I'm going to assume you all know what's going on and drop you off at the well when Inuyasha is entering the feudal era for the first time. Oh, and may I add that this is dialogue translated from the original Shonen Sunday format. So yes, in scenes that remain the same, I will use Rumiko's dialogue. I will add notes to the end of the chapter to reduce culture shock with the aid of my translating source.

Directly taken phrases that mean a lot to the Japanese making no sense to Americans, for example. Such as, "There is but one eclipsed moon in the corner of my heart, shine down brightly enough to light all paths." You're probably re-re-re-re-re-re-re-reading trying to figure out what that means. Congratulations if you're not. Culture accustomed, it would be something like, "There is one shadow of doubt in my heart, make my decision clear." And that doesn't really do it justice. The song that is derived from [Tsuki no Le] is hopelessly romantic. To us, however, it's gibberish. Anyway, I'll tell you when I make changes like that.

Enjoi!

Inuyasha Fact! While the TV version as we know it says "Jewel of Four Souls" for "Shikon no Tama," it actually means "Base of the Soul Jewel."

"What the hell is going on?" Inuyasha muttered angrily, to concerned by the situation to concern himself with politeness.

 Inuyasha easily pulled himself out of the well, and his tortured brain was forced to face more. He was definitely not in the world he had always known. He looked around a bit, but did not move from the place where he had emerged from the well. Until he saw her.

She was held to a tree by thick vines, at first view. A few steps, however, convinced him the arrow in her heart kept her there. Her hair was long as long as his, and as light as his was dark. He continued to stumble blindly foreword, entranced. Face to face, it became apparent that she had ears like a dog's. He couldn't help it, he reached foreword to touch the ears...

"What are you doing over there?" a villager shouted angrily as several arrows directed themselves as Inuyasha. He pushed himself back against the tree to avoid them, and subsequently, the girl.

"This place is totally off limits."

"Are you from a foreign province?" a second villager asked directly after the first.

Inuyasha remained silent.

"He was in Kagome Forest?" an old woman's voice verified.

"Yes. It be a young boy in strange clothing," one of the capturers replied.

In the village, there were some men working on the roof of a house, and a stable with a horse. In the village, there was the normal peace that came with a small life. Suddenly, there was a noise that had never before been present.

"Hey! You don't have to tie me up, you know," Inuyasha cried indignantly as he was thrust foreword.

The locals began to bear down, vultures seeing a carcass.

"Could he be a spy?"

"Could be war again."

"A kitsune in disguise, perhaps?"

The murmurs swayed about with the wind, turning from side to side.

"What kind of place is this?" Inuyasha asked himself. "Looks like something out of the Sengoku Jidai..."

"Clear the way. Priestess Kaede-sama has arrived," a man said authoritatively. He was the one who had been speaking with the old woman, now revealed as Kaede.

"Who are you? You were in Kagome forest." She declared, staring Inuyasha down with her available eye.

Jeeze, another weirdo has arrived, Inuyasha thought callously, trying to maintain eye contact. The bow held by the old woman made him afraid not to, if not the woman herself. He noticed, therefore, when a surprised look entered her eyes.

"Hn? Let me see your face clearly." She demanded, turning his head this way and that with her free hand. "Try to look more intelligent." She said as an afterthought.

"What? You-"

"You greatly resemble Naraku-sonkei-sama."

"Huh?"

Inuyasha sat across from Kaede, happily untied. The old woman relived the past for him.

"My brother was called Naraku. He was the priest who protected the village. Upon his...untimely death, he asked that the Shikon no Tama be burned with his body...it's been fifty years since those days."

"Umm, this. . .isn't Tokyo, is it?" he asked brightly.

A variety of noises of noises broke out beyond the outer door of the hut. Firstly evident was the rapid-fire succession of thundering footsteps. The screams of villagers followed. The horse's cry was ear shattering, and as it fell to the ground, the cracks and crunches penetrated the earth.

"E...evil spirit!" A villager cried desperately, throwing open the hut's door. He was dragged back by the centipede demon a moment later.

"YOU!" she shrieked angrily, seeing Inuyasha, "Hand over the Shikon no Tama."

"Th... the Shikon no Tama?" Kaede asked incredulously, "You . . . are carrying it?"

"Well I don't know, but..." after a few minutes of running, Inuyasha realized that the demon was targeting him, and doing a great amount of damage in the process.

Gotta lead it outta here... he thought.

"Kaede-sama, neither spears nor arrows work! We must lure it to the dry well!" a villager reported to the old woman.

"The dry well?" Inuyasha asked.

"In Kagome Forest," Kaede explained hurriedly.

That well I came from? Inuyasha wondered blankly. At that moment, he noticed light emanating from the east.

"Which way is the forest?"

"To the East, but..."

"Towards the light, got it!" He took off.

"What was that boy saying? In that evil forest, normal people can't see it, but did he say he could?" Kaede wondered, watching him tempt away the huge demon.

Kagome's head shot up.

"I smell it! I smell the boy who killed me. He's getting closer..." she growled, a menacing look in her eyes.

"I'm going to make it out of this, aren't I?" Inuyasha questioned of himself, running as quickly as he could.

"Hand over the Shikon no Tama!" it demanded again, it's anger mounting.

"I'm telling you I have no such thing!"

"What are you doing with that wimpy Centipede opponent of yours?" Kagome inquired darkly, looking directly into Inuyasha's eyes.

"Y...you are...you're alive?"

"C'MON NARAKU! Settle this with one blow like you did with me!"

"Naraku? What are you saying my name-?"

"It comes," Kagome said darkly, staring into the woods.

It did. The demon burst through the trees with a vengeance, pleased for finally catching up to its quarry. Kagome didn't move as a lethal arm swept towards her and Inuyasha. Inuyasha; however, dodged rather unnecessarily.

A great number of villagers suddenly emerged into the small clearing as well. They shot arrows with attached ropes into the ground, forcing the demon to the ground.

"Sa...saved." Inuyasha panted, exhausted.

"Heh, what a disgrace, Naraku," Kagome laughed.

"Why you...look. You're mistaking me for someone else. I'm not this Naraku person!"

"GO STUFF IT! No other boy smells that disgusting but-hmm?" Kagome drew in several deeper breaths, penetrating the arrow through skin all over again and opening the fifty-year-old wound. "Naraku...is not you," she finished, slightly surprised.

"You got it? MY name is Inuyasha! In-u-ya-sha!" Inuyasha glared at the girl matter-of-factly. This miffed Kagome to no end.

"You're right. Naraku was more intelligent looking, a really dignified man."

"WHA?" Inuyasha was beginning to doubt his mental power himself after being told twice he even looked stupid.

He spun as the villagers cried out in surprise. The centipede had gotten free. The monster grabbed Inuyasha, who snatched at what he could, which happened to be an unfortunate area of Kagome's body. His hands reestablished themselves on her shoulders rather quickly.

"Let go of me!" he gritted at the demon.

"Well you should take your own advice!" Kagome seethed ferociously.

"This body, I'll swallow this troublesome body along with the Shikon no Tama!" the creature announced. That caught Kagome's attention.

"NO WAY!" Inuyasha shot back angrily. He let go of Kagome and light shot through his hands. All of the centipede's arms were blown away.

"Damn...bastard..." it forced out angrily.

Inuyasha let his guard down, and it was at that moment the demon struck. Its teeth penetrated Inuyasha's side, leaving a bloody gap. The Shikon no Tama rose out of the exposed flesh. Kagome stared at it, transfixed. So did the centipede, who was in a much better position to take it. The jewel dropped, and Inuyasha reached for it, his vision blurring.

From inside of me? He thought, trying to grasp it.

"As I thought, he hid it in his body!"

"That ball is mine!"

"Eh?"

"Hand it over!"

Inuyasha wasn't quite sure of the world at the moment. What he was aware of was the need for him to possess this widely desired gem. The demon swept past, crushing Inuyasha against Kagome. The demon curled itself about the tree tightly, keeping the two in their places, perhaps not knowing Kagome couldn't move either way.

"I've heard that some half-youkai brat is after the Shikon no Tama. That you?" she asked teasingly, looking at Kagome.

Half youkai? What does that mean? Inuyasha pondered, forgetting for a moment that several ribs were being tested. Kagome looked a cross between flustered and irate.

"Listen you, I may be a hanyou, but when I fight seriously, a small fry like you would have no chance." She gritted, opting for a livid fury.

"Hey you, you've had that big attitude sense earlier, but...are you strong?" Inuyasha asked of Kagome.

"Whaddya think? That I talk cause I like to hear my voice?"

"Can't move, can you? Because it seems that your stronger power is being sealed," the demon taunted, laughter in its eyes. Kagome saw it and the undecided redness returned to her face. The demon's face neared the Shikon no Tama.

"Stay there and sulk while I do this," it said, wrapping its tongue about the jewel.

"Ahh shit."

The centipede's arms re-grew immediately.

"How wonderful, my power is back to full." It laughed, tightening its grip on the two.

I'm...being strangled... Inuyasha thought, fighting hard not to cry. Especially while the girl directly before him looked so unaffected.

"Oi." She said through a sigh. "This arrow, can you get it out?"

"What?"

"NO! YOU MUST NOT PULL THE ARROW!" Kaede bellowed. "That arrow is Kagome's seal, it must not be broken!"

"Are you half-awake, old hag? Do you want to be Worm Bait?" Kagome replied coolly. "Once the Shikon no Tama is absorbed, we're all doomed. How about it, boy? Do you want to die here with me?"

"I...I don't know what's going on here, but I do not want to die!" Inuyasha said, and with a great effort, placed a hand on the arrow. Before he could pull it out, it disintegrated. With the blast that was the last of Naraku's great power, the demon's body was thrown back.

"YES!" Kagome shouted jubilantly, testing her muscles.

"You brat..." the demon panted.

"Come and get it, cow!" Kagome challenged, an ecstatic expression on her face as she dug claws into the demon.

"Sankon Tetsusou!!" the demon's body split into hundreds of pieces.

This chick...is very strong... Inuyasha thought, gaping at her.

"No way! It's moving!" Inuyasha shifted his attention to the bits of wriggling flesh, which were pulling themselves together.

"Do you see a glowing lump? Therein should be the jewel!" Kaede instructed. "If we don't extract it, the monster will keep reviving..."

"You're kidding." Inuyasha laughed pitifully, watching the demon flesh reconstruct itself. "You aren't kiding."

"I see it! Over there!" Inuyasha snatched it, and the demon ceased to move. "So the Shikon no Tama makes demons stronger..?"

"That's right, worthless to humans. Why don't you hand it over?" Kagome instructed.

"Why?"

"If you don't want to become my claw's next victim, meekly bring over the Shikon no Tama." Kagome flexed her fingers, blood glistening on her claws.

"Eh?"

"You, Inuyasha, never hand it over!" Kaede said through clenched teeth.

"Don't be stupid! I won't go easy on you! I especially don't need to..." she struck where Inuyasha had been, but he dodged just in time "for some stinking man!"

"You...you honestly tried to do it! You tried to kill me!"

"No kidding you fool! After this, you'll be in two equal parts!"

"Yet again...that damn girl..." Kaede murmured, pulling out a string of beads.

"Prepare to die!"

"How can I?"

She leapt and began to brace for an attack, but she felt a slight weight on her neck.

"Inuyasha, speak the soul quietening spirit word!" Kaede instructed loudly.

"What?"

"Anything to restrain her!"

Kagome hit the ground and sent debris everywhere.

"I? Am going to be restrained?" she laughed, a maniacal and dangerous look in her eyes. "Don't kid yourself!"

"SIT!" Inuyasha boomed, having just gotten a nice look at her ears and deciding a dog's command would be humiliating enough.

Kagome, the mighty hanyou, crashed to the ground most unceremoniously.

"Hey, what is this?" she demanded frantically, pulling at it. It would not be removed.

"It's useless, Kagome. That rosary undoes your power."

"Wha?" Kagome, who seemed so threatening a moment ago, was now rather pitiful looking. "Ah, go stuff it, ya old hag."

Fascinating, Inuyasha thought, following her to the village.

"Let's see that wound of yours, and patch it up," Kaede said soothingly to Inuyasha, who was feeling the repercussions of battle.

Kagome looked bored and annoyed as Kaede tended to Inuyasha's wounds.

"Why do you want the Shikon no Tama?" he asked Kagome suddenly, "You're strong, even without it."

"Because the girl's half human." Kaede responded when it became apparent that Kagome would not answer.

"Hey you, you've been going on about that. How do you know me?" Kagome threatened, rising.

"You don't recognize me do you? But that's not surprising. I'm the younger sister of Naraku, the person who sealed you...I'm Kaede."

"Kaede?"

"It's been fifty years since then, I've aged too."

"You're that brat, huh? Hey, that means Naraku is an old fag too! Too bad, being human, huh?"

"Naraku-sonkei-sama is dead." Kaede replied to this, with a bit if surprise. "The day you were sealed."

"Heh. Too fucking bad for him, huh?"

"It's too early to be relieved, Kagome. Inuyasha, you may be the reincarnation of Naraku-sonkei-sama!" Kagome was in a resting position on the floor, but was clearly interested. "It isn't just your body, or spiritual power which leads me to this, but the fact that the Shikon no Tama was in your side. You have to protect it now."

"This is ridiculous," he replied, fingering the jewel, which resided on a chain in his pocket.

That boy is...Naraku..? Kagome thought to herself, watching him some time after he'd drifted to sleep.

Kagome sat in the tree where she'd been held prisoner. Something hit her on the head, and she immediately snarled, but eased slightly when she saw it was Inuyasha.

"That's to share," he said, indicating the fruit he'd chucked at her head. "Why don't you come down to eat with me?" He could see the shock on her face, even through the thick foliage.

"What are you planning, bastard?" but she came down anyway.

"Nothing much, just this:  you. You don't like me, do you?"

"You...are horribly nauseating." She replied vulgarly.

"Hey you, watch it. I wouldn't even mind so much if I thought you hated me. I'm not Naraku, I'm Inuyasha, and it's clearly Naraku you despise. So why don't you try to be a little more friendly?"

"You insignificant moron. I'll do anything without mercy to get the Shikon no Tama-"

"Haha. See, that's the thing. If you decide to attack, all I do is say 'sit,' and-" he would have said, "boom," but Kagome's body did the job for him. "Oh, sorry. Forget that happened." Kagome ignored him and leapt back to the heights of the God Tree.

It's been two days since I came here. Inuyasha thought worriedly. Everyone will be getting worried about me...Somehow; I've got to get home.