Into the Well
When a group of kids jump into an ancient well, they find themselves transformed into the characters from Inuyasha. However, once they jump in, can they climb back out? Not a self-insertion fic.
Chapter One: Where's Kagome?
"Hey, hey, look at this well guys! It's older than my Aunt Tessie and it smells like her too!", a young teen with messy black hair and cocky brown eyes calls out.
A group of two girls and three boys gather at the dusty and vine covered well. The youngest is a boy with light brown hair and green eyes, his face filled with freckles. At only six, he hides behind a short young girl with long chocolate brown hair and deep brown eyes of no relation. "It's alright Danny. I won't let your brother pick on you.", the girl comforts. Stamping her feet is a tall and gangly blonde glaring at Danny's brother, the messy haired teen who managed to avoid inheriting the family freckles. Finally, a young man with short black hair and brown eyes comes up from behind her and smacks her in the butt. Furious, the blonde grabs his wrist and twists it. He yelps in pain and begs for mercy.
Rachel scoots away from Selena and their perveted friend, Michael. The brunette makes sure that little Daniel follows her. "Hey, Michael, I dare ya to jump in!", Daniel's brother, David, challenges.
"Hah, you dare me? You've got to be kidding me! The nerve of you...of course I'll do it! I can't believe you'd come up with such a stupid dare. Not even challenging for someone of my talents.", Michael boasts getting close to the well.
The skirt chaser confidently looks down, then takes a deep breath.
"It's...deep. I can barely see the bottom.", Michael remarks, a little intimidated.
"Scared? What a coward! I'll jump in if you won't!", David teases.
"Wha-wha-what? I never said that! It's just that...I expected it to be deeper, that's all!", Michael insists.
"Sure you did.", Selena remarks sarcastically rolling her eyes at him.
The young teen climbs atop the edge of the well. "Watch and learn!", he brags as he leaps into the well.
Daniel ducks back behind Rachel, not wanting to watch. Silence. The group doesn't hear him land. Curious, David peers over the edge of the well, but sees nothing.
"He's not down there. He did go in, right?", David wonders.
"Oh stop pulling our chains. You're trying to scare Danny aren't you?", Selena retorts before looking over the edge of the well.
"What the? What's with these weird clothes and this staff? OH MY GOD! I HAVE A HOLE IN MY HAND! AH AH NO IT'S SUCKING ME IN IT'S SUCKING ME IN!", Michael screams from inside the well.
"THE BEADS, USE THE BEADS!", Rachel yells into the well.
"Hey, my hand stopped sucking me in! Thanks! Looks like I'm Miroku or something. Heh heh heh."
"This is weirding me out, I'm out of here.", the tall and gangly blonde remarks.
"No, don't go, my sweet little Sango-chan! I need you!", Micheal 'Miroku' pleads from the other side.
"Oh, I could never leave. Please, be a dear and catch me my sweet lover boy toy!", David teases in a girly voice.
"Give me a break.", Selena mutters, rolling her eyes at the mischevious young man.
David darts around Rachel and snatches up little Daniel. "Hey! You put him down!", the short young girl protests.
"I will...in a moment.", David promises with wicked intentions.
Little Daniel squirms in his older brother's grip, but is unable to escape as his brother as he tosses him into the well.
"David, you jerk!", Rachel scoldes.
On the other side of the well, Miroku waits with open arms to catch his dear, beloved demon slayer. He his knocked over when he finds himself shot in the gut by an orange ball of fluff. Shippo immediately scitters off of him and darts frighteningly behind a tree.
"I'm scared! I want my mommy!"
Selena turns and gives David a hard look.
"You're a real pain, you know. Hey, Michael, I'm going in, so don't you DARE try to catch me!", Selena announces.
"Oh, yes, of course not. The thought never crossed my mind!", Miroku insists innocently.
"Do you need a lift up?", David suggests.
"No thank you.", the tall young blonde replies with a smirk.
Selena immediately grabs him by the arm and throws him into the well.
"Wanna bet that he turns out to be Inuyasha?", Selena asks Rachel.
Rachel laughs.
Once again, Miroku stands waiting to capture the rapturous Sango. However, once again he is greatly disappointed when a big, brown bag of fur lands agitated in front of him.
"Oh, man, that is SO WRONG!", Miroku complains.
Selena giggles from the other side.
"I told you not to catch me!", she teases.
"Not just that, David...David's...he's Koga!", Miroku exclaims.
"WHAT?! KOGA?!", the two girls both exclaim in shock, having expected him to transform into Inuyasha.
Selena turns and looks at her friend Rachel.
"That means one of us is Sango, and the other is Kagome.", Selena remarks.
"So who do you think will be who?", Rachel wonders.
"You'll probably be Kagome. Michael gets on both of our nerves, but I've got the years of martial arts experience to deal with him. Besides, you're very sweet and motherly. Danny really likes you too, so you're definately Kagome.", Selena answers.
The tall blonde hops onto the edge and gracefully dives into the well. Flipping out from the otherside, as true to her prediction, demon hunter Sango joins the gang. "Sango!", Miroku happily exclaims running up to hug the blonde turned brunette.
Sango sidesteps away, extends her leg out to the side and causes the perverted priest to fall upon his face on the ground. On the other side, Rachel begins to wonder if she should really join the others and jump down into the well.
"This has got to be a dream. There's no way there's a well that leads to Feudal Japan, especially not in the States. And certainly it wouldn't turn us into characters from Inuyasha. But since this is a dream, why not enjoy it?", Rachel remarks to herself.
The short young brunette climbs up the sides and plunges down into the well with her eyes closed. Her hair flies up into the air. After several moments, she opens her eyes and blinks a few times then looks around.
"I've been falling for a long time. The others didn't take that long. This dream is really starting to scare me.", Rachel comments.
Suddenly a sharp pain strikes her chest, and she cringes as she grabs it. She struggles to calm down and remain conscious, but soon everything goes dark.
Shippo comes out from his hiding place and climbs up onto the well to peer down into it with the others. "Where's Rachel?", the little fox boy asks.
"I don't know.", Sango answers.
"It's been a long time. She hasn't come out yet.", Miroku remarks.
"She probably chickened out. Either that or she was too short to reach the top of the well.", Koga snickers.
"Shut up. This is stupid. I'm going back.", Sango informs and leaps down into the well.
Thud. She reaches the bottom.
"Rachel! Are you there?!", she calls out to the top.
"No she's not!", Miroku calls back down.
"What are you guys doing...wait, I'm still there?"
"Well, DUH!", the wolf boy answers.
"I should have returned, right?", Sango wonders.
"Maybe we all have to go together?", little Shippo wonders.
"Good idea, you're next.", Koga remarks, then snatches the little fox and throws him into the well.
Miroku shakes his head. "You really should have been Inuyasha.", he remarks then leaps into the well.
"Alright, everyone make room for the great and mighty Koga!", the wolf remarks jumping in.
THUD! The group stands at the bottom of the well.
"Alright everybody, start climbing out!", Koga barks an order.
"Hey, you guys, what the hell are you doing in the Bone Eater's well?", a voice snaps from above.
"Inuyasha!", Miroku exclaims recognizing the voice actor.
"We're still in the anime. That's right, only Kagome and Inuyasha can travel between the two worlds.", Sango whispers.
"Oh that's just great, isn't it? Well, then who the hell is Inuyasha?", Koga growls.
"I think he's the real Inuyasha!", Shippo suggests.
"Bunch of idoits, get out of there already!", Inuyasha barks.
"Come on, we better get out. We can't go back without Rachel anyways. Plus, Inuyasha might know where she is.", Sango suggests.
The gang gradually climbs out of the well. Inuyasha growls upon seeing the leader of the wolf tribe, Koga climb out. "I thought I caught the scent of a filthy wolf."
"Who are you calling 'a filthy wolf', you butt sniffer!", Koga retorts.
"What did you call me?!", Inuyasha demands, his angry voice causing poor little Shippo to run and hide behind Sango.
"You heard what I said. I thought all mangy mutts had good hearing.", the wolf leader jeers.
"You know, he's filling the role of Koga surprisingly well since Inuyasha arrived.", Miroku comments.
"Yes, but their endless bickering isn't going to help us find our friend any faster.", Sango remarks.
"They're scaring me.", little Shippo whimpers.
"Knock it off you two! We've got more important things to do!", Sango interrupts.
"He started it!", Inuyasha blames.
"Inuyasha, have you seen Kagome?", Miroku inquires.
"Feh...of course not. That's why I came looking for her.", the half-dog demon answers.
"So much for Inuyasha knowing where she is.", Sango mutters.
"And what the hell are you doing here, Koga?", Inuyasha demands turning his attention back on the wolf.
"Why the hell should I tell you? Besides, even a pea brain like you should know why I'm here. I'm looking for Kagome.", Koga insists.
"Look, you two obviously have issues you need to work out, but now's not the time. No one knows where Kagome is. It's possible that she could be in danger as we speak.", the perverted monk interjects.
"Inuyasha, have you checked to see if Kagome went to her own world?", Sango-Selena asks, knowing that if Inuyasha went through the well he would probably appear in Japan, and not wherever Rachel was.
"Of course I did! That was the first place I looked! She's not there. I haven't been able to get a whiff of her for a while now.", Inuyasha replies.
"Well then, we all need to join together and look for her. EVERYONE needs to cooperate.", Sango orders.
"Feh! That filthy wolf's not coming with us! No way! I won't allow it!"
"Oh yah, who's gonna stop me?", Koga challenges.
"Knock it off you two! Look Inuyasha, it doesn't matter to Koga whether or not he goes looking for Kagome with us or not, but do you really want to risk him finding Kagome first?", Miroku speaks.
Inuyasha snorts as he crosses his arms. There's no way that he'd let Koga come with them, and no way that he'd let him find Kagome first. The half-demon growls in frustration. It appears that, for the moment, he has no choice but to let the filthy wolf demon tag along.
"Whatever. Just don't get in my way.", Inuyasha growls at Koga.
"Don't get in YOUR way, you better not get in MY way!", the wolf demon insists.
Sango sighs as Shippo runs behind her for cover. She turns to look at the perverted monk who had once been the perverted boy, Michael. He merely shrugs his shoulders.
"We better get going then.", Sango informs as the group sets off to find Kagome.