Disclaimer: I do not own the inu-cast, if I did...well...the manga would 'NOT' have ended the way it did! I do own all original characters in this fic and the storyline.
A/N: well here's the beginning of yet another fic :3 this one actually has alot done on it but it's written and sadly not with me. ;-; I hope you all enjoy this. I thought it would be a change of pace for me instead of all the stuff I'm doing ^_^ well please review if you enjoy enough.
Chapter 1 Falling
"I'm going okaa-chan!" Kagome called as she hurried out of the house, waving to her mother who had stepped to the doorway to see her daughter off. Asumi smiled as she waved back to her daughter.
"Be safe." she said softly. Kagome's smile was large as she clutched her bag and slid the well house door open. Sota watched in longing as his sister disappeared into the house, feeling a familiar tug in the back of his mind as his sister fell though time. 'What would it be like, to go there?' he thought longingly. With a sigh the fifteen year old stood and stretched. He was short for his age, but it didn't really bother him. His black hair was always a mess, but the girls liked it, so he left it alone. They said that he looked like some character named Hatori from a manga called Fruits Baskets. He didn't care, he'd never read the thing.
"InuYasha must have apologized last night." he muttered to himself as he walked around his room, gathering the things he would need for class today. Last night had been the same as any night that the hanyou had pissed his sister, now twenty two, off. He had long lost his respect for the older hanyou, but he was still polite when he came by. With another stretch he started to his door. His sister had been in such a rush she had forgotten to even check for her most important possession, her diary. A smirk pulled at his lips as started down stairs, looking at his side bag, picturing the medium size book there. "I'm off as well okaa-chan." he said sticking his head into the kitchen. Asumi looked up at him and smiled.
"Alright. Do you want me to drive you?" she asked warmly. Sota gave her smile.
"Iie, I like taking the bus, gives me time to prepare for the boredom ahead." he said, pulling a funny face. Asumi laughed.
"Alright, don't forget to say farewell to your jii-san." she said turning back to the dishes.
Sota looked down at the newest tablet in the small family shrine. He gazed at it sadly before lighting the incense and bowing to it. "Sayonara Ojii-san." he said softly before turning and walking down the many stairs of the shrine. The sky was clear and the air as fresh as it would ever get in Tokyo. As he boarded the train, grateful that the amount of people on it at this time was few, he looked out the window at all the concrete buildings and cars. 'I wouldn't mind seeing only green. A person can only take so much grey.' he thought as he slipped his headphones on, and pressing play on the iPod, prepared for the usual long drive to school. The Final Fantasy VII music made him feel calm as he gazed at the passing monochrome world. He looked around at the other students of his and other schools and suddenly felt so alone. He had never felt that he fit in here. He was either too smart, bored or too much of a thinker for his time. Leaning his head against the window he watched the scenery flash by. Though calling it that was like a sick joke. He closed his blue eyes and saw green. Their last trip to Mount Fuiji. He loved the wild and couldn't think of any place more suited for him.
"Sota-chan!" the raven haired boy looked up at the sound of the female's voice.
"Oh, ohayo Riku-san." he said with a nod of his head as he closed his book, and looked up at her. The girl blushed and clasped her hands behind her back.
"Um...can I talk to you in private Sota-chan?" she asked nervously. Sota blinked in surprise.
"Uh, hai, I guess." he said, sliding the text book away and standing. Riku led his to the old playground and sat on one of the swings, looking down at her feet."Is there something you wanted to ask me Riku-san? 'Cause I've got a big test next period and I am far from ready." he said with a smile as he slid his hands into his pockets. He had to admit, ever since the incident with InuYasha and his sister trying to help him tell the first girl that he liked her, he had be come more confident with females.
"Hai, Sota-chan. Gomen, for taking you from your studies." she said with a smile to him. He gave her a bright smile in return and leaned against a pole, waiting patiently. It was lunch time and they had more than enough time for anything that she wanted to ask. "Sota-chan, I know I'm ditzy, and I'm not that good in class. I know I must annoy you to no ends sometimes, but I have to tell you this." she said, bowing her head, letting her bangs hide her face.
"Hey, you can tell me Riku-san. I promise, whatever it is I won't laugh." he said, moving to crouch before her. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
"I've liked you since we were in middle school Sota-chan. Onegai, will you go out with me?" she asked looking at him hopefully. Sota looked away from her.
"I can't Riku-san." he said softly. Riku winced as if she had been slapped. "Gomen ne sai, but I just don't feel like that for you and I don't want to lead you on. That wouldn't be fair to you. You deserve a guy who would like you just as much as you like him." he said, his voice nothing more than a whisper. Riku looked at him with wide eyes before her gaze softened.
"Iie, it's my fault. I knew you didn't like me like that." she paused to smile at him. "But, can we still be friends onegai." she said as she stood and looked down at him. He looked up at her and smiled.
"Hai, that would be good." he said as he stood. "And Riku-san, you've never annoyed me."
With a sigh he ran his hand through his hair, slipping his bag's shoulder strap over his head so that it fell across his chest. "Today sucked." he said to himself softly as he looked up at the sky. He was half way across the shrine's courtyard when a noise reached his ears. "Nani?" he said to himself as he turned toward the noise. 'What's the well house door doing open? Onee-chan closed it.' he thought as he walked closer. With the house he could hear movement. He slowed, causing the sound of his shoes to soften. Slowly, he slid the door open. "Buyo!" he sighed in annoyance upon seeing the calico neko sitting by the well. The creature just yawned and walked around the well. With a sigh he walked down the steps and to the well. A small smile pulled at his lips as he laid a hand on the wood. Beneath his finger tips he could feel life, and warmth. That was how he knew the well was working. When InuYasha had shoved a tree in it and Kikyou had pushed Kagome through, he hadn't been able to feel the warmth. He had kept this little secret to himself, it would only worry his mother more. Leaning over slightly he looked down. 'Who would have thought, that this old thing would take one to a place so...free.' he thought, sadly.
He was just straightening when he felt four paws land on his back. He tried to turn to catch his balance as he began to fall into the well. He only managed to turn so that he was falling backwards instead of face first. The last thing he saw was Buyo's glittering eyes staring down at him before he shut his eyes on instinct. If his eyes had remained open though, he would have seen, the blue light gently surround him and time, bringing him into it's embrace. "Did he make it?" the man's deep voice filled the well house as a shadow appeared a the door frame. As Buyo turned his appearance changed to that of a man's with white, black and orange hair.
"Hai, m'lord." he said kneeling and placing his arm across his chest in respect. Fangs flashed in the darkness as the man at the doorways smiled, blue eyes glittering unnaturally.
"And so it begins."
