Kagome woke up in her room, her face stained with tears and her eyes bloodshot. She had cried herself to sleep yet again. Her mind was blank for a moment, before she remembered.

"It's been two days...I wonder how Inuyasha is doing." She said softly, sitting up. The image of Inuyasha on top of Kikyou flashed in her mind, and her delicate hands clenched her sheets, "Inuyasha how could you..." She felt the tears burning in her eyes once more, and tried to hold them back. She got out of her bed and stood in front of her mirror, "Look at you Kagome, you're a mess! Get over yourself girl!" She exclaimed as she grabbed a brush and began to run it through her rave hair.

A few minutes later she was dressed, and walked downstairs. "Mom?" She called out, but there was no answer. Something caught her eye on the counter, a small note.

'Went to the market with Souta and Grandpa, be back later. -Mom'

Kagome sighed and opened the fridge, looking for something to eat. The first thing that caught her eye was some leftover Ramen. 'Inuyasha...' She thought. She remembered what she said to him the day she left. She suddenly felt a pang of guilt, and tears filled her eyes. "Oh Inuyasha..." She couldn't stop what happened next. She ran outside, heading straight for the shrine. She quickly slide open the door, leapt down the steps, and hurled herself over the well edge. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" She called as she fell. As soon as she entered the well however, she knew something was wrong.

The second her feet touched the bottom of the well, something in the air changed. She didn't pass through the well, that wasn't what got her attention. She sensed Youki all around her, but when she looked up, she wasn't in Sengoku Jidai. "What is going on..." She whispered to herself as she proceeded in climbing out of the well. She rushed out of the shrine, and stepped out onto the street, then froze in shock by what she saw.

Youkai, everywhere, in present day clothing, walking normally among humans. None of the humans ran from them, as if they were an everyday sight; something that had always been there. Something had changed the present, her present.

Kagome never thought that her actions in the past could change the future, but apparently they did. She gave more thought to it, and could only come up with one explanation. Everything that happened in the Feudal era was meant to happen. Her finding the shards, Inuyasha killing Naraku, everything. That's why he present was how it was, everything was already set in stone, so nothing changed. But when Kagome saw Inuyasha with Kikyou, her emotions took over, and she did what wasn't supposed to happen. She left the Feudal Era, without the jewel, and set everything off balance. Once she regained herself, she managed to move from in front of the shrine and walked into the city.

Looking about as she wandered into the city, she was put into even more shock. She saw Kouga, wearing jeans and a t-shirt, walking with Ginta and Hakaku. Even more surprising, he hadn't aged a day. His overall face and physical structure was the same as it was in the past. Kouga glanced at her as she walked past him, but paid her no more attention than any other person. He didn't recognize, or remember her. 'He doesn't remember me?' She thought, confused.

Upon this discovery, she wondered if others from the past were here as well, and began looking for hem, hoping she would find someone who remembered her. However, she was halted when she saw a breaking news report on a television screen in a store window. Out of curiosity, since this sort of thing concerned her, she stood there and watched. The man on the screen was talking about a serial killer:

'Yet another victim has been found in their home, of course, dead. The mangled body is unrecognizable, and forensics have yet to identify it. Though it can be determined who lived in the house, apparently there are more than one, the others of which are still missing. This youkai is extremely dangerous, and we advise extreme caution when going out after sunset, since that seems to be when he strikes. Police are still working on the case, and have some of their best youkai looking for the man, though no clues, other than extensive 'claw marks' at the scene of every crime, have been found.'

Kagome listened to the entire story, silent, yet nervous about it all. Kagome nearly fainted when they showed the killer's picture, captured by an eye witness.

A/N: CLIFFY!(Psht, like you can't guess who it is.) Ok, bit of a longer chapter, which is good! Thanks so much for the reviews so far guys, they made me feel all warm and fuzzy ! I'm working on the next chapters, so bear with me!