May 03 2007: Author's Notes: Rewriting and editing out this story after I took it down. There was a lot I wanted to work on and edit out from where I started a long time ago now (nearly two years) from the original fiction some time ago. The title is going to be the same but I want to thank my fans cause if a lot of people hadn't contacted me after I removed the original then I probably wouldn't have gone through with writing this fiction.

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is owned by Rumiko Takahashi and this fan fiction is a -fan- made project is a non-profit project. This will be the only disclaimer I put in the story as it's the first chapter.

Chapter One: Into the Pit or Earth Diving

Amber eyes deceptively reflected the equally green light emanating from the sharp claws at the end of Sesshomaru's long fingers, the glow a malicious hint of the poisons he could call to his control. The silver haired demon-lord holding down his half-demon brother with his long tail and letting his glare speak for him. The insolent whelp would pay for his insults with blood as far as the elder brother was concerned.

"Inuyasha!"

The scream cut into evening air as Kagome released the taunt string of her bow to release the arrow that she'd aimed at his back, the holy energy leaving a silver streak in the air as it let out a short whistle before slamming into the demon lord's a little off the mark she was going for. The magic dealt far more damage than the shaft itself as it dug deeply into his right shoulder blade, staining the pure white of his kimono a deeper crimson and filling in the lines of the cherry blossom pattern of his house. His tail's grip loosening some as his body shuttered against his will from the surprisingly strong blow.

"Stay out of this!" Inuyasha yelled toward the area where Kagome had shot from, clawing at Sesshomaru and using his dodge to leap completely free of the grasp that had been holding him previously. "Stupid girl."

"Well should I just let you get killed next time!" Kagome screamed back in anger at the insensitivity toward her saving him. "I outta…"

She was interrupted by a blur of movement as the still somehow pristine demon lord seemed to teleport into place in front of her. Despite the wound that she had caused he was no less intimidating - and more than likely really pissed off at her having caused it. His face regarded her with little emotion unless she wanted to include something akin to the distaste one has if they step in something they rather wouldn't.

"However rare the occasion might be, Inuyasha is correct in this case." he explained to her coolly, lifting his still glowing hand. "Interference by such a lesser creature as yourself will not be tolerated."

Then he was gone again as Inuyasha took a strike at him, the half-demon cursing as he overbalanced and nearly stumbled over onto his face when his target was gone so fluidly. Kagome jumped back herself to avoid being dissected by the wavering Tessaiga and then narrowed her eyes on her target, notching a second arrow before the bow was snapped in half by the golden line of energy that was akin to a whip - one of the many attacks amongst Sesshomaru's arsenal.

The condensed line of acidic energy cut apart her weapon like butter and knocked her away from the battle as if she were nothing more than a doll that had frustrated it's much larger child. The high-schooler's thin frame crumpling after she slammed harshly into the earth several yard's from where she'd started.

"This is between us you asshole!" Inuyasha screamed at his brother, grass flickering away from his sudden movement as he leapt into the air and came down toward his brother with a sudden vengeance he hadn't held in their battle a moment prior.

He ended up just knocking a lot of dirt and grime into the air as a small crater came into being where the demon lord had been until a split second earlier. Sesshomaru had escaped again, with the usual speed and grace that he commanded, settling onto the ground near where the girl had started to stir from her harsh meeting with the ground.

The demon had to give the girl credit - most humans wouldn't be getting up from such a beating at all - more or less as fast as this one was recovering. Nonetheless she wasn't what Sesshomaru had to be concerned with, weaponless there was nothing else she could do to him, he faced off with his brother instead, one of his clawed hands raising to grasp the Tenseiga and pull it from his belt.

The second leap was a predictable move from his less intelligent sibling and he blocked the strike with ease, sparks flying from where the two blades met each other and pulsed with power that curled around both of the swords. He managed to press Inuyasha backward and force him to jump backward, settling his blade in the earth long enough to send his whip at the half-demon while he recovered from the last attack.

Then Kagome did something rather rash.

Sesshomaru let out a long hiss of pain as the holy magic of the arrow flared and he felt the shaft twist in the muscles of his back, burning him from the inside. He was turning to strike at her with poisoned claws when the ground shuffled beneath them. It was giving way and with the holy energy she was pouring into him he wouldn't have the reflex's to leap free of the pit that was forming beneath them.

He didn't get a chance to strike at her before the ground finished falling out and they fell into the hole that had appeared so suddenly. Falling into the shadows of some lost underground maze long forgotten by those that were foolish enough to battle above the old passages.

End Chapter

Okay…well I like my rewrite of things so far. It's short but it was originally much shorter than this. Scary as that is. I figure I'm gonna do a lot of little stuff to better describe and extend things out past what they used to be. I prefer the way I write now much more compared to how I did even just a couple years ago. Which is good I guess - marked improvement and all. Okay I'm gonna stop babbling now and I'll be happy to hear reviews and what not.

-Aura

P.S. If you are going to flame and not give creative criticism (there is a difference) then just don't review - at least don't expect to met with anything more than mockery - most likely I'll just ignore you completely.