-Dinner at the Higurashi House-

"Hey Rin!" Sota, Kagome's cute kid brother greeted as the two girls walked into the house. "Long time no see!"

Rin ruffled his hair and smiled. "Yeah, no kidding, how have you been doing, Sota?"

"Good I guess… Gramps! Mom! Kagome and Rin are home!"

They walked towards the front door to greet them as Kagome's mother took Rin's coat. "Dinner will be ready in a couple of hours, is that okay?" she smiled so warmly that Rin felt as though she needed to smile even wider, despite her emotions at the moment.

"So," Kagome chirped as she closed the door of her room behind her. "What exactly is going on between you and Sesshomaru?" she eyed her suspiciously.

"Nothing, I told you already, can we please drop it?"

"Sure…" she raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. "Did you guys get into a fight?"

Rin grumbled and threw her head back onto her friend's bed. "No," she answered shortly.

"Sheesh, just because you're dating the guy doesn't mean you have to start talking like him…"

Rin's face turned bright red. "We're not dating!" she shot back. "And besides, look who's talking! You and Inuyasha…"

Kagome gasped and jumped back, pointing her finger at Rin. "How did you know about me and Inuyasha?"

"Well, he's never home when I'm around… so I figured you guys were always together…"

Kagome laughed. "AHA! SO YOU WERE AT SESSHOMARU'S HOUSE! MORE THAN ONCE TOO I MIGHT ADD!"

Rin sighed. There was no use in arguing with Kagome right now. She was just simply too tired to even try to defend herself.

-Evil Demons Desiring the Sacred Jewel-

Scratch, scratch, scratch

"Kagome, did you hear that?"

Kagome stopped walking to see that Rin was standing outside the shrine of the old well. "No, hear what?"

Rin hushed her and together, with their ears pressed against the wooden door, they heard the eerie scratching again.

"It must be the rats…" Kagome gulped, unsure of herself.

"Rats don't make that kind of noise, especially not that loud."

Rin opened the door of the shrine and stepped inside. Kagome called out and tried to pull her back, but a strange force drew her into the darkness. The scratching became louder with every second and soon, rattles could be heard from inside the well.

Kagome grew more curious and more frightened with every passing sound. "Rin…" she gulped. "What do you think that is?"

"I… I don't know…" she remembered the dream she had a few days ago about this very well and a sudden pang of fear struck her gut. Breaking out into a cold sweat, she grabbed Kagome's trembling hand and ran towards the open door. "We need to get out of here."

"Huh?" but it was too late. In a brief instant, the seals of the well ripped off, unleashing a wind that sucked the two girls deep into depths of the hole.

-Dilemma-

Her scent… it's vanished. Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed as he jumped from the roof tops of the high buildings. He was headed to her house, to ask her about the project when he had started to sense something strange in the air.

Running so fast his body became a blur; he flew over the steps of the Higurashi shrine and stood in the middle of yard. The strong aura was emanating from the nearby shrine and without a second too soon, he leapt towards the open door.

"Whoa, Gramps, look!" Sota exclaimed, pointing at Sesshomaru. "He just appeared out of nowhere!"

"Young man, who are you?" Gramps asked cautiously.

Sesshomaru didn't bother to answer. His hair cascaded down his back like a silver waterfall, his eyes flared with a desperate color, fangs and claws retracting from his hands and mouth. The stripes and crescent on his forehead too suddenly appeared, completing his transformation.

Gramps' jaws hit the floor as he shakily pointed at Sesshomaru. "He's… He's… a…"

Sesshomaru jumped into the well and disappeared with a blue flash. This must be the Bone Eater's Well...

"demon!"

-Evil Demon, Naraku-

"Here is the boy," Onigumo pushed present day Naraku at the terrible demon Naraku. "Just like you asked."

"You are a pathetic excuse of a reincarnation of me," the demon hissed, clutching the frail boy in his hands. "Now you will return to me."

His body opened up as he pushed the boy who looked identical to him inside. His screams penetrated the calm air and in a matter of seconds, he was gone – morphed together with the demon. Naraku looked satisfied and leaned back against the wall.

It was genius of me to send a part of Onigumo into the modern era. Now, with my worthless reincarnation gone, I can travel across time as freely as I'd like. He looked at Onigumo and smiled. "Now, return to the future and destroy Sesshomaru and Inuyasha."

Onigumo nodded and stood. "Then will I be granted freedom?"

Naraku looked up at him and clicked his tongue. "Why, of course. If you can accomplish the task that is," he smirked. Suddenly, a sense flashed across his mind. What's this? Naraku looked outside the window at the dark miasma. Someone… no more than one person… has crossed over to this time? He narrowed his eyes and let out a low growl.

"Onigumo, new plan. Unleash my spider demons into the forest. Tell them to hunt down the source of this strange human scent."

-Attack-

I'm dreaming again… I have to be. Rin watched as her eyes widened with the sight of blood and gore. With one flick of his wrist, Sesshomaru used his light whip to behead the hideous spider demons that charged at Rin and Kagome.

Kagome's eyes twitched, her body shaking as if she was cold. "Rin… what… what is this place?" She flinched as a strange, tall man with a white kimono and hair landed in front of them. The wind blew his bangs to the side, revealing the faded blue crescent that was so familiar to Rin.

For a moment, nothing was said. The two girls sat on the grassy floor, staring at him.

"If you wish to go home," he said deeply. "Re-enter the well." He pointed a long clawed finger at the rectangular shape. His face stayed emotionless but Rin knew that there were a thousand thoughts running through his head.

Kagome gulped, nodded and pulled at Rin's sleeve. "You heard him, let's go home."

Rin didn't budge. Kagome noticed that the entire time, she eyed the strange creature and smiled. "Rin, are you crazy? Let's go!"

Rin shook her head and looked down at the floor. "Sesshomaru," she breathed.

(a/n): review if you want to know what i have up my sleeve for the next chapter, buahahah! XD i'm more evil than naraku.