A/N: This is just a crazy little idea me and my friend Emily came up with one afternoon that sent us into fits of giggles so we thought we'd post it for other people to enjoy.

An explanation for the soon-to-be-confused:

             This story is kinda…no, very confusing. This is because it deals with the Inuyasha we are familiar with, who resides in Sengoku Jidai, AND his future self. Now as some of you may know, demons live for a veeeery long time, and so, my hypothesis is that half-demons also live unnaturally long lives, though not as extensive as those of full demons. So technically, there would be an Inuyasha living in the future, right? Is anyone getting this? Probably not…oh well, I guess what really matters is that I stop rambling and start the story, right?

Chapter 1: The Jusenkyo jewel shard.

Inuyasha wandered around the streets of Tokyo, not really minding where he was going. He was thinking about the same thing he always thought about…Kagome. Of course, he knew that she would someday return to her time, demons lived a lot longer that humans did, and if she had stayed in Sengoku Jidai she would have been long dead now. He had thought that once he was in this time zone, he would go and search for Kagome, but that would disrupt the stream of time. In the eyes of Sengoku Jidai, Kagome was dead. Although it was some consolation to know that in this time she was still alive, even though he couldn't go to see her. Besides, she was still hunting jewel shards with his past self, so, in a way, he was still with her.

He would soon be going on a trip to China; he had heard rumors of strange occurrences in the vicinity of the Jusenkyo Springs. He wasn't quite sure what was so special about the springs, but he had nothing else to do. For the past 500 years he had been scouting all of Japan for the last remaining jewel shard. Maybe, just maybe, it was in China. Oh well, it was worth a try.

Tokyo airport was busy as ever, and Inuyasha was sure to pull his hat down firmly over his ears, make sure his claws weren't tearing through his gloves, and check to see that his color contacts were in place before going through customs and boarding the airplane. He hated flying. The noise from the airplane always hurt his ears, and he couldn't stand the food.

"Well, it's better than swimming" he thought grimly as the plane took off. The landing was shaky and Inuyasha had hold onto his armrests to avoid colliding with the seat in front of him as the plane came to a sudden halt. Grumbling, the half demon picked up his hand luggage and shoved his way out of the airplane. Breathing a sigh of relief as fresh air filled his lungs, Inuyasha took out the map he had bought earlier that day which showed all of China's springs.

"Ah, here is! Jusenkyo springs!" he exclaimed excitedly, folding up the map again and heading off to a nearby car rental agency.

"I still wonder why Sesshomaru ever gave me a job at his company." Inuyasha pondered as he fiddled with the CD player of the dark blue BMW that he was now driving. He arrived at the springs late in the afternoon, tired and in need of a shower. The guide greeted him with his usual cheery "Welcome to Jusenkyo, very bad if you fall in springs!"

"Yeah, whatever." replied Inuyasha groggily, and followed the guide to the visitors center. Once he had taken a short, the half demon went out to explore in hopes of finding the last remaining piece of the Shikon jewel. He had just about given up hope when he saw one of the springs emitting some sort of aura that was different from that of the others, and a soft glow graced its surface. Then, a familiar pull towards a familiar power made him finally realize what it was. The last jewel shard was at the bottom of the spring!

The guide looked out the window of his hut just in time to see Inuyasha dive into one of the springs.

"AIYAAAA!!!!" he shouted, running outside to provide his usual explanation to whatever would emerge from the spring seconds later, but nothing did.

Inuyasha was confused, he had dived into the spring, he had seen the jewel shard, had picked it up even, then everything went blank. Now he was hovering above the spring, and he was at a total loss of what to do.

Botan was in the middle of eating lunch when Koenma called her.

"Botan, there is a dead soul you need to attend to."

"Oh! " said Botan, surprised that she could've missed it. She reached a hand into the sleeve of her kimono and pulled out her schedule, then frowned when she found that there was nobody marked down for today.

"Koenma sir…" she said in a confused tone. "I think you are mistaken."

"No, I'm afraid not, this case is much like Yusuke's, except we do have space available at this time."

"Right!" exclaimed Botan, as sudden understanding dawned on her face. "Where is the soul located?"

"Jusenkyo springs, China." replied Koenma, jumping off of his desk on to his oversized chair.

Botan conjured up her oar and headed for Jusenkyo.

Inuyasha was growing more irritated by the minute. It was obvious to him that he was dead. He didn't know how…but he was. Down below, the guide seemed to be torn between grief and excitement.

"Aiyaaa! Guest drown in spring! No one ever come anymore! But new spring created in own lifetime! I so lucky to have witnessed such event!"

Inuyasha cursed as he looked boredly down at the guide.

"What the hell is he babbling about?" thought the hanyou, annoyed at himself for drowning in a 4 foot deep spring. The irony of it all was just too much to bear.

Just then, he saw a blue haired girl materialize in front of him, causing him to let out a startled yell. Botan merely smiled and introduced herself.

"Hello there, my name's Botan, the pilot of the river Styx." she said in a sickly sweet voice that made Inuyasha gag.

"What the hell do you want bitch!" he yelled at her.

Botan was a little stunned, but she was used to this kind of reaction by now. Not many people enjoyed finding themselves floating above their body.

"I'm here to transport you to the spirit world." replied Botan cheerfully.

Inuyasha's eyes widened in realization, but he narrowed them and eyed to girl in front of him, who was smiling kindly.

"I ain't going nowhere!" he yelled, and flew towards her, knocking her off her oar and into the spring below. Botan sputtered as she lifted her head above the water, now in her mortal form. From above, Inuyasha smirked, then his eyed widened in horror.

The guide stood gawking at the edge of the spring, for once he was at a total loss for words.