Mira stood there, staring in total disbelief. Where had she ended up? She took a deep breath, her bright green converse crunching leaves and twigs under her feet as she started moving forward. She glanced around, and then down, her dark jeans now had holes in the knees from falling, and her favorite t-shirt was covered in a bit of dirt. Just wonderful, that's what she needed, to look like some grungy homeless person. She really was more concern as to where she was. Last she had remembered, she was standing in her father's office, and she had been completely infuriated with him. They'd had a huge argument over her schooling. She was currently a sophomore in college, and at twenty-two years old, her dream of being a lawyer were coming into light. She still had a while to go, but she was trying. Her father had decided that it wasn't something she needed, that she should pursue something like nursing, and settle down, have a family, and not such a hard career that would consume so much time. He had even claimed he was going to the school to pull her out of the classes she was currently taking, and change her major. She couldn't believe, or even understand, why he'd do this to her. She gritted her teeth, thinking about how she'd picked up that beautiful Japanese vase that he treasured, and shattered it against the wall. She thought about how there was something shining in it, and it drew her attention to the shattered pieces. She had knelt down and picked up the piece of what looked like a jewel, and just stared at it curiously for a moment, before deciding she'd find out what it was. Now she was here. She wasn't even really sure how she'd ended up here. She was in New York City only mere moments ago, and now she was here. She was aware that the jewel had dragged her here, though she wasn't sure how, or even why, she was completely out of answers now. She'd also have to figure out where she was, and the best route back to where she had previously been. This was going to be lots of fun indeed.

The red head let her bright green eyes search the world around her, and with a huff, decided that going straight was the best option. She would at least be able to get back to where she had landed if she kept on a straight path. Mira, which is short for Miranda, was utterly confused, and still overly furious with her father, wondering what she could have possibly done to make him decide that he didn't want her following her dreams. She'd show him. She grumbled lightly to herself, and kicked at a rock, only to hear a small 'oof' sound, which caused her to stop dead in her tracks, her eyes wide as she looked ahead to see where the source of the sound had come from. She sucked in a deep breath and moved forward, being much quieter this time then she had been before, crouching down, as she looked ahead, wondering who was hiding out in the wooded area.

Mira came to a stop as she realized that the woods let out into a small dirt road, and the woman brought herself slightly behind a tree, attempting to hide as she looked around, though a sound right behind her caused the young woman to freeze, eyes wide as she tried to decide if she should turn around or run like hell.

"What in the world are you doing out here?"A voice asked from behind her, causing her to slowly turn and come face to face with him.

"Walking."She answered, before swallowing hard as she took him in. He was dressed oddly, his red outfit making him look like something out of a samurai movie or something. He had long silver hair with what looked like wolf ears on top of his head, and a sword on his hip, his gold eyes looking at her with annoyance.

"Whatever, don't you know this isn't a safe place?"

"I wasn't aware until now..."She muttered as she slowly got to her feet,"And why isn't it safe?"

"Who are you talking to Inuyasha?"A girl's voice called out, causing Mira to look over, seeing a girl a bit younger then her in what looked like a school uniform, coming in their direction.

"I don't know who she is, but she hit me with a rock."He answered, shrugging,"I was only trying to tell her the woods wasn't safe."

"Uh...you never told me why, I'm not scared of animals and bugs, if that's the issue."Mira said, shrugging a bit, as she looked between them.

"Well no, that's not what makes this area dangerous, it's demons."Inuyasha spoke, his tone dripping with sarcasm, as if he couldn't believe she didn't know what was out in the woods.

"Demons, are you joking?"Mira replied, before busting out in laughter,"Oh that's priceless."

"He's telling the truth, we're after one that's been killing villagers."The girl spoke, looking a bit surprised at Mira for laughing.

"Villagers, really, okay, this is a really funny joke, but we're in New York, there are no villagers, or demons, unless you count the drug dealers and gang members as being demonic."Mira said, shaking her head,"So whatever you think you're doing, you should stop."

"We're not in New York."The girl spoke again, frowning,"We're in the feudal era, in Japan."

"Right."Mira said, rolling her eyes,"Look, you're really adorable, but this is a terrible prank."

"We're not messing with you, idiot."Inuyasha said with a snort,"If you don't believe us, whatever, it's not my problem, but you still need to get outta these woods."

"I am not an idiot."Mira said, crossing her arms over her chest,"And you're right, I'm not your problem, and I believe that you're full of it, because time travel isn't possible."

"You traveled back too?"The girl said, looking surprised,"How...wait a minute...you've got a piece of the jewel...where did you get that?"

"What?"Mira asked, looking down at the pocket where she'd put the piece of stone, because she had taken it from her father, and wanted to get it checked out, to see what it was,"How did you know about that?"

"Is that how you traveled back?"

"I don't know...I don't even believe you that I've done some time traveling anyway."She said, scrunching her nose,"Why do you want to know about this broken piece of stone anyway?"

"That's not just a piece of stone, and it's really important, how did you get it?"The girl asked, looking surprised as Mira dug it out of her pocket.

"From my father, it was in this jar that he had, just sitting there...unfortunately he doesn't have the jar anymore, but when I broke it, I found this laying on the ground."Mira said simply,"So I took it."

"How did your father end up with that?"The girl muttered, talking more to herself then anyone.

"He claims it was from my mother before she passed, though I don't know, since I don't remember my mother."Mira answered, though she was aware the question was rhetorical.

"But you're from my time, and I've only known of one shard that ended up in my time, I wonder how many others there are."The girl said, looking a bit surprised, before frowning,"Why did you take it from your father?"

"Because, I could."Mira said, looking rather proud of herself,"I had planned on having it appraised and selling it, and moving far away from the man, until it dragged me back in time apparently."

"Look, I'm glad that we're all getting along here, however, Kagome, you need to take this girl and get out of here, I'll take care of the demon problem."Inuyasha spoke, starting to sound rather impatient with the situation at hand,"Tell the others to come on, they can help me, just don't let her out of your sight,"

"I don't need anyone babysitting me."Mira spoke, before giving a snort,"In fact, I'm going back, if you're even telling the truth, I know which direction I'd come, so it wont be so hard."

"You're not going anywhere, because you have a shard of the jewel, and I need it."Inuyasha replied, rolling his eyes and sighing,"Besides, like I said, there's a demon causing problems, it'll probably try and eat you or something."

"Then that's my problem, now isn't it."Mira said simply, smiling,"And if this jewel brought me here, like you crazy people suggest, then I need it to go home, so you can't have it anyway."

Mira turned, and before either of them could say anything else, she was moving, and quickly at that. She wasn't going to admit out loud that she was actually pretty terrified. These people were absolutely insane. A piece of stone that her father kept, that belonged to her mother, allowing her to magically travel through time, what a load of crap. She was going to go home, and now. She was going to put as much distance between herself and these two as she possibly could. She took a deep breath and then frowned at what she found herself face to face with. It was a small temple, like the one that her father had, it was odd. He wasn't Japanese, but her mother had been, and after her mother had passed, the little prayer house that was in their yard, which was huge to put it kindly, had become very important to her father. He said he could still feel her mother's spirit there sometimes. She knew that her mother had brought it from Japan, and had it rebuilt in New York, her father had told her that, it had been in her mother's family for a very long time, and when her mother had made the decision to move away with her father, the little temple came, as it was of great importance. Now, she was staring at her mother's temple, only, it wasn't in her backyard. What in the world? She hadn't noticed this before, because she hadn't been paying attention.

Mira had slipped into the rather small temple to think, alone, and be away from everything after what her dad had said. She had been hurt, and though she had never known her mother, just like she had done in other times of turmoil, she'd turned to the place her mother treasured for some peace and silence, and guidance. She moved towards it, wanting to go inside, and see if she couldn't find a way home when a roar echoed around her, causing the young woman to freeze where she stood, eyes going wide. What the hell was that? Mira felt her heart racing in her chest as she slowly turned her head to find out what that was, where it had come from. Mira couldn't help but choke on her screams at the sight of this huge creature emerging from the trees, large red eyes, a mouth full of sharp teeth, horns protruding out of it's head, and a long mane that ran down it's back. It's ribs protruded out, though the creature was muscular, with sharp claws at the end of very long arms. There was a man and a small creature riding on this very large creature's shoulder. Mira was utterly terrified, as she moved herself in front of her mother's temple, not sure how she was suppose to, but completely determined to protect it. She had an inkling feeling that was her ride home, and destroying it could screw up her plans of going back and pretending this never happened.

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