Hello again readers! Surprised to see two chapters up on the same day? Anyway, I don't really have anything to say so, on with the show!

Kagome stood outside of the school and waited for Isaac's arrival. When he did show up, he was riding on a skateboard. He ollied up and dropped off the board, catching it while still in mid air. Kagome smiled. "Ready to go?" she asked.

Isaac nodded. "Yup. I called my parents and told them I'd be home a little late today. They don't really care. I even once was gone for a week and they didn't get angry in the least. They just asked why I had been gone."

"And?" Kagome said.

"And what?"

"Where had you been?"

"Oh. I had spent the week with my friend. I got sick while I was there and they offered to help me. We never called my parents, though. I not sure why."

Kagome shrugged and they two of them headed off to her house.

In the feudal era

Inuyasha lay in the god tree, having a heated argument with himself in his head. He fumed for a few more moments, then leapt down from the tree and landed next to the Bone Eater's Well. He was about to jump in when Miroku grabbed his shoulder.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he said calmly.

"Oh yea? Well what do you know, monk?" Inuyasha spat before slapping Miroku's hand away and leaping down the well.

Miroku sighed and shrugged. "Don't say I didn't warn you."

Back in present time

Kagome and Isaac finally made it to Kagome's house and walked inside. "Mom, Sota, I'm home!" Kagome called.

Her mother poked her head out of the kitchen and was about to greet her when she saw Isaac. She stepped out and walked over to the boy. "Hello, there. What's your name?" she asked Isaac.

"Isaac," he answered.

Ms. Higurashi gave him a confused look. "Isaac? That's a strange name."

Isaac smiled and nodded. "Yes, to you it would be. I am, after all from America," he said.

Sota bounded down the stairs and looked at their visitor. "Who are you?" he asked.

Kagome sighed. "This is Isaac. He's a new kid at my school who comes from America. Isaac, this is my little brother Sota. Now can we please go and work on our project?" Kagome asked.

"Oh, of course you can. Sorry to hold you up, honey," Ms. Higurashi said, dragging Sota away, a hand over his mouth.

"Nice family," Isaac said.

Kagome grunted in response and headed upstairs. Isaac followed her, chuckling lightly.

They reached the second floor and Kagome led Isaac to her room. She promptly sat down on the floor and pulled out the piece of paper they had been using earlier and placed it on the floor in front of her.

Isaac sat down next to her, placing his backpack and skateboard next to him.

Kagome ran her hand though her hair and turned to Isaac. "So, what could we do to show something about old time folk songs?" she asked. "We could make a chart showing different songs and some of their lyrics, or we could-"

"Sing the songs ourselves," Isaac interrupted her.

Kagome gave him a quizzical look. "What do you mean?" she asked.

"Well, most of these songs are sung by two people; a bard and a singer/dancer. The bards usually play flutes, and it just so happens to be that I too play the flute. So, I could play the part as the bard and you could do the rest," Isaac explained.

"What?! No. I couldn't," Kagome said, shaking her head.

"Well, you don't have to dance if you don't want to. You could just sing. It won't make too much of a difference."

Kagome fidgeted lightly. "It's not that. I can dance OK," she said shyly.

"Well then what is it? What's wrong?" Isaac asked.

"Well... I... I can't... sing," Kagome answered.

Isaac laughed. "What are you talking about? Of course you can! You have a beautiful voice! Don't worry! No one will make fun of you! Here, we'll practice and I'll prove to you that you have a great singing voice. Besides, I would know, both my sisters are singers."

"You have sisters?" Kagome asked.

Isaac nodded. "Yes. Both in their twenties and both very successful singers. I'm the youngest in my family, but they still kind of depend on me. I'm almost like their bodyguard when they're around."

Kagome smiled. "That's cool! I wish I had an older sister," Kagome said.

Isaac shook his head. "Believe me, you'd regret saying that."

Kagome looked slightly offended. She crossed her arms and glared at him.

Isaac realized his mistake and smiled nervously, holding up his hands. "That's not what I meant! I mean, it's better to be the oldest!" he said, backing off a little.

Kagome's glare faded and she giggled. The giggle turned into a laugh and the two of them laughed together.

When Isaac and Kagome stopped laughing, Isaac turned and opened up his backpack. When he turned back around, he held a long thin box and a small pile of papers in his hand. "Here," he said to Kagome, giving her the papers. "I'll start the song off and you sing along with me."

Kagome sighed in defeat as Isaac opened up the box and pulled out a flute before she could protest. He put the flute to his lips and began to play a cheerful tune.

Kagome looked down at the papers I front of her and, listening to the music Isaac was playing, followed along with the song.

Back to Inuyasha

Inuyasha leapt out of the well and looked around. Kagome wasn't there. He walked out the door and looked up at Kagome's window. The light was on and his keen hearing heard singing from inside. Is that Kagome? he asked himself. He leapt up to the roof of the house and landed next to the window. It was Kagome. She sat on the floor of her room, singing an old folk song. Inuyasha was suddenly entrance by her voice, so smooth and beautiful. He was suddenly whisked away from his mind, leaving the world behind and was lost the musical sound of Kagome's voice.

Isaac continued to play, becoming more and more surprised at just how good Kagome sounded. He had known she be good, but he didn't know she would be this good! She was better than his eldest sister! The song finally ended and Isaac lowered the flute from his lips. "Amazing, Kagome! I can't believe you could have that voice and still say you can't sing. You're better than my sister!" Isaac said.

Kagome blushed. "Really, you think so?" she asked.

Isaac smiled and nodded. "And I think your friend out there on by your window thinks so too."

Kagome jumped and turned to the window where she was Inuyasha squatting outside, staring at her. He suddenly woke up from a trance and screamed as he jumped in surprise and fell to the ground.

Kagome got to her feet and opened the window, looking down at Inuyasha. He lay on the ground, arms and legs spread out with a dazed looked on his face. Kagome sweat dropped and climbed out her window and down to the ground by a fence like planter. Isaac followed her out, pocketing his flute, but instead of using the planter he just jumped, landing on his feet noiselessly.

Kagome kneeled down beside Inuyasha and looked down at him. "What are you doing here?" she asked angrily.

Inuyasha sat up, rubbing his back painfully. "I came to bring you back to the feudal era! We still need you to help us find the jewel shards!"

"You wouldn't happen to be talking about the Shikon Jewel Shards, would you?"

Kagome and Inuyasha turned around and looked at Isaac, who stood with a steely look in his eyes. The look sent chills down Kagome's spine.

Kagome nodded, figuring it would be pointless to lie to him. "Yes. The well behind the house, known as the Bone Eater's Well, has been a tunnel through time that only Inuyasha and I can travel through to get from here to the feudal era. We've been searching for the Shikon shards for over a year now. We've almost completed the jewel," she said.

Isaac reached back behind his neck and unclipped the necklace around his neck. He took it off and held it out for Kagome and Inuyasha to see. On the tip of it was another shard of the jewel.

Kagome gasped. How could she have not sensed it before?

As if on cue, Isaac answered her question. "I've been able to keep this shard under a spell that keeps it from being detected by demons or priests. It was a family heirloom that my father gave to me. I've been traveling all around the globe with my parents, running from my grandfather. He wants to take the shard back. He doesn't think a half-demon deserves to posses it."