Note: This is an older story that I've had already done a few years back, but have fixed it drastically. Let me know what you think. I do not own InuYasha!

Chapter 1:
A Mysterious Child

"Now where has that girl gone to?"
Just as Kagome's cousin had arrived, she disappeared through the legendary Bone Eater's Well. It was a mysterious well that had allowed certain...beings to travel from the present day to the feudal era of old Japan.

Now, you see, Kagome Higuroshi is your average fifteen year old girl, if you call being the reincarnation of a 500 year old priestess and fighting against evil demons after the Shikon no Tama normal. She had black hair with dark eyes. Kagome was smart, but was missing a lot of classes lately to go to the feudal era.

Mrs. Higuroshi looked hopelessly for her adventurous daughter. "She must have just run to the store real quick. I'm sure she'll be back any minute," she lied. Cheya shrugged it off, not really too worried. She quickly hurried up the stairs, leaving her aunt in the doorway. Cheya hated it here, and now she had to spend her whole summer in this place. She locked the door behind her, thankful she got her own room this time. Normally she would be sharing a room with Kagome and her parents would be in this room, but this time was different, 'It will always be different now...'

Kagome just popped through the well when she heard a familiar and rather rude voice.
"Where the hell have you been?!" She perched herself on the edge of the well and stared at InuYasha.
"Alright, I guess I just won't get anymore supplies for our travels," Kagome shrugged off.
"Hn." InuYasha started to stalk off.
"Yeah, you were gone a pretty long time," chirped up Shippou, jumping on Kagome's lap. Both InuYasha and Shippou are demons. However, InuYasha is only a half-demon. His mother was human while his father was a great dog Daimyo of the Western Lands. Like his father, InuYasha has long silver/white hair topped with fuzzy dog ears. His face, however resembles that of his human mother; soft and delicate, with eyes like honey.
Shippou is a full fox demon, yet still considered a child. He's small in size but quick in whit. He's got brown hair, a bushy brown tail and fox feet.
"InuYasha..." Kagome didn't know how she was going to tell him. She wanted to go with him, but she couldn't. She knew that InuYasha wasn't going to like it.
Inuyasha turned around, facing Kagome. "What?"
"Is everything okay here?" Just then Mirouku and Sango appeared. Mirouku looked up at Kagome with concern, seeing something was bothering her. Like Kagome, Sango and Mirouku were human, but not your everyday humans. Sango was a demon slayer. In fact, she was the last one of her village after being brutally slaughtered by a horde of demons. And Mirouku, well, he's a Monk. A cunning, greedy, lecherous, yet good-hearted monk.
Kagome looked down and started to fidget with her backpack. She knew InuYasha wouldn't take the news very well. She couldn't stay, not with her cousin home for the summer. But she knew he wouldn't care, she's already cost them a few days in their journey. "It's my cousin," Kagome started off slowly. "She's home for the summer and..."
"If you're thinking about going back already," InuYasha said menacingly.
"I'm sorry!" Kagome quickly dropped the bag, (and Shippou) and jumped back in the well before InuYasha could stop her.
"Damn it!"

Kagome quickly pulled herself from the well and rushed out of the wooden shed, making it in time just for dinner. "Sorry I'm late," she said as she sat down at the table. Kagome looked around and noticed Cheya wasn't at the table.
"She wasn't feeling too well so she went to bed early," Mrs. Higuroshi didn't even have to look up to know what her daughter was thinking. "Maybe you should check on her after dinner."

"Cheya?" Kagome knocked, but no one answered. Opening the door, Kagome saw her sitting on the ledge of the window sill. "We missed you at dinner," Kagome started.
"I wasn't hungry." Cheya still looked outside.
"The stars are nice tonight, aren't they?" Kagome waited for Cheya to talk, but silence only followed."Would you like to go for a walk?"
"If you don't mind, I'd just like to be alone." Cheya grabbed her night clothes and a towel and headed to the bathroom to wash up, leaving Kagome behind.

Morning came quickly, at least for Cheya. She felt more peaceful at night. Cheya stood 5 foot 3 inches. She had long black hair and golden-glazed brown eyes. Cheya was normally quiet, like to keep to herself. She would spend her days locked in her room reading and writing.
But today was a nice day. Cheya decided to read outside under the sacred tree. Plus, from there, she was able to watch how her family acted. She hadn't seen them since she was little. Souta, Kagome's younger brother, was still just an infant.

Kagome watched Cheya from her window while starting on her homework for the summer. 'Cheya has changed so much from when we were little. She was always so carefree.' Kagome didn't like how she had changed. Cheya seemed older than what she really was, and she looked worried and stressed. She was like a completely different person, even if it has been several years since they've seen each other. They would use to talk on the phone and write letters to each other. But a few years ago, Cheya stopped talking to her altogether. Kagome never heard from her since then, and even started to wonder if she was still alive. 'She looks as if she has died - on the inside,' Kagome thought sadly.

"I'm going to go out for a bit." Cheya started for the door.
"Why don't you take Kagome with you, dear?" Mrs. Higuroshi mentioned."Maybe she can show you around."
Cheya looked at Kagome who was sitting at the table with a textbook. Cheya sighed and leaned on the door post, waiting as Kagome put her shoes on.

Kagome took Cheya around the town. She introduced her to a few friends, took her in a few shops, and even showed her the school. Now they were just sitting on a bench in the park.
"Nothing much has changed around here," stated Cheya. "Just a few new shops here and there."
"That's what I like so much here. You don't have to worry about too much of a change."
"But, isn't change good? Wouldn't it just be boring to have things always the same?" Kagome didn't know how to answer her. I mean, she liked things being the same, because that's what was so unpredictable about this place.
"That's the best part, though. You never know when something's going to happen. Though it may be the same, it can always have a new surprise."
Cheya looked at her cousin and smiled. She smiled for the first time in days, and it felt good.
Kagome looked down at her watch and noticed it was a quarter to five. "We should get going," she said. "Dinner will be ready soon."

"Thank you for dinner. It was delicious." Cheya placed her dishes in the sink and headed outside. She sat down under the sacred tree and began to write in her notebook. She liked sitting under this tree. It gave her a sense of warmth. After an hour or so of writing, Cheya finally closed her notebook and stretched herself out under the tree. "It feels really nice out tonight. I think I'll just rest for a bit before going back inside."
The wind started to violently rustle through her hair, waking her with a jolt. Cheya looked around and noticed she was still outside. 'I must have fallen asleep.' As she started to gather her things to go inside, Cheya noticed a little boy heading into the shed. Thinking that the boy was Souta, Cheya followed him in there. The wind started to pick up even more, and the door slammed shut behind her, causing her to jump. Cheya looked around in search of the boy, wondering how she could have lost him.
"Help!" Cheya turned around and looked everywhere trying to find where the voice could have come from. "I fell in the well. Please, help me." As she came to the well, Cheya looked down and say and little boy, smaller in size than Souta, trapped in the well.
"Everything's going to be fine. I'll help you out of there." Cheya leaned over the edge of the well and stretched her hand out for the boy's. "Give me your hand," she said.
Just as the boy reached his hand out to hers he broke out into an evil grin, and shadow clouded his face. Before Cheya could pull her hand back, his own hand turned into a tentacle and wrapped itself around her whole arm pulling Cheya through the Bone Eater's Well.