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"Naraku? That's the crazy guy that pulled me through the well! I hate him."

Miroku smiled at the young girl. Her eyes were wide with anger and surprise. Shippo was sitting on her lap, staring up at her. It truly was a different sight.

Nadia sighed. "So what do we do about this now?"

Miroku shrugged. "I suppose you're going to have to travel with us and help us defeat him to save yourself from death."

Voices from outside drew the attention to the doorway. "I guess they're back," Miroku said standing, unintentionally pulling Nadia up with him. "Sorry."

Nadia glared up at him before getting to her feet. "Thanks a lot Miroku," she said sarcastically. "I really wanted to have my arm pulled out of its socket today."

Shippo looked up at the two adults and giggled behind his paw. The look of shock on Miroku's face was hilarious.

Miroku, Shippo and Nadia all walked outside to meet Kagome and the others.

"Hi," Kagome yelled, waving her arm wildly in the air with InuYasha scowling beside her.

"Damn, we didn't find anything on how Naraku did that," InuYasha said. Miroku sighed.

"First things first; we need to get more prayer beads so that I may be separated from this lovely lady, even though I adore being this close to her," Miroku said, with a wink.

Nadia rolled her eyes while Sango gave Miroku a glare that promised him much pain in the future. "So how do we go about getting these prayer beads?" Nadia asked.

Miroku looked down at the girl next to him. "We need to go see my mentor Mushin."

"Mushin?" Nadia asked.

"His mentor, who raised him to be the womanizing monk that we know now," Sango said, placing her hands on her hips.

"Hey, he isn't all that bad," Miroku said, sounding slightly offended.

"Please Miroku, he's always drinking," Shippo said. Miroku sighed and Nadia smiled. "Sounds like an interesting guy," she said.

All eyes, including Miroku's, turned to the girl in shock. Nadia shrugged. "What?"

InuYasha growled slightly. "Forget about it, let's get going. The sooner we get out of here, the sooner we can defeat Naraku."

"Agreed," Kagome said. Kagome and Sango went into Kaede's to gather Kagome's trademark yellow backpack.

Nadia turned to InuYasha. "So you didn't find anything at the well?"

InuYasha sighed. "No, nothing. It's just like every other time we've fought with him. He's taunting us."

Shippo climbed up on Miroku's shoulder. "I think you're right InuYasha."

"Yes, but Naraku is getting more devious, now, including Kikyo into the battles. He is also using our personalities against us," Miroku said. Nadia tapped him on the shoulder.

"What do you mean 'using your personalities against you'? Oh and who is this Kikyo person?"

Miroku and InuYasha exchanged glances, trying to decide what to tell this girl from another world. "Well," Nadia said, getting slightly annoyed.

Miroku took Nadia's hand and led her away from the village. "Hey! What the hell are you doing Miroku! Let me go!"

Kagome and Sango walked over to InuYasha. Kagome's backpack filled with medicinal herbs and her textbooks was slung over her shoulder. "Where are they going InuYasha?" Kagome asked.

"Miroku's just gonna explain a few things to her about Naraku." Kagome nodded at InuYasha's explanation. Sango's eyes narrowed at the monk and the girl walking away.

Miroku pulled Nadia, kicking and screaming, into the clearing with the well before he released her.

"Thank you, now do you mind telling me what was so important that you had to drag me over hell and half of Egypt to tell me?"

Miroku looked up at the sky, catching Nadia's attention as the sun beams traveled across his face and raven black hair. She was mesmerized and didn't even answer when he first said her name.

"Nadia, are you ok?" Miroku said turning to look at her, breaking the spell she was under.

"Hmm, what? Yes Miroku, please tell me what I want to know."

Miroku began to tell her the story of InuYasha's life from being pinned on the Sacred Tree to Kagome to Naraku's trick to the reincarnation of Kikyo, Sango's village and family, and every battle he could remember involving Naraku's incarnations Kagura and Kanna.

"Wow," Nadia said. "You guys have been fighting this battle for a long time. It must have been real hard," Nadia said, sitting her on the edge of the well.

"Yes," Miroku said. "But with each battle, we learned something new about our enemy. It's only a matter of time before we beat him."

"What are you going to do when you beat him?" Nadia asked, smiling up at the monk.

Miroku smiled. "I already have plans for after. I'm going to marry and have children and live the peaceful life in a quiet village."

"That's nice," Nadia said, smiling.

"But the first thing I am going to do is find a way to send you home," he said.

"I guess the whole jumping back through the well wouldn't work," Nadia said sarcastically. Miroku nodded.

"It would seem that the well has reconnected to Lady Kagome's world." Nadia nodded.

"Figured as much," Nadia said. "We better get back." Nadia stood and looked at Miroku. "We wouldn't want Sango to get too jealous now would we?"

Miroku blushed slightly, causing Nadia to laugh. "Come on Miroku," Nadia said, pulling on his hand.