Danny awoke from his nap feeling a little better, but not much. He could hear some commotion in the background and had a sneaking suspicion that that was what woke him up. He picked his head up and glanced around. Then he saw it. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo, all crowded around the bone-eater's well. Inuyasha must be back.

"So where's that no-account ghost boy?" Inuyasha asked. He was feeling all brand new, now that his body was back to normal. He always felt like such a scaredy-cat, or dog rather, when he was in his human form. He also found that he felt things more intensely as a human. He shivered, but was able to shake it off quite nicely.

"I think he's taking a nap," Sango said, "He was acting a little strange earlier, I hope he's alright now." She glanced in the direction of where Danny had been sleeping to find him lazily floating towards her, his eyes looking heavy.

"So you've decided to come and join the living!" Inuyasha chided. "Well-almost…"

"Hey, I am very much alive!" Danny shot back. "And how'd you get your body back together?" Danny was suddenly very hopeful. "Can you do it to me too? Can you put my body back together?" Danny's eyes were now wide open as he stared up at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha couldn't help feeling just a little bit sorry for the kid. He was made into a half-ghost, and from what he'd perceived from their encounter with Garasu, he didn't much like it. And now he was stuck in the form he hated. That had to be tough. " Well, I'm not quite sure, Kagome was able to put me back together by pulling out this." He produced the little orb. "And then I went down the well separately and came back out like this. Maybe when she comes she'll be able to help you too!" Inuyasha tried his best to look cheerful, but one thought plagued him. Danny couldn't go down the well. And if he couldn't go down the well, not only would Kagome not be able to put him back together, but he might not even be able to return to his own time. He thought about the girl with the black hair. Sam. She had asked him to say 'hi' to Danny for her. He hadn't said anything yet.

Danny looked down. He could tell that Inuyasha didn't think there was any hope for him. He looked up at Inuyasha again, "Did you see Sam?" He asked simply

"Yeah, she said to say hi." Inuyasha said. How sad this all seemed

"Is she…okay?" Danny asked cautiously. He was fairly sure nothing had happened to her, but some part of his brain needed to hear that she was just fine.

"Yeah, she's fine." Inuyasha said, thinking about her solemn, worried face. Was she really fine? "But don't worry!" Inuyasha said, brightening up. "You'll see her for yourself once we get you fixed and back in your own time. Once Kagome…"

"She'll be of no use to him. He can't go back to his time. Not with your help, not with Kagome's." A soul-skimmer slithered out from the forest, weaving in between treetops. "There is only one way to return things to the way they were, and that is to defeat Garasu once and for all."

"Kikyo!" Inuyasha shouted. The woman gave him a cold stare, one that seemed to have the power to shatter souls. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I've come to get this apparition out of our time." She shifted her stare to Danny. "It is not right for him to be here."

"Tell me!" Danny shouted excitedly. He had never wanted anything more in his life than to just be able to go home. If this mysterious woman, Kikyo, knew how to get him there, there wouldn't be anything that he wouldn't do.

"There is nothing more to say." The woman began to walked past Inuyasha and said something inaudible to him. His eyes grew wide as he looked at Danny. Then Kikyo walked away from Inuyasha and as she passed by Danny she gave him a look. A look that was either sinister or calming. Danny didn't know what to make of her, as she walked across the grassy field where everyone had been sitting. As Danny watched her silhouette shrink into the distance, he turned around to see Inuyasha staring at him. But why? As he began to turn back around he was greeted with the sight of an arrow, shot by Kikyo, coming straight for him. He didn't have time to duck away, and the arrow got him right through the neck

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Tucker checked his watch. It was nearly 9:00. Where were Danny and Sam? He had thought that they were coming back with him, but then they just left after their tour was done. He knew Danny had told him where he was going. Some kind of shrine or something. He had to investigate. He got up from his seat and opened the local phone book. He looked under shrines. "867 entries!" He shouted. Thank goodness he didn't have a roommate. He sighed. "Well at least I have my work cut out for me!" He thought about going out tonight and looking for Danny, but he barely even knew his way around, and if there was something he didn't want to be, it was lost in a foreign country. He laid down on his bed and decided the best course of action for right now would be to go to sleep. It was hard work, worrying and all. Just as soon as he was about to fall into the peaceful abyss that was dreamland, he heard a harsh pound on the door. "What!" He said impatiently. Who could be pounding on his door? He rose from his bed as he heard the pounding a second time. He groaned and reached for the door knob. However when he opened the door, he saw something that he definitely did not expect.

"Tucker," Sam breathed, "We need your help." Sam elbowed her way in the door, and was followed by another girl who appeared to be Japanese and looked to be around her age. But this was not what was so bothersome to Tucker. The thing that bothered him was that they had Danny's comatose body hoisted between them and were laying it on the bed.

Yay! Another chappie this week! PLEASE please PLEASE review! I only got 2 reviews for the last chapter. Come on guys, I know you're out there…

Fanty

Zelda-rules: To answer your questions, (and they are good questions, I guess I shoulda been more specific) the whole arrow stabbing thing was more of a gentle prick, so I guess the only blood drawn was maybe a tiny drop or two. The idea wa to introduce a pure object and clarify any evil that was lurking inside the body (i.e. the glass ball). The glass ball was removed a la Sailor Moon. If you remember how things just kind of appear outside of people's bodies, (starseeds, crystals, etc.) that's kinda how I envisioned it. It didn't physically come out of his body, it just kinda dissolved from inside his body and re formed outside of it. Hope this makes sense now, sorry for the confusion : -)