Kagome woke Evadeny the next morning before anyone else woke up. As Evadeny woke and turned to look at her she placed her pointer finger to her lips telling her to be quite. Evadeny took care not to disturb Shippo, who had slept next to her all night, as she got up. She then followed Kagome out of the hut and through the village. When they had gotten far enough away from the hut to not disturb the people inside Kagome said, "Did you sleep well, Eva?" Evadeny blushed at the nickname but nodded.

"Yes, I was so exhausted I'd probably have slept anywhere last night and it would have been pleasant." Evadeny expressed as they continued to walk toward the edge of the village.

"Well, I'm glad you slept well…. But can you tell me what happened yesterday? How you got here?" She asked her curiosity getting the better of her.

"I was abducted by some kind of creature with blue-black skin and long boney limbs… well they didn't stay boney they grew at one point… it was so weird… and scary." Evadeny recounted everything what had happened to her. Kagome could relate. After all something similar happened to her the first time she came to the feudal era.

"We're going to try to take you back home, this era is dangerous and I'd feel better knowing you're safe." Kagome said as she led the way out of the village into the forest. Evadeny followed happily.

"Sounds good, to me." She said not at all upset with having to leave. When they got to the well, however, Evadeny felt a little scared. "It's kind of dark in there…" She pointed out showing off how uncomfortable she was. Kagome laughed trying to bring her tensions down a bit.

"You don't have to worry about the bottom, Eva. The magic will slow your decent like it did the first time." Evadeny nodded and sat on the edge of the well and swung her feet into it. She looked up at Kagome nervously.

"What if it doesn't take me back?"

"I'll go in after you and bring you back up." InuYasha said, coming out of the trees, startling both girls.

"InuYasha, you startled me!" Kagome exclaimed. He only crossed his arms and smirked as if proud of himself. Evadeny was going to try using this distraction to post pone her jump into the well but InuYasha isn't a patient guy.

"Are you going to jump or not?" He said bringing the attention back to Evadeny whose expression dropped upon realizing there was no getting around this. She knew she had to jump to get back home. But it was scary and she really didn't want to.

"What if I get through and that thing that brought me here is waiting for me on the other side?" She asked sounding like a scared little girl. Kagome placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I'll come in after you just to make sure you know where you are. Besides I was on my way back when you came through. I wanted to grab a text book I forgot."

"You still study while you're here?" Evadeny sounded impressed. Kagome smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of her head.

"Well I try too."

"Come on we don't have all day." InuYasha said sounding impatient and grumpy. Evadeny nodded and returned her attention to well. She gathered her courage and jumped. But the ground came up to meet her fast and if she hadn't bent her knees she would have hurt herself. As it was she was just shaken and her feet felt like pin-needles were jabbing their way into her bones. She looked up and saw the morning sky and then Kagome and InuYasha's heads popped into view.

"It - it didn't take me back" Evadeny said trying to hold back the tears that this horrible reality was bringing her. InuYasha jumped down and tried to pick her up but she stepped up against the wall of the well to get away from him. "Why?" She looked at her hands as if they held the answer. "Why won't it take me home?" Her tears were falling silently as she fell into her own personal hell, with in herself.

"Well there's nothing we can do about it down here." InuYasha's tone was irritated but he didn't seem mad at her. "Will you let me bring you back up already? You can't stay down here." Evadeny nodded slowly but as he grabbed her around her middle she stiffened. "You can relax I'm not going to hurt you." He said before he jumped into the air and then placed her gently on the ground before she could say. He turned to Kagome, "Maybe you should trying going. I've gone in twice now without going through. It might be broken." Kagome paled but nodded. She jumped into the well without hesitation but the light never showed up and she too hit the bottom without transfer. A sinking feeling formed in her stomach.

"I'm still here." She said bewildered. InuYasha rolled his eyes, of course he already knew she hadn't gone through without her telling him, but her went down to get her, anyways. When he came back up with her in his arms she didn't seem too well, like all the color in her face had drained. "How are we going to get home?" She asked no one in particular but InuYasha answered anyways.

"I don't know. Maybe the old woman has some idea." Kagome nodded knowing he meant Kaiede. She might have heard of some rumor that could help them. Evadeny had sat down on the grass where InuYasha had placed her and hadn't moved. Her complexion had paled considerably, like Kagome's.

"We need to get her back." Kagome observed. "Some breakfast might do her good." She approached Evadeny and tried to get her to stand but she only stared blankly back at her. "This isn't good… I think she's in shock." InuYasha huffed but said nothing. Kagome gave him an odd look. "You've been acting rather odd around her, InuYasha." She observed. She knew InuYasha was never one to hold his tongue or keep his anger in check but he hasn't said anything rude when there had been ample opportunity for that this morning. And now he was still not saying anything about it and just looked back at Kagome with a blank stare. "Are you feeling alright?" She asked.

"Of course I am." He said in his usual annoyed tone but said nothing else. Kagome frowned but stood up straight and turned toward the village.

"I'm going to go get Shippo. You stay here and watch her." InuYasha nodded and watched as the perplexed Kagome left. He stood several feet from Evadeny and kept up his guard but he made no attempt to bring up a conversation or help her calm down from her shock. He wondered vaguely why Kagome was getting Shippo but pushed the thought aside for more important thoughts. Like, why her sent was so different from any other sent he'd ever come across. She wasn't a demon that was for certain but she wasn't human either. Well that's not entirely true. He could smell her human blood but it was coated in a sent that he could just barely place… it was like it was on the tip of his tongue but he just couldn't remember but he also knew he never smelt anything like it before. He was confused which is why he wasn't being his usual rude self because he was too busy trying to figure her out.

Kagome returned shortly with the kitsune in her arms, he was still sleeping. "I'm back," She said announcing her arrival mostly for Evadeny's benefit scene she knew InuYasha knew she was there. She approached the girl and placed herself in front of her. Sitting down she said, "Look, Eva, I've brought Shippo." Evadeny's eye moved toward Shippo's sleeping form, the first sign that she was aware of anything around her. "See?" Kagome said encouraged by her movement. "He's still sleeping but he's here. See you're not alone, you have me, Shippo and InuYasha." Evadeny looked up at Kagome and the tears started down her cheeks again.

"I'm so scared." She said so quietly Kagome nearly missed it. "I don't even know how to defend myself if something were to happen." Kagome understood her fears. She was scared at first too not that she'd ever admit it in front of InuYasha. Evadeny then moved to take Shippo from Kagome's arms. "He's a sweetie, isn't he?" She said in a motherly tone. Kagome nodded giving Shippo over to her. She noticed how InuYasha seemed to stiffen suddenly as she handed her the boy. As if he had just figured out something important and he didn't like it.

Shippo began to stir as Kagome eyed InuYasha. He looked up at Evadeny and smiled, "Hi, Evadeny." He said sleepily, "Did you sleep well?" Evadeny smiled and nodded. "That's good, I did too." He said sounding pleased. "Why are we out here?" He asked when he looked around and saw they were near the well.

"We were trying to send Eva back home." Kagome said.

" Eva?" He looked puzzled for a moment before he put it together but then realization struck him. "Wait… You were going to send her home without letting me say good-bye?" Shippo jumped up from Evadeny's arms and jumped onto her shoulder and clung there as if he were determined to never move again.

"Relax Shippo, we can't send her home anyways." Kagome said in a melancholy tone. "The well is busted and won't send me home either. We're both stuck until further notice."

"You should do trust her so easily, anyways, Shippo." InuYasha said with his usual cutting and Shippo flinched. He knew it was dangerous to get attached to someone you just met but he couldn't help it. For some reason he felt he could trust her like she were family.

"You just don't understand, InuYasha." Shippo said feeling the need to defend himself.

"You don't even know what she is." He said snidely. This statement brought everyone's attention to him, even Evadeny's.

"What are you talking about?" Kagome asked looking up at him incredulously.

"She has a strange sent and it took me a while to figure it out but her blood smells of dragon magic." He accused. "It's mingled with her human blood. I don't know what it means but I don't think it's a good thing." Evadeny would have looked at herself too if she could, the way that Kagome was looking at her, but settled for looking back at Kagome with fear in her eyes.

"But… I'm just a normal high schooler… I'm not… part dragon or anything." She said sounding very small and scared.

"It's dragon magic." InuYasha corrected her, "You're not part dragon or I would have picked up on that instantly. And it would be pretty hard to hide I'm sure."

"But what does that mean, then?" She asked as Shippo climbed his way from her shoulder to her lap.

"I don't know, but I think we better find out." InuYasha stated a-matter-of-factly. With that he headed toward the village. "And we can't do that by standing around here." Kagome stood and helped Evadeny to her feet.

"He's right you know, we should at least look into it. Besides what harm could it do?" Kagome said smiling, "I mean, it might even help us find a way to open the well again! It's magic, right? So why not?" Evadeny smiled and nodded. If something good could come of this dragon magic she wouldn't be so scared of herself. But right now she felt as if she had fallen into a nightmare and just couldn't wake up.

When they got back to Kaiede's hut the others were awake and making breakfast. It was rice with a small array of vegetables. Evadeny went back to her seat from last night and watched as everyone settled in. "Where did you go this morning, Kagome?" The young woman that Evadeny hadn't met yet asked.

"We were just trying to send her home." Kagome said gesturing towards Evadeny as she fixed a herself a small bowl of breakfast.

"Without introducing us?" The man in a purple and black robe sitting next to the young woman asked as if it were the greatest of sins.

"Well, in your case, Miroku, it was to protect her." Kagome shot at him half teasing half serious.

"Kagome, I am hurt that you would think you would need to protect her from me." He feigned a wounded hearted. Kagome smiled devilishly at him.

"I feel the need to protect more than just her from you." Kagome and the young woman said in unison. Miroku hung his head in mock shame. He obviously wasn't sorry for whatever it was that he did that caused these women to think so badly of him. But he must not be that bad if they tolerate him. This was what Evadeny thought of this exchange, and decided she'd happily post pone a proper introduction with this man.