Author's Note: I'd like to thank everyone for the reviews and for following this story :) I'm glad you like it so far and I will try not to let you down! If anyone has any ideas that they simply cannot keep to themselves then by all means send them on over! Enjoy Chapter 2! :)

Disclaimer: I do not, nor shall I ever own Inuyasha or any of it's characters. (Though I would like to) All original characters that did not appear in Inuyasha but do appear in this story are created solely from my awesome imagination and some with the help of my cousin Jessica Lowell :)

actions (slaps mostly)

thoughts

"mental conversations"

Shippo's P.O.V.

I dont understand.. Where are Kagome and Inuyasha? They should be back by now! It was almost dinner time and Shippo had been sitting by the well spot for 3 days now not leaving for anything or anyone despite Sango and Miroku's arguments. After Naraku made his wish on the jewel, Kagome disappeared into a meido that we could not follow into. Inuyasha created his own meido and went after her but hadn't returned yet. That was when Sango and Miroku decided to start taking turns to care for Kirara and I while we sat by waiting for our friends to come back. They split up the day into 4 shifts so that one of them was watching us while the other was helping to rebuild and clean up the village. Then when it came to dinner time, both the monk and the demon slayer would come to the well and try to convince us to go back to Kaede's hut in the broken down village of Edo.

"Shippo.. Don't you think its time for you to return to the village?" Sango pleaded as she gave me a rice ball accompanied by a frown.

"No Sango, I can't just sit by in the village while Kagome is in trouble!" I replied with a daring look in my eyes. "I have to be strong just like Inuyasha was when he went after her!"

Why did the well disappear when Naraku made his wish on the jewel? What was Naraku's wish anyways? I hope Kagome and Inuyasha come back soon so that they can help me figure it out. Meanwhile, Sango's frown deepened at my answer as she went to sit under a tree at the edge of the clearing where Miroku was waiting with a mysterious look in his eye. What if Kagome never comes back to us? What will I do without her? She has raised me ever since my father was killed by the thunder brothers.. Those stupid demons got what was coming to them.. Haha! I was startled out of my thoughts at a loud noise resonating from where my friends were seated.

SLAP!

"What an idiot.. he is never going to learn is he?" I asked my two-tailed friend seated to my left.

"Meow!" Kirara agreed with an expressive look in her eye.

"You pervert monk! Of all the times to be like this you choose now?!" Sango screamed while her hand was still in the air twitching to be used again.

"My dear Sango, I did not mean to be disrespectful of the situation.." Miroku defended. "My hand.. it.."

"It's cursed we know.." Sango and Shippo said in unison. Suddenly a meido opened at the opposite end of the clearing and everyone stopped.

"Do you guys see.." Shippo began to say until Kagome and Inuyasha stepped out of the void. "Kagome!" he began running to her.

Everyone met at the center of the clearing and started a group hug that lasted for a few minutes. Then the questions began.

"Kagome are you alright?! What happened to you?" Sango asked her tired friend as she backed out of the hug she had her ensnared in.

Shippo was sitting on Kagome's shoulder and didn't want to let go for anything. "Yea we thought you would be back by now.. We were all so worried!" he pleaded as he took in her scent.

Kagome began to relay the events of the last three days to her friends while they all sat down to drink some water.

"You were really inside the jewel Kagome?!" Shippo found it hard to believe that she and Inuyasha were actually inside the jewel.

"Yea.. I made the only correct wish though.. So its all over now." she reassured Shippo, who was more like a son to her than a friend. As they continued to talk Miroku started moving away from the group.

"So Inuyasha, what were you doing with Lady Kagome for three days?" Miroku zeroed in on his fuzzy eared friend as the others bombarded Kagome with questions.

"Back off you perverted monk! I was trying to save her.." Inuyasha hit the monk over the head with his fist.

"I suppose you will have to tell me about it later.." Miroku said with a wink as a lump formed on his head. "For now we are all just glad that Lady Kagome has returned safely."

"No really Sango, I'm fine! I guess I'm just tired and hungry from three days in the jewel." Kagome implored to her friend as she stood but seemed a bit wobbly. Inuyasha was quickly at her side helping her upright as the others looked on worriedly.

"Kagome! Are you alright?!" Inuyasha held her shoulders and studied her face as he looked for signs of distress.

"Inuyasha I'm fine really, I just need to eat something I think.." she replied feeling a bit better from her close proximity to her beloved hanyou. "I hadn't realized that we were gone for three days or I would have tried to find some food in there." she continued sarcastically.

The group of newly re-united friends looked at her with amused expressions. All but Inuyasha who was concerned for his beautiful miko, as they all left the clearing to return to the village that had been cleaned up a little since the fall of Naraku. Shippo stayed on his raven haired friend's shoulder, breathing in the aroma of her skin that comforted him so much as they walked through Inuyasha's forest.

Im so happy that Inuyasha brought Kagome home to us safe and sound.. Something about her is bothering me though.. I cant figure out what it is.. The little fox demon pondered what could be different as they neared the village and then it hit him like one of the miko's arrows.

She smells different... Why does she smell different? Suddenly Kaede emerged from her hut and Kagome ran to her and pulled her into a hug, distracting the fox demon from his earlier thoughts as they all went inside for some well deserved celebration.

Author's Note: I know this chapter was short but dont worry my lovely readers! Chapter 3 will be EXTRA long to make up for it :)