This story was really fun to write! :D I got sucked into YuYu Hakusho/Inuyasha crossovers this weekend and couldn't help but write one. I took a little liberty with the canon, but it's fanfiction! Anyway, I'll just get on with the story! Enjoy and please review. :3

Disclaimer: I do not own YuYu Hakusho or Inuyasha.

Chapter One

Kagome placed her hands on the edge of the well, looking down into it and sighing. It had been over a year; today she was missing them more than usual. She put her foot on the edge and used it as leverage to jump in.

Kagome landed at the bottom of the well, still very much in her own time. The well stopped letting her through the day she came back after completing the Shikon jewel. Sango, Kilala, Miroku, Kaede, Shippo, Inuyasha...

"I hope they're all doing well," Kagome said to no one as she climbed from the well. She walked back to her house; tomorrow she was going to start at a new school called Meioh Private Academy.

-o-

Shuichi Minamino sat at his desk, staring absentmindedly out the window. They'd just returned from the Dark Tournament a week ago. The teacher called everyone's attention to introduce a new student. A girl with long black hair walked in wearing the pink Meioh uniform.

"My name is Kagome Higurashi, it's nice to meet you," the girl bowed to the class.

"Please, take the seat next to Mr. Minamino," the teacher gestured toward Shuichi. He proceeded to begin class as Kagome sat down.

"Shuichi Minamino," he whispered, "it's nice to meet you." Kagome smiled at him and turned her attention to the teacher.

Later, Shuichi grabbed Kagome, "Would you like to eat lunch with me?"

"Sure," she replied. He led her up to the roof where he usually ate lunch. "Nice view," she observed.

"Yeah, I love it up here," Shuichi replied, sitting down and taking out his lunch.

Kagome followed suit, "Don't you have any friends to eat lunch with?"

"No, not really."

"Really?" Kagome asked, worriedly. Why wouldn't he have any friends? He seemed so nice.

Shuichi laughed at her worried expression, "It's not that I don't have friends, but they go to another school."

"Oh. Well why don't you have any friends at school?"

He shrugged, "Just never really connected with anyone here, I guess."

Kagome nodded, "Why'd you ask me to eat lunch with you?"

"Thought you might need a friend, being new and all," Shuichi told her. Truthfully, he didn't know why he'd asked her; he never talked to new students. There was just something about this girl.

"Well, thanks," Kagome smiled at him. They continued to eat their lunch in silence.

After school, they waved to each other as they went their separate ways. Some girls ran up to Kagome as she was walking.

"Hey, new girl!" one of them called, "Kagome right? I'm Aiko, this is Miho and Yukari."

"Hello," Kagome smiled.

"What's up with you and Shuichi Minamino?" Miho asked.

"What do you mean?" Kagome was puzzled, "He just said he thought I might need a friend, since I'm new."

"But Shuichi doesn't talk to anybody!" Yukari exclaimed.

"Really? He seems perfectly nice."

"He's the cold-hearted genius of Meioh! And he'd gorgeous; he even has a fan club," Miho told her.

Kagome laughed, "A fan club, really?"

"Yeah! So what's up with you two?!" Aiko asked again.

"Nothing!" Kagome insisted, "We just ate lunch together."

"He asked you to eat lunch with him?!" they asked together.

"Yeah…" Kagome was getting nervous about the third degree. "Look, guys, I need to get home. It was nice to meet you!" She called as she ran off as fast as he could. As the week went on, Kagome and Shuichi continued to eat lunch together, and the school went crazy with rumors about the new girl and the cold-hearted genius.

-o-

Two months after they met, Kagome and Shuichi were eating lunch on the roof together as usual.

"Ready for the test next week?" Shuichi asked. He found he enjoyed Kagome's company quite a bit, but couldn't let himself like her as more than a friend. How would she react to his heritage?

"Ugh, not at all!" Kagome complained.

Shuichi laughed, "I could help you study if you'd like."

"Would you? That'd be great!" Kagome cried happily. "Is today too soon? You could come over for dinner."

"I'd be happy to," Shuichi smiled. He supposed he could be content just to be around this girl.

-o-

"I'm home!" Kagome called as she and Shuichi walked into her house.

"Welcome home, Kagome!" her mother called.

"Shuichi and I are going up to my room to study."

"Okay, I'll call you when dinner's ready."

"Come on," Kagome said, pulling Shuichi to her room. They studied for two hours before Kagome's mom called them for dinner. Afterward, she suggested Kagome give Shuichi a tour of the shrine. As they walked around the property, Kagome pointed out interesting things.

"This tree has been here for over five hundred years," she said.

"Really?" Shuichi asked, putting his hand on the tree. "That's fascinating. I love plants."

"You do?" Kagome leaned against the tree, laughing. "I'd love to see the look on some of the other students' faces if they found out the cold-hearted genius loves flowers."

"Come on, it's not that funny," Shuichi said, turning to her.

"It kinda is," she laughed again. Kagome loved being with Shuichi, but she denied having more than friendly feelings for the red-head. If she couldn't talk about a huge part of her life without sounding insane, how could they be more than friends?

"What's over there, Kagome?" he asked, pointing to a building.

"Oh, that's just the well house. I can show you if you'd like," she walked toward the building followed by Shuichi. "There's not much in here," she said, leaning on the edge of the well. Shuichi felt like there was something important about this place, but it looked perfectly normal. Then again so did he.

"It's still an interesting piece of history, the wood looks really old," he said, running his hand along the edge of the well. Kagome turned around and looked down into the well with Shuichi. The two of them felt hands on their backs and before they could react, they were falling into the well. Shuichi turned and pulled Kagome so she landed on top of him, cushioning her fall.

"Shuichi are you alright?!" Kagome asked, getting off of him.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he sat up. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," she said, standing up, "We'd better get out of here. Where's the ladder?"

Shuichi looked around, "I don't see one, are you sure there's supposed to be a ladder in here?"

"It was here two weeks ago," Kagome told him, "Wait a minute, these vines..."

"What about them?"

"They can't be here..." Kagome said, mostly to herself. She looked up and saw stars where she should have seen the ceiling of the well house. "It can't be...Shuichi help me climb up." He did as she asked, climbing up right after her.

"It's really true..." Kagome muttered before running off without another word. Shuichi had no idea what was going on or where they were, but he ran after her anyway. Neither of them noticed a pair of shadows dart out of the well and follow them.

"Kaede?!" he heard her yell as she ran into a village. Shuichi noticed the village looked like something from 500 years ago. In fact, it looked like the village the owner of the Shikon jewel lived in. She was so powerful, even the great thief Yoko Kurama had deemed it an unnecessary risk. But that hadn't stopped him from learning everything he could about the jewel.

"Kagome?" he heard an old woman ask as he finally caught up to the girl.

"I'm back," Kagome grinned, "I don't know why it worked this time, but we fell into the well just now and ended up here."

"We?" Kaede asked, just noticing Shuichi.

"Oh, this is my friend Shuichi."

"Hello," Shuichi said. "Kagome, what's going on?"

"Oh, I'm sorry Shuichi, I should explain," Kagome replied.

"Why don't ye come inside and sit down?" Kaede offered. They gratefully accepted and followed her inside. Kagome told Shuichi the whole story about the Shikon jewel, Inuyasha, Naraku, and everything.

"I know it's a bit hard to believe," she said when she'd finished.

"It is a fantastic tale," Shuichi said, "but look around, we're obviously no longer at your family's shrine."

"So you believe me?" Kagome asked hopefully.

"Yes," Shuichi smiled at her. His own past was far less believable, anyway. Kagome suddenly jumped forward and hugged him.

"Thank you for believing me!" Kagome exclaimed. Maybe there was a future for them, after all.

Shuichi laughed, "You're welcome." Maybe she wouldn't react badly to him, after all. Only time would tell.