Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha, Kagome, Vincent or Catherine.

A/N –Some points to remember.

1. I have chosen to ignore the language barrier in this fanfic. Although I felt comfortable that Kagome could speak English and Vincent Japhanese, I felt it would exclude Inu Yasha and Catherine from communicating. It also seemed to complicate the plot, so I chose to ignore the whole situation. I'm sorry if anyone has a problem with that.

2. Timeframes: For Vincent and Catherine it is during the time just after Vincent's illness and before Catherine is captured by Gabriel. For Kagome and Inu Yasha it is a point after Naraku was defeated, but the jewel is still not quite whole. Their relationship is certainly more developed and they have confessed their love, but they have not gone farther than kissing.

The Same Side of a Different Coin

Chapter 1 – Through the looking glass

Kagome ran along the edge of the small ravine, below was a short drop to some big round boulders. They didn't look like they'd hurt to land on but she was sure they'd be uncomfortable. The sun was already setting and they needed to get this battle over with. She came to a stop a few feet from Inu Yasha. He was battling a bear demon with a shard in its head. The demon slashed at the hanyou with its huge claws. Kagome winced as one came close to Inu Yasha. He dodged the blow and ducked back a step, pulling Tetsusaiga.

"You stupid beast! You're dead!" He charged forward wielding his blade. The demon sprang to the side avoiding the blow. Inu Yasha cursed as he tried again. This time the demon sprang over his head and landed behind him.

Kagome raised her bow. 'If I can hit jewel shard, the demon can easily be defeated.' She aimed and let the arrow fly. It missed the mark by only inch as the demon seemed to sense her presence. Now, it's attention was focused on her, for although the arrow had missed the jewel it had not failed to strike the bear. The beast howled in pain. Kagome froze as she suddenly realized the bear was charging her.

"Kagome, get out of there!" Miroku called as he, Sango, and Shippo landed a few meters away with Kirara.

"Kagome!" Inu Yasha ran towards her, but the distance was too far. The bear demon reached her first. It swung a large clawed paw at her. She took a step back and felt the ledge crumble under her feet. She let out a small scream as Inu Yasha took down the bear demon with his Tetsusaiga and she fell. "Kagome!" Inu Yasha watched as the bear disintegrated and Kagome fell. He ran to the ledge of the ravine and looked down. The others joined him a few moments later. They all stared down at – nothing.

"Where is Kagome?" Shippo asked staring down at nothing but large boulders.

"She fell. We all saw her." Miroku scratched his head in confusion.

Inu Yasha was on his hands and knees sniffing the air and examining the rocks below. "There isn't any blood and it's as if her scent just disappeared." He stared down at the nothingness. 'This is more unnerving than seeing her hurt. Not knowing where she is, is a lot worse.'

Sango climbed on Kirara. "I'll check it out closer." Kirara took her down to the ravine's bottom without complaint. Sango examined the rocks but found nothing. She looked up at the others. "Well, we might as well make camp. I think we should stay near by in case something new happens.

"That's a good idea, Sango." Miroku turned to Inu Yasha. The hanyou looked very disturbed. "Inu Yasha, I'm sure Kagome is all right, maybe she can find her own back. We need to have faith that she can." Inu Yasha didn't answer, he just sat there staring at the place Kagome should have been.

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Kagome felt the ground come up gently and opened her eyes. 'That felt a lot like traveling through the well.' She looked around, but she could barely see for it was nearly pitch dark. She moved slightly and could feel a breeze coming from somewhere. She froze immediately. 'That felt like it came from beneath me. There must be some kind of cavern here.' She ran a hand along the ground and found a ledge. She could hear the sound of crumbling rocks. She gasped and scooted back slightly. Her hands found a rocky wall behind her. 'I'd never be able to climb this in the dark.'

Kagome's eyes suddenly caught sight of something of a dim light it was moving slowly. She watched it for a moment. 'It's coming closer, maybe someones there. But are they friendly?' She could hear, someone mumbling incoherently as the light neared. She decided to go with her gut. "Hello! Can you hear me! I'm stuck down here! Is someone there?"

The mumbling came to an abrupt stopped. "Mouse, hearing voices. Not good must talk to Father about it." The mumbling began again.

"You're not hearing things! I'm down here! Please help me!"

The mumbling stopped again and slowly the light came near. 'Yes! He heard me! He'll help I'm sure!' Kagome looked up expectantly as a young man with helmet that had a flashlight taped to the side, stuck his head over the ledge. Kagome winced and shielded her eyes from the suddenly bright light. "Please, please help me. I can't get out."

"Mouse found pretty girl. Strange thing to find. Father must see this." He began to move away.

"No! Please, you have to get me out of here!"

Mouse came back to the ledge and stared. "Okay, good. Okay fine." He dropped his heavy pack, which as usual was full of junk. He pulled out a long rope. "Mouse will pull, you climb." Kagome grasped the rope as it came down to her. She tied the loose end around her waist. "Okay good, okay fine." Mouse began to pull and Kagome to climb. The rock was cold and damp and made her shiver.

Kagome pulled herself roughly over the ledge and panted for a moment. The young man stared at her. She gave him a weak smile. "Thank you. I'm Kagome."

Mouse grinned. "Mouse. Let's go. Must tell Father what Mouse found." He stood up and scurried off towards and opening in the chamber's wall.

"Wait!" Kagome ran after him. 'I don't want to be left alone here in the dark.'

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Inu Yasha paced back and forth along the ledge staring down at the empty air between him and the ravine floor. Shippo hopped up on his shoulder. "Inu Yasha, do you think she went back to her time?"

"What are you jabbering about fox?"

"Well, she disappeared just like when she goes through the well."

Inu Yasha stopped pacing and stared at the kitsune. He looked down at the open space beneath him. He swatted the kid off his shoulder and jumped. Shippo ran to edge and looked. "He's gone too."

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Kagome followed the strange boy for a while, listening to him mutter. "Vincent will be proud of Mouse. Found pretty girl." Kagome sighed. 'Why does he talk like that?'

Up ahead she could hear the wind rushing as they came to the chamber of winds. It was beautiful and felt like a castle in one of those fairtales. She stopped and looked around. 'I'd never be able to find my way back if I need to. Where am I anyways?' She reached out to touch Mouse's arm, the boy jumped back. "Sorry, but where am I?"

"Tunnels."

Kagome was becoming frustrated. "I know I'm in a tunnel. Where is the tunnel though?"

"Beneath the city." He gave her a curious look.

Kagome sighed. 'This is pointless, maybe he'll take me to someone else who'll make sense.' She remembered him mentioning someone named Vincent. "Can you take me to this Vincent?"

"Okay good, okay fine. Mouse going." He scurried off ahead of her again, forcing Kagome to stumble after him. She shivered. It was cold down here and her uniform was little protection. Suddenly they came to a place with a still pool of water. A torch burned on the wall of the chamber spilling light around them.

"Mouse, what are you doing?" The voice was deep and grainy and sent a shiver down Kagome's spin. A large shadow moved in the entrance to the chamber.

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Inu Yasha landed on the ground gently. The world around him was dark and he could feel a wind from somewhere beneath him. He sniffed the air. "Kagome?" There was no response. His eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness finding him standing on a ledge overlooking a cavern, behind him was a rocky wall about ten feet in height he gave a push off the ground and landed above. He sniffed again. 'Yes, she was definitely here. Where on earth could she have gone? Her scent isn't that old. She couldn't have gone far.' He took off in the direction her scent was leading, periodically stopping to sniff the ground. In this cave-like environment it made his sensitive nose useless after a few hundred yards at a time, because there was no open wind.

He quickly came to a chamber that swirled with wind and dust and looked at the staircase of stone with a touch of amazement. "Kagome!" His voice was swallowed in the howling winds. 'Damn, I don't know which way she went.' He went to each entrance trying to pick up her scent, for a moment he did pick up a scent but it was that of a male, not of Kagome. He growled as he sped after them. 'He must have captured Kagome for some reason. Kagome, just hang on till I can get to you.'

Getting frustrated he turned a corner quickly and ran into a small woman. She looked up at him with big round eyes. She was very pretty. She stared at him for a long moment. "Where's Kagome?" He growled.

"Excuse me? Who's Kagome? And what are you doing down here? You don't live down here?"

"I asked a question wench. Where is my Kagome?" His pertinence with this woman was quickly wearing thin.

"I don't know who she is, so how would I know where she is!" Catherine put her hands on her hips and gawked at the young man with dog ears and silver hair. Inu Yasha sniffed the air and gave her a curious and somewhat confused look, then his head snapped up as a small scream echoed off the walls. He turned, pushing her aside a bit as he took off in the direction of Kagome's muffled scream. He came into a chamber lit by a torch with a pool of water in its center. His eyes locked on Kagome, who looked pale.

"Kagome!"

"Inu Yasha!" She sprang into his arms. Her breathing was ragged but she wasn't trembling. "I was so scared I'd never see you again."

He hugged her warmly. "Feh, as if I'd let you go off without me." Then his nose caught a strange scent and he turned to see a man with his head down and looking away from them shamefully. His long gold hair hid his features from view, but he noticed the man had claws instead of nails. He smelt of demon. Inu Yasha growled pushing Kagome protectively behind him. "You can't have her! Or the jewel! If you laid one hand on her…"

"No, Inu Yasha. He didn't do anything. He just startled me, that's all."

Vincent lifted his head slightly. She wasn't frightened of him, just startled? Then Vincent gave the young man she was with a curious look. 'Dog ears? What does it mean?' Slowly he straightened and looked at the young girl, revealing his lion like features to the hanyou. "Please, do not be frightened. What are you doing here? The tunnels can be dangerous if one is not familiar with them."

Inu Yasha's ear twitched as heard small foot steps behind him, a moment later Catherine appeared behind the young couple. She gave Inu Yasha a wide birth while he snarled at her. She went straight to Vincent and embraced him. "Are you all right, Vincent?" He nodded and she turned to glare at the young couple. Had they come simply to mock Vincent? The boy with dog ears looked very fierce as he flexed his claws and bared his fangs. Catherine was quite confident the boy didn't stand a chance against Vincent though. But then again she didn't know Inu Yasha very well.

Mouse looked back and forth from one couple to the other. They'd seemed to have forgotten he was there. "Mouse better get Father. He must see this."

Inu Yasha snarled at the boy, just noticing his presence. Kagome stroked his arm. "Calm down, Inu Yasha. He helped me off the ledge."

That only made Inu Yasha more angry at the boy, who looked like he was about to wet his pants. "Oh, and then he drug you here did he?"

Kagome sighed. "No, I followed him."

Inu Yasha spun on her. "What! Why would you do a thing like that?"

Kagome's eyes narrowed. "What was I supposed to do? Wait there in the dark? I didn't even know if you could follow me."

"Feh." He folded his arms. "Well, let's go then."

Vincent took a step forward, evoking a growl from the hanyou. "Please, wait."

"What do you want?"

"I wish to ask…are your ears real?"

Inu Yasha huffed and twitched his ears. "Of course they're real, you stupid demon. Can't you tell?"

Vincent took a step back. Catherine's anger rose quickly. "Who are you calling a demon? You're more of a demon than he could ever be." Catherine knew Vincent's rages could easily be described in such a way. But she wasn't about to let this punk say such things.

"What's your problem wench? I am a demon." Catherine flinched. "And so is he, I can smell it in him."

Kagome nodded at Inu Yasha's side. "And I can sense his aura. But you're not a bad demon." She smiled. "You're like Inu Yasha or Shippo."

"What's going on here?" Father hobbled in with his cane. Mouse followed. The boy had run out without being noticed and brought Father back. The elderly man looked over at the hanyou and literally did a double-take. "Who in god's green earth are you? And what are you doing here?"

Inu Yasha glared at the old man. "Don't worry, we're leaving." He picked Kagome up and noticed she was shivering. 'She's probably freezing in that skirt.' Kagome snuggled closer to him, craving his warmth. He frowned at the others and turned to go.

"So, you know what I am?" Vincent was transfixed on the idea that someone knew what he was. And maybe even where he came from.

Inu Yasha turned slightly back. "Yeah, what of it?"

"I have no knowledge of my past. Perhaps…"

Kagome could sense the man's terrible loose at the gap of memory. "Inu Yasha, maybe we should help." Kagome's teeth chattered a little as she spoke.

"Don't be stupid, we don't owe these people anything."

"Oh, am I nothing. That boy helped me off the ledge, didn't he?"

"Feh." He scoffed.

Kagome fidgeted, considering if she could sit him with her in his arms. 'Don't think I'd be fast enough to get out of the way.'

Father walked forward a few steps and Vincent watched him warily. "Young man, if it is true that you know anything, then we would be eternally grateful if you would tell us. It is very important to Vincent."

"Why should we help you?" Inu Yasha sniffed the air and scoffed. "You're nothing but a stinking feline demon."

Father looked at Kagome. 'The young man seems very protective of her.' "The girl will catch a cold wandering around down here in those clothes." Inu Yasha fell for the bait and looked worriedly down at Kagome, who was still shivering. "I'm a doctor and she looks close to getting ill. Let us at least warm her up. Some tea and hot bowl of soup will do her good."

Kagome nearly drooled at the thought of a hot bowl of soup and wished to be filled with its warmth. She looked up at him and saw the true worry in his eyes. "It's okay. I'm-" She was cut short by a sneeze, she had no idea where it had come from. "I'm fine, really. If you don't want to stay, it's okay. The others are probably worried anyways."

Inu Yasha groaned and turned around, walking up to the old man. When no one moved or spoke, he growled. "So, where's the food and how about a blanket!"

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A/N – Please R&R, I hope you guys like it so far. If you didn't figure it out Vincent and Catherine are the characters from the television series Beauty and the Beast. I thought they kid of fit together, don't you?