It was their last night in the present time before they were to go back to the feudal era. It had been a long, busy, tiring day and night. The memories of that day rang through Kagome's mind as the group trudged home. They had had so much fun here, it was a nice time for them to bond, Kagome had decided. "Let's sleep outside, tonight." Sango offered. "We sleep outside enough. Let's take this oppurtunity to sleep inside." Inuyasha persisted. Kagome rolled her eyes. "It'd be nice, we can drag out the sleeping bags from our last camping trip." Kagome answered.
They silently walked home, Sota began to drowse off and Inuyasha offered to carry him home on his back. Sota wanted to keep his "manly" appearance, obviously and at first refused. But then he started to bump into Kagome and kept on yawning and Inuyasha rolled his eyes, picking him up on his back and continuing to walk home. Shippo looked up longingly at Kagome and Kagome smiled, scooping up the small boy and holding him in her arms.
Soon, they were entering Kagome's home again. "Welcome back." Kagome's mother greeted them, she was standing in front of the oven, baking some cookies for the group to take back with them. Kagome put a finger over her mouth, as if to say 'Hush'. Kagome set down Shippo on the couch and Inuyasha laid Sota down on the other couch. "We're sleeping outside tonight, Mom." Kagome announced in a whisper. Kagome's mother smiled. "Sleeping bags are in the basement." She announced.
"Here, you guys go get the sleeping bags," Kagome said. "And I'll start the fire." A s'more would be a nice good bye present, right? Kagome opened the cupboard and pulled out a bag of marshmallows, another bag of chocolate chips and a box of graham crackers. She went outside, finding the familiar firepit that Kagome's family used to spend so many evenings around. Apparently her mother was thinking that they could all have a campfire tonight because the fire was already set up. Kagome leaned over it, beginning to light it.
Soon, she was joined by her friends and they laid out their sleeping bags. Kagome stood up, wiping the ashes from herself, and grabbing a sleeping bag and laying out. Sango laid hers to her right and Inuyasha laid his to her left, Miroku to Sango's right. "What's with this fire?" Miroku questioned. Kagome smiled, standing up and stripping off her white blouse to expose a white tank top. Her bare shoulders were hit by the summer humidity and Kagome picked up a stick and skewered the marshmallow and held it over the fire.
"It's called a S'more," She explained. "You roast the marshmallow." She instructed, waiting until the marshmallow turned a golden color until taking it off the fire and putting it between two graham crackers and a piece of chocolate. "That looks good, Kagome." Sango said, licking her lips. Kagome smiled and prepared three more skewers. She handed it to her friends and they began to roast their marshmallows.
The flames began to flicker and lick the marshmallows, Kagome smiled as her eyes landed on her friends, looking at them across the fire. And for once, Kagome didn't regret anything in her life for once, and she knew she was truly happy.
Later…
After the S'mores were done, they all curled up into the sleeping bags. Kagome smiled, looking up into the sky. Tiny stars dotted the sky. She curled over, feeling Inuyasha's gaze on her. She didn't know if maybe it was just all of the s'mores that had gone to her head, but Kagome leaned in, and felt Inuyasha's face inches from hers as they leaned in to share a kiss.