That morning wasn't off to a great start. The first thing InuYasha saw walking out the hut was Sango's boomerang on some monk's head.
"Stop being so lecherous!" Sango yelled taking back the boomerang.
The monk, finding no point in answering, looked over at a confused InuYasha. Did I seriously hang out with these guys? He asked himself. Kagome said that she, Sango, Shippo, and… that guy were his friends, but really?
"InuYasha!" the monk rushed over. "You're back!"
"Not for long, Miroku," InuYasha said in an annoyed tone. I'm going ho-" He stopped himself. Miroku? He'd never heard that name before. How could he know it?
"The wish's been reversed!" Shippo said.
"No, you brat!" InuYasha said crossing his arms. (Something he didn't usually do but still felt natural.) "I've never heard the name 'Miroku.' If anything, he looks like Masao."
"Another classmate?" Kagome said.
"Yup." InuYasha said. "Look, I don't belong here. I just want to go back to my own time." Everyone's face darkened. "Am I really that important here? You guys look like you… can handle this… yourselves." Everyone opened their mouths to protest, but Kagome stopped them.
"Fine," she said nicely. But her face quickly showed her personality was taking a turn for the worse. "So I'm not important to you. FINE. Just go away…" She pushed him against his will to the well. "AND DON'T COME BACK!"
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"Hey!" Kagome kicked him down the well. At first he was mad, but…
Sigh… now where am I? Huh? I can't move! Wha-? Kagome? She's wearing our school uniform! Don't look at me like that. Um… Personal space, Kagome. Hey! Don't feel my ears. Wait, dog ears. I have dog ears! How do I know that? And my hair changed color, and…
The world's spinning. Mother? No, not my mom. That kid's. Oh, there he is. He's going to her.
"Mother, what's a half-demon?"
"Oh, InuYasha." She's hugging him. Just like my mom used to do. "What did they do this time?"
"They took my ball." His mom's hugging him closer. Now that I think about it, he has silver hair and… Did I turn into him? Well, I seem to be normal now. Huh? The woman's looking at me! Who are you?
"Did you forget me?" she asks. What?
"I never knew you!" I manage to say. The kid's staring at me too.
"Oh, my son," the woman says. "How could you? Your own mother…" No! Mother! Mother?
"Mother!" InuYasha bolted up from his bed.
"What's wrong?!" His mom- his real mom- stared worriedly at him. But she seemed like a stranger now. Her brown hair was pulled back and her apron was dirty. Obviously cooking.
"Um, sorry, Mother," InuYasha said avoiding eye contact.
"Mother?" She was smiling now, realizing he was alright. "It's 'Mom,' isn't it?" InuYasha shook his head. Too weird. This was too weird.
"That woman… she was burned," he continued, head spinning. "Gotta help…"
"Hey, hey," his mom said. She put a hand on his shoulder. "It'll be okay. What happened?"
"Kagome…" he moaned. He didn't know why he was so dizzy. The name Kikyo popped back into his head. Kikyo. Bow. Arrow. Dead. Fifty years! And then Kagome! He remembered! Well, just the part of being sealed to the tree, but still!
Yomi. Masao! They could help! Why did he feel they could? Who knows? He just needed them. Masao and Yomi lived a few minutes away. He knew where they lived? Freaky. He'd never talked to them before.
"Sorry, Mother!" InuYasha ran out the door and to an apartment. He knocked forcefully on the door. Masao, the spitting image of Miroku opened the door with a burger in hand.
"You?" he said tiredly. "What are you doin' here?" InuYasha couldn't help noticing all the stains on his T-shirt and jeans.
"Little help?" InuYasha said. "I need to get Yomi too…"
"That shy kid?" Masao said shoving the rest of his burger into his mouth. "Why? I mean, I'm only good at computers, but she's just so…"
"Useless?"
"Yup." Masao walked out the door and shut it. "But still, I'll help you. Whatever you're doing may be interesting." Inuyasha nodded and led him to Yomi's house. Yomi opened the door and quickly shut it when the knocked.
"Yomi, I know you're shy," Masao started. "But InuYasa needs you to…" He stopped and looked at InuYasha.
"Yomi, please!" InuYasha said. Please. He really wasn't being himself lately. Yomi cracked the door and peeked out. She was listening.
"Just come with us!" Masao offered his hand. "Just for a little bit." Yomi opened the door more and shuffled out.
"Well, that was fast!" Masao said.
"Yomi, let's go!" InuYasha and Masao each grabbed one of her hands.
"Wait! Where are we going?" Yomi said as the ran her down the streets.
"We're going to save the future!" InuYasha called. Dodging cars and people, he said only to himself, And Kagome. She won't end up like Mother.
"The well?" Masao said when they reached their destination. "Why-" He never finished.
"See you at the bottom," InuYasha said. He pushed them both down and jumped down himself.
