The world shifted around her as she floated peacefully in the bright blue lights on the very edge of time. Though appearance wise nothing changed, the more Kagome trained the more in tune she found herself becoming with not only her own power but the energy of the earth itself. She could feel the time turning forward in her very bones, could feel the energy of those laid to rest in the earth and those born again to the world, the feelings rushing through her as she relieved the whole 500 years again in nothing more than a few seconds. The feeling leaving her light headed and slightly breathless as her feet finally touched ground ever so lightly. Every trip the feelings had been getting more and more intense until she could almost feel the names of all those who had lived and died throughout her time of travel. Kagome found herself leaning lightly against the wall of the well surrounding her, breathing heavily and not remembering moving. As her chest lightened and she could breathe again she mindlessly hoisted her yellow bag up on her shoulders and started climbing out of the well, thoughts still consumed with the past.
Her heart once again jumped as she heard his smooth deep voice, suddenly snapping her thoughts to the present. Shocked she looked around, wondering if she had accidentally gone back to the past again while she was spacing out. But the wooden walls and large ceilings of the well house greeted her sight. She realized what was going on as she heard the sound of her mother's polite voice. Sesshomaru, the present Sesshomaru, was at her house. She debated dropping her bag as she rushed out the door of the well house, but decided against it. It was Sesshomaru after all, there was not much about her life that he did not already know. The thought lingered in the back of her mind, sending a slight shiver down her spine, but she shook it off as she hurried to the front door of her house.
"Momma! I'm back!" She called as she rounded the corner. Both her mother and her teacher turned to look at her. Her mother's expression was slightly panicked and it was only then that Kagome realized she had never told her mother about her ties to Sesshomaru.
"Good travels, I take it?" His lips tilted up in a small smile and his voice turned slightly teasing. Kagome blushed at his tone and nodded her head and smoothed her hands down the front of her wrinkled and stained clothes.
"Yeah, it's been a rough few weeks." she shrugged, trying to brush off her sudden mortification at being caught in such a disheveled state. His muted chuckle rocked through her as his gaze lifted to the sky.
"It's been quite some time, but I remember that few weeks. Quite fondly actually." His smile turned reflective and peaceful as he ran through his memories. Kagome snorted at him as she stomped up the stairs to the door.
"There is nothing to be fond of when you are constantly being covered in mud and demon guts." Sesshomaru again chuckled softly, but before Kagome could demand to know what was so funny, her mother spoke up.
"What in the world is going on Kagome?" She had been standing in the doorway watching the exchange between her daughter and her daughter's professor and becoming more and more confused.