Hey, people. ^_^ I'm just going to quickly respond to my reviews:

Seshiru Hikari: I saw what "Usagi" meant on a website. It may vary well mean "bunny", but maybe in Chinese or something. I dunno.

NOTE: I just found out that a character on Sailor Moon is named "Usagi"!! AH!! Just so we're clear: THIS IS NOT A SAILOR MOON CROSSOVER!!! OKAY??? I HATE SAILOR MOON!!! DOESN'T SHE REALIZE THAT TUXEDO MASK AND THAT ARABIAN DUDE ARE THE *SAME FRIGGIN' PERSON*??? Er. I used to watch it. I WAS YOUNG AND NAÏVE!!! WAAAH!!!

Inu: Er. *Pats her awkwardly on the back*

^_^ *Glomps him*

Inu: Aw, man.

ONWARD!

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Kagome was at home, working on her impossibly large pile of homework that had grown over her "sick leave". She sighed as she finished one history assignment and moved on to yet another.

"Kagome!" Sota said in the doorway to her room, "I thought you said that you'd play my new video game with me after school!"

"Oh, yeah," Kagome remembered. "Sorry, Sota! I just have too much homework to catch up on!"

Sota looked disappointed. "I don't suppose that the dog-boy from inside the well knows how to play?"

Kagome giggled a little at the mental image of Inu-Yasha playing Sota's new racing game. "I don't think so."

Sota picked up Buyo and left Kagome alone again with her homework. Kagome reluctantly picked up her ballpoint pen and continued her study guide, almost wishing she were back down the well, looking for Shards of the Shikon Jewel. Normal life seemed so boring to her, since she had started facing life-threatening situations almost daily. But it's not as if she was going to give up on her studies. Miroku suggested that she do so a while back, but she flatly refused to be beaten so easily; she viewed it a little like a battle of wills... perhaps she had been hanging around Inu-Yasha too long.

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"Okay, that's it! I'm going in!" Inu-Yasha prepared to jump down the Bone- Eater's Well.

"It's only been one day," Miroku puzzled. "Are you going to bring her back so soon?"

"How long does she need to be back, anyway?" Stated Inu-Yasha. "As far as I'm concerened, Kagome can catch up on anything that important to her in a day. It's not like they're jewel shards or demons in her time, anyway! Why does she need to go back so often?"

"She did stay with us for a week," commented Shippo. "I guess she just wanted to see her family, that's all."

"I did hear her complain about her studies," helped Sango. "Maybe that's what's keeping her."

"Didn't you tell her to lay off her 'schoolwork', Miroku?" Glared Inu- Yasha.

"Of course I did. She was rather determined not to give up studying, however. I suppose she strives to be normal in that way."

"Well, she's not normal!" Argued Inu-Yasha. "If she'd just stop being so stupid, we could get more jewel shards!"

"You've been even more obsessed with the Shards of the Jewel than normal," Shippo said inquiringly. ((A/N: Not that Shippo could even SPELL "inquiringly")) "Why the sudden rush?"

"We're just about halfway there... I measured from memory," Admitted Inu- Yasha. "If we just pick up the pace a little, we could get more shards than Naraku in no time!"

"I understand your need to destroy Naraku as quickly as possible; I, too, have vengeful feelings toward him," Miroku consoled, "we all do. But you just need to come to terms with the fact that Kagome is leading two lives, and one of them has been neglected lately."

"She must feel more than a little overwhelmed right now," Pondered Sango. "She has to go through time so much. It may be getting to her."

"Than why doesn't she just stay here?" Asked Inu-Yasha. "She's supposed to help us! It's almost her job or something! Why not stay here until we get all of the shards?"

"Maybe she needs to get away sometimes," commented Shippo. "Maybe the reason she goes back to her time so much is BECAUSE there aren't any shards there."

"A good point, Shippo," agreed Miroku. "She may view it as a sort of getaway. I wouldn't suggest getting her back so-" Miroku stopped talking. Inu-Yasha had jumped down the well.

"I wish he wouldn't do that," Sighed Sango.

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Inu-Yasha jumped out of the well, now in the modern era. Grumbling, he walked to her back porch. 'I just want to get all of the jewel shards as quickly as possible!' He thought angrily. 'Why can no one else see that?' Inu-Yasha made to open the back door when he felt a small prick on his chest.

"Greetings, Lord Inu-Yasha!" Myoga squeaked happily, drinking another drop of the half-demon's blood. Inu-Yasha slapped his clawed hand down on the flea.

"What do YOU want?" Inquired Inu-Yasha moodily, glaring down at the flattened insect in his palm.

"Erk," groaned Myoga. "It never changes, does it?"

"If you found another way to say hello, you wouldn't be flattened as often!"

"How else could one such as I get your attention?"

"YOU think of something; I have something to attend to!" Inu-Yasha opened the unlocked door and stepped inside.

"Are you sure you wish to disturb Kagome so soon?" Asked a still-injured Myoga.

"Who have you been talking to?" Questioned Inu-Yasha as he strolled down the hall and to the foot of the stairs. "Why does everyone want me to leave Kagome alone all of the sudden?"

"Kagome has been especially tired lately, Lord Inu-Yasha," Explained Myoga. "We just thought that she needed to take a well-deserved break."

"Since when have you been so interested in someone elses' well-being?" Asked Inu-Yasha dryly.

"In truth, I have taken a liking to Kagome-"

"Please! You only care about yourself, Myoga! Why are you REALLY here?"

"I suppose you just want me to 'get to the point', as it were," Sighed Myoga. "Fine."

"About time, too."

"You see," explained Myoga, "I visited a diviner a few days ago. She said that 'foreign demons from another existence' were in your future, Lord Inu- Yasha. I believe that the other 'existence' these demons are from is-"

"-Kagome's time," Finished Inu-Yasha.

"Yes," Confirmed Myoga. "The next demon you are to face is on this side of the well. However," Interrupted Myoga as Inu-Yasha went upstairs to warn Kagome, "I also believe that Kagome is meant to find and defeat this demon alone."

"What?" Hissed Inu-Yasha. "What makes you think that?"

"The diviner didn't mention the Jewel of Four Souls in her reading," Answered Myoga. "But she did say that 'The girl shall fare well on her own with the foreign demon'. That was the gist of the reading."

"Did the diviner say anything else?" Asked Inu-Yasha desperately, wanting to find a way to help Kagome.

"Only this: 'The moon is only half-full'."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Questioned Inu-Yasha exasperatedly.

"Your guess is as good as mine." Replied Myoga sadly. "However, I suggest that you leave this matter to Kagome and return to our time."

"Fine." Agreed Inu-Yasha reluctantly. "If she needs any help-"

"-She will know where to go to get it." Finished Myoga.

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^_^ YAY FOR CHAPTER TWO!!! Have any of you figured it out yet? Or, have I FINALLY *GASP* MASTERED THE ART OF SUBTLETY? YAY!!! *Happy dance*

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