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A/N: I only got 2 reviews for the summary, so I'm thinking no one wants to find out what happens. But what the heck, I'll post up one or two more chapters and see what kind of responses I get.

Reincarnated Souls

"What the hell do you mean, 'I have tests'?" Inuyasha yelled, glaring at Kagome.

Kagome glared back at the hanyou. "I mean that I have important tests to take back in my time. I'll only be gone for a couple days so I can study, what's the big deal?"

Miroku and Sango just sat on the ground, watching the two of them argue again. Shippo and Kirara were seemingly oblivious to the mini-war going on, playing in the nearby river. The group had been traveling nearly nonstop for three days straight without finding even a hint of a jewel shard, and it was taking its toll on Inuyasha's short temper. When he had finally given in and stopped to rest near a clear river, Kagome decided to take advantage and ask him about being gone for a few days so she could take her first big tests of the school year. That didn't go over well with Inuyasha, however.

"Who do you think will win this time?" Miroku asked, glancing over to Sango before returning his gaze to the bickering pair.

Sango smiled. "Who do you think? The same person has won every argument so far."

As if to prove her point, a very loud "SIT!" rang out, followed by the familiar sound of a body hitting the ground.

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"Damn woman, just because of this stupid necklace she always wins." Inuyasha grumbled while jumping from tree to tree and looking down at the smiling girl from the future riding her bike on the familiar path towards Lady Kaede's village. He couldn't help it, but a funny feeling bloomed in his chest when she looked up and smiled victoriously at him. "Feh." He said, and jumped to a tree farther away and kept going ahead.

Sango sighed as Kirara landed next to the Bone Eater's Well. She hopped off the cat's back, followed by Miroku. 'Great. Now that Kagome's going to be gone, there'll be nothing for Houshi-sama to do but grope me and flirt with the village girls!' She thought, referring to his little fan club in Kaede's village that bought his nice-guy act.

Inuyasha sat on a branch on the same tree Kagome had released him from so many months ago. He leaned against the trunk and waited until he heard the crunching of ground under Kagome's bicycle to drop down onto the ground.

Standing her bike against the tree, Kagome picked Shippo up out of the basket on the front of her bike and put him down next to Kirara, who was back to kitty-sized. "Don't forget to take it into Lady Kaede's hut if it rains." She reminded Inuyasha.

"Yeah, yeah."

Kagome started to walk towards the well, but turned around suddenly. "Oh, that's right! I wanted to give these to you before I went." She rummaged around in her bag for a second before pulling out a little bottle that held a few jewel shards, ones they had collected after the one around her neck was formed.

Shippo popped up on her shoulder. "Why do you wanna give us jewel shards, Kagome?"

Smiling, Kagome said, "I don't know, maybe so I'll feel connected to you guys somehow when I'm taking my tests, and it could give me good luck." She examined a few, before looking at Shippo, who was still on her shoulder. "Here, Shippo, I think you'll like this one."

Shippo took the shard and looked at it closely. It was a slim piece with four small points at the end. He smiled and giggled when he realized it resembled the shape of his paws and went to show it to Kirara.

Kagome pulled out three more shards and gave them to Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango. Sango's one was in the shape of a perfect diamond, although it was much too thin to be a genuine diamond. Miroku's roughly looked like a heart, with two semi-rounded points at the top and a single point on the bottom. Inuyasha's was a triangular-shaped shard, but he couldn't figure out what it was supposed to resemble.

"What the hell does mine look like?!" He yelled impatiently at Kagome.

"You can't tell?"

"No!"

Kagome giggled and tugged on one of his ears. "It looks like your ears, stupid!

Inuyasha turned red, but tried to act as though it was because he was angry. "Feh! Whatever! Just hurry up with your tests so we can keep looking for shards!

Miroku shared a knowing smile with Sango before hearing Kagome speak.

"I'll be back as soon as I can!" She said cheerfully, and then jumped into the well with her huge bag on her back.

The remainder of the group watched as the well glowed for a second, and it seemed to emit some sort of power. Shippo jumped on to the edge of the well.

"I hope she comes back soon." He mumbled, looking into the empty well.

"Feh! Don't cry, you little runt! She'll be back soon." Inuyasha snapped, but couldn't help from looking into the well too.

Miroku just stood there for a second, and then calmly put his shard into his robes. "Well, I think I'll be going to say hello to Lady Kaede, please excuse me." He started to walk off, but was cut off by Sango.

"Going to say hello to Lady Kaede, are you? Or maybe off to say 'hello' to Lady Kaede's students!" She said, giving him a frustrated look.

Putting on an innocent smile, Miroku said, "Why, does it bother you that much, m'lady? Perhaps you would rather have me pay attention only to you." He said slyly, and groped her rear while moving past her.

A vein throbbed in Sango's forehead, and the silence of the forest was interrupted by the sound of skin being slapped quite loudly. "Hentai." She hissed dangerously as she looked at the twitching form of Miroku on the ground.

Inuyasha watched the everyday occurrence with little interest, but neither he nor the rest of the group could prepare themselves for what would happen to them next.

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