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Through a Fable Gate

Kagome walked slowly towards the well. Inuyasha held her hand tightly. He did not want her to go back to her own time, but he knew there was no way he could keep her in the feudal era. She did not belong . And he did not belong in her world.

They both knew this time would come as soon as the shikon no tama was complete.

Sango, Shippo and Miroku had decided to let the two go alone to the well. They needed to say their goodbyes without the scrutiny of others watching.

Inuyasha loathed it. He wanted Kagome, but made no serious move. His heart broke a long time ago, knowing this time would eventually come.

Kagome looked at the ground and sighed as they walked. She wanted to hold his hand forever, so he would always be there with her. Yet, she knew it was not possible, no matter how hard she wished.

She stopped for a moment and turned to Inuyasha.

"What's the matter?"

"Everything, Inuyasha. I don't want to go back. I want to stay here with you!" She said as she flung herself into his arms.

"I want you too. It is just not possible. I don't belong there and you don't belong here. I doubt even the shikon can change that."

"I know. I already tried." Kagome said, "Perhaps you should have the jewel. I know being a full demon won't change how you are in your heart. You worked hard, you deserve it."

"No, no one here deserves the jewel. It will be safer with you."

They turned and started towards the well once more.

Suddenly, the path ahead of them turned black. Hands reached through the blackness ad grabbed Kagome by the arm, yanking her forcefully in to the darkness.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted as he reached around and held Kagome's waist tightly. Both were pulled into the swirling blackness before it winked out.

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"Do you have any idea where they are from?" Inuyasha heard as his head slowly started to regain consciousness. He was not sure why he could understand the language, but somehow he could.

"No, Elaith. I do not know why the spell did not work. I was certain we would be able to find someone to lead us to the location of The Tree of Life. Instead , that strange girl and boy came through. It is lucky we had our sleep spells. The claws on the boy look very sharp. I am certain he could have severed us to pieces. "

"Despite her strange clothing, the girl seems to be a normal human. The boy, is some sort of demon or perhaps a Tiefling. I suspect he is her protector, Milord."

"Keep them locked up until we can determine why your spell did not work, Andaith. Lorius, what about the sword the boy was carrying?"

"It is imbued with great magic, although it looks more like a useless piece of rust. From the boy's clothing and the make of the sword, I suspect he is from Kara Tur, or even farther east."

"The Tree is supposed to be to the far north, not the far east, Andaith!" The leader shouted. "How could your spell have gone that far astray!?"

"I made my spell to find the most powerful magic item!"

"You are a fool! You should have been more specific with the spell!"

"It would have taken too much time! It would have taken at least another month or two to have a spell like that prepared properly, and I would have needed more wizards to make it work! It would be easy if we were still in Waterdeep, but here in Rashamen, with the witches on our heels, it would not work!"

"Dannalith, how much longer will your spell of comprehending languages last?"

"At least another day, Elaith."

"Good. We should all get some rest before we question them. Prant, you keep an eye out for those Red Wizards who tried to follow us. We don't need them taking our prisoners before we can question them."

Inuyasha banged and clawed on the heavy wooden door and screamed to be let out. No matter how much he tried, he could not get through. He had never seen doors so thick.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said sleepily, "What happened, where are we?"

"I don't know where we are, but we are in a lot of trouble." Inuyasha said as he kept clawing the door.

Kagome stood and looked around the small room. "This is not Japan. Not with those types of lamps and this sort of furniture."

"I hear our prisoners are awake, Elaith. Should we let them out and question them?"

Elaith walked to the door and spoke through it. "If you want us to let you out, you will have to act more civil. You were locked in there for our protection, as well as your own. I have no intention of hurting either of you, but I will if you threaten me."

"Idiot! Why should we trust you?" Inuyasha said as he shook with anger.

"Because, I am the only chance you have to survive. You are in Rashamen. Your only chance to survive, and to get back to from wherever you came from, is to cooperate."

"Perhaps we should listen to him. He has the shikon, and Tetsusaiga. We should at least hear him out."

"Alright, but if he lays a hand on you, I will kill him."

"We are ready to come out and listen. Kagome said through the door."

One of their captors slowly opened the door and allowed Inuyasha and Kagome to exit their prison.

Kagome gasped when she saw the leader of the group.

The leader stood there with his arms crossed in front of his chest. His almond shaped, golden eyes scrutinized the prisoners' every move. His lips were in the shape of a permanent frown. He wore rings on every finger. His short dark gray hair, was gracefully brushed back, showing his pointed ears with a number of gold earrings.

He wore a high necked, puffy sleeved shirt. A white lacy cravat was pined with a ruby broach. An finely made large collared, black leather vest of armor with brown trim covered his shirt, and hung down to his knees spreading open in a graceful arc past his knees. Filigreed, gold, armored shoulder guards were attached to the vest. He wore gauntlets that matched the shoulder guards. His black boots came up past his knees and were ornamented at the toes and at the tops the same as the gauntlets and shoulder guards. A double buckled belt was high around his waist. A fine sword was in its scabbard at his hip.

"Middle ages, western style, noble, clothing?" Kagome whispered to herself.

"My name is Lord Elaith Craulnober. And, who pray tell are you two?"

Inuyasha looked at the mans ears and spouted out, "Youkai! I am Inuyasha. Give me back my Tetsusaiga."

"I am sorry for Inuyasha's behavior, sir. He has never seen anyone dressed like you before. He didn't mean to call you a Youkai."

Elaith smirked and gave a smug laugh." If that is some sort of demon, I have been accused of that more than once, although my nickname is, 'the serpent.' So tell me, what was your name girl?"

"Kagome Higurashi."

"Well, Yes, Kagome, tell me why I should return the sword to the Tiefling? And for that matter, any of your belongings. They would fetch me a fine price. It is expensive to find the components to create a dimensional gate."

"Tiefling?"

"Yes, Tiefling, that half demon with the dog ears."

"Oh, that must be the word for Hanyou here. We can get back to our land on our own, but we need our belongings to do it." Kagome and then looked at the one studying Tetsusaiga, "Inuyasha is the only one who can wield that sword. It is useless to you."

"Ah, so you are some sort of sorceress or witch and this is your warrior protector." Elaith said as he went to a table and sat in a chair. He put his feet on the table. He pulled the cork on a bottle of wine and poured some into a glass. "What else should I have expected in a land like Rashemen. Go ahead take your things, they are on that table."

Inuyasha stared and growled at Elaith, flexing his claws. He would attack if the thought they could survive. In a room filled with demons, and only him and Kagome, the chance of survival was not good. It was best to let Kagome negotiate if she could. He walked over and snatched Tetsusaiga from the one studying the blade, and placed the sword in his sash.

"Thank you, sir. By the way, what exactly are you?" Kagome asked as he looked around the room, seeing the other men having similar builds and features as Elaith.

"So, you have never seen elves before. I had heard the rumors that elves did not exist this far east, but I do not put much credence to rumors until I see for myself."

"Elves? But elves are things that only exist in story books." Kagome thought for a moment. The name the elf used was familiar, but she could not quite place where she had heard it before.

"Perhaps in the east, but we are very much real. Now take your things and go, before I change my mind."

Kagome and Inuyasha gathered their things. Before they left the wooden house, she walked up to Elaith, "I am missing one of my belongings. It is in your pocket."

"What? This?" Elaith said as he pulled the shikon from his pocket. "It looks like a useless trinket, but it has a large amount of magic. I thought I would keep it as payment, for letting you live."

"I can not leave without the shikon, it is a part of my soul."

"Really, now that is interesting. I have changed my mind. You and Inuyasha are going to stay with me. You can keep your things, but consider yourself working for me now. You see, I need this little trinket to help me find a very powerful holy tree. I can see the tree I search for reflected in its surface. It is odd though. I see the tree I search for, then a tree rimmed with flowers, then a tree with paper decorations, and then a tree with that Tiefling pinned to it. Yet, I get the sense they all are the same tree, or part of the same tree. So, Kagome, will you lend me this gem so we can find that tree."

"Kagome, Don't be an idiot. Leave this elf to his tree and lets find another way to get home."

"No, Inuyasha. The tree and the bone eaters well are connected in some way. If we want to get home, we have to follow him."

"You are smart for a pretty little human." Elaith said as he bent down and got nose to nose with Kagome, daring to capture a kiss.

The claw on Inuyasha's forefinger bit into Elaith's chin, forcing him to raise his head. "She is mine, not yours. If you forget it, I will rip you to shreds."

"Understood. I have never liked human women anyway."

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Author's note: I am not sure where this story is going to go. It was just a little something that popped into my head while playing dnd last week.

The players were trying to determine the character alignments of various anime characters.

This is what we came up with:

Inuyasha; chaotic neutral, Kagome; neurtal good, Sango; neutral good, Miroku; chaotic good, Kouga; chaotic good, Shippo; chaotic good, Sesshomaru; neutral evil, Naraku (and his minions); chaotic evil, Kikiyo; true neutral, Rin; true neutral, Jaken; chaotic neutral.

I suppose this is a take it as it goes story.

I figured since Elaith is a neutral evil character, With Kagome and Inuyasha being both neutral, the would work together but not nessesarily get along well.

Please give input on how it will go and review.