Here we go! A side story while I try to get back into finishing the other ones. This one is almost finished; I have 16k words typed up for it. I would be surprised if it ever made it to 45k words. Here is a taste, let me know what you think compared to my other works.

BTW ~ I do NOT own Naruto or Inu Yasha, this is just a story for my amusement and my readers.

Thank you Tempest78 for reminding me

Chapter 1

Tsunade worked in her office, sipping sake and going through paperwork after being pressured by Shizune. "How annoying," she huffed, moving papers around, while scanning their contents, hoping that something catches her eye. Much to her dismay, she could find nothing. The village has been peaceful for some time with many known threats taken care of. Missions usually consisted of minor tasks or helping other villages and traveling clients. She should be happy that the village is peaceful and on top of that no casino, sake is sparse and her debts paid off. Life has been utterly boring. Konahamaru and Naruto are always training instead of annoying her; it's been a week since they have bugged her for something.

The village had grown and become friendlier to an extent to visitors and she worked hard to form a deeper bond with the other nations. To keep up skills, she often sent the shinobi to help the other villages and keep up bonds. With the deeper bond, came learning other cultures and learning new methods which the shinobi can bring back to the village. One thing she has to change is the lack of gambling. They kept an iron fist on it for the most part, mainly to keep her out of trouble. It's just too bad... she supposed.

Glancing out the window, she stretched and decided to let some fresh air in. Just as she was standing up, Shizune came in with an accusatory glare pointed at her. "Lady Tsunade, you better not be thinking about shirking your duties."

"I was only stretching and thinking about letting in some fresh air. You really are like a mother hen, you know that Shizune?" She glared over her should before going to the window, allowing the fresh air to sweep into the stuffy office. She looked out at the horizon before sighing, knowing she needed to do her work before Shizune noticed nothing has truly gained her attention. Turning away from the window, she didn't expect the sudden blast of power off in the distance near the village. She analyzed it and realized it was two separate powers, one of them being very ancient feeling. "Shizune!" She yelled, as she watched that blast of power shoot up above the trees like a beacon. "What is in that direction?"

"Uh," she thought, before quickly pulling out the map and studying. "The map shows a wooded area and an old well. Who should we send to investigate?" She asked as she put the map away.

"The power, it has already disappeared. We need someone to track it. Send Kiba, Shino and either Neji or Hinata, they are the best trackers we have for this." 'It looks as though I finally have my entertainment. Peace never lasts long, as they say."

Wet.

She felt wet. She couldn't breathe. Taking in a big gasp, she choked on water.

Panic.

She began to panic now that all her oxygen has left her. In her squirming she noticed light.

Light.

She desperately pushed herself to the light, reaching for it, wanting to grasp it. She felt and could see what looked like a rope. She grabbed it and pulled, pulled as hard as she could and started to climb, trying not to drown and die in a watery grave. Regretting that mouthful of water left her with no air.

Finally, she broke the surface. Taking huge gasps she collected her thoughts and got her bearings on the situation. The light still shone above her and she noticed the walls surrounding her. She was in the well, but why was their water in it? It had always been dry before. Looking at the rope, she noticed it is actually a vine. Giving it another hard tug, she used it to help her get out of the well. Blood dripped from her wounds, the water having delayed their healing by keeping them open. She grasped the edge and pulled herself over and out of the structure, onto the lush grass, slowly taking in her surroundings, as her mind slowed down. She lay on her side, half sprawled out, in the distance she could hear a dog bark, and then it went hazy from there.

Kiba jumped into a tree that lay on the outskirts of the clearing. Looking down he studied the figure that came from the well. Judging by the curves of the body, they were obviously of the female persuasion but why had she been in the well in the first place and where did all that power go? Akamaru barked up at him, conveying that he wanted to check this person out. Nodding his head in agreement, he jumped down and cautiously approached. Finding her to be losing consciousness, he studied her closer and found wounds still bleeding. Gently pushing her on to her back he took in her features and searched for more visible wounds. Knowing that she needs medical attention, he quickly headed to the hospital. Upon reaching it, he was surprised to find Lady Tsunade, Shizune, Neji, Hinata, and Shino at the entrance, looking at him expectantly. Slowing down, he reached Lady Tsunade and stopped, letting her study the woman he held to him. "I found her at the well by my clan's territory."

"Very well," she sighed, "you completed the mission before I even officially gave it to you. Follow me; I will tend to her wounds." She instructed, all of them following after her.

They all waited patiently in the hallway while Shizune and Tsunade checked over the girl. Not long after, ANBU showed up and after two knocks, they entered, shutting the door behind them. Kiba knew he shouldn't be worried about a complete stranger but he could remember her strange power and what was left of the other power. On top of that, her smell only came from the well, and that confused him more than ever. He knew there was no splash that would indicate she had fallen in from the sky, just two powers suddenly appearing and her gasping for breath. 'This is crazy.' He thought as he pet Akamaru.

They mulled over their thoughts for a while, seeing the occasional nurse walk by or stop at the nurses' station. Two hours had passed and they couldn't hear more than the murmur of voices from in the room. One of the ANBU opened the door and looked out at them, "Kiba."

"Right here," he answered and stood up, turning to face him. He watched the ANBU open the door for him to pass through; taking the hint he went in with Akamaru and approached the others, finding the girl sleeping on the hospital bed.

"Kiba, where could you smell her coming from, which direction?" Tsunade asked, only looking at him when he hesitated to answer. Her eyes narrowed as she wondered why he would.

"Well, her scent only came from the well. I was passing through that area, training with Akamaru. We were the only ones there until there was that blast of power. I heard her in the well gasping for air when she broke through the water's surface and didn't approach until she had pulled herself out. She was barely conscious after she dropped on to the grass." The room was silent, all eyes on him. "Look, I know what I had heard, seen, and smelled. It sounds crazy and I can barely believe it myself but it's the only explanation I have. There was no splash of her going in the well, I would have heard it and she wasn't there until that other power appeared." He rubbed behind Akamaru's ears as he looked at the young woman on the bed. He could tell one thing, she is gorgeous, but everything else is a complete mystery.

"Kiba, I want you, the others, and a few members of ANBU to go back to well and check it out one more. I want one member of ANBU to stay here with me and Shizune in case she wakes up. Maybe even get your mom or sister to go with." She dismissed them and went back to inspecting the girl once the door was closed. Pulling back the covers she looked over her body once again. 'I wonder what could have made that scar, it's almost perfectly round. She has had it for a while too it seems.' Carefully she rolled the girl over and didn't find a similar scar on her backside. Concentrating her chakra, she scanned her body for any internal injuries, finding everything healed. Rolling her on to her back she memorized her appearance as she sat down, waiting for the girl to wake. 'She should wake soon.'

The group reached the well clearing and found Kiba's mother and sister with their ninja hounds already there, driven by curiosity alone to inspect what happened. Shino's bugs searched the well, the Hyuuga's used byakugan, until his mother suddenly jumped into the well, making a loud splash, coming back up with a soaking yellow bag, a quiver with few arrows and a bow.

"I'm taking these items back to Lady Tsunade. Kiba, Hana, come with me." Their mother, Tsume, walked past them, taking the lead and launching into the trees while her children and their partners followed. 'I have a feeling the contents of this bag might explain a lot. The use of a bow as a weapon while traveling would suggest that she may have had companions."

She groaned, rubbing her temple as she scanned the papers. Just why does she insists that she has to look through this right now. Shizune definitely is being persistent. She had hoped to escape but no, the paperwork followed and to make matters worse, she has gotten more. She set herself up in the young woman's hospital room; she had a hunch that she should make sure to be here for when she awoke. Tsume had handed her the woman's items the day before and had quickly scanned the contents, finding it quite puzzling. Nothing the girl had even suggested she came from anywhere around here but the language was the same. Much of the content of the books didn't make sense, nor did the locations of where these items were made. She had never heard of any of these places. She ended up turning it over to ANBU for them and Shizune to figure out. They had taken up residence in her office to use maps and such to unravel the mystery.

Paper after paper, she tried to quickly work through them, starting with the older paper work. Hearing a knock at the door she gave her permission to come in, finding Shizune with more paperwork, but not a lot. It appeared to be work from outside Konoha, meaning they might be urgent. Quickly grabbing them, she opened them and read the contents of all of them, finding it to be about the power surge from yesterday, all of them from neighboring villages asking if we are in another war or if there is a new threat, "Yada yada, so on. So it looks like many others felt the power surge, including a local shrine that felt the one power is very pure and the other very ancient. The priest has offered his services should we need them. I'm just not sure if we want anyone outside of Konoha to know about this yet. This could attract the wrong attention." Rubbing sore shoulders, she leaned back in her seat. "Then again, the cats out of the bag. Has ANBU or yourself come up with any answers or theories?"

Shizune's shoulder's sagged a little, letting the fatigue show in her form. "Just theories really, it's a bit far-fetched but we think the first power was some sort of magic from the well. They did find power lying dormant in the structure the felt very old, the second blast being her. We also believe we know her name. We found a journal that we believe belongs to her, the name being Kagome Higurashi. We have been reading it for a while now and well..." Shizune looked that the girl, as if trying to convince herself that what she was about to say didn't sound completely insane. Looking at the girl did not help much at all; she just looked like a civilian.

"Well Shizune?" Tsunade droned impatiently, drilling her fingers across the surface with her right hand.

"Well, we summoned some of the animals we have a contract with and also looked at an old scroll that tells of this world and how it was made. The summons confirmed that we are correct in our assumptions. Their used to be one world where people, mythical creatures, such as demons, all lived in but there was a series of wars and battles that were interconnect to one another. A jewel was the main thing that connected it all, at the end, a girl had to make a pure wish to stop the destruction and in the end, the worlds were separated into three. One of just human and little evidence to the truth of demons existing, the world the summons go to and our world. This girl on the bed is quite possibly the one that made that wish. But it gets even a tad bit deeper. She had come from the modern era of her world, where demons no longer existed and started this journey by being dragged into the "bone-eaters well" by a demon from the past. She was then dragged to 500 years into the past where the wish had yet to be made because she is the girl that would make that wish. Her last entry was of her decision to go back to the future should she survive the war with her enemy, Naraku. It's a bit hard to digest but the summons even recognized her name."