I don't own Inuyasha.

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'Time is the longest distance between two places.'

-Tennessee Williams

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Kagome and Inuyasha had gone hunting through the seaside village for any information that might have to do with Naraku. Once rejoined with Miroku and Sango, they told them about what they had found out.

"A woman said that her child was missing, as well as other children." Miroku said, Sango petting Kirara while Inuyasha and Kagome told them they had found out the same.

"Well... any idea where the captor might be?" Sango asked, silently walking over to where the monk was and glancing at everyone.

"I think we should stay here until they come again." Kagome answered while Miroku and her nodded, Inuyasha grunted and said, "Fine, but not for to long. We need to get moving."

Finding an inn that Miroku decided not to trick, they settled down and waited a short while until the sun set.

It wasn't long before Inuyasha picked up on a strange smell that wasn't of humans.

"Dog... no ... cat, no wait..." Inuyasha said, reporting everything that he sensed while sniffing the air around him, "fox... wolf... I can't tell what it is, there are to many scents."

"Maybe its more than one person?" Shippo asked while they picked up their weapons and ran outside.

"Demons stay with their own type, they don't mingle." Sango answered before they spotted the intruder on top of the roof.

"You, demon!" Inuyasha called, raising his sword and getting ready to leap to where the person was, "Put those girls down!"

The intruder simply howled into the air and grinned at them, big and sharp teeth flashing in the moonlight.

"What is it?" Shippo yelled, hiding behind Kagome.

"It looks like a wolf demon..." Sango said in a strong voice while Miroku shook his head.

"No, that's no demon. I don't sense any kind of energy off it except that of a common animal..."

Soon many intruders leapt down from roofs and trees, trapping the group in a circles and closing in. Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and Inuyasha all backed up until they hit their backs against each other, then stood with their weapons poised and waited.

"Guys...?" Shippo said watery while hiding in Kagome's back pack. The priestess whispered, "Shh."

All around them were animals of all sorts; foxes, birds, dogs, cats, even some smaller animals like moles, chipmunks, and squirrels. The only thing that divided them from regular demons, were that they were holding silver colored, glowing blow block things in their hands that were obviously weapons. There clothing was even foreign to Kagome, and she was from the future. But she did recognize one dreadful thing, guns, and lots of them. Those things in their hands were some kind of gun.

Through the crowd a tall white dog with black paws and a tail walked to the front, standing in front of Inuyasha.

"You us," He said while motioning to the many animals, "But you them." Next he motioned to the humans- Kagome, Sango and Miroku.

The dog demon growled and responded in a snarl, "Yeah, so what? I can still take you down."

Backing away, the dog said, "Disarm them. Capture but don't harm. Take back." The simple orders were carried out, Miroku, Sango, and Kagome not daring to fight back while Inuyasha was knocked out by being hit on the head with a gun.

"Good, Aqua. Now back to portal." The dog said, turning away and walking off in the direction all the animals were going. Kagome watched silent and frightened as the scenery passed by her, changing from the scared village into that of a dark cave.

The four male animals carrying them stepped off into a portal that resembled the color of the glow from the well, the last thing Kagome hearing was Miroku saying:

"This isn't good."

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'Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

-Frank Herbert

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