AN: Alright~ So this is a story that my friend (Lumiwolf) and I have been working on for years. Like seriously, years. The first trial, well that was a very crazy story and it made no sense what so ever. Anyways, this is a story that we created...nine years ago? Yeah I think that's about right. So instead of this being a very poorly written story, we made it more logical and mature. This story is about a lot of things, so I'm not sure what the overall theme is. Haha. This is a story with original characters, so please don't bash us. Also, you will notice two types of writing styles, that is if you can XD Since we are co-writing we write I few pages at a time and switch. Anyway, enough with the rambling and I go hope you enjoy our story! Thank you!

Warning: This is a M-rated story due to violence, language, and eventually sexual content.

Disclaimer: We do not own Inuyasha, only our thoughts and characters.

Follow the Moon: A Feudal Fairy Tale

Chapter One: The Beginnings

It doesn't take much for a person to know when they're getting hoaxed.

As Lumina stared at the trinkets that lie before her, the old man that was trying to sell them to her waited for her to buy. He had very little patience left, as she had been debating on them for the past twenty minutes. "Well, I don't know. You say they're good luck charms, but are they really? I mean, many people before have gotten charms, but it's kind of hard to believe that they actually work..."

"But listen, they do work. I have many customers that continue to buy these charms to prove it." The old man lifted up the charm. It was a snail carved out of wood. Extended from it was a charm at the end of it with the kanji on it for luck. He grinned at her greedily, anxious to seal the deal. "And you get to have all this luck for a mere fifty yen."

Fifty Yen didn't sound all too bad, especially for some luck...

Remember how it didn't take much for a person to know when they were getting hoaxed? "Lumi!" Shouted a lavender haired female as she rushed inside the shop and yanked up the girl staring at the charms. Her jade eyes stared into Lumina's blue ones. The one called 'Lumi' blinked them once and then twice before opening her mouth to speak.

"B-But Raina it's a good deal. Luck for only Fifty yen!" Lumina exclaimed.

"Girl if you don't get your ass outta this shop I'll slap you! Fifty yen for a stupid charm?!" Raina tried to shake some sense into her and Lumina whimpered. Obviously Lumina was not one of those people who realized when she was being tricked most of the time. Either that or her genetics were thwacked. Raina dragged her out of the shop and down the sidewalk, leaving behind a defeated old man. Lumina shrugged her friend's hand off her shoulder as she straightened her uniform. Smoothing out her plaid and navy blue shirt, Raina tried to help her fix her forest green tie. It was spring and the school year was almost up for them. Exams were coming up and Raina didn't have time to drag Lumina out of shops every morning.

Lumina went to fix her hair by braiding a single strand of her coral pink hair down the side. When she was done, she clipped a small flower in her hair and held her schoolbag in front of herself. Lumina smiled over at Raina who couldn't help but smile back at her. It had been their junior year. After the summer was up, they'd be entering their senior year before long. After all this time they'd been friends, it was sort of hard to believe that one day they might end up going their separate ways.

When they arrived at the front gate of their school, the school bell chimed and the hurried on in class. As they sat down, the teacher began to take attendance. "Higurashi, Kagome." The teacher called. A girl with raven hair answered. "Mayataishou, Raina." Raina raised her hand in acknowledgement before flipping back through her notes. As Lumina continued to search through her bag for her notebook the teacher called, "Moonlight, Lumina." Lumina continued to dig through her bag.

"Oh man, where did I put it?" she muttered to herself as she continued to rummage through her things.

"Lumina...LUMINA!" The teacher called for a third time which made Lumina jump and Raina giggle a little bit.

"Geez, if you know I'm here then stop calling my name..." She muttered under her breath which in turn infuriated the teacher.

"Into the hallway now!" He shouted at her. She stood from her chair and slouched on out into the hallway. Kagome and Raina continued to giggle as they continued on with class. The teacher taught a little bit about Feudal Era Japan and the different warlords that reigned over the time. Some of the material was hard to keep up with because it was so boring, but because Raina felt bad for Lumina she decided to take diligent notes so that she could copy them. There was never a day that either one of them ever got in trouble. It was strange because they were both so smart. They were always in the top five of their class. Not only that, but they enjoyed participating in the extracurricular activities as well. Raina does art and most of the works that are hung in the school were done by her. She had a knack for those sorts of things, something that Lumina just couldn't do. On the other hand, Lumina was doing kendo. Most of her time was spent working on her swings. When she was in a tournament it was like she was a totally different person. It was a little scary sometimes.

And then there was Kagome. Oh, Kagome.

Raina didn't like her for some odd reason. Every fiber in her body said she was just an annoying dumbass with too many secrets. Every day that that girl decided she wanted to come to school she always seemed so loopy. Nothing ever made sense and she was constantly trying to make friends with her and Lumina.

And she didn't like it. Speaking of which, "Hi Raina, where's Lumina?" Kagome greeted before looking around the classroom. It was lunch already? They were just learning about History. She really needed to stop daydreaming all the time...

"I'm not sure. If you want to know where she is go find her yourself." She answered reluctantly as she tried to hide the venom in her voice. Man, that girl made her skin crawl. Standing up, she figured she'd better get away from her before she asks her another question. And before long, she'd have to slap her. Going out into the hallway, she looked around before stepping out and sliding the classroom door shut. Where is she anyway? As soon as she turned, she saw Lumina running down the hall waving her arms in front of her.

"Raina!" She smiled as she stopped in front of her. Lumina had her school uniform jacket tied around her waist. The navy blue jacket was sure to get wrinkled if she kept it like that so Raina untied it from around her waist and held onto it while she talked. "I forgot to tell you this morning...I got all distracted. Something weird has been happening around that old shrine. You know the one with the well in it..." Her azure eyes looked around for a few seconds before directing them back towards Raina. It was strange seeing her this way, especially in such a hushed manner. A devious grin slowly appeared on Raina's face. This was the perfect chance to spy on Kagome. She always knew that girl was fishy and not just between her legs...

"Well then, we'll just have to check out that old well ourselves, don't we," Raina said with a grin as she thought of spying on that Higurashi girl. Seriously, that girl drove her mad, even though she could hardly place her finger on what exactly upset her about it. There were just some people in this world that were meant to be disliked and Kagome was one of them. Smoothing out the forming wrinkles in Lumina's jacket she handed it back to her friend.

"So after practice today, we will go to the old shrine," Lumina suggested while putting back on her coat. Cerulean eyes looked over into emerald eyes; she frowned noting that Raina seemed to be looking away, playing with the tip of her braid. Lumina narrowed her eyes, placing her hands on her hips. "Oh no, you're not thinking what I think you are?"

"Oh come on," Raina said in an exasperated manner, placing her hands behind her head. She looked off to the side, a pout on her face. "Just one time, skip practice one time."

Lumina crossed her arms over her chest, a glare in her eyes. "Do you honestly expect me to skip practice just to go to some old well," she seethed out slowly.

"Oui, you're the one who brought it up in the first place," Raina replied wagging a finger at her friend. "You've caught my interest and now you have to suffer the consequences." With that Raina smirk devilishly before turning to walk away from her friend. Lumina stood there for a moment fuming before she blinked a bit. Sometimes she really wanted to punch her in the face, hard. Raina always had this way of riling her up but it was out of love. Or so that was what she said. Then again, Lumina could never truly get mad at Raina. They had been friends for so long that it was more of sibling teasing between the two.

"Hey, Raina! Wait up," Lumina called after her friend, before jogging to catch up with her. In all honesty, she was curious as well about the old shrine. Kagome was always talking about how she helped out and went there after school almost every single day. It was strange that a girl would devote all her time outside of school there, but who was she to talk like that? Lumina loved kendo more than anything. The way the katana felt in her hands was overwhelming yet natural. The power she felt when swinging the wooden sword was thrilling. While she had her ways with kendo, Raina had hers with art.

She would spend hours upon hours just staring at blank canvases or blocks of clay before creating something so brilliant and magical. She knew that Raina loved art more than anything in the world; she had been dragged to museum after museum staring at artworks from all around the world. It was boring sometimes, because Raina would talk endlessly about each artist but she enjoyed seeing the life that lit up her friend's eyes and face. She knew that she was the same way about kendo and as much as Raina complained about going to all the events and watching it on the television, she had never missed a single match that Lumina was in ever since they had become friends.

"Hey! Are you listening," Raina asked while poking Lumina in the middle of her forehead. "Geez, I was going on about the next showcase and here you are in La La Land."

Lumina pouted while rubbing her forehead. "Not my fault that you were geeking it up about stupid paintings."

"They're not as stupid as your fake sword fights," Raina shot back.

They glared at one another before they broke out in laughter. They had an odd relationship, but it worked. Many of the students were envious of the bond that they had formed. It was hard to get into the inner circle of Raina's and Lumina's friendship. Many people tried and hardly any ever succeeded. They plopped down at a table, pulling out the bento boxes they had prepared. Raina inspected the one that Lumina had; it looked so delicious compared to hers.

"Hey let me have some of yours," Raina said, poking around Lumina's lunch with her chopsticks.

Lumina batted the probing hand away; she stuck her tongue out Raina. "You have your own, don't be greedy." She popped a piece of sausage in her mouth. She hummed in content, eating more of her bento. Raina whined as she watched her friend eat her delicious meal.

"But you know my dad sucks at making bento, he doesn't know how to cook at all," she said in an exasperated manner. "Besides with all the schoolwork that I have to do, there's no time for me to make my own." She picked at her lunch before eating some of the egg and rice that had been made for her.

"Oh it shouldn't be too bad," Lumina muttered around her food. She glanced at the pathetic excuse for a bento; well at least he was trying to provide for her. She sighed and put some sausages on Raina's rice. Raina squealed happily as she chomped on the meat.

"Waaaah! You're mom's food is so tasty! I could eat it all day," Raina exclaimed in euphoria.

Lumina rolled her eyes as they continued to eat her lunch. She could never understand why the girl loved food so much. Shrugging they continued on with their meal chatting happily.

Soon the rest of the day flew by, they passed through their classes.

Lumina stretched her arms and yawned a bit. Classes were so boring today. And what was up with all these different history lessons? She couldn't wait until Golden Week came so she wouldn't have to bother with this kind of stuff anymore for a little while. She looked over at Raina, who also prepared herself to leave the school. Raina had placed some books in her desk before closing it and then tossed her bag over her shoulder. She turned to her companion and grinned. "Ya ready? I can't wait to see what this girl is up to. She is just so sneaky. And she prances around here like she just does so much when she's just a complete idiot. Good grief." Raina rolled her eyes. Lumina couldn't help but smile. As much as she wanted to hate Kagome, no one hated her more than Raina. Just listening to her babble on almost made her sound jealous. She couldn't even remember why she hadn't liked her to begin with. It was really odd.

Had it always been that way?

Heading out the classroom the two hurried off of school grounds. If they hadn't left soon, their club leaders would come looking for them. And oh how it pained Lumina to miss kendo practice. She was so close to becoming Kendo captain that it hurt and she knew this would probably make the others frustrated with her. Oh well. She knew that Raina needed her to tag along. Who else would keep her out of trouble? Towards the outskirts of the school she could see Kagome rushing out. Well wasn't she in a hurry? Lumina heaved a sigh; it was definitely going to be a long night. She looked over at her friend, who seemed to be plotting some things in her head. "Hey, she's getting away. We better hurry if we want to find out what she's doing, right?"

"Hmm? Oh yeah, let's go," Raina said motioning for them to leave. They quickly followed after Kagome making sure to keep their distance. It didn't take too long to get to the shrine. Raina was panting slightly because in order to keep up with the girl, they had to jog the entire way. Damn her and her bike. Though it wasn't a big deal, because she and Lumina were both in pretty good shape. Lumina took kendo so she had a lot of time to work on her stamina, while Raina's dad begged and pleaded for her to take self defense, which was a bore.

"Are you sure it was a good idea to skip today? It doesn't seem like she's doing anything interesting," Lumina whispered as they peeked around the corner of the shrine, watching the raven haired girl enter.

"Oh hush. You're the one who told me something was up and now we're going to find out," Raina said while grabbing Lumina and pulling her into the shrine.

When they entered they saw a bright purple light glow from inside the well before it disappeared. The funny thing was that Kagome couldn't be seen anywhere. She just came in here, so what the hell was going on?

"Did you see that?"

Lumina nodded her head as they closed the door of the shrine behind them, slowly creeping towards the well. They had just seen Kagome come in here and then there was a bright light and now she was gone. "Do you think she's playing a joke on us? Maybe she overheard that we were going to follow her."

Raina let out a half snarl before marching down the stairs towards the well. "That's not a funny joke, Kag-" Raina stopped speaking once she looked down in the well.

"What is it?" Lumina slowly walked down the steps though stopped a few steps behind her friend. Raina turned to look at her, a look of shock on her face. "She's not in the well either."

Lumina's eyebrows pitched forward as she looked at the well. "What do you mean? Then where is she?"

"I mean she's physically not in the well," Raina said in an annoyed tone. "Like hell I know, but one thing's for sure, something weird is definitely going on here."

"Shouldn't we wait here or tell someone?"

Raina shrugged her shoulders while rubbing the back of her neck. "What should we tell them? That we were stalking our classmate and then she suddenly disappeared in a well?"

"Well do you have a better idea?"

"Yeah it's called going home. This place gives me the creeps." Raina turned and began to walk away before a whisper caught her attention. She stopped and looked at Lumina. "Did you say something?"

"No," Lumina said slightly confused. She could have sworn she heard Raina say something as well. With a sigh she soon began to walk towards the exit. The whispering continued, the volume increasing slightly.

"Seriously, stop joking Raina," Lumina said with a pout.

"What are you talking about? I'm not doing anything." There was a frown on Raina's face but the whispering continued and Lumina could definitely tell it wasn't Raina this time. They both slowly turned and looked back at the well.

Raina slowly began to move towards it, seeing how she was still the closest to it. "Raina...what're you doing?"

"I'm just checking on something." Raina looked over the edge of the well, looking down into the darkness. She leaned over the side, looking down further and the whispering seemed to be louder. What was it saying?

Lumina watched uncomfortably as Raina leaned over the side of the well. Her feet were barely touching the ground. She felt very strange in this place, her gut was telling her to run. "Raina..."

Raina jumped out and away from the well, she was screaming while shaking her body and hair. After a while she calmed down, rubbing her arms. "Fucking spiders." She looked at Lumina who was clutching her chest. "What?"

"You moron! I thought something was trying to kill you." Lumina smacked Raina on the head, her heart still pounding.

"How was I supposed to know that I was going to get attacked by a spider?" Raina continued to wipe off her uniform. "Let's leave; I seriously don't like it here."

Lumina nodded and turned but soon something wrapped around her ankle, tugging her back. "Raina, enough games!"

"Haaa?" Raina looked up from shaking out her hair, still feeling like there were spiders in it.

Lumina looked behind her to see wooden like tentacles fly out of the well. The one around her ankle slammed her into the ground, dragging her towards the well. She let out a cry of surprise and fear as she dug her nails into ground. What the hell was going on?

"Lumi!"

She could hear Raina call out to her but the tentacles wrapped around her body like a cocoon and she struggled to break free. The more she broke off the pieces of wood, the more that wrapped around her. Was she going to die? She kicked her legs and thrashed around her arms, she looked over to where Raina was, who was holding onto the pillar of the shrine, thrashing about her legs.

With a hard tug, Raina's head exploded with pain and stars filled her vision. She could feel her body being dragged across the ground. Blinking everything back into focus, she looked over at Lumina who was struggling. "Lumi!" She reached out for her friend.

Angered azure eyes looked over into terrified emerald ones. Lumina blinked at bit before looking down at the outstretched hand. She slowly took hold of the hand before glancing back at the well. Were they going to die? But try hadn't accomplished their life goals or got married. Damnit! This wasn't fair! All because they wanted to spy on Kagome. A groan left her as the wooden tentacles wrapped tighter around her before lifting them up in the air. They were pulled down at an impossible speed, the oxygen escaping her lungs. She squeezed her right hand trying to make sure Raina was still there. She felt a weak squeeze back before everything went black.

Everything hurt. A groan left the lavender haired woman as she slowly opened her eyes. Why was it so bright outside? She groaned rolling over onto her side and into a ball. Why did her dad decide to leave the window open again? What a pain.

Suddenly she jerked up, remembering everything that had happened. She let out a howl of pain as her head felt like there were thousands of needles poking it. She kept one hand over her face, feeling around with the other. They were outside, on some grass and she could hear the birds singing. She tilted her head being able to hear a river nearby and she caught onto the faint smell of the perfume that Kagome wore.

Wait...what?!

She quickly opened her eyes, hissing at the brightness outside. Blinking, she slowly let them open, only to see that they weren't at the shrine anymore. She looked around slightly curious. She heard shuffling and looked to her left to see a familiar body.

"Lumi! Are you alright?"

Lumina groaned slightly, twisting a bit in her position on the ground. She slowly pushed herself up off the ground and Raina's eyes widened in shock. Words left her before she could understand what she was saying.

"You have ears."

Lumina scoffed bit not realizing that those earsthat Raina was talking about flattened in annoyance. "Of course I have ears. How else can I hear you?" She rubbed her eyes as it seemed dust got in them.

"No I mean like...animal ears," Raina said before she immediately reached where her human ears would be and they were gone. She hesitantly reached up and flinched when a pair cat ears wiggled under the tips of her fingers.

"Oh what the hell," Lumina said while tugging on her ears. "What's going on?!" Raina immediately stood to her feet and glanced around the area.'

What in the world is going on?' Raina thought to herself as she looked around the well. They were definitely not at the shrine anymore. From the looks of it, they were somewhere inside the woods. Was she dreaming right then?

"Oh!" Lumina gasped.

"What? What else is wrong?" Raina quickly turned around to her companion to find her wagging a tail. A tail!? Lumina continued to wag her tail and before long she began to chase it just like a dog.

A dog...What?

Raina frowned. This was just getting to be too strange. Lumina made her way over to the girl and began to 'paw' at her a bit. The lavender haired female looked behind her and saw that she had a tail as well. Wiggling it, Lumina continued to play with it and Raina could see the fascination in her eyes. She grabbed her tail and hissed at the pinkette. "Stop it! You're irritating me! Get it together so that we can figure out what's going on around here." And figure out why I'm a cat...

"And figure out why I'm a dog." Lumina said aloud, which made Raina stare over at her. They always did that...wait what was that smell? Oh yeah Kagome's perfume. She smelled that since they'd gotten there. It made her nose itch. Lumina followed suit in sniffing the area. "Man, it's like she's so close but so far away..."

"Are you talking about Higurashi? I know... I've been able to smell her since I woke up." Raina mumbled that last part.

"I think we should go find her. We should follow her scent. She should know the answers to all this mess. Let's go." Lumina stood up and brushed off her uniform. Raina watched her for a few moments and sighed in defeat. As much as she didn't want to have to go to Kagome for anything she had to go see Kagome for help. Dammit, she really didn't want to have to give her the benefit of having to assist either one of them.

"Fine. We'll go ask for help. But if that bitch says anything crossways, I'll snap her in half. At least in this place I feel like I can get away with murdering her ass." Raina snickered which made Lumina give her a scolding eye.

"Please behave. This girl has the power to tell or not and our asses be stuck here. I already don't like it here. I feel all itchy..." Lumina mumbled as she scratched her head.

Before long, they had gone off to find out where Kagome had run off to, by using their sense of smell. Where they ended up being in was a village. Civilization at last! Of course it wasn't Tokyo with cars and the smell of gas. Instead of was an old town, with old people, combined with the smell of horse manure and urine.

Awesome. They both thought at the same time.

As they wandered through the village, many of the people stared at the both of them. Their faces were mixed with both confusion and fear. Who would blame them though? A cat and a dog girl just walked in, with clothes that looked unfamiliar from their own. Lumina stayed close to Raina. "This place doesn't feel so welcoming."

"It doesn't matter. It's not like we're here to stay or anything. Like you said, we're here to find Kagome and we're headed out of here. Once we have answers, we're going back to that stupid well and probably gonna pretend like none of this ever happened." Raina retorted. Of course, as great as that sounded it would be really hard to forget something like this, especially the smell...

Yuck!

Lumina moved ahead of the both of them. With her nose, she was able to smell many more things than what Raina could. It was to be expected though since she was the one with dog abilities. "Alright, I think she's in that hut right over..." When she lifted her finger up to point towards the area, a woman came out of the hut. To be more specific it was an elderly woman with a bow and arrow pointed directly at them.

"Who are you and why have you intruded on our village?" Her voice bellowed. She was dressed in a red and white hakama. There was a black eye patch over her eye and the look on her face was a confirmation that they were unwelcome. But still, they weren't going to leave until they saw Kagome. "Have you come for the sacred jewels? If so, leave now." What were these sacred jewels she was talking about? Raina was about to open her mouth to speak for the both of them when what seemed like another dog human, from the looks of his ears, rushed out in a red robe. At his waist was a sword, his hand on the hilt waiting to draw it.

"Didn't you hear her? Or do I need to make you talk!?" He yelled at them brashly. But Raina was too dumbstruck to hear. She was watching his every move. His eyes were amber and his hair was white as snow. In her eyes, he looked so perfect. What Lumina could see was that he had claws and fangs coming out of his mouth. Not only that, but was more than ready to attack both of them. Lumina looked over at Raina who still looked awestruck. She grabbed her arm and shook her back to her senses.

"Hey, wake up! They want us to speak up. Let's just tell them we're looking for Kagome. We know she's around here some- Ah!" Lumina was cut off by Raina grabbing her to move them out of the way. With a single strike, the snow haired male swooped down with a giant sword. It was so small before...how in the heck did he do that. No never mind that..."Are you crazy!? You could've killed me!" Lumina flailed her arms about, her bottom lip trembling. Raina tried to catch her breath.

"Of course it could have..." She panted. "That's what he's trying to do stupid!" Raina scolded. Lumina shrieked when the male stood up straight, resting his giant sword on his shoulders.

"Alright girls, the next time I won't miss. Whaddaya want?" He aimed his sword at the both of them as they took a step back. The old woman was behind him putting away her bow and arrow and urging the rest of the village to go back into their homes. And finally, out popped Kagome. She was holding a bow and arrow as well. She hadn't noticed them yet, or at least they thought she hadn't before she shouted:

"SIT!" And immediately, as if something invisible had a hold over them, he plopped down onto the ground with unbelievable force.

"ARGH!" He groaned as he face planted into the ground. Rushing out, Kagome went to the two of them, surprised and a little worried.

"What are you guys doing here?! How did you get through the well?" Kagome gasped.

And thus the long story ensued. They told her everything. They even included the fact that they had followed her to the shrine and then how the tentacles came through and pulled them in through the well. They didn't discuss their fears or their thoughts that had gone through their mind. Assuming it was sort of understood since it was their first time ever seeing anything like this, they just kept their mouths shut. When they were done, the old woman who had introduced herself as Kaede, had come in and fed them a delicious meal while they sat in front of a warm fire.

"So in other words, you were dragged in here? Wow..." Kagome looked down at her small cup of green tea. This had been the first time that Raina had actually sat down in front of Kagome for such a long period of time. It was strange, but for the first time she was comforted. At least she knew she wasn't crazy and that she and Lumina wasn't going to die. A small weight was lifted off her shoulders. Lumina sat back and stared at the ceiling for a while. Who'd have thought that they would be sitting here in a different time and especially in front of Kagome, Raina's most hated rival?

"What should we do now Raina? Should we just go home? I mean it is getting kinda dark out there and plus this was your idea to begin with." Lumina frowned.

Raina looked over at Lumina and frowned a well. She rolled her eyes and scoffed a bit. "It wasn't my idea, idiot. You're the one who told me about it, therefore it was your idea." Her ears flattened a bit.

Lumina crossed her arms over her chest, shaking her head. "No I just told you the rumors and you made the plans."

Raina stuck out her tongue and looked towards the door. She could see the white haired male glaring over at them. Ah, why weren't boys this handsome in the modern day? He was probably everything she liked in appearance but he had such an arrogant attitude. Though Lumina would argue that Raina really fell for guys like that. Rat let out a sigh, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"I guess we should call it day. This is enough excitement for one day and besides I don't think I could handle finding out how we ended up like this," Raina said in an exhausted manner.

"Well obviously you're demons," the haired male said.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome said in an irritated manner.

"What?! They wanted an answer to their stupid question, so I gave them one," he said before crossing his arms over in a huff.

"But you don't have to say it so rudely," the raven haired girl explained.

"No, it's fine. It at least gives us some kind of closure," Lumina stated.

"Yeah, closure," Raina muttered.

She was sure it still bothered Lumina that they didn't know the exact reason why they were like this but for now just saying they were demons was good enough. Standing up, Raina brushed off her skirt before looking at Kagome. Although she still didn't like her, she was glad that the Higurashi was able to keep them out of trouble.

"I guess we'll be leaving," Raina said before looking over at Lumina, who nodded and stood up as well.

"Don't you want to explore? Surely you're curious about this place, ne," Kagome asked following them out of the hut.

Raina shook her head. "Not really, maybe another time."

I'm still pretty shocked right now and I need to talk to Dad about this. He has to know something, she thought to herself.

"I see," Kagome said slightly deflated.

"Ah but after practice tomorrow maybe we'll stop by," Raina said while scratching her cheek.

Lumina was shocked that Raina was actually being nice to Kagome for once. She wasn't sure what had changed her but it was nice. Maybe she was just tired or something.

"Alright! We'll walk you back to the Bone Eater's Well."

"The what?" Lumina asked, her ear perking up.

"It's the name of the well that you both came through," Kagome said as they began to walk back.

"It's not necessary for you guys to walk us back to the well," Raina said. Lumina noted that she was slightly annoyed, meaning she was coming back to her old self.

"There are a lot of dangerous creatures out here. It's better if we all travel as a group," Kagome said with a gentle smile.

"Yeah you two wouldn't survive out here long if a demon came runnin' around here," Inuyasha said with a smirk on his face while folding his arms inside the sleeves of his sleeves.

Raina's ears flattened not really liking his arrogance right now, it was definitely not appreciated. Though it was true. They had no idea what was out here, however it was very beautiful. Her eyes danced around the scenery bouncing from here to there. The forestry was so green and the air was so fresh. This would be the perfect place to get some of her artwork done. Definitely better than being cramped up in the Art room at school. She would have to bring her sketch pad next time; so many things could be created...

That is...if she wanted to come back here. It was strange, she had always thought that she was a normal human girl, never thought something like this would happen. She never thought that she was a...demon. She thought for a while, before she was pulled out of her thoughts by a tugging on her tail.

She looked over at the hand attached to her tail, before looking at the person. "I'm sorry, can I help you?"

Kagome let go of the tail immediately, waving her hands a bit. "Sorry! I just couldn't help it...it's so cute," she said with a slight blush.

Inuyasha let out a slight sigh shaking his head. "Geez Kagome, you can't just go grabbing people's tails."

Lumina snickered a bit watching Raina pull her tail closer to her. It was so strange that their bodies changed when they came here. What also interested her was how Kagome managed to get here as well, she was still normal. Her ears flattened slightly, not sure what to think. Well, Inuyasha had clearly stated that they were demons and it was obvious that Kagome wasn't. But why? Why them, of all people?

She really just wanted to go home and talk to her mom all about this. Well, maybe not everything. But still she felt like her mother would be some kind of comfort. She was also curious about this area as well. However, there wasn't really anything else she wanted to do today. She was exhausted not to mention a bit shell-shocked.

She needed some time to figure things out. Maybe this was all a dream? Though that was highly doubtful to think about. There was no way that this could be a dream. Everything was so vivid and tangible. She could never have a dream that evoked so much imagery. Besides, the faint tug of her tail wagging was all too real. She could feel every movement ache in her body, her new ears picked up all sorts of sounds. The rustling in the trees, the babbling brook a few miles away. The scent of the perfume that Kagome wore and so much more. This was far from a dream, this was reality and even that was hard to believe.

Inuyasha, who had been arrogantly leading them, came to a stop, his ears wiggling slightly. He turned his head to the left, peering into the forest. His hand rested cautiously on the hilt of his blade. "Looks like we've got company."

Kagome's usual cheerful disposition left while she drew an arrow from her quiver, preparing to attack whatever was coming towards them. It was strange to see how her personality changed instantly. Maybe they were wrong about Kagome. Maybe she wasn't that ditzy at all. Ah, they would just have to wait and see about that.

"You two should leave, it might not be safe anymore," Kagome said, her brown eyes looking over at them with seriousness.

"You'll just be in the way if you stay here," Inuyasha said while pulling out his sword. It changed in his hand from being a moderately sized to a large one. He rested it on his shoulder. "So why don't you little girlies go on home, this place ain't for you."

Lumina's eye twitched slightly, her hand curling into a fist. He deserved punch to the face. She was about to do just that when Raina took hold of her wrist. She shook her head; Lumina rolled her eyes. Of course she wouldn't want to hurt her friend's new crush. It was a good thing Raina was here or else she would have bludgeoned him to death.

"Come on...let's just...leave." Raina said, pulling Lumina after her.

With a reluctant sigh, Lumina lowered her fist and nodded. The sound of something thrashing about the forest was coming right at them. Fear plagued their minds as they thought of those tentacles coming after them again.

"See you later, Kagome," Lumina said before quickly turning to make an escape.

"Uh yeah...be careful," Raina muttered, not really sure why she felt like it was necessary that she care about the safety of the Higurashi girl. Then again, she had explained some things to them and helped them out in the beginning. So, maybe she should start being a little bit nicer to the girl, maybe.

Kagome nodded and the two demons ran away without hesitation, the sounds of a battle pursuing behind them. They ran as fast as they could from the scene; however running seemed to be an understatement. They were practically flying through the air, their new bodies were able to the carry them faster and farther while exerting very little of their stamina. Lumina had led the way, the canine being far faster than the feline. They made it to the well in no time, both halting before looking at one another.

"Are we going to come back," Raina asked, even though she knew the answer.

"I don't know, this is all so...overwhelming," Lumina replied, gazing down at the well.

"I know what you mean," Raina mumbled, placing her hand on the well. "I guess, we'll see..."

"Yeah."

They hopped over the side of the well, engulfed by the same purple light that had taken Kagome when they first entered the shrine. They could feel their bodies pass through time, changing back to their Human form. Arriving back in the modern era, the two of them hopped out of the well. Raina looked down at herself, patting her head and bottom.

"Well, we're back to normal," she commented, a faint frown on her lips. This was strange. How was it that they could change so easily?

"I could go for a nice long bath right about now," Lumina said while stretching.

It was weird she could still feel the power and strength flowing through her body, even though she was normal again or was this really normal? Her head was full of so many unanswered questions and the only way she could get them answered was either going back through the well or asking her mom. Azure eyes glanced at the well; no she didn't want to go back right now.

"I could too," Raina said in agreement, a yawn leaving her.

They slowly walked up the steps of the shrine, trying to leave what they had discovered behind them for now. They quickly exited the shrine grounds, before they stopped, both needing to go in separate directions. Raina rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly, she wanted to ask Lumina so many things but she knew that they had both been put through a lot today.

"So...uh...I guess I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?"

Lumina bit her lower lip, her brows furrowing slightly. "Yeah. Be safe, okay?"

Raina gave her a bright smile, punching her in the arm slightly. "Of course I will. You be safe too."

They nodded before hugging briefly and heading home. If they only knew what was to come from them falling into the well.

To be continued...

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