Melody was new to Japan; she was sent her by her stepfather in hopes that she might disappear off the face of the Earth, saying that her stepfather hated her might seem harsh but in all honesty it wasn't, in his eyes she could only do wrong. Though who could blame him, in front of him that's all she ever did, her real father died when she was ten, she was very close to him, he chose the name Melody for her, and he used to tell her that when she smiled angels sang. When her mother remarried some rich guy only months after her father past away, Melody became bitter, she was no longer a carefree smiling little girl that her father had adored. She started acting up, getting herself kicked out of any school they put her in, joining gangs and getting into street fights, she was the definition of rebel. Finally her stepfather decided to send her away, people say the Japanese are more strict when it comes to schooling, so that's where he sent her. He would always comment that her looks were the only things she'd ever offer anyone, he planned to marry her off to the highest bidder when she became of age.

Melody sat on the curb fiddling with her necklace, it was a silver dainty chain holding a ruby musical note, her father had given it to her when she was three, it was now the only thing she had to remind her of better times. "This is stupid." She yawned out before she heard yelling from down the long driveway that lay behind her, she took a flat glance backwards and noticed a girl in an ugly green uniform running towards her. The leggy girl ran right past her before freezing in mid run, she slowly put her leg down and turned, then she stomped right up to Melody and placed her hands on her hips.

"You should be at school!" Melody blinked a few times before focusing on the girl once again, did she really just try to lecture her about school? It was mid-afternoon, this girl was ditching school too!

"Yeah and your point is, you're not at school either." Her voice was smooth and mellow; the tone was low and slow. She was not in the mood for some goody good to tell her how worthless she was, she always heard that…

"Well I was going to go!" She screeched, and Melody winced at the pitch of the girl's voice.

"Why, the day is almost over, by the time you get there, you'll be able to attend one class."

"Is it really that late?" The girl stood slightly dumbfounded, Melody took out her cell phone and flashed the time in the girl's direction. Her face sort of looked like a fish for a while before her temper started to rise. "Why that stupid dog, he was supposed to have me back hours ago!" The girl looked as though she would kill someone, Melody found herself grinning. The goody good was annoying but the fire in the girl now that was a different story, though she was a little confused why the girl would be cursing about a dog…

"Easy killer."

"My name isn't killer, it's Kagome." She had a pout placed firmly on her face.

"Well 'Kagome' what's the big deal about missing one day?" If Melody could she'd just drop out, but then that would just be asking for a visit from her stepfather, so she didn't really see why it was a big deal to this girl.

"I've missed way more than one day, and I can't figure out my homework!" Melody didn't know why but she felt compelled to help this leggy girl.

"Let me see it." She held out her hand for the homework, but she didn't receive it.

"Why would I ask for help with my homework from someone who skips class!" Kagome yelled.

"What are you 13, 14?" She asked Kagome.

"I'm 15 thank you very much!" Kagome screeched again, and Melody didn't know how much more she could handle of it.

"Shut up for a minute." Kagome quickly snapped her mouth shut and let her continue. "My point is, I'm 17 so I've already done what you're doing." Kagome made yet another fish face before plopping down next to Melody. After about an hour Kagome's homework was all done and she was very pleased.

"So where do you live?" Kagome asked her newfound friend.

"Just up the road." Melody pointed to a little house that was on top of a hill just up the road from where they sat, her stepfather bought it for her, though it was more like a prison cell. He had the whole wired with security camera's, of course making sure she was home when not at school. Not that it worked, she even spray painting the one in her bathroom and bedroom, seriously what a prev.

"So are you going to school tomorrow?" Kagome's eyes were pleading.

"Yeah I guess." To be honest she didn't really plan on going to school, not without a phone call from her so called mother telling her if she didn't go her stepfather would come. But since Kagome pleaded so nicely she thought she could stomach through one day.

"Great we can walk together!" Melody nodded before standing. "I'll meet you here at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow ok?" With a smile still plastered on her face Kagome walked up her drive way and left Melody to walk home alone as the light start to fade into the distance. The next morning Melody highly considered ditching school again but she found herself in front of Kagome's driveway ready to go to school. In fact that happened all week, on Friday as the pair walked home, one with her school uniform on and the other in a hoodie and a pair of ripped jeans, as she had burned her uniform the moment it arrived at her house, the hell if she was wearing that! She had to admit with someone like Kagome around it wasn't so bad, her imagination was amazing! Made the time go by rather quickly.

As they stood in front of an old well on Kagome's family shrine Melody looked skeptical. "So let me get this straight, you go down this well, that takes you back in time, where demons live and they all want these jewel shards."

"That's right." Melody was all about humor the younger girl as the stories she told were really entertaining, though she wasn't sure she felt like breaking her neck for it, she wasn't sure her life was that pathetic yet.

"So how does this work?" she asked starring down the dark well.

"You just jump in, Shippo and Kiarra are waiting for me on the other side." Kagome answered joyfully.

"So just jump down, like this?" Melody jumped into the well half expecting to land on the bottom in a bloody heap, but no such thing happened; she felt as if she was flying or floating down, and then she was set softly on the ground and soon after Kagome appeared next to her. "Ok I admit it, that was kind of cool." Melody wasn't really sure what just happened but it felt real, perhaps she contracted the same delusional disease that Kagome had?

"You think that was cool, wait until you climb up!" Kagome didn't need to say much more before Melody was climbing up the ladder; she had to prove this wasn't real, though that was starting get a little more difficult as the sun started stinging her eyes forcing her to put her hood up to shield them. Pretty sure there was a shrine over the well a moment ago…

"I think I heard the wench's voice from over here!" She heard a voice yell as she was almost to the top.

"Melody get down!" Kagome whispered, but it was too late. Arms wrapped around her waist and lifted her out of the well.

"Gotcha!" Another voice yelled, she was tossed over someone's shoulder and carried away. Melody knew she should be struggling, but something in her brain just wasn't clicking, after all this was all a delusion or dream right? She seemed to absorb what was going on when she was dropped to the ground harshly causing her hood to fall back and her shining golden locks tumbled all around her falling to her mid back.

"Hey that's not Inuyasha's wench!' An annoyed voice screamed from behind her. "But look at her hair it's amazing!"

"I've never seen her before." Melody could hear many voices behind her, but her eyes were glued on the man in front of her. He was around her age maybe older, he was tall and handsome, he had bright blue eyes, and long black hair that was braided, over his shoulder was a huge sword; she was amazed by his strength. All she could do is stare at him as he stared back at her with a look of shock.

"How did we grab the wrong girl?" He asked dumbfounded and he dropped his sword before leaning down as to finally address her. "Where is Inuyasha's wench?" Melody blinked twice, what should she say, she had no clue who Inuyasha was, much less his wench, wait Inuyasha kind of sounded familiar, where had she heard that name again?

"Who?" She couldn't help but ask, maybe if they told her who he was it would her remember as well. Maybe this was part of this dream.

"Inuyasha, the guy with the little dog ears and silver hair!" He explained.

"I've never met anyone like that." She said truthfully.

"This is just great, we got a wench that's worthless!" A man from behind her shouted and Melody growled slightly, she hated that word…

"So what should we do with her?" Commented the man in front of her as he raised an eyebrow at her, she guessed he had heard her growl, but she didn't care now she was annoyed. What the hell was wrong with this stupid delusion dream or whatever!

"How about you let me go." Melody mumbled to herself.

"Can we keep her?" the one that had express excitement for her hair suddenly chimed in apparently not hearing her comment.

"We don't have the time to take care of her Jakotsu…" The man in front of her answered as he began to twirl some of her hair around his fingers, his friend pouted for a moment before brightening right back up.

"So who gets to kill her?" Melody's eyes widened several more degrees, first she was going to be some kind of toy now they were just going to kill her, and she'd never seen someone change their minds so fast.

"We'll draw for it, but first we need to wait for Suikotsu." As if on cue Suikotsu walked through some bushes holding a squirming little girl. Tears were streaming down the poor thing's face, it reminded Melody of a waterfall. "Ah good, you're back, just throw the girl over there with the other one." The Blue eyed man dropped her hair and suddenly stood up. Melody didn't get much of a chance to think on his actions though because just like that the child was thrown into Melody's lap. The little girl didn't object she clung to her for safety, though Melody wasn't sure she would do much good.

"Did you get kidnapped like Rin?" The girl's voice was soft and innocent, it was the kind of voice that would make a person go awe…

"Yeah I was." Melody didn't even have time to pout in her own despair, a loud and annoying voice was singing.

"Yay, now we have two people to kill!" The odd was frolicking about with joy.

"We still need Inuyasha's wench Jakotsu." The older one scoffed at his immoral brother. There was clearly some friction between those two; even a new comer like Melody noticed it.

"I get to see my beloved Inuyasha, even better!" After the one called Jakotsu started prancing once more, Melody wondered how stable these people were, Rin however, did not seem concerned, she was fast asleep on her lap.

"Well at least one of us isn't worried." She couldn't blame the girl for being tired, being kidnapped was a huge ordeal to go through, it was a big strain on your emotions and mental well being, it wasn't uncommon for people to faint during these situations… Melody suddenly began to feel very dizzy. "Ah crap, I'm gonna faint…" The last thing she saw was the blue eyed man leaning into towards her.

"Wow, she's pretty tough, most wench's would have fainted a long time ago." The Blue eyed man commented before hoisting her up in his arms. Huh, she feels good, and smells good too.

"Bankotsu, I thought we were going to kill her why take her with us?" Bankotsu didn't really answer the older member, just set her on the giant metal machine and hopped on after her.

Melody came to feeling her body in motion; the little girl was still in her lap and still asleep. As she looked around she observed that she was riding on the metal tank man, the leader of the group was also riding, but the others were walking along side them. Looking to the sky Melody noticed it was later in the day, probably around 8 o'clock, but without some sort of clock she couldn't be sure. Melody would have continued musing were it not for the sudden halt of the metal man. When she looked to see why, she saw the most gorgeous man in their path.