They glanced about the clearing.
"That tree looks almost exactly like the other tree, before it was struck
by lightning. It must be the same place."
"Do you notice anything odd?"
"Like what?"
"Like the blatant lack of buildings and amount of trees there are here?"
"Gee, now that you mention it..." he said sarcastically.
She laughed. "No, I mean, this must be a different time."
"I agree. I want to find out how long ago. We did go back in time, didn't we? Not forward?"
She blinked at him. "Do you honestly think any of this would be here now if we went forward?"
He shook his head. "Point taken."
"Do you hear something?"
"What's a girl like that doing in this time?"
A girl in a school uniform had just entered the clearing riding her pink bicycle. She froze.
"Who are you? Are you from... my time?" the girl asked.
Andrew was speechless. The last thing he expected here was a girl asking what time he was from.
"We came from Tokyo, if that's what you're asking," Kelcie offered. "My name is Kelcie Joanas and this is my co-worker Andrew Charon. We're looking for youkai. Have you seen any?"
"But, how did you get through the well; only me and Inuyasha can get through..."
"Really? But how did Hokkaido come through? Andrew, do you think this is because of that 'omen' we saw earlier?"
"I'm almost certain of it, but what I don't know is what caused that to happen." The girl seemed worried.
"I think this is something Myouga-jiji and Kaede-baachan should know about," she said. "Follow me. I'll take you to our village." As they walked, Kelcie looked at Andrew. He had a broad grin and was enjoying this change in his usually, as she imaginged, dull life. They stopped at a hut on the outskirts of the village. Kelcie gasped.
"Will you look at this! It's a historical village just like the models in museums!"
"But's real! I know at least a dozen people back at Berkeley who would kill to see this!"
Kagome smiled. "Before we go in, I should warn you about Inuyasha. He can be rude, and you might not be used to seeing youkai, so don't be frightened."
They pushed through the reed door.
"Kagome? You said you were going back to your time. Who are these people?"
"This is Andrew, and her friend is Kelcie—"
Kelcie gasped as she saw the hanyou. "You... you are so handsome..."
Inuyasha's eyes grew wide. Kagome smiled. Andrew paled. Kelcie sat next to Inuyasha and ran her fingers through his silver hair. "You are... so..."
"Ah-ah... What are you doing?" he stammered.
"You have the prettiest hair... and your eyes are... What's your name?" She draped her arm across his back, bringing herself closer.
"That would be Inuyasha," Kagome snapped, now a bit less amused. Andrew was miffed over the whole situation.
"God, I'm so sick of you. You fall for every youkai you see!"
Kelcie did not hear him, obviously lost in her own thoughts as she blushed and smiled at Inuyasha. Andrew walked out of the hut, nearly tearing the bamboo door screen. She felt for a vein in his well-built arm, and took out a hypodermic needle from her pocket.
"I will make myself perfect for for you, Inuyasha," Kelcie said, as she drew blood, never taking her eyes off of his. Inuyasha was shocked, looking at the syringe, filling with his blood.
"Oi! What is this you are doing to me, woman!? I hardly know you..."
Kagome looked on with shocked eyes, "Kelcie, what the hell is your problem? You drape yourself all over him like a schoolgirl and now you take his blood?"
The scientist withdrew the needle back into the hypodermic, placed it into it's owner's pocket pocket, and got up. She stared directly into Inuyasha's eyes, and, taking his head into her arms, kissed his ear.
"Inuyasha, I will be back. When I do, for you I will be perfect," she whispered. Calmly, she walked out of the hut.
"What was that all about, Inuyasha!?"
Stunned, all he could do was stammer.
"Do you notice anything odd?"
"Like what?"
"Like the blatant lack of buildings and amount of trees there are here?"
"Gee, now that you mention it..." he said sarcastically.
She laughed. "No, I mean, this must be a different time."
"I agree. I want to find out how long ago. We did go back in time, didn't we? Not forward?"
She blinked at him. "Do you honestly think any of this would be here now if we went forward?"
He shook his head. "Point taken."
"Do you hear something?"
"What's a girl like that doing in this time?"
A girl in a school uniform had just entered the clearing riding her pink bicycle. She froze.
"Who are you? Are you from... my time?" the girl asked.
Andrew was speechless. The last thing he expected here was a girl asking what time he was from.
"We came from Tokyo, if that's what you're asking," Kelcie offered. "My name is Kelcie Joanas and this is my co-worker Andrew Charon. We're looking for youkai. Have you seen any?"
"But, how did you get through the well; only me and Inuyasha can get through..."
"Really? But how did Hokkaido come through? Andrew, do you think this is because of that 'omen' we saw earlier?"
"I'm almost certain of it, but what I don't know is what caused that to happen." The girl seemed worried.
"I think this is something Myouga-jiji and Kaede-baachan should know about," she said. "Follow me. I'll take you to our village." As they walked, Kelcie looked at Andrew. He had a broad grin and was enjoying this change in his usually, as she imaginged, dull life. They stopped at a hut on the outskirts of the village. Kelcie gasped.
"Will you look at this! It's a historical village just like the models in museums!"
"But's real! I know at least a dozen people back at Berkeley who would kill to see this!"
Kagome smiled. "Before we go in, I should warn you about Inuyasha. He can be rude, and you might not be used to seeing youkai, so don't be frightened."
They pushed through the reed door.
"Kagome? You said you were going back to your time. Who are these people?"
"This is Andrew, and her friend is Kelcie—"
Kelcie gasped as she saw the hanyou. "You... you are so handsome..."
Inuyasha's eyes grew wide. Kagome smiled. Andrew paled. Kelcie sat next to Inuyasha and ran her fingers through his silver hair. "You are... so..."
"Ah-ah... What are you doing?" he stammered.
"You have the prettiest hair... and your eyes are... What's your name?" She draped her arm across his back, bringing herself closer.
"That would be Inuyasha," Kagome snapped, now a bit less amused. Andrew was miffed over the whole situation.
"God, I'm so sick of you. You fall for every youkai you see!"
Kelcie did not hear him, obviously lost in her own thoughts as she blushed and smiled at Inuyasha. Andrew walked out of the hut, nearly tearing the bamboo door screen. She felt for a vein in his well-built arm, and took out a hypodermic needle from her pocket.
"I will make myself perfect for for you, Inuyasha," Kelcie said, as she drew blood, never taking her eyes off of his. Inuyasha was shocked, looking at the syringe, filling with his blood.
"Oi! What is this you are doing to me, woman!? I hardly know you..."
Kagome looked on with shocked eyes, "Kelcie, what the hell is your problem? You drape yourself all over him like a schoolgirl and now you take his blood?"
The scientist withdrew the needle back into the hypodermic, placed it into it's owner's pocket pocket, and got up. She stared directly into Inuyasha's eyes, and, taking his head into her arms, kissed his ear.
"Inuyasha, I will be back. When I do, for you I will be perfect," she whispered. Calmly, she walked out of the hut.
"What was that all about, Inuyasha!?"
Stunned, all he could do was stammer.