Gem: This is my first Inuyasha fic so no yelling at me for it. Also it's kinda AU and popped into my head when I was writing my gov paper.

Sesshomaru (in his normal tone): Just say the disclaimer already.

Gem: All right. I only own myself as an OC (goin by a different name) and the school and if I spell anyone's name wrong, sorry.

"What's the big hurry?" Inuyasha asked as he stepped into Kagome's home.

Kagome and her mother were both packing frantically for something. They whizzed by him a couple of times until they realized that he was standing there.

"Hi Inuyasha. Come up to my room and I'll explain," said Kagome, while carrying a HUGE pile of clean clothes.

Inuyasha grabbed some of the pile and followed Kagome up the stairs. He almost tripped over several suitcases when he walked into the room. He also noticed that there were more piles of clothes around, all clean by the smell of them. He wondered why Kagome had so many pairs of clean clothes.

"Inuyasha, I got invited to go on an exchange trip for the semester and I'm going to a school in America. I talked to my host last night and she seemed very nice. Besides there might be shards in America too though from what my host said, the most exciting thing to do is go ice-skating. Oh, she's on!"

Kagome went over to the computer and typed in a message to a person with a mysterious quote.

StillSearching: hey

"You three are out of order." (me): hi

"You three are out of order." (me): sup?

StillSearching: not much. packing.

Inuyasha looked over Kagome's shoulder at the conversation. He wondered what this person's quote had to do with anything.

"Tell her that I want to know about her thing," said Inuyasha, meaning the quote.

StillSearching: i got a friend over. he wants to know about the quote.

"You three are out of order." (me): a few people that i sometimes talk to in the mornin always sit in a line and they screwed up the line. you find what yer searchin' for yet?

"You three are out of order." (me): u goin out with this friend or just friends? i don't hook people up unless they really like each other…

StillSearching: no. second one. time to finish packing. i'll see you at the airport, k?

"You three are out of order." (me): k. tell ur friend i said hi.

StillSearching: will do. bye

"That's who you'll be staying with for how long?"

"Fourteen weeks. That's how long their semesters are. Also they have all kind of weird holidays. Help me finish packing please?" asked Kagome, giving Inuyasha puppy eyes.

"Damn. I hate when she does that. I can't resist those eyes!"

"Fine. Does this person always have a 'quote'? And how long will you stay in the Feudal Era once you are back?"

"Normally she does. And normally, it's from her life. I don't know. It depends on what happens."

"What does she mean about 'hook people up?'"

"Remember when I explained about dating?" At Inuyasha's nod, Kagome continued. "Well, when she implied that she wanted to hook me up, she meant you and me dating."

"Gross!"

"Hey, you missed the conversation about the way she thinks."

The classic 'huh?' look was on his face, causing Kagome to giggle uncontrollably.

"Apparently, her town is as bad as Miroku mindset wise."

An expression of ewww was on Inuyasha's face. "That's worse than before."

"Yeah, I know. And I need to tell the others good bye."

(Feudal Era)

"Kagome!" squealed Shippo as he launched himself at her.

"Lady Kagome, you are back soon. Did Inuyasha bring you back?" asked Miroku as he and Sango walked out of the woods, each with a basket of herbs. (a/n I'm perverted but not enough to put something like that in the story.)

Shippo had been with them until he smelt Inuyasha and Kagome's return. They returned to the village so that Kagome could explain why she was back so soon.

"Hello Kaede." Kagome greeted the miko as she walked into Kaede's hut. "I'm going to be gone for a couple of months. I will be visiting a country, called the United States, which is across the ocean. My main reason for being there is to learn their customs."

"How are you getting there Kagome?" asked Sango.

"I'm going on something called an airplane. It looks like a big metal bird."

(place change. America)

Sesshomaru truly wondered what this place was. He was seated on a stool with a girl next to him. She was helping him fill out an application for the place. Well, more like she was filling it out for him since he wasn't the greatest at reading and writing English. Not that he'd ACTUALLY admit that to this girl. (a/n He can read and write in English. At the moment, it just takes him some time.)

"Name?"

"Sesshomaru."

"Spell please. And you got a last name?"

"S-E-S-S-H-O-M-A-R-U. Last name T-A-S-H-I-O." (a/n I'm aware that it's overused but I'm too lazy to think of another name)

It was the best he could think of on very short notice.

"Thank you. Education?"

"I believe you call it a high school."

Just what was with this human? Her not-quite-there accent mixed with her horrid English confused him. Great, he wasn't paying attention because she started to ask him something else.

"What days do ya want ta or can work?"

"Any day."

Days really didn't matter to him.

"Any set time ya want?"

"After three o'clock."

"'Kay."

As she was writing the new information down, a "customer" walked in and her manager called her to get the register.

"Brad, which job would ya like me ta do? First you tell me to help him." She pointed at Sesshomaru. "An' now this? Are ya blind because that's Gabi, not a customer."

Annoyed to the point where he could smell it coming off her in waves, she turned back to helping him.

"Can you read and write English?"

"Yes."

But she didn't need to know how well.

"Dom'll be here in about a half hour. You wanna stick 'round 'til then?"

"I will do so."

"Want some food while you wait?"

"No."

"'Kay then. Gotta get back to the rest of my job before Brad goes completely nuts. Not that I care what he thinks anyway."

She hopped off the stool and disappeared further in the small store. Splashing water soon met his ears.

"Probably her," he mused.

She wasn't bubbly but wasn't unhappy so what was with her? She didn't question his markings or his accent. Not that he believed he had one.

"Dom's here," she said as she cleaned a table. "He wants to talk to you."

"If you are seeking conversation, do not trouble yourself."

"That ain't what I was tryin' ta do. I jus' fig'ered you'd want ta know."

And she left him again. Again he heard splashing noises and a squeal of "Gabi!" when "Gabi" said or did something to promote that response.

(time change)

Kat walked down the halls of her school. The bells had decided to break today resulting in a very confused bunch of people. She had been talking to three other band people, all freshmen, when her physics teacher from last year asked her if the bell had rung. She didn't know and neither did any of the teachers. As she walked into her first period class, she saw a silver haired guy sitting in the very last seat of the very last row looking bored. Plopping down in her seat in front of him, she turned around and decided to introduce herself.

"Hi. My name's Kat. What's yours?"

"Sesshomaru. Does the numbering system in this building make any sense?" (a/n we've been wondering that for years)

"Nice to meet you. It never has and never will. You eventually pick up just which doors are the ones to your classroom. I've been in this school for the past three years and the only things that I've managed to pick up are that there are a few different halls centered on certain subjects."

Sesshomaru really wondered sometimes how and why he ended up here, five hundred years in the future. He'd ended up with Rin and Jaken but not Ah Uh. Consequently he decided to enroll in school and enroll Rin in order to find out more about life in this time. He could pass for an 18-year-old right? At least this girl didn't question his age. Hopefully, she'd forget about it. She seemed like a nice person to know though and she could help him find his way around this blasted school. He noticed that she was reading a book that she obviously hadn't had on her desk before. The print was small and she was already a quarter of the way through the book.

They were working on developing ads today and they were allowed to partner up. Kat turned around with a smile and asked him if he'd like to work with her.

"Sure," he replied bored.

"You sound as bored as I feel," Kat said turning her desk around.

He wondered for a moment if he should tell her and then decided to anyway. Besides, she seemed like she believed in the supernatural.

"I always sound like this. And can you keep a secret?"

"Yeah. And if it's weird I promise I won't laugh."

"Fine. I think I time traveled."

"Well, basic question then. Where do you last remember being?"

"In Feudal Japan. Traveling around looking for…someone."

"I always liked the thought of time travel but it being real…? I think I've just seen everything. Don't worry. No one else will know. I get the feeling that you're hidin' somethin' else."

"Nothing about that now."

"'Course not. Let's get started on this project."

Catching a hold of his partner's scent he wondered where he had smelled it before. Dismissing that, he continued to work.

(Later that afternoon)

Sesshomaru stood next to Kat in the airport. She'd told him more about herself during the day and received some more information about him back. She'd also told him that she was picking up a foreign exchange student from Japan. This had caught his interest and he decided to follow.

He watched as a girl stepped off the plane looking for someone. Spotting Kat, she came over and then she spotted him. He decided to head the conversation off before it could go anywhere.

"What are you doing here?" both asked.

Gem: weeeeeeeeeeeee! Cliffy!

Sesshomaru: I thought you were tired.

Gem: I was. R and R people. Constructive criticism welcome but no flames.