Chapter 13: Home Again, An Unexpected Visitor

"Inuyasha?… Where are you? Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled.

"Right here Kagome." Inuyasha said sweetly, from behind.

"Oh, Inuy-Inuyasha… no, what happened? Why are you a youkai?"

"What are you talking about. I've always been a youkai."

"You have?"

"Yes, and I've always wanted to kill you bitch!" Inuyasha said in a deep voice.

"Inuyasha, NO!" Kagome screamed as he lunged at her with his claws.

Kagome woke up from the nightmare, sweaty and panting.

"Kagome? What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked her softly.

Kagome jumped at the sound of his voice and looked at him. His fangs were shorter, as well as his hair and claws. He had his amber eyes too. They were staring deep into hers.

He was confused.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked her.

She let out her breath. "You're not a youkai, thank goodness…" She mumbled.

'Youkai? Why would I be a youkai?' "Are you all right Kagome?"

"Now I am." She said as she snuggled back into his haori.

"What happened? Why did you call me a youkai? I'm a hanyou."

"I know… I… I had a nightmare… You were a youkai. You tried to kill me!"

He was dumbfounded. Inuyasha would never do anything like that to Kagome. "Kagome, I… I don't know what to say except that I would never do that to you! Never!"

"I know. It's just… I used to be afraid of your demon side, and… I guess I've never gotten over that fear…"

"Aww, Kagome." He said Hugging her tightly. "I want you to know that my demon side loves you just as much as my hanyou or my human side. It tried to break free the time we mated. It felt us, our love."

"Oh, so that's what that was!"

"I'm sorry Kagome. I can't save you from this one. You have to do this one on your own." Inuyasha said thinking aloud.

Kagome nodded, the sun came up. As usual he nibbled at her mark. Kagome found this calming and thought for a moment.

"Inuyasha. I want to go home one last time." Kagome told him after a while.

"What? You can't be serious! You just went!"

"Well, we're going to defeat Naraku soon and then we'll have the last of the jewel. I won't see my family for 500 years after that!"

"All right. If your sure. Come on then, let's go."

"No, I want to go alone to say goodbye. I be back in an hour or so. Ok?"

Inuyasha was stunned. He always went with her.

"Don't get yourself into too much trouble, dog-boy. I love you mate!"

"Love you too."

Kagome ran towards the well for the last time and jumped in. Her eyes started to water when she reached the bottom.

'I've got to be strong.' She thought and jumped out. She opened the shrine door and walked out; when she got to Goshinboku she stopped and looked at the tree.

'Maybe I made the wrong choice mating Inuyasha…'

Unknown to her someone came up the shrine steps. He had black hair and dark violet eyes.

'Mate? What are you doing here? Why are your demonic features showing?' He thought. 'Oh, wait. This must be the Kagome when she went through the well last. Seeing as though I'm not around…' "Kagome?" He said softly, but loud enough for her to hear it.

"Inuyasha? Is that you?" She said. She turned around and saw him in his human form with modern clothes on. "I told you to stay in the Feudal Era…. It's not the New Moon. Why do you look like that? And why are you dressed in those clothes?"

'Oh, this is defiantly her!' He nodded when she said his name. "I am Inuyasha, but not your Inuyasha."

"Wh-What do you mean?"

"Well, I'm my older self. 500 years older in fact."

Kagome just stood there for a moment.

"How did you hide your… ears and things though? It's not the New Moon." She said as he walked over next to her.

"A few centuries ago, humans started hunting down demons and killing them. We fought them off for a while, but… for our protection, we've used your older self's miko powers to hide them. For safety Sesshoumaru, Kouga, every one is under your older self's protection."

"Oh…"

'That means I'll be with him for at least 500 more years…' She thought as she looked back at Goshinboku.

"What's wrong? And don't say nothing, because I've known you too long Kagome, to know something's up."

"I… I just… you won't get mad at me if I tell you, will you?"

"Of course not."

"Well. I still fear your demon side. Do you remember the dream I had about you being a youkai and attacking me 500 years ago?"

He thought for a minute. "Yes. I do… but don't worry. Time will show you that my demon side can love you just as much as my normal self can." He turned to leave but her hand grasped his.

"Wait. Please, can I ask you one more thing?"

"Yea, sure." He said turning back to her.

"Is Naraku TRULY alive still. In my time I mean."

"Yes, and myself and you will have a very hard time. Team up with Sesshoumaru and Kouga. That's the only way. I will tell you this will be the final battle and he is stronger than ever. You will need all your power. It'll happen in about a week."

"A week?"

He nodded and left.

"Thank you, Inu! Thank you."

"Kagome?" A voice said from behind. Kagome jumped.

"Huh… Oh, hi Mama."

"I heard voices. Is Inuyasha here with you?"

'Inuyasha. He's the only one I'll have for 500 years.' Kagome started to cry and ran to her mom.

"Kagome, what's wrong. Did something happen to him?"

"No Mama. It's just… his older self came here a minute ago and… and said the last fight with Naraku is in a week… That means… the well will close then. I won't see you for 500 years!"

"Oh Kagome! I love you, and you never have to look far for that love. Even with the well closed."

Kagome nodded, still crying.

Feudal Era:

Inuyasha was sitting in Kaede's hut.

'Damn she's taking too long. I'll go get her soon if she doesn't come back.'

Modern Era:

"I love you Souta!" Kagome told him, hugging him to death.

"I love you too Kagome! But can you loosen up a bit? I can't breath!"

"Oh, sorry."

"I'm sorry Kagome, for what I've done to you."

"Your apologizing grandpa? I thought you hated me!"

"I don't hate you Kagome. I love you."

"I love you Mama." She told her, hugging her tighter than Souta.

The doorbell rang, Mrs. Higurashi got it.

"Kagome! It's for you!"

"Mama, I can't I-"

"Just tell them darling. They would of found out sooner or later anyway."

Ayumi, Eri, and Yume came into the room with Houjo. When they saw her, they stopped.

"Ka-gome? Is-is that you?" Eri asked.

Kagome nodded.

Feudal Era:

"Ok, that's it. I'm going to get Kagome." Inuyasha said.

"But she told you not to go!" Shippo told him.

"I don't care! I'm going. And she can kill me for all I care."

Modern Era:

"You're a what?" All four of them said in sync.

"I'm an inu-hanyou." Kagome told them.

"What happened? I thought you were human?" Yuka told her.

"I was, but this is because-" Kagome tried to say but Inuyasha came in the room. "Inuyasha? I thought I told you to stay in the Feudal Era!"

"Well, you were taking too long!"

"Feudal Era? Kagome…" Ayumi asked.

Kagome sighed. "Remember all the illnesses I've had? Well they were all fake, except for the colds. They were all an excuse to go to the Feudal Era."

"When did this start happening?" Eri asked.