I own nothing save my OCs and my own unique idea twists. Certain key questions- such as how Jade (probably) came to Feudal Japan, will be either partly or fully answered in this chapter. Reviews and comments are welcome, but no flaming please. Also my first fanfic, so constructive criticism is appreciated. Enjoy!

Recap…

"Nice to meet ya, I'm Jade Aquilo of Fairy Tail, a wizard's guild in the country of Fiore." She says before bowing from her seat.

Team Inuyasha blink and look at each other.

Fairy… Tail? Guild? Wizards? Fiore?

Jade nods.

"Yeah, I'm from Fiore, a country in Earthland, and from what Gran tells me she's never heard of Fiore or any of the surrounding countries. And-!" Jade reaches over into her pack and pulls out a worn piece of paper. She unfolds it and reveals a map of the world Earthland.

"When I showed her this, she says she's never heard or seen anything like it!" Miroku and Kagome take closer looks at the map while Inuyasha eyes her suspiciously. Sango hesitates and asks a few questions.

"What is a 'wizard', Aquilo-san? And what is a 'guild' and 'Fairy Tail'?"

Jade grins at Kaede.

"Whoa Gran, you weren't kidding when you said nobody knew what a wizard is! And call me Jade, I don't like formalities. Let's see, how did Gramps explain it..?" Jade makes a face, trying to remember.

"Um, a wizard is a human that can use magic, usually as a job… a guild is where a bunch of people with similar skills can get together and share info and support and ideas and can get requests for jobs- it's kinda like a big, messy family! And a wizards' guild is a guild for wizards! As for what Fairy Tail is-" Jade says, her expression becoming more cheerful and reminiscent.

"They're my family. I mean, Fairy Tail is the name of the wizard's guild I belong to, but we're like a huge crazy family! We get into so many fights with each other! Gramps gets so mad when we break things at the guild hall!" She laughs, scratching her head.

Sango blinks in surprise.

She must really love this 'Fairy Tail' if she considers it like her family…

"Oi. What do ya even do as a 'wizard'?" Inuyasha asks, his voice clearly conveying his lack of belief wizards are capable of anything noteworthy.

Jade quirks her eyebrows at him, then shrugs, not bothered by his attitude.

"We go fulfill requests- a client sends a plea for something to be done, like killing a monster or finding a rare book, and then they pay us for when the job is completed. Some jobs are more dangerous than others, so you have to be a certain level of skill to go do them." Jade stretches as she says this, loosening the kinks in her back.

"Take earlier for example- Gran asked me to help fix the village and in return the reward is food and shelter for the night. That's an example of an 'easy' quest." She makes quotes with her fingers as she says this.

"An example of a harder quest would be exterminating a nest of wyverns- that's the name of the creature whose head I had attached to my saddle." She says to them when she sees the confusion on their faces.

"Wyverns often hunt in pairs or small packs, they're pretty clever, durable and powerful. They're a pain for someone like me, but an outright menace for a regular person. That's why a request was sent out from another country called Joya, looking for a wizard or big-game hunter to come and get rid of them. I took the quest, managed to kill the buggers in about two weeks. I hate having to track things through swamps, they smell so bad!"

"You- you killed those scary monsters?" Shippo squeaks, hiding behind Inuyasha.

Jade blinks and smiles gently at him.

"Sure did! Don't worry, kiddo, from what Gran has told me you guys don't have most of the monsters my world has."

"Your world?" Inuyasha says snidely.

Jade nods.

"Yup. Mine. All I can figure is that I somehow ended up in another world- otherwise why would so much be different?"

"She's likely correct," Miroku says, looking up from the map.

"Lady Kagome and I have looked this map over thoroughly and none of the countries match any Lady Kagome is aware of. The shape of the world is different too."

Kagome nods in agreement.

"I may not be the best at geography, but my textbook maps don't correlate with this one at all. And given our difference in knowledge and culture… she's probably from another world." She finishes with visible anxiety.

Team Inuyasha all look at one another.

"So… how did Jade-san get here?" Sango asks finally, breaking the silence. Jade yawns and then says in a thoughtful voice.

"Probably a ley line gate." They all stare at her.

"A what?" Miroku asks politely.

Jade blinks and then smacks her fist into her palm.

"Right, you guys don't really understand magic, do you? My little sister messes around with weird magic and reads too many magic theory books, but to sum up the three day lecture she gave me, it's something like this-!" She grabs the map back and pulls out a magic pen.

"There's these lines of natural energy, called ley lines, running through the earth's surface. In some spots," Jade explains as she draws glowing lines on the map, connecting them in spots and making spirals in others.

"They converge- either in a cross pattern or a spiral and the energy has really weird effects on the land above and around it. My little sister lives in a house that is smack dab in the middle of a huge convergence point, called a nexus, and space is distorted there. A set of doors and windows in her house look out in other parts of the world they shouldn't be able to or open to spaces she shouldn't be able to reach normally. Yeah, it's super strange," Jade agrees with the stunned expressions on everyone's faces- except Kaede, who had already heard this.

"And being odd herself, she's trying to map it out, but I'm rambling. So what I think happened is Soren and I accidently rode into a nexus or vortex point and triggered the energy. Opening a portal… to here." She finishes, and clicks her pen.

Everyone jumps when the glowing lines vanish from the map.

"But… Jade-san, how are you sure these 'ley lines' can actually take you to other worlds?" Kagome questions. Jade nods.

"That's a good point- I know it's possible because my little sister, Ryo is her name, has traveled to other worlds using both a nexus and vortex. She returned the same way, mostly because she could find other convergence sites and bent them temporarily to her will."

Silence falls. Crickets chirp in the distance.

"She… bent them to her will?" Miroku queries. Jade grimaces.

"Yeah. It was incredibly stupid, and beyond risky, but she managed it three times to date. Ley lines are- well, they're temperamental and not just powerful- they are power. Raw, unfiltered power. Most mages that try to use them die, horribly. And there's no way to save them if they screw up. Which is why its nuts that Ryo keeps studying them-!" She growls, getting louder and more emotional as she talks.

"Oi, can we use these 'ley line' things to get stronger?!" Inuyasha asks, intently.

Jade stops mid-tirade and glares at him.

"… Don't go there, Fluffy Ears. Better, and worse, people than you thought the same thing- and were completely destroyed when they tried to tap a ley line."

He huffs, clearly not impressed.

"If your sister can-"

"Ryo is a special case." She cuts him off harshly, her eyes turning hard.

"And she nearly died each time she did the deed, Fluffy Ears. So, leave well enough alone." Inuyasha's eyes narrow.

"Don't call me Fluffy Ears! And don't tell me what to do! Your sister must be a weakling, if she almost died from something like that-!"

Jade explodes into motion, smashing her fist into his face and sending him flying out the door. Kaede sighs- she saw that coming. The others are stunned by her swift retaliation. Jade stalks out the door, exuding fury. Inuyasha scrambles to his feet, snarling at her. She bares her own teeth in response and snaps at him.

"You know what, Fluffy Ears? I can tolerate a lot of shit, but you just had to go and disrespect my sister-"

She blocks his attempt to punch her and nails him in the gut. He manages to sock her with his other fist, but Jade seems to simply ignore it, favoring to keep punching him.

"And you go running your mouth about shit you don't even know about-"

He jumps away from her, trying to gain distance. Jade isn't having it. She leaps after him, and lashes out with a sweeping kick to knock him over.

"Just so you can 'get stronger', like it's so goddamn easy-!"

Jade twists to avoid Inuyasha's claws, grabs his out-stretched arm and uses it to Hulk smash him into the ground. Over and over. She doesn't let up until Kaede and Kagome's pleas become frantic. With a huff, she drops him, unconscious.

"Power hungry Dumbass." Jade growls before stalking back to Kaede's hut, leaving Kagome to check on Inuyasha.

Shippo, Miroku and Sango give Jade plenty of room as she angrily eats another bowl of soup. Kirara nudges her inquisitively with her nose, meowing. Jade absentmindedly pets her as she eats.

After a bit, Kagome comes back in accompanied by a disheveled Inuyasha and tired Kaede. Inuyasha is steaming mad, but doesn't say anything, choosing to fume in silence.

"Um, Jade-san?" Kagome asks, steeling herself.

"What?" Jade says, annoyance still flavoring her tone.

"Kaede-san mentioned something about you helping out with bandits and demons..?"

Jade looks at her, sighs and visibly lets her frustration fade away.

"Yeah, that. It started nasty and snowballed from there."

Kaede nods in agreement.

"Naraku sent a demon swarm, who hit the village just after a bandit clan attacked the day before- everyone was tired. And several of us fell before Jade reached us…"

Her eye grows distant as she remembers…

Two day ago.

Kaede is tired. The bandits had been driven back for now, but they were regrouping in the forest. Several huts had already been burned and the livestock scattered, but there was no time to gather them. She felt an ominous presence to the east- a demonic presence, to be precise. Wearily, Kaede organized the village men to defensive positions while she readied her bow.

It would not be long now.

Screeches of the foul beasts fill the air and they burst into view- demons. Ugly, violent, blood-thirsty demons. The men waver, fearful. Kaede fires her first arrow, slaying a few- all too few. The rest stampede forward, killing one man too slow to defend himself. Kaede curses her old age and fires again. And again.

It's not enough.

Kaede despairs when she realizes even if all the demons are slain, there will be too few villagers able to fight the bandits.

If only Inuyasha and the others were to return-!

"Why so distressed, Kaede?" A malicious voice inquires, reveling in her despair.

"Naraku! Tis this thine work?!" Kaede demands, furious. A figure in a white baboon pelt is watching from a safe distance, but Kaede can still see the Shikon jewel shards on him.

"Why of course. The bandits were all too pleased to hear of a village ripe for plucking. As for the demons, they are always happy for a chance to devour humans…" His voice is gloating, pleased with the fruition of his plans.

"Imagine the despair on Inuyasha's face… and Kagome's… and all the rest! I do wonder if they will have the resolve to go on…" He muses, clearly excited for them to see his handiwork.

Kaede grips her bow tighter.

"I hope you will entertain me a little longer… perhaps I will tell your sister of your death as well! The expression on her face would be- delectable to witness."

Kaede fires an arrow, but Naraku easily avoids it.

"Oh? Are you trying to take me with you to the grave?" He beckons several demons forward, clearly not deigning to consider her a serious threat.

The demons spring forth, trying to get in close with Kaede, who is trying to fit another arrow to her bowstring-!

And a huge animal runs into the mass of demons, spearing one with it's horns and trampling another. The demons scatter, stunned and afraid of this beast. Kaede blinks in surprise at it.

"Oi, Gran, you alright?"

Kaede starts and looks up, onto the animal's back. A strange young woman, clearly a foreigner, with wild tattoos and messy black hair. And wearing pants and such strange shoes!

"Gran, are you alright?" The stranger asks again, casually crushing the throat of a demon that got too close.

"A-aye. And who might you be-?"

"Later." The stranger says, kicking a demon in the face- its' skull pulverized. She looks at Kaede and sighs.

"Gran, right now, you got a big mess of ugly to deal with. Names can come later." She jumps off and her mount shakes its' head, throwing off the dead demon. Then it charges and tramples a few more.

"I'll help, but I would like three things in return," She says, using a smaller demon as a makeshift club to mow down other demons as she talks.

"What might thee be asking for-?" Kaede pants, shooting a few more demons.

"Food. Shelter. And information. We got a deal?" The stranger demands, using a crescent kick to divert a spear.

Kaede thinks fast and accepts with a nod. The stranger grins and then yells,

"Hey, you ugly bastard demon things! Ready to die?" They roar, furious with her. Naraku watches her with narrowed eyes.

"Earth Dragon's Wing Strike!" She snarls, her arms suddenly covered with thick scale-like pieces of stone that detach and slice their way through the demon swarm, killing and injuring over a third. Several demons avoid the attack by using their neighbors as shields, then try to jump her. Her eyes glitter evilly.

"Earth Dragon's Twin Swords!" Her arms change into black, shimmering stone blades that effortlessly slice and dice the demons. Blood splatters her face, but she ignores it as she lays waste to the rest of the demons in record time. The villagers watch her in awe and fear as she dispatches a few injured demons, then turns to look at the man in the baboon pelt.

She quirks her eyebrow at him.

"Are you going to just stare, pervert?" Naraku twitches at the unexpected epithet.

Kaede marches up, drawing an arrow. The stranger looks at Kaede's murderous expression, then at Naraku.

"I'm guessing you're not friends…" She states dryly.

Kaede scoffs.

"He is a demon most foul-!"

"I will take my leave." Naraku states, mind working furiously.

This stranger, she is ABNORMAL- I need to study her and create countermeasures…

"Nah uh, Baboon Dude." Stranger says, shaking her head. She points her thumb at Kaede, who blinks.

"My boss doesn't seem to want you to leave the party just yet." Her voice cheerful at the prospect of impending violence, cracking her knuckles. Naraku looks at her, wary. And then smiles cruelly.

"Ah, but you need to protect the priestess' village from bandits-!" He chuckles, seeing his chance to run.

Kaede makes a noise of frustration when she sees the bandits returning. Stranger narrows her eyes, then whistles loudly. Her mount returns to her and she swings aboard.

"Wreck 'em, boy." The animal charges, head down. Bandits draw their bows and release arrows- but the girl opens her mouth and roars.

Everyone's hair stood on end. It was not the sound of a human. It was the roar of a predator- something ancient and powerful that allows no rivals. The blast of sound physically pushes the arrows away, sending them falling back on their archers. Naraku breaks for it, sweating.

That woman-! She's dangerous!

Kaede tries to shoot him, but to no avail. Naraku dodges and runs away to scheme another day. The stranger, on the other hand, is still busy thrashing bandits with her mount.

"Yeah-!" She crows, cheerfully at home in causing violent chaos. In short order she drives off the bandits, and the beast is positively buoyant, trampling them as they flee.

Finally, the fight ends. The village is saved and has a very odd ally in its corner. Kaede approaches warily, as the blood-splattered stranger pats her mount.

"May we have thine name, lass?"

She looks at Kaede and grins.

"Jade Aquilo. Nice ta meet ya! What's your name, Gran?"

"My name is Kaede."