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AN: Hey people! I'm very glad for those who liked the last chapter. It really makes me happy to hear that. And I know some of you may hate me and say that I'm cruel for leaving a cliffhanger. But what better way to start a new chapter?

This chapter was solely for Halloween and Vincent's late birthday that was Oct. 13th but since I had a bit of a writer's block for this and was also helping Chaotic Rei with her Vincent/Kagome pairing, I had to hold it off a bit.

Well, anyway. Hope you enjoy the next chapter. I'm if it seems shorter than my other chapters.

Chapter 3
To Midgar

Everything around her was just rocky terrain that had a cloud cover, giving it a dreary outlook. 'Looks more like a wasteland than anything else.' Kagome thought to herself, as look around her while sitting on her knew waiting for her son, two brothers, and Hitomi to wake up.

Kagome noticed that despite the cloud cover above, she was thankful that she didn't find any traces of rain coming. Looking around the cliff she and the others were on, Kagome noticed something sticking out of the ground no too far from the ledge. Once she had gotten a better look at it when squinting her eyes, she had realized that it was some type of wide bladed sword. And if memory served her correctly, she could've sworn that she saw a sword at that stand she, Shippó, Sesshoumaru, Hitomi, and Satoru were checking out. The same stand that Sesshoumaru bought that long sword, the Masamune.

The only thing that made this one differ was that it was rusted and old. Like it hadn't been used for many years. Just as she was about to get up to take a closer look at it, she heard Sesshoumaru moan a bit and start to stir. At his within a moment, Kagome asked, "Aniki, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine." Sesshoumaru groaned from the stiffness throughout his body. He usually never had that problem after sleeping or being rendered unconscious from either Kagome beating him in a sparing match or the extent of his most severe of injuries. Then again, it may be because he spoiled his body with the best quality sleeping mattresses through his years of living among humans.

'That has to be it…' He grudgingly admitted to himself.

Souta and Shippó started to awake with their own groans. Although, Souta was complaining more than Shippó about his body feeling stiff yet worn out. Kagome's younger brother's complaining was what woke up Hitomi.

"Are you guys okay?" Kagome asked even though she knew what Souta's answer would be: more complaining as if he woke up in the wrong side of the bed.

Cutting off her boyfriend's complaints with a hit upside his head, Hitomi answered, "I think so. Aside from being a bit stiff, we're okay."

"Yeah." Shippó agreed.

"Kagome, do you know where we are?" Sesshoumaru asked after getting comfortable and looking at their surroundings. From what he could see, it looked like a barren wasteland. The wind was cool and… was there a sword stuck to the ground?

Kagome shook her head. The feel of everything around her was foreign, even the air itself. Everything felt as if it was steadily recovering from something. So to put it plain and simple, she really didn't know. But she did know that they weren't at home in Tokyo nor were they in the Sengoku Jidai.

And she told the others about this little discovery of hers. Sesshoumaru and Shippó agreed with her after feeling out their surroundings.

All they could remember when they fell through that vortex was the swirl of colors as they were tossed and turned by the vortex's currents and blacked out when everything around them inside the eddy was just too much for their minds.

Souta looked around, wondering why this looked a bit familiar. Shippó and Hitomi thought the same thing as well. Then the three looked beyond where the sword was and saw… not just any city. It was…

"MIDGAR!" The three of them exclaimed together as they pointed to the same direction with shocked expressions.

Kagome and Sesshoumaru looked at them with a fine brow raised and looked at each other before standing to look towards where they were pointing. They could see the city, but how did they know it was called "Midgar"?

Kagome voiced the question while also adding, "And I thought you guys said that 'Midgar' was the name of a city in a video game."

"It is the name of a city from a video game. But Né-chan, we'd recognize this view from anywhere! There's no mistaking that, that city is the city of Midgar from Final Fantasy VII." Souta defended with Hitomi and Shippó agreeing with him. He could understand that his sister wasn't into video games like him and his friends but knew that he had watched Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children with her when she said that she had nothing else to do. And the movie showed Edge and Midgar twice…

Although Kagome had only seen the movie once while he watched it countless time. (That's so me. I used to watch the movie everyday .)

Okay, Kagome was just gonna go along with them since they knew the game of Final Fantasy or whatever better than she and Sesshoumaru. It's not her fault she more into history, antiques, weapons, botany, and actual Demonology and Demon anatomy/analogy when many others her age were more interested in technology, fashion, and other things that are the thing now. If anybody wanted to blame someone for what she presently likes in interests then blame Mistress Centipede for dragging her down the well at her shrine and the Carrier Crow for making her shatter the jewel and extending her stay in the Sengoku Jidai.

"Alright, bro. If you say so." Kagome said in a bored and passive tone. She was really just teasing him because she knew how press his buttons without even trying. 'Plus, it's pretty fun.' She thought with a smirk.

Hitomi knew that Kagome was just playing around with Souta but decided not to intervene. Her boyfriend was just gonna have to learn when not to fall for the bait. So she ignored their bickering (more like Souta bickering while Kagome's not listening) and decided to take a look around. That when she noticed…

The Fenrir that Kagome won in the Cosplay contest at the Final Fantasy Convention! And with it was a boom box with a messenger bag and what looked like a silver briefcase.

"Uh… guys?" The others except Sesshoumaru and Shippó didn't hear her, so she tried again to get their attention, "Guys!"

Souta stopped his squabbling at the sound of Hitomi's voice while Kagome turned her attention to the girl to see why she was trying to get their attention. And after looking to where she was pointing to, they could believe that the motorbike Kagome won and some other things were there.

Shippó was the first to come out of his confused daze and decided to take a look to see if it wasn't an illusion. Once he was close enough, the Kit made it official that the things were real. Looking into the messenger bag and briefcase while the others came to take a closer look, Shippó discovered that there were CD booklets in the bag; CD booklets that were Kagome and his. And in the briefcase were four wireless headsets that Sesshoumaru designed himself for any vocal purpose.

Also taped on the Fenrir was an envelope addressed to Kagome. Frowning slightly, he took the envelope from its place on the motorbike and took a closer look at it. It looked just like any ordinary modern sachet with his mother's name neatly written in bold cursive… 'With the scent of Ká-chan's favorite cologne covering it.' He thought suspiciously.

He knew that very few knew his mother's most favorite cologne and that even fewer males wore it. It made him wonder how they knew… unless his Ká-chan had a stalker on her without knowing.

"What's that in your hand, Shippó-chan?" Kagome asked, breaking her son out of his thoughts. Right now she was thoroughly confused and suspicious about how her new bike was here when she thought that it should be at the family shrine.

After coming out of his thoughts, Shippó held the envelope out to Kagome saying that it was for her. He was weary of who could've known what his mother's favorite cologne was and why the person was after his mother here when she, himself, and the others were not from around here.

Sesshoumaru was as weary as his nephew was about the letter. He had a feeling that his family was sent here on purpose. What that purpose is, he didn't know but felt that he wasn't going to like it if it involved his imouto or the rest of his family.

Once Kagome took the envelope, she also noticed the scent of her favorite cologne but didn't pay any mind to it. Upon opening envelope, she read the letter within it that was written in clean handwriting and read it aloud, "Higurashi Kagome, Just a little something to help you and your friends get by for now. How you should use them depends on you. Sincerely, Your Researcher and Admirer…" Turning the parchment over, she read in the back, "P.S. The keys to the bike are already in the ignition with a few improvements. "

Shippó and Sesshoumaru looked to the uniquely made bike and took an unnoticeable whiff to try and detect anything off. Aside from the normal smell of oil, gas, the scent of a newly manufactured vehicle it was safe. From the other side of the bike, Hitomi found Kagome's name painted on the motorbike in small but readable graffiti engulfed in flames.

Smirking, Hitomi spoke, "Well someone went through a lot of effort to labeling this as Kagome-Né-chan's property."

After a little complaining from Souta and Kagome pointing out who won the bike, Shippó heft the message bag of CDs and the silver brief case of headsets while Souta picked up the boom box and Kagome was finding the key to her Fenrir. Once she did, she took it out of the ignition and tied it to her necklace that had the Greek three-headed dog of Hades: Cerberus.

They soon made their way to the lower ground; Kagome and the others started trekking their way to Midgar but heard the sound of a vehicle coming up from behind them and stop when they were in sight.

"Hey, do you guys need a lift?" The driver of the vehicle that was now identified as a small truck was a man who looked to be in his mid-twenties and was dressed as a Grim Reaper.

Answering the guy, Shippó spoke, "Yeah. If you're heading to Midgar…"

The driver said that he had plenty of room in the back but not enough for Kagome's Fenrir. But the young priestess assured the guy that she could ride it with Hitomi if he just led the way to where he was heading. After the man said he was on his way to a gathering in Midgar's Park and saying he had no problem in leading them the guys hopped in the back of his truck while Kagome and Hitomi rode the motorbike.

Sometime after becoming stable enough from her depression to be able to have a somewhat normal life, Kagome learned how to ride motorcycles and also do a little auto repairing for different vehicles.

As soon as the guys were set in the back of the truck, Kagome started up the bike and started following the guy in the truck to Midgar.

Not really knowing what to expect…

Hey, guys! I finally updated this one. I know I said that Kagome and the others were going to meet AVALACHE in this chapter and I'm VERY sorry if it's short but I wanted to update some of my fics before Christmas… even though this one was supposed to be for Halloween. But it's still better than nothing, right?

Anyways, I'd like to wish every one of my faithful reviewers a Merry Christmas and hope that this chapter satisfies you a bit until I get my ass in gear enough to start writing a longer chapter next time. Please Read and Review, thank you.