Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...although I am proud to say that I own the plot :)

Oh...and this is a slight remake from an earlier fic with the same name...so yea...

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Where Am I?
Chapter 2

The next morning I woke up to the delicious smell of eggs, ham, bacon and toast. I hadn't eaten a freshly cooked meal in ages, since my parents died. I quickly got up and went downstairs into the kitchen. When I got there I saw Inuyasha sitting down and waiting for breakfast to be ready.

"Finally got up, sleepyhead?" he said with a grin.

"What time is it," I asked, barely stifling a yawn.

"Almost 7:30."

"Only 7:30! Wow, that's early where-when I come from. That smells good, Kaede."

"I hope so. Of course it always helps to have some fruit around," Kaede answered.

We then got into a discussion of which fruits we liked the best. Kaede liked apples, Inuyasha liked blue berries or raspberries, he wasn't too picky, and I liked strawberries. Kaede set all the food on the table and we started to eat. As we ate, the talk gradually came around to me and how my world was.

"So, Kagome, you said you don't use money in your world," Kaede said.

"That's right."

"What do you use?" Inuyasha asked.

"Well, we have these things that scan the eye and since no two pairs are alike they can tell who you are and what your rights are."

"What do you mean by rights?" Kaede asked.

"Well, uh, since there are so many people on Earth the head President, um, has limited the amount of kids, er, children a couple can have. Therefore if there are more then children are not legal and don't have the...the...the rights to food and shelter," I tried to explain. I don't think I did very well, it was a horrible thing to do, but I had lived with it all my life, and it was normal to me. I knew that Kaede wouldn't like it.

"Oh my, that's horrid!" Kaede exclaimed. Yup, I was right.

"I know, but the humans were using up all of Earth's resources so fast that we needed a way to limit the amount of food we could use a year."

"I see what they were doing, but that still doesn't make it any better."

"I know."

During this conversation Inuyasha had been looking at me, I guess he was assessing my clothing or something.

"Kaede, Kagome needs some dresses or something because pants just aren't right for this time," Inuyasha said.

"You're right. People will know she isn't from this place if she doesn't fit in, and we need them to think she's going to live here," Kaede said. She thought for a minute before coming up with an idea. "I have some dresses from when my niece last visited, before...well, never mind. Do you want to try them on?"

"Fine, I guess I'll wear them. I do need to look the part, don't I?" I said after some consideration. I hated wearing dresses, they felt weird and jeans were way more comfortable. Besides, you could do more in jeans, but I had to pretend to be from this time, and very few, if any, women wore pants.

"Okay then...let's see if they fit," Kaede said as she got up. "You might as well go home, Inuyasha. This could take all day." When I heard this I nearly fainted from the anticipation of boredom.

"I'll just go up the mountain and get you some firewood. I noticed you were getting low. Maybe I'll get you some apples if I can find any ripe ones," Inuyasha said with a smile.

"Don't you dare go through that warp-hole. Not until I can understand why it's so unstable. Got that, Inuyasha?"

"Yes, Kaede."

As Inuyasha went up the mountain with two sacks, one for firewood and one for apples, Kaede and I went upstairs to the bedroom I had spent the night in and we opened the closet. I sighed in relief as I noticed the dresses weren't all that bad. There were no frills or useless bobbles on them and I felt that I could wear these with little problem.

"These may be a bit out of style, but you can go get better patterns later, maybe tomorrow or later today. Want to try them on?" Kaede asked, indicating a few of them. I eyed the dresses with distaste, but decided against arguing and pulled a red dress out of the closet, deciding that it went well with my black hair.

"Okay, here goes nothing."

"It's a perfect fit. Like it was made for you."

"Weird, huh? It feels familiar somehow, I wonder why?"

"I have no idea," Kaede said as she eyed me.

"What's wrong?" I asked, wondering if I had some dirt on my face or something.

"Nothing, you just remind me-"

"Kaede! Kagome!" Inuyasha called from downstairs.

"Coming," Kaede called out so that Inuyasha could hear her. "Kagome are you a Catholic by any chance?"

"Yes, I was baptized as one and know some of the practices, but I'm not a devout believer. Why?"

"Lukian is a Catholic society mostly. I am Catholic so people would find it odd if my granddaughter wasn't one."

Kaede and I walked down the stairs and found Inuyasha sitting at the table with both bags full and something wrapped in his jacket.

"Hey, Inuyasha," I said as I looked at his jacket curiously. What could be in there? Well, there was only one way to find out. "Whatcha got?

"Oh, lemme put away the firewood. I'll be right back."

"Okay. Hmm, he's acting a bit strange, huh, Kaede?"

"Well, yes, but I wouldn't put it past him to have found something he's hiding from us. He likes finding surprises for me."

When Inuyasha came back in he set the apples in a dish on the table and handed his jacket to me. He told me to be careful with it, and that made me wonder even more. What could be in this jacket?

I opened it carefully, half expecting something to jump out at me, but when it was spread out fully on the table I saw nothing more than a bunch of ripe strawberries.

"Inuyasha!" I said, as I stared at the fruit. I practically leapt across the table so I could give him a big hug.

"Oh, you're welcome," said Inuyasha, with a huge grin on his face. I sat back down at the table and wondered why the heck he was beaming. It was just a hug, right?

We ate lunch and afterwards I went upstairs to change into the red dress so that Inuyasha could show me around Lukian. I wondered what Lukian looked like now, and when the development of land started. I should have paid more attention in my history class.

As I was thinking I took my hair out of its ponytail and let it hang free around my face as I brushed it out. How did they wear their hair nowadays? Down or up? I'll have to ask Inuyasha when I go back downstairs, I thought, as I put the brush down.

I walked down the stairs just as Inuyasha finished putting away the dishes. He turned around and stood still for a moment just staring at me. I was just starting to feel uncomfortable when he gathered his wits.

"You look good in that dress, Kagome."

"Thanks," I said as I smiled at him. "Oh, how should I wear my hair? I don't want to make a grave mistake or anything."

"Well, you can wear it in a low ponytail if you like, though, personally, I think you look better with it down. Still I guess it doesn't really matter."

"Thanks," I said as I smiled again. Inuyasha must really like me. Either that or he just likes to flatter people. I mentally shrugged and decided either way was fine for me. "Where's Kaede?"

"She's outside. She said we could go if you're ready. Oh, um, she brought in a pair of her older shoes that should fit you. We can buy you some better ones when we get to town."

"That's great! Oh, I don't have any money."

"Obviously. You don't use money when you come from."

"Ha ha. Very funny, Inuyasha. You know what I meant. I have no way of paying you back."

"Well, you gave us your fifteen dollars. So that should count for something, right?"

"I guess." I really owe a lot to these people and I've only been here for a few days. I nodded and we walked out of the door. We saw Kaede waving to us and as we neared her she asked us to buy her some groceries from the store.

"Here is some money that I've been saving so that you can buy some shoes and the groceries," Kaede said.

We walked down the mountain to the little town near the lake. It was so calm and peaceful. The lake was shining and the town looked so different from what I had left.

I was thinking about the development of the land when a loud rumbling noise jerked me out of my reverie. I glanced ahead and saw a horse-drawn cart rush towards us. I stood there, terrified, when I felt Inuyasha grab me around the waist and yank me out of the way. We fell onto the grass by the side of the road and the cart rumbled past, oblivious to us.

"Watch where you're going!" Inuyasha yelled after the driver. "Sorry about that, Kagome. That must be Mr. Winnet. He drives like a maniac. I think he's going to Kaede's house. Though I can't imagine why," Inuyasha said as he thought about it.

"Why do you think that?"

"Because her house is the only one up there."

"How strange. I wonder why he goes up there."

"I have no idea. Though if he keeps driving like that he's gonna kill someone."

When we arrived at the store we saw a woman at the front counter. Inuyasha went to get the rest of the items on Kaede's list while I went to ask the woman for shoes and a dress pattern. On my way I looked at all the items for sale and the cheap prices. They had salt, sugar, and firewood, items that were relatively rare in my time.

"Excuse me?" I asked the woman at the counter.

"Yes? Can I help you?" she asked as she turned my way.

"I'm here for-"

"Oh, you're here for the new dress patterns, aren't you? Here, I'll give you the three new patterns. Hm, here's a normal one, a school one, and, where did I put that nice one? Oh! Here it is. And here is one for church and special occasions."

"Thanks!"

"You're welcome. Now just go to that desk over there and you can pay."

"Um, I need some shoes could you-?"

"I see," the woman said, looking down at my feet. "If you'll follow me I can see about getting you some. We should have some in your size."

As we walked towards the back of the store the woman introduced herself as Rachel. She asked about my family and background, but that's normal for small-townspeople. At least that's what I've always heard. I stuck to my story and told Rachel I was from Katchki. I didn't get much time to embellish my story because someone rung the bell from the front of the store. She pointed out the door where they kept the shoes and turned to leave.

I watched Rachel make her way towards the front of the store before I walked through the door. I saw a girl my age trying on shoes and I tried to walk around her to reach my size shoes, but every time I would move she would get in my way. She eventually looked at me and sized up my clothes.

"Where did you come from? Underneath a rock?" the girl said with a sneer.

"I came from Katchki," I said. Man, was this girl annoying. I didn't do anything to her and here she is, turning her nose up at me. I wish I could just cut all her pretty braided hair off, but it was hardly the place.

"Oh, right," she said. "Why don't your clothes fit?"

"Um, well, you see, my house burned down, and everyone died except me," I answered and burst into tears.

"Oh, well that's just too bad for you, isn't it?"

"Wha-"

"Kagome," Inuyasha yelled.

"I'm over here," I answered through my tears. I let myself inwardly smile as I sobbed harder.

Inuyasha came around the corner and saw me with tears in my eyes and the other girl standing behind me with a gloating expression on her face.

"Hi Inuyasha," the girl said in a flirtatious voice.

"Uh, hi Kikyo," Inuyasha said, sounding confused. "Kagome, we have to go now."

"Ok, let's go," I said, still sniffing.

As we walked to the front of the store I quickly wiped my eyes. I didn't want anyone to think that what that girl had said would upset me. We arrived at the cashier and put our packages on the counter.

"Well, well," the man at the counter said, winking at Inuyasha. "And who might you be young lady?"

"I'm Kagome, from Katchki."

"Wow, that's far. I'm Matthew, but you can call me Matt. Hm," Matt said looking at the items they were buying, "That'll be $3 for the shoes, $2 for the patterns, and $5 for the groceries," he mumbled. "That's ten dollars, m'lad," he said to Inuyasha.

As Inuyasha paid I walked out the door. I saw a shadow standing near me. I turned around and saw someone I was sure I had seen before. I walked over to him, studying his features. I had seen him in my time. I was pretty sure he had been following me for a couple of months.

"Hello sir, have we met?"

"Um, ye-no, no I've never met you before."

"Oh, I'm sorry to have been so disrespectful then. Good bye sir," I said as I walked towards Inuyasha who had just come outside. It had been him. I would have recognized that accent, and his trench coat, anywhere.

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yay...wanna guess who he is? Plz? In a review? (I'm kinda desperate...)