Chapter 3 – Time's Deception

Kagome woke up late the next morning; her mother had called into the school saying that she was going to be absent once again for a highly contagious flu. Sota was at school, and Kagome's grandfather was on holidays somewhere in Canada to relieve his stress of taking care of their shrine all of the time. The only ones home were Kagome and her fat cat Buyo, who sat outside the door sleeping. Kagome had the whole day to herself, and she thought to herself many times of going back to visit everyone in the Feudal Era, but came to a final conclusion not to. After she had gotten dressed and went downstairs for breakfast, she took her remaining jewel shards, and went outside to the Bone Eater's Well. Kagome continuously looked down at the shards and then back into the well. The shards were almost completed, there was over a half, and one random piece that didn't connect to the others properly. She picked up the random piece in her thumb and forefinger.

"You don't fit in, do you?" she asked the shard, knowing that it wouldn't reply.

She grabbed the shard, and put it in to where her heart was. The shard went into her heart magically, with no physical damage whatsoever. Kagome grabbed the other half of the shard and glared at it.

"I don't need this anymore," she said, "I can use the one I have in me now, I'm just going to throw this out…"

Kagome threw the shard into the well, and tears slowly fell down her face, as memories of Sango, Miroku and Shippo lurked in her mind. She missed them, and wanted them to be there to comfort her, the friends she used to have stopped hanging out with her because she was always away, and Hojo finally got over Kagome and started dating other people who didn't skip every date. She looked deep into the well, and a tear fell into the well.

"I wish that Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were here…" said Kagome more tears falling into the well.

Suddenly the well lit up a purplish shade and Kagome was brought forward into the well, and engulfed by darkness as her body disappeared.

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"I wonder if Kagome is okay," said Sango looking over into the well, "I'm really worried…"

"Us too." Said Miroku and Shippo also looking into the well.

"Don't you guys wish we could cheer her up in her world?" asked Sango, "She doesn't have very many friends there anymore because she's been coming here for 2 years."

"I know…" said Shippo, "But we don't have the power to."

They all sighed and looked into the well. Kagome all lurked in their minds.

"We've stayed here all night to see if she'd come back, and she hasn't yet, what if people begin to get worried?" asked Miroku

"Don't worry," said Sango, "Kaede knows where we are…"

Suddenly, their side of the well had become a purplish shade too. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were all sucked into the well, their bodies too, mysteriously disappearing in the black shade in the well. Everything was bluish black.

"Where are we?" asked Shippo grabbing onto Sango

"Hello?" said a confused voice that had suddenly began to sound like Kagome

"Kagome!" yelled Sango, Miroku, and Shippo, trying to get her attention, "is that you?"

All of a sudden, Kagome's body came into view, and Sango, Shippo and Miroku all smiled. Kagome finally reached them, and hugged each of them, first (very quickly) she hugged Miroku, then Shippo, and then Sango after.

"Oh Sango, I missed you so much!" Kagome said

They all smiled, as the background mysteriously flashed and all of them appeared in Kagome's time by the Bone Eater's Well. They were all in shock, and of course perplexed. They didn't know how they had appeared in this Era.

"Um… Kagome…" said Sango nervously

"Kagome, how are we here?" asked Shippo

"I think that this is going to be a problem" said Miroku

Kagome looked at all of them, her eyes opened wide, this is the moment she dreamed of, but was it a good thing, because all of them seemed anxious to get some answer. Kagome turned around to the door and then back again.

"Welcome to my Era," she said slowly, "come on, I'll show you around my house, and I'll make everyone a light lunch, then we will go to my room and talk about this…" she said calmly, but she wasn't calm at all, she wondered how they would all end up going back, what happened if they were stuck there. Kagome didn't know, but she did know that it was all her fault…

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"Where the hell is everyone" said a frustrating Inuyasha after he had searched for everyone for the third time.

Inuyasha stormed into Kaede's house filled with anger, and walked straight up to Kaede who was mixing herbs.

"Where the hell is everyone?" repeated Inuyasha impatiently

Kaede was shocked, and speechless.

"Are they not by the well?" asked Kaede

"No, I checked there first, stupid idiot, their scents just disappeared, they probably got eaten by a demon…" said Inuyasha, Kaede giving him a dirty look, "or Sango is doing it with Miroku privately and Shippo is learning and it's blocked with magic" he said sarcastically.

"Inuyasha!" screamed Kaede

"Sorry!" said Inuyasha rolling his eyes, "it was just a little joke"

"Yeah, alright" said Kaede, "well, I don't know where they are then, but how is that fight with Kagome and yourself?"

"She still hasn't come back…" he said, "dumb bitch…" he murmured

"Inuyasha!"

"Sorry Kaede, ya old hag, calm yourself." Kaede gave him a dirty look, "oh well, who am I to care" he said turning around, thoughts of Kagome whirled in his head, "I don't miss Kagome one bit."

Inuyasha walked away leaving Kaede alone in her hut, Kaede rolled her eyes.

"They are so stupid" she said to herself sighing.