He had come to Inaba worried about spending a year with strangers - not that his parents weren't practically strangers, but at least he had grown used to them not being around - but as the train left the now-peaceful town behind, Yuu could feel his heart break.

It was home in the bright smile and the cheerful "Welcome home, big bro!" Nanako gave him after a long day at school (oh, December had been so hard, the house so empty); it was home in the friendships forged fighting Shadows with Yousuke and the rest of the team; it was home in the bonds he built with those around him - his uncle, his schoolmates, the other citizens of the town (even his bond with Adachi counted, not that he liked to dwell on it); it was home in the way he felt perfectly comfortable sitting around petting cats or fishing by the river for hours on end.

After a year in Inaba, he had found a home he didn't realize had had been missing, and now he was being forced to leave it (but not forever, he'd be back, he would always come back).