Inuyasha struggles against the chain around his waist, finally collapsing in anguish on the cold ground. The boy standing over him crouched down and said in a very monotone voice says:

"Why not just take your pants off?"

"Feh! You'd like that wouldn't you?"

The boy stands up, leaving the creature struggling against the chain again, and goes slowly up the stairs to the conference room. Trowa glares at him when he sits down opposite Heero.

"Well Duo, will he talk?"

"Nope. That 'thing' down there will struggle until he dies. He's a strong one."

Relena looks at Duo, caringly, then says:

"What exactly is he?"

"None of us really knows; Heero was the first one to confront him. Heero?"

Heero holds up his right arm a little shakily, unwraps the bloodied bandage around his arm and shows everyone the slashes across his arm and hand.

"That...that creature down there did this with his bare hands. He is strong, powerful, and not someone to be trifled with. He almost acts like the youkai from the feudal times!"

Relena looks at Heero questioningly, then says:

"But he looks like a human, and besides that, the youkai weren't real, they were myths."

"He may be... but that isn't possible. He would have come from the past somehow."

Quatre said this more to himself than anyone else, but the thought of coming from the past made him think about the possibilities. Unfortunately, before he could share his ideas, there was a loud crashing coming from the holding cells under the house. Everyone jumped up, looked at each other, and then dashed down the steps. The sight that met their eyes shocked them. Inuyasha was sitting, crouched on the ground, with blood dripping off of the broken chain around his waist. He stood up, and laughed evilly at the party before him.

"Heh, Heh, Heh, you really think that THAT little wire could hold ME!"

Wufei pulled out his rapier and stood threateningly in front of the creature. Inuyasaha took a step forward, provoking Wufei to charge at him sword ready. The hanyou looked at him, somewhat amused, and then raised his left hand, extending his claws, and slashed through the abdomen of the Chinese youth. Wufei stumbles forward, landing at the feet of the creature, who kicked him to the side. He walked stiffly if not sorely up the stairs. When he got to the conference room, he looked around, and then ran through the window at his left. He landed gracefully on the ground, broke the remaining links around his waist, and then looked around. Confused, and somewhat bewildered, he leaps up into a tree to sort things out. Meanwhile, inside the house, Sally was coddling Wufei, and the rest were working on strategies to catch the creature. Wufei looked up at them, growling:

"Just go already, he could be anywhere by now."

Trowa looked out the window thoughtfully, then seeing a flash of red; he turned to the group saying:

"Actually, he's right outside."

*All together* "WHAT!!!"

Sally lay the wounded boy down, who groaned again, Duo and Heero dashed over to the window next to Trowa and the rest went to various windows on the same side. Trowa looked out the window again, and then pointed at a tree in the southwest corner of the complex.

"He's there, where the red is."

The whole party went outside and started to make there was to the tree. They broke up and went in opposite directions, hoping to surprise the creature. Wufei, who was left alone, struggled to stand up and made himself walk outside toward the tree. When he got there, he was fighting himself, trying not to lose consciousness. His abdomen was still bleeding, and he was starting to lose hope. He looked above him, and saw a pair of golden eyes staring right back at him. The smell of blood in the air was driving the creature insane. Against his better judgment, he leapt out of the tree and attacked the boy again.

Despite his pain, Wufei was ready for him. He reached into his boot, pulling out a dagger. When the creature landed on him, he rammed the dagger into Inuyasha's chest. Inuyasaha got off of the boy, who had passed out under him, his injury too great. He tried to jump back into the tree, but a bullet zooming past his ear, made him change his mind. He would have attacked, if not for the pain emulating from his chest. He tried to run, but his legs wouldn't work. Instead, he collapsed on the ground, falling in a puddle of his and Wufei's blood. Duo, Heero, Trowa and Quatre found the two, laying next to each other, Wufei on his stomach and the creature lying on his back. Both were bleeding to death.

A few weeks later, both Chang and the dog boy were out of the hospital, still knowing nothing about each other. Inuyasha agreed not injure any one any more, if Wufei promised not to attack him. He told his story, about Kagome, and the Shikon-no-Tama and everything. How she left him, taking the jewel with her, and how he jumped through the well and ended up here. Heero told everyone how he had found Inuyasha, attacking OZ officials because they were attacking him. Heero had tied him to wall, because he was acting like such a wild animal.

One night, while sitting alone outside in a tree, Inuyasha watched the then eleven-year-old Mariemedia play with Duo and a puppy. He was reminded of Kagome, they way that she had petted him and played with his ears. He was reminded of their first time together.

^Flash Back^

It was a rainy night, she was in her sleeping bag, they had both just witnessed Miroku and Sango enjoy themselves, and decided to try it themselves. Inuyasha had to laugh at the memory of her having to teach him the human way to do it. As he watched the little girl, it drove the sadness of not being near his home. He missed her so badly it almost hurt. There had to a way to get home to her.

^End Flash Back ^