"InuYasha, do you know where the no tears shampoo…is?"

Jerking her head to Sesshomaru, Kagome touched her hand to her lips and blushed a deep red. Glancing at the hanyou, she saw the irritated glint in his eyes as he addressed his brother.

"Sesshomaru, why would I know where that shampoo is? Ugh! I don't know…did you try the kitchen sink?"

Walking out of the room, thirty seconds later InuYasha heard, 'got it'!

Kagome was so confused by all of this. In one day, she fell down a giant rabbit hole, opened a door to some parallel universe, was kidnapped by demons, sold to a demon, found out her bloodline was destroyed, and almost shared her first kiss with a half-demon! Blinking a few times, she couldn't get her eyes to focus, then everything went black.

Catching her before she could hit the ground, InuYasha lifted her up and walked her to the room she would be staying in.

….

It was a beautiful room decorated with violet silk curtains and a violet comforter on the king size bed on the opposite side of the wall. He could have taken her to any room of his choosing, like the usual rooms they gave to the humans, but he wanted her to feel welcomed and cared for. She might had never been owned by a demon, but he could tell she still went through something very traumatic.

Laying her down on the bed, he took the chance to really look at her. Long soft blue-black tresses framed a heart-shaped face, perfected by the little upturned nose, small pouty lips, and the wide mesmerizing blue eyes. Trailing his eyes further down, he appreciated her slender neck, ample chest hiding under her uniform, the tiny waist which fanned out to her voluptuous hips, and then those legs that were perfectly sculpted and pale.

It's safe to say that if InuYasha could have pictured his dream girl, this is what she would have looked like.

Walking over to a chair in the corner, he sat and waited for her to wake up.

…

It was so warm and soft to the touch. Kagome stretched much like a cat on the silk comforter under her. Tugging the pillow, she held onto it like a kid with a favorite stuffed animal.

"I see you're awake."

Whose voice was that? Did her little brother have a friend over from school? No, he sounded more like her age, but what was a boy doing in her room, anyway!?

Opening her eyes, she stared at the boy in front of her, and everything came rushing back.

"InuYasha."

Smirking, he settled back in the chair, "well, yeah! Who'd you think it was?"

Holding her head, she looked around.

"I thought I had gotten back to my world, or that traveling to this one was just a dream."

He gave her a funny look, "your world?"

Could she tell him the truth? Would he believe her? Might as well give it a shot.

"My world, a world where demons don't exist and humans reign over everything. A world where I'm a sixteen-year old, tenth-grade high school student that lives at Higurashi Shrine with my brother, Sota, my mom, and Gramps. I've lived at the shrine all my life, and I used to hear stories about demons from my gramps, but they were stories; they weren't supposed to be real.

I ended up here because I followed a cat, with two tails, into the woods and came up on a huge rabbit hole. The twin tail leaped in and I leaned over to see where it went, but the ground gave way and suddenly I was falling down a deep dark hole to my death. At least, that's what I thought, but I started to float down to the floor where a door led me into this world. A place where demons, straight from my nightmares, roam around and enslave humans. I never could have imagined that another world existed like this one."

She watched for his reaction, and started to feel really foolish.

"I'm sorry, maybe I shouldn't have told you."

Studying her, he debated whether or not to show her. Maybe this was why she seemed so different, because she was from her world.

"I'll be right back."

He left, but wasn't gone long enough for Kagome to panic.

Sitting in front of her on the bed, he gave her a book.

"What is it?"

Rolling his eyes, he opened to the first page, "just read it."

Looking down, Kagome grinned.

"Down the Rabbit Hole? I've never heard of this bedtime story, but Alice in Wonderful is a fan favorite."

Taking his finger, he tapped the book, "my mother created this story for me, before I was born."

Her grin turned into a soft smile as she ran her hands along the binding.

"What a sweet thing for her to do."

He keh'd and motioned for her to read it.

Reading the first page, she got a funny look on her face, the second page her eyes widened, the third page her mouth dropped, and it progressed like that until she read the last page and her cheeks went bright red as she clutched the book like it was precious to her.

"Read anything interesting?"

Her gaze went from the comforter to his face and he knew his assumption was right.

"Tell me, does anything sound familiar to you?"

Finally, able to speak again, she gulped to try and wet her throat.

"How would your mother know what happened to me?"

Leveling her with an intense stare, he made sure to have her full attention.

"Because this is what happened to my mother. She made this book so I would know the truth one day, in case she wasn't around to tell me."

Taking a deep breath, Kagome steadied her breathing.

"She never found the twin tail again. She was stuck here and made the best of it, but I have to find that cat! I can't live in this demonic world like she did, not with so many demons waiting to take a bite out of me."

"Trust me, Kagome. They aren't really wanting to eat you."

The look of disgust etched on her face, "that's just gross."

Running a hand through his hair, InuYasha wanted to help her as best he could, but it was going to be hard to even walk outside with her. Too many demons knew about the exotic blue-eyed human that InuYasha now owned, and they were waiting for their chance to take her.

"Look, I did my own research, and long ago the twin tail was considered a guardian, but the records didn't say what it guarded. Further digging led to me understanding that the twin tail was a guardian of the worlds; only the twin tail and whatever it allowed in, could pass through the door between the worlds. I've searched high and low for that stupid cat. You aren't the only one that wants to leave this hellish world behind."

Slowly reaching for her hands, he clasped them in between his own.

"You, coming here the same way my mom did, this just solidifies my resolve to find the twin tail and leave this place, forever. We can both leave, together."

Gazing deep into his eyes, Kagome could see the desperation welling up inside him. He was a half-demon, that meant one part was demon and the other part was human. He would likely be thrown in auction himself if anyone knew he wasn't a full demon. She felt terrible for him, having to live in this world, knowing the cruelties that would befall him if anyone knew what he really was.

She didn't know what gave her the courage, but she lifted a hand to lay it gently on his cheek.

"Alright, let's look for the twin tail together."