Kagome packed each item in the day glow yellow backpack with care. Ramen for Inuyasha, a pack of crayons and drawing paper for Shippou, perfumed soap for Sango, and a few sodas for Miroku. Exams week was finally over and she was ready to get back to the other side and back to her friends.

Throwing in a few extra items for herself, she closed the pack and slung it over her shoulder. She took one last look at her rarely slept in bedroom before shutting the door and trotting down the stairs, the best she could trot with a pack laden with "essentials".

As she passed by the kitchen, her mother waved goodbye and grandpa stopped her long enough to give her a handful good luck charms that were "full of spiritual power". One last goodbye and she was out the door, Souta on her heels yelling at her to tell Inuyasha he said hello.

One last look at the shrine she had called home her entire life and she closed the door to the well house. Hopping down the steps two at a time, she flung herself into the well and let the familiar blue light catch her and take her five hundred years into the past.

When her feet touched the ground she started climbing up the ladder that Miroku had made for her so she wouldn't hurt herself trying to climb up the vines. Just like normal, Miroku waited for her outside of the well, laid out enjoying the crisp fall breeze. He noticed her come out of the well, throwing her pack out before she climbed over the side.

He stood and took her into his arms for a friendly embrace. "Welcome home," he said into her hair.

"It's good to be back."

He grabbed her pack off of the ground and led the way back to Kaede's village. "So, how did you do on your exams?"