Very nice that they are beginning to work through their issues. I think I see light at the end of tunnel and it is not an oncoming train. At least some of the facts are out in the open. He still has not talked about his motivations for his actions. Kagome and Sango are still not sure about Inuyasha's motivations since they seem to contradict his history.

I liked your use of the Kubler-Ross model of the stages of grief to show how they are coping. I used it myself in Descent into Darkness.

I remember turning in my bound thesis and the defense. It was almost an anticlimax. After 5 years we were both just glad to see it ovver