"Hello? Hello? Is anybody up there?" Kagome shouted from the bottom of the well. "Mom? Grandpa? I think I fell, Help me out of here!"

She squinted at the bright light shining down on her, confused. Why isn't anyone answering? She thought, but suddenly, a tiny head popped into view.

"Wh-who's there? Stay where you are! Don't do anything funny!" The voice came from a child, kagome stood up and blocked the sun from her eyes to see him better.

"Please, help me out of here! My name is Kagome, I fell in! Have you seen my brother?" She shouted back up at him. His head disappeared and returned a moment later. A knotted rope was tossed down. Kagome grabbed the rope and reached for the nearest knot and began to climb. She had done this at school before, so it wasn't as hard as it seemed.

She fell out of the well and stood up quickly, brushing dirt off her knees and straightening her uniform. She finnally looked at her rescuer. A little boy with a large ponytail and... an actual tail. Her eyes widened as he smiled, baring his tiny little fangs. She put her hands up and took a few steps back.

"Wha-what are you?" She yelped. He jumped up and put his fists up. "I'm Shippo, the guardian of this well! Noone has ever come out, how did you get there?" He demanded, his hands on his hips.

"I don't know, I was at home with my brother, Sota and I must have fallen in. I don't know what happened after. Where am I?"

"Your in the village of Edo, are you a demon?" Shippo asked, putting his arms down and coming closer.

"NO! Are you?" She shouted at him. A little taken aback. He smiled and puffed out his chest.

"I'm a fox! I need to take you to Preistess Kaede." Shippo grabbed her hand and quickly led her away. Kagomes appearence in the village stopped everyone in there tracks. People began to whisper and a few men and women scurried the opposite way. She was taken to the preistesses home and the old lady gasped and clutched her chest.

"Begone demon! BEGONE!" She screamed at the young girl. The old woman wore the traditional miko outfit, and an eyepatch. Her eyes were full of hate and fear.

Kagome stomped her foot. "I am not a demon! I'm Kagome!" Kaide paused and settled down a little,

"Ka-go-me?" The school girl nodded. The aging priestess calmed down a bit.

"Shippo, go back to the well, you need to guard it." The tiny fox boy saluted and bounced out the door.

When they were alone, Kaide came closer to Kagome. She stared deep into her eyes, examining every line in her face.

"Who sent you?" She demanded. Still very stiff, not letting her guard down just yet.

"I don't know. I was at my house in Tokyo, and I fell into the well near my house. Now i'm here." She shrugged, just as confused as the aging woman. The woman paced and paced for a long time.

After a time, their were shouts outside, Kaide ran past the confused girl. Kagome followed her out and saw the villagers screaming and running every which way. She looked around trying to find what they were running from. A tiny little girl was frozen in place pointing to the sky. A huge shadow passed overhead. Kagome shielded her eyes from the sun and looked up in horror. Flying dangerously low was a rat the size of a horse with gray wings and four eyes. It was screeching and swooping down to grab the terrified little girl. Without a thought, Kagome sprinted towards her and managed to push her to the ground, inches away from the rat-birds claws. She picked her up carefully and ran her back into the priestess Kaides hut. The girl clutched the older girl as she shook with sobs. She covered her ears and held the girl until she stopped shaking.

People were running back and forth, men brought out their spears and pitchforks. The monster screeched and swooped down again, by the screams of horror outside, it had caught somebody. It began to hiss, the crowd got quiet and she heard it plain as day.

"The girrrll, I need the girrrll." A shiver of fear ran down Kagomes spine. The villagers screamed and rushed towards him again. The battle began again and lasted for another hour. The child began to sob again, and Kagome held her closer, becoming more and more terrified that the house would be torn down and expose them. All of a sudden she heard different screams. Kaide rushed into the hut and stared in horror at Kagome, silent. The way she was glancing back outside and motioning for her to keep silent made the raven haired girl stand up and go to the door. The rat demon let out a piercing scream and hit the ground with a large thud. Kagome opened the door, Kaide tried to grab her blouse to pull her back in but missed. She sighed and fell back against the wall, exhausted from fighting.

One step outside and she saw a huge thing of red and white flying through the air. She gasped and ran back inside. The door was ripped open and she faced the most handsome boy she had ever seen. Long white hair and golden eyes, his face looked like it was sculpted by a god. He was perfect except, upon further examination, he had ears. She forgot about being scared. His face was full of suprise, joy, and then anger. He snarled at her, her fear returning.

She backed up into the wall. The house was very small and bare. She put her hands over her face to block his inevitable attack.

"Kikyo." He said softly, in the sexiest voice she had ever heard. His eyes showed confusion and hurt. she almost fainted with fear and excitment.

"Kikyo how could you? How long was I there? Why did you do that to me?"

He shouted at the girl who looked exactly like the woman who betrayed him, besides the hair and clothes. He started to calm down a little bit. Was this Kikyo? The preistess he recalled would never have cowered before him. In fact last time he saw her, she had shot him with her arrow. He put his claws down.

Kaide came running into the room. "Inuyasha! Stop, she is not Kikyo!" She grabbed his arm and he ripped it out of her hands.

He snorted, "That's for sure, and who exactly are you, you old bag?"

The wise priestess was not suprised by his words.

"Why, Inuyasha, you do not recall miss Kaide? I never forgot you." She chuckled. He looked a little taken back.

"Kaide? But- you were so little... how long have I been stuck there? Wheres your wench of a sister? I have some words for her," He snarled. His claws extending again. Kagome, still only inches away from the handsome, white haired boy.

Kaide looked down and shook her head. "My dear Kikyo died fifty years ago." She paused for Inuyasha to take the information in. "The same day she pinned you to that tree."

His hands turned into fists. He glanced one more time at Kogome and ran out of the hut.

Kagome fell to the floor and the hut around her went black.

She awoke later with a damp cloth on her forehead. She moved her head around and focused her eyes. Little shippo and Lady Kaide were sitting cross-legged near her. She sat up, saddened that this had not been a dream.

"What is going on? Who was that?" She received silence for a long moment. Shippo looked up at the woman who nodded. She looked worn out.

"There is time for that soon, but right now you need to rest. As do I"

"We think you are Kikyos' reincarnate. Inuyasha was her boyfriend. He thought you were her too. A demon that was hiding near the well ran and pulled the arrow out of his chest and told him you were here. Well Kikyo." Shippo blurted out. Kaide gave a stern look to Shippo, but was too exhausted to do much more.

She shook her head. All this confusing information was giving her a headache. Kaide put a hand on Shippos back. She gently nudged Kagome to lay back down. She closed her eyes and didn't wake up until morning.

She woke up to the sun coming up and whispers coming from outside the door.

"He is too strong for our village. I sent him to her grave marker, and put enough spells around us so that no demon can come through. So we are done with Inuyasha."

"What are you going to do with the girl? She's a target for demons. Look how quick one came after she got here! There were too many wounded in the battle. She needs to leave!"

Kagome sat up quickly, where would she go? She was so lost. How would she get home? Kaide came in quickly and hurried to prepare the girl a remedy for the headache she assumed she had.

Kagome took a sip and felt instant relief.

"Kaide? Are you sending me away?" She was silent for a long time. Deep in thought.

"Yes, the village is wounded. We are lucky that no lives were lost yesturday. I do not believe it was your fault however. The others are worried. There is a monk coming to help us make sure we are protected. I am sending you with him. He will keep you safe."

The girl sat there stunned. Everything was happening so fast. First she falls into her well in Tokyo and lands here in the - well somewhere far off! A monster attacked the village she was in and now she was getting thrown out to follow a strange man! Could he really protect her? The monster that attacked before took a whole village to destroy! The old woman embraced Kagome.

"I promise you will be safe. I have known his family for years. He is brave."

Kagome stood up and let Kaide know she would be back at the well when he arrived.

She walked slowly back to where she entered this crazy backwards world. Shippo was not there. He was probably having breakfast still. She sat at the edge and then, remembering who she ended up here stood up quickly. Not wanting to be sent somewhere else. Would she ever get home? She sat in the grass and plucked blades out and tied them into little knots. She was afraid to, but couldn't help thinking about that handsome boy. There was an instant attraction, but his claws... Kagome shuddered as she recalled the look of hate on his face when he mistook her for that other woman. She shook her head and tossed those thoughts out.

She sat there playing with her skirt, fiddling with the hem, that was already a little frazzled. After awhile she took a peek down the well, wondering if there was a hole or door she had missed earlier. There was something glowing down there. She squinted her eyes, but couldn't quite see what it was. Her curiosity got the best of her and she jumped down the well, making sure the rope was secured to a nearby branch.

When she got down, she realized that it was a spot in the ground that was glowing. With frustration she started to dig. About five inches deep, her fingernails hit something glass with a TING! she grabbed it and rubbed it off. She was holding a large pink marble with a slight purple tint. It glowed and pulsed in her hand. She grabbed the rope and began to climb. Being careful not to break the ball or drop it.

After what seemed twice as long as last time, she made it to the top. She dusted her self off again on the grass. She turned at a twig snapping.

She heard his seductive, yet deadly voice before she saw him.

"Your going to want to hand that over."