A/N: I had strep throat about a month ago, and those are the symptoms I had, so that's what I'm going with. Of course there's going to be OOCness, but I'll try to keep that down to a minimum if I can help it. Also, to answer a question I got in a review: Inuyasha didn't come after Kagome again after she sat him for fear that she'd do it again. Inuyasha didn't sense Sesshomaru because he had his scent an aura masked. That's also why Kagome didn't notice him sneaking up on her. I meant to put that in earlier. Sorry for the confusion.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

"Strep throat?" questioned the Taiyoukai.

"Yes," Kagome said, "It's a virus that can only be cured using antibiotics. As I already said though, I'm not positive that's what she has. She'll have to see a doctor in my time"

"We leave immediately" the Taiyoukai said suddenly.

"What?" asked Kagome surprised, "You're coming too?"

"Obviously, human. This Sesshomaru is not about to let Rin fall into your care alone"

"Thanks. That really shot up my self esteem" Kagome said sarcastically, "Well, we should probably wake her up first. If she wakes up five hundred years in the future and doesn't know how she got there, I have a feeling she might freak out a little bit" Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at her choice of words, but kneeled down to wake Rin awayway. The miko watched as the great Taiyoukai began the task of gently shaking the small child awake.

"Rin, wake up"

"G'morning Sesshomaru-sama" she said with a scratchy voice and eyes still closed.

"It's not morning, Rin" he responded with a slight smirk that nobody noticed.

"Oh, then when is it?" Rin asked, eyes now cracked open slightly.

"It's the middle of the afternoon"

Rin sate up, bracing herself with her arms. Sesshomaru felt her forehead with the back of his hand.

"Still warm" he murmured under his breath.

Kagome just stood there watching the Inu youkai actually showing some compassion.

"Don't you love these Kodak moments?" she said quietly to herself.

Sesshomaru stood up and looked at her, "Kodak?"

Kagome sweatdropped, "Never mind" she said before bending down to Rin's level.

"Are you feeling okay sweetie?"

"Rin's head and tummy kind of hurt" she managed to say before coughing, "Ooh... and Rin's throat hurts too"

"Rin, how would you like coming with me to go see a doctor in my time?"

The little girl smiled, "Okay! Then Rin will feel better!" she said before coughing again.

"Sesshomaru-sama, Rin is dizzy" she groaned before falling flat on her back.

"We should really get her too the doctor"

Sesshomaru nodded, bent down, picked Rin up, balancing her on his side, and started towards the well once again. Kagome and Jaken were right on his heels. Once they arrived, Kagome sat down on the grass.

"What are you doing, woman?" Jaken asked.

"Thinking"

"About?"

"About how I'm going to get all of you through the well. No one besides Inuyasha and I have been able to get through before. Hm... maybe if we're all holding on to eachother, like a chain or something."

"It is possible" Sesshomaru stated

"Let's try that, then" Kagome said, standing up with determination.

"Wait" she suddlenly said.

"What now?" Sesshomaru asked, starting to get impatient.

"We need to lay down some ground rules"

"Do you want Rin to see a doctor or not?"

"Fine. What are these rules?"

"You have to promise to obey them, and you do too, Jaken"

"For Rin" Kagome pleaded.

"Fine" Sesshomaru said flatly, "This Sesshomaru promises to listen to your so called rules" He then glared at Jaken.

Getting the message, the toad youkai said, "Hai, I promise too. Now, what are the rules?"

Satisfied with their answers, she began to list them off.

"Let's see, you can't, under any circumstances, burn, kill, maim, drown, poison, destroy, damage, injure, or cause bodily harm to ANYTHING while we're in my time. You got it?"

"No rules, no doctor"

"Fine"

"Jaken?"

"Hai...I guess"

"Ok! Then let's go!"

Sesshomaru was holding Rin, who was holding Kagome's hand, whose other hand was on Jaken's shoulder.

"On three, we jump" Kagome said, hoping they'd make it through.

"Three" said Sesshomaru before jumping in immediately, dragging everyone down with him. Kagome closed her eyes, waiting for an impact, but it never came. Instead, a light surrounded them, and they were transported into the future. Kagome opened her eyes and looked up to see the ceiling of the wellhouse.

"We got through!" she squealed excitedly.

Sesshomaru looked up also to see a ceiling for jumping out of the well with ease, and taking Rin with him. Kagome and Jaken were left to fend for themselves. Jaken couldn't get up, so he ended up hanging onto Kagome's ankle as she climbed to the top, watched by Sesshomaru and Rin, both of them slightly amused at the scene.

"Ok" Kagome said when they were all assembled at the exit, "When I open the door, a whole bunch of foreign smells will invade your senses immediately. Most of the them probably won't be that pleasant... Ready, Sesshomaru?"
"Hai" he answered.

Kagome flung the door open and looked at Sesshomaru to gauge his reaction. She almost burst out laughing when he visibly twitched before handing Rin to her so he could cover his nose with the sleeve of his haori(sp?). Jaken just fainted. A few moments of adjustment to everything, and Sesshomaru was able to remove his sleeve and promptly take Rin back. Jaken was still out of it.

"Let's go inside" Kagome said, exiting the wellhouse, dragging Jaken behid her. The Taiyoukai took in all of the differences between this world and the one he was used to. First of all, the ground wasn't grass anymore. A huge smooth rock seemed to cover everything. Sesshomaru also noticed that the buildings were different, more solid looking. The worst thing was that the future stunk, literally. It would make anybody stick out their tongue and grimace. But, being the dignified Taiyoukai that he was, he resisted, even though the thought was extremely tempting. Of course he was curious about pretty much everything. But that would have to wait. Rin's health was more important.Kagome opened the front door to find her mother dragging an overstuffed suitcase down the hallway towards them. She turned around upon hearing the door and smiled when she saw Kagome standing there.

"Hi Honey! I didn't know when you'd be back, so I was just going to leave you a note, but now I can tell you in person instead"

"Um, where are you going?" Kagome asked, looking around her mother at the suitcase.

"Your grandfather, Souta, and I are going to visit your uncle for a few weeks!"

"They let Souta out of school for that?"

"Yes, as long as he presents a report to the class about what he learned while he was gone"

"Ok. Well, tell them I said 'Hi' "

"I will, dear. By the way, who do you have with you? Are they friends of yours?"

"Um, kind of. This is Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands" She put emphasis on the last part so her mom would get the idea that he demanded respect.

"Hello, Sesshomaru-sama. It's nice to meet you" Kagome's mom greeted, catching her daughters hint perfectly.

Sesshomaru nodded in response. After all, he figured should at least a little respectful towards this woman, as she seemed to be the one who ran the household.

"This is Rin" Kagome said pointing to the girl in Sesshomaru's arm, "She's sick, so before you go, could you call the doctor and schedule her an appointment so we can take her later?"

"Oh, poor dear, of course I will"

"Oh yeah, the unconscious guy is Jaken. Hopefully, he'll wake up soon"

Right on cue, Jaken opened his eyes and stared up at them all.

"Ugh... what happened?"

"You passed out Jaken" Sesshomaru said simply.

The toad then spotted Kagome's mother.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Mrs. Higurashi, Kagome's mom"

"Oh"

It was silent for a moment before...

"MOM! I can't find my gameboy! Have you seen it?"

was heard followed by coming down the stairs. Souta appeared before everybody and his eyes bugged out when he saw the stoic youkai.

"WOW!"

He ran right up to him until he had to crane his neck back completely to see Sesshomaru's face.

"Are you a youkai?"

"Hai"

"What's your name?"

"Sesshomaru"

"Who's that?" Souta asked pointing to Rin, who was now asleep again.

"Rin"

"Is she sick?"

"Hai"

"Is she going to the doctor?"

"Hai"

"And who is that?" he asked pointing to Jaken.

"Jaken"

"Is he sick too?"

"No"

"Are you sure? He sure looks like he is!"

Sesshomaru couldn't help but smirk at this. Jaken gave Souta a glare.

"I'm sure he's not"

"Are you Kagome's friend?"

"Acquaintance" he corrected

"Do you know Inuyasha?"

"Hai, unfortunately"

"Are you related to him?"

"Hai, unfortunately"

"Have you met my grandfather yet?"

Sesshomaru couldn't believe the randomness of this boy, but somehow, it was slightly entertaining.

"No"

"Did you know he's going to start throwing sutras at you as soon as he lays eyes on you?"

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow, "No"

"Well, he will. It's because you're a demon"

"So?"

"He's paranoid that you'll try to eat him"

Sesshomaru's other eyebrow went up.

"You won't, will you?"

The Taiyoukai resisted the urge to roll his eyes, "No"

"Oh, good"

Kagome and her mother just watched as Souta played twenty questions with the dog demon. What surprised Kagome the most was that Sesshomaru was actually answering him.

"Um... I've run out of stuff to ask" Souta finished. He turned to Kagome, "Oh! Hey Sis!"

"Hi Souta!" she said giving him a hug.

"Kagome, dear" her mother said, "Why don't you put Rin up in your bed to rest?"

"Ok, Mom"

She turned to Sesshomaru and motioned for him to follow her up the stairs.

A/N: This is way longer than the first chapter! (bows) It took me a long time. I don't have a spellchecker, so if you find any mistakes, please go easy on me here. I'm not sure when I'll get the next chapter up. I'm aiming for sometime soon. So, go hit that review button! Review! Review!