Chapter 2

"She looks like she's from your era Kagome." "She doesn't come from around here, that's for sure." "Hey, I think she's waking up."

Sakura rolled over on her side. She moaned a bit and grabbed her side as pain shot from under her arm to her hip. Her head was throbbing too. "What the…" she said trying to sit up. She managed to sit leaning against her arm. Slowly the images around her came into focus. The sky was dark but the light from a small fire lit the others around her.

One was a girl who looked about her age wearing a similar uniform to Sakura's. There was another girl who seemed to be a little older than her but she was dressed in a very different outfit. The other people around her were men. The man closest to her had black hair and was wearing black and purple robes, the other who was sitting farther away wore a red kimono and had long silver hair. But what really set him apart from the others was he had dog ears on his head. Of course Sakura wasn't paying attention to details. All she knew was she fell into her well and then passed out.

The girl dressed in the similar uniform moved closer to her. She smiled and handed Sakura a drink. Sakura grabbed the drink and held it up to her lips. The smell was awful and she moved the drink away. "Its ok…" the girl said, "It'll make you feel better. I'm Kagome. Who are you?" Sakura placed a hand on her forehead and looked down at the ground. "S…Sakura." She managed to say. Things were in focus now and she now noticed that the people around her were very different.

Her eyes jumped from person to person. "What the… who are all of you?" she asked her eyes wide. She had to be dreaming, there was no other explanation for it.

"Well," said Kagome, "This is Sango," she pointed to the other woman, "Miroku," she pointed to the man in the purple and black robes, "Shippo," she motioned to a small boy who had a fox tail, "and InuYasha." She finished looking at the man with the silver hair and dog ears. A small 'meow' came from behind Sango. Out walked a small cat with two tails. "And I can't forget Kirara." Kirara walked up to Sakura and jumped in her lap. She stroked the cat a little reluctantly and Kirara began to purr.

"She seems to like you." Sango smiled. "Enough with the small talk! I want to know how she got here. Last time I checked, Kagome was the only one apart from me who could pass through the well." InuYasha said from across the fire. He didn't seem like the friendliest person to Sakura.

"Well…" Sakura started, trying hard to remember what had happened before she had ended up here. She was still having a hard time figuring out where she was now. "The last thing I remember… was a whisper coming from the well behind my house. Someone… something… pushed me into it. And now I'm here."

"Maybe all the wells in your era are connected to our era." Miroku suggested. Era? You mean I'm not in the same time or place? You've got to be kidding me… Sakura thought. She stared into the fire still wondering what the hell was going on. Kagome seemed to be from her time… did the same thing happen to her? "Perhaps…" continued Miroku, "It takes someone from our time to summon someone from your time."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Said InuYasha, "It doesn't matter how she got here. We need to figure out how to send her back! There's no way I'm going to cart around another useless human." Kagome gave him a very threatening look and for a split second, InuYasha looked scared. "SIT BOY!" Kagome shouted. And with that, InuYasha hit the ground face first. Sakura cringed, Ouch, she thought.

"Sorry about him Sakura. InuYasha can be very tactless." Kagome said, shooting him another glare and he got up looking very annoyed. "I expect you want to know what's going on around here. Well I guess I should start from the beginning." She continued. It took Kagome about a half hour to explain everything that had been going on including how she arrived here and about the Shikon jewel. Not to mention all the enemies they now had and InuYasha's half brother, Sesshoumaru.

"What I want to know is…" Sakura started, "Is who's voice was it I heard in the well? It was a woman's voice…" The others thought for a moment but didn't have an answer. "Who ever it was, they want you here for some reason… even if we don't know why."

"Well either way," Sango said as Kirara jumped into her lap, "I'm sure we're all very tired and Sakura has surely had a long night. Me and Kagome will set you up in our hut." Both Kagome and Sango stood up as did Sakura. Although Sakura was still curious and confused, she was looking forward to a long sleep. Kagome smiled, "Tomorrow we can speak with Kaede and perhaps we can visit my home as well." Sakura looked up, "Your home? You mean… on the other side of the well? Then can't I go home?" Kagome looked sympathetic, "I know how you feel, but you're here for a reason. For all we know you could be the one to help us defeat Naraku."

Suddenly Sakura felt a growing responsibility. She couldn't go home… not now. But what about her parents? School? Friends? They would just have to wait. It was hard to sleep that night.