The demon crept slowly through the glass. "Hanyou…," it muttered softly, "Your soul will make a fine addition to my collection." He touched the forehead of the sleeping Inuyasha with his cold glass-like fingers. Then he shrunk into a tiny bead of life and crept inside Inuyasha's flesh.

Inuyasha stirred and woke with a start. He looked around him. He felt some sort of evil presence, but it slowly the feeling sank away. He looked across the campfire, to where Kagome normally slept. He felt a sudden moment of panic when he saw that she wasn't there. Then he remembered, she wasn't here this night. He had woken himself up countless times during the nights Kagome spent with him and the rest of the gang. She was so frail. Someone had to protect her. He knew that she felt safe in her own time, but he couldn't help but wonder. Who would be there to protect her, when she finally went to her time to stay?

He went back to sleep with a pain in his heart. Little did he know, that for once, this pain was not caused by his longing for Kagome.

"Feh! There is no way I am going to help you with your little future boy-problems!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Boy problems!" Kagome looked straight into Inuyasha with flames mounted behind her head. "Inuyasha…" she began. She had come back here bright and early. She thought that he might have even been happy to see her. But it seemed she had come back just in time to argue with him. What could she do?

"Wait, wait…I didn't mean…" Inuyasha's face filled with an unspeakable fear. The kind of fear that only showed itself when he faced an unbeatable foe, or had an argument with Kagome.

"Ou..sou…" The flames behind Kagome's head began to spiral out of control

"Kagome…wait!" Inuyasha pleaded.

"wa…." She looked down at Inuyasha. It was actually pretty funny

"Fine, I'll help you." He gave Kagome a big smile that seemed to say 'please don't hurt me!'

"TI!" Kagome yelled. She knew he said he would help her, but he just had to pay for his earlier comment. She calmed down and brightened her expression. "Come on, Inuyasha!" She called brightly. "We'll miss Mama's breakfast, so hurry up!" She skipped toward the well. It always made her so happy when she got her way! She knew that Inuyasha would follow her. He struggled to his feet and began to walk the other way. "Inuyasha!" Kagome called, "You get back here now!" Inuyasha lept into the air. "Inuyasha! Don't run away from me! OSUWATI!"

A giant crack was heard as Inuyasha made contact with the ground. "Kagome-chan is so complicated." Sango noted from her hiding place in the bushes. Miroku and Shippo nodded in agreement. They all breathed a collective sigh. It was going to be an interesting day.

Danny woke up with love in his heart and sunshine on his mind. Okay, well maybe that was a bit of an overstatement. He was kinda grumpy because he hadn't slept well, and maybe he had a cramp or two but, for the most part, he was happy. He had just made it in time for dinner yesterday, and was happy to tell everyone about the cool shrine that he visited. Of course, not everyone was as excited about it as he was. It seemed everyone else wanted to use their free time to go play video games or something. What a waste, Danny thought. But he had suckered Tucker and Sam into joining him today, so at least that was something.

"Come on Danny, the bus is leaving!" Tucker called. "I saved you a seat, so come on." Danny rushed out the door to jump on the tour bus that the school had rented for the day. He was actually really excited to see all the historical sites.

"Hey Danny!" Sam greeted him cheerfully. "How was your night?"

"Eh, it was alright, I couldn't sleep much, but I guess it was because I was so excited. I just love being here, you know?"

"I don't think that's why you couldn't sleep," Tucker looked at Sam slyly. "I think Danny found a girl he l-l-l-likes!" Tucker couldn't help it. He had to tease Danny a little.

"What are you talking about Tucker?" Danny asked. He couldn't possibly know about the feelings he harbored for Sam, he hadn't told anyone about those. He almost felt guilty for liking his friend that much. He looked at Sam and blushed. But when their eyes met, he could see that she was blushing too.

Tucker saw this display and was notably confused. He was talking about Kagome. The way Danny had described her made her sound like someone he might have had a crush on. And why else would he be so gung-ho over visiting a dumb-old shrine?

"I can't wait to visit the shrine today Danny, it's so cool that you found that place" Sam said, to break the awkward silence that suddenly come between him. "I've always wanted to go somewhere spiritual so I can get in touch with my chi." Sam clasped her hands together.

"Chi?" Tucker asked, "What's that?"

"It's the soul or spirit. It's said that visiting the shrines can help purify your spirit." Sam informed him.

"Didn't you pay attention at all in Japanese class?" Danny asked. Although he couldn't really blame him for spacing out. Danny probably would too, if Sam hadn't been so interested in it. He always tried to take an interest in the things she did. Not in a stalker-type way, but just so he could have something to talk to her about. Talking to Sam had to be his favorite thing in the world.

The bus came to a halt. They were at their first stop. Danny looked at his watch. Only 4 and a half more hours until free time and they could go visit the shrine. He couldn't wait!

Fanty's notes: the big THANK YOU edition!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to say how happy I am at the response to this story. You all are so encouraging! A special thanks to zelda-rules and EvilRobotZombieLoofaOverlord (sorry if this chapter wasn't too zany, I hope you don't mind, But if it's zany you want, check out my Inu-fic 'laundry day', I think the title speaks for itself!) Thanks to everyone else who read, and keep reviewing. Honestly, it makes my day!

Fanty