"What a weird dream," was his first thought as he sat up in his bed. He felt a sense of relief upon seeing the other cadets slowly begin to rise from their beds. Armin threw back his covers and threw on his clothes.

"Glad to see you were able to properly get the straps on," Connie approached him with a yawn.

"What do you mean?" Armin gave him a funny look.

"You don't remember? You were having it rough yesterday. Hell, Corporal Levi made you run until you collapsed. It was like you forgot everything." Connie explained to the confused blonde as he got dressed. Armin dropped the subject with Connie and continued his morning routine.

At breakfast, as he sat across from Mikasa and Eren, he looked up at the two, "Hey, was I acting strange yesterday?"

"Now that you mention it, you were," Eren said, "All the instructors were on your ass all day. Captain Levi was especially annoyed with you and made you run." Armin fell silent as he processed what Eren said. As the day went on, he noticed that the instructos were paying especially close attention to him. "Probably waiting for a repeat of yesterday." he sighed as carried on with his task.

"I wonder if any of that was real," Armin stirred the soup in his bowl as he replayed the odd dream he had. "Was Kagome and her comrades real people at some point?" His eyes drifted to Mikasa who was listening to Eren talk about one of Hanjis experiments. "If I remember correctly they all wore old fashioned japanese clothing, all but Kagome."

"Is there something wrong, Armin? You've been staring at Mikasa for awhile." Eren waved a hand in front of his face.

"Mikasa, do you happen to have a copy of your family tree?" he suddenly asked.

She nodded her head, "Its in my room."

"May I see it later?"

Mikasa stared at him for a while and he stared back. Eren looked between the two of them. "...Sure." she finally replied. He let out a sigh when she didn't question why he needed her family tree. He silently thanked her for not asking.

Later that evening, after Mikasa had given him the delicate piece of paper, he laid in his head and carefully unfolded it. His eyes drifted to the top of the tree. A lot of the names were worn out and he couldn't read some of them. His heart pounded as he carefully read each name he came across.

"Nodoka Higurashi..." he swallowed the lump in his throat, "Souta Higurashi..." His heart felt like it would jump out of his chest. "Kagome Higurashi... She was real." Souta had married a woman named Koari, but Kagome didn't have have a husband or children for that matter. Her branch ended as Souta's continued. "Wonder why she didn't marry," he folded the piece of paper and put it on his nightstand before closing his eyes.

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Kagome quickly sat up in her sleeping bag and let out a groan. She was mentally exhausted. Almost like she had ran for what seemed like forever in a weak body, "Oh wait..." she plopped back down in the sleeping bag and stared into the sky that was slowly turning pinks and purples as the sun began ascending over the horizon.

From the corner of her eyes she saw Inuyasha jump down from his tree and begin waking the group up. She crawled out of her sleeping bag and grabbed a change of clothing. All the while the image of a blonde haired boy with gorgeous blue eyes plagued her mind. "It was just a really weird dream," she kept telling herself as she made breakfast for the group.

"Glad to see you're feeling better, Kagome." Sango smiled at her from across the camp.

"What do you mean?" The priestess glanced at her from over her shoulder.

"Yesterday was just a really off day for you," Sango explained what happened to her, dropping her voice about how weird she had been acting when they arrived at the hot spring.

"Did I really do that?" Kagome gave her a horrfied look as the demon slayer nodded her head.

"It was like you were an entirely different person."

"I don't remember any of that," Kagome admitted as she rubbed the back of her head.

"Well, as long as your fine now," Sango gave her a reassuring smile and helped her clean up.

The day carried on as usual, the group traveled across Feudal Japan searching for the remainng jewel shards before their final battle with Naraku. Kagome's mind kept wondering to the dream she had and how yesterday didn't add up. "Maybe it wasn't a dream...?" Kagome thought. "I mean it only makes sense that I swapped bodies with some guy from a totally different timeline." Kagomes shoulders slumped. "Yeah right, that's impossible." She crossed her arms over her chest as she tried to think of a reasonable explanation. Nothing came to mind. "It was just a stupid dream!" And with that she nodded her head and pushed all thoughts of the boy and her odd dream to the side.

As night began rolling around, they decided to stop for the day. Kagome let out a sigh if relief as she dropped her bag onto the ground. "What a day," she groaned.

Sango nodded her head as she sat down beside the priestess, "And we didn't even come across any jewel shards."

Kagome gripped the large piece of the jewel in her hand, "Maybe there aren't any left. Besides the ones in Kouga's legs I mean."

"Perhaps, Naraku is waiting for us to get the last remaining shards," Miroku chimed as he leaned against the bark of a nearby tree.

"And then we'll face him in battle for the each half of the jewel," Kagome leaned back to look up at the sky. "And then what?" she wondered. "Will I return to my time?" Her eyes drifted over to a quiet Inuyasha. "What will Inuyasha do? I love him dearly, but I know his heart belongs to Kikyo and I could never compete with her." Her thoughts were interrupted by her stomache letting out a growl. "I guess I should cook something."

"Let me help," Sango stood up with the priestess as the two of them set to work. Miroku left to gather firewood for the night as Inuyasha perched himself into a tree to keep watch.

After dinner and everyone was settled, Kagome lay in her sleeping bag, Shippo curled beside her. "The Final Battle, huh?" she thought as she closed her eyes.

ooooooooooooo

Her eyes opened once more to the feeling of someone nudging her in the side. "Hey man, hurry up and get dressed or you'll be late."

"Oh no..." she glanced around to see a sight she thought she would never see again. Men running around getting dressed for another day of training. Kagome plopped back into the bed and pulled the covers over her head. "Not again!"

ooooooooooooo

His eyes fluttered open to the sun beaming in his face. He sat up and his face fell. "Good morning, Lady Kagome!"

When he realized what had happened, the young soldier screamed in frustration. "Not again!"