Okies! I'm here! Sorry for taking so long to update, but... I'm a bad toad. And I was told to not be on the computer for two weeks, but....if you won't tell, I won't. AND when I was off of that, I couldn't do fan-fiction until a week-long break, which is now. So, here I am! Ok, Reviewer's Place starts us off, as usual!

Aleh: Isn't it a good thing if it fails the "make sense" test? ^_^

Aleandra Alyra Sarienna: I reviewed TUSW! And you're welcome for the translations. And as for how Trunks knows where Gohan is? Well, my friend, he's been around the block a time or two.Oh, and thanks for the email! Blue Fox: Yeah, Ranma cast will show up, and I'm gonna try and throw some Inu-Yasha cast in, too. Glad you like it, and gomen about any confusion!

steven: I'm glad you love it! Hope you get a chance to read more of it!

Yoko Silver Fox: I love your authoress powers! I'll have to remember that one...(cookies are good.)

Ariyana: Thanks! I hope it's as interesting as it sounded.

Safire Ranmako: You think it's great? **sparkly anime eyes** Thanks, you flatter me!

Youkai-Onna: Thanks for your continued support! And I don't want to hear about it being too hard for you to write stuff, you needle-nogin! ^_^ I'm having a hard enough time with this!!!

Funkitated: I saved the longest reviewer YET for last! You know, I know nothing about Slayers. Just that one line.. Oh, and here, you get a plaque now. **hands a plaque** Hey, Fan-fiction obsession is not a bad thing at all! And I promise that there is a reason for Gohan to be stuck to the tree again. Shh, don't tell Goki05, but I don't care for Goki either! **looks around** And I'll Xellos you once again: Trunks still being around: That...is a secret. **wink** Not really, you find out in this chapter.

Thanks to all of y'all! I couldn't do it without your continued - or new! - support.

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Last time: Yes, Gohan was stuck to the kami-damned tree AGAIN. And somehow, Trunks is still around, and is leading Goki to him.

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Goki looked over at her companion as they flew towards the mountainous district where the Joketsuzoku Amazons lived. Frowning, she asked him, "Oi, I thought that my brother was over nine-hundred years old. Just how old are YOU?"

"I'm about ten years younger than Gohan."

"But, how are you still around?! You don't smell like a demon."

"That's because I'm not. Hehe, I kinda had an accident with my time machine, and ended up immune to the effects of time. A real bummer, let me tell you. The taverns don't ever believe I'm old enough to order drinks."

"Right.... I'm just going to shut up now." Goki turned back to face the front, determined to ignore the half-Saiyan.

Soon enough, they landed in a small clearing near a valley of springs. Goki was about to go through and look around, when Trunks put a hand on her shoulder. She looked at him, and he made a motion to follow him, and be quiet. Hiding in some bushes, they saw a young woman with short- shorn black hair kiss the lips of a seemingly-statue of a youth with silvery hair. Soft words were carried over by the slight breeze.

"Gohan, I promise to you that I will never forget you or what you taught me. I shall live my life to teach others as you did. And...Wo ni ai, Airen." (sp?) Then the girl ran her fingers through her short-cropped hair and left.

"Say, um, Trunks? Just who was that?"

"I dunno. Never seen her before. Why don't you go look at your brother, ne?"

Giving the lilac-haired demi a sidelong look, she did so. He was nothing like she expected, given her own appearance. His long, silvery hair was more like the sheen of her cousins' hair, instead of her darker color. In fact, he looked a lot like Inu-Yasha. If he wasn't her brother, .. (Who's had enough of this part? (raises hand) Ok, onward!!)

After Goki had left again, off to make sure her cousin didn't go on another rampage, no doubt, Trunks went over to his slightly.. um.. stuck.. friend. Even though he wasn't sure that the other demi could hear him, he spoke about what had happened over the course of a GOOD LONG WHILE.

"Hey, bro. You awake up in there?"

No reply came forth, except the twitching of those (did I ever give them a color? No? ok, if I did, they're changed to this: ) black ears.

"Didn't think so. Well, I think you can still hear me, so I'll go on and tell you a little secret. Sure, you know that none of the Z-Senshi are alive now. Only you and me. And by all rights, I shouldn't be here. Except I am, thanks to one messy little detail: the Time Machine backfired when I was getting ready to leave, stranding me in this time line, and I'm pretty much not going to die. Complicated, I know. Somehow, the discharge of energy made my cells immune to the passage of time. It's pretty crazy, 'cause I've had these same clothes for..years..." he laughed embarrassedly. Later, he could've sworn that he saw a hint of a smile on Gohan's face, but it could've been a trick of the light. "Well, I'm going to watch after your little sister, since you are tied up. It's funny, to see her after never even knowing that you had any siblings. I'll see ya around, bro."

With that, he flew off, not seeing the sealed half breed's eyes open. "Did someone say something?" Gohan muttered, looking around. Seeing no one, he tried to shrug, and looked up at the stars, counting to see how many there were.

(how did you guys like that explanation? Good enough?)

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Present day - (Ranma ½ universe, and Inu-Yasha-verse, Kagome's time obviously)

Ku Lohn, the longest holder of Matriarch of the Joketsuzoku Amazons, had seen a lot since she had been placed in charge at the age of nineteen, the youngest of all past Matriarchs. But she had never met anyone as disrespectful as the young man with a pigtail and blue eyes standing next to a girl with black hair and brown eyes. Somehow, he had gotten most of the people she had met in Japan to call her Cologne. There was something about Saotome Ranma, and she couldn't quite place what it was. This youth had defeated a godling, and had somehow managed to turn away all of his fiancées. That brought them to this place, Jusenkyo, once again. He said that he had a good reason for her to ignore the Law of Marriage, and intended to show her.

Looking across the springs, she smiled bitterly in remembrance. "What loophole did you find, Ranma?"

The boy nearly fell over at her usage of his name. "Ya feelin' alright, old ghoul?"

The girl beside him, Higurashi Kagome, spoke up. "Elder, Ranma isn't who he's pretended to be for this long. In fact, I have some explaining to do, as well. I'm the reincarnation of a priestess named Kikyo, and Ranma is.. I'll let him tell you."

"I'm not a human. I'm a Hanyou, and my name is Inu-Yasha."

Ku Lohn looked at the young couple. "Inu-Yasha, you say? You don't look much like a demon, sonny."

"I'm older than you, so don't call me sonny!!!!" the boy yelled, tugging at a tiny silver chain from around his neck. Instantly, it changed to a rosary, and his hair came unbound, changing to silver. Silver cat ears popped up on his head as his eyes became a golden yellow with slitted pupils. Holding a clawed hand up in front of his face, he smirked at her, revealing fangs. "That better, granny?"

"Inu-Yasha, be polite!!" Kagome scolded. "Osuwari!"

Ran - - Inu-Yasha fell to the ground and began cursing at the girl, who yelled right back at him.

"Aiya! What happen to Airen?" Xian Pu, Ku Lohn's adopted great- granddaughter cried out, revealing her and Mu Tsu hiding behind a tree nearby.

Ku Lohn chuckled at the scene. "Well, I do suppose we all have a bit of revealing to do," she stated, changing to a girl with shoulder- length dark violet hair...with a kitsune tail. "Permanent Spring of Drowned Fox Demon," she told them, pointing to a nearby floating sign.

"I always thought you were too tricky to be completely human.." Inu-Yasha grumbled.

" Shampoo say, 'Aiya! What happen to Airen?!?!'"

" I ain't your husband, Shampoo!"

"Die Saotome!" Mu Tsu yelled, attacking with one of his Hidden Weapons.

"I ain't Saotome, either. Damn duck, put your glasses on! You nearly hit Kagome!!"

Xian Pu glared at the miko, deciding that she was the cause for all of this. "Obstacle for killing. Die!!"

Three things stopped her from accomplishing that goal. One was the staff the fox-girl that had replaced her grandmother held. Two was the arrow that the "obstacle" was pointing at her. Three was the big-ass sword that the object of her affections was leveling at her. Meekly, she backed down, accepting the fact that her "husband" didn't want this girl to be killed.

Mu Tsu looked at the few links of chain that were still in his hand, the rest having been shredded by the Hanyou's claws. Finally, he knew why Saotome was always able to beat him. 'The womanizer was a demon the whole time! Why hasn't he been sealed by Xian Pu?! Oh, he must have put a charm on her, blinding her to the truth! I'll save you, Xian Pu!' With that thought, he leapt forward to attack his hated foe, to be slammed face-first into the ground.

"Ya done yet? I want to learn what made these springs so special."

"Oh, so that's the reason you wanted to tell me here. I acknowledge your loophole to your marriage with Xian Pu. Come. I'll show you how the Springs of Jusenkyo became cursed."

"Thank you! Come on, Inu-Yasha!"

"I'm comin' Kagome! Sheesh."

The kitsune Amazon led them to a boat and allowed it to drift to the large tree in the center of Jusenkyo. It was a huge evergreen that was over 1700 years old, but that wasn't the eye-riveting thing about it. What was special about this tree was the youthful figure hanging on it, an arrow pinning him to the trunk. Xian Pu and Mu Tsu, who had been dragged along, glared at the figure hatefully, having grown up with the same stories Ku Lohn had. Said elder grinned at them.

"I'd be polite about him, you two. After all, he was the one to place the curse on this valley, and also the one who could be able to lift it."

Inu-Yasha looked into the branches, and spotted a familiar figure hidden there. Goki was watching them, quietly observing the people there. "I thought I smelt you. Get down here!!" he yelled to her.

Haughtily, she obliged. "Nice to see you again, cousin."

"Uh, you're Goki, aren't you? He's mentioned you a few times. I'm Kagome! Um. what are you doing here?"

Ku Lohn looked at the Hanyou female. "I know of you. He's," she gestured toward the tree, "your brother, is he not?"

"Hai." The grey-haired demi looked at the assembled group of youthful people, glaring at the only two humans unaccounted for. "I don't trust you two," she stated bluntly.

"Why should demon-girl trust? Shampoo and Mousse no like demons! You I kill!" Once again, Xian Pu attacked. (someone needs to put a leash on that cat.)

Ku Lohn sighed at her great-granddaughter's stupidity. But, it was amusing to see Goki lead the girl straight into the water. Shaking her head, the kitsune Matriarch pulled the girl-turned-cat out of the water and on to the boat.

"Feh. Stupid wench."

For once, the majority of the group agreed with Inu-Yasha.

Next time: Can we finally get away from the tree?! Yes? Thank Kami!!!!

Koyasha's Yappings: Oi! I'm very VERY sorry for the long wait. As I said before I started the story, I've had trouble with keeping fan-fiction privileges... But, I finally got this chapter finished! I've told y'all before that I had this all written down, but I'm completely altering it so that it's more interesting. And I'm finally getting humor back into my stories! I guess you can't have Inu-Yasha without humor.. Well, I'm all but taking Goki out of the story, because I'm not so inspired to keep her in. In the next chapter, whenever I update, there will be more scenes with a talking Gohan!! Yea!!! And we'll see Fluffy and Trunks again, I promise. Thanks for reading!!!