"Wow this place is dull," yawned Kagome. She'd been following the old yellow road for quite a while now, and after the brightness of Munchkin land the boring fields were killing her. She'd tried to amuse herself by spinning Kikyou's bow around, but after dropping it five times she opted not to scratch it up. Kagome stared at her feet as she tromped down the boring yellow brick. She stopped. And looked up. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" A scarecrow had fallen sideways in a field, but this was no ordinary scarecrow. The thing was gigantic, and it had been built to resemble a dragon. The scarecrow shivered and attempted to turn what was probably its head.

"I'm a scarecrow." Kagome's eyes went wide.

"Ryuukotsusei?" she yelped. It blinked.

"Scarecrow," it repeated.

"If you only had a brain." Kagome sighed and continued down the path. The Ryu-crow slithered around and followed her. A low noise started up and grew until the ground began to vibrate. Ryu-crow was humming "If I only had a Brain". Kagome started to sing along.

"I would laugh and I'd be merry, life would be a dinglederry if-AAH!" Her shrill scream (A/N: You've heard her scream…ugh…) echoed around the fields as she tried to run backwards. Kagome tripped over Ryu-crow's head and landed in a mass of hay that had fallen out of his body.

"Tin," managed Ryu-crow.

"G-ginkotsu!" gasped Kagome. "You're the tin man? Actually…this makes sense." Ginkotsu didn't move. He was in his first body, the one Inuyasha had destroyed, and he was stuck.

"Gersh," grumbled the stiff Tin-kotsu.

"Huh? Oh, I get it!" Kagome picked up a small can of oil sitting at Tin-kotsu's feet and began to spray it on his joints. "Just like in the movie!" she chirruped.

"Hearsht."

"What?" Ryu-crow and Kagome stared at Tin-kotsu.

"Hearsht."

"Oh! You need a heart," said Kagome. He nodded creakily.

"When a mansh an empshty keshtle, he should besh on hish meshtle, and yesht I'm torn aparsht. Jusht becaushe I'm preshuming that I could be kindsha human ish I only hashd a hearsht…"

"Oh god, please STOP!" cried Kagome as she covered her ears. "You can come with us, just don't sing anymore." Tin-kotsu followed them down the brick. His footsteps clanged over the sound of Ryu-crow's humming. Toto/Souta avoided them carefully. The tall grass rustled and the odd group stopped. A brown lion leapt out onto the yellow path. Its nose waggled. Its ears twitched. A pair of familiar yellow eyes turned to rest on Kagome. She burst out laughing and fell backwards onto Ryu-crow.

"I…Inuyasha? You're the cowardly lion?" The Inu-lion was already backing away wearing a fearful look.

"What do you want?" he snarled.

"You want courage," said Kagome once she caught her breath. "You have to come with me; you make such a cute lion!"

"I don't need you to find courage," retorted the Inu-lion. Kagome glowered.

"Some things never change. I wonder…" Inu-lion's eyes widened and he stumbled back.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"SIT!" The Inu-lion let out a yelp and slammed into the ground. Kagome grinned and walked up to pat him on the head.

"You're coming with me. Hey, can I ride on your back?"

"N-no," he whimpered. Ryu-crow began to hum again. Tin-kotsu clanked forward. Inu-lion lagged behind, shooting the fields paranoid glances and glowering at Kagome whenever he remembered to.

"Hey Inuyasha, why aren't you the scarecrow? Don't you need a brain?"

"Shaddup!" he snapped. "I have a brain."

"Oh, I get it! Life is sad, believe me missy when you're born to be a sissy without the vim and verve. But I could change my habits, nevermore be scared of rabbits if I only had the nerve…"

"Stop that! I get the point…" Kagome started to skip. Things were getting interesting.

Back in the real world…

Inuyasha stared down at Kagome as she rested on the sleeping bag.

"Is she gonna be okay?" Kaede shrugged.

"I've done all I can. Kagome should wake up, but I don't know if it will have lasting effects." Inuyasha began to pace.

"So she won't be the same?" He peered down at Kagome again. She shifted in her sleep and smiled lightly.

"Sit," she mumbled. Inuyasha slammed through the floor.

"I'm sure she'll be fine," said Kaede.