Greetings all! This is my first Inuyasha fic. Here is the summary: A young woman, not much older than Kagome visits Kagome's family shrine. However Kagome and the young woman fall down the well together and the well lets the stranger through. Why? What connections does this woman have to the feudal era? Kagome/Inuyasha paring and Sesshomaru fluff.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, I just have a runaway train of an imagination.

Chapter 1: Chance Encounters?

Kagome climbed up the rope ladder her grandfather had left in the well for her. Her usually bright brown eyes were downcast and faded. Once again she had caught Inuyasha and Kikyo together. This time she didn't bother to watch the whole thing. She just ran back to her own time. Although her heart felt like it was about to shatter there was this insatiable sense of hope that always held her together. No matter how much Kagome tried to brush it aside and trick herself into believing she and Inuyasha were just friends… that sense of hope refused to die.

"One day the jewel will be complete and the well will be sealed." Kagome said bitterly to herself. "Inuyasha and Kikyo belong in the feudal era, I don't." She whispered as a hot tear fell down her face. She whipped it on the sleeve of her white school blouse as she jumped out of the well. She pushed the shed door aside and gave a weak smile as she looked at the house she shared with her mother, brother and grandfather.

"I bet there eating dinner now!" Kagome said excitedly as she felt her stomach grumble. She ran inside to be greeted with a good meal and family. That night she went to bed early and dreamed that the world would allow her and Inuyasha to love each other.

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A young woman walked down the poorly lit street in Tokyo. She was a foreigner. She was an American exchange student. Her mother had recently passed away and now she felt the duty to explore the world and find her own place. The young woman just hadn't counted on how lonely that would be. She never knew her father. Her mother had been rather forthcoming. Told her daughter she was drunk that fateful night. The young woman never got as much as a description of the man who sired her. But than again, it's hard to miss things you've never known.

"Why am I doing this?" She asked herself. She felt like she needed to be somewhere, but she didn't know where. She noticed how people avoided her in the moonlight. It's not much of a secrete that foreigners, especially those of European decent, are not well received in Japan. But then again she knew that when she signed the exchange papers. She was an attractive woman. She had thick curly dirty blonde hair. She was average height for a woman, five foot five. Her facial features were distinctly European, but that wasn't what was odd about her face. She had amber eyes and underneath the foundation she used to cover it up, was a blue crescent on her forehead. Her ears were also elongated and pointed. However, her flowing curls covered them up well enough. The most peculiar things about her couldn't be seen. Her sense of smell and hearing were supper human. Her mother used to think of these things as her special gifts in a mundane world.

As she walked along in the silence of her own thoughts she eventually came to a long rise of steps. She looked up and the unmistakable arch marked the place as a shrine. An invisible force kept pushing her along and she silently walked up the stares and allowed the urge to direct her. Soon she was looking up at a huge tree that bore a strange scare. She moved her gaze to a small shed and listened as the urge told her to go inside. She complied and slid the door open and walked inside. She walked down a small flight of shaky wooden steps and came face to face with what seemed to be where her urge had taken her. An old stone well.

"What are you doing?" A female voice said from behind her.

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Kagome's eyes fluttered open. She looked around to see that it was still dark out. She stretched out and tried to snuggle back into her blankets.

"It feels so good to be in my own bed." She mumbled with pleasure. Suddenly she heard the fain sound of the shed door being open. She jumped up and looked out her window expecting to see Inuyasha. However, she caught a glimpse of a stranger's back as the figure entered the shed. Kagome gasped and grabbed her jewel shards. She quickly threw on her clothes and ran to the shed. She watched as a foreign girl stood looking down the well.

"What are you doing?" Kagome asked as she moved forward trying to get a better look at the stranger. She didn't look threatening.

"I don't know… I just followed this urge." The woman said truthfully. "It finally stopped when I got to this well." Kagome moved closer and gasped when she saw the woman's eyes. "I'm sorry… I shouldn't have." The woman said and dropped her gaze to the floor. Kagome opened her mouth to ask who she was, but a strong wind rushed into the shed and knocked both women down the well.

"Ouch." The woman said as she rubbed her back. Kagome and the woman had landed on top of each other.

"Oh no." Kagome muttered as she looked up to and seen bright stars instead of the shed's ceiling.

"Kagome!" A familure voice called out. A head poked out from the edge of the well above them.

"What the…" The young woman trailed off in confusion.

"Who's that?" The male voice asked.

"Inuyasha, come down here and help her out of the well please." Kagome said looking at the disoriented young woman. Inuyasha leaped down and inspected the newcomer. He sniffed her and jumped back as if he'd been slapped.

"What's wrong?" Kagome asked as she began to climb up the vines.

"She's a hanyou!" Inuyasha said as the woman stood up and brushed her jeans off.

"I'm a what?" She asked as she starred at the man's white dog ears and amber eyes. Then his scent hit her nostrils. "You smell so similar…" She mumbled in surprise. No one had ever smelled like her. Not that she smelled bad, but her essence had always been different.

"She's an Inu hanyou!" Inuyasha said as he sniffed her again to be sure. "I'm positive."

"What?" Kagome said in surprise as she lost her grip and fell backwards. Inuyasha grabbed the mysterious hanyou and caught Kagome and jumped out of the well with the two young women. He gently put both of them down on the ground and stared into the bright amber orbs of the Inu hanyou.

"What is you name?" He asked crudely. Kagome glared at Inuyasha for his lack of politeness.

"I'm Elizabeth." The girl said as fear began to rise in her chest. "Forgive me, but I don't think were in Kansas anymore." She said looking at Kagome with a dazed expression.

"Feh, what are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked regarding the girls odd reference.

"Where am I?" Elizabeth asked looking around.

"This is feudal era Japan." Kagome said putting a hand on Elizabeth's shoulder. "Why don't we got to the village and I can explain." Elizabeth smiled, she could tell that Kagome was sincere.

"Allright, I'll follow you." Elizabeth said and began to follow Kagome.

"What! You mean she's from your time? I thought only the two of us could cross!" Inuyasha said behind them.

"Please, you couldn't tell from her clothing?" Kagome asked annoyed. Inuyasha crossed his arms and decided to keep silent until they reached the village. Kagome lead Elizabeth to Kaede's hut. Inside Shippo, Sango and Miroku were asleep. Quietly the two woman sat down at the back of the Hut. Inuyasha folded his arms over his chest and leaned against the wall nearby and listened to them. Kagome explained the bone eaters well and her quest for the jewel shards to Elizabeth.

"Who are your parents? You are obviously hanyou." Kagome asked with a bit of excitement. "There aren't many demons in our time anymore. I'm curious to know who your youkai parent is." Elizabeth took a moment to translate the unfamiliar terms in her head.

"I'm sorry… I'm not a native speaker. Are you trying to tell me I'm half demon?" She asked with disbelief.

"Oh, your American aren't you?" Kagome said and Elizabeth nodded. "So you had no idea you were a hanyou?"

"My mother's just a normal human… I have no idea who my father was. My mother had a drunken one night stand." Elizabeth said with a hint of sadness in her soft voice.

"Oh, I see." Kagome said and looked over to Inuyasha who was still staring intently at Elizabeth.

"It makes sense though… My sense of smell and hearing are far beyond human capabilities." She sighed. She brushed her hair back to reveal her elongated pointy ears. "My ears are funny too." She said with a half smile. Then Elizabeth dug into her pocket and pulled out a napkin. "Well since this can't be any worse than dog ears…"

"What's wrong with me ears?" Inuyasha snapped. Elizabeth spit on the napkin and began to wipe her forehead. Kagome gasped with she saw the blue crescent emerge from underneath Elizabeth's makeup. "Is it that bad?" She squeaked seeing Kagome's reaction. Inuyasha jumped up to get a better look at the girl's forehead. He grabbed Elizabeth's chin and forced her head to tilt up toward's his.

"I can't believe it." Inuyasha yelled. "I thought you smelled like him."

"Sesshomaru…." Kagome whispered.

"What's all the racket?" Miroku asked rubbing his eyes. Noticing the young attractive woman Miroku jumped up and knelled before her.

"May I read your palm?" Miroku asked only to have Kagome knock him away as hard as she could.

"Miroku leave her alone." Inuyasha said with irritation. Now Sango and Shippo were stirring. "Besides she's a hanyou like me. How old are you anyway?"

"I'm eighteen." Elizabeth answered.

"She's still a pup by demon standards." Inuyasha said glaring at Miroku.

"Well than how old are you, if I'm still a child by your standards?" Elizabeth asked alarmed.

"I'm over two hundred years old." Inuyasha heard her gasp. "Feh, you seem so surprised."

"I won't live that long too? Will I?" She asked with a wide eyed expression.

"So long as no one kills you." Inuyasha stated simply. "If Sesshomaru find out about you, you won't even live as long as an average mortal."

"Who is he?" Elizabeth asked and felt a blush creep up on her cheeks as she realized everyone in the small hut was starring at her.

"We think he's your father." Kagome blurted out. Now Elizabeth's blush turned to utter confusion and frustration.

"How could you possibly know that? You just met me a couple hours ago and now you think you know how my father is!" She said as her usually dormant temper flared.

"Sesshomaru has a daughter?" Sango asked disbelievingly. "He would never mate with a human woman. He hates mortals. He hates hanyous even more."

"Tell me about it." Inuyasha said in a satirical tone. Suddenly Shippo jumped onto Elizabeth's shoulder to get a better look at the young woman.

"She definitely smells like him." Shippo said and wiggled his tail. "But for some reason I like her! Can she stay with us? Please Kagome!" Shippo said pleading with Kagome.

"No she can't stay! It's too dangerous here for her. We have to take her back to her own time!" Inuyasha yelled and grabbed Elizabeth by her shirt collar. "Come on I'm taking you back!"

"I sure wouldn't mind another gorgeous female companion." Miroku said blissfully.

"SIT BOY!" Kagome yelled and watched as Inuyasha did a face plant.

"Wench! What was that for?" He said as he rubbed his nose.

"She's not going anywhere yet." Kagome said stubbornly. "Are you all right?" Kagome asked Elizabeth who was still starring at Inuyasha. "He's a bit rash sometimes."

"A bit?" Sango chimed in.

"Lets rest here for the night." Kagome said as she settled back down. Elizabeth nodded and decided she would stay close to Kagome. Shippo settled in between the two woman while Sango and Miroku settled in next to each other. Inuyasha decided to stay outside the hut for the rest of the night. The young woman's scent was too similar to Sesshomaru's for his liking. His head was also jumbled with his confused feelings for Kagome.

"Why me?" He whispered to the night air. He thought of the meeting he had with Kikyo that night. He knew Kagome had witnessed it. He could smell her nearby. Why does she always have to see that? He wondered. He knew it wasn't fair to Kagome.

"Kagome's there for me more than Kikyo ever was or is." He muttered to himself as he closed his eyes and entered a dreamless sleep.