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Sorry for the long wait. School was hampering me and I was in the state of bliss from the freedom from school so yeah. I was procrastinating after the final exams. I'm so sorry for the long wait. Here's Chapter 2~!

Chapter 2: Kaede's Village

But apparently…

That was not what happened next. Instead of being enveloped by an odd sensation that I experienced during travel, my body met an invisible barrier and the barrier rejected me from going into the well. It threw me off and my back collided with a tree. I sank down groaning.

What a good way to end the day. Oh hello body aches.

The girl immediately rushed to my side, "Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I guess I'm lucky to be still alive." I groaned as I tried to get off the grass.

"Kagome-sama! Inuyasha!" This time another man had come into the clearing, he was wearing a monk's garb in black and purple. With him was a young woman with long hair tied as a low ponytail and sporting a kimono, a boomerang was slung across her back.

"Thank goodness you're both all right! We heard noises nearby so we came to investigate." This time it was the young woman who spoke and instantly she took notice of me, who it seems was the sore one out of the crowd. "A friend of yours Kagome-chan?"

Kagome, which probably was the name of the schoolgirl, spoke, "No, she just got dragged into this mess. The Bone Eater's Well is rejecting her from going back to our time." At the mention of 'Bone Eater', a strong headache invaded my skull. I gasped and clutched my head in pain.

"Are you all right?" I gritted in pain as the voice of a young child fell upon my hearing. The pain into my head; black spots entered my vision. Why the hell am I getting a fricking headache now!? Stupid late reaction. The spots were bigger this time and I mentally sighed when I finally lapsed into unconsciousness.

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I awoke to the sound of a hissing kettle, not the most pleasant thing to wake you up with. I groaned as I felt a sliver of pain shot through my body when I tried to move. "Ye must not move child, ye have bruised your back quite badly." An old and wise voice told me. I peered through my half-lidded eyes and took in the old and slightly hunched form of an old woman in traditional miko garb. Her top was of white while her hakama was of a crimson red. Upon her right eye was a black eye patch and I did not let my curiosity any further.

"How long have I been asleep?"

"A day has passed since ye were awake," Another groan escaped my mouth but this time I endured the pain that shot throughout my body like hot knives piercing my back. "Ye must lie down child!" I did not heed her request for a while, taking to studying the surroundings instead. It was a small house, with scarcely any furniture to be seen. Then again it was the olden times; you can't expect any extravagant objects in a villager's home.

"Where am I? And who are you?" I asked the old woman when her hands settled upon my shoulders and pushed me down gently upon the futon.

Her only visible eye held wisdom but a certain weariness was ever present in her gaze, her hands left me as soon as I had settled back upon the futon and the blanket drawn over me. "I am Kaede and ye are in my village; ye have been saved by Lady Kagome and Inuyasha." I blinked a few times, and replayed what had happened to me the last time I was conscious. I had been taken into the past and had managed to get thrown unto a tree before losing consciousness thereafter. What a good way to get out of kendo practices indeed. I tried to move my arm out of the confines of the blanket, it felt so heavy and hurt in places but I had managed to settle it over me. Next thing I knew the pain had lulled me to slumber.

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"Keh, she's been sleeping for a while now!" A gruff male voice said and I stirred within my half-asleep state.

"Inuyasha! Pipe down! You'll wake her up!" I groaned at the presence of the voices. Seriously, they were all bound to stir me awake anyways. I opened my eyes a bit, letting them get used to the dimness of the room. I heard a fire cackling nearby, so there must be something cooking within the small house.

"Oh! You're awake!" I recognized this voice to be the girl who wore the green serafuku uniform of the local middle school. I sat up then turned to her direction and spoke, "With all your talking, who wouldn't wake up."

She gave a nervous chuckle at my cynical answer whilst the other started to study me. It felt unnerving to be under their scrutinizing gazes. A heady silence followed thereafter but it was broken by Kaede. "You've been asleep for half a day since you woken up, child. What is your name? You never were able to tell me."

"I'm Tachibana Kurenai. A sophomore student of Minamori High. And you all are?"

"I am the monk Miroku." The monk in the house spoke and he came closer to me, which earned him a glare from a girl with long brown hair, "Will you bear my children?" I eyed him warily and spoke in a venomous tone, "I'll have to pass on your offer monk."

"I'm Sango. Kagome-chan told us that you came from her time." The other girl dressed in a kimono spoke. She was beautiful with her long brown hair tied in a neat low ponytail. A small catlike creature with two tails and a light yellow hue of the fur cooed beside the woman.

"I'm Shippo!" The small and cheerful voice of a child with light brown hair spoke. He seemed to be so human but his bushy tail and his feet gave way to his race and I had been surprised at such.

"You're a Tachibana?!" Kagome spoke incredulously and I shot a glare to silence any more of the words that might come out from her mouth regarding my family name. "I'm Higurashi Kagome. You're from Minamori High right? That means you're older than me."

I arched an eyebrow, "Not really. I just advanced a few years in middle school. I'm still fifteen, if you wanted to know." I could swear she looked like a fish with her mouth open and closing.

"Keh, like you could use that 'high school' stuff here. I'm Inuyasha." The silver haired person spoke.

I turned to Inuyasha since he seemed to be the most striking person in the room. Having silver hair, rivaling that of Kaede, but still having a youthful appearance; white doggy ears were upon the top of his hair and they seriously were so cute, I had to leash myself from touching them.

"Oi, onna, Stop staring." He spoke with a tone of annoyance.

"Oh? Don't flatter yourself. I was thinking." I parried and he grumbled.

Someone cleared their throat and I shifted my attention to Kagome who seemed to be a bit peeved. Perhaps by my attention towards Inuyasha?

"Kurenai-san, with what I witnessed a few days ago, you're trapped in this world." Kagome spoke and I looked at her in a bored fashion, "Not that it surprises me from what I had experienced when I tried going through the well."

She winced at my words. As I've said, my tongue is like a sword.

"You don't seem to be all that helpless though, that's something I had to point out." Miroku spoke and gestured to my things which were settled at the other side of the house.

"I practiced Kendo for the past five years." I spoke in a nonchalant tone, "I can protect myself if you were wondering. I won't be useless."

"Well that's good to hear, we don't want someone useless to hamper us while we're looking for the shikon shards."Inuyasha spoke and Kagome scolded him.

I looked at Inuyasha, "Shikon shards?"

"It's like this…" Kagome explained and I was pulled into their world.

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I sighed and picked the herbs that Kaede had told me to gather. The gang had set out earlier this morning and I was left under the care of Kaede even if I was more than capable of protecting myself. "Just because I was not able to fight off that demon that brought me here doesn't mean I am helpless. They should have a little more faith in me."

I pulled on another herb and placed it upon the woven basket that Kaede had given me earlier. The task wasn't taxing but I wanted to practice on my Kendo. I can't get myself any rusty when I go back to my time.

I stopped midway; the thought of being away from my actual time was annoying. I wonder if they will miss me? I shook my head, clearing said thoughts; they weren't productive at a time like this. I pulled out the last of the herbs in the area and stood upon my feet whilst brushing the dirt that had settled upon the thighs of my hakama.

With the basket tucked under my arm, I made my way back to the village hoping to let the old miko lend me a sword I could make use. A bokken and a shinai can't get you anywhere in this world.

I heard the bushes behind rustle but I ignored it and proceeded to make my way to Kaede's village but now quite alert to my surroundings. Suddenly something shot out of the thicket of the trees and I dodged the unidentified attack by rolling to the side, martial arts do pay off.

"Well, well, if it isn't a young woman. Not a familiar face though." I heard a voice spoke and turned to the forest, a figure was hidden in its shadows. "You look quite tense but your aura. It seems to be quite alluring. Mind telling me your name girl?"

"Why should I? I'm not obliged to tell you." I snapped at the unseen person.

"Heh, quite feisty. I don't come upon humans like you nowadays. You're probably a good catch."

The figure from the shadows stepped out to reveal…