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This story takes place shortly after the end of the animated series.

Chapter 1

"Sit!"

A loud crash ricocheted off the small wooden houses of the old feudal village as the red-clad Inuyasha was pulled to the ground by the beads around his neck.

"What'd you do that for?!" The half-demon sat up angrily, ignoring the patches of dirt on his face.

"Inuyasha, you're such a jerk!" Kagome glared at him, her hands clenched into fists.

"What?!" Inuyasha jumped to his feet, his own temper flaring, "all I said was – "

"Sit, boy!" Kagome cut him off and instantly the beads of subjugation lit up once again. "Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit!" With every repetition of the word the beads reignited and Inuyasha let out a grunt of pain as he was pulled further into the earth.

Without another word Kagome turned on her heal and stormed off in the direction of the Bone Eater's Well.

"There she goes..." the monk Miroku sighed from where he'd been standing several feet behind the half-demon.

"How could you say that to her, Inuyasha!?" Sango demanded as Kirara myewed her agreement from the demon slayer's shoulder.

"Yeah!" Shippo yelled angrily, "Kagome worked so hard and you had to go and say something like that!"

"Shut up!" Inuyasha snapped as he pulled himself from the slight hole he'd left.

"So, what have ye done this time, Inuyasha?" the old priestess Kaede asked as she moved her screen door away and came out to where'd they'd been standing in front of the hut.

"I didn't do anything! Dammit, why's everyone so quick to think it's my fault?"

"Because it usually is," Kaede told him simply.

"And it is this time too!" Shippo shouted as he jumped onto the old woman's shoulder. "Kagome decided to make us lunch since she was going home for a couple days, and she worked really hard to make it too! Even after all that, when she offered to make another sometime Inuyasha said 'don't bother. Just bring more ninja food.' Can you believe him!?"

"Shippo..." Inuyasha growled warningly at the boy but turned his attention to the old priestess as she looked back at him.

"Ye really are a stupid dog, Inuyasha."

"What'd you - !?"

"Got that right!" Shippo interrupted. "When are you gonna grow u- ow!" Shippo cried as he hit the ground and clutched the lump that had sprouted on his head.

"I don't wanna hear that from a brat like you," Inuyasha told the young kitsune.

"Shippo does have a point though," Miroku said and looked over at Sango who nodded.

"Whenever Kagome wants to go home you throw a fit -"

"I do not!"

"- and end up taking it out on Kagome," Sango continued as if he hadn't spoken, "Kagome gets angry, goes home, and stays away until she'd not angry anymore or you go and get her. Isn't that usually how it goes?"

"Yep," Shippo nodded.

"And yet ye continue making the same mistakes," Kaede sighed.

"Oh, shut up!" Inuyasha growled. "Besides! She's just going to hang out with friends!"

"After our last run-in with Naraku I think we could all use a break," Miroku said. "Unlike you, Inuyasha, we're human. And nearly getting digested in a demon's stomach tends to tire us out. I'm sure Kagome's exhausted. I know I am."

"Right," Sango smiled. "I know you're anxious to get back on Naraku's trail but if we don't rest we won't be in any condition to face him, even if we do find him."

"Ye don't want Kagome to get sick again do ye?"

"Of course not!" Inuyasha put his hands in his sleeves and looked away. Knowing they'd won, the rest of the group smiled at one another.

"But you know," Shippo sighed. "I wish we could go too..."

"That might just be possible, Shippo."

"What? That voice..." Shippo looked around but then a hard smack made him look up at Inuyasha who was watching a tiny demon float down from where he'd been perched on his neck.

"Myoga!" Shippo and the others bent down to view the old flee demon.

"What did you mean by that Myoga?" Sango asked. "Are you saying that we can go to Kagome's world?"

"No way," Shippo shook his head. "I jumped in the well once before but I wasn't able to cross over."

"That's because it was the wrong time," Myoga said mysteriously as he blew himself back up.

"What're you talking about?" Inuyasha demanded.

"I've actually been doing a bit of research on the well and I turned up something interesting. It turns out that every five hundred years the Bone Eater's well begins to glow. The glow apparently lasts from sunrise to sunset, but I've found accounts of people who've disappeared at this time and those who came back told stories of a fantastic place. I believe that these people were able to cross to the other side of the well, in other words into the future."

"So you're saying anybody can cross when the well glows?" Sango asked, very curious.

"From what I've seen I'd say it's a definite possibility."

"But why? And what causes it?" Miroku asked.

"Who cares what causes it!" Shippo grinned. "It means we can finally see the place Kagome lives! So Myoga," Shippo bent down, "do you know when the well is supposed to glow?"

"From what I've found, it should begin to glow at dawn tomorrow."

"Tomorrow!?" Sango, Miroku, and Shippo all shouted. The three looked at one another and grinned.

"So it's decided," Miroku smiled.

"Tomorrow we pay Kagome a surprise visit!" Shippo laughed in delight and Kirara myewed happily.

"Hah!" Inuyasha snorted. "Have fun."

"You mean you're not coming!?" Shippo's mouth dropped.

"I can go over whenever I want," Inuyasha reminded them. "What's the big deal?"

"But it'll be more fun with all of us!" Shippo objected.

"I deal with you enough as it is. A little peace and quiet'll be nice for a change," Inuyasha told them coldly and walked off. His companions looked at one another and shook their heads. They knew their friend was only sulking.

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Update info: Just added a little dialogue to clarify that Kagome had been planning on going home before she argued with Inuyasha. Thanks to Misa Misuky for making me realize I hadn't clarifed it enough!