They could handle it.
"Kagome!" Yui called out, catching Kagome's attention.
Kagome paused for a split second upon seeing them, but then she shouted, "Don't come any closer! There's a monster!!"
Even in her panic, she didn't want to drag anyone else into danger.
This thing was obviously after her!
Yui blinked, then was unexpectedly touched. "Kagome... you're such a good person!"
Feeling the disgusting, rancid breath of the monster behind her, Kagome felt absolute despair.
Seriously? I'm about to die, and you're giving me a compliment?!
Goodbye, Mom!
Goodbye, world!
Just why!
I haven't even had my first romance yet!
Was she really going to die without ever experiencing love?!
At that moment, Yukino suddenly stepped in front of her.
Kagome's eyes widened in shock. "Wai!"
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Yukino raise her hand, conjuring ice-blue snowflakes out of thin air.
With a graceful swing of her arm.
BOOM!
The monstrous centipede crashed onto the ground, frozen in place!
"Huh?" Kagome stared in shock.
Yukino frowned. "Let's move away from here first."
"O-okay!" Kagome quickly obeyed, putting as much distance as possible between herself and the immobilized monster.
Yukino kept her eyes locked onto the centipede monster, still struggling on the ground.
Her current power wasn't enough to freeze it completely in an instant, but putting it in a paralyzed state was no problem.
"Miko!" Yukino called out.
"On it, on it!"
"Wait, let me buff you guys first!" Yui quickly activated her skill, Harmonizer.
Miko didn't hesitateshe gathered her magic and unleashed a decisive attack.
For a mid-level Devil like her, dealing with this kind of monster was a piece of cake.
In no time, the centipede monster let out its final breath and collapsed.
Seeing this, Yui sighed in relief.
Among the three of them, she was the only one who wasn't a Special-Type Devil.
But at least she could support her teammates with buffs.
Meanwhile, Kagome stood frozen, staring at the scene before her.
What... just happened?
A monster had crawled out of the well, and now she had just witnessed a group of high school girls with supernatural powers take it down like it was nothing.
Mom... is this really the same world I knew?
"Who... who are you guys?" Kagome asked cautiously, now that the danger had passed.
Yukino glanced at Miko and Yui, but seeing that they had no intention of explaining, she sighed and stepped forward.
"Shuchiin Academy's Supernatural Research Club."
"Wait, what?" Kagome looked completely dumbfounded.
She had heard of the Supernatural Research Club before.
Because It was a club full of beautiful girls!
And their only male member was the club president!
The club was practically famous among the students at Shuchiin.
Especially among the boys, who were filled with jealousy and resentment!
"So the Supernatural Research Club... actually deals with real supernatural phenomena?!" Kagome asked in disbelief.
"Something like that," Yukino replied vaguely before cutting to the point. "What about you? What exactly happened?"
At the mention of this, Kagome couldn't hold back her frustration.
"It's that weird well!"
"It's been making strange noises every day, and today, they got even louder. So I opened it to take a look, and then..."
She paused, shuddering at the memory. "Well, you saw what happened. That monster crawled out of it!"
She hesitated before asking, "Can your Supernatural Research Club do something about the well?"
Yukino hesitated. "This is our first time encountering something like this, so we're not entirely sure."
Kagome's shoulders slumped in disappointment.
"But..."
"Our club president will definitely be able to handle it."
"Really?!" Kagome's eyes lit up, and she quickly grabbed Yukino's arm, practically begging. "Please, you have to ask your president for help!"
Yukino opened her mouth, hesitating before saying, "But..."
"Our president doesn't work for free. He's expensive."
"Expensive?"
Kagome was stunned.
Yukino nodded and said, "Our Supernatural Research Club charges for exorcisms outside the school."
"Just so you know, having one of us take action starts at five million yen."
"Five million?!"
Kagome's eyes widened in shock before she collapsed to the ground, her face void of all hope.
It was over.
Her one glimmer of hope had been crushed by something as simple as being broke.
Seeing her reaction, Yukino, Yui, and Miko understood she probably couldn't afford it.
After thinking for a moment, Miko stepped forward and handed Kagome a flyer, something modified by Lynn.
Previously, there had been an issue where cross-world summoning didn't work, so Lynn had taken it upon himself to fix that by modifying the Devil's Contract.
Now, even if he was in another world, he could still sense when he was being summoned.
"What's this?"
Kagome looked at the flyer in confusion.
"Next time you're in danger, just shout, 'Devil Lord Lynn, please help me!' and one of our Supernatural Research Club members will show up."
"Of course, you might have to pay an unexpected price"
Kagome quickly stored the flyer away and nodded gratefully. "Got it!"
Wait, why 'Devil Lord'?
She found it a bit strange but chalked it up to the club's sense of humor.
With Kagome's immediate crisis resolved, the trio turned their attention to the massive centipede's corpse.
"So what do we do with this?"
"Just leave it here?"
"Hmm Should we ask the president?"
—
After receiving their message, Lynn instructed, "Send it to the Black Bullet world and hand it over to Muroto Sumire for research."
Might as well make use of it.
Who knows? Maybe they'd discover something useful.
But
"Higurashi Shrine? Kagome?"
Lynn narrowed his eyes.
"Didn't expect to run into an Inuyasha character in this world."
Kagome's appearance was certainly unexpected.
"That means the Bone-Eater's Well exists too, huh?"
A thought struck him.
If he remembered correctly, the well connected to 500 years in the past.
That timeline Would've been right around the underworld's civil war.
Curious, Lynn took a single stepand in the blink of an eye, he was at Higurashi Shrine.
Behind the shrine, a worn-out well stood quietly.
Lynn approached and studied it carefully.
"There's definitely some kind of energy here"
But since he lacked time-space manipulation, he couldn't tell if it was actually related to time travel.
After some thought, he simply jumped in.
Thud.
Lynn landed lightly at the bottom of the well, deep in thought.
No feeling of a time tunnel.
SoHe looked up at the night sky above.
"I didn't go back 500 years."
Lynn frowned.
Was it not the right time? Did it require the Shikon Jewel?
Or maybeIt needed a specific person?
Pondering this, Lynn's figure vanished.
—
A second later — Kagome's bedroom.
Lynn materialized in the room, glancing around.
A pink, girly setup.
On the bed, a girl in pajamas
"Huh!"
Kagome suddenly froze, her eyes widening in shock.
"Y-you How did you get in here?!"
Lynn thought for a moment. "I walked in?"
Why did that sound like a question?!
Kagome internally screamed.
More importantly
"Who the hell are you?!"
She clutched her blanket and scooted to the far end of her bed, eyes full of caution.
This guy was dangerous.
He had just appeared out of thin air!
Completely unnatural!
And after encountering supernatural events today, she was convinced of it.
"President of the Supernatural Research Club."
Lynn introduced himself casually.
"Huh?"
Kagome blinked, then stammered, "B-but I didn't summon you!"
She glanced at the flyer on her desk.
Yup.
She definitely hadn't summoned him.
"Just think of it as if you did."
"...Huh?"
Was he forcing a sale?!
Lynn asked, "Don't you want to solve the well's problem?"
"Of course!"
Kagome nodded without hesitation.
"Then it's settled."
Lynn nodded, then effortlessly picked her up and walked toward the well.
"W-wait, wait, wait!"
Kagome yelped, "I haven't even changed my clothes yet!"
"Not important."
Halfway there, Lynn suddenly said, "Don't forget my payment."
"After all, the well isn't mine."
"And you're the one who wants it fixed, aren't you?"
Kagome: "..."
Her spirit deflated, and she mumbled weakly, "But you saw it yourself. Our shrine is poor"
Lynn grinned. "Don't worry, the price I want you can definitely afford."
Kagome: "!!!"
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Inuyasha World
Higurashi Kagome had a complicated expression.
She couldn't shake the feeling that something was off but at this point, there was no turning back.
Besides, she was genuinely curious about the secret hidden within that ancient well.
—
Higurashi Shrine
Standing before the old well, Lynn spoke up. "Let's go."
"Go?" Kagome looked around in confusion. "Go where?"
Lynn silently pointed at the well.
Kagome's face stiffened as she stretched her neck to peer inside. A pitch-black abyss, seemingly bottomless, greeted her.
She shivered instinctively.
"Do we really have to go down there? That monster came out of this thing, you know!" She hesitated, nervousness creeping in.
But Lynn didn't care about her reluctance. Without hesitation, he grabbed her by the waist and leaped straight down.
"Aaaaahhhhh!!!"
Kagome's scream echoed through the well.
The inside of the well looked completely different from before. It was like stepping into a time tunnel, flashes of historical images passing by.
Dark, resentful energies of numerous yokai filled the space.
Lynn remained expressionless, releasing a faint burst of magic that instantly shattered the ghostly forms trying to pounce at them.
"So, it really is tied to her."
He glanced at Kagome, who had closed her eyes in fear. Then he also closed his own eyes, trying to sense the shifts in space-time within the well.
But
"As expected, it's not that simple."
Lynn frowned.
The energy of space-time was at a level far beyond what he could easily grasp. Capturing it was proving to be quite difficult, and he didn't have the luxury of lingering here for too long.
In the blink of an eye, they had reached the bottom.
Kagome was still screaming.
Lynn calmly reached out, covering her mouth to silence her physically.
"Mmmph!"
She blinked in confusion before realizing that nothing had happened.
"Huh? Nothing changed?" She sighed in relief, patting her chest.
Lynn shot her a look. "If you keep your eyes closed the whole time, of course, you won't notice anything."
Kagome gave an awkward laugh.
Then, she looked up at the exit. The night sky remained the same.
Then they heard faint noises in the distance.
"Let's go take a look," Lynn said.
"Five hundred years ago"
Lynn was curious about this era too.
Saying no more, he tightened his grip on Kagome's waist and jumped out of the well effortlessly.
"Wha?!"
Kagome's eyes widened in shock as she took in the scenery.
"This is this still my home?"
She didn't remember the shrine's backyard looking anything like this.
Then she spotted the giant tree in the distance.
"It looks exactly like the one at home!"
"What the heck is going on?!"
Kagome was completely dumbfounded.
Lynn didn't bother explaining. Instead, he turned eastward.
A massive surge of yokai energy rose in the distance!
Judging by its intensity, it was on par with a high-class Devil.
Lynn frowned slightly.
There wasn't a scene like this in Inuyasha, was there?
Then again, this was already a mashup of anime worlds. Surprises were expected.
Suddenly, a huge creature crashed down from the sky!
A giant boar-like yokai with an arrow lodged in its forehead.
Lynn sensed a powerful purification energy emanating from the arrow.
"This power could it be Kikyo?"
Lynn was slightly surprised.
Meanwhile, Kagome gasped at the sight of the yokai barreling toward them. Her mouth opened, about to scream in terror
Lynn was fast as he closed her mouth.
Then a sharp, powerful slash flew out, slicing the yokai into pieces before it crashed into the ground!
Blood splattered across the earth.
Kagome gulped down her fear and instead stammered, "Th-That was amazing!"
The Supernatural Research Club's president was seriously strong!
She felt a sense of security!
Kagome inched a little closer to Lynn.
Only to feel his warm hand grip her waist again.
"Eh?"
Before she could react, Lynn took off toward the east in a flash.
Kagome was internally screaming.
'Can't he find a less rough way to travel?!'
Musashi Province Kaede's Village
The village was completely surrounded by yokai, leaving no room for escape.
Blue ogres, red ogres.
Wolf demons, snake demons
A chaotic mix of yokai unleashed attacks upon the barrier protecting the village!
BOOM!
A ball of demon fire slammed into the barrier.
"Human girl! Hand over the Shikon Jewel to me!"
A massive purple-black snake demon lashed its tail against the barrier, its voice filled with arrogance.
The other yokai howled with laughter at its words.
Then
A loud crack echoed through the air!
The attacking yokai all paused for a moment.
Then their eyes turned blood-red with greed, their breathing ragged.
"Haha! The barrier's finally breaking!"
"The Shikon Jewel is mine!"
"Once the barrier shatters, it's every yokai for themselves!"
They all roared in excitement, their hopes of obtaining the Shikon Jewel soaring. However, their eyes were also filled with wariness as they glanced at one another.
The power of the Shikon Jewel was too enticingit wasn't something that encouraged cooperation! If not for their common enemy, the human priestess, they never would have joined forces in the first place.
Crack... crack...
The barrier trembled, on the verge of shattering.
—
Inside the barrier
A priestess dressed in traditional white and red robes stood firm, her gaze as calm as ever as she watched the frenzied monsters outside.
Her dark eyes were deep and unwavering, her delicate yet resolute features framed by long, flowing black hair tied back with a simple white ribbon. A bow was slung across her back, exuding an air of ancient solemnity.
