"Get off my back, you old hag. I've barely been able to move since she said all those commands." The memory of him hitting the ground so many consecutive times caused Inuyasha to shiver. "She's going to pay when she comes back."
Kaede just shook her head, "Ye are the most thickheaded person I've met."
"Feh." Inuyasha's trademark reply was all that reached the old miko's ears. After a few moments of silence, a strong breezed fluttered in through the rice-paper door. "She's back," was all Inuyasha said.
Kaede rose to greet the teenage miko they had all missed greatly, even if a particular half-demon wouldn't admit even if he had his brother's poisonous claws sinking into him. Shooting a warning glance to Inuyasha, Kaede left the hut. Immediately, Kaede saw Kagome walking towards her from the edge of Inuyasha's forest.
"Child, ye have returned." Kagome looked up and waved. 'Her time's rituals are very odd.' "How long will ye be staying?"
"Actually Kaede, I only came to get my bike. I have to go back to my time in a few minutes."
"I see." Kaede watched as the young miko began searching for her bike. Sitting down by her hut, Kaede rested and began to think of a way to get the human from the future and the demi-dog demon back to speaking terms. 'It would be so much easier if I only knew what had happened in the forest that day.'
Once Kagome had found her bike (Inuyasha had attempted to bury it after he had fallen off of it while trying to learn how to ride), she returned to Kaede's hut. After sitting down, she turned to Kaede.
"Kaede, do you know where Miroku, Sango and Shippou are? I wanted to say hi."
"They left the day after ye returned to your time in search of jewel shard rumors. Shippou wouldn't leave Inuyasha alone and kept yelling at him because he made ye leave. Sango and Miroku thought it best to let Inuyasha's back recover in peace. I do not know when they are due back."
"Oh I see. Well, when they return, would you mind telling them that I said hello?"
"Of course I will child. When do you think you will return again?" Kaede watched Kagome's eyes turn from those of happiness to those of sadness.
"I don't know. It depends on Inuyasha. I won't come back until he comes to get me, and he knows why I left in the first place. He needs to figure that out by himself." Kagome stood and grabbed her bike.
"I see." 'Inuyasha, I know ye are listening to this. Take heed. Ye must overcome your differences.' Kagome walked her bike from the village, waving. Watching the girls retreating back, Kaede mussed to herself, 'Her customs still confuse me.'