The falling group came out of the bottomless hole straight into a river. Luckily, although they landed in the middle of this wide river, there was a small island nearby. Crowding ashore, they finally began to look around and take in their new surroundings. There were wooden bridges, cobbled streets, and old-style buildings. The people mostly wore traditional Japanese clothes, although some wore old-style European clothing as well.

"Where are we?" Shippo asked.

"Hmm...This looks like early Japan...like right after the cultural reformation..." Kagome thought aloud.

After noticing that everyone else was now staring at her, she said "What? I have to study this stuff, you know!"

"Okay, but anyway, even though we don't know where the hell we are, how about we find a way off this frickin small island!" Ed grumbled after the questions of 'where are we', 'when are we', and 'why are we here' died down.

Everyone agreed this would be a good idea, since Al took up a lot of room on the already small island, and Sango's hiraikotsu didn't help. Sango had Kirara change from cute kitty to flying battle demon mode, and Ed transmuted a raft out of some of the reeds on and around the island. It was a lucky thing that Ed was skilled enough to not need a transmutation circle, since there was no room on the island to draw one, and chalk would just wash off in the water. Between the two forms of transportation, everyone got safely off the island and onto the bank. Once on the streets, they noticed that everyone was staring and avoiding them, not to mention whispering. Since this would probably hinder the acquiring of the answers to the questions they had, they chose one of them to go and ask. Sango, who looked the most normal, was chosen, and so she went off, leaving her hiraikotsu, katana, and Kirara in the care of everyone else.

Ten minutes and ten thousand stares later, Sango returned successfully. She informed them that apparently they were in the Eleventh year of the Meiji Era, in Tokyo.

"Tokyo?" Shippo asked. "Where's that?"

"Shippo, Tokyo is just Edo with the name changed," Kagome explained.

"Ohhh," Shippo breathed, understanding.

"Uhh, guys, I don't mean to interrupt, but I think we may have a problem." Ed interrupted.

Looking around, Miroku, Al, and InuYasha all said "Agreed," in unison.

The reason soon became obvious to the rest. They were surrounded by a large crowd, and at the front were several police officers holding guns; however, some held swords. Coming through the crowd was the person leading the police, a man with glasses. Following him was a shorter person, a long haired redhead with a cross-shaped scar on their cheek

"Hey, is that a girl or a guy?" Ed asked.

"They would make a pretty girl if it weren't for that scar," Miroku thought aloud.

There was a loud BANG, and Miroku suddenly was on the floor, a huge bump on his head. Sango was holding her hiraikotsu above him.

The man with glasses spoke: "Himura-san, these people have been standing around suspiciously and disturbing the peace, and many have illegal weapons. See? There are a few with swords. What should we do with them?"

The one that he called Himura thought a minute, then asked "Did you ask them what they were doing here?"

"Uh...no...But they have been breaking half of our laws just standing here! We should take them down to the police station!"

As the group was lead away, there were three main reactions. Poor Kagome was melting down and crying, traumatized by being arrested, the Elrics and InuYasha were trying to comfort her, and those of the Feudal Era, also including InuYasha, were saying "Is a 'police station' edible?"

Himura came along to ensure that the group stayed in line at the bespectacled officer's request.

At the police station, things weren't going so well. The police simply wouldn't believe their story about the random portals appearing and transporting them to other worlds. The questioning went on for about an hour, and things almost went to the worst case scenario, if it weren't for two miniature portals opening on the table in front of them, and a snake or something jumping out of one of them and into the others. As an apology for giving them so much trouble, Kenshin Himura, the redhead, invited them to stay with him and his friends. They gratefully accepted.

At Kenshin's home, the Kamiya Dojo, the travelers met Kamiya Kaoru, Sagara Sanosuke, Myoujin Yahiko, and Machimaki Misao. Misao was staying there for a little while before returning to her home at the Aoi-ya in Kyoto. When it was time for dinner, another friend, Takani Megumi, made dinner.

Yahiko, who was sitting next to Ed, told the group "You're lucky. Megumi's cooking is good. Kenshin's is pretty good too, and Kaoru's is…"

"…Horrible!" Sanosuke finished for him; both he and Yahiko quickly earned him a punch from the offended Kaoru. After that, they all said 'Itadekimasu!' and dug in. Ed and Yahiko shoveled food in, and for a moment everyone marveled at how similar the two were. After dinner, they all watched Kaoru and Yahiko practice. Sango tried it, and was surprised how light a bokken and shinai were, as the few times she had used practice swords, it had been long ago. InuYasha also tried it, and happened to stink at it because the swords were way too small and light, as compared to the Tetsusaiga he was so used to using. Once practice was finished, they got out the futons and turned in.

The next morning, everything went pretty smooth. They got up, did stuff, ate, did more stuff. Kenshin was sent to do the shopping, but since the list was so huge, everyone came along, the exception being Megumi, who had to go back and treat her patients at the clinic; although some complained that she was getting off easy, she reprimanded that a doctor's duty was never easy.

As they were shopping, a loud commotion in the street got their attention. When they went to check it out, they found a moving hole. It moved towards them, dodging the other things around it. Things seemed as though the portal wanted them and only them, and nothing else but them. The group split up, ran, and dodged, but still the portal persisted. One by one, the portal triumphed, until everyone was falling down the portal. Kagome was obviously used to it since not only had she gone through this twice before, but she always went through the well, and so was InuYasha. The rest of the Feudal gang were finally starting to get used to it, the Elrics were still pretty shaken by it, and of course the Meiji gang, composed of Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko, Sanosuke, and Misao, were mostly screaming their heads off.

More accurately, Kenshin wasn't screaming, he was only surprised, and Misao just screamed a little at the beginning. Sanosuke screamed, then realized that even the sixteen-year-old Misao stopped, and so he stopped of embarrassment. The same went for Yahiko. Kaoru screamed the most, but she, too, eventually stopped.

Author's Note:

Bokken and Shinai - two types of wooden swords. If I'm not mistaken, Kaoru uses the bokken, while Yahiko tends to use the bamboo shinai.