Because 'Chronicals of the Lost' was such a horrible story, I deleted it in favor of starting this new story which, you will notice, is done in the third person and contains no original characters.

I hope you guys like this story better than the last one. Even I'll admit that it sucked…

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha… He belongs to Kagome and she belongs to Rumiko Takahashi…


Inuyasha stared blankly at his bedroom ceiling. Boredom was evident in the fifteen-year-olds glazed look and the simple fact that he was staring at his ceiling in the first place.

"So bored…," he muttered.

He flipped over on his stomach and debated on whether or not he should get up and find something to do.

Despite society's general acceptance of youkai and ningen sharing the world, they shunned hanyou and, because of such, Inuyasha had no friends. It seemed like an unwritten rule that, although they could live side by side, ningen and youkai could not marry. Inuyasha's father, Kyuuhanshu of the western lands, and his mother, the daughter of a very wealthy and ancient family and practically a princess, had ignored society's rules and fallen in love. Unfortunately, someone had assassinated Inuyasha's father the night that Inuyasha was born, and his mother killed only a few years later.

Shaking away his current train of thought, Inuyasha decided to explore the family's private shrine again. Why a Hanshu would have a Shinto shrine on his lands was beyond Inuyasha.

The shrine, Higurashi was its name, had origins dating back to the Sengokujidai and always seemed to exude a peaceful aura. Wandering over to the Goshinboku, the ancient 'God Tree' that was even older than the shrine itself, Inuyasha looked up at a small scar on the trunk that seemed to glint in the sunlight. It was the tip of an arrow shot by a miko who had been trying to kill an evil youkai. Inuyasha sighed and turned to look away from the city. He blinked as he saw a small shack that he could have sworn was definitely not there the other day.

'Oh well,' Inuyasha thought with another sigh, 'It's not like I really have anything better to do.'

He pulled open the door and looked into the gloom, his acute eyes immediately adjusting to the lack of light. There in the middle of the room, amongst several storage boxes, was an old covered well with spell scrolls randomly stuck all over it. There seemed to be no lingering power in the scrolls, if there had been any power in the first place. Inuyasha slowly started to pull the cover off when his ears twitched at a small scratching noise. He looked around for a moment before dismissing it as nothing of importance.

As he was about to peer inside a sudden yowl caused him to start and whirl around. Inuyasha looked around wildly before his gaze came to rest on an impossibly fat neko sitting right in front of him.

"Baka neko," Inuyasha muttered sourly.

Still slightly flustered from his being startled by a mere animal, he peered into the well just as a bright blue flash erupted. He jumped back until the light faded and cautiously looked in again.

The first thing Inuyasha noticed was a pair of startlingly blue eyes staring back at him from the bottom of the well. The second thing was that the eyes belonged to a girl about his age.

"H-hello?" she called, "Can you help me out of here? Onegaishimasu, help me!"

Inuyasha looked around quickly, "Chotto, I have to find something to pull you out with."

The girl started panicking, "Just get me out now! I don't care how; I just want to get out!"

Inuyasha hesitated, and then started climbing down. He reached the panicked girl in no time, and began trying to coax her out of the corner she had huddled herself in.

"Come on, climb on my back and I'll carry you out."

The girl turned her frightened gaze to Inuyasha's own golden eyes, and then it slowly drifted up towards his ears. Inuyasha winced, waiting for the inevitable screams of horror, when he suddenly felt a soft touch on his left ear that caused it automatically to twitch away. He blinked as the girl giggled and slowly calmed down. Inuyasha turned and crouched lower to allow her onto his back.

"Hold on," he muttered before leaping out of the well.


Japanese terms used: (in order of use)

Youkai: Demon; Apparition; Specter. (Used in this context as 'Demon')

Ningen: Human Being; Man; Person.

Hanyou: Half Demon, Han-half and You-beginning of 'Youkai'.

Kyuuhanshu: Former Feudal Lord.

Hanshu: Feudal Lord.

Sengokujidai: The age of civil war. (Referring to the period of time in Japanese history)

Miko: Sorceress; Shrine Maiden. (Used in this context as 'Shrine Maiden')

Neko: Cat.

Baka: Stupid; Foolish.

Onegaishimasu: Please. (hon.)

Chotto: Wait a minute.


Well, there's the first chapter. Tell me what you think, and, if you like it, tell other people about it!

Much love,

Miji