Grr. I'm taking way too long to get us out on the road! ­­Not only that but I'm slaking on my updates! (fumes at self for a bit before calming down)

Thanks to Abby and Nicole! They were the only ones to review for the last two chapters. I know the rest of you are reading it, or trying to, but please review! It lets me know you're still interested and most of the time they give my brain amazing jump starts. Anyway, onward!

"You're all from Kagome's time?" Shippo asked from his perch on the said girl's shoulder. The fox and the other two girls had been found and now all of them were under the tree that Inuyasha and Miroku had been using for a lookout post.

"I guess so." Kanji said as she pet Kirara, who was purring happily on Yuki's lap.

"Why do we have to take them with us?" Inuyasha grumbled from his tree branch above. When he had heard Kaede say that the eight girls she had shown up with barely an hour before would be coming with them on their journeys for a while, he had made some noises of annoyance, but hadn't really said anything until just then.

"They will soon be able to help you defeat Naraku." Kaede stated simply.

"We will?" Kilana asked confused.

"Who's Naraku?" Sarah asked just as confused.

"Naraku is a very powerful demon that we have been trying to defeat for some time now." Miroku supplied.

"They smell like humans to me." Inuyasha commented. "What sort of power do they have?"

"We're not sure."

"We?" Kagome asked.

"Aye, myself and GK." Kaede answered.

"Who's GK?" Miroku asked. ((A/N-So many questions-not enough ways to say 'asked'! ))

"The lady who sent us here." Claire answered.

"Ye have seen her before; she left with me on my journey."

"And you went on that trip to get these girls?" Kaede nodded as a response to Inuyasha's question. "Why didn't she come back with you?"

"Because I had something else to do first." Everyone looked to see GK approaching them. "Hi girls." The eight girls and Kaede all said hello.

"Who and what are you?"

"My name's not important, but you can call me GK." GK said from where she had taken a seat between Becky and Kaede.

"That still doesn't tell me what you are." Inuyasha said in a more irritated voice. "You don't smell demon or human."

"That's because I don't classify as either." She told him as she looked almost directly up at him.

"Are you a half demon then?" Sango ventured.

"No. I'm not of any race you know of, but I can fight as well as the best demons and can perform high level magic that surpasses that of the best priestesses."

"Is that how you brought us here?" Becky questioned.

"Well, I did have help for that spell, but basically yes." She turned to look at the faces of the girls she had sent back in time. "Now for the reason I have come back- I have instructions on how you can all get home again. I can't stay long so I'll give them to you in the best way I can." She looked up at Inuyasha. "No comments from the Peanut Gallery until I've finished. Is that clear?"

Inuyasha wondered what a peanut was, but gave a 'Feh,' as a simple promise that he'd keep his mouth shut.

"Good." Turning her face down again GK started to explain. "In a nut shell, here's what you'll be doing while you're here: You'll be searching for the 16 Lights of the Glory. Each one of you are linked to two of these lights. When you find one of your lights, or if they happen to find you, they will not bond with you until you have undergone a Dream. In these Dreams, you will face one of your greatest fears; if you win, the light will join with you and will help you get home safely, if you lose however, you will be locked away in your mind forever being tortured by your fear. When all 16 of the Glory have been found, you must go here." Pausing, she pulled a map out of her inside jacket pocket. Rolling it out in front of herself, she pointed to a silver star on the side of a mountain. "Here is where you'll be able to find the Gate. The ones of the Glory that you become bonded with will open the Gate and allow you to return home safely. When you get back to your time, it should only be Sunday evening at latest."

"Wait. How is that possible?" Kanji asked staring at the map. "You're giving us barely two days to find 16 Lights, whatever they are, and get to this place on a mountainside? You must be joking."

"I bet if we got started now, we'd reach the mountain in two days." Clara said supporting her friend's statement.

"Yes, I suppose that would be a problem if the time streams were the same for each place, but they're not so that's not a problem." GK brushed aside their arguments and tried to finish her instructions. "Now some of the Lights are---"

"What do you mean the time streams are different?" Kagome asked.

"I mean that when a week has passed here, only an hour has passed in their time and for now yours also. So two days there means about a year here." GK explained before turning down to the map again.

"A year?!?" Kagome looked somewhere between shock and excitement.

"Yes, I figured that that would be enough time to find everyone and get to the Gate. As I was saying, some of the Lights have taken up residence in the various towns here." She circled the area south of the mountain, which was near the middle though off to the east a bit. "The only ones you might have trouble finding are Sun, Raven, and Flame. The last time I had checked, they were still wondering so I can't even give you a general idea of where they may be. Also, Iris and Opal are more north then the others. I think in this town here." GK now pointed at a dot labeled 'Sumiko' and the dot grew a bit and became blue and purple. "That's it really." She rolled up the map. "If you have any other questions ask them now or wait until you find one of the Lights. They'd be the only others ones who'll be able to answer them correctly." She looked at everyone.

"The old hag said that they'd be able to kill Naraku, is that true?"

"Yes, with the help of as few as 3 members of the Glory, Naraku could be killed." GK glanced up at Inuyasha. "If that's the only question, I'll be going." She stood up, map still in hand. "Good luck to you all. Don't worry about looking for the Lights too much, if you see one, one of you will know." She smiled and handed the map to Kaede. "Good bye." She waved and then walked away.

Eh, sort of a short chapter, but if I get this one up now and another on Friday, then that'll be ok. For later I need to know what everyone fears. (hides under desk from classmates and other friends) I know I said I was done asking for this sort of stuff! This idea just popped into my head today and it seemed like a good idea so I went with it! (slowly comes out from under her desk) Sorry.

Review please! Give my brain a good jump start for Friday!