May Our Paths Cross In The Future By: PsychoPapaya

I don't own Inuyasha, although I want to!

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Chapter 1: A Stranger From The Past

"Oh no! I'm going to be late!" Kagome shouted.

Kagome was given a few days to get out of the feudal era of Japan and actually do normal things, like. go to school. It had been awhile since she gone to school, and with all her absences, she couldn't afford to be late, either.

"Gotta hurry, gotta hurry!"

She had just gotten out the door when she realized that she had forgot her lunch money.

"Oh, man, I'm gonna be sooo late!" So she just grabbed a couple bills of the counter and stuffed them in her mouth, since she could not carry anything more.

She looked at the clock, she would be tardy, and the teachers did not like people if they were tardy, especially if they have been gone for days at a time.

She ran out of the house, hopping on one foot, trying to get a shoe on the other. Once she did, she started running while trying to get her papers in her bag.

She had no clue what time it was, but she knew that it was late.

She had decided to take a shortcut through town, unfortunately, the tough part.

She was running as fast as she could, but she could just hear the bells at school start to ring, meaning that there was only minutes until class started. She finally got all her papers in her bag, her bag in one hand, and the money in the other.

She took a turn down an alleyway, which she found out was a bad idea.

A large, muscular man grabbed Kagome by the shoulder as she ran by and turned her so she faced him. He was completely bald, had a toothpick in his mouth and a scar just by his right eye.

"Ya know, goily, it ain't safe for ya ta be down alleyways like dees" he said. "Ain't dat right, boys?"

All of a sudden, two more thugs came out of the shadows behind him. "Dat's right" they said together. All three looked almost the same, like brothers. One had a mohawk haircut, and the other had his hair combed over and sticking out off the side of his head. They had the same scar and each had toothpicks in the sides of their mouths.

"Let me go!" Kagome shouted.

"Ya see, dees is ours toif, and to get tru, yous need monees."

He grabbed Kagome's arm to pull the money out, but she pulled away and ran.

She turned the corner, right into someone, and they both fell to the ground.

"Oof! Hey! Are you alright?" He asked.

Kagome had hit her head, and as she was wincing in pain, the stranger helped her up.

"Yeah, I think so." She opened her eyes and looked upon the face of the man, and into a pair of bright blue eyes. She immediately recognized who this stranger was.

"N-Ni-" She uttered.

"Kagome, is that you?" He asked her

Just then, the thugs caught up with them. "Get lost, Kiddie! Dis don't concern yous! Now give us da money and da goil!"

The stranger just stood there for a second, staring at the thugs. "These friends of yours?"

"Not exactly." Kagome replied with a small whimper in her voice.

"We said GO AWAY!" Thug #1 said as he threw a punch towards the stranger. He quickly ducked and brought his fist up into the thug's chin. Thug #1 flew up and landed flat on his back.

The other thugs looked at their fallen comrade and didn't notice the stranger coming at them. He jumped and shot his leg out and his foot connected with Thug #2's jaw just as he turned to look back. As he flew and landed, Thug #1 got back up, and Thug #3 was still standing there stunned.

Thug #1 pulled a small blade, and ran toward the stranger. He easily jumped out of the way and tripped the thug. The stranger picked up the blade and tossed it in a nearby trashcan.

The downed thugs got up and ran off, while the third was still stunned. He just stared at the stranger, then got down on his knees.

"Oh, please, don't hurt me! It was my brothers', fault! They wanted me to join so we could be a trio!" He said in between whines.

The stranger looked at him with a cold look in his eyes "Get out of my sight, and don't let me catch you doing anything like this again, alright?"

"Yes, yes, I'll do anything you say, just don't hurt meee!"

The last thug ran off to his brothers. Then, the stranger's tone changed just as fast as it appeared. He turned to Kagome and said "So, how have you been?"

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End Of Chapter 1