Author's Notes: I don't own anyone from Lord of the Rings. If I did Frodo wouldn't have gone on to the Grey Havens. Legolas would be teaching me how to use a bow and arrow. Aragorn and Arwen would have been married long before the Ring was found. I don't own any of the Inu-Yasha characters. If I did, Sesshomaru would be joining Legolas in teaching me how to use a sword. Enjoy.

Recently I got copies of the show and saw that the spelling of Sesshomaru is indeed spelled wrong. Forgive me but I was going by what I saw in the magnas. I did correct the spelling in all the chapters.

Prologue

The Vortex of Mystery

The day dawned clear and warm. The birds in the forest greeted morning and a group among the trees. The small group of people was gathered around a campfire. They looked normal except for the fact that the tiny kitten had two tails, one of the children had a fox tail, and two of the men had long silver hair. The three women were humans as was one of the men. Tori, Lady of the Western Lands, was beginning to get the idea that this was how this group often spent their mornings. After their last adventure on another world, she wouldn't think twice about anything unusual happening again. Her mate, Lord Sesshomaru, was seated to her right. He was an inu-akuma or dog demon. She had fallen hard for him while they had been on Coruscant. At least her friend and former boss, Chief Raider, had agreed that she was better off with her mate. To his right sat Koga, the leader of the ookami-akumas or wolf demons. To Tori's left was Sesshomaru's half-brother, Inu-Yasha. He was only a half-demon but his mate, Kagome, loved him anyhow. Her best friend, Sango, had recently married the monk of the group, Miroku. Tori prayed everyday that his wandering eyes wouldn't stray from his wife. The young fox demon, Shippo, and the human girl who stayed with Tori and Sesshomaru, Rin, were chasing a tiny cat with two tails, Kirara. Together they were waiting for the final battle against the insufferable Naraku. Tori had yet to meet this half-demon but she already hated him. She knew that they would defeat him and finish gathering the shards of the Shikon No Tama or Jewel of Four Souls. Tori quickly dipped the meal she had been cooking into a bowl and turned to look at her mate. He had pulled their adopted daughter onto his lap. Tori thought that he looked even better than usual. She couldn't wait to tell him her news.

Tori handed Sesshomaru a bowl of Ramen noodles which he sniffed slightly. "You don't have to eat it if you don't want it, darlin'."

"If he won't eat it, I will." Inu-Yasha looked up from his own bowl.

Sesshomaru glared at his brother. "You will eat what your mate feeds you." He picked up his chopsticks and started to eat while Rin took her bowl from her new mother.

Tori shook her head as she turned to look at Kagome across the fire. "Did you remember to bring the batteries for me?"

Kagome finished pulling her brush through her waist-length black hair. "Sure did." She grabbed her ever present yellow book bag and started to rummage through it. "I know Mother and I packed them. Aha. Found them." She pulled out several packages of batteries and tossed them over the fire.

"Thanks, Kagome. I can't believe I've gone through all the ones I had but that's what happens when I play the CD player all the time." Tori snatched each pack out of the air and tucked them into her pack. "What are we doing today?"

"Looking for Jewel…" Inu-Yasha looked up at the swirling mass of dust and light gathering behind Tori and Sesshomaru. "What the fuck is that?"

Tori grabbed the sword that Sesshomaru had Toto-Sai forge for her as the group gathered to stare into the swirling mass. "What is it?"

"I do not know, love." Sesshomaru laid a hand on Tori's shoulder. "I do not like it."

"Well, I'm going to find out what it is." Inu-Yasha bounded into the vortex and disappeared.

Kagome hefted her yellow bag and started forward. "I'm going to sit him so bad when I find him." She jumped into the vortex.

"Kagome!" Shippo ran into the vortex as Rin followed him.

"Rin!" Tori jumped forward to grab Rin but was sucked into the vortex.

Sesshomaru ran into the vortex after Tori. Koga glanced at Miroku and Sango while Kirara ran into the vortex.

"Any more of us going in?" Koga watched Sango run into the swirling mass of light and dust after her beloved friends.

"Like I'm letting Sango go to …wherever alone." Miroku jumped into the vortex praying to Kami that he landed with his wife.

Koga looked at the dying fire and quickly dumped the pot of water onto the smoldering coals before running into the vortex.

Tori caught a glimpse of a brilliant green racing up to meet her. Her screams filled the air moments before she slammed into the ground. What seemed like hours had passed before Tori opened her eyes and looked around at the trees surrounding her. A man and a child were kneeling next to her. "Where's that baka hanyou? I'm going to kill him after Kagome sits him to death."

"What is a hanyou, my dear lady?" The man's beard almost touched the ground and his blue eyes were filled with questions.

"A half-demon. He's the one that has the puppy dog ears on his head." Tori groaned slightly as she struggled to sit up.

"There isn't anyone here that fits that description." The child had extremely curly hair, bright blue eyes, and hair on the tops of his feet.

"Not again." Tori shook her head slightly before looking at him a second time. "Please tell me that I'm dreaming all this."

"You are not dreaming, dear lady." The man helped Tori to her feet.

"First I get captured by droids and now I've been sucked into a swirling vortex to God only knows where. What did I do wrong in my life?" Tori shook her head slightly. Her head jerked up when she heard her name. Shippo, Rin, and Kirara came running toward her. "Shippo, Rin, Kirara, are you alright?"

"Of course, reidou." Rin hugged Tori's legs as Shippo looked up at the man standing behind Tori.

"Perhaps we should introduce ourselves." The man bowed to Tori as she gathered Rin closer to her. "I am Gandalf the Grey."

"I'm Frodo Baggins." Frodo pointed at Kirara. "Does that cat have two tails?"

Tori laughed slightly. "Yes. I did the same thing when I met her." She bowed to Gandalf and Frodo. "I am Tori, Lady the Western Lands. This is my adopted daughter, Rin, my adopted nephew, Shippo, and Kirara, a neko-akuma, cat demon."

"Does Shippo have a fox tail?" Gandalf looked down at Tori.

"Yes. He's a kitsune-akuma, a fox demon." Tori knelt down so that she could look at Shippo and Rin. "Did either of you see any of the others?"

"No." Shippo shook his head. "We looked everywhere."

"Sesshomaru isn't going to like this." Tori climbed wearily to her feet as she shook her head. "I'm afraid that wherever my mate is, he's tearing it apart." She shifted her sword slightly as she looked around and spotted her pack. "Damn, it made it." She ran over to her pack, opened it and rummaged through it. "It looks like everything is okay." Tori hefted the pack and turned to look at Gandalf. "If you could point us in the direction of a village, we'll be on our way to find our friends."

"It would be best if you waited here in the Shire for a few days." Gandalf gently took the pack from Tori. "Come. I am sure the Hobbits will welcome you with open arms."

"Hobbits?" Shippo jumped onto Tori's shoulder as Rin took her hand. "What are Hobbits?"

Frodo laughed heartily. "I'm a Hobbit." He took Rin's other hand as they followed Gandalf back to a horse drawn wagon. "You will meet many beings here in Middle Earth."

"Hmm. Middle Earth. Well, I hope everyone else is safe, wherever they are." Tori accepted Gandalf's hand to help her into the wagon.

Rin and Shippo jumped into the back of the wagon as Frodo climbed onto the seat beside Tori. Gandalf climbed onto the seat on the other side of Tori and flicked the reins once, setting the horse into motion.