Natsuki stared at the creature with fear written across all her features. She backed up against the now locked door, and looked around as it made its way toward her. Her short, chin-length brown-red hair brushed against her face as she quickly tried to locate something to defend herself against this... this... thing. Natsuki saw a piece of wood; long, sharp at tiny little points on the end. It had, obviously, been ripped apart from the well. But, unfortunately, it was behind the centipede thingy. Natsuki took a deep breath, then –

– she dove for it.

Natsuki knew she was getting dirt and other things – she would have shuddered at the thought if this wasn't so serious – all over her clothes, but she didn't mind it at the moment. Her stomach ached with pain from hitting all those steps, but she kept her eyes wide open. Just as she reached the bottom, she stopped. Natsuki picked herself up, running over and bending down, an inch away from the weapon she needed –

She screamed.

Her eyes shut as she felt the giant centipede grab her with its... tail, maybe? Natsuki opened her eyes, and saw the floor below her. She was upside down, being carried by the centipede thingy. She looked to her right, watching as the centipede with the face of a human get closer to her. Soon, its face was right in front of hers, and she shivered with fear as its hands grabbed her face, the centipede's long, black hair falling in front of its face. Then, the centipede dove for the well, bringing Natsuki with it.

When they entered the well, instead of seeing the dirty bottom, covered in dust and germs, they were surrounded by a purple and pink light. Instead of falling, Natsuki felt as if she was floating. The centipede let her go, but it stayed by her. It reached up to grab her face in its disgusting hands once again, but Natsuki tried to push it away.

Then, she felt herself fall on her butt, and her hands felt grass. She quickly got up, running away from the centipede. She missed one thing though... The boy pinned to a tree.

Natsuki ran, hearing the monster's evil laugh as it raced after her. As it grabbed her again, she screamed, and then saw an arrow pierce the monster's eyes. More arrows.

"Duck, girl!" she heard from behind her – as she was facing the beast. Natsuki quickly dropped to the ground, cowering in fear, shaking uncontrollably. She heard the beast scream in agony, and then it ran away – well, more like slithered away. Natsuki picked her head up, and saw men alike, holding bows and arrows. She was confused by how they were dressed. Where was she?

"What is going on?" Natsuki heard amongst the crowd, and all of them moved away to show an old lady with a patch over her left eye. She watched Natsuki, then they all dragged her to a... a village?

"Who are yeh?" the lady asked her. Natsuki's voice shook, as she was still shaken up from her earlier encounter.

"N-Natsuki Rin," she said. The lady watched her for some time.

"Where do yeh come from?" she asked again. Natsuki didn't dare move.

"U-um... I came from Tokyo..?" she said it more as a question.

"I have never heard of it." Then, she was led into a house – no, a hut.

They sat for a while, and Natsuki learned – on her own accord – that she wasn't in Tokyo anymore. She was fed, and took her sweater off. Then, the old lady spoke up once again.

"My name is Kaede." And, soon enough, Natsuki realized – by what she remembered some people in school talked about – she must have somehow gone back in time. The time of... monsters and – she gasped – no technology. Kaede began to speak once again, when Natsuki asked about her eye patch.

She laughed bitterly. "You see, when I was little..."

(flashback)

Kaede, wearing her orange kimono, drew her bow and arrow. She wanted to help Kikyou fight. And, either way, there were too many demons for one priestess to handle. So, she pulled the arrow back, and let go, watching it swish and hit her target.

Kikyou watched her, shocked at how well she progressed. Kaede saw a demon flying from behind Kikyou, so she shot another arrow at it.

It missed.

The demon flew at Kaede, and she felt her fear take over.

"Kaede!"

Kikyou shot the demon, but it was too close to Kaede, and as the demon perished, Kaede cradled her left eye. Kikyou came running up to her, getting a shock as Kaede looked up at her. Her eyes was bleeding quickly, and she was holding onto it. Kikyou felt very guilty, and protected her little sister from all the other demons.

(end of flashback)

"I-I'm so sorry," Natsuki said.

"It's fine. You see, fifty years has passed since then, when..." Kaede stopped.

"When... what?" Natsuki pushed. She was curious as to what happened to this 'Kikyou' person.

"Kikyou-onee-sama was killed by Inuyasha." She turned her head toward Natsuki. Natsuki wanted to know, who was Inuyasha, but they were stopped short as screams filled the village.

"What's going on?" Kaede screamed as they both made their way outside the hut. Natsuki's eyes widened in horror.

The centipede was back.


Author Note: Ha ha! I am back! Two in a day? I rock! Lol, just kidding. Anyway, I am so sorry Inuyasha don't come up in this chapter yet. So far it's just basically Natsuki experiencing everything about how the Feudal Era works. I promise, in chapter three, Inuyasha will make his appearance.

WAIT! Technically, Inuyasha was in this chapter. You know how? It says:

'The boy pinned to a tree.'

LOL! I just noticed that like right now. Ha... ha... Yeah, I'll shut up now...

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