"Okay now, say cheese!" Kagome smiled, holding up a camera.

"Why do we need to say cheese? What's that thing in your hand? Will it kill us?" InuYasha asked, ignoring her request and poking the camera with a sharp-nailed finger.

Kagome pulled it away, "You idiot! Don't touch it! You'll probably break it, like every other thing you touch!"

Before InuYasha could retort, Shippou jumped onto his back, "But seriously, what is that thing?"

The teenage girl sighed, "It's called a camera."

"What does a kamura do?" Sango asked.

"It takes pictures."

"So it's a mystical object used to steal paintings?" Miroku asked, scratching his head as he took the camera from Kagome's hands and delicately observed the object, "Fascinating magic you have in that world of yours…"

"No, it doesn't steal pictures, it…well…" she sighed, "Basically, there's a flash of light and the thing that it flashes upon is painted inside the camera and in my world, we can do something called 'print it'. It's kind of complicated, but…get it?"

"Woah, that's awesome!" Shippou grinned, "Steal my picture! Flash at me!"

"…" Kagome sighed, "You know, I was gonna take a picture to show my grandpa and mom how you guys look, especially since my little brother said he wanted to know, but I just realized how easy it would be if you guys just came to my world."

Miroku and Sango shared a look, "Is that even possible?"

InuYasha clicked his tongue in distain, "Che! That world is even more dangerous than this one! There's these kaas and 'exams' and stuff!"

"…It's called 'cars', not 'kaas'…" Kagome sighed again, "And you're more dangerous than any of those, InuYasha."

"Anyway, is it possible?" Shippou asked, "I'd like to see this world of yours, Kagome!"

"Well…" Kagome frowned, "Maybe InuYasha's Meido Zangetsuha would work…?"

The silver-haired half-demon snapped, "It's an attack, not a portal."

"But it takes you to different places!" Kagome snapped back.

"Yeah, places like Hell, not your world!"

"It's not 'Hell', it's the Underworld!"

"It's the same thing!"

"ANYWAY!" Miroku coughed loudly, "Maybe Kagome's ability could be passed onto us? If we held her hands or something?"

"I fear for Kagome's virginity too much to let you hold her hand," Sango gave him a hard hit on the head with Hiraikotsu.

Miroku gave a small, dramatic cry.

"If that's the case, what if we held some of Kagome's weird stuff while we descended down the Well, like the kamura and her ninja food?" Shippou offered.

The group stopped their bickering, "…Actually, that's not a bad idea."

"Never tried that before…"

"Wait, but what if it doesn't work?" Kagome said aloud, "My brother Souta tried getting to this world with Jewel Shards in his hand once, but it didn't work. Just putting it out there."

"Well, we don't really know until we try, no?" Sango smiled.

Kagome smiled back as she reached into her bag and pulled out numerous random objects.

"What's this?" Sango asked when Kagome put an object in her hand.

"That's a flashlight. Gives off light for a few hours until it burns out. Then you put in another battery and it gives light again," she explained, "Speaking of batteries, this is what they look like."

She pulled out two small, double-A batteries and put them in Shippou's hands, "Don't lose those. They're bad for the environment if you just throw it away randomly."

"What's that supposed to mean?" The small fox demon asked.

"It means that if you're not careful, the poison from the inside can leak out."

"Wah!" Shippou almost dropped the battery.

"Amazing! You have learned to harness and use poisons to your own advantage!" Miroku remarked as he was handed another object, "Now what could this be?"

"That's sunblock. It's something you rub on your skin to protect you from the powerful spiritual energy of the sun," Kagome snickered as Miroku made an 'o' shaped mouth in amazement.

As for Kirara, Kagome stuck her last bandage on her forehead and gave her a pat.

"InuYasha, you don't need anything, do you?" the middle school girl asked.

"No dur."

"Alright then, let's try this out!"

~...~

"Shippou, get your tail outta my face!"

"InuYasha, your HAIR is in my face!"

"Kirara, calm down! Miroku, where the hell do you think you're touching?"

"InuYasha, let go of Shippou's ears!"

"Make him let go of MY ears!"

"Ow, Kirara scratched me!"

"I think I broke the batry! THE POISON!"

"Wait! I have something to nullify the poison! Miroku, get your hands off me!"

"I think my staff is under your butt and I'm just looking for it! OW!"

"InuYasha, sit boy!"

"Dammit, Kagome!"

There was the sound of a door sliding open, "Sis? Are you home?"

"Souta! Open the Well! Who closed it anyway?" Kagome called.

Souta obeyed and froze in shock.

"S-Sis…"

Kagome reached up and took her brother' s hands to hoist herself out of the Well, "Ah! Finally! Yeah, Souta?"

"Wh-wh-who –"

Kagome turned to where her little brother was pointing at, "Huh? InuYasha? Don't you know him? You've seen him lots of times."

"N-no…"

"Hm? Oh, these are the people you've been wanting to meet! Let's go see grandpa and mama and introduce them more formally. By the way, how was school?"

~...~

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin called out from the forest.

"What?" Jaken snapped on Sesshomaru's behalf.

"Look at this thing!" the little girl smiled as she held up a camera, "It's weird!"

"Put that thing down! You don't know what it is!" The little imp snapped again.

Rin sighed, "Ok…Ah!"

Her finger slipped and there was a click as she pressed a button. There was a flash that startled Rin as she stepped backwards, "Ow!"

She tripped on a stray root and felt something press against her back. Her head hit that 'something' and the object went flying in the air, "W-wait!"

It dropped into the well Rin had bumped against. She climbed on top of the well and reached down, "Wait, Mister Weird Thing!"

Her hand made a grab for it and she barely managed to catch it. She grinned as she held it up, "Master Jaken, I caught ittttt –"

"Rin, you idiot!" Jaken ran over to the well where Rin had slipped and fallen into and made a dive, "Rinnnnn!"

"…"

Another few minutes.

"…"

Another few.

"…"

Nothing.

Not even a call for help.

Sesshomaru frowned as he walked over to the well, "Rin. Jaken."

There was no reply. His frown deepened as he picked up a thin, white, slippery paper that rested on the edge of the well. A wrapper of a bandage.

But of course, Sesshomaru didn't know that. He crunched the paper in his hand and jumped down the Well.

~...~

"Oh my…more guests? Hello, InuYasha. It's been a while," Kagome's mother smiled as she opened the front door to their house, "Welcome home, Kagome. You too, Souta. How was school today?"

"It was alright," Souta sighed as he kicked off his shoes and stepped into his home. The rest of the gang did the same.

"What's the noise about?" Kagome's grandfather called from the kitchen.

"Ah, Kagome's friends from the other world came by!"

"What?" There was a sudden sound of a newspaper dropping, a chair banging, and shuffling of feet, "You mean InuYasha?"

"Actually…"

He came out from the kitchen himself and nearly fainted at the sight. A demon-slayer, a monk, two little demons, a half-demon, and his granddaughter chilling with them. This wasn't weird at all.

"A fire demon!" Shippou cried.

"Where?" InuYasha snapped around, claws ready to shred.

"InuYasha, sit."

"Ah!" Souta got out of the half-demon's way as his face kissed the floor, "Sis, don't do that when he's around me!"

"Don't do that at all!" InuYasha snapped.

"Just seat yourself properly!" Kagome snapped back, "And Shippou, that's not a fire demon, it's called a 'stove'."

"Woah…you guys can tame fire demons too? This world is very powerful…"

Kagome nearly did a headdesk.

"Well, it's great that we finally get to meet you. Thank you for taking care of my daughter," Kagome's mother smiled as she seated next to her grandpa on the floor of their living room with a tray of cups and fruit slices in her hand.

"Same here," her grandpa said as he took a cup and a fork. He pressed his fork onto a fruit slice and took a bite, "Though I still don't understand how my granddaughter cannot seem to appreciate the gifts I give her when she has seen them alive –"

"Gramps, they aren't 'mermaid scales' or 'dragon claws'. They're just dried foods that took on a weird shape while in the storage room," his granddaughter deadpanned as she took a cup of tea and a slice of fruit herself.

"NO THEY'RE TOTALLY LEGIT!"

Miroku and Sango chuckled lightly with Kagome's grandpa as Souta poked Shippou's tail. Kagome's cat, Buyo, had a nice cat – to – saber-tooth-tiger-demon conversation with Kirara. Sango and Kagome's mom talked about Sango's Hiraikotsu and Souta asked if he could try holding it. It went on like that, a quiet afternoon with tales of their background and adventures until there was a sudden shaking of the house.

Everyone stopped.

"An earthquake?" Souta questioned aloud.

"No, this usually happens when Kagome comes back from the Feudal Era, no?" Kagome's grandpa replied.

"But I'm right here…" Kagome pointed to herself.

"So then…who..."

It only took the team a split second for them to pick up their weapons (or in Kagome's family's case, a broom or an umbrella) and rush to the Bone Eater's Well.

InuYasha violently shoved the pocket door open and drew his Tetsuaiga, "Who's there?"

Souta came running after him, "Woah, is your Tetsuaiga black? Did you level up? That's so cool!"

"Hey, don't send the well shrine to the Underworld! We need that Well to get back to the Feudal Era, you idiot!" Miroku called.

"I'm not stupid!" the dog-eared boy snapped as he turned back to the well, "Come out, whatever the hell you are!"

"Ow…"

"Master Jaken, please get your feet off of my face!"

"Well then get up from my staff!"

"Both of you silence."

"Lord Sesshomaru!"

"What?" they all gathered around the Well, "Sesshomaru?"

From below the Well looked up the long-haired demon, "…How unfortunate that I have to be in the presence of…"

He sniffed, "…this place reeks of human stench."

"Well duh," Kagome rolled her eyes, "Welcome to the 21st Century!"