Ok, so I hate disclaimers, because what's the point of a fanfiction site that specifically says fanfiction if it's ours? Oh very well, I suppose promising that I'm not making money is a good reason. And I'm not making money.

Anyway. I really hope someone deems the third try on the summary good enough to read. Honestly, if it's really that bad of a mary-sue, I'd rather you all flamed me! ::pout:: Anyway, here's some more.

With no more mishap then a short trading of general insults between Inuyasha and Miroku concerning the monk's bad timing, they eventually reached Kaede's village. As always, it was bustling with people, working, caring for houses, children playing. Kagome sighed in relief; this was their base of operations, and she was inclined to call it her home in the feudal era. A few people waved to her, which she cheerfully returned, until Kaede came out of the hut.

"Kagome, child. Why have ye come back?" The old woman caught sight of Kay; a disheveled, dirty, red-blotched mess who obviously had no place being there. "Ah. I see." She muttered and went to the girl. Kay looked up at Kagome and pointed to the woman questioningly.

Kagome smiled to show that she was a friend and said "Kaede."

"Yes?"

"No, she wanted to know your name."

Kaede frowned and peered at Kay. "Is she a mute? She is obviously from your world, Kagome, with that strange dress and appearance."

Kagome sighed, forced again to explain. "She's from another country in my world, and doesn't know our language at all. I don't know hers either."

Kaede continued to eye the girl, who shifted uncomfortably under the steady gaze. "Where did ye find her? When? How did she get here?"

Inuyasha growled. "Up in the plains, yesterday, and how the hell should we know?" He said impatiently. Kaede glanced at him levelly.

"That is very interesting. What had happened before ye found her? Were ye in battle?"

They all looked at each other and shrugged.

"Miroku had just closed his wind tunnel…" Shippo volunteered, "And then we found her just lying on the ground."

Kaede observed coolly as Kay cast Shippo a wary glance and shifted over, then turning her attention back to Kaede. The woman could tell that she was not happy to be the center of attention, and appreciated her quietness. "I suppose ye thought to try the well, Kagome."

"I did. I thought that I could find out if she just needs to get back to wherever she came from, then maybe I could give her a…" she paused, not wanting to explain the concept of planes, "ticket home."

Kaede slowly let out a breath. "That provides that her world and yours are the same. It is possible that they are not."

Kagome nodded. "I know. But I'm fairly sure that she speaks English, and then we could at least get something so that we could talk to her."

Kaede closed her eyes. "Go on. I would suggest that ye hold her hand as ye go in; the well may be more inclined to take her then."

Kagome made a noise of agreement, and motioned Kay to follow her, which the girl did willingly. They reached the well fairly quickly, Kagome walking fast in her excitement, the rest of the group keeping up easily. When they reached it, Kagome stopped and frowned.

"What is it, Kagome?" Sango asked, "Something wrong with it?"

"No," she said, "but I'm just wondering how I'm supposed to explain what's going to happen here. It's kind of…disconcerting to go through."

"Feh." Inuyasha said, sitting in the clearing, "I've been through and it ain't so bad."

"Yeah, well, just think of how she must feel!" Kagome said, then sighed. "I feel really bad for her." She shook her head before anyone could answer and tapped Kay on the shoulder. Pointing to the well, she made a jumping motion with two fingers, and then pointed to herself and Kay. For a moment, Kay frowned, but then shrugged and nodded.

"Ok. I think she's got it." Kagome said, then turned and addressed Inuyasha. "I'll probably be back in two days. Less if I can find her a way home."

"Good luck." Said Sango and Miroku at the same time. Inuyasha just glowered.

"Well go on then." He said when he sensed her looking at him. "The sooner you go, the sooner you're back, and the sooner she's gone."

Kagome sighed, shaking her head, then sat on the well's side, gesturing for Kay to do the same. When the girl was settled, Kagome held up three fingers. "Three, two..." She grabbed Kay's hand and yelled "One!" Jumping off at the same time and pulling the girl with her. Screwing her eyes shut, she willed the well to let them both through, and was relieved to feel the slight shift in realities that came when she changed worlds. She was even more relieved when she felt Kay's hand gripping hers in a white knuckle fashion, even if it did hurt.

She sighed; they were here, and Kay was here. Maybe this would work out ok. Shifting to look at the girl, she found her teary eyed and shaking. Poor thing; she thought, that demon must have really scared her; she didn't cry at all up until it got to her. Smiling, she gently loosed the death grip on her arm. "It's ok, we're home now," she said as she tugged on the rope and motioned the girl to go up. It took two tries, but Kay eventually bumbled her way up, Kagome heard her land heavily on the ground. With the ease of practice, she was standing beside the girl in a moment. "Come on," she said, opening the door to the outside world, "Lets figure out who you are."

Getting into the house was not easy. Grandfather took an exception to Kay and tried to exorcise the demon from her multiple times. Mrs. Higurashi asked more questions than Kagome could answer, and got no answers, mostly because Kagome did know them. Souta was the only one who was tolerable, taking the girl off Kagome's hands and showing her around the house while his sister cleaned up and gathered her thoughts. This was complicated; but she eventually put together a list:

Find out if Kay was in a different place in the same world

Get a ticket home for her.

If that didn't work, Kagome worked up a second list.

Find a translator that Kagome could trust

Work out a way for Kay to talk to them when in the Feudal ages

Find her some more cloths

Pleased, Kagome sat back from her desk, brushing a strand of freshly washed hair from her eyes. Kay had the bathroom right now, though she wasn't sure whether Souta had given her anything but a towel to wear after a shower. Her question was answered in a moment, when Kay walked in the door, wearing Grandfather's temple cloths. Souta appeared behind her, looking happy. "I thought they might fit; he's the only one with enough room in his cloths for her to fit, though they're a bit short."

Kagome nodded, smiling. Kay looked like she belonged in the feudal ages; the black pants and white shirt of a temple guardian fitting her decently. Souta was right though, the pants rose above her ankles, but that wouldn't matter. At least Kagome had one less thing to worry about; grandfather wouldn't miss the cloths.

Frowning, Kagome motioned for Kay to sit on her bed as she remembered the other two problems.

"What's up sis?"

"I need a way to know what she's saying without anyone else knowing. She's had a lot of surprises, and it'd be awful if she started blabbering about the feudal ages to somebody."

Souta shrugged. "What about the computer? They've got a bunch of translators on the internet you know."

Kagome gasped. "I completely forgot! I've been in the warring states era so long that I forgot about the computer!" She banged her head on the table, blessed her brother a hundred times for such a simple answer and dragged Kay to the computer. Her excitement fell when she lay eyes on the keyboard and realized that they were Japanese characters, but Souta had already slid into the seat. Kay, her eyes alight, leaned on the chair behind him. Within five minutes, Souta had brought up a site where Kay could click on English letters with the mouse and it would translate. He got up and waved Kay to sit down. Looking as if she were about to burst, Kay did so and clicked up a storm; then pressed enter.

Kagome held her breath as the computer went through a series of clicks and whirs. The screen changed, and there were her first words.

Hi. What the hell is going on?

Kagome squeaked in excitement and grabbed Souta, hugging him. "You are a genius!" She cried, and then let him go, "Even if it does look like your turning into a geek."

"Hey! It's not my fault you've been stuck back in time for so long you forgot how to use a computer!" Souta protested, and then pointed, "I think she wants you to answer."

Kagome nodded and took the keyboard, typing in a message, fingers remembering how to use the keyboard quickly.

Hello. I don't know what's going on, but you appeared in the Feudal ages of Japan, when demons and magic were common, and, well, I broke the Jewel of the Four Souls, which gives powers to demons, so I'm collecting them with the people you met. I've been doing it for about a year now, and it still isn't done. Now we need to see if you need a plane ticket home, or if this is actually a different world from the one you come from. If you just need a ticket, I can pay if you don't have a way, otherwise we'll go back to the warring ages and figure something out there.

Kay appeared to read the paragraph twice before she answered.

I'm fairly sure that this is not the same world. But I know how to check. I need to get to my college's website, it's in America.

So she is American, thought Kagome, I hope she isn't as bad as the girls make them out to be. As Souta helped her find her way to the site, she realized the other nugget of information that she had been given. The girl was in college! That was at least three years older than her, possibly more! Kagome suddenly felt rather awkward. She shifted for another few minutes until Kay shook her head, looking on the brink of tears again. Kagome sighed. Well, that idea was null and void. Trying to be cheerful for the girl, she clicked back to the translator and wrote:

It's ok, we'll figure it out! Right now, lets go get dinner and sleep for awhile, you've had a busy day.

Kay smiled miserably and wiped her eyes, then got up and nodded. Kagome led her to the kitchen.

"All right." Said Kagome's mother, "Who is she?"

Kagome sighed. "Her name is Kay; I didn't think to ask for the rest. She's supposed to be a college student in America, but something happened and she got dropped in the feudal era." She took a bite, observing as Kay fought with the chopsticks, making a mess. Souta was trying to teach her to use them, but it appeared that the girl had next to zero previous knowledge of them. And here I thought that Chinese food was practically American these days, Kagome thought ruefully, then turned her attention back to her mother. "But this isn't her world either, so we've got to go back there and figure out how to get her back."

"She doesn't look too happy to be here." Her mother said as Kay gave up and just drank her tea. "How will you be able to talk in the warring states era? You can't take the computer."

Kagome laughed at the reaction that would garner from the group. "No, I was going to tell her about the warring states and how it's a secret, then to one of my friends who's like, an American whiz. Then we can actually know each other." She sighed, "Then I guess I'll find a book or something."

"I suppose that could work, but what if she says something anyway?" Mrs. Higurashi said; a trace of doubt in her voice. "It's not exactly a secret you can take a chance with, and I don't think she'd appreciate being laughed at on top of everything else."

Kagome blinked, not having thought of that. Then she grinned. "Thanks mom, I guess I didn't think about that. I'll just get some books I guess."

Kagome's mother smiled kindly and took Kay's tray from in front of her. "Take her to bed dear, she's falling asleep at the table."

Kagome glanced over, surprised, to find Kay's eyes drooping over her cup of still steaming tea. Sighing again, she got up to find the girl a place to sleep.