(June 4, 8:37 pm)

Okay, I've been working on this chapter much longer than the date and time would suggest, but I just now felt the desire to post this fic, so, whatever. ooh! there's also a little guessing game toward the end! participation, like reviews, is much appreciated!

Disclaimer: (chapter 1 disclaimer still applies)

chapter 2

As a pair of golden eyes opened, Serena clamped a hand over my mouth and dragged me out of the creature's hearing range... which was pretty freakin' far, trust me. The second she dropped her hand, I panicked. "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, how could we do this! We woke up Inuyasha, we were not supposed to wake up Inuyasha, how could we wake up Inuyasha!?"

She flicked my head. "What do you mean we? You were standin' up there playing Titanic."

"I didn't know where I was!" I whined back.

"Got that right," she muttered.

I tried to regain myself as I went on, "Serena, we have to do something."

She looked thoughtful for a moment before deciding, "I say we run."

I grabbed her shirt before she could go anywhere. "Are you insane?! We can't just leave him here! He'll wreak havoc!"

"Awww, Havoc," Serena groaned. "Why couldn't we have gone to FMA instead?" (FullMetal Alchemist, for those who don't know.)

"We'll discuss that later, right now, we gotta think of something!"

"Right," she agreed.

Within moments of my suggestion, I popped back up, "I have an idea!"

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"Rose, are you sure about this?"

"I am positive. When was the last time I was wrong?"

"...That would be yesterday when you thought Rukia and Ichigo were the same age."

I twitched. Hadn't I told her that never left the conversation? "It was a simple mistake."

"Okay, she said in the first episode--"

"Serena, it's not important!" I hissed. "Just focus on the mission."

She huffed. "We could've gone to Naruto, at least then it would've been a better mission." I glared at her. "Okay, sor-ry."

I looked ahead to see the creature glancing around the area. "Alright, now we have to make sure he's not looking when we do this."

After a moment of surveillance, Serena concluded, "He's not looking. But, Rose--"

"C'mon!" I whispered, sneaking ahead. I could hear her sigh as we walked along.

Meanwhile, the creature continued to look around while muttering to himself, asking no one in particular, "what was going on" or "how did he--" Then he clutched his chest in pain. He looked down, seemingly confused. "That's weird. I thought--"

"NOW!"

At my command, Serena crashed a thick tree branch over his head... However, it shattered into about fifty pieces as soon as it made contact.

Ironic that it would do that, wouldn't you IY fans say?

Inuyasha blinked, clearly unharmed by the branch.

"I told you it wouldn't work!" cried Serena.

"You never said that!" I replied in an obnoxiously high tone.

"Well I was about to, but--"

"Hey."

Serena and I froze and stared at the demon standing before us. "Who the hell are you?" he asked darkly.

After a moment, my face broke out into a nervous-smile-and-giggle-combination. Then, through my teeth, I muttered to Serena, "Run."

That said, we made a mad dash for... well, just as far away as we could get from him.

"That is quite possibly the stupidest idea you have ever had!" shouted Serena.

I laughed, "Oh-hoh, not quite." After a moment of running in fear-induced silence, I asked, "Ya think we lost him?"

Serena turned her head to look behind us. She sighed. "Looks like it!"

Inuyasha chose that exact moment to jump out of a tree and chase after us.

"Nevermind!"

My eyes suddenly lit up with another idea. "The well!"

"What?"

"We'll take the well to get outta here! We're near it, right?"

Serena squinted into the distance. "...Oh yeah!"

"C'mon!" I screamed. We ran faster until we reached the Bone Eater's Well, and, once we were close enough, jumped in. I clutched my chest, regaining my breath, as Serena did the same. "That was close," I panted.

"Yeah..." Her eyes widened. "Uh... Rose?"

"Hm?"

"Didn't Kagome's grandpa seal the well off in the present?"

I dismissed the thought immediately. "It's a sticker. I see no reason why we can't rip right through it."

"Won't Inuyasha follow us?" she tried again.

"He's not that smart," I snickered. "He probably just thinks we disappeared."

"Don't we need the jewel to get to the present?"

My face fell. I was silent before saying in a rather aggravated manner, "You really could mention these things a little sooner!"

At that moment, Inuyasha dropped into the well.

"Told ya." Serena simply stated.

I glared at her. "Shut up."

All of a sudden, the ground beneath us began to glow.

I rose an eyebrow. "Uhh... what's going on?"

Serena gasped in realization. "That's right, Inuyasha can pass through the well, too!"

"Oh yeah!" I exclaimed. "...Why is that?"

"I don't know."

Then a thought occured to me. "Grab him!"

"What?" Inuyasha snapped.

As I clamped onto his arm, Serena following my example, the glow gradually died down until the bottom of the well was engulfed in darkness. "I'M BLIND!" I screamed. The moment the statement reached her ears, I could feel Serena staring at me. I shrugged. "Couldn't resist." She sighed.

Inuyasha cleared his throat. "Ya mind?"

Serena and I looked up at him. "Kinda," I replied.

"A'right, that's it," he growled.

"Serena," I called, "pay attention to me."

"'Kay..." was her confused response.

And with that, he leapt into the air (surprisingly well for a dude with a teenage girl latched onto either side of him). Once we were a decent few feet off the ground, I continued, quoting a favorite movie of mine...

"Swim down!"

"What??"

"You know what I mean!"

The lightbulb that turned on above her head slightly illuminated in the well. "Right!"

Suddenly, a muffled noise from outside caught our attention. It sounded like... a cat?

"There you are, Buyo," said the voice of a young boy. "Good thing I gotcha before you went in there, huh?"

Uh-oh.

At that moment, the two of us pulled down on Inuyasha's arms until the weight brought us crashing back down to the ground.

Silence. Then the boy shouted, "Kagome, come here!!"

A huge, goofy grin spread over my face. "Serena."

"Yeah?"

"I think we did someting right."

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whoever gets the somewhat-obscure movie reference wins a virtual churro! (I just had my first churro in Disney World last week, actually. iDelicioso!) anyways, I felt kinda professional when writing the... hmm... I'd say, second half of this chapter. can ya tell?

whatever. r&r, and lemme know what other anime you'd like to see! later! ;)