We got up very early the next morning and set out to go to the well where I had been when I first appeared in the feudal era. It was still dark outside and I was still extremely sleepy. I hadn't planned on getting up that early. Naraku said that he wanted to leave before the others woke up. He didn't want them to think that I was getting any special treatment. So there we were flying high in the sky. Him wide awake and me in his arms practically asleep. We continued flying for a while untill Naraku started to make his descent back to the earth. "We're here," he said, waking me up. I slowly opened my eyes and realized that I was back in the woods where I had originally been. Naraku set me to my feet and walked with me over to the well. "If you go back down, you will end up back in your own land and to get back here, just jump in it from you world and so on," he told me. I nodded my head. "Annnnd, if you don't return to me on your own in five days, I will come get you myself."

"Didn't I just promise you last night that I would come back? Do you not trust me?"

"I don't trust anyone but myself."

"Well I guess that I'll just have to prove to you that you can." Naraku turned around and started to walk away, brushing my response off. "Wait Naraku!" I called making him turn around. I had to make him belive me. I would come back to him. "I promise that I will be back in five days, because if I stay too long, I will begin to miss you," I said with a serious face. He didn't reply, change his expression, or anything. He just stood there with his arms crossed looking at me. I gave him a warm smile to show that I was sincere. He slightly nodded and turned around and walked away. I then climbed in the well and jumped in.

When I had climbed out of the well, I was suprised to see the woods that I recognized. "Am I really back in Tokyo?" I thought to myself. I started running in the direction of my school. I was surprised for this time I came across it. I really was back in my own city. I ran in the direction of my house. I couldn't wait to see my family again. I wonder what they had been up to for it had almost been a month since I had first fell down the well. When I arrived at my home, I ran to the door and immediately began banging on it. It was still early in the morning, but the sun was begining to rise. I figured that my father would be already up, getting ready for work. Sure enough, seconds later I heard footsteps approaching the door.

"Who is it?" my father's voice boomed.

"It's me, Tayo," I replied. As soon as I said my name, he opened the front door. He stood in front of me with a shocked look on his face for a few moments.

"Tayo!" he cried pulling me into a tight embrace, "oh my baby girl. Oh musume. My daughter. My Tayo. Oh how I've missed you. I thought you were dead." Tears began to form in his eyes.

"I've missed you too chichi," I said, tightly hugging him back, "but I'm alright." He took his hand and started rubbing my hair, holding me even tighter. We stayed in that position for a few moments until my stepmom came downstairs with Yuki.

"NII-CHAN!!!" he cried out running to me and hugging my legs. I reached down and picked up my baby brother in my arms and kissed him on the cheek.

"Tayo? Honey is that really you?" my stepmom, Ai asked.

"Yes ma'am its me alright," I replied smiling

"Oh honey I'm so glad you're okay," she sighed, hugging both me and Yuki. Oh yeah. It was a true Kodak moment. Like they say, there's no place like home.

"So what happened to you?" my father asked me after I had gotten settled in. "When Kaoru had told us that you had fallen down that well near your school, I immediately sent a rescue team out to save you. But when they got in the well, they said that you weren't in there and they couldn't find a body. It was like you had vanished into thin air." I took a sip of the tea I was drinking.

"Well, I guess you could say that I did."

"What do you mean?" I took a deep breath.

"I know this is going to sound crazy, but hear me out."

"I'm listening."

"When I fell down the well, I somehow ended up in feudal Japan. It's crazy back then dad. Demons everywhere, people always fighting, its wild. I even met a half demon named Naraku. He took me into his castle and took care of me while I was there. Well...he sorta did anyways." My father gave me a very confused/concerned/freaked out look.

"Ta...Tayo are you alright?"

"I know its hard to believe, but I'm telling the absolute truth," I lifted up my right arm and showed him the bandages on it, "see. I got this injury during a fight with another half demon named Inuyasha. I swear to you dad, I'm telling the truth." He took my arm in his hand and looked the damage over.

"No modern day person would have bandages like these," he said to himself eyeing my arm.

"So you believe me then?" He set my arm back down and looked at me.

"I don't know," he said rubbing his chin, "you haven't really been known to lie to people, but you can understand how I'm kind of finding this all hard to comprehend. A time traveling well? Come on, this is not an anime or a manga or some movie (Me:oh pop if you only knew :p). This is real life. Things like that don't really happen."

"I swear to you dad, I...hold on," I said. I got up and ran upstairs to my room. I went over to my bookbag that I had been wearing the day that all of this happened. I reached in and pulled out the bow and arrow Naraku had given me. I ran back downstairs with the wepons. "See. These are authentic feudal era wepons." My father took them into his hands and looked those over too. He then looked back up at me with a shocked expression.

"You are telling the truth," he said,

"I told you I was."

"This is incredible."

"Yes it is, but you can't tell anyone outside of this family about this. I don't want people to think that I'm weird or something."

"Your secret's safe." I smiled and gave him a hug.

"I'm going to go and visit Kaoru," I told him. I then went back upstairs to my room to go get dressed.


I took my time walking to Kaoru's house. I wanted to enjoy the sights of modern day Japan. Of course these were things that I was used to seeing everyday but ever since what happened happened, I've begun to appreciated these things a little more. I had Yuki with me. He didn't want to leave my side, so I told him that if he behaved, I would bring him along. Plus, Kaoru had a little sister and brother of her own that he could play with. We finally arrived at Kaoru's home and I rang the door bell.

"Kaowoo! We heauh!" Yuki called from the outside.

"I'm coming!" Kaoru called back. I heard multiple footsteps running to the door. The door slid open and Kaoru, her four year old sister, Misao and her seven year old brother, Akito stood before us. Kaoru immediately pulled me into a hug.

"Oh I'm so glad that you're hear! When you called me on the phone, I seriously thought that I was losing it, but now I see that I'm not." I pulled back and smiled at her. She took me by the hand and practically pulled me into the house with the children following.

"So what happened to you?" Kaoru asked me. We were sitting around in her bedroom. I told her the same thing I had told my father and showed her the bandages as evidence just like I had done with him. To my surprise, she was more quick to believe me than my father was. "That is so cool!" she cried cupping her hands together.

"Yeah, I guess so, but promise me you'll keep this between me and you. The only people who know are you and my family. I don't want anyone else to know."

"You know me well enough to know that I won't tell."

"Thank you so much."

"You're welcome. So umm tell me. This guy you're staying with...what was his name again?"

"Hunh? Oh you mean Naraku?"

"Yeah! That's it. Is he cute?"

"Ummm...well...yeah, I guess he is attractive."

"What does he look like?"

"Well, he has very long, silky, wavy black hair, he has dark red almond eyes, he has a nice smile, he's taller than me, and he has muscles."

"Ooo he does sound cute. You two haven't been...you know..." I felt my face getting heated a little bit. She really wasn't suggesting that he and I...

"No!" I cried out, "Ewww, Kaoru. I'm just his friend." Kaoru laughed at my reaction.

"Do you think that he's cuter than your ex? Because he sounds better looking to me."

"Yeah, I guess he's cuter than Daisuke."

"So you mean, after all this time you've been gone, you haven't even once tried to get with him?" I shook my head. I mean, I did like Naraku, but not in that way. He wasn't in the least bit boyfriend material. Nuh uh. "You're crazy Tayo, because from what you told me about him, he sounds incredibly sexy. I would try to get something started if I were you. He seems way better than that jerk Daisuke."

"Are you kidding me? Naraku is thoughtless, insensitive, and very selfish."

"Well, what guy isn't from time to time?" Hmmm. She did have a point. But still...

"Speaking of Daisuke. How's he been doing?" Kaoru rolled her eyes.

"He has gotten back together with Yaya," she sighed.

"What? How long?"

"They got back together the week after you had fallen down the well."

"Hmph. Trifling. He sure didn't waste anytime did he?"

"Nah I guess not. So are you going to come to school tomorrow?"

"No. I'm going back to the feudal era in four days, so I'm going to spend as much time with my family as possible."

"Do you want me to tell everyone that you're okay?"

"Yeah, I guess so. Just don't mention you know what." Kaoru put a hand over her heart as if to say I promise. I smiled at her.

"Taaayo!" Kaoru's mom yelled upstairs. I got up and went downstairs with Kaoru following me.

"Yes ma'am," I said when I came face to face with her.

"Your father is on the phone. He says that if you're finished spending time with Kaoru, he wants you to come home." I turned and looked at Kaoru for permission.

"Just come back to see me before you leave again," she said. I nooded at her. I turned back to her mom.

"Tell him I'm on my way," I said. Osaka-San nodded and gave him the message. I got my brother and together we made our way back home.