Here it is! Chapter 2! Thank you so much to everyone who favorited/alerted my story and a special thanks to ROUGEYTHEBAT who was the first and ONLY reviewer for chapter 1. Thanks so much! Anyway, thank you for moving on to chapter 2. Please read, enjoy and review! Warning: no Furuba in this chapter either. Sorry! That's the next one. I promise!

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or Furuba.

Kagome spent one week holed up in her room, not doing anything except crying, staring at the wall and sleeping. She was barely even eating. Not even bribing her with oden could get her to take more than a few bites. She just wanted to see her family again. Her other family. Right at the moment her mother knocked on her door, Kagome was staring at the wall. The soft rap broke her out of her memories and her mother walked into the room.

"Kagome dear," she began. "I know this is still painful, but it's been seven days. You have to go back to school. You missed a lot before and I can't home school you.

"But I can't. I won't go back to that school." Kagome replied dully.

"Then how about going to a different school? What about Kaibara High? It's kind of far away, but I'm sure we could find an apartment for you. You'd probably have to get a part time job too to help pay for the housing and food because the shrine really isn't making that much money. I mean, we can send you a weekly allowance, but it wouldn't really be a lot. However, we could make it work if that's what you want."

Kagome teared up again. "But won't you, Gramps and Souta miss me at all?"

"Of course we will 'Gome, but we want what will make you happy and if that's starting over then we are more than happy to do so."

Kagome's tears broke through the dam once again and she hugged her mother tightly. Ms. Higurashi smiled sadly as she smoothed her daughter's bed head.

After a few minutes Kagome's tears had dried up and she said in a weak voice, "Thank you mother. I would like that." 'I really need to get over this' Kagome thought half-heartedly. She didn't think she'd ever be able to get over losing her family. 'Crying gets me nowhere and they wouldn't want me to be upset like this, so I won't cry. I won't!' She couldn't even think their names much less say them out loud, even after a week! She was a hopeless case. 'I'll have to be strong; for them.'

"Okay!" Ms. Higurashi seemed much livelier now that she knew her daughter was planning on going back to school and getting her life back on track. "I'll go call a realtor."

It took all of summer break for Ms. Higurashi to find an apartment close enough to the school and in the right price range that was perfect for her daughter. Now normally, over summer, Kagome would be shopping and hanging out with her friends, but she didn't really feel like doing much. Plus, she had missed so much when she was with- when she was in the past that she had to take remedial classes all summer to catch up. But finally it was time for Kagome to pack everything she wanted to take with her and leave for her new home. She managed to fit everything in her new purple back pack. She couldn't bear to use the yellow one anymore because of all the memories it held, and the dark purple seemed to fit her mood better anyway. The yellow was for when she was a happier child. But the purple one was just as big, if not bigger, than the first one. So Kagome shoved all of her clothes and bathroom supplies into her bag and put two photo albums in as well as her cell phone. Each photo album was for each of her families when she felt she was ready to look through them. Kagome grimaced and swung her bag on her shoulder. She hadn't lost any of her physical strength from her trips to the past yet, but she really needed to find a dojo and a gym as soon as she could so she could keep the promise she made to Sango.

"Kagome! Let's go!" Souta called from the bottom of the shrine steps. Kagome walked under the arch and glanced back at the shrine and the well house.

"Good bye." She whispered sadly as she turned and left to go to her new life.

Kagome hugged her mother, brother and grandfather in the car, insisting that she could unpack and get everything done that she needed to for school the next day.

"Okay 'Gome." Ms. Higurashi sniffled. Her baby girl was growing up so fast. "Just take this. It's the school bag you have to have for Kaibara and your uniforms. Good luck baby. Call if you need anything. Oh! And here's your allowance for the first two weeks. I love you."

"Thanks mom, I love you too. Bye Gramps, bye Squirt." She hugged her grandpa and ruffled Souta's black hair before retreating to her apartment building, her arms laden with a briefcase bag, several dry cleaned uniforms and a wad of cash while her keys dangled from her pinky. Somehow Kagome managed to stumble up three flights of stairs and into her single bedroom single bath apartment. It was small, but sufficient for Kagome. There was also a small kitchenette off in the corner as well as a bed and a dresser and closet. The bathroom had already been stocked by Kagome's mother so all Kagome had to do was dress the bed and set the alarm on the bedside table before crashing completely even without dinner. She didn't have food anyway. She would have to take care of that later.

Kagome's dreams that night were jumbled. She caught flashes of when InuYasha and she got in fights; when InuYasha and Miroku got in fights; when Sango and InuYasha got in fights; when InuYasha and Shippou got in fights. Kagome laughed in her dream. InuYasha sure got in a lot of fights, didn't he? Then the dream world faded to solid black, leaving Kagome alone with her thoughts. She was so lonely. Even when she had been with her family she felt alone. She really did want to make friends, but she wasn't sure how to anymore. She had been shattered and she wasn't sure if she would be able to put the pieces back together again. The harsh cacophony of the alarm clock startled her out of her dream-memories and she automatically threw the offending object off the table. Thankfully, it didn't break. Kagome gave a tired half-grin as she replaced it and got up to get ready for her first day back at school. When she was done, she checked herself over in the bathroom mirror. She didn't look half bad if she did say so herself. The short blue skirt was at a similar length to her green one and the long sleeved blue sailor shirt had a white top under it and white trim. It was rather flattering and the long black socks accented Kagome's slim, muscular legs. Another plus was that the black shoes were comfortable and looked easy to run in. Kagome smiled at the thought of exercise. Sango had taught her to love exercise of any kind and even though thinking about her other family hurt, Kagome wasn't willing to let anything from the past go. It was too precious. During her musings, Kagome had walked out of the apartment with her bag and was walking down the sidewalk, fingering her necklace when her thoughts were interrupted by a hand dropping itself on her shoulder.

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