A/N: Well, I got a good response to my first story 'A Wish and a Sit', and it was really fun to write…so I thought I might try my hand at another story…although at this point I have no idea what its about or where I'm gonna go with it…and sorry if its a little short, its kinda a bridge to get to actual ideas, kinda fillerish...

Disclaimer: Yeah, unfortunately I don't own Inuyasha…if I did do you think it would be this hard to write another story? No most definitely not.

'Thoughts'

'Youkai thoughts'

"Speaking"

Chapter 1

Kagome groggily shook herself awake upon the command of her detested alarm clock, Inuyasha was expecting her back in the Feudal Era in less than an hour, she had to get up if she had any hope of making it on time. Yawning Kagome dragged herself out of her nice warm, comfy bed and down the stairs to the kitchen for breakfast.

"'Morning Mom, Souta, Gramps, Inuyasha," shaking some of the fog from her mind Kagome did a double take, sure enough there was Inuyasha, sitting pretty as you please at her family breakfast table, his attention focused on her mother, not even sparing her a glance.

"Wench," he greeted, still watching her mother, and the food she was preparing.

"Inuyasha, why are you here? we agreed on mid-morning didn't we, I still have almost an hour before I'm suppose to be back home." Kagome calmly asked the hanyou as she sat across from him, to tired to be concerned. Inuyasha shrugged and replied, still watching the food,

"The runt and Sango missed ya. 'Sides you were gone for a week, we need all the time we can get to catch up on the shard hunt." Kagome nodded slowly and apathetically, then yawned again, her eyelids slowly closing, her tiredness become even more evident. Inuyasha, finally taking his eyes off the food, noticed. Slightly concerned he spoke, "Oi wench, have you gotten any sleep, that's the fifth time you've yawned since you walked in, and you look like your gonna fall asleep in your seat." Kagome lifted her bloodshot eyes, and shook her head sluggishly, quietly responding

"No, with all the exams I've had to make up I've barely slept since I left home." All eyes snapped towards Kagome, half of them because of her admission of not sleeping, and the rest, consisting of a bright pair of amber eyes and a pair of wise and wrinkled eyes, because of her subconscious acknowledgement of the Feudal Era as her home.

"Kagome," her mother spoke, in an extremely concerned fashion, "you haven't slept since you returned…but it's been a week, your going to burn out sweetheart."

"Yeah sis, that's unhealthy, and school exams take a lot outta ya, your crazy." Nodding Kagome replied in an even quieter voice,

"I know, but I didn't have a choice, I have to pass if I'm going to have a life here, and with all the school I've missed I have to work ten times as hard when I am here, don't worry, I get plenty of sleep in the Feudal Era, right Inuyasha….Inuyasha?" Snapping back from his thoughts 'Kagome called the Feudal Era her home…does that mean she thinks of it as her home, or was it just a slip of the tongue…hmmmm…' Inuyasha looked up at Kagome's tired and concerned eyes,

"What…oh yea, you get plenty of sleep wench." Kagome's mother sighed but dropped the conversation and served breakfast, she knew perfectly well that Kagome had a difficult time in both eras, but she also knew that Inuyasha watched over her daughter closely and wouldn't let anything happen to her.

"Kagome," her grandfather began, "will you be able to return for your sixteenth birthday? It's only a few days away." Both Kagome and Inuyasha looked up surprised,

"I don't know Gramps, we've lost a lot of ground lately, I doubt we'll be able too, but if there is a lull in the hunting, I'll see if I can make it back." Kagome responded, slightly dazed, she hadn't even realized that her birthday was so close. Her family sighed, but didn't continue the conversation, leaving the rest of the meal in silence.

Less than an hour later

"Bye Mama, Souta, Gramps" Kagome half-heartedly yelled as she left her modern era house to return to the Feudal Era. With one last tired sigh she pasted a big, joyous smile on her face, and jumped into the Bone Eater's Well, transporting herself 500 years into the past to join Inuyasha. She leapt out of the well, in a manner very similar to Inuyasha's, utterly shocked she stared at the soft, plush grass underneath her feet, not even feeling her surrogate son Shippo leap unto her, 'What the…? How did that happen? Only Inuyasha, Shippo, and Kirara can manage leaps like that, only youkai or hanyou, how could I manage it?' Miroku's voice shook her from her confused thoughts,

"Kagome-sama, are you ill? You are just gazing at the ground, is something amiss?" Lifting her gaze to her staring, bewildered friends she gulped, waving her hands disarmingly then laughed sheepishly,

"No, I'm just tired and apparently inherently clumsy, I just tripped that's all", 'Yeah, that's it my mind was just playing tricks on me, I've been so tired lately it's unsurprising, yep, nothing outta the ordinary.' Nodding decisively to herself Kagome smiled even more brilliantly, and began asking about the things she'd missed while in her time, attempting to draw the attention from her odd behavior. Shippo eagerly began to tell her every little detail that she had missed while away, dragging Miroku and Sango into the stories with his enthusiasm. Kagome sighed inwardly, relieved that attention had been drawn away from her unusual and unexplainable behavior, failing to notice the one pair of eyes that stayed locked on her as the shard hunting group walked from the well's clearing, chatting about daily life.

Confused Inuyasha kept behind his pack, keeping his eyes on the miko from the future. 'There's no way she had enough time to climb outta the well, she appeared just after I did, and then her strange behavior after getting to the top, she looked completely shocked, and I know I managed to pick up a faint trace of fear in her scent right after she made it out…hmm…what wrong with the bitch?' Inuyasha slowed minutely, he had subconsciously referred to Kagome as a bitch, 'She ain't an inu, why did I think that?'

'You sure 'bout that hanyou? Besides, if you mated her she'd be a bitch now wouldn't she…think on that hanyou' Utterly dumbfounded at this point Inuyasha came to a complete stop, 'Tha…that was my youkai, but how, why did he come out?' ' I came out because you needed me to push you a little, 'sides, it gets boring just sitting up here…oh, you might want to listen to the outside voices, and not focus entirely on the one inside your head, it gets funny looks drawn your way…' Inuyasha, startled looked up, and sure enough everyone in his pack was looking at him like he'd grown human ears. Ignoring them he stalked forward, growling in response to their odd looks, 'Damn youkai, talkin' in riddles, Kagome is most definitely not an inu, she wouldn't be able to hide that from anyone with half a nose. Nope that bit..err..wench is definitely human.'

A/N:This is just the first chapter, and I have some ideas for the rest. But SUGGESTIONS and COMMENTS are desperately needed and wanted, my first story had eight reviewers, whom I totally adore by-the-way, but it had more than 450 hits…so pretty pretty please, with a cherry on top review!

Oh and any help with Japanese would be greatly appreciated, I know some of the basics from reading so much fanfiction, but I'd love to expand my vocab. So I could actually throw some in…so if you know any could you please throw it into your review.

Last thing, and can anyone can guess the significance of Kags 16th birthday? (it's a pretty easy question, but I want to see how many people pay attention to details, and have the same mindset as me...)

Thanks and toodles

Blackartemis