Sango

I had been taking a light nap when I heard a murmuring and opened my eyes to see that my patient had woken up. Everyone seemed so much happier now that she was better and the change amazed me.

"Kagome!" I heard someone call from the doorway and turned my head (along with everyone else in the room) to see who it was.

"Daddy!" Kagome said happily and rushed towards her father.

I couldn't help but smile. Her personality was pretty different from what I had imagined her to be. I had thought she would be graceful and elegant and mature.

Father and daughter interacted happily for a while, then, Kagome seemed to notice me and skipped over, seeming chipper.

Bending down, she smiled at me and said, "Hello, Sango-chan! I heard that you were the one that healed me? Thank you so very much!"

I was startled by the sudden introduction and, up close and awake, Kagome was even prettier than I had thought she was.

"No problem, Kagome-sama," I said, trying to sound polite.

"Oh no need to be so formal," she said. "Just call me Kagome! No –sama. You and I are equals in every way."

I smiled, feeling myself falling into her pace. She was just so friendly.

"Okay then, Kagome-chan. Would you like to be friends?"

"Of course!" she said happily.

Then, grabbing my hand, she pulled me up and said, "Come with me! There's something I really want to show you!" Then, to her father, she added, "Sorry, daddy, we'll be back in about an hour, if that's okay with you?"

Takehiko just smiled, Kagome's happiness seemed to be affecting everyone.

"That's fine, sweetheart. Just make sure she doesn't get hurt, okay? She's our guest!"

"Hai!" she shouted, pulling me gently out of the room we were in.

"Where are we going?" I asked as I struggled to catch up with her.

Noticing that I was struggling, she slowed to a walk and let go of my hand.

"It's a place that I used to go to a lot when I was small," she said. "I haven't been there at all since I came back so I wanted you to come with me!"

I thought for a moment. "Everyone has been talking about how you've 'returned'. But where have you returned from?" I asked.

Kagome looked at me thoughtfully and I immediately felt embarrassed for being so blunt.

"I-I'm sorry if I'm being nosy! You don't have to answer if you don't want to!"

Kagome just giggled and waved her hand in dismissal. "It's fine. What they mean is that I've returned from the future."

"From the future?" I asked, shocked.

She nodded, looking ahead. "When we were little, my childhood friends, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, were taken in by my parents because their father was killed and their mothers were gone. Because they were so strong, there were a lot of youkai always targeting them, so my parents decided to send me to live with one of my mother's friends for a little while, until I was old enough to protect myself."

"How long ago was that?"

"About eight years," she says with a small smile on her face.

"That's a "little while"?" I asked in surprise.

"Well," said Kagome. "I guess it does seem like a long time, but when you take into consideration the fact that we live at least three or four times the lifespan of a human, it doesn't seem that long, does it?"

I thought about it for a second. "I guess…"

By now, we were walking through a densely packed forest and I was starting to get a bit worried. It wasn't that I didn't trust Kagome, but all those tales I had heard when I was younger were now flowing through my mind and I felt a slow fear rising within me.

Then, I heard Kagome say, "We're here!" and all my fears disappeared as soon as I saw where we were.

Inuyasha

Sesshomaru had been was pacing back and forth for a while now and I was starting to get pissed off.

Finally, I lost it and shouted, "Will you sit still? I know you're worried about Kagome-nee, but wearing out the floor will get you nowhere! So just sit the hell down!"

My brother just snarled and shouted, "Like hell I will! How do you expect me to calm down?"

Then, as he finished speaking, his face looked incredibly upset.

"I was right there and I couldn't do anything," he said in a voice that was quite unlike him.

I was about to reply when suddenly, I smelled a faint fragrance in the air and smiled. Sesshomaru was really upset so he probably hadn't smelled her yet.

Suddenly, I got an idea. If I knew my Kagome-nee, then she was probably heading over to 'her' meadow.

I burst out in fake laughter and my brother threw me a withering look.

"You're right! It was completely your fault! You don't deserve to hold Bakusaiga!" I shouted and, while he wasn't expecting it, grabbed his sword from around his waist and ran away. I headed towards the meadow that was such an important part of our childhood, in a direction different from the one that Kagome-nee had taken, so that we wouldn't come across her scent.

I could hear my brother chasing after me but I kept well ahead of him, not wanting to come to an early end.

Finally, I saw a faint light ahead and heard the sound of laughter.

Speeding up, I burst through the meadow which was, by now, in full bloom.

Near the middle of the meadow, sitting in a cluster of bright red flowers, were Kagome and Sango, the daughter of the demonslayer. They seemed to be enjoying themselves as they talked and laughed.

Gathering air in my lungs, I shouted, "Kagome-nee!"

Turning to see who had called her name, she smiled as soon as she saw me and said in a familiar voice, "Careful not to hurt the flowers."

Running up, I crouched down behind her, saying, "Help me! Aniki's chasing me!"

Even before I was done, Sesshomaru had burst into the meadow and, without even having to be told, he picked up his feet, carefully not to step on the flowers, and was in front of us in three powerful bounds.

"Give Bakusaiga back to me, you little idiot!" he shouted, seeming to have forgotten about Kagome for a moment.

"Hell no!" I shouted.

Before our argument could go any further, we heard a giggle from Kagome and both looked down.

"What's so funny?" we asked at the same time and her giggling doubled.

Finally, gaining control, she got up and beckoned for Sesshomaru to lean forwards.

He did so and she immediately placed a crown of flowers on his head then turned and did the same to me.

"Remember the last time this happened?" she asked and I suddenly realized why she had been laughing. This had happened once before, about seven or eight years ago. "What did I tell you guys back then?"

"We shouldn't be fighting all the time because we never know when you might see each other again and we wouldn't want to part with such bad blood, so we should apologise to each other," I said and Kagome smiled.

"That's right," she said, then turned to Sesshomaru. "So hurry up and apologize, hm?"

Suddenly, Seshsomaru's face scrunched up and his eyes grew moist.

Crumpling into Kagome's arms, he lay his head on her shoulder, saying over and over again, "I'm sorry, Kagome. I'm sorry for not being able to protect you."

She looked surprised at first, then smiled in exasperation. "I should have known you would react like this. Really, Sesshomaru, stop taking everything onto your shoulders. It wasn't your fault at all."

Sesshomaru just shook his head, refusing to listen to what she was saying.

"You're crushing the flowers," Kagome then said and Sesshomaru's head shot up.

I couldn't help but laugh. Kagome was the only one that could have this kind of effect on Sesshomaru.

Then, before, I realized what was happening, Kagome leaned in close to Sesshomaru and kissed him lightly on the lips.

SkyGem: I'm so sorry for taking so long to update! I was planning on updating like days ago, but I've been way too busy. I'm so sorry! But anyways, please do leave a review and tell me what you thought, ne? And I'll try to update as soon as I can.