'Lo and Behold chapter 5!!! Kwahaha... aren't I SOOOOO evil? I waited and waited to get more reviews, so much that I didn't even PLAN the next chapter until yesterday!!! I was planning on having it up last Friday or summut... oh, well.

By the way... MY BIRTHDAY WAS SATURDAY!!! There's was be a CAKE, and a ton o' BALLOONS, and some DVDS, and...

Inu Yasha: -_-;;; Hurry it up! No one cares!

OH, THANKS! DON'T *I* FEEL LOVED!! Anyway, I may not update for a while, so enjoy this SUPER-LONG chapter!! (And rest assured, I'll be beating myself up for not updating every day I don't. I'm like that. ^_^;;)

Review Response... Whatsits:

TheVoices1: A flashback? What do you take me for, a writer for "I Love Lucy"?? I may be a walking cliché, but even *I* have standards. Haha, so there!! Sorry, I'm utterly and totally AGAINST flashbacks... I'm a recap kinda gal!! ^___^

TypoNumber5: Cette revue m'a donné l'enfer pour traduire, en raison de mon traducteur lent d'ordinateur. Mais elle était drôle de toute façon. Revue dans le temps prochain anglais, oui? Il me sauve temps!! Et MERCI DE PASSER EN REVUE!! *Jette une partie de disco* YAY!!!

Let us continue and pray that I get more Inu Yasha DVDs for my birthday, ne?

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Kagome woke up in her bed at around nine o'clock on Saturday morning. She snuggled under the covers, trying to remember why she was home and not in feudal Japan like she had planned. It was right on the tip of her...

...Oh, right.

She threw the covers off herself and quickly put on her bathrobe and fuzzy bunny slippers ((A/N: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *gasp*AHAHAAA... Sorry)). She raced down the stairs into the living room, wondering if the cat-girl had left in the night. She had so many questions—

"NO WAY!!" Came a yell that was quite clearly from Sota. "HOW'D YOU DO THAT??"

"HAH!! Eat my dust!!" Came an equally loud shout.

"YOU CHEATED!!"

"DID NOT!!

"DID TOO!!"

"DID NOT!!"

"DID TOO!!"

Kagome rubbed her eyes and blinked, wondering if she was still asleep. But no, no matter how many times she wiped the sleep from her eyes, she still saw the same thing.

Sota and the cat-girl were playing the new car racing video game. They both had the uncanny habit of leaning in the direction that they turned their vehicle, so it looked very choreographed, but they were both so into it, they didn't care. Sota was having a hard time figuring out how the cat-girl got in front of his car without his noticing.

"You got first pick of cars! That's the only way!" He cried indignantly.

"Maybe I'm just cram-packed with skill, huh? Ever think of that?"

"HA! No way! It's my game!"

The cat-eared player leaned in closer towards the screen. "Defend yourself, little man! I'm going for a High Score!"

"Not if I can help it!"

Kagome left them to their own devices, not sure how she could have slept through their shouts in the first place. Her mother greeted her in the kitchen.

"Oh, hello, Kagome. Did you sleep well?" Her mom yawned.

"Surprisingly, yes," said Kagome as she poured herself some orange juice. "How long have they been playing?"

"For at least an hour. That's when I woke up and found them. Neither of them could fall asleep, I think. Is she one of your friends from down the well?"

"Yes," Kagome answered, concluding that it would be much less complicated that way. "No, actually, she's an utter and complete stranger from our time that stayed here overnight and could have murdered us all in our sleep" didn't sound very friendly.

That seemed to satisfy her mother, who nodded and sipped some steaming coffee from the white mug in her hands. Kagome didn't like lying to her mom, but hopefully, she could tell her more when she found out more. She hardly got any information last night; she was too busy explaining everything. All the girl did was nod and murmur something like "Oh," or "Okay," or "Yeah". Kagome didn't even get the girls' name.

But today, hopefully, the cat-girl would return the favor and explain how she got down the well in the first place. In the past, only she and Inu Yasha had gotten through the Bone Eaters' well. Sota had tried, but he just hit the bottom. The same thing happened to Shippo. So what made this girl so special? Was it because she was a demon? Kagome didn't know, but she was hoping to find out soon.

Apparently, the game in the other room had ended, and Sota was the winner. He wasn't the most graceful victor, but the cat-girl didn't seem to mind.

"HAH!! In your FACE, Catwoman!!" Sota shouted triumphantly.

"Sota! Keep it down! Grandpa is still sleeping!" His mother chastised.

"I win!!" Sota said, slightly quieter than before.

"Curses, foiled again!!" Moaned the cat-girl.

"Your evil ways are at an end, Catwoman! Have you anything to say to save yourself from prison? Any alibi?"

"Only this: I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you, meddelin' kid! And that cat, too!" A small yowl was heard from Buyo.

Massive amounts of tickling followed. Kagome sighed. 'You never know, maybe she's just wearing as headband with cat ears on them and a fake tail pinned to her pants...'

The cat-girl entered the kitchen, still wearing the clothes she wore yesterday, seeing as she was too tired and busy brooding to bother changing. "Coffee?" She asked hopefully.

Kagome pointed to the pot on the counter. "Help yourself," she replied, not wanting to rush things. The cat-girl poured herself some coffee and sipped it black. Sighing with contentment, she glanced at the morning paper before retiring back upstairs. Kagome followed her after a few seconds of planning.

'I'll just casually ask her what her name is. No big deal. I'll get to the heavier stuff later,' she reassured herself. She took a deep breath and walked into her room.

The cat-girl was crouching on her desk and flipping through some of her textbooks curiously. She looked up when Kagome took her desk chair, pulled it back a few feet, and sat down. The cat-girl replaced the book on the table.

"So... what do you wanna know?" Sighed the cat-girl.

Kagome blinked. 'Wasn't *I* supposed to ask the questions?' "Um... well, your name, for one."

"Usagi," she answered flatly. "It's, um, Kagome, isn't it?"

Kagome nodded. "How old are you?"

"Sixteen, to my knowledge. You?"

"Fifteen." Kagome was biding her time, looking for an appropriate opening to ask the real questions. "Um... what's your favorite colo—"

"Cat demon on my mother's side," Usagi blurted out.

Kagome paused. She didn't know what to say. "Sorry"? "I understand"? What DO you say to that sort of thing? In the end, she just continued with the questions. "...So, only half demon?" She inquired quietly.

Usagi drank a bit more coffee to brood on the question. "Yeah," she said finally. "Is your friend...?"

"Oh! Um, yes, he's half too." Kagome watched as Usagi drank more coffee. Here comes the hard question. "Do... do you know how you got through the well? I mean, what happened?"

"Eh?" That was obviously not the question Usagi was expecting. She looked up from her mug to stare at Kagome. "What d'you mean?"

"Well, in the past, it has just been me and Inu Yasha- you know Inu Yasha, the half demon- me and him could get through the well. I mean, other people have tried, but no one seems to be able to. Did you do anything special, like a spell or something?" Kagome realized she was on the verge of babbling, so just left her question as is.

Usagi looked away and stared intently at her mug once more. She frowned.

"Um... Usagi?" Kagome asked after a few seconds passed.

"I can't ponder the question just now," Usagi said solemnly.

"Why?"

"I'm out of coffee." Usagi put the mug next to the textbook and twiddled her thumbs. "It's a lot easier to answer questions when you can distract yourself by drinking coffee. I don't even like coffee, really. It just seemed like the right thing to drink just then. And now I'm babbling," Usagi rolled her eyes. "I'm not particularly good at this."

Kagome smiled. "Take your time."

"Well..." Usagi scratched her ears and flicked her tail thoughtfully. "In answer to your question, no, I didn't use a spell or something. I don't know any, because if I did, I wouldn't have this thing." She grabbed her tail for emphasis, and then let it go again. "D'you think I can get through because I'm a half-and-half?"

"Maybe." Kagome got up. "We'll have to ask Kaede. She lives in the village down the well. We can go there today."

"Seriously?" Usagi's eyes brightened. "You can just go there whenever you want?"

"Yep!" Kagome said cheerfully as she got her school uniform out of her dresser. "You just go through the well."

"Um, Kagome?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you... always wear your school uniform on weekends?"

"Oh!" She looked down at the school blouse in her hands. "It's just a habit, I guess."

"Habit is good. Observe." Usagi pulled her duffel out from under the desk she was perched on and selected three identical black tank tops. "Nothin' but black."

Kagome laughed.

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Kagome wheeled her bicycle over to the well, followed by an entranced Usagi. Flicking her tail, she peered down the well, then, seeing nothing, lowered her whole upper body down it.

"Curious, aren't you?" Kagome said as she heaved her bike down the stairs leading to the Bone Eater's Well. "Can you help me here?"

Usagi helped Kagome ready her bike for the trip through time. "Kagome, there's something I've been meaning to ask you."

"Yes?" Kagome stopped busying herself with the handlebars and turned to look at Usagi.

"If I'm half demon, and so is your friend, and judging by the look that was on your face the first time you saw me half-breeds aren't at all common, does that mean... demons are crawling around on the other side of this well?"

Kagome was afraid she'd ask that. By some miracle of fate, Kagome had been able to explain about the Bone Eaters' Well and the Shikon Jewel without mentioning demons. She had made it sound more like a scavenger hunt more than anything else, really. "Um... well, sort of..." Was her weak reply, not wanting to scare Usagi.

"Wait... really? Demons and ghosts and things that go bump in the night?"

Huh? "Er, yes...?"

"COOL!!" Usagi exclaimed enthusiastically as she put the bike on her shoulder and jumped down the well like she was an Olympic diver.

"Wait!" Kagome shouted after her. Grunting under the combined weight of her backpack and Usagi's forgotten duffel bag, she leapt down after her.

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Inu Yasha was sitting on the fallen log near the Bone Eaters' Well when he heard Kagome arrive. "About time, too!" He told her without looking in her direction. "Can we get going now??"

"Well, hello, Mr. Grumpy." Replied a voice two feet behind him.

Inu Yasha turned around with a start. He hadn't heard Usagi sneak up on him. "What do YOU want?" He glared at her.

"Your ladyfriend needs help with her bike."

"My LADYFRIEND?? Kagome isn't my—"

"Of course she isn't. Now get the bike." Usagi was testing out what made Inu Yasha mad, for no real reason other than testing what made him tick. She just hit a goldmine.

Grumbling, Inu Yasha went to the well to help Kagome. Usagi took the opportunity to look intently in the direction something was crunching towards her. She wasn't scared; whatever it was, it didn't seem evil. She had always had that sort of sixth sense. She couldn't explain how she knew, she just... knew.

Something small, brown, and furry ran out of the bushes to Kagome, who was walking over to Usagi to give her duffel back. She crouched down to hug whatever it was.

"Hello, Shippo!" Kagome chirped as Inu Yasha took her backpack and bicycle to the log where Usagi was and set them down.

"Hey, Kagome, who's that?" The irresistibly cute thing turned and pointed at Usagi.

"That's my friend Usagi. Wanna say hello?"

Shippo raced over to Usagi and stared at her tail, then politely stopped after being lightly kicked by Inu Yasha. "Hi! I'm Shippo!"

"Hey, Shippo." Usagi couldn't help smiling at the little fox demon.

"I'm a kitsune!" He said proudly.

"Cool!" Usagi was suddenly more interested. Her first full-demon! "So, what, you hunt down monsters and stuff?"

Inu Yasha snorted.

"Yep!" Shippo wasn't used to being admired, and he found he liked it. "I kill demons ALL the time! There was this one time— wait a second!" He sniffed the air. "CANDY!!" He opened Kagome's bag and quickly got lost in all of the clothes and food she had brought. He burrowed deep inside the backpack while Usagi held back giggles.

"Isn't he cute?" Kagome grinned as she gave Usagi her things.

"He's awesome!" Usagi agreed. "I couldn't stand being in his shoes, though."

"Why?" Kagome asked.

"Imagine being so cute, no one took you seriously."

"Hmmm. I guess that's true..."

"Aren't you going to introduce us?" Miroku inquired suavely as he and Sango, who apparently were following Shippo before he caught Kagome's scent and went bounding away, walked towards them.

"Hey, you guys, this is Usagi! Usagi, meet Sango and Miroku," Kagome gestured towards the people as she mentioned them. Usagi got up and offered her hand to Sango.

Miroku clasped the offered hand. "My, what a beautiful name," He said breathlessly as he held her hand in his. "Usagi... a beautiful name for a beautiful woman."

"Er..."

"Tell me, are you staying long?" Miroku plowed on. "I could show you around. I would hate for a delicate creature such as yourself to get lost."

Usagi glanced over at Sango, who was busy glaring at Miroku, too busy to supply her with the best course of action. She simply said "Er..." once more.

Miroku didn't seem fazed by her lack of a response. He drew her closer to him. "Would you do me the honor of bearing me a son?" He asked, eyes misty.

Usagi's face went red, but not with embarrassment. She was trying her hardest not to start laughing in this guy's face. Swallowing her laughter, she replied, "Oh, Miroku, of COURSE I will!!"

Miroku's face brightened. "Really?"

"Oh, yes!" Usagi was really getting into it now. She had both of her hands holding Miroku's earnestly. "We shall have eight."

"E-eight?" Miroku's voice cracked with mild shock.

"Eight! Eight lovely energetic snot-nosed quarter-breeds!" Usagi was shaking with suppressed mirth. "Missing something, sweetie?"

Miroku frowned and slowly moved his eyes up to the top of her head. His eyebrows rose with surprise when he saw her ears. He jumped back, nearly tripping on his own feet, and Usagi doubled over in hearty gales of laughter.

"N-not th-the brightest one, is he?" She asked in between outbursts.

"That was a filthy deception!" Miroku stated as he spied her tail. "She had me lost in her eyes, blind to her true demonic nature!"

Inu Yasha was too busy sniggering to reply.

Kagome, recovering, said, "Let's go see Kaede about Usagi before we go look for more Jewel Shards, okay?"

That shut Inu Yasha up. "WHAT? Jewel Shards first!" The two of them bickered and argued about what was first priority. They would be shouting at each other for at least another five minutes.

While they were noisily deciding what to do next, Sango took the previously offered hand of Usagi and shook it vigorously.

"It's nice to meet you!"

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A toad-like demon was running. Well, waddling, really, but let us give him some confidence by saying that he's running. Waddling is such an embarrassing word. And he was not necessarily a toad-like demon. He could be a frog, after all. But no one bothered to find out. And thus, here we are, talking about a running frog-demon.

"M'Lord! M'Lord!" He was shrieking earnestly.

In front of the stout creature, a sliver haired demon turned to survey the shrieking frog/toad without expression.

"M'Lord Sesshomaru, observe the Staff of the Skulls!" The short one cried, and gestured to a roughly hewn wooden staff with two heads on top. Emitting from both heads were twisted sounds that could only be described as sobbing.

"What does it mean?" Asked Sesshomaru in his naturally quiet voice.

Jaken tittered excitedly. "Both the Old Man and the Beauty cry! It is the arrival of a powerful new foe!"

The staff responded by the Old Man snorting a bit of flame.

"It... it appears that it is a half demon, M'Lord!"

Sesshomaru's lips curved into a small smirk. He knew on;y one half demon that posed as a threat to him...

...And the threat would be short lived.

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Whoa, THAT was long. PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE review and make me the happiest girl on the planet (Not Earth, obviously)!!! Go on... preeeeeeeeeeess theeeeeeeeee buuuuuuuuuuttooooooooooon... NOW!!!