Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha so please don't sue me I'm in the hole already.

Note: I know that some things will be out of order in the chapter, but it makes it a bit more exciting and will play in with the story a bit later. Also Inuyasha will be a bit OOC seeing as he came from the future and has different values than before so try not to be too mad.

Wish Upon A Black Shikon

Chapter Two

Awakening

He still in the darkness. He didn't know how much time had passed, but he did know that he had spent it all in the dark abyss that he hoped was sleep. Even though he couldn't move or talk he knew that it wouldn't be long before Kagome came and set him free, and that thought alone kept him company while he waited in the darkness planning what he would do to ensure that his friends survived.

She was running late as it was. She had slept in and Souta had taken an extra long shower the same morning, now she barely had time grab some toast on the way out to school… School the last place she wanted to be, because of one chestnut haired boy. Hojo had asked her out again, and for some reason she couldn't convince herself to accept. Even though he was the perfect guy in everyway; he had was good in school, has a job, a plan for the future, and perfect hair for Christ's sake but something was missing.

That something even though Kagome couldn't identify it was the more important than any of the traits that Kagome had named and it keep her from accepting the humble Hojo's offer. But it also made her not want to go to school in an attempt to put off her friends constant prodding, because to them it was like she had hit the lottery and decided to give the money to charity.

Finishing her toast, Kagome ran outside and headed for her bike when Souta ran out the house calling her name.

"Kagome!!! I can't find Buyo, I think he feel down the well again can you go get him," Souta asked pulling out his never failing little brother pout. Kagome tried to fight it and told Souta, "I'm behind as it is if I go get Buyo I'll be late for school. Please Souta grow a spine and go down the well," pushing her brother to the well house before making her way back to her bike rack. Everyone in her family knew Souta was absolutely terrified of the well after falling in and getting a concussion, but right now Kagome needed to get to school while finding a way to avoid her friends all day.

But as she was planning Souta turned his little brother pout to full power and with one look Kagome caved. 'Well maybe if I'm late I'll have to stay after and I won't have to worry about Hojo or my three 'friends',' Kagome thought to herself while climbing down the well. Half way down she heard a meow which not only broke her train of thought but scared her enough to let go of the rungs on the ladder all fall down in the dark well.

Instead of cold ground Kagome felt her stomach float up into her chest. 'Am I still falling,' the teenager thought while looking around. Wherever she was the place glowed purple and had the biggest centipedes she had ever seen.

'That's not a centipede!' Kagome thought when she saw a very naked woman attached to a centipede's body and that woman was closing in on her.

"Give me the jewel!" the monster yelled while it surrounded Kagome. Kagome looked around trying to find the jewel the newly dubbed centipede woman was talking about when the ride in the purple void ended and Kagome found herself in the well.

'Did I hit my head?' Kagome asked herself while looking for the ladder, she used to climb into the well. Instead she found vines and wondered 'How long have I been done here?' The trip up wasn't too hard for her fit body but when she got to the top she was more confused then when she was trapped in the well.

The shrine had been replaced with a green forest along with her home and the rest of modern Tokyo. 'I must have hit my head and this is on of those dreams your brain puts on while you recover from the trauma,' Kagome told herself trying to rationalize the situation. Once she pulled herself over the well railing, Kagome decided to enjoy this dream to the fullest by taking a walk through the beautiful woods right beside the well.

'And if I'm lucky I won't have to worry about Hojo or anyone else for the whole weekend,' Kagome thought while planning out a way to send her whole weekend away from the three gossipers; Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka. As her plans slowly came together Kagome walked deeper and deeper into the forest as the sunset low on the horizon. As she approached the densest part of the forest Kagome felt a jolt in the middle of her chest.

'Most be the doctors walking me up,' Kagome thought, but unbeknownst to her some else had felt the jolt to and they could barely contain their excitement.

After a few minutes Kagome stopped waiting for the world to abruptly change and finding herself in a hospital surrounded by her family, and was running for her life. The centipede woman she had seen from before was chasing her deeper into the forest screaming something about a jewel and how she had it.

Jumping over some tree roots Kagome screamed, "I don't have our jewel!" before slip into the some shrubs and hiding from sight. The centipede stopped and was hovering over the bushes waiting for Kagome to so much as breathe and reveal herself. Seconds passed and monster waited patiently and just as it seemed that Kagome would run out of oxygen and suffocate when something moved in the bushes a few yards away from her drawing the monster woman away and allowing Kagome to breathe.

All the delusions that she was just dreaming were gone and Kagome ran as hard as she could back toward the well direction hoping she would find some help. Pumping her legs as fast as she could Kagome wasn't watching the ground and managed to stumble over a conveniently place tree root that knocked her off the path and tumbling down toward the largest tree she had ever seen.

There on the tree that reminded her so much of the tree that was in the middle of her shrine was a boy. He was far from normal seeing as he dressed like he was still in the feudal era and had the most bizarre hair color she had ever seen, but what diverted her attention the most was his two dog ears that where placed atop his silver. Kagome walked up to the sleep boy hypnotized by his two dog ears and like a puppet on the strings began petting them.

The darkness that had surrounded his mind for fifty years began lift. Even in his while sleeping Inuyasha couldn't stop the smirk from forming on his face.

'Kagome's here,' he thought to himself and waited for the inevitable.

Opening his eyes for the first time since his talk with Midoriko, Inuyasha looked straight into the face of the woman he had gone back in time for. Given she was four years younger than her other self, but to Inuyasha she was still as beautiful maybe even more so now that she was alive. Inuyasha was at a loss for words, and struggling to say something other than, I love you.

'You don't want to scare her off!' he chided himself and just did what came natural to him, he started yelling.

"Oi, girl why are you rubbing on my ears?" he asked, but unlike the first time he had met Kagome he refrained from calling her anything demeaning and tried to say it in the kindest voice possible while maintaining his rough exterior. Kagome blushed and at that moment Inuyasha just wanted to take her into his arms tell her he loved her and forget about Naraku and the jewel all together, but then the sense of duty came back in kicked him in the ass.

Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kikyo where all counting on him to kill Naruto to make sure that all their lives were safe for the future even if he hadn't met them yet. Soon biting back his want to just flee with Kagome Inuyasha asked, "Do you mind pulling this arrow out of my chest, it is quite uncomfortable."

Kagome looked dumbfound at the silver haired boy who had just caught her rubbing on his ears in his sleep. Looking into his golden eyes Kagome thought she was looking into amber when she realized she was staring. Blushing again she nodded when he asked her to pull the arrow out and was about to when a voice cried out.

"Stop! Ye must not release the half-demon Inuyasha!"

Kagome instantly jumped back and looked at the boy who she now found out was called Inuyasha and said, "You were going to trick me into releasing you," while shaking her finger at him. Inuyasha bit back a few curses he was about to hurl at the elderly woman who had stopped Kagome from releasing him and instead said, "Kaede, how long has it been since we last spoke?" The old woman looked shocked by the display of manners and Inuyasha snickered silent while looking at the old woman.

"Fifty years Inuyasha. Ye have been sealed fifty years after your attempt to steal the Shikon Jewel and the death of my sister Kikyo," Kaede told Inuyasha and too her surprise yet again the half demon did not erupt into curses at the mention of her deceased sister's name, but was listening to Kagome's question.

"Who is Kikyo?" the girl asked. The subject of someone dying was much more interesting to her than hearing the legend of the Shikon Jewel again. Looking at the school girl Inuyasha told her, "She was the person from my past who just so happened to pin me this tree." Kaede heard this and added, "She was my elder sister who died fifty years ago. Ye my child have a striking resemblance to her when she was your age," looking deep into Kagome's face before nodding and confirming her statement.

"Are you blind Kaede this girl looks nothing like Kikyo, for one she doesn't have the calm demeanor that Kikyo always seemed to have," Inuyasha shouted at Kaede. Kagome looked a bit perplexed, but was relieved that Inuyasha wasn't grouping her with the woman that pinned him to a tree. Why she was relieved she couldn't imagine.

"And besides Kikyo is dead," Inuyasha said ending the last part in a whisper, selling his role of hurt half-demon to Kaede. The old women's one eyed gaze softened and she stared at Inuyasha before saying, "Time has brought many changes upon you Inuyasha,: and to her surprise Inuyasha nodded before adding, "Yes it has Kaede and after fifty years of solitude I managed to pick up some manners."

The old woman chuckled and turned to Kagome before asking, "What is ye name child seeing as you know both of ours?" Kagome was caught off guard but quickly recovered and said, "Kago…," but she never got to finish seeing as the centipede woman from before burst from the dense woods behind her and interrupted her reply.

Kaede immediately drew an arrow and notched it into her bow, but before she could fire the demon recognized her as a threat and dealt with her in a quick efficient manner. Kaede was sent flying by a tail swipe and hit the ground with a thud before telling Kagome, "Run child, Mistress Centipede is too much for ye to handle alone," and trying to retrieve her bow in missing arrows. Unfortunately Mistress Centipede never let prey escape and was about to end Kaede's life when Kagome hit her aside the head with a pebble.

The demoness turned around to see Kagome pick up more pebbles and hit her aside the head a few more times before leaving Kaede alone to chase after Kagome. Kagome was about to turn tail and flee when she heard Inuyasha say, "Release me and I'll kill the demon."

"How can do I know I trust you?"

Inuyasha was taken back by the statement. 'How can she trust me? I've saved her life countless times… but that was the last Kagome this one doesn't know me, or what I've done,' Inuyasha said to himself remembering all the good and bad he had done to the fair girl in front of him. Watching Mistress Centipede close in on Kagome Inuyasha looked the girl right in her eyes and said, "you can't, but I promise that you won't regret freeing me.'

In that instance Kagome found in Inuyasha what she had been searching for in Hojo. Even without knowing the hanyou, Kagome felt safe around him and in that moment the bond that had been broken in death had been reconnected. In speeds that rivaled a track star Kagome ran up to Inuyasha, but it wasn't enough seeing as the demoness managed to hit her hip that hid the Shikon Jewel and managed to take the jewel for herself. Kagome didn't even notice the cut, seeing as all her attention was focused on free Inuyasha with the grace of a cat she jumped over the roots of the Goshinboku before landing in front of the hanyou. Grasping the arrow Kagome gave it one firm tug and let lose a flurry of Miko energy.

The light died down and before her stood a freed Inuyasha who flexed his claws, prepared for a battle. Using his senses he made sure that he was standing between the demon in front of him and Kagome who was huddled in the roots of the Goshinboku. Looking back at Kagome, Inuyasha resistanced smiling and telling her that everything would be alright and instead maintained his tough guy persona and just stood down the centipede demon.

Watching Mistress Centipede grow large from the power of the jewel Inuyasha said to himself, 'I won't even need Tessaiga for this,' before jumping toward the empowered demoness and yelling, "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer," ripping the centipede demoness limb from limb before grabbing the completed Shikon jewel she swallowed and landed gracefully.

Turning back to Kagome Inuyasha saw that she was missing and frantically started looking for her, but when he found her Inuyasha wasn't too happy. Kaede had just finished the incantation on the beads of subjugation and before he knew it she had thrown it to Kagome who was significantly closer to him than she was and before he could even blink the beads were on his neck.

'No must get them off before…,' but it was no use the beads were on and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get them off. It seemed he had all the skill and knowledge from his past life, but his body would have to grow into it. Inuyasha had gone from a half demon who was known throughout Japan as a slayer of full demon's to a kid who had less than half of his old power.

"Quick subdue him before he turns on us," Inuyasha heard Kaede yelled to Kagome and when he turned around to say he had changed, Kagome thought he was coming to attack and just like her old self she yelled out the two magic words.

"Sit Boy,"

Inuyasha got reacquainted with the ground and thus began Inuyasha new relationship with Kagome and the road to destroying Naraku.

A/N: There ends the first chapter of the new journey. Hopefully you like the changes in Inuyasha and his new outlook on life and Kagome. Well that's it for this chapter leave a review and good things will happen.

Black Saint