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Suddenly, Inu Yasha had an idea. He grinned. "What the hell is up with those beads? And why do you have a glove on? Let me guess: your family line has been cursed." He said sarcastically.

She glared at him, her chocolate brown eyes full of fury. "Actually," she said curtly, "I have." The knuckles that gripped her books to her chest were white. She took a step towards the hanyou. "And I have known suffering far more than you could imagine."

She spun on her heel and ran off down the street, as fast as she could away from the hanyou.

"Wait a minute!" he called, immediately, jumping from tree to tree until he caught up with her. He jumped into the street and placed a clawed hand on her shoulder. She spun around and glared at him with tear filled eyes.

"What do you want? You have caused enough pain already, reminding my of this curse that has plagued my ancestors for centuries." She didn't back down, just pierced through him with her all too familiar eyes..."

"Do you ever wonder about reincarnation?" he asked absent-mindedly. "Who you were in a past life maybe?"

"All the time." She snapped. "But what the hell does that have to do with anything?"

"Alright, no more shit." He grabbed her by the neck, putting on just enough pressure to scare her, not to harm her. If she was who he thought she was, she could be very helpful indeed.

"I have never been talked to by anyone the way you just did, not even Naraku." he snarled. Her eyes widened in recongnation at the name. "Yeah, I know Naraku. That bastard has screwed up my life, and the lives of my friends. And yes; I know about your curse, the hole in your right..." He paused, and glanced down at her hand.

"Why is it on your left?" he inquired, relaxing his hold on her neck.

"Girls in my family are born with a Kazaana on their left; boys on the right." She sighed and stepped back. "Why did you call me Sango before? It's such an old name....not very common..." she mused. "Do I look like one of your friends that you speak of perhaps?"

He faltered. "No you....just look like a Sango is all." He finished slowly. Inu Yasha glanced up at the clock on the street corner, trying to remember what Kagome had told him about time.

"Can you come with me?" he asked the girl, contemplating a plan in his head. He could try to manipulate the well to allow her passage to the Feudal Era and....introduce her to Miroku.

She silently nodded and followed Inu Yasha back up the stairs that led to the Higurashi shrine, and to introduce her to Kagome.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Sango."

He stopped dead and turned around to face her. "Sango." He repeated.

"Hai." She answered, looking up to stare him in the face. "What is something wrong with that?" she glared at him.

"No...nothing at all."

"There!" Kagome threw down her backpack triumphantly as she finished packing. "Hear that, Inu Yasha? I'm finished!" she heaved the vast backpack on her shoulder, picking up the jewel shards on her desk on the way out the door.

"Bye Mom! Bye Sota!" she called, running out the door, heading towards the well out back.

She came running out the back of her house, only to be greeted by Inu Yasha and a strange girl that walked slowly beside him.

"Come on!" she called. "I don't want to be late! Sango and Miroku are waiting for us to return!"

The girl perked up at the name "Sango" and looked at Kagome questioningly.

"Kagome, can you somehow fix the well to allow others to pass through? I have a plan."

She faltered. "What is your name?" she asked the girl kindly.

"Sango. And I'm guessing your Kagome."

"Sango?" Kagome asked, looking at Inu Yasha puzzlingly.

"I think she is a reincarnation of Sango." He explained. "And look," he gently pried her hand off her books and brandished the prayer beads in front of her face. "She's related to Miroku."

Kagome smiled, knowing exactly what Inu Yasha had planned. She dumped her backpack in his open arms and pulled six Shikkon shards off her neaklace. She bent down and placed them one at a time in the wood.

The well began to glow with power. "It's ready. Now all you have to do is jump in. There's a surprise in the well." She smiled, talking to her like a child.

"I'm 14." She scowled, but jumped in nevertheless.

Inu Yasha and Kagome smiled at each other, and holding hands, jumped into the well together.

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