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Please read and review. I like reviews, they make me happy so please write lots of long reviews. let me know what you like. Also this was suppose to be comedy, but it seems most of my chapters have ended up being drama. I did mention my stories write themselves. I do have more comedy planned (she has new friends to play with), but should I change the category?

"Hey Sesshomaru, who's the girl?" Inuyasha asked jumping out of the tree he'd been standing in. Melissa took a step back in surprise but didn't flinch when he got right up in her face and sniffed.

Inuyasha looked at his brother in surprise, "She's human. A funny looking one, but definitely human." As usual Inuyasha was not concerned, if even aware that he was being rude.

"Astute observation, little brother. Her name is Merissa, and yes, she is a human."

"What is she doing with you? Rin and Kohaku are one thing, but she's a grown woman."

"She had smells on her that were similar to your wife, Kagome. I was hoping she could answer a few questions." Sesshomaru replied dismissively.

"Why didn't you just ask her? Why bother bringing her here?" Inuyasha asked in confusion.

Sesshomaru fought back a smirk. "Ask her yourself, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha gave his brother a curious, slightly suspicious look then turned to face the woman "So what's your story? Why's Sesshomaru dragging you around?"

The woman stared and Inuyasha for a long moment. Then she spoke. His ears twitched at the unfamiliar sounds and she looked up at the top of his head.

"Uh... What?" He asked, completely baffled.

"She speaks another language. That is why she could not answer me herself. But when I met her she smelled of smog, among other things." Sesshomaru informed his brother.

"Smog? Are you sure?" Inuyasha asked in surprise.

"It was the same scent that clung to your wife whenever she returned from her time. I believe it does not exist yet so to smell it on this woman was a surprise."

Inuyasha turned to his brother "How the hell do you know that Kagome is from another time?"

"Was it meant to be a secret? If so you should not have discussed it so freely."

Melissa spoke again, addressing Sesshomaru. It sounded like a question and she looked from him to Inuyasha and back again.

"This is Inuyasha." He told her, figuring that she was asking who his brother was. Inuyasha inclined his head just slightly. Melissa smiled and spoke happily, then waited to see what would happen next. But then her eyes drifted up to Inuysha's ears again.

"She must be from Kagome's time. Everyone in the future were interested in my ears." Inuyasha told Sesshomaru. "Might as well get this over with."

He walked up to her and inclined his head. "Go ahead, everyone does." She looked over at Sesshomaru, then back to Inuyasha. She started to reach for them. She hesitated, then stroked them gently. She smiled and sounded happy when she spoke.

"Well, lets go see if Kagome can answer your questions. What do you plan to do with her once you've gotten your answers?"

"This Sesshomaru has no use for a human, I plan to leave her here." Sesshomaru replied.

"You're just going to dump her on us?"

"What would you have me do with her? Kill her?"

"Of course not. You'd do it to, wouldn't you, you ass? Well as long as she earns her keep..."

Sesshomaru glanced over his shoulder at the woman. She was taunting Jaken with an inchworm on a stick, threatening to put the bug on him. No, he wouldn't kill her, but let Inuyasha believe what ever he wished.

"Rin's sick, just so you know. A bug's been going around, but Kagome says she'll be fine in a few days."

As they approached Keade's house Rin came shuffling out of the nearby outhouse. Her eyes lit up when she saw Sesshomaru and she shuffled up to them on unsteady feet. Her face was flushed and sweaty and her nose was red and runny.

She opened her mouth to greet him but then she fell into a fit of coughing. Her eyes watered as the coughs tore past her raw throat. Sesshomaru touched the backs of his fingers to her forehead, she was burning up.

"Rin, if speaking is painful do not do so unless necessary." He told the child. She opened her mouth to reply then closed it and nodded. Then she wiped the tears from her eyes with her sleeve before wiping away the snot from her runny nose.

"Rin, use a handkerchief." Kagome called coming out of Keade's house to find out what was keeping the girl. She smiled seeing why the child had not returned to the house, then spotted Melissa and stared in confusion for a moment before walking towards them.

The wind shifted bringing Kagome's scent to Sesshomaru before she reached them. "Congratulations are in order I see, little brother."

"What are you talking about?" Inuysha demanded.

Sesshomaru didn't answer. They didn't know yet. The smell was still faint. He wondered if Inuyasha didn't notice it yet because he was half human or because he was with her every day.

"Hello big brother." Why did she insist on calling him that? "Who's your friend?" Rin looked back at Kagome then followed her gaze and also stared at Melissa.

"Her name is Merissa. I found her in the forest under unusual circumstances. She speaks a strange tongue so communication has been limited but I have reason to believe she is from your time." He told the miko.

Kagome looked at her thoughtfully. "She's white, so she's probably from either Europe or America. If she's from my time it's possible she speaks English, either as her native language or a second one. My English isn't great, but I could try to speak to her for you if you like."

Sesshomaru stared at Kagome. It had never occurred to him that his sister-in-law might be bilingual, much less that she might speak this woman's language. If she could speak to Melissa it would be helpful. He nodded at her.

Melissa had no idea why they'd stopped early yesterday. It seemed like just a normal day so far. But who knew why Sesshomaru did anything he did. He was just a weird guy... elf... dog... thing.

She'd found and inchworm to bug Jaken with. It was crawling along a stick and as it approached the end she kept putting the end of the stick on Jaken who would quickly move away and squawk at her. The bug reached the end of the stick and flailed in the air for a second then grabbed the bottom of the stick and doubled back. Melissa turned the stick around and continued to torment Jaken.

Someone called Sesshomaru, they didn't add sama to the end like she and Jaken did. She looked around but didn't see anyone. Then someone dropped out of a tree right in front of her. With everything that had happened so far she wasn't at all shocked when this stranger sniffed her, but those eyes...

He backed up and turned to talk to Sesshomaru. They had to be related. They had the same hair, the exact same eyes, even the facial structure was similar. Were they cousins or brothers?

The new man spoke to her. "I'm sorry sir, I didn't understand a word of that." He was visibly confused. Then a flicking movment drew her eyes up, were those dog ears? This guy had dog ears? Well Sesshomaru could take the form of a big white dog and she had a feeling they were related.

Sesshomaru and the other guy had continued their discussion without introducing her. In America this would be considered very rude. But then Sesshomaru was rude. He was a nice guy deep down, but he was rude as hell.

"Sesshomarusama, who is this man?" She asked him. She looked at the other man then back to him.

"Kore wa Inuyashadesu." So his friend's name was Inuyasha.

"It's nice to meet you." His twitching ears again caught her eye. It was rude of her to stare, but she couldn't help it. Sesshomaru didn't have dog ears. He had elf ears, but perhaps years of Christmas movies and Star-trek made his pointed ears less exotic. Or perhaps it was the fact Sesshomaru's ears didn't move.

Inuyasha spoke for a moment more then stepped closer to her and lowered his head. He spoke to her as he did so and waited. Was he inviting her to touch them? She sure wanted to!

She looked to Sesshomaru, was it OK? She saw no emotion, no displeasure. She started to reach for them then hesitated. Inuyasha continued to wait. She pet them gently.

"Oh! they're so soft!" They were just like the puppy at the pet store she'd petted last time she bought guppies to restock Skittles. She'd always wanted a puppy but her oldest brother and ex husband had both been allergic.

Then the group continued, Inuyasha walking with Sesshomaru. She resumed her game of teasing Jaken with the bug. Before long they entered a little village. As they walked everyone stared at her. It made her a bit uncomfortable. Some people called out greetings to Inuyashasama as they passed. Yep, definitely a relative.

Then a little girl walked up to them. The poor thing didn't feel well, that was obvious. She was sweaty and flushed and her nose was runny. But her eyes were bright as she stared up at Sesshomaru. She hadn't spoken yet, but her eyes called him Daddy.

He confirmed this belief when he spoke to the child and touched her forehead with his fingers. It was a tender gesture. It was adorable. She'd never imagined that he had a family, a little girl.

But his daughter looked nothing like him. She looked human. Her hair was black, her eyes were brown, her ears were normal. She didn't look like an elf or a dog, just like a normal little girl. Was her mother possibly human? Could an elf dog and a human have a child together?

A woman stepped out of a near by house, she seemed to call something at them. She stared upon spotting Melissa, then started to walk toward them. She spoke to Sesshomaru but didn't use his name. Was she his wife perhaps?

She didn't look old enough to be the child's mother. Maybe a nanny? But they did look a bit alike. Big sister? She didn't look at Sesshomaru the same way. Auntie? Stepmother?

The woman and Sesshomaru had been speaking while Melissa pondered over who she could be. Then the woman smiled warmly at her. Melissa's mouth fell open when the woman said "Hello, my name Kagome."

"You... you speak English?!"

"Some." Kagome replied modestly. Melissa was so happy and excited that she couldn't contain her self and hugged the woman tightly.

"Oh my god! You wouldn't believe the week I've had! I was doing some spell work in my house and the alter got knocked over by my stupid cat and now I am in some freakish, Asian, middle earth inhabited by elf dogs and... and what ever he is! I was almost raped, I killed a man, and he chased me!" She pointed at Jaken and Sesshomaru in turn.

"I don't know where I am or how to get home! I'm going to lose my store and my house! I... I..." Overwhelmed Melissa sank to he knees sobbing into her hands.

Kagome knelt down beside her and rubbed her back. "It be O.K. Come in house. My husband get my friends and we help you."

Sesshomaru spoke and Kagome shook her head. Melissa had spoken so fast she hadn't understood a word of it but Melissa was obviously lost, confused, and in need of help.