Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha…unfortunately. Although, I do own this story….so there!

"Who are you and what have you done to the real Inuyasha?" Kagome asked suspiciously.

"What are you talking about Kagome?" Inuyasha looked at her oddly.

"Wait there's two Inuyashas? I'm dead!" Shippo cried. Inuyasha took it upon himself to knock Shippo senseless. "NO there's only the original, idiot." Inuyasha said, "but what are you going on about Kagome?"

"Well you never were this nice to me when I was still here." Kagome said looking at the ground. "Well our Inuyasha has matured over the years since your departure from this era." Miroku explained.

"He has." Shippo added, "and he has stopped hitting me as much."

Inuyasha just stared at Kagome for a while. Kagome noticed and looked back. Inuyasha looked away, slightly blushing. "Let's get going. The old hag is probably waiting for us. The group started walking. Kagome, Sango, Shippo, and Kilala walked in front. Inuyasha and Miroku walked behind, for safety reasons. (Riiiiiight. Actually Inuyasha I believe, but not the monk. After all he's still Miroku.) Inuyasha stared at Kagome. 'Wow, she sure looks good. What am I thinking? It's Kagome. Even so, she still looks good.'

They continued to walk to Kaede's hut. When they finally got there, Kaede was there waiting for them Kaede had a wide-eyed expression on her face. She slowly walked up to the group, still trying to process the sight she saw before her. "Kagome? Is that really you? Long time, no see. How are ye?"

"Oh, I'm fine. It's good to see you again too." Kagome said when she reached Kaede and pulled her into a tight hug.

When night fell, the seven gathered around the fire in Kaede's hut. They spent the whole day talking, laughing, gathering food and enjoying each other's company. Now they sat around the fire in silence, eating the food they gathered earlier. Shippo was the first to break the silence. "So Kagome, how did you get back to this era? I thought Inuyasha had all the shards."

"I did" Inuyasha said in between chews.

"Then, how did you get back?" Sango asked, now interested in the topic.

"Well, I wished that I could come back. Home was crazy. School was even crazier, with my friends trying to fix me up with Hojo, a boy at my school, and a couple of other guys." At this point Kagome could see Inuyasha stop eating and look at the floor out of the corner of her eye. She quickly changed the subject, "I really missed you guys," she looked at Inuyasha and he looked at her "all of you." Inuyasha showed a small smile. But it went away once he realized what he was doing. He stood up and his ears twitched. He started to walk toward the entrance.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Miroku asked.

"I smell that damn wolf." Inuyasha growled.

'They still don't get along. After all this time.' Kagome thought with an annoyed look on her face. She got up and went outside with Inuyasha. When she outside saw no other than the Wolf Prince standing in the dirt. She couldn't believe her eyes. It was really Kouga. Apparently he didn't even notice her existence. She decided to make herself known. "Kouga! Hey! How have you been? I haven't seen you in a long time!" She shouted.

Kouga looked at her as if he had just a ghost. "K-K-Kagome? I-Is that r-r-really you?" he stuttered. He started to walk toward her, then walked faster, then ran. "Kagome! Kagome! Kagome, I've missed you so much!" He reached her and gave her a hug, which she, for once, accepted. She decided to cut it short because she knew that Inuyasha was fuming and trying to keep his cool for her. "So Kouga, what have you been up to since I left?" Kagome asked breaking the hug.

"I'm so sorry Kagome. I can't fight for your love anymore." Kouga sobbed.

'Yes! Finally!' there was a parade and fireworks going off in Inuyasha's head celebrating his victory.

"Oh, really. What happened?" Kagome wondered.

"You see, I kinda sorta….um…well…"

"Spit it out already!"Inuyasha shouted growing impatient. He wanted to know what made Kouga forfeit the contest. Not that he wasn't happy, he was just curious.

"ImarriedAyameandshehadmypups." Kouga muttered out.

"Excuse me?" Kagome said.

"Ayame and I are married now and she had my pups." Kouga said blushing.

"Oh, I see." Said Kagome.

"Ahh! Kagome, I'm sooo sorry! It's just that when you left, I didn't know what to do. Ayame told me to forget about you and marry her and maybe I would feel better. I do, but now I just know, and-and please don't be mad at me!" Kouga explained starting to freak out.

"No Kouga, it's okay. I wish nothing but the best for you and Ayame. Maybe sometime I can come and visit you, Ayame, and the pups. How many do you have? What are their names?" she tried to calm him down.

When he calmed down he answered her. "We have six; three boys and three girls. Their names are Hiro, Dai, Keita, Ayumi, Tsubasa, and" he looked Kagome straight in the eyes "Kagome."

Inuyasha's cool had just about run out. What else could Kouga possibly do to make him so angry that he would literally rip the mangy wolf's limbs off? Then it happened. Kouga crossed the line, went back and crossed it again. He moved closer and closer to Kagome until……

Ttbc (don't hate me)