A/N: Thank you so much for the feedback everyone! It makes me feel so good that people are enjoying this story! Today is the last day of winter break D: I think I'm gonna cry... Hope everyone had a happy Christmas and new year tho! I wanted to give a shout out to

SilvermistAnimeLover! I love you! Your review was so kind and I'm glad to hear your opinions! i guess Kags does need to explain the sit theory to Kyo, but maybe after his head hits the ground enough times he'll figure it out... I'm not sure if I will have the other Sohmas meet anyone other than shippou. I might be able to fit it in but who knows! As for Yuki/Kyo's expressions when they meet the inugang, Kagome practically told them everything when she was explaining her powers to them. And finally, guess you'll just have to wait and see how Kagome and Sesshy interact lol. I actually only have that part not even halfway written :) Hope you enjoy this chapter tho!

Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba or InuYasha and I'm not making a profit off this except in the happiness I get when people REVIEW POSITIVELY. *hinthint* :)

"I first felt your powers when I was walking through the forest about thirty miles away from where you were." Shippou began, "InuYasha had hit me really hard! So I took a walk to get away. When I felt your power I thought it was impossible. Nobody knew what had happened to you after you disappeared, but I went back to our house and called up Sesshomaru. He said that if I had felt you it was probably because you were alive and using your power. I realized you could be in danger and I nearly kicked myself because I had panicked and left you. I ran back to where I had felt the power, but you were gone. There was the scent of blood, a demon and him." Shippou nodded towards Kyo.

"Then I followed his scent, but I got mixed up in all the other scents around his house. It seemed as if there was a barrier around the entire complex that mixed up my senses so I watched you go all around the place. It was my plan that I was going to surprise you when you left, but I got hungry. I hadn't eaten in a long time. It was all bad timing. I had finished my meal when I felt the strongest burst of reiki I had felt in a long time. I knew immediately that you were in trouble and I ran as fast as I could to help you and I killed the demon!" He finished proudly.

Kagome, who had sat down on the messy bed with Kyo, leaned against his strong chest as she tried to take everything in. Her little boy had grown up and she had missed all of it! Her eyes closed as she tried to accept it, but she couldn't. Tears leaked from her eyes in steady silver streams. It had been an extremely stressful few days compared to the wonderfully calm two months prior. All of this information and stress was too much. Kyo's arms tightened around her waist and he buried his nose in her hair.

Shippou looked at the girl he had looked up to when he was a child and finally realized just how young she was. So much had happened to her that forced her to grow up faster than most girls her age, but he knew she could handle it. She was his mother after all, if only for a short while. "Kaa-chan," Shippou soothed while Kyo looked lost and worried. "Please, stop crying. You need to be strong. Please."

Kagome hiccupped herself into silence and said brokenly, "I'm so sorry Shippou. I missed everything in your life! I was supposed to be there for you and I wasn't. I'm sorry." She looked hesitantly up into his soothing, emerald gaze as if he was going to tell her he hated her for leaving him without a mother again.

"Kaa-chan, I love you. You did leave, but you didn't have a choice. I grew up just fine, and starting now, you're going to be involved again, okay?"

Kagome nodded and covered her yawn with her hand. It was past midnight! She had a right to be tired. But she didn't want to go to sleep and wake up and have everything end up being a beautiful nightmare.

"Kagome," Kyo spoke up, "go to sleep. You need your rest. I'll see you in the morning." He smirked at her and squeezed her hand before standing up. Kagome made a small noise of protest, but Shippou cut her off before she could say anything.

"Ginger here is right, Kaa-chan. I'll walk him home and be back here in less than twenty minutes. Get your sleep. We can talk in the morning."

"Hey!" Kyo squawked at the ginger comment. Shippou was a red head too! "Like you have any room to talk!" Kagome giggled tiredly at the two before settling into her messy bed.

"Fine, but I want to see the both of you tomorrow, okay?" She demanded childishly. They both nodded patronizingly before slipping out of the apartment. Kagome heard the click of her lock and realized Shippou must have grabbed the key that was sitting on the hook by the door.

Kagome knew she should feel safe and warm now that she had her feudal family back, but everything was different. Shippou treated her as if she were the child now, which technically she was, but it was still strange. She remembered comforting the little boy like it was yesterday but in reality was over five hundred years in the past. Kagome sighed as tears seeped from beneath her closed lids again. She was just going to have to make do with what she had wasn't she?

The next morning dawned as per usual and Kagome groaned as the sunlight struck her in the face. Normally she closed her curtains so she growled to herself and rolled out of the bed before she unexpectedly landed on something squishy. "Huh?" She looked down into sparkling green eyes and a shock of ginger hair.

"Shippou!" She squealed. "It wasn't a dream! I missed you so much!" She wrapped her arms around Shippou's neck and squeezed him until he turned blue.

"Tap out! Tap out!" he choked as he tapped the floor.

"Oh! Sorry!" Kagome exclaimed as she slid off the teen. "I'm just so glad you're here!"

"I know kaa-chan. I missed you too. Shall we go see everybody else?"

Kagome suddenly looked at the floor. It had been so long for her since she had seen them and it was even longer for them. What if they forgot things about her? Or what if they were too different? Shippou was already so old! "I guess I would love that. It's just, I'm really nervous. I mean, everything has changed. What if things are too different?"

"Are things that different with me?" Shippou asked, slightly hurt.

"Well, of course they are! You've grown and I haven't. It feels like I can't call you my son anymore. It's like you don't need me at all. In fact, I think you should just call me Kagome. That would feel more normal, I guess. We can start over and be friends."

Shippou looked completely shocked but nodded reluctantly. "Okay, Kagome-san."

"I'm gonna shower then we have one stop I have to make. Is that okay Shippou-chan?"

"Shippou-kun, please." Shippou said shortly. Kagome teared up and ran to her bathroom before Shippou's sensitive nose could scent her tears. However, Shippou could tell that he had upset her and he mentally kicked himself.

Fifteen minutes later Kagome emerged from her bathroom wrapped in a towel.

"K-K-Kagome!" Shippou exclaimed, completely thrown for a loop at the girl's indecency.

"Sorry Shippou-kun. I forgot my clothes." Kagome rifled through her closet before picking out a short blue skirt and a yellow tank top with blue flowers wrapping around the bottom half. The she went to the dresser and pulled out some underwear and socks. Meanwhile, Shippou was staring bug-eyed at her as she stalked back to the bathroom to change.

"Damn hormones!" Shippou whispered hoarsely to himself as he shook his head.

Several minutes later Kagome emerged from the bathroom again with a light dusting of makeup on her face that made her eyes pop more and her lips seem fuller.

"Dang Kagome-san, who're you tryin' to impress?" Shippou whistled.

"Thanks Shippou-kun, but it's what I usually do when I have time. Since I have these modern things I like to use them. Now follow me. We're going to go get Kyo-kun, then we can go."

"What!" Shippou exclaimed. "Is it such a good idea to bring the ginger with us?"

Kagome turned her head sharply as she pulled on her black sneakers. "This is a major step for me and I want Kyo-kun to be there. Is that not okay, Shippou-kun?"

"N-no Kagome-chan. It's fine, but will he be safe?"

Reiki swirled around Kagome menacingly as she said, "I think I can protect him just fine. InuYasha's still wearing his subjugation necklace, right? I don't recall either myself or Kikyou taking it off of him."

"He's still got it on. Well, let's go get Ginger then." Shippou agreed sulkily. He bent over, showing his back to Kagome. "Hop on, we should get there quickly." Kagome awkwardly clambered onto Shippou's back and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Well then, let's go." Shippou nodded and ignored the way Kagome's breath tickled his ear.