October thirty-first came quickly as Inuyasha, Kagome, and the others continued to search for the remaining shards of the Shikon jewel. They were just coming back from a long battle when they met up with Kaede at the edge of the forest.
"Kaede," said Kagome. "How are you?"
"I'm fine," Kaede said with a smile. "Are you going back today, Kagome?"
"Yes, I am," Kagome said as they continued walking towards the village.
"I have that outfit that you wanted, Kagome," said Kaede.
"Thank you, Kaede," said Kagome.
"Your welcome, Kagome," Kaede said. "You can keep it."
"Thank you," said Kagome.
"What outfit are you two talking about?" asked Sango.
"Oh, I asked Kaede if she could find me a priestess uniform for me to wear back home for Halloween," explained Kagome. "Halloween is a holiday that we celebrate in my time and you dress up in costumes as different people or things and go collect candy and scare each other."
"That sounds like fun," said Shippo. "Wish we could go with you."
"Maybe you can," said Kaede. "Have you ever tried to go through the well together?"
"No," said Miroku.
"When Kagome goes home, hold hands and jump into the well together," said Kaede. "I would like to know if this works."
"That's a good idea, Kaede," said Shippo as they entered her hut.
"Here you are, Kagome," Kaede said handing her the priestess uniform.
"Thank you so much, Kaede," Kagome said. "We better be going. I still have to decorate the house and get everything ready."
"Do we need to bring anything?" asked Sango, dressed in her pink and red kimono and green apron instead of her black and red slayer suit.
"You can bring Kirara, Sango," said Kagome. "We don't want her to be lonely without us. I'm sure Buyo would love to have her company."
"Meow," said Kirara.
"We better get going," said Inuyasha. "I want some more of your mom's cooking."
"Okay," said Kagome. "Bye, Kaede. See you in a couple days."
"Be careful," Kaede said as they left the hut. "May your journey be safe."
Once they got to the well, they all gathered around in a circle and looked inside. The circle started with Kagome, to her right was Sango, Kirara, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo.
"Well here goes nothing," said Kagome as they all climbed onto the edge of the well. "Kirara can ride in my pack so we don't have to worry about her." Kagome opened her pack and Kirara jumped right in and laid down on the priestess uniform. "This should be interesting," she added slipping her pack on.
"We better hold hands or else we'll end up separating," said Miroku.
Everyone joined hands and took a deep breath. "Ok, on the count of three," said Kagome. "One. Two. Three."
As Kagome said three, they all jumped into the well. To their surprise they kept falling and falling until a soft blue light appeared beneath them. Once they passed through the light, they landed at the bottom of the well and were plunged into darkness.
"Is everyone okay?" asked Sango.
"I'm fine," said Kagome. "I landed on my stomach so Kirara should be fine."
"Did we go through?" asked Miroku.
"I'll check," said Inuyasha jumping up and out of the well. "Yeah we're here. I can smell Kagome's mom's cooking."
"Help us out, Inuyasha," said Shippo.
"Keep your pants on I'm coming," Inuyasha said reaching into the well.
"You first, Kagome," said Miroku.
Once everyone was out of the well, Kagome let Kirara out of her backpack. "That was definitely different," said Sango as she took Kirara.
"So where exactly are we?" asked Miroku looking around the little building.
"We're five hundred years in the future," said Kagome as she opened the doors.
Everyone filed out of the well building and looked around. "Wow," said Shippo. "Where's the forest?"
"It was cut down a long time ago," said Kagome. "This is now called Tokyo and this is my Grandfather's temple. We're on the tallest hill in Tokyo."
"What is all of that below?" asked Sango. "Those tall pillars coming out of the ground."
"Those are called buildings," Kagome said, "and those" –she pointed to a passing car- "is what's called a car. You travel in them."
"Do we have to travel in them?" asked Shippo jumping into Kagome's arms. "They look mean."
"No and they're harmless just don't get in front of one that's moving," said Kagome. "Come on let's go inside so you can meet everyone."
"Who all lives here, Kagome?" asked Sango as they walked towards the house.
"Me, my brother, Souta, mom, and Grandfather," said Kagome.
They were halfway to the house when Shippo saw the Sacred Tree. "It's the Sacred Tree," he said jumping from Kagome's arms.
"It's still alive," said Sango as they moved towards it.
"Yeah," said Kagome. "It's a big part of the temple. It has been watching over the land for a long time."
"Kagome," came a voice from behind them.
They turn around and see a young boy of eight standing at the bottom of the stairs looking at them. "Souta," said Kagome. "Come meet some of my other friends."
Souta hurries over to them cautiously and stands beside Inuyasha. "Hi," he said.
"Guys, this is my brother, Souta," introduced Kagome. "Souta, this is Sango, Kirara, Miroku, and Shippo. They're from the Feudal Era just like Inuyasha."
"Cool," said Souta. "It's nice to meet all of you. You're in time, mom's just making lunch."
"Good cause I'm hungry," said Kagome as they followed Souta into the house.