The next day Kyoji woke up in the center of the empty house. He stood up and walked outside not remembering where he was or how he got there. As he got outside he saw a bustling village and everyone seemed to be moving around him.

"Oh, ye finally awake now. Are ye hungry?" It was the old woman from the day before; his memories were coming back.

He had been waking in Hyrule with his friends when he suddenly fell into a hole of some kind, and now he's in some other world, possibly a feudal era. "Yes, please", he said back. He hadn't eaten since the fall into the hole in the forest.

"Follow me young man", the old woman said. "Now what ye name be again?"

Kyoji was spacing out now, but he still heard her. "Uh, it's Kyoji ma'am."

"Aye, Kagome has been asking about ye all morning. Ye were going to ask where ye are right?"

"Uh, yeah, but how did you know", he was shocked that she knew exactly what he was thinking. Was she able to read minds or something? Kyoji was amazed at the beauty of this new world he had accidentally fallen into. Now that he has seen this village he didn't want to leave, it was just as beautiful as Hyrule.

"Aye, I be Kaede the priestess of this village. I can't say where ye are, but I can say ye not be home." She walked him into a small hut with a pot by the fireplace. She told him to take a seat, which he did without hesitation.

"I haven't been home for years, I've been fighting a demon for a while, so anything can be home now."

Kaede got him some breakfast then went back to her priestess duties leaving Kyoji by himself. He sat there eating what he thought was their basic morning meal, but right now he could care less, he was hungry. He finished rather quickly and decided to take a walk around the village.

The village was large about as big as Kokiri Forest, there were water spots all over the place at the bottom of a hill and at the top were several large huts, those must have been their homes. The people wore Japanese Kimonos of all colors and designs. It looked like a farming town with crops growing down by the water and some smaller huts close to them.

"Hey, it's about time you woke up! I was about to tell Inuyasha that we should leave without you. So have you seen the village yet?" Kagome greeted with a warm welcome. She didn't seem shy at all, and was quick to say hello.

"You are, Kagome, right?" He asked her trying to remember everything from the day before. "Sorry I'm still trying to understand everything that has happened in the past day."

"That's okay, trust me I understand. I went through the same thing a while back." She led him through the village, closer and closer to the edge of the forest. "We were all wondering if you would like to join us on our journey for a while." She showed him more of the village on their way to the others, who were waiting by the edge of the village close to the forest.

"Ok, I'm in, but before we go I gotta grab my…"

"Sword?" She finished. "Got that, Sango is holding onto it right now. Speaking of, what is that, it's not your normal katana. Neither Inuyasha nor Miroku could touch it, but Sango picked it up easily."

"Wait a second", he started, confused, "since when did I have a katana, it was a double edged sword when I put it down. Second, what do you mean that only Sango could pick it up?" He remembered her, she was the prettiest one of the two girls, nothing against Kagome or anything, but there was something about her that he liked. "In Hyrule almost everyone could hold my sword like any other sword", he told her.

"Beats me, it's your sword, it even glowed when she touched it, that was quite the sight to see", she made some sort of hand gesture as she said it. Kyoji could tell that Kagome was a very enthusiastic girl with much energy. She stopped I front of the rest of the group ready as ever to get going. "Hi guys, he agreed to join us for a while, now lets get going." She picked up her bike and started walking ahead down the trail.

Sango walked up to Kyoji handing him his sword. "Kyoji right? I don't know what kind of sword this is, but it isn't normal."

Kyoji took the sword from her and replied, "Yeah? Kagome said the same thing and to tell you the truth I'm still trying to figure it out too." He tried to sound somewhat innocent so he added a little laugh as he spoke.

"You ain't gonna hold us back will ya?" Inuyasha said to him. He sounded a little regretful of bringing Kyoji along.

"No worries Inuyasha, I'll keep up."

"You better, cause if you don't I'll make you regret it you hear?"

"Yeah I got ya", Kyoji said giving him a sarcastic salute and watching Sango turn and walk after the others. He placed the sword in his belt the way Inuyasha had his; he guessed that was how katanas were meant to be worn. He took one last look back toward the village, then turned back around and joined his new traveling party.

Back in Hyrule, Link and Kitana were looking out onto the field from the castle balcony. It has been two days since Kyoji fell down that strange hole, and they both felt lonely without him. Link was still focused mainly on finding more of them throughout the land, still confident that Kyoji would eventually find his way back. Kitana, however, didn't feel that sure about it, she still thought that Kyoji was gone and wasn't coming back.

"Do you think we'll ever see him again?" Kitana asked in a sad tone. "It doesn't feel right without him."

Link turned his head toward Kitana giving her a reassuring smile and putting his arm around her for comfort. "Yes I do believe he will be back, however, I can't tell you when or how. Don't worry we'll find him soon." He only told her what she wanted to hear, but what he really though was that he really didn't know whether or not Kyoji would ever be back. He knew better than to tell her that, since he already has a few bruises for mentioning something relatively close.

As they sat there looking out toward the east, they didn't notice Zelda walling out to join them. "Sorry to interrupt you two", she said joining them. Link dropped his arm back to his side and turned towa4d Zelda. "I have some news from Rauru that you might want to hear."

"Please tell!" Kitana said with hope in her voice.

"He has granted me a meeting of the sages and agrees to discuss the matter thoroughly."

"And that's the good news right?" Link had a feeling that there was more and was beckoning Zelda to continue.

"Yes, the bad news is that there is a chance that Kyoji may not be back for nearly a year or two maybe more. I can't be sure right now. The sages' power can't extend to any further than the lands surrounding Hyrule, which means we can't do anything to see where he is right now, sadly not even I have that much power." Zelda's face was sad and in deep regret. "I don't know how to say it, but Kyoji may be forced to start a new life n the world he's in right now."

The three of them sat on the balcony wondering about the extent of the sages' power to connect with other worlds out there. Link regretted bringing up the subject of the portals connecting Hyrule to the universe, he now felt responsible for the inability to act. The rest of the night went on and Hyrule still looked as peaceful as it had before.