I'd like to thank CrystalBlueWolf for pointing out the erm…. Flaw in my story. Turns out, I accidentally uploaded chapter three of "A Long Awaited Meeting" instead of chapter three of "Losing Kagome". I feel incredibly stupid right now…..
As for the other reviews…..
MirrorFlower and DarkWind: Thanks! I'm glad you like it! I'm rather fond of the voice myself. So much fun to write…..
g2fan: Thank you! And as for a sequel, well, umm, my friend Roze010 and I have thought about a sequel, and even come up with a plot line of sorts, but I've never gotten around to writing it…. Maybe sometime this year……
I still don't own InuYasha. I doubt I'll own it tomorrow either, unless something REALLY freaky happens….
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Kagome got very little sleep over the next three days she was at home. She could not get even into a light sleep for hours after she first closed her eyes, and when she finally did, her sleep was fretful. The only hours she slept peacefully were those just after dawn, until a little before she awoke by rolling off her bed, and hitting the floor. Her friends were concerned.
"Kagome, are you feeling ok? You look sick!" One of her friends asked, concerned, and the others nodded.
"Yeah, maybe you should go home and sleep!"
"You don't want to get put back in the hospital!" This was repeated for days, not only by her friends, but by Hojo.
"You've got to get some sleep, Kagome. You're studying too much!" He told her fondly, brushing some hair out of her eyes. "I don't want to have to talk your grandfather into letting me see you in the hospital." She smiled up at him with tired eyes.
"I'm trying. I just can't." She looked away. It's funny, she thought, I never have trouble sleeping when I'm in the feudal era. Generally, I don't have problems here either. I just feel... restless. Maybe if I go back and do something, it'll stop? That should work. I'll go back after the math test, and stay for a while. She decided, and this time, I will be the one to decide what I've come down with. Not Grandpa!
"Kagome?" Hojo's voice called her away from her planning. Kagome shook her head.
"Sorry! I must have drifted off. What were you saying?" Hojo chuckled.
"I was saying that you're losing focus easily. You really need to sleep before the math test." Kagome rested her head on his shoulder.
"I know, and I'm trying!" She said weakly.
"Try to do better. You really need to stay healthy." Hojo told her as he dropped her off at the shrine. She smiled and waved goodbye. After he left, her shoulders slumped, and she decided to try to go take a nap.
InuYasha was being interrogated.
"Where have you been every morning?" Miroku asked, sounding slightly annoyed "Ever since Kagome left, you've been gone for the first two hours after dawn. What's going on?" InuYasha glared.
"I haven't been doing anything!" He snarled. Miroku's eyebrows raised. InuYasha stalked out of the house. Miroku glanced at Sango.
"I wonder what he's been up to..." he murmured. Sango shrugged.
"I know." Shippo said soberly from his position on the floor next to Kirara. Sango and Miroku turned to look at him. "I followed him the first night." he continued. "He's been going to the well every morning around dawn. He goes through, and comes back after a few hours."
"He's going through, but he isn't bringing Kagome back?" Sango asked, slightly stunned. "What is he doing, watching her sleep?"
"I wouldn't be surprised. He does that while she's here, too." Miroku pointed out. Shippo nodded.
"It's kind of scary. I've woken up in the middle of the night, and I see InuYasha, just staring at me and Kagome!" He shivered. "Believe me, that is CREEPY!"
Sango and Miroku agreed. Who wouldn't get the chills if they woke up to InuYasha staring at them?