In her birthday, Kagome Higurashi is searching for her cat Buyo in the old well that her family shrine has. Strange things start to happen around her and she starts to ponder over all the legends and stories that she knows since childhood when suddenly she is taken by 6 long arms into the well. The thing that drag her was a centipede youkai who keeps telling her about a sacred jewel of some sort; but Kagome is too scared to pay attention and when the lady centipede is about to strike, Kagome flashes baby pink light from her hand in order to protect herself from the monster. She ends up at the bottom of the well thinking that maybe it was all a dream but oh no! one of the many arms is severed just at her side, it was real.
I can't believe it, it's her arm, i have to get out of here". Kagome climbs the well and discovers that she is not in the grounds of her shrine. am I dreaming?; maybe I hit the bottom too hard and hit my head, or maybe I'm sleeping in my bed and I never even step outside my house
In the distance, Kagome spots the Goshinboku, a sacred tree which is still standing in Kagome's home so she goes in that direction. she gets even more confused when she realizes that someone is resting in the tree, no, not resting, trapped?. It seems that a man with white hair and red robes is sleeping surrounded by leaves and plants, he's got an old looking arrow in his chest. Moving closer she notices that he has dog ears, cute dog ears that she cannot resist to touch. In that instant, she hears the centipede screaming for the jewel and getting out of the well.
Oh no, is that demon thing, why is no one but this sleeping man here? I need help. "Hey you, can you hear me? We're about to be attacked by a monster, a female bug of sorts can you hear? I need your help...hello?..ugh" he seems a little bit dead.
At that moment a pulse runs through the body of the man(?), and he awakens with a very bad temper. "I can smell the scent of the woman who kill me...Kikyo. He says that while looking at Kagome, she looks taken aback for his sudden state and he starts telling her that she should kill the monster the way she killed him and keeps repeating the name Kikyo until he smells her deeply and notices that she is an entirely different person with traces of Kikyo's scent.
In the back of the clearing, the youkai prepares her attack while a group of men and a very old Miko attempt to fight back, Kagome protects herself not really knowing how with the pink light against the monster and it loses all of her arms. Desperate she takes Kagome with her mouth, slashing at her side and breaking free the Shikon no Tama that Kagome had inside her body. The lady centipede takes the pearl with her tongue and swallows it, with that she starts changing into an even uglier being. The centipede grows in size, sprouts new arms and becomes wild purple looking.
Inuyasha catches a glimpse of the jewel and smiles wickedly, Is... Is that the... "Hey, can you pull out this arrow?", he says to Kagome. The Miko tries to warn Kagome against freeing Inuyasha but Kagome is so horrified by the whole ordeal "I..", "Do you wanna die here?" Says Inuyasha while looking at her directly in her eyes. I don't understand any of this but... " I choose to live", she says quite loudly as she pulls the arrow and it disappears.
In that instance Inuyasha laughs like a maniac and lunges at the lady centipede with his Sankon tesso attack destroying her completely. The old Miko approaches the scene and takes the sacred jewel from the corpse of the youkai. "ye should take this child" she says calmly to Kagome, "ye look just like my sister and ye have her great spiritual powers. the jewel was in yer body... I believe ye are Kikyo's reincarnation, I'm Kaede, the priestess for this village and that right there is Inuyasha, she says pointing at him". Inuyasha scoffs in the back and Kaede has a flash memory of how her sister died, she takes action and out of her robes takes the prayer beads and stars chanting something.
As if this dumb girl could be the reincarnation of Kikyo, can't even defend herself can she?. "If you don't want to feel the pain of my claws, give me the jewel" states Inuyasha. Is he for real? I thought he was the hero. Thinks Kagome and before she can say anything more the black beads are shot and surround Inuyasha, he now has a necklace that won't come out.
"What the fuck is this old hag?" Screams Inuyasha while trying to take the necklace above his head. Why can't I take them off?. Kaede solemnly ignores him and speaks to Kagome "Child, recite a word to hold Inuyasha's spirit". Kagome can't even with all that's happening A word? What could possibly hold a guy like this? "Uhmm I don't know what to use.." After some grunting, Inuyasha approaches Kagome with an evil smirk and she immediately says "Oswari" and he tumps to the ground face first complaining loudly and seeming hurt. Kagome looks baffled and as he is standing up she says it again. Well, now she has some unpleasant power over him. Oh no, he didn't even do anything, and he is looking at me with so much disdain, i must have hurt him "Oh i'm sorry Inuyasha are you ok?". She cautiously pats his back while he snarled incredulous that a mere human can subdue him.
"What the fuck was that for? What did you do Old hag?", protests Inuyasha at Kaede. "I'm sorry, I didn't know what it would do…" you saved me from the centipede and now I just pissed you off.. "are you ok? You seem tough, you killed that thing with one hand"
Kagome looks hopeful at Inuyasha as he stands proudly with his arms crossed over his chest flashing his canine teeth. The hag say that she is her reincarnation, he ponders over the matter and suddenly he sniffs her, she sounds and smells sincere, and best of all she compliments him on his strength but doesn't seem afraid and she smells lovely, like flowers and honey and good things. She uses strange garments that show off her pale skin and the fight with the centipede leave a very faint but pretty blush on her cheeks. What's the deal with this bitch?... "Keh what's your name wench?. He says with a little annoyance. She beamed and smile at him "I'm Kagome Higurashi, thank you so much for rescuing me Inuyasha, that thing follow me from the well and took this out of me", she said while holding the Sacred Jewel.
Inuyasha is astounded to see the jewel so close and reaches for it. Kaede orders Kagome to say the words and Kagome panics, as Inuyasha tries to run away with the jewel in his hand. Kagome cries "Inuyasha, osuwari" and Kaede takes her to the village leaving him flat on the ground. She keeps glancing back at the furious hanyou with remorse and he follows the two women closely. Kaede gives Kagome some miko robes to blend in with all the people that look strangely at Kagome's clothes and explains to her what the jewel does to demons, that Inuyasha is a half demon she once knew, and that her sister died protecting the jewel with her life as it was her duty 50 years ago. Kagome doesn't know what to think and falls asleep in the tiny hut that the old miko calls home.
The next day Kagome bathes in the river, it's so cold that her teeth keep chattering, she thinks about her family, her home and all the fantastic and terrifying stuff she has encountered so far. As she steps out of the water and puts on the Miko robes, she sees that Inuyasha is watching her from the top of the hill so she osuwari him.
Still in the hard floor, Inuyasha looks up angrily at Kagome "Aggh why did ya do that for?". She turns to look at him and scolds him "you shouldn't spy on women, and least of all Mikos who can make you eat dirt", he looks amused and responds "Keh, you have been a Miko for like a day, don't let it go to your head". She doesn't acknowledge this as she continues the bickering "What are you doing here anyway? I'm not supposed to give you the jewel, you were so brave don't get me wrong but you want to run away with it" she says trying to appease his obvious bad temper.
Inuyasha blushes a little for the brave comment "keh, I want the thing, so I'll be damned if another youkai steals it from a weak human like yourself, and since you think you can fucking keep it from me" he snarls as he touches the beads... " I'll just have to keep an eye on you too". Kagome eyes him suspiciously, "that's very chivalrous of you, Inuyasha", she says leaking sarcasm from every pore. "I just don't get why you want it? you seem strong enough as it is, do you wanna use it like that centipede?" the last remark makes her face twist a bit with disgust, a scent that didn't go without notice by the hanyou.
His response was harsh and final "that's none of your business wench", immediately she defends herself, "hey don't you wench me.. if you don't wanna tell me you are free not to. Just be respectful" with that she smiled at him one final time and starts walking unconsciously towards the bone eater's well. He scoffs and looks at her with curiosity and amusement. Kagome lets out a heavy sigh "I really wanna go home", my family must be worried sick. With a fleeting grimace he asks "how far do you live?" maybe I can steal the jewel if we are away from this village and the old hag.
"Like 500 or so years far away" she answers, "look I came here from the old well but I don't know how to get back", maybe if I jump in there again it will take me to my time.. "what do you say? Wanna help out a girl?". He stared at her incredulously help out? Him? And what the fuck does she mean with the 500 years bullshit? She's crazy, I better not let her and the jewel out of my sight.. "keh whatever" he manage to say.
Kagome let out a tiny giggle "That seems like a yes, Oh my god i can't wait to see my family again, are you hungry? Maybe we could eat something…"
She talked a lot but Inuyasha didn't mind since he didn't have anything to say to her, he was busy thinking of a lot of stuff: a plan to get the beads off of his neck; the bitter fact that Kikyo was dead; the things that changed while he was pinned to that tree for about 53 years or so… He was thinking that this human, this Kagome, was treating him as if he were any other human she met and about the inevitable moment when she would display her betrayal and disgust of him. They all did, but then again they all did it right away, and she didn't seem to mind that he was a hanyou, she didn't even ask him questions when the hag told her about him. She really is a strange bitch. The hag told the wench all about the jewel, the fucking jewel that was so close yet so far from reach, as was Kikyo. For him the half a century trapped was like a second, he remembered stealing the jewel to become a full demon after Kikyo's betrayal, yes, they all betray eventually but right now he needed time to reflect on things before he could try to steal the jewel again, maybe give this stupid girl his good side so she hand over the thing by herself keh!. she told him that he saved her, maybe he can take advantage of that before she realizes that he was just a fucking half breed. He would think a perfect little plan, It was a new beginning and he was not gonna screw up again.