Universe

By: J RockerNightmare

Disclaimer: I do not own all original Inu-Yasha characters. If I did we'd definitely see a lot more Inu-Yasha on American TV than we do now, that's for sure. Heh. I do own the characters: Toshiya, Chambrin, Murasaki, and Kotchi.

Chapter 1- Well I'd like to take you as I find you

It was a cool, autumn day. Midterms were almost over for the semester. A group of teenagers from Tokyo Tears of Pearls High School were walking home after their last final. Leading the group was a young man named Chambrin, he was tall, had blackish-purple hair, and emerald eyes. He could have been thought of as the most handsome boy in school if he didn't have his lip pierced four times, his right eyebrow three, and his ears a total of 12 times, and the fact that he was completely gothic, especially in the black and grey school uniforms.

The group consisted of everything that was needed. Chambrin was the leader. Then there was Murasaki, she was the sex appeal. Her orange and red streaked hair, accompanied by her light tan, and clear blue eyes, tight tops and mini-skirts made her something of a looker. The brainy kid was Kotchi, he had bright pink hair and light brown eyes. He was cute, but very feminine because of his lanky frame and the fact he liked tight clothes and shirts that showed his fairly nice stomach.

The last was everyone's favorite. Toshiya, she was the tomboyish loner. She had silver and blue hair. Her eyes were a bright grey. She was fairly pale and like Chambrin very gothic. Her left eyebrow was pierce twice, her lip was pierced off in the left side, her ears were pierce too, the left had six, and the right had five. She was thin, but had a good deal of muscle. She was a fighter by nature.

"Hey, Toshiya." Chambrin slipped his arm around the smaller girl's waist. "Think we can come over tonight?"

"I dunno. Most likely. When have we ever gotten caught?"

That made the whole group laugh. Toshiya lived with her grandparents. Her own mother died when she was twelve and she had never met her father. Her grandparents hadn't either. But her mother had said that she had loved him. This father of hers didn't seem to really exist, though, so her grandparents thought that maybe her mother was covering up for something that had happened that was unknown. Or maybe she was just a little crazy?

"I'll call you guys later and let ya know what's up." Toshiya said, as she was turning into the gateway for the shrine. "Later." She gave them her usual peace sign.

"Later, baby!" the other three replied.

Toshiya walked slowly up to the house. She passed by the old family shrine. Never had she been in there. In fact, Grandpa and Grandma kept it under lock and key with no way to get in short of breaking through the wall. That's what they'd do tonight. Break into the old family shrine.

She took of her shoes at the doorway as she walked into the house. Grandma was making something. The smell of something burning was fairly strong. "Grandma? Are you burning something?" Toshiya called.

"Why would you say that, Toshiya-can? You know I don't cook that bad." Her grandmother yelled.

Toshiya entered the kitchen and found her grandfather sitting at the table looking like he was about to choke. "Sempai, what is she making?" Toshiya coughed.

"She's trying to make dinner." Miroku replied.

"Can't we just have order out, Grandpa?" Toshiya asked.

"No! I want to make dinner for my family!" Kagome said, stubbornly.

"Grandmother-sempai, you're going to kill us with this smoke!" Toshiya said, coughing again.

"Toshiya-chan, let's just let her cook something for once." Miroku said. "Why don't you help her? You can cook after all."

"Hai." Toshiya moved over to the stove where Kagome was trying to cook. "Sempai, let me help. First of all, what are you trying to make?"

"Teriyaki stir fry." Kagome replied.

"Ok, oka-sempai, let's throw this away and try again. You burnt it."

After another hour Toshiya and Kagome had produced a fairly good Teriyaki stir-fry . "This is very good, Kagome-san and Toshiya-chan."

"Arigatou." They both thanked Miroku for his compliment.

"We make a good team, eh, Oka-sempai?" Toshiya said, giving her grandmother a smile.

"We sure do." Kagome said.

"Ah, Tosh-chan, I was wondering if you'd like to help you're old grandpa clean up some in the old family shrine?"

Toshiya sat up and exclaimed, "Would I? He- Yeah!"

Miroku smiled. "Good. We're gonna start after dinner."

"Okay. I'm finished. I'll go change." Toshiya put her dishes in the sink and ran up the stairs to her bedroom. This room had once been her grandmother's when she was her age. But now it was painted a deep blue and black with dragons all over it. Opening her closet door, Toshiya pulled out a pair of black jeans and a black tank top. She hurried downstairs and nearly ran into Miroku.

He laughed at her impatience. She had waited her whole life to see what was hidden inside that shrine. "You're ready?" he asked.

"Yeah." Toshiya nodded.

Miroku put an arm around her shoulders and led her toward the shrine. "Now, Tosh-chan, I want you to stay far away from the old well that's in here. It's very dangerous."

" 'kay. No problem, Gramps." Toshiya nodded, but she didn't mean it. Now she really wanted to go and see what was there.

Miroku pulled out a key and unlocked the door to the shrine. It was dark and musty in there. Toshiya took a deep breath before she followed her grandfather inside. It took a moment for Toshiya's eyes to adjust to the dim light. Everything in the shrine was covered in dust. It would take a long time to clean it all up.

"Tosh-chan, go ahead and start dusting." Miroku said tossing her a rag. "I'd like for you to do the floor, these old bones just can't seem to get down there to do that much work."

"Of course, Gramps." Toshiya said as she sat down on the ground and started clearing away dust with the rag.

Miroku and Toshiya had spent four whole hours cleaning out the shrine that night. It was late when they finally decided to quit. Toshiya couldn't help but want to go near that well. She had stared at it many a time while they had been cleaning in the shrine. Miroku had locked the shrine door so she wouldn't be able to get back in. Toshiya decided she would simply snatch it while he and grandmother slept.

Toshiya lie fully awake in bed thinking about that well. She jumped when she heard something tap at her window. She rolled over to see Chambrin sitting there, he smiled at her as she came to the window. As soon as she opened it he crawled inside and wrapped his arms around her and asked, "So what are we doing tonight?"

"Well, I helped my grandpa clean out the shrine and it was pretty cool. There's a well in there, though, that I really wanna check out."

"Sounds cool."

"Yeah, I have to go and steal the key so I'll meet you guys out by the shrine in ten minutes."

"Okay." Chambrin kissed her cheek before climbing back out the window.

Toshiya shut the window behind him and crept quietly down the stairs. She crept silently down the hall and slipped into her grandparent's room. The key was on the table next to their bed. Toshiya moved quietly to the table and grabbed the key and hurried back out as quietly as she came in. She sighed with relief when she made it outside without being caught.

She ran across the yard to the shrine. The other three were waiting there for her. "Got it." She said, with a smile and shaking the key. She unlocked the shrine and they moved into the darkness. Kotchi turned on his small flashlight and moved it around the shrine.

"It's kinda creepy." Kotchi said.

"Oh, scared?" Murasaki asked.

"No." Kotchi defended his pride.

"There's the well." Toshiya said. Everyone followed her to the well.

Kotchi flashed his light down it. "You can't see anything."

Chambrin dropped a rock down it. They listened for the thud it made. "It's not that deep."

"I wanna go down it." Toshiya said. "Who wants to come with me?" she looked at all three of them. Kothi shook his head, so did Murasaki with the excuse,

"I don't wanna get my new outfit dirty."

"I'll go." Chambrin said.

"Ok. You two can help lower us down. I'll go first to see what's down there. Kotchi, gimme your flashlight." Kotchi handed the small flashlight to her and she leaned down the well. "There's nothing down there. We can jump." She said.

Standing back up, Chambrin took her hand and the two dropped down into the well.

Toshiya never felt the ground touch her feet. What's going on? She wondered. Why haven't I reached the… She felt a strong pressure on her chest. I can't breathe! Oh, God. What's happening? Then all of a sudden she hit the ground. She groaned and looked to her left where Chambrin had been holding her hand. "Chambrin?" she said, but couldn't see around her. "Chambrin, this isn't funny! Chambrin! Kotchi! Murasaki! Come on! This isn't funny any more!"

Then someone leaned over the side of well and called down, "What's all the commotion about? Who are you?"

The voice wasn't familiar to her. She looked up and instead of seeing the darkness of the shrine she saw stars and night sky. "Who are you?" she asked back.

"I asked you first. Who are you?"

"My name is Toshiya. Who are you?"

"How'd you get into the well?"

"I jumped into the well in the shrine. Where am I?"

"The shrine?" the voice repeated. Then someone dropped down into the well and grabbed her and jumped back out. She was dropped on the ground. "How'd you get through the well?" the voice demanded.

Toshiya was too busy thinking about how much her butt hurt at the moment to think to answer. She stood up and groaned. "You didn't have to drop me that hard." She said.

The person's hand grabbed her and spun her around. She was facing a boy who didn't look much older than her. He had silver hair that was really long and…dog-ears? She raised an eyebrow in confusion. He shook her and said, "How'd you get into that shrine?"

"I live on the grounds that hold the family shrine." Toshiya said.

"You do?" the boy asked.

"Yeah."

"Dammit. Get down!"

"What?"

The boy pushed her down to the ground and attacked something. Toshiya stood up angry now. "What the hell was that all about?" she demanded.

"Did you wanna get killed?" he asked, pointing to the corpse of some sort of animal.

"What's that?" she asked.

"A demon."

"Demon?" she asked sarcastically.

"Yeah." The boy said rolling his eyes. "Come with me."

"Why should I? I don't even know you."

"Yeah. But I have a feeling that I know something about you. Now if you don't want to die, then follow me."

Toshiya decided she might as well humor him. She followed him through a forest and into a nearby village. He led her into a small home. "Hey Sango, I found something."

" What?" a woman who looked as old as her grandparents were asked looking up from her meal.

"She came through the well." The boy pulled Toshiya out from behind him.

"The well? You mean the one that Kagome and Miroku went through?" Sango asked.

"The very one."

"She couldn't have gotten through unless…" Sango gasped. "Are you a relative of Kagome and Miroku?"

"Yeah." Toshiya said suspiciously. "They're my grandparents."

"Oh my." Sango said with a smile. "How are they?"

"Um…They're good."

" What's your name?" she asked.

"Toshiya."

"That's a lovely name. I'm Sango. And this guy is Inu-Yasha. Maybe your grandparents told you about us."

"No." Toshiya said looking confused. "Should they have?"

"Well, I suppose."

"Look how grateful they are. They don't even tell their family about us. Let alone come back to visit." Inu-Yasha said in an annoyed tone.

"Uh. Look I dunno what's going on, but can someone please explain all this to me?"

So Sango sat Toshiya down near her and explained that she was in the feudal era of Japan and that her grandfather had come from this time, and Kagome from her time, and that they had defeated many demons and also protected the Shikon Jewel from evil demons.

Toshiya just couldn't believe it. Why wouldn't her grandparents tell her something like that? Maybe she was dreaming? Maybe she hit her head on the bottom of the well and all this wasn't real. Sango told her to lie down on the tatami mat across the room and rest. She gave her a blanket and said they would talk more in the morning.

After making sure Toshiya was sound a sleep Inu-Yasha and Sango began talking quietly. "So that's their granddaughter, eh?" Inu-Yasha said.

"I guess so." Sango said. "She wouldn't have gotten through the well if she weren't related."

"She looks nothing like them." Inu-Yasha said.

"Yes, but she is quite pretty. That silver hair, though, confuses me. Humans don't have silver hair like that." Sango said.

"I swore I could smell demon on her, but she couldn't be a demon. She's human. Kagome and Miroku never brought their children here so they wouldn't have been around any demons." Inu-Yasha said.

"Well, we'll see what happens."

"Toshiya! Toshiya!" Chambrin yelled.

"What's going on?" Kotchi called down the well.

"Toshiya's gone!"

Murasaki laughed. "Chambrin, you two are down a well, I don't think she could have gotten any where."

"But she's not here. She seriously is no where down here."

"We should get her grandparents." Murasaki said.

"No man, we'll get busted." Kotchi said.

"I'm getting Miroku-sempai." Murasaki said, "Let's get Chambrin out of there."

They pulled Chambrin out and Murasaki went inside Toshiya's house and got Miroku and Kagome up. They came out to the shrine and Miroku asked the men, "What happened?"
Chambrin explained, "Well, we all went into the shrine, and Toshiya wanted to check out that well, and so me and her went down it. Now she's not there. We don't know what happened. We are so sorry, Miroku-sempai and Kagome-semai!"

"Go home." Miroku said. "All of you go home. We can take care of this."

The three teenagers bowed and took off.

"Oh, Miroku. She's in the feudal era. She could be in real danger."

"Hopefully Inu-Yasha found her first." Miroku said. "I'll go. You don't have to unless you want to."

"No. I'm too old for that. I'll wait here." Kagome said. Miroku kissed her cheek before going into the shrine and down the well. He landed on the opposite end and climbed out of the well. He followed the old path that he knew so well to the village. He found Lady Kaede's old home and there was a light in it. He walked to it and rapped lightly on the door. It was nearing dawn.

An elderly woman answered the door. "Miroku?" she asked.

"Sango?"

"Yes."

The two hugged and laughed quietly. "Have you seen a young girl come around here?"

"Ah, Toshiya, your granddaughter? Yes. She is sleeping over there. Inu-Yasha found her."

"Thank God."

"Come in Miroku."

Miroku went inside the house.