10-31-09: Blek revised again for the thousandth time. But welcome new readers!! This story is merely just a remake of the series but I do suggest you read it. People seem to like this version. Also make sure to read these little author notes and review. These little rambles are sometimes full of semi-important facts and things like that. I do like revising my stories a lot and I do tend to rush the normal chapters as you may notice later on. I'm getting to fixing this. So please bear with me. Thank you and enjoy!!

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I Do Not Own Inuyasha

"Talking"

1. Down The Well

A 6 year old girl by the name of Kaori grabbed onto her older sister's pant leg. Tears streamed down her small face as she watched her sister and friend, fight the battle that would end their lives. "Kikyou-Onee-Sama! Stop! Please! Stop it!"

Kikyou ignored her sister's please and shot the arrow. It pierced the heart of the man who had betrayed her, pinning him to the Goshinboku. Kaori gasped in horror and ran down the stone steps, latching onto the hanyou's arm.

"Inuyasha-Onii-Chan!" She shouted. "Nii-Chan, wake up! Wake up Inuyasha-Onii-Chan! You can't be.. You've gotta wake up!"

The girl buried her face into his bright red kimono, the tears refusing to stop. She cried for the pain and betrayal he must have gone through at this moment...They were supposed to love each other. Not hurt each other...She cried for the loss of her one and only friend.

The raven haired priestess watched as her younger sister cried for the loss of the wretched creature that had betrayed her. She wondered, how could she be on his side after all that he had done? He had injured countless people in the attack on the village, he had stolen the Shikon No Tama...He had betrayed them all.

She spotted something pink and glowing at her feet. She got to her knees and held the glowing pink ball close. "Shikon no tama..." She breathed, "because of such a thing..."

"Kikyou-sama!"

"That's a horrible wound.."

"Where's Kaori?"

The villagers gathered around Kikyou in worry. She was injured, the blood soaking through her sleeve made it clear. She would die unless she got treatment. But her slow movements and her lack of panic was suspicious. Didn't she want treatment? Wasn't the priestess in pain, they wondered.

"Onee-sama!" A small ten year old girl, dressed in a bright orange kimono pushed through the crowd. She fell to her knees in front of Kikyou and held the woman's arm. A white bandage was wrapped tightly around her head and one of her dark brown eyes. "Onee-sama! Quickly! Get treatment!" She begged.

"It's already to late for me.." Kikyou breathed. She felt her life slowly draining away from the wound Inuyasha had inflicted her with. "So, listen carefully, Kaede.."

The little girl stared at her sister, wide-eyed and scared, but absorbed every word she spoke.

"Take this.." Kikyou stared, dropping the Shikon No Tama into her little sister's hands, "and give it to Kaori.. Last night I was shown a place in my dreams that only Kaori could get to-"

"No! Onii-chan! Nii-cha- Let me go you bastards! Inuyasha-onii-chan!" Everyone turned their gaze toward the struggling six year old. Some of the men had taken it upon themselves to pull Kaori away from the evil demon, but Kaori wouldn't have it. Her grip on his kimono was tight, and she kicked and scratched at the men who tried to take her away from him.

Kikyou looked away, jealous again. "Kaede.. If you send Kaori down the well.. then she'll be safe in a place where there are no youkai to come after the jewel.." She gasped in pain.. then fell to the ground, lifeless.

--500 Years Later--

(Kaori's POV)

I slowly opened my eyes to the blinding sunshine and groaned. Morning came too quickly. I rolled over and the bed disappeared from under me, sending me crashing onto the white carpet floor. I glared up at my mattress grudgingly. They needed to make them wider.

But then the sound of my favourite song floated through out my room. The song came from my radio alarm clock, on the nightstand beside my bed. I sighed and left the alarm on, having this be one of my favourite songs and sang along while I dressed.

"Kaori! Are you all right? I heard a bang!" My step-mother called through the wooden door.

I rolled my eyes and started to brush my hair. "Yeah Mom! Just the usual!" Every morning I fell off that bed and smacked my head against the floor but she never seemed to get used to it... and this had been going on for 9 years now...

"Okay! See you at breakfast then." I heard her footsteps grow fainter as she walked away. I rolled my eyes again and stared at my reflection in the mirror. I should be round faced, and dark haired like everyone else. But instead I had unusually light brown hair and my eyes were hazelish green. Always changing from one colour to the next, once they were even a icy blue and brown, but usually they were a darkish green colour. I was different then everyone else in my family...both adopted and real. But then...I had always been strange.

I threw on a pair of blue boot cut jeans, a white scoop neck t-shirt and a plunging v-neck navy blue hoodie. I brushed and tied back my light brown, waist length hair and ran down the stairs almost tripping over my feet on the last step.

I didn't have the best eye-hand coordination in the world...and I wouldn't be surprised if I had the worst. I was a danger to everyone...and everything around me. There had never been a day that went by without me injuring myself...another strange and humiliating thing that set me different from everyone else.

"Happy birthday, Kaori!" My step-sister, Kagome, greeted me as I sat down at the table. She was an ivory skinned girl, with dark black hair and chocolate brown eyes.

"Yeah.. Uh thanks.. " I murmured. I wasn't a big fan of birthdays. After 9 years of hearing my grandfather's inaccurate tales of demons and the Shikon no Tama, and worthless fake 'antiques' as presents, I had grown sick of the celebration.

"It must be exciting! Your 15 now, right?" Kagome exclaimed as she poured herself a bowl of cereal.

"What's so exciting? You've been 15 for 9 months now and the only thing that's changed is that you've become more immature." I grumbled. I wish she wouldn't talk so loud, Jii-chan might hear her.

Kagome glared at me, but didn't say a thing in return. Everyone told her, everyday, that she was becoming more like a child the older she got. Kagome was a year older then me though...but really it was nine months. But she was already in high school...passed with perfect grades and everything. I sighed. It would be a miracle if I could even get one 90 percent on my report card. I had been out of school a lot...because of my clumsiness I had also gone to the hospital a lot. I had already broken most of the bones in my body...some of them twice.

My stomach growled. Kagome looked at me disapprovingly and then pointed to the fridge with her chop-sticks. "Don't expect me to make you breakfast just because it's your birthday. You never eat the food I make anyway, so I've decided to not bother."

I groaned and walked to the fridge, rummaging for five minutes before I found everything I needed. I pulled out the ingredients I would need for omelets, miso soup and rice and got to work. I knew how to cook, it was just I didn't cook. Bad eye-hand coordination is dangerous in the kitchen.

I finished making my breakfast and sat back down at the table. I had only taken one bite when my grandfather came bashing into the room. "There you are, Kaori!" He said standing beside the table. His hands were behind his back.

"Oh.. Hey Jii-chan?" Trying to sound pleased wasn't something I did well. I was to worried about what was behind his back more then anything.

My grandfather was Kagome's father's.. father. His once black shoulder length hair was now a dark grey and tied back. He thought of himself as the guardian of our family shrine and sells small trinkets such as fake Shikon no tama's and ofudas all day. He claims to come across rare demonic or spiritual things, but they always end up being phony.

"I have something for you!" He replied totally oblivious to my fake excitement. Oh please don't let it be something strange.. He pulled out a nicely wrapped gift. The paper was a shimmering silver, purple colour and the ribbon was pale pink.

"Wow! You did really well with the wrapping!" Now lets hope the present is just as good. He glowed pink in embarrassment.

"Well.. Thank you, Kaori.. Here you are." He handed the gift to me and I carefully took off the wrapping paper, making sure not to rip it. I could always use the paper for that art project that was due next week. I opened the box and suddenly my fears came true. In the box was this green hand thing. I pulled it out and started at it, not sure what to make of it.

"That is a mummified Kappa's hand. It brings good luck. Its history begins with.. "

I tossed it at our cat Buyo. "Happy birthday.. " I mumbled. He meowed in response and took it to his bed. I shared my birthday with our fat tabby and every year I gave him the edible gifts my grandfather gave me.

"Ah! Hey, that's wasteful!" My grandfather shouted watching in horror as our spoiled cat destroyed my present. I sighed and continued eating, waiting for the other two in my family to enter the kitchen.

I lived in a very old shrine known as Sunset Shrine. I lived with the Higurashi family which consisted of Kagome, my 15 year old.. acquaintance, her annoying little brother Souta, her grandfather and her mother. I wasn't related to any of these weirdos.. I mean kind people. I didn't even belong here. About 50 years ago, my older sister, upon her death bed, ordered me to be scent here to protect the Shikon no Tama. And the people of the village, obeying her last wish, threw me down the well with youkai bones, littering the bottom, the Shikon no Tama safely around my neck. Nice right?

I don't know what had happened after I fell, for falling from that height and weak from certain events, I passed out before I hit the ground. I slept at the bottom of the well for 41 years. How I knew? I don't know, but as I slept I never aged, not even a second older. Then when I had finally awoke from my slumber, Kagome's father, Mr. Higurashi, found me and since then I've lived here. They consider me part of their family, but I can't see them as much more than people I live with.

I had found out later that were I used to live was 500 years ago and that the well had somehow threw me 500 years into the future. It was all quite confusing to think about and I knew that it was a one in a million chance I would ever go back there so I had stopped thinking about my past, and all of those who had been in it..

My mother and Souta walked in a few minutes later, holding a small box each. I felt my mood brighten immediately as they handed me the small gifts. They never got me something strange.

"Happy birthday, Sis. This is from me and Kagome." Souta said. Souta was 8 but mature for his age. He always got my assignments from school when I was sick or injured, even if we didn't ask him to. His gift was wrapped with last year's Christmas paper.

I carefully opened it and peeked inside half expecting another oni hand. It was a metallic blue and silver Ipod and it was already loaded with all of my favourite songs. I gasped and stared at it. How did they know I wanted one for my birthday! I mean.. I have been hinting about it for weeks but.. I didn't think anyone paid attention.

"THANK YOU!" I wrapped my arms around the kid's neck tightly, thanking him over and over. Kagome cleared her throat and I stopped squeezing the life out of my brother. "Oh and.. thanks to you as well, I guess.."

She scowled and left the kitchen in a huff slamming the door behind her. What the hell was her problem? The next gift was from my mother. Her gift was a silver chain. She told me it was for the jewel I had with me all of the time. The Shikon No Tama.

I attached the jewel to the chain and thanked everyone again, putting fake emphasis for my grandfather. I threw on my black sneakers and headed out the door to do the daily chores of a shrine keeper. The air was cool and crisp, normal for September.

I put the buds in my ear and listened to the songs from my new Ipod, the Shikon No Tama hanging loosely around my neck. I was happy. I had gotten what I had wanted for my birthday. It hadn't been much but it was what I had asked for.

Kagome was in a bad mood as usual but it didn't ruin my attitude, nor did the fact that my grandfather refused to get me something better then worthless pieces of junk for my birthday.

I sighed and looked at the mini shrine that held the well within. The well was a mystery to me and my family. It had always been a mystery.. even when I was little, we marvelled over the disappearance of the youkai bones. It was named 'The Bone-Eaters-Well', and it had done a good job at holding that title.

I noticed the sliding doors were ajar, and watched as the fluffy tail of our tabby disappear inside it. Nobody was aloud in there. I stopped what I was doing and ran to the doors, hoping that Buyo was just inside so I could run in grab him then run out before anyone would notice.

But the well house was empty as far as I could tell. I silently stepped inside. The air was stale and thick. The walls were covered in shelves stocked with old worthless artifacts, half of them, previous birthday presents. Two sleek dusty Katanas sat on the far wall and I looked at them for a moment before returning my mind back to the project at hand.

"Buyo?" I called. Nothing. That was strange...our cat usually came when we called him...I slowly made my way down the creaky wooden steps keeping the door open to shed light in the dark and dingy room.

An eerie scratching noise broke though the silence making me jump. The noise continued as I walked closer to the well. I noticed that the noise...it was coming from inside.

"Strange..." How in the world could Buyo get inside? The well was sealed... I noticed one of the two doors to the well was hanging on one hinge. It sat crooked across the other, leaving huge gaps at the top right and bottom right corners of the well.

I tore the broken door off and peaked inside. Nothing. "Buyo?"

"Nee-chan? What are you doing?"

I pulled myself out from the well and looked up. Souta was standing in the door way, his brown eyes glued to me. He was holding something oddly shaped in his arms but I payed no mind to it and glanced back at the empty well. "The.. cat. He's in here somewhere."

"No he's not." Souta replied. "He's right here." He motioned to the lump in his arms, and I figured it was Buyo. I swallowed a lump that had formed at the back of my throat and glanced down the well.

If the cat was up there.. then what exactly had I heard down here? Suddenly I wanted those katanas.. and I had good reason. As that thought had entered my mind the wooden doors over the well shattered to pieces. A half woman, half centipede creature rose from the well. She had long greasy black hair.. and had six arms.. She was deathly pale, but I guess, so was I.

"Nee-Chan!" Souta shouted. "R-Run!" I tried I really did, but memories of my older sister destroying this monster were flashing before my eyes, keeping me frozen. This was my problem. I always froze when danger stood before me. It was a habit I had had all my life.

The creature shot out her long arms toward me. Two grabbed onto my left arm, two grabbed hold onto my neck and the others pulled at whatever they could get a hold of. Her grip was tight around my body, and if I didn't die from suffocation then I would defiantly have some dark purple bruises in good time. She pulled me into the well. I heard Souta's horrified shrieks fade away behind me.

"How wonderful.. " She hissed, sending shivers down my spine. "I can feel my powers returning.. My body is growing back.. You have it.. give it to me." She licked my check, then lowered her head to eat the jewel around my neck.

"What the hell?! Keep your hands off me, creep!" I shouted, shoving away her ugly face. A blinding white light shot from my hand and the youkai let go immediately.

"Damn.. you.." She growled, falling deeper into the electric blue orb filled darkness. "I won't let you go.. Shikon..No.. Tama.."

"Like I haven't heard that before." I muttered. The bottom of the well reappear below me, and as I touched the dirt bottom I fell to my knees. Electric blue orbs faded from view and the sound of singing birds entered my ears. What had just happened? What was with the orbs, the youkai, the birds?..And where exactly had the youkai disappeared into? The dirt? I looked up, but the well was too deep to see what lied over head.

I grabbed onto the vines that grew along the grey stone walls of the well, and started climbing. It didn't take very long to get to the top, but my body wasn't used to scaling stonewalls, so my arms became sore quickly. I pulled my head over the edge of the well and gasped.

I was.. back around the same village before my sister's death.. In my meadow.. I stumbled as I stepped forward. "I...I'm back?"

My hand shot up to my neck, and I sighed in relief. The Shikon Jewel was still there and safe. If I was here then.. then.. I scanned the tops of the trees. There! The Goshinboku! I ran as fast as my legs could carry me, tripping over roots, and branches scratching at my face. I emerged from a thick bush and stumbled into a small clearing.

It was exactly as I had left it.

End Of Chapter 1

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