that got him up here in the first place.

With a bit of a sad sigh, Inuyasha jumped down and landed softly on the ground. Where was he supposed to go now? He was a strange world and the people here didn't seem too pleasant.

So he did what he always did. Found a large tree and jumped up into it to get some rest. When he got in his bed for the night, he felt his body quiver with weariness. He wasn't sure why his body was so tired but trying to sleep in a branch didn't help his situation one bit. He fell asleep only moments later.

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"Ow! Damn it!" Inuyasha snarled as he held his throbbing head in his hands. "Just my damned luck!"

Inuyasha's violet colored eyes looked up at the cursed tree he had fallen out of and then noticed it was morning. At least it was morning and he had gotten some sleep. Wait, morning meant people out. People out meant Inuyasha could be seen in pure daylight.

Before he could get up and hide he heard a voice coming from behind him. He turned his head and saw a man slowing down as he reached him.

"Sir, are you alright?" the man asked squatting down. "You took a hard fall."

Inuyasha just stared at the guy like he was crazy. Did he not see the differences in Inuyasha that no other human being possessed? Maybe he was crazy.

"You aren't afraid of how I look?" Inuyasha asked dumbfounded.

The man raised an eyebrow and shook his head as he looked Inuyasha up and down.

"Although, I am a bit curious about that outfit you have on," he stated looking at Inuyasha's attire. "Were you in a play of something?"

Inuyasha glared at the man and looked down at his clothes seeing absolutely nothing wrong with them. Then he got a look at his hands. There were no claws just regular short nails. He put his hand up to the side of his head and felt for the usually empty spot but instead felt an ear. A human ear. His hand automatically went to the top of his head frantically searching for his dog ears and they weren't there.

His eyes looked back up. It was day not night and not a new moon! What was happening?

With that Inuyasha got up and ran over to the nearest shiny moving thing he could find. When he saw his reflection he almost fainted. He was human.