Things were finally going right for Inuyasha. Naraku, and most of his enemies hadn't shown their faces lately. It had mostly been just him and Kagome. And the biggest news? Inuyasha had taken her as his mate. Their friends hadn't really been around lately for the news to be told, but both of them were content just spending time with each other for a while.
But today Kagome had some kind of school thing going on, so she had to go, at least for a little while. Inuyasha said he'd be around to get her in a few hours and they'd go back, and she seemed fine with that. Not able to do much without any of his friends, however, left the hanyou sticking close to Kaede's village, usually spotted in the Goshinboku, which was where he now resided. It was getting close to the new moon night, so his powers were weakening. This was one of the two places he felt safest.