A.N. Well, I don't have much to say. I don't own InuYasha or Hot Topic., I do own my brain. I've finally made payments. I AM NOW A COLLEGE STUDENT! GO ME! Anyway, on with the story.

p.s. mason is a made up character, I'm not sure if anyone by that name actually works there, if they do. Lol.

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Kagome was still pacing her living room floor talking to herself when InuYasha got Sango and Miroku home.

"Kagome are you alright?" Sango asked when she walked into the apartment with the two men.

"No!" she whined as she sat on her knees on the floor, "I am starting to think Kouga was right about me."

"What does that wolf have to do with anything?" InuYasha asked making her aware he was in her apartment.

"I just went on a date with his grandson," Kagome said putting her face in her hands. "Kouga said we were meant to be together, after he died was when James noticed strange and major differences in himself. His speed increased, he became stronger, his senses heightened. He's definitely the reincarnated spirit, but I didn't know that souls can meld into one after a person is already been born. Can that happen Miroku?"

"I didn't think it possible," he replied, "normally a persons spirit reincarnates into another body at the point of birth. Kouga must've gotten a hold of a spell, maybe he wanted his kin to find you. It could be a number of things."

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"Kagome's really worked up about this," Sango remarked after her friend went to bed and InuYasha went home.

Miroku nodded, "I didn't think she would get this upset. Maybe Kouga really did love her, and wanted to find her anyway he could."

Sango wasn't sure though, this was too convenient. "Maybe this James person is really Kouga."

"I don't know," Miroku said getting up to go to the kitchen, "InuYasha would've said something about it. And Kouga would've definitely tried to piss him off."

"Your right," Sango said standing up. "I'm going to bed, you coming?"

"In a minute," Miroku said, "I just need to check something on Kagome's computer."

"Okay," Sango went to kiss her husband good night before disappearing into their room.

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Kagome walked through the forest trying to find her way to the tree of ages.

"InuYasha are you here?" she called her friend, "We're leaving soon. I wanted to see if you were coming with us."

She still couldn't find him, she had been searching all morning. 'where could he be?' she thought to herself, 'I know there isn't that much to do in the village.'

InuYasha had told Sango and Miroku that he was going into the forest to think a bit, that even if he didn't go with them to the future he would go say goodbye before they left through the well.

"InuYasha?" Kagome called again when she saw a flash of silver, "InuYasha come here please."

"Do not ever mistake me for that half breed again," said the cold voice of InuYasha's older brother Sesshoumaru.

"Oh," she said blushing, "I'm sorry. I just saw you run by real fast. I didn't mean to. I'll just go."

"That is what is safest," Sesshoumaru said looking at her with cold eyes, "you don't want to see what's going to happen here in a couple of minutes. Leave while you still have the time to live."

Kagome wasn't sure what was going on, 'it's gotta be bad if Sesshoumaru is telling me to leave,' she thought to herself as she walked towards the village. "He's tried to kill me numerous times, why not this one? I was alone, InuYasha was nowhere to be found."

"Kagome are you ready?" Sango asked when the girl walked back into Kaede's hut.

"Yeah," Kagome said, tears in her eyes, "I couldn't find InuYasha."

Kagome woke up with a start, Damn it, she thought to herself,

After a shower, Kagome decided she should call Mason from Hot Topic and see when he wanted her to go in for her first day.

"Hello," she said into the phone when someone answered, "I was wondering if Mason was there?"

"Sure," the person said, "just one moment."

When Mson answered the phone, Kagome was relieved. She figured if she could get a day of work soon, she could stop thinking about James, Kouga and InuYasha for a while and focus on something real.

"Hello?" came Mason' voice.

"Hi Mason," Kagome said trying to sound slightly happy, "this is Kagome Higurashi. I came in for a interview a couple of days ago."

"Hi Kagome," he said almost loud enough for Kagome to hear the smile on his face, "I was looking at your file right now. I was actually about to call your place and see when you were ready to come in for training."

"I can come in whenever you need me to," Kagome said, "I don't have school today so I'm free."

"Well," Mason said, she could hear him flipping through a book, "Can you come in around eleven or so?"

"Sure," Kagome said with a grin, "is it just training then?"

"Yeah for today," he told her, "I'll get you on the schedule tomorrow and call you with the information then."

"Okay," Kagome told him, "I'll see you at eleven then."

"Bye."

Kagome hung up, and went to her room to change clothes. She only had a hour to get dressed and get to the store. After changing into black jeans, a dark red t-shirt and some eyeliner, Kagome was ready to leave.

"Sango," she called, "Miroku, I'm going to the store for training. I should be back in a couple of hours."

"Okay," came Miroku's voice. "If you don't mind, InuYasha's going to stop by later. He said you left your bow at his place and he's just dropping it off."

"Sure," Kagome said as she pulled her keys out of her purse. "See you guys later."
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InuYasha wanted to find James and give him a piece of his mind, but knew that it wasn't a good idea. It was only a matter of time before Kagome realized that if she said 'sit' he would crash into the ground. And now, with the cement that cakes the city, InuYasha knew he would break something major.

"Sasha are you ready?" he asked when his girlfriend ran back and forth from the living room to her bedroom half dressed.

"Do I look ready?" she asked stopping still, "if you want I wont put on a shirt, or shoes. It doesn't matter to me."

InuYasha laughed, he was actually pretty glad things were alright with him and Sasha. He had feelings for her, and whether they weren't the same as his for Kagome, he felt that it was okay for him to be with this girl.

"Well," he said walking up to her, "I don't mind you not wearing a shirt, although I don't think it would be a good idea to get kicked out of the restaurant for me kicking some guys ass."

Sasha blushed, "Yash, you don't have to kick some guys ass. I doubt anyone would care about what I'm wearing. People wear smaller clothes than this all the time. And they're actual clothes."

InuYasha grinned, "well if your planning on wearing that. Then we just wont go out tonight."

A.N. DON'T GET MAD! IT'S STILL A INUKAG STORY. I just decided to change it again. So it'll end up being longer. Review! Please, it'll go strait here soon enough.