Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, Sango, Rin, and Sesshomaru nodded as they listened to Kaori explain what happened when Kagome sealed the well after the older Higurashi woman finished her conversation with Kagome who had explained to her mother that she had met a new friend and both of them were headed over to her new school right now.
Just when Inuyasha was about to leave, he remembered that Souta would tell him where Kagome had left for her new school. And as if on cue, Souta walked through the living room with a Poptart (a/n: I love Poptarts!) hanging out of his mouth with ipod earbuds in his ears and playing with his ipod and went to go up to his bedroom when Inuyasha was suddenly in front of him.
"Hmm?" Souta looked up at Inuyasha with a curious frown on his face, along with his Poptart still in his mouth. Then removed said Poptart. "Ya need something Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha sighed and nodded, nudging the boy upstairs so he was out of hearing range of Souta's mother. When both were in Souta's bedroom, Inuyasha finally asked the question to Souta that the hanyou had asked Souta's mother.
"Do you know where Kagome moved to, Souta?" Inuyasha looked somewhat hopeful to the boy who nodded his head to answer Inuyasha's question. "Cou-"
"No."
Inuyasha blinked at the boy in surprise, he never heard Souta speak in that sort of tone before, especially to Inuyasha.
"I'm not tryin' to be mean or anything Inuyasha, but, the look on Sis' face..." Souta hid his eyes behind his bangs and continued. "When she came home three days ago from the Fuedal Era...she was completely panicked. The first thing she did when she finished sealing the well was running to Mom. Saying that she didn't want to be near the well anymore...like she was saying she didn't want to be near..." The boy trailed off, not having enough "energy" to finish the sentence. So he shook his head instead. "I'm sorry Inuyasha. Like Mom, I promised Sis that I wouldn't tell anyone where she moved to."
Inuyasha closed his eyes and sighed heavily.
"Although," Souta continued. "If you didn't go with that Kikyou woman, then I would have automatically told you and your friends where Kagome moved to."
Inuyasha nodded slowly before leaving Souta room, completely ignoring him now working on his schoolwork.
When the silver-haired hanyou reached the last step of the stairs, Sango came out of no where and dragged him out of the Higurashi Residence before she thanked Kaori for telling them what she did.
"Wait!" Kaori's voice rang out after the group.
"Yes, Kaori?" Rin asked the older woman who held a package in her hands. "I hope I'm not asking you too much, but would you mind sending this to the post-office for me?" Kaori smiled at Rin, holding out the small package to the brunette who took it and returned the smile.
"Not at all." Rin said, waving good-bye to Kagome's mother before she, her mate, and her friends walked down the long stairs of the Higurashi Shrine.
When the group were at the bottom of the stairs, Sango said something that gave everyone hope that would in order to find Kagome.
"I know how we can find Kagome."
"How Sango?" Sesshomaru wondered to the 500 year old former tayija woman.
"We can look into Kagome's mother's phone records and find out where that call came from."
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Nevada, United States: First bus stupid...
The bus that was to take Kagome and Naomi to Death City, stopped at a bus stop and Naomi motioned for Kagome to get off and get her things.
"Mi-Mi?" Kagome called in a normal voice to her friend. "Why'd we get off the bus?" Then looked at where the bus stop was located in front of. It was a concrete parking lot.
"I have to get my Firebird before we got to the DWMA." Naomi shrugged nonchalantly as she strode into the entrance to the parking lot with a confused Kagome following closely behind her.
"You have a car?" Kagome asked Naomi who nodded. "Wow. Where is it?"
"Top floor."
"How many floors does this place have?"
"Uh," Naomi stared at the ceiling of the first floor, gently tapping her chin, trying to think. "I think that there's like...five." Kagome's eyes widened. "So we have to walk all the way to the top floor?"
Naomi shook her head no as she and Kagome made their way to a small office and Naomi told the clerk person her name and said that she was there for her car. The clerk person nodded before picking up their phone and dialed a number, then spoke into the phone. Saying that a Miss Naomi Hasegawa was here for her vechicle.
Within moments, Kagome heard a purrish roar of a car engine just outside of the door to the small office both she and Naomi were currently in.
Then Naomi and Kagome left the small office and entered Naomi's black Poniac Firebird, stuffed their luggage in the back seats of the car and made their way to Death City.
The 17 year old modern-day miko soon found out that Naomi was a mainiac when it came to driving but had a feeling that Naomi wouldn't crash even if she tried, which Kagome was grateful for when Naomi notice her new friend's nervousness of Naomi's driving and told the teen that she wouldn't crash her car, for it was her "baby".
"Say...Mi-Mi. Can I call my mom and tell her that I made it to Nevada and was on my way to Death City on your cell phone?" Kagome pointed to the Hello Kitty cased Sidekick that rested on the dash of the inside of the car and Naomi nodded. "Sure Kags." Naomi answered.
Kagome firmly, but gently, tapped her old home phone number and waited for her mother to answer, but the young miko didn't have to wait long. For her mother answered the phone on the second ring.
"Hello, Higurashi Residence." Kagome's mother chimed.
"Hey Mom, it's Kagome. I wanted to tell you that I'm on my way to Death City and should be there considering Naomi's driving." At Kagome's comment, Naomi flushed a pink color.
"Who's Naomi, Kagome?" Her mother wondered, then Kagome heard a faint gasp in the background and Kagome got a clinch in her stomach, recognizing who's gasp it belonged to.
"A girl that I met on the plane over here."
"Is she a new friend?"
Kagome nodded and replied with a, "Hai."
"That's great to here, Dear."
That was when Kagome decided to ask her mother the question that she wanted to ask for the past few moments.
"Mom? Did Inuyasha make to the house like I thought he would?" Kagome had worry in her voice that had Naomi give a low growl in her throat at the mention of the two-timing hanyou's name, the hanyou whom Kagome had fallen deeply in love with.
Her mother sighed heavily and Kagome could see her mother's nod. "Yes, Dear. But he brought his half-brother, Sesshomaru, his wife, your friend Sango, and I'm guessing her husband, Miroku."
"You haven't told them where I moved to," Kagome paused. "Have you?"
"No Kagome, I haven't. Just like I promised I wouldn't, and no. Souta and your grandfather promised that they wouldn't tell them either."
Kagome sighed in relief, closing her eyes. Not realizing that she and Naomi had now entered Death City.
"Arigatoo, Mom."
"Doitashimashite, Kagome." Kaori replied to her daughter through the phone. "By the way Dear. I started a cell phone family plan and I'm going to send you your phone in the mail. It should be there in about a week. Depending if it's in Snail-Mail." Kaori mumbled the last part to herself.
"Anyway, Mom. Naomi and I just got into Death City. So I'm gonna talk to ya later."
"Alright. Have fun at your new school."
Kagome "Uh huh"ed into the phone before hanging up just as Naomi parked her car in front of the apartment that she and Kagome would be sharing.