A/N: Yea! I updated on time! I so happy::does a little happy dance: Bet ya'll are tired of hearing ramble on, huh::readers nod their heads: Okay, I'll stop then and let you read then!

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Chapter Eight: The Three Shikon Hunters

"Did you have to knock the stupid monk out?" Inuyasha was mumbling as he flung an unconcious Miroku onto the red sofa in the livingroom.

Kagome was looking around the room with wonder. She had never seen anything like this! Not even in the grandest youkau palaces were there such things! When she heard what Inuyasha was muttering about her she snapped momentarily out of her trance. "What was I supposed to do! Stand there and let him grope me!" She hissed at the inu hanyou.

Miroku was begenning to waken as the two hanyous continued to bicker.

"No, but you put a dent in the friggin' outside wall! Now I'm gonna have to fix it tomorrow!" Inuyasha growled back at the neko hanyou.

Miroku moaned slightly and rubbed his head. "Did anyone get the number of the truck that hit me?" He groaned and got up into a sitting position. When his violet colored eyes landed on Kagome he smiled. "Ah, so you weren't a dream," he said, still smiling at the neko hanyou.

Kagome sent an icy glare at the black haired man and then crossed her arms over her chest with a 'hmph' and turned her back on the Modern Day monk.

Inuyasha rolled his amber eyes. "Oi, wench! What the heck are you doin' here?" He repeated his question from eariler, before the neko had knocked out the monk.

Kagome's face instantly turned serious and she turned to face the white haired hanyou. "I have come seeking your help," she replied honestly, although from the tone of her voice you could tell it wasn't easy for her to ask for help, let alone the help of a dog.

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "My help?" He repeated.

Kagome nodded her head, her hair tumbling over her shoulders as she did so. "Because," this was really hard for her to say, "I'm not strong enough to defeat Naraku by myself." She replied, halting almost between each word.

At hearing this Inuyasha's face showed shock. "Say what?" He asked.

Kagome blew out her cheeks and then sighed. "Look, the Shikon no Tama is shattered and since I am the protecter of the Jewel it is my duty to find all the Shards and get the Jewel back together. There are many youkais, as well as humans, in my Era that have most likely have many of the Shards. Naraku," At menioning her once loves name she hissed slightly, "more than likely has most of the Shards. I'm not strong enough to collect all the Shards myself, let alone defeat Naraku." Here, she sighed once again. "I need your help to defeat Naraku and any other youkais I can't defeat myself." She finished.

Inuyasha scowled in responce. "What the hell makes you think I wanna go back through the stinking well again?" He growled a responce.

Kagome was about to try to reason with the stubborn hanyou again, but Miroku interveined. "Now wait a minute, Inuyasha," He said and stood up, placing himself between the neko hanyou and the inu hanyou. "Now, Inuyasha," he said and turned to face his friend. "From what I'm hearing you're the one that had awoken Kagome from the Goshinboku, am I correct?" He questioned.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes at the monk. "That's what I told ya before, you baka monk!" He snapped back in annoyance.

Miroku nodded his head. "Then, the way I see it, in a way, it's your fault that this Shikon no Tama was shattered in the first place." He stated.

"What?" Both the hanyous asked in shocked disbelief, both of them staring at the monk, slightly dumbfounded..

Miroku nodded his head, putting on a wise face. "Yes. If you hadn't of awakened Kagome then this Naraku guy wouldn't have attacked the village and the Jewel wouldn't have been shattered." He said, using a wise voice that he had practiced with for months before he had perfected it.

Inuyasha growled at the Modern monk. "Listen monk, you're not pinning this on me! It's her freakin' fault that the stupid Shikon got shattered in the first place!" He cried, pointing a finger in the neko's direction.

Kagome hissed in responce. "No just one minute! I didn't ask you to release me from the Goshinboku! I didn't ask you to save me from the centipede!" She yelled at the inu hanyou.

Inuyasha whipped his amber gaze to the neko. "If I hadn't of saved you you would've let the baka bug of a youkai kill you!" He screamed back.

"Maybe that's what I wanted!" She cried, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. After realizing what she had said, she turned around. I said to much, She moaned silently to herself.

Inuyasha and Miroku was staring at her turned back in shock. Maybe that's what I wanted! Her words rang in his head over and over. What kind of past could she have possibly had to make her want to end her life? He wondered.

Miroku shook his head, deciding he better say something to break the uneasy silence that had settled over the trio. He stepped over the the neko hanyou, gently placing a hand on her shoulder. "We'll help you find the Shards, Kagome." He said gently.

Kagome turned to face the Modern Day monk, her eyes still slightly watery. "You will?" She questioned hopefully.

"We will?" Inuyasha asked in disbelief, not believing that the monk had just volunteered them for a long term comitment.

Miroku sent a glare at the inu hanyou. "Yes, we will." He turned back to Kagome. "We will all leave first thing tomorrow morning." He replied, smiling at the neko warmly.

"All? You mean you will assist us also?" She questioned, sounding a little shocked that the man would offer his assistance after just meeting her.

Miroku nodded his head reassuringly. "Yep, anything for a friend." He replied, still smiling. Then he got a perverted look in his violet eyes. "And besides," he added. "If the women of the Feudal Era look anything like you then it must be a great place." He replied.

Kagome's eyes narrowed and Inuyasha walked up and whacked the monk in the back of the head. "You just won't quit, will you monk?" He grumbled.

Miroku grinned at Inuyasha, rubbing the back of his head. "Nope, I won't," he replied.

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"So, how does this work again, exactly?" Miroku asked for the fifth time as he nervously glanced down into the darkness of the Well.

"Look, I thought I explain all this to you last night." Inuyasha growled at the fidgeting monk between him and the neko hanyou.

Miroku moaned at the memory of last night. Kagome had been curious and while Inuyasha and Miroku were fighting about something, Kagome had decided to explore the livingroom, and she had discovered that the 'box with moving pictures' was quit fascinating. When she had first started inspecting it, she had hit the 'on' button, causing the television to come to life, the volume at full blast.

This had caused the neko to jump back in suprise, her fur rising and she hissing in surprised shock at the sudden noise coming from the box. And then she had tried to destroy the TV, thinking the noise it was making was a attacking noise. She had nearly destroyed the TV, but Inuyasha had stopped her just in time, letting Miroku explain what exactly a television was to the neko hanyou from the past.

Kagome sighed. They had been standing by the Well for nearly thirty, waiting for the nervous monk to build up enough courage to jump through the magical Bone Eaters Well. "Look, if your so scared then stay behind." She said, leaping onto the lip of the Well.

Not wanting to seem scared, Miroku quickly scrambled onto the lip of the Well next to Kagome. "Now just a minute! I never said I was scared, I just wanted to know exactly how this thing worked is all." He replied.

"The quite stalling and lets go, the longer we wait the the longer it'll take to find those stupid Jewel Shards." Inuyasha growled, joining the two on the Well.

Kagome nodded in agreement. "Quite talking, let's go!" She said and jumped into the Well.

Miroku watched in amazement as the neko hanyou seemed to fall in slow motion and a blue mist surrounded and then, just before she touched down on the bottom of the Well, she seemed to just sink into the dirt covered floor.

Miroku made to step off of the Well. "Maybe I'll just hang around the well house for awhile," he said.

Inuyasha rolled his amber eyes once more. "No, you got me into this freaking mess, so your coming along," He grumbled, reached out and grabbing the monks arm and jumping into the Well, pulling Miroku with him.

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I had alot of fun writing this one! Did ya'll like it though? I hope ya did! And yea! I got four reviews for the last chappie! Here's the replies!

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