Disclaimer: I do not own Furuba or Inuyashaand the beginning is pretty much exactly like the beginning of Furuba starting somewhat in the middle so I definitely don't own that.

Chapter 1

The Crossing of Unlikely Paths

Tohru Honda woke up to see that she was on the floor of the Sohma house.

"How could I have fallen asleep? I need to dig up Mom!" she shouted as she flung the door open. She was surprised to see Yuki Sohma standing in the doorway with a kind smile on his face, carrying two paper bags.

"Good morning Miss Honda. How are you feeling?"

"Um, good morning Sohma-kun."

"Here, your picture." he said, handing Tohru her picture of her mother. "And the rest of your things should be in here." he indicated the three paper bags he was holding. "Can you make sure?"

"Thank you so much Sohma-kun! But, there was so much dirt, how did you dig through it all?"

"It's a secret." he said quietly.

"Oh, huh? Well, thank you again."

"No problem, I'll just take your stuff upstairs." he said.

"What?" she said, confusedly

"Well, the house is filthy, and we're not used to having women around, but there's an extra room upstairs that you can stay in until the remodeling on your grandfather's place is done." he offered kindly.

"No! I couldn't possibly-"

"There's a lock on the door."

"That's not what I meant."

"Of course it won't be free" Shigure appeared from behind Tohru.

"Eeep!"

"I do intend to pay you for your services."

"Huh? My services?"

"As our brand new housekeeper!" he said excitedly "We'll just put your things upstairs." he said, grabbing two bags.

"Wait, I can't let you do this, not after all the trouble you've gone through already, it's too much!"

"Miss Honda, we're the ones asking you to stay." said Yuki kindly. "You don't have to worry that it's causing us any trouble. Just be yourself, you'll be fine." Tohru remembered her mother saying the exact same thing.

"We haven't used this room in a long time," said Yuki, once they had reached the room and Tohru had borrowed some of his clothes, "so I suggest you leave the window open for a little while."

"What a wimp, what a coward!"Inuyasha yelled at the painter. The painter in reply took out many large scrolls of paintings of the demons of hell and called them forth. They had been chasing him ever since they had witnessed the after-effects of a massacre. They also knew that he had a jewel shard they had to retain. "Uh oh..." said Inuyasha, looking at the army facing him. "Nice going." said Kagome. For once I wish he wouldn't be so very arrogant. She thought as she looked in awe at what he had gotten them into.

Inuyasha and Kagome were running as fast as they could away from the demon army chasing them. It was two large, even for Inuyasha. They were both breathing heavily from the amount of energy it was taking to continue sprinting away. "It looks ...like there's a well down there, like the one ....you use to get here Kagome."

" I've never ...seen it before, ...but it looks like our only means of escape. ..Let's go!" she shouted. They both turned towards the well and jumped in, Inuyasha went first.

CRASH

An orange-haired boy rammed through the ceiling behind Yuki as he went to open the window.

"Ready for me to break your neck, Rat Boy?" he said, toughly.

CRASH

Inuyasha fell very ungracefully on top of Kyo with Kagome following. She belly- flopped on top of Inuyasha.

"Ger off ov me Kagome." said Inuyasha in a muffled deadly calm.

"Hmf. It's not my fault you wanted to go first." she said, annoyed at Inuyasha (for a change), as she leapt lightly off, her thick black hair waving behind her.

"Feh." he replied angrily as he too got up. Kyo jumped up, his temper rising with him.

"Who the hell are you," he yelled at Inuyasha and Kagome, "and how did you get here?!?!"

"Shut up, you pathetic human." said Inuyasha coldly. Almost everyone in the room was taken aback by that comment.

"Inuyasha, don't be so rude. Sorry about him, he's got a bit of an attitude problem." she apologized.

"Why you.." he said, leaping aggressively at Kagome. Tohru cowered in the background.

"Sit boy!" she said while he was in the air. There was a loud thump as Inuyasha was flung by and invisible force face-first on the ground. "See what I mean?" commented Kagome.

"Hello, I heard some noise, is Kyo home?" said Shigure as he entered the room. Everyone turned to look at him. The scene was a bit awkward. Tohru was standing in a corner, having retreated there, Inuyasha was looking up from the floor, Kagome was standing a little in front of Inuyasha, Kyo was standing underneath a huge hole in the roof, and Yuki was still over by the window.

Every person can remember awkward moments in their life, like times when you were in the room with a stranger and neither was daring to break the ice, or if you were at a party and the news of your asking a boy to dance had somehow gotten to every person, or perhaps when everyone around you is completely shunning your best friend and you are afraid to defend him or her. In any case, these moments are unforgettable and will linger in memory long after they have passed. This scene will be recalled by every character for a very, very long time.

"Oh, umm, h-hello." Shigure stammered. "Well, where are my manners. I'm Shigure, the one by the window is Yuki and the orange-top there is Kyo. I believe that's Tohru Honda in the corner, yes, there you are Tohru."

"Hello, my name's Kagome and that impudent one on the floor is Inuyasha. He's, um, a friend of mine." replied Kagome. She was seemingly the least affected by the situation. "Well, it looks like we're back in my time, Inuyasha, but the question is where." she said quietly.

"Hm?" said Shigure curiously.

"Oh, nothing. I was just wondering where we were." Kagome replied anxiously. She didn't feel like taking the time to explain the long-winded history of her double life to complete strangers.

"Well, you're in the Sohma house, but I doubt that will help." said Yuki, finally joining in the conversation. Most everyone else seemed to be frozen in either shock or fear in Tohru's case.

"If you don't mind me repeating Kyo's question," said Tohru hesitantly, "but how did you get here?"

"Honestly, we're not sure." said Kagome only half-truthfully. She knew the well had taken them there, but she wasn't sure why or, in a way, how.

Inuyasha finally got up from the floor. "You can come out of that corner now, Honda-san." he mumbled, acting uncharacteristically shy and embarrassed. Tohru's eyes slowly traveled from those amber eyes up to what looked like dog ears poking out of his head, then down to his claws.

"What? Oh yeah, I forgot." he said quietly, remembering his demon-like features. "I'm half-demon." he stated simply.

The reaction to this was one to be remembered. Tohru shank, if at all possible, even farther into her corner. Yuki looked in horror at the hanyou. Kyo backed up slightly away from the demon, whom he had just insulted, almost as fearfully as if he were backing away from Kagura. And Shigure wished, and it showed, that he could shut the door and have the two strangers disappear. Everyone stared in shock and fear at Inuyasha, everyone except Kagome who came to the rescue.

"He doesn't bite!" said Kagome hastily, ". . . usually. He won't hurt anyone." she glared at Inuyasha in an 'or else' fashion.

"Feh." he said, silently agreeing.

"Well, it looks like we have three new guests here instead of just one. I don't know where else you could stay, it seems like you're completely lost." said Shigure nervously. As long as Kagome and Tohru don't hug anyone other than that demon, I think we'll be okay. Let's just hope nothing happens. thought Shigure.

He didn't know it, but he would have to change the paper doors a lot more often than before.