Chapter Ten: MIA (aka: Missing In Action)

Kagome, Sango, Rin, and Kari were engulfed into a blue light and taken to Kagome's time. They all landed gracefully on the bottom of the well. Kagome looked around to see that someone pulled up the latter. Kagome sighed in annoyance and tried to climb up the walls of the well. Each time of attempting the act, she failed terribly. Kari and Sango giggled at her stunt and nodded to each other. Kari squatted and placed her hands in front of her. (A/N: It's kind of like a cheerleading stance with than lift someone up into the air and the person does a flip in the air.) Sango went to the other side of the well and ran to Kari. Sango jumped and her foot landed into Kari's hands. Kari pushed her up into the air as hard as she could and Sango went flying out of the well. She did a small flip and landed outside of the well.

"I made it!" Sango yelled to them which got Kagome attention and she stopped trying to climb up the well.

"How did you get there Sango!?" Kagome asked really surprised. Kari then picked up Rin and lifted her into the air. Rin ended up standing on Kari's hands.

"Remember Rin, try to grab Sango's hand." Kari reminded. "Ready Rin?" Kari asked and Rin nodded. "One….two…three!!!" Kari jumped as high as she could and Rin grabbed onto Sango's hand. Sango successfully pulled Rin out of the well.

"I got her!" Sango said and looked down at the two again. "Now get Kagome out."

"Right." Kari said and nodded. Kari kneeled and gestured for Kagome to get onto her back. Kagome did so and Kari jumped up and hit a one of the four walls of the well to give her a boost up. She hit each other for a boost and finally made it out of the well.

"Wow Kari how did you figure out how to do all this?" Kagome asked with shock as she got off of Kari.

"I watched a lot of Jackie Chan movies." Kari laughed and rubbed the back of her head. Kagome sweat dropped and walked to the well door. She opened it and Kari fell back.

"Huh? Kari what's wrong?" Sango asked looking back at her. Kari was looking very sickly.

"T-The smell…is sickening." Kari said in a disgusted tone and covered her nose. Her inuyoukai nose was working well it seemed and she slowly walked toward the door. Kagome quickly looked around outside and then turned to the others.

"Okay, it's still a little early so no one is here at the shrine. We have to hurry inside though. My mother is probably up now so it will be easy for us to explain the situation." Kagome said and lead the girls quickly into her house. Kari was for one grateful because the smell of pancakes filled the air.

"Pancakes!" Kari squealed.

"Kagome? Is that you sweetie?" asked a woman with short dark brown hair coming into the foyer. (A/N: For all you genius' that don't know what that is, it's the thing you walk into when you enter a house. You know it might have a table and a mirror there with a little coat rack and a place to put your umbrella.) The older woman walked to Kagome and gave her a hug.

"Hey mom! How are you?" Kagome asked with a smile.

"I'm fine Kagome, who are your friends?" Mrs. Higurashi asked looking at Kari, Sango, and Rin.

"Oh, this is Sango the taijiya, Kari a inuyoukai and goddess in training, and Rin, ward to the great Taiyoukai of the Western Lands. Their my friends from the other side of the well." Kagome announced pointing to each of them.

"It's nice to meet you all, I'm Mizuki Higurashi. Kari is it?" Mizuki asked. Kari nodded and bowed to her. "You seem interesting. Your clothes are more modern than that of the Feudal Era, and you don't look Japanese. Your skin is too dark and your eyes seem a little larger than ours. Not to mention your clothes do not look Japanese to say the least. Are you American?"

"Very observant ma'am." Kari said and bowed. "You are correct, I am not Japanese, but American."

"Mom! Is breakfast ready?" asked a teenage boy about Rin's age, but taller coming down the stairs.

"Hey Sota!" Kagome said happily and waved to him. Sota ran down and hugged his sister.

"Long time no see Kagome!" Sota said cheerfully and looked at Kagome's friends. He saw Kari and his jaw dropped. The two purple strips on her cheek and silver crescent moon on her forehead was incredible. He walked over to her and looked her up and down. "You're so cool looking! My name is Sota!"

"Kari Tama, nice to meet ya." Kari said with not so much excitement.

"What kind of youkai are you!?" Sota asked with excitement.

"Youkai!?" asked an elderly man in shock. He ran into the room with a sutra and placed it on Kari's head. "Youkai be gone!"

"Gramps!" Kagome yelled and took the sutra off of Kari head. Kari growled at the removal. It was like getting your eyebrows waxed. (A/N: Just for the record, I have had my eyebrows waxed and it did hurt…well not hurt, but smarted.) "Gramps, Kari isn't an enemy! Do not try to exercise her! Sorry Kari."

"It's okay Kags." Kari said and rubbed her forehead. Sango giggled at her.

"Well let's all not stand here, breakfast is almost ready." Mizuki said and walked into the kitchen with everyone following behind her. They all started eating breakfast and discussing the journeys in the Feudal Era. They left out the little part about getting mad at the boys because of their stupidity and a male is more superior attitude. They were talking for about three hours. Kagome's family was shocked to her Kari's story about her life and how she came here.

"So, you father really did that to you and your mother?" Sota asked sadly.

"Yes, there was one time he almost tried to…" Kari trailed off and looked down.

"You don't mean!?" Kagome asked with a surprised look.

"Yes…he did the same to my mother, but when he tried to do that to me, my mother stopped him and took her instead." Kari said trying not to cry.

"Does anyone else know?" Sango asked.

"InuYasha does." Kari said his name sweetly.

"Well of course he knows, he is your boyfriend." Kagome teased with a smirk. Kari blushed ten different shades of red and looked away.

"Boyfriend?" Sota asked. "But I thought he was Kagome's boyfriend." Sota said and Kari smirked.

'Revenge is sweet!!!' Kari thought evilly.

"No, Kagome's boyfriend is Sesshomaru." Kari said with a smirk. Kagome's family looked straight at Kagome while she blushed.

"Sesshomaru?" Sota asked. "Who is Sesshomaru?"

"He's the Taiyoukai of the Western Lands and InuYasha-kun's older brother." Rin said happily as she drank her milk.

"Taiyoukai! I've heard of him! He's the most cruel, stoic, most feared, and most powerful youkai in Japan, ever!" Kagome's grandfather said with shock.

"You would think that, but he is really sweet." Kagome said in a dreamy tone.

"Kags is right, he's like a tall, dark, mysterious, handsome, bad boy, with the look that says 'If you look at me wrong I'll kill you' on the outside, but the inside…" Kari, Kagome, and Sango sighed in a dreamy way and Kari continued. "The inside is a different story. He's probably a poetic, beautiful, kind, sweet, and caring soul. Heck, all the girls at home would kill to have him. Or they'd just kill to have his silky smooth and perfect hair. And all the guys would want to be him because he is in one word perfect." Kari said in a bored tone.

"Wow Kari that's pretty much Sesshomaru." Kagome said with surprise.

"Well he's easy to read." Kari said plainly and finished the rest of her milk.

"No way!" Kagome and Sango said.

"He's not easy to read! You never now what he's thinking and it ticks me off that he hides his emotions." Kagome said in outrage.

"Now that is exactly why I am training him." Kari said with a gleam in her eyes. Kagome looked at her in confusion, as did the others in the room. "I shall explain. Sesshomaru is a strong person, but inside he's a scared little puppy. A long time ago he locked away his emotions for some reason and never left them surface for many centuries. He has forgotten how to show them and that's way he acts the way he does." Kari said and was about to continue when the doorbell rang.

With the Guys

It was dawn in the Feudal Era. The birds had just woken and started to sing their morning songs to the world. Little animals and a few youkais also have awoken from their peaceful slumber to go on and enjoy the beautiful morning and soon to be beautiful day. After InuTashio dropped off the girls he went back to the hut and fell into a light slumber. He woke up an hour later and informed Shippo to tell the others that he'll be back by sundown. Shippo agreed and went back to sleep. A few hours passed and the men started to wake up. InuYasha was the first to wake and felt something a miss. Soon the others followed and felt the same way.

"Where are the girls? And father is missing too." InuYasha said and sniffed the air. Shippo then got up and turned to InuYasha.

"InuYasha, your father said that he needed to do something, he said that he'll be back by sundown today." Shippo said.

"Kit, do you know where the women are?" Sesshomaru asked in a cold tone. Shippo stiffened. He turned towards the door and was making his way slowly to it.

"N-N-NO!" Shippo stuttered in a panic and bolted for the door. A flash of white caught him and Sesshomaru was holding him by his neck.

"You're lying!" Sesshomaru said in a stoic tone. "Tell us or die!"

"Lord Sesshomaru, please calm down and let Shippo be. Then he will tell us." Miroku said and took Shippo from Sesshomaru. He placed him on the ground and focused his attention on him. "Now Shippo, where are the women?"

"I d-don't know." Shippo stuttered in a panic.

"Okay Sesshomaru, you can have him." Miroku said and through Shippo to Sesshomaru.

"Gladly monk." Sesshomaru said and held Shippo by his neck again.

"Tell us now Shippo!" InuYasha demanded.

"They're in Kagome's time. Rin is with them as well." Shippo cried. "Please don't hurt me!"

"Her time?" Sesshomaru asked. "We must go to Kagome's time and bring them back."

"Right." both InuYasha and Miroku said. So all the guys, including Shippo went to the well. They stood outside of it and looked down.

"Don't we need Kagome for this?" Miroku asked.

"Well, Kagome said if we ever wanted to pass through the well, you have to hold hands and pray that you get through." InuYasha said with a thinking face on. (A/N: InuYasha thinks? Go figure! Just kidding!)

"I am not holding anyone's hand." Sesshomaru stated coldly.

"Too bad, you have to if you want to see Kagome." Miroku said and grabbed InuYasha's hand. InuYasha pulled away and looked at the houshi weird.

"Why don't we just grab onto our sleeves, that should work as well." InuYasha said and grabbed onto the monk's sleeve.

"Fine." Sesshomaru said and grabbed onto InuYasha's haori sleeve. Shippo gripped onto Miroku's arm tightly.

"On three." InuYasha said and they all nodded. "One…two…three!!" InuYasha yelled and they all jumped into the well. A bright light engulfed them all and they land softly on the well ground. InuYasha left go of everyone and jumped out of the well. Sesshomaru soon followed, but Miroku need a little help. Thankfully Miroku had his staff and used it to get out.

"This is Kagome's time?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Yep, now Sesshomaru, your nose is more sensitive than mine as well as your hearing. Kagome's time has a lot of nasty smells and is really loud. We need to hurry to her house so you won't get so sick of the smell and noise." InuYasha said. "Cover your nose." InuYasha said and opened the well door. Millions off different noises and smells attacked Sesshomaru. It made him sick. He felt as if he were about to puke, but he held it in and followed InuYasha to Kagome's home. Shippo too was affected by the smell and passed out on Miroku's shoulder. InuYasha walked up to the house and rang the doorbell. Miroku and Sesshomaru looked curious as to what InuYasha was doing. He explained what a doorbell was as they all waited for someone to answer the door. A young boy answered the door. His eyes sparkled as he saw InuYasha. He smiled at him.

"Hey InuYasha! What's up!?" Sota asked in an excited voice.

"Nothing much Sota. Are Kagome and the other women here?" InuYasha asked.

"Yeah! Hey Kagome! InuYasha, some guy with tattoos, and guy in a dress, and a kid with a tail are here to see you!" Sota yelled and walked into the kitchen. InuYasha and the others followed a little annoyed at what Sota had said about them. All the girls turned and saw the guys. Rin had a smile on her face and ran to Sesshomaru. She attached herself to Sesshomaru's leg.

"Otuo-san! Rin has missed you!" Rin said happily.

"What the heck!? Why are you guys here!?" InuYasha asked outrage.

"For some reason I knew this plan was going to backfire." Kari said and stood. "The reason we're here InuYasha is because of you men!"

"What are you talking about?" Miroku asked in confusion.

"You have to ask!?" Sango asked in anger.

"Well, I don't know about you girls, but I'm leaving." Kagome huffed and walked upstairs to her room with Sango and Kari following.

"I don't mean the pun, but InuYasha is in the dog house." Sota snickered and walked upstairs to his room.

"I'm confused." InuYasha stated and sat down at the table.

With the Girls

Kagome, Sango, and Kari walked into Kagome's room with anger and annoyance. Kagome sat at her desk chair while Kari and Sango sat on Kagome's bed. They were all pissed beyond reason. It was silent for about ten minutes until a knock on the door was heard. Kagome got up and walked to the door. She answered the door with the scariest look on her face that could rival Naraku's. Sota stood there about to shit himself.

"K-Kagome?" Sota asked and Kagome clamed down a little.

"I'm sorry to scare you Sota, I'm just a little upset. Do you need anything?" Kagome asked sweetly and let Sota in.

"Well, I'm here for two reasons. One, I wanted to know what you're so mad about." Sota said and walked into Kagome's room. He sat on the bed next to Kari and waited for an explanation.

"Well, should we tell him?" Kagome asked the others.

"It wouldn't hurt." Kari said.

"I agree." Sango said and nodded.

"The reason we're mad at the guys is because they think that women are suppose to say home and raise the children. They think that we're weak." Kagome said with anger and her aura spiked. Sota backed away slowly from his angry sister and looked at the other girls.

"That's not true though. Kagome, I've seen you train a little before and your really good. And you two," Sota stated while pointing to Kari and Sango. "I can just tell that you both are pretty strong. You girls should remember though. Those idiots downstairs are from a time that women do that sort of thing and they're just use to it, but they should remember that they have seen you all in battle and know that you all are strong women." he said and the women were beginning to calm down.

"Wow, such wisdom from a young one. How old are you Sota?" Kari asked.

"I'm fifteen." Sota said with pride.

"You remind me a lot of myself at your age." Kari thought aloud. "So much knowledge, but people just won't listen."

"That is true." Sota said. "Oh yeah and the other thing I'm here for, Kags?"

"Yeah Sota?" Kagome asked and looked at Sota.

"What do you want for your birthday that's next week?" Sota asked curiously.

"I want…I don't know." Kagome admitted.

"How about we throw you a birthday party!?" Kari suggested with excitement.

"That sounds like fun Kagome-chan." Sango agreed.

"We can invite all of Kagome friends. Yuki, Ayumi, Eri, and Hojo." Sota said.

"Yeah the others from the Feudal Era can come." Kari said.

"Wait! A party? How will we disguise InuYasha, Sesshomaru, and you Kari? Those markings and ears will be a problem." Kagome said in a shocked tone.

"Leave everything to us Kagome!" Kari said and started towards the bedroom door.

"Yeah Kagome-chan, we will handle it!" Sango said cheerfully and followed Kari. Sota got up and also followed.

'For some reason I have a bad feeling about this…' Kagome thought and followed them.

DG14: Well my party peoples, another chapter is done and ready for their reading pleasure.

Rin: DG:runs to her holding flowers: This was a good chapter! Rin enjoyed it. hands DG flowers

DG14: Thanks Rin, I thought it was good too. :pats Rin's head, smiles: You wanna close the chapter Rin?

Rin: Okay, Rin will close this chapter. Rin would like to thank everyone for reading. Please read, rate, and review more. :gives those hard to resist, innocent, pleading eyes: Rin thanks you all again for reading. Goodbye to all! Ja Ne!