"An Unexpected Adventure"

Ch. 1 An Innocent Trip

Sota came home from school to find Inuyasha sitting against the tree with his eyes closed. He walked up to him and dropped his backpack on the ground.

"Hey Inuyasha! What'cha doin'?"

"Just resting", replied Inuyasha, his eyes still closed.

"You don't lie well", responded Sota. He waited for some kind of response from Inuyasha. When it was obvious he wasn't getting one, he continued.

"Hmm. There's only one thing you could be doing...I know!" he grinned, "You must be waiting for Kagome."

Inuyasha opened his eyes. He was now a little irritated.

Sota continued. "You'll be waiting a while. My school gets out earlier than hers. Don't ya remember?"

"Yeah, I know. I'm not stupid ya know! Will you stop being such a pest?" replied Inuyasha. "Don't you have something better to do? Like homework?"

"Of course not! They never give out homework on Saturdays!" Sota lied.

"Oh really? As I recall, Kagome almost always brings homework with her, especially on these 'Saturdays' of yours."

"Look, I know you're bored, Inuyasha", Sota continued, trying to change the subject back. He then thought for a moment. He really wanted to do something other than homework, and hanging out with his 'hero' topped the list.

"You know what? I'm bored too, so why don't you try to take me with you to the past? You did that for Kagome when she had no jewel shards."

"But that's Kagome, not you. It'll never work"

"Come on!" pleaded Sota. He wasn't about to take 'no' for an answer. "It's so boring here. There's nothing to do!" "Except for that book report that is" he thought to himself.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. He seemed to have read his mind. "You probably do have homework you little liar."

"Of course I don't! Now come on! I want to go on an adventure and see some action!

"Dammit! If you aren't the most annoying little.." Inuyasha gave in. "Fine! I'll prove to you it won't work."

"Yes!" Sota shouted as he jumped with joy.

They walked over to the well. "Uhh, shouldn't we tell someone where we're going?" asked Sota.

"What's the point?" replied Inuyasha "This won't work anyway."

"Whatever you say."

The two of them jumped into the well together. Their descent was slow, and there was a bright blue light all around them.

The light slowly disappeared, and they were both standing at the bottom of the well. "Well, whaddaya know, it worked", thought Inuyasha as he scratched his head. He was a bit embarrassed that a kid proved him wrong.

"TOLD YA!" said Sota "I was right! You can get me to the feudal era just by going down the well with me. After hearing Kagome's adventure stories, I just had to come here."

"Whatever", replied Inuyasha as he picked up Sota and jumped out of the well.

(One of Naraku's poisonous insects hovered unnoticed nearby.)

"It's so boring in the present", Sota continued, "Besides, you were bored waiting for Kagome, so I thought it would be great if I went with you on one of your adventures."

"You mean you want your 'hero' to save you again, so you want go where it's the most dangerous. Let me tell you something. It's too dangerous in this era. Naraku is bound to find out you're Kagome's younger brother. That'll make you a target. He'll probably try to kidnap you. We should head back now before that happens. Besides, Kagome doesn't even know you're here! She's still at that strange place you call a school. She'll kill me if something happens to you. I can't take that chance."

Inuyasha picked up Sota by the back of his shirt and prepared to jump back into the well.

"Hey wait a minute!" protested Sota, as he shook himself free from Inuyasha's grip and took a few steps away. "We just got here! I'm not ready to go back yet!"

"I never agreed to take you on an 'adventure' so stop arguing! The plan was to see if I could take you to the past. Now that we know, we are going back! Now! No buts!"

(Having heard enough, the insect flew away)

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Inside Naraku's hidden castle:

Naraku was sitting on the floor with his back against the wall, contemplating his next devious plan to claim the Shikon Jewel shards. The poisonous insect that observed what had transpired flew into the room and hovered in front of Naraku.

"Why Inuyasha", Naraku said, talking to himself, "You do have a brain after all." He allowed himself a small smile. "So the brother of the reincarnation of Kikyo has found a way into this era." He paused for a moment and chuckled. "Interesting. Thank you, Inuyasha, for such a great idea. I think I will use him!"

"Kagura!"

"Yes, Naraku", replied Kagura as she entered the room.

"Get the boy, but do not harm him! I have a brilliant plan that cannot fail!"

"As you wish", replied Kagura. She began to walk away. "Doesn't he always say his plans won't fail?" she thought.

"And Kagura!" Naraku demanded.

Kagura stopped and turned around.

"Kill Inuyasha"

"Hmph, as you wish" replied Kagura as she turned back around and walked out of the room. "Why do I always have to do all the dirty work?" thought Kagura as she exited the castle. She lifted a feather from her hair and flew away towards the well.

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The argument between Sota and Inuyasha continued…

"Dammit! I must take you back you brat!" shouted Inuyasha, losing his patience. "Naraku is totally ruthless. You can't even comprehend what he's capable of."

"I'm not afraid of Naraku!" lied Sota. He remembered what Kagome told him about Naraku. About all the horrible things he had done. "We should be able to avoid Naraku, so there should be no problems. It's not like I'll be staying here a long time," he thought.

"Will you stop it with the damn tough guy act? Naraku's totally ruthless. With all the time we've wasted arguing here out in the open, he probably now knows you're here. He has eyes and ears everywhere. He's probably devising a plan to have you captured as we speak."

"I'm still not afraid!" lied Sota.

"That's good to know", a female voice responded from behind them. "Since you'll be meeting him very soon. And Inuyasha, you are smart after all."

A/N: So what do you think? Please review and I will post more chapters.