-1Kagome smiled. You have no idea how that reminds me of my Inu that I miss so much. "I will be ready. He will need to come to the house which sits at the back of the property." Pointing in the direction of the house where her mother and jijichan were at that very moment.

Nodding the three gentlemen stood and bowed politely to Kagome and left the grounds. "Until tomorrow Sesshomaru and Ai. Until tomorrow." A smile played at Kagome's lips as she cleaned up the mess and walked back to the house humming a song.

Chapter 11

The pink tint of the bedroom curtains fell over the comforter of the full sized bed in the corner of Kagome's room. The raven haired women mumbled in her sleep just as the sound of the alarm clock on her night stand went off. "Five more minutes, I promise. I won't be late for school, mom."

Kagome's mom stuck her head in the young women's room, shaking it, "Kagome, time to get up I need your help downstairs this morning, and aren't you suppose to be going to visit those friends for two or three weeks? Make sure you have enough packed."

Sitting up Kagome wiped the sleep from her eyes and stretched her limps. Nodding to her mom, "I'm up mom. I will be down in a few minutes. I want to take a quick shower, and pull out my bag first. What all do you need help with? And is Sota already gone to school this morning? I was hoping to catch him before he left so that I could maybe walk with him part ways to have some family time."

"Sota isn't up yet so you have a small head start on him this morning. I think we can manage to work that walk in this morning. I was hoping you could help me with some shopping and then cleaning of the shrine grounds before you need to be packed. When is your ride going to be here?"

"If I remember right Jaken is suppose to pick me up around one. Just so that I had a little time to clean up, pack, and what ever small things needed to be done. Ai was coming with him. She said when she called last night that she had an appointment this morning and wanted to spend some time with me before we hit her home. Sesshomaru mentioned that he would be getting off early from his job just to have some time with me and Ai before introducing me to the children. Oh, did mention that they were demons? I can never remember what I have told you what I haven't?"

"Yes, dear, I believe you mentioned them when you came home this last week. Isn't Sesshomaru Inuyasha's brother? The one that tried to kill you shortly after you first fell down the well?"

"Yep, that's him. He's not the first one to try and kill me then. I think the only one who really didn't was Miroku, but that lecher only kidnapped me instead." Chuckled Kagome as she gathered her clothes to change. "It seemed like no one knew how to trust another then. I am really surprised how close of friends they all were to me. I know I miss them dearly. Its hard not having them around me all the time." Sighing Kagome walked to the door where her mother stood. The elderly lady stepped out into the hall with her daughter. Kagome turned to head down the hall towards the bathroom while her mother took three or four steps in the opposite direction towards the staircase.

"Kagome, when your done can you get Sota up. I don't want him being late for school. He has been late the last two weeks. I received a call from the school and they told me any more tardies and Sota will not be able to play in the next game. I know that would break his heart."

"Sure, mom, expect me down stairs in twenty minutes with Sota in tow."

"Come on, Sota, let's go! I have to get back here and go shopping with mom. You need to be at school in fifteen minutes and unless the building is closer than it use to be you are going to be late!"

"Ok, I'm ready, Sis, let's go. Now why are you walking with me to school any ways?"

"Because I wanted too for one thing. Second, I am going to visit some of my friends that are still around from the Feudal Era for a couple weeks. And that means that you will not be seeing me, so being the loving sister that I am I wanted to walk with you to school. Thought it would be nice this once in a blue moon occasion. Can't I do that?"

"I guess so. Any ways, will you be able to make it to my game next week on Thursday? It's been awhile since you could actual come to one of my games. Oh, Hitomi said to tell you hello, she usually meets me walking up ahead a little ways, but the last couple of days I have been behind and she has just been meeting me at the school itself. She's been chiding me about being late every morning. I can't help the fact that I stay up late doing homework and I have soccer practice right after school until six. I usually come home take a shower and then get dinner and hit the books, can I? Any suggestions on how to manage my homework a little better? You manage to do it the Feudal Era and pass classes with at least a B average?"

"Well, how about if you send me an email this next week with a list of what you have to do. My first suggestion is to get as much done in class as possible. Second, is do the easiest subjects first. If you can get those out of the way then papers and the homework that's a lot harder can be done at home. And when its starts to hit something like say ten thirty in the evening go ahead and go to bed. You can get up early in the morning and finish what you need to. It usually helps a lot if you have a friend that can work with to get the harder stuff done. For instance say that you have a lot of Trigonometry home work. Two or three of you can work the problems together and get it done faster by say you do this one and they do this one. Get my point? Share the assignments as much as you can. I know you can't do this always, but it some times is easier that way than any other to get through it. Take some tea and some healthy snacks to your room when you're studying that will help to. You need to feed your mind as much as possible." Kagome tapped her chin as they walked towards the middle school building. "That's all I got. Oh, there's Hitomi. Hello Hitomi! I hope you are doing well. Sota, I will call in a couple days to see how everything's going just email me if you need any help, kay?" She waved as she turned and walked back towards the shrine.

Kagome's walk back the shrine was very peaceful, and it gave Kagome time to reflect on everything going on. She realized that she needed to find someone. It's been a year and half since Inuyasha had died and it was time to move on. She would never forget him, but for her to make it through life she knew she needed to keep moving on with finding someone else. With that last thought she looked up to see that she was at the foot of the shrine's stairs. Quickly she moved up the shrine's stairs to the main grounds. Kagome ran towards the house on the back side of the grounds before the forest. Chuckling to herself, Can't still believe that this is the forest of Inuyasha that surrounds the grounds. Top of it off that means Lady Kikyo's remains are over by the main shrine building since this would be stairs leading up behind Lady Kaeda's home. Things that make you go hmmm.

"Mom, I'm home. Are you ready to go or do I need to go upstairs and start to pack first?"

"Sweetie, go on upstairs and start your packing. I will call you when I am ready to leave."

"Kay, mom." With that Kagome went up the stairs of the house in two's. Heading straight for the room that her father painted when she was six, she started to pack what she might need.