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Chapter 1

Through the Well

"Azurine?" Sarah called. "Azure, wait up! Where are you going?"

Azurine Deltan turned to see her best friend, Sarah, tagging behind her. "The woods behind my house. There is this awesome dry well I want to explore."

"Cool," Sarah murmured. "Can I come?"

"Sure, Tanpopo. What for?" Azure grinned rubbing her friend's golden hair. 'Tanpopo' is Japanese for dandelion and had been Sarah's nickname for years.

"It sounds fun," her blue eyes gleamed with adventure.

Azure's own eyes, a grey green color, showed a distant longing for adventure as well.

She brushed her light brown hair with a silver streak from her face.

The woods were beautiful this time of day. Sun poured through the leaves, casting a trail of green light on the path.

Azurine ducked under a low branch while Sarah barely bent her knees. Sarah was considerably shorter than her friend even though she was almost two years older, but then again, she looked younger than everyone. ()

Suddenly, Sarah poked her friend's shoulder. "Is that it?" she asked.

"Huh?" Azurine asked, shaking her head. She spotted the square, stone well and approached it. "Yup, this is it."

She pulled a coil of rope from her bag and tied it to a thick tree near by.

"I'll go down first, just incase. Watch out, okay?"

Sarah nodded. "Be safe."

"Alright," Azure forced a smile. She was nervous.

Firmly grasping the rope, she lowered herself down. Looking up, she saw Sarah watching her. She smiled lightly, but then saw the other end of the rope. The rock in the well was sawing it through and it held by only a few threads. Her expression changed to horror as she lowered herself further.

The weight tore the rope.

She cried out as she fell the rest of the way, her head crashing into the stone.

The last thing she heard was Sarah screaming her name.

A boy was picking her up. Golden eyes, white hair, dog ears. Azurine had a sudden urge to touch them. The boy looked shocked and puzzled at her movement. He jumped out of the well, bringing her with him. The world returned to black.

Another boy, this one was prodding her shoulder. He appeared to be about six years old. He looked at someone else as his dark blonde-red hair shined. He motioned the other person over revealing his big, fluffy tail.

"She's awake."

A girl, about Azurine's age, with raven-black hair, pressed a cool cloth to Azurine's head. Her pale face was worried.

"She's sick; really sick."

"Feh," the first boy murmured, the one with the dog ears.

"Why do ye think the lass be so hurt? She's only fallen through the well," An older woman with white hair and an eye-patch asked.

"She hit her head, Lady Kaede. It got her sick."

Again, there was blackness.

A boy, probably nineteen or twenty, just looked puzzledly at her. The same dog-boy from before pulled him away.

"You can't have her, letch."

The Black-haired girl called out. "Come on, Miroku. You can't ask her if she's not awake!"

Finally, who knows when, Azure felt a bug bite her cheek. She summoned the energy to smack it. (Myoga! Mwahahaha!)

"Well, it's good to see she's not dead," dog-boy murmured.

"I thought you didn't care about humans, InuYasha," the six year old questioned, innocently.

"Shippo…" InuYasha warned. "Miroku, she didn't even wake up yet. Go wait over there."

I am firmly convinced that this is a dream. Azurine thought. She blinked herself awake. InuYasha, Shippo, Miroku and the girl stood over her.

"Hullo," she murmured, her voice hoarse from disuse. "Who are you? Where am I?"

"I am Kagome," the girl smiled. "This is InuYasha, Shippo, and Miroku." She pointed to each in turn. "And this is Kaede's hut in Kyoto, Japan; feudal era. You've fallen through the well. InuYasha is a half-dog demon; Shippo is a kitsune, fox demon; Miroku is a monk, but watch out for his right hand. And his left…just watch out for all of him."

"Now I know I'm dreaming," Azurine muttered. "Demons? Monks? Japan?"

She struggled to sit up. A hand clasped hers. It was attached to Miroku. He looked her in the eyes, his own shining with hope.

"May I ask the name of such a beautiful lady?" he asked.

Definitely dreaming, she thought.

"Azurine…" she mumbled weakly. "Azurine Deltan…"

InuYasha gave her a look of surprise, doubt, and puzzlement.

"Azurine, may I ask you a question?" Mirouku asked.

"Sure, why not?" Azurine replied.

"Will you bear my child?"

Azurine was momentarily shocked. Recovering quickly, she replied, "Well, seeing as this is a dream… why not?"

Miroku looked as if he was about to die of happiness. InuYasha was repulsed and shocked, Shippo stifled giggles, and Kagome shook her head.

"No, Miroku. You're not taking advantage of the fact that she thinks she's asleep. Azurine, you aren't dreaming," Kagome said bluntly. "You've been sick and sleeping for three days. You're awake now."

Azurine jumped to her feet. "Three days! I've got to get home! I— Sarah, Cain, Evee! They must be so worried!"

The well! she thought frantically, running.

"No! Azurine!" Kagome screamed.

She could hear them chasing after her. She ducked into the woods and behind a huge tree.

The group came close to her hiding spot.

"We'll go down the well," InuYasha said. "Miroku, Shippo; stay here."

Something coiled around Azurine's waist.

"What?" she gasped.

It continued to wrap around her.

Miroku heard Azurine's cry of pain and fear. Spinning around, he realized it came from behind InuYasha's tree.

A huge snake-demon was coiled around Azurine. A look of pain on her face, she struggled to breathe.

I can't use the wind tunnel or she'll be sucked in! Curse it! Miroku thought.

Get it off me, please! Azurine begged silently.

Tears burned in her eyes. Cain, Sarah, Evee…she'd never see them again. She was going to let them down. She was going to die.

She grew angry with herself. Her face and hands began to burn.

"Let…go…of…ME!" she gasped. Her hands felt as if they were on fire.

The snake suddenly dropped her. Her hands were covered in red, angry flames. Shippo helped her to beat them out.

Miroku stepped between them and the demon. He lifted the prayer beads from his hands. The void began to suck everything up.

"No!" Azurine cried, throwing her arms around Miroku, pinning his hands to his sides. He quickly rewrapped the beads. "Please don't."

"It just tried to kill you!" Miroku said.

"So? It has as much of a right to live as I do. And you would have destroyed the forest!" She began to tremble and let him go. "Please, if anyone deserves to die, it's me."

"No!" Miroku replied, helping her to her feet. "You don't."

They returned to Kaede's hut.

Chibi: There ya go! Happy now Bean? See? I told ya I'd post it.

Bean: Took ya long enough.

Chibi: sticks out tongue