1Stricken

Disclaimer: I do not now, nor have I ever, and probably never will own any Inuyasha character's. What I do own, however, are the stories that I weave them into.

"So you see, Inuyasha," Jaykue was explaining. They had gotten all of Kagome's stuff un-packed, with room to spare, Inuyasha grudgingly admitted, and had long since settled down to make dinner. "You know me from a completely different world. One like Kagome's, but, different somehow."

"What do you mean, different somehow, Bitch?" Inuyasha growled, slurping up the noodles from the cup Kagome had handed him.

"Inuyasha." Kagome scolded.

"No, no, Kagome. I've known him for years, his rashness is nothing but that of an adorably disgruntled little brother now." Turning back to Inuyasha. "Anyways, so like I was saying. This world... It's Kagome's world... Just... Across the ocean. In a place called America."

"America?" Inuyasha asked quietly. "You used to talk about that when you told us about your studies, Kagome."

Nodding, Kagome put the kettle back on it's place on the fire and took her seat beside her to be mate. "Yes. Japans a small country made of islands, but across the ocean, there's a place called America. It's one of the largest continents in the world."

"What's a continent?" Inuyasha asked, frowning at Kagome's smile.

"A continent is a body of land."

"Oh."

"Anyways, America's huge. It's got at least fifty states, right Jaykue?"

"Fifty on the dot." Jaykue grinned.

"What's a state?" Inuyasha asked.

Jaykue answered this time. "You know how here, in the Sengoku Jidai, Sesshomaru governs the western lands? And there's northern lands and southern lands and eastern lands too?"

At Inuyasha's not, she continued. "Well, a country is like that. And the state's that reside in the country are like the villages that reside in the western territories. Only larger."

"Oh."

"So, continue what you were saying, Jay." Kagome told the strange woman sitting across from them.

Grinning, Jaykue nodded and set her cup of noodles aside. "So, in America, there are two other girls, besides me, who can cross over. Raven No Subaku and Maykue Yagame, both my sister's, though May and I are twins, and we're a couple of years older than Ray."

"What do those bitches..." He trailed off when Jaykue cut him a look.

"Anyways," She drawled. "We have different bodies there. Different families, different lives. But our... essence stays the same."

"Which is why you are able to cross over." Kagome smiled, setting aside her cup as well. "I remember when we made the swap for a day. Maykue ran off, and Ray nearly gave herself a concussion whacking her head against her door."

Inuyasha looked at them like they were crazy. "What the hell's The Swap? And why the fuck does it sound so freaking ominous?"

Jaykue cut a laugh. "The swap is where Ray, May and I are able to leave our American bodies behind and someone else is able to enter it while we are away. It's not a very complicated process, you just sorta... hop in?" Jaykue looked at Kagome for confirmation. She nodded.

"I just ran head first into the body. It was a crazy feeling, like being sucked into a vacuum."

Jaykue grinned. "I sucked Ray's essence into a vacuum before I came here."

Kagome laughed. "To keep her out of trouble?"

"No, no." She smirked. "Revenge for telling me that if Saku-kun and I ever broke it off, Naru-no-baka jii should date him."

Wide eyed, Kagome leaned forward, nearly toppling herself into the fire. "She wants your husband to date your brother? How ridiculous!"

"I know!" Jaykue ran a hand through her long bangs. "But the crazy woman thinks that just because Naruto, the idiot that he is, took Saku-kun's first kiss that"—

"Naruto took Sasuke's first kiss? Didn't he give that to you?"

Nodding, Jaykue frowned. "Yeah, well, back in the academy, Sakura, before my sister's and I beheaded her"—

Everyone around here is crazy! Inuyasha thought.

—"She was doting on Sasuke hand and foot, though he didn't want it. Naruto got mad, because he had a crush on the bublegum haired, squeaky voiced freak, and started barking at Sasuke. Somehow, during all the growling and barking, Naruto landed a kiss. Complete accident."

"I see." Kagome said, trying to hide her amusement.