A/N: hey guys. Brand new fic. This fic is gonna suck. You don't have to read it but this

is the first fic I've done with my own character mixed with the others. Hope you like it.

I don't know enough Japanese to type the whole sentences so when it's in mari's POV

it'll be like this :Japanese: when theyare talking in Japanese and when it's the Inuyasha

goups POV it'll be like this :English: when Mari's talking. When I actually do type out

an individual word, it is for a specific purpose. Enjoy.

My name is Mari Lee. I used to live in a place called California. I have to

tell you, I was an anime Maniac. I had really long hair at the time, down to by

butt. It was sort of a red/brown/blonde color. I always loved that attribute. I had

rather tan skin and a rather serious face. The part of my face that showed the mst

emotin were my eyes, I could never hide the emotion in them, they were also the

most Inuyasha like thing about me, they were golden, cool huh. I wasn't very tall,

only about 5'4". I loved reading and writing. The thing I loved to read most

were Fan Fictions. Sappy, corny and even depressing, but the thing I don't get is

that they miss so much. Now, no one were I live understands what it's like being

sucked away from your world into a whole different era and dimension. They

never tell you that it's a whole new setting, and sometimes even a different

language. Well I understand all of this. I had the most un-perfect life you could

imagine. I won't go into details though. One day I went to sleep and I woke up

in a completely different world, Well, here goes.

Mari woke up realizing how clean her room smelled, and how cold it was. "Oh

wow it's cold. Mom could you turn on the heater?" she yelled. She opened her eyes

when her voice just spread out instead of bouncing off of the walls of her room. Her eyes

widened. She wasn't in her room. She was in a field. "Mom?" she shouted worriedly.

"Oh, god." She whispered, as she turned around spotting something about three feet

away. "Oh my god, No. I can't be here. It's not real. It's not Kagome's Well. I am not

in Feudal Japan." She took a few deep gulps of air. "Okay, I can prove that I'm just

dreaming. I can just walk towards the place were Kaede's hut would be if she were really

in Inuyasha's world. She started towards the tree line and found a well used path. She

walked through the trees for about five minutes before she saw it. "No." she whispered

to herself. She felt something running down her cheek and rubbed it. She was crying.

She hadn't cried in years. She hadn't even cried when her dog died. She felt more tears

run down her face and sank to her knees in front of the very tree she hadn't wanted to see.

She was crying like she hadn't since her brother died when she was seven. She was

nearly sixteen now. When she had stopped crying she stood up, not even bothering to

wipe the tears off of her face. She started towards what she thought was Kaede's village.

While she walked she barely missed hitting tree branches and tripping over rocks. She

didn't know if she would be able to understand anything of their language. She had

picked up some Japanese from fanfictions but not enough to ask for something. She

didn't even know the proper grammar. She had taken Karate, sword, archery and other

classes like that because she had been fascinated after reading about the movements,

almost as if it were a dance. So she wasn't really worried if she got attacked of not, she

had been top of her class in everything. She was still thinking about this as she saw the

village come into view. She looked down at her clothes, sighing slightly. It was a Form-

Fitting red Tank Top and leopard spotted PJ pants. Heck, she wasn't even wearing a bra.

She tried to think of the word for 'help' as she got closer and closer to the hut that should

be Kaede's. She walked up to the hut and hesitated, before pushing the reed door flap

aside. When she looked inside she saw a little old woman sitting in front of a fire,

looking at her. "Watashi." She said quietly, praying that Old Kaede would understand,

and that she had used the right word. Kaede got up slowly, walked to Mari, and stared

speaking, :What is it child? What do ye need?:. Mari cursed her luck; it wasn't like in

the stories, they all spoke in a different language. "Nakare….Nakare." She couldn't

remember! She tried to remember, but could not. She started to cry, and she hated

herself for it. She sank to her knees again and sobbed, confusing the old woman to no

end.

.: Kaede's POV:.

She was confused. Here was a girl who was obviously foreign, and in strange

clothes, crying in her home. The girl didn't even speak Kaede's language. She knelt

down next to the girl and comforted her patting and rubbing soothing circles on her back.

She was only slightly surprised when the girl clung to her almost desperately. When the

girl had stopped crying, Kaede walked to the water barrel and dipped the tip of her sleeve

into it, then walked over to the girl and wiped her face off with it. When she had finished

with that she signaled the girl to look at her and pointed to herself. "Kaede." She said,

still pointing to herself. The girl then got a look of understanding on her face and pointed

to herself. "Mari." She said her name with a hint of pride at being able to communicate

with her. "That is a beautiful name." Kaede smiled. Looking the girl over, she noticed

her clothing. She thought it strange to see such clothing. It reminded her of Kagome's

strange garb. Her eyes suddenly went wide and Mari looked worried and apprehensive.

She would have to ask Kagome about it when the group returned. In the mean time she

would keep Mari busy and give her little jobs. Kaede motioned for Mari to follow her.

.: Mari's POV:.

When Kaede was able to communicate names Mari was really happy. She wasn't

so happy when Kaede looked at Mari's clothes and her eyes bugged out. When Kaede

motioned for Mari to follow her she did so without complaint. Before Kaede could walk

far, however, Mari stopped her and gestured at her PJs. When Kaede looked at her in

confusion Mari folded her hands and put her head on top of them closing her eyes, then

opened her eyes and picked at her clothes again. A look of comprehension dawned on

Kaede and she stepped into a room separated by another reed flap. When she came back

out she was hold the garb of a Miko. Mari was shocked, She couldn't wear Miko clothes,

they were sacred. She tried to gesture that she couldn't wear that, but Kaede just shook

her head and held the clothes out. Mari took them, hesitating slightly and went into the

other 'room' to change. She saw that it wasn't the garb of a miko but closer to what

Inuyasha wore. The 'pants' were black and closed at the ankle, unlike Kaede's open

ankle 'pants'. The 'Shirt' was just the same as Kaede's. It was very difficult to put on

because she had to tie the waist and had to figure out how to put the pants on. When she

was finished she walked out of the room to find Kaede already outside. She pushed

opened the 'door' and spotted Kaede, sitting in the shade of one of the trees, with a

basket of herbs next to her. Mari walked over to her and Kaede looked up at her and

smiled, looking her over. :You look beautiful Mari.: she said, Knowing Mari wouldn't

understand her. But Mari had understood when she said the word :Beautiful: even if it

was in Japanese. She blushed and smiled softly at Kaede. Kaede chuckled softly,

apparently she new a few words of the language. She started showing Mari how to

separate the leaves from the stems carefully without damaging the leaves. Mari watched

for a little bit and then picked one up and did as was demonstrated. It wasn't that hard

and it made the time pass by. When she realized that it was almost sunset, she

remembered what two of the things she had wished she could go to Inuyasha's world, just

to see them. One was the Sunset and the other was the Stars. To see both of them 500

years ago, unpolluted and unspoiled. When she and Kaede had finished with the herbs,

Kaede showed Mari were they were stored. When she had done that, Mari started

making gestures with her hands and arms. She pointed to the sun and then making her

hand flat, made it look like she was pushing it down. When she had done that, she

stretched both arms above her head then started to spread them wide, making a gentle

arch. 'I hope I say this right.' She thought, then said out loud, "Uruwashii." (A/N: That

Means Beautiful. And like I said, I'm not sure if that's the correct way to use that

particular word.) She looked hopefully at Kaede, who looked confused for a moment

but then comprehension seemed to dawn on her face. She motioned for Mari to follow

her and started to walk towards a hill that was facing the sun that was only minutes away

from giving its spectacular show of brilliant colors. When they approached the spot

Kaede motioned for Mari to sit down, facing the approaching sunset. Then she made it

clear, by gestures, that she had to attend to the other villagers before nightfall. Mari

nodded and looked out towards the horizon. She started singing a song that was one of

her favorites. It was called 'Whiskey Lullaby' and Brad Paisley sang it. She loved the

song, it was one of the ones she liked to listen to while reading a sad/romantic Fanfiction.

Her eyes started watering as she sang it.

She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette

She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget

We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time

But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind

Until the night

He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger

And finally drank away her memory

Life is short but this time it was bigger

Than the strength he had to get up off his knees

We found him with his face down in the pillow

With a note that said I'll love her till I die

And when we buried him beneath the willow

The angels sang a whiskey lullaby

La la lala la la la

La la lala la la la

The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself

For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath

She finally drank her pain away a little at a time

But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind

Until the night

She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger

And finally drank away his memory

Life is short but this time it was bigger

Than the strength she had to get up off her knees

We found her with her face down in the pillow

Clinging to his picture for dear life

We laid her next to him beneath the willow

While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby

La la lala la la la

La la lala la la la

When she finished she wiped the tears off of her face and looked at the, now full on,

sunset. She almost gasped at its beauty. The red, orange, and yellow all mixed together,

fading into dark blue at the top. When she stood up and turned around she came face-to-

face with a girl wearing a really short, green skirt and a sailor type shirt. Mari jumped

back in surprise and almost fell. "You have a beautiful voice." The girl said. Mari

almost did a double take. Kagome could speak English. "Y..you can speak english?"

Mari asked almost desperately. Kagome smiled and nodded. "Lets go to Kaede's hut.

I'm sure that both of us need an explanation." Kagome said leading the way to Kaede's.

Mari just followed totally unsuspecting of what she would find in the hut that the whole

Inuyasha group now occupied.

A/N: Well I hope you guys liked the first chapter of my new story. More soon. I also

wanted to know if the guys who read my other story want me to do Kurama chapters as

well. Bye guys hope to hear good from everyone.