::CharcoalSama steps onto podium:: Ah-hem. Well, I apologize for the extremely long delay, and that this is very very very very short. But at least it's here, right? ::pikes prod her back:: Well, yes, onto the story! And thank you to all who reviewed. I love you all!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho, but I hope to own the movies!

Chapter 11: We're Ba-ack!

Kaede was picking more herbs from her back garden when she noticed a small dustball headed her way. She got up, sighing heavily. Only one group of people she knew would have a dustball of any size. "Time to put the things away, I suppose," she muttered. "I have enough for a few days, I suppose."

As she walked out the front of her hut, she noticed the villagers backing slowly into their homes, not wanting to bother the strangers that had come from Kagome's time. 'I guess I can understand them,' she thought to herself. 'I felt the same way when Kagome came through the BoneEater's well, and those other people... It's strange that humans still have such power, but demons are obviously not as open about attacking humans. It must be a strange time."

The shouting got louder as she got closer to the well. "...sign of anything, anywhere!"

"What did you expect? We sometimes went months without seeing head or tail of Naraku anywhere, and you're complaining after a week?!"

"Inuyasha, that's not true! Sometimes we went for weeks without seeing anything but Naraku's incarnations! This just happened to be an unlucky week!" Kaede got close enough to see the people cluttered around the well. Kagome was sitting on the edge of it, shaking her finger at Yusuke and Inuyasha about the fact that Naraku was a devious devil, and trying to heave her yellow bag into the well at the same time. Miroku was groping Sango, who avoided his hand to let him bang himself into a tree. Kuwabara, for once, was standing off to the side with Hiei and Kurama ignoring the antics of the rest of the gang.

"Can we just go home?" the fire-and-ice demon asked, his eyes narrowing in annoyance. "There's a particularily annoying demon in the city that I really want to try out this improved blade on."

Kurama nodded in agreement. "Yes, Totosai did a good job with the weapons, don't you agree, Inuyasha?"

The hanyou took the second to look at the fox demon, which allowed Yusuke to give him a right hook to the jaw. Glaring evily at the human, he prepared to punch him back when he was slammed into the ground by a "SIT!" He lay there cursing under his breath.

"SIT! I heard that! Now, we're going home, right boys?" They all nodded, and turned toward the well. Kagome and Botan jumped in. The blue-haired Grim Reaper passed straight through without even a glimmer of light. The miko was slammed out by a bright blue energy, and lay in the grass, the world spinning around her.

"What the hell..." Inuyasha and Yusuke muttered at the same time. They walked over to the well, where Botan was popping her head out of it.

"Where is everyone?" she asked. "I jumped through, but Kagome didn't come. I assumed you pulled her out, am I right?" She looked at everyone. "Well, am I?"

The glares told her the answer. "There's something different about the well," the miko said, pushing the black hair out of her eyes. "What is it...?" She walked around it a few times, stepping over her yellow bag like it was a mountain. "Ah-HA!" she exclaimed.

"What is it?" Kuwabara asked. "Is the wood loose or something?"

"No, you idiot. There's a keyhole!" She pointed at a small hole in the wood around the rim. Everyone leaned in closer. "It says: 'INSERT... KEY... HERE'"

Yusuke glared at the sky. "Koenma...." he said, knowing somehow that this was the toddler's doing. "What the HELL are you thinking?!"

Ending of chapter 11. Short. ::dodges pots and pans:: But I promise to update more if you review!