The Second Chance

A/N: hi to anyone reading this chapter and to anyone who already has i'd like you to know i've edited it and added more details important to the story. Thnak you!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, I only own this fanfiction and my original characters (such as Raina)

Chapter 2: This is Hello

"Would you like to hear a story, Raina?" A mother asked, tickling the giggling little girl in her lap. They were sitting in their living room by the fireplace, a half hour left before the girl's bedtime.

"Waah! Hahaha M-mommy stop!" the girl squealed happily. "What kind of story?" she asked when she could breath, looking up at her mother through her hair.

"One with demons and monsters and they're all after a magical jewel." She informed the toddler, smiling gently to silently tell her that the story wasn't as scary as it seems.

"Well does it have a hero? Every story needs a hero…." Raina informed, puffing out her cheek.

"Of course!" Her mother laughed.

"Is Inuyasha the hero? He is, he is, isn't he? Oh he just has to be Mommy!" She pleaded. Seeing her mother agree made her blue eyes bright up happily as she snuggled into her mother. She closed her eyes, as her mother's coal black hair rested at the top of the girl's head, mixing black and brown hair, listening to one of her favorite stories happily.

''Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw! Krrrrrrraaaaaaaaarrrwaan!' The demon banshee opened its sharp toothed mouth wide as the screeching ripped its way out if its throat in vicious high- pitched shrieks, damaging the young girl's ear drums as she ran. The girl is no longer a small child but now a young woman running, desperately, for her life. Even as she continued to run as far as her legs would carry her the demon continued to chase her. Faster…faster…faster! She kept running but soon her legs began to ache, her calves growing weary. Soon she was cornered into a wall as the demon closed in on her.

Rainaaaaaaaaaaaa…

Rainaaaaaaaaaaaaa…

""Raina! Raina, it's time to get up, sweetie!"

"H…huuuh?" Raina whispered tiredly as she rubbed her eye and forced herself up with a push and groan. She turned and glared at her sinister alarm clock that kept screeching until she ripped the accursed plug and threw the whole mechanical damnation under her bed.

"Raina!" the voice from down stairs called again, more forcefully.

"I know Mom, I'm awake!"

"Good! You know, you're fifteen it's about time you started waking yourself up!" the voice laughed cheerfully from downstairs.

Raina grumbled in response. "Yeah yeah…." She said, shaking her head and getting ready for the morning.

After taking a quick shower and brushing her teeth, she dried herself off and went through her closet, water dripping off her hair and on to the towel she wore and pulled out her long sleeved uniform. School was over in a week and summer is practically here but Raina never wears her short sleeved uniform, not since she was little. With a quiet sigh she got dressed and brushed her chestnut hair before she went down the stairs, still running her fingers through her hair and greeted her mother who set a plate of warm food for her on the table.

"Good morning" Raina chirped, sitting down." Is dad coming over today?"

"No he called an hour ago and said he won't be able to visit until Saturday." Kagome said, sighing.

"Mwens dat?" the young girl asked, shoving two fork fills of scrambled eggs and rice into her mouth.

Kagome made a disgusted face at her daughter's manners "That's in two days. Stop eating like that dear. How can you even swallow all that?"

Raina giggled sheepishly, picking up a napkin to cover her mouth until she finished swallowing.

After finishing she got up, put her plate away and kissed her mother's cheek "Bye Mom!"

Raina waved to her mother and picked up her faded yellow backpack that was on the floor before going outside. She passed the small shack that had the well, stopping and fixing her light blue eyes on it. Raina stopped and thought about how this was where all those stories that her mother would tell her came from. Stories were created here of demons and monsters and heroes, always a hero. Without even realizing what she was doing, the young woman slowly walked towards the shed. Slowly, and almost hesitantly, she wrapped her slender fingers around the handle, pulling the door open.

The room was shrouded in darkness, pitch-black and the well could only be seen from the rays of sunlight coming from outside the opened door. Raina looked around curiously at anything she could catch a glimpse of in the dark room, since she has never been in there since she was small and even those times her mom had been hysterical about her going in to this shed that made her so very curious.

But could such great stories really have come from a simple well that didn't even have any water? Well there was only one way to find out. Raina didn't know what she was doing as she went back inside.

"Raina? What are you doing? You'll be late for school…" her mother started, looking both annoyed and concerned the way only a mother could.

"Sorry" Rained replied smiling at her as innocently as she could "I forgot my algebra textbook upstairs. I'm supposed to give it back since school's ending." Raina lied and started going up the staircase.

"Alright" Kagome nodded and hesitantly asked in a quiet voice "Nothing's wrong….right?"

Raina stopped walking and didn't answer, instead staring at the intricate details in the design or the rug that's laid on the stairs. Subconsciously she felt for the end of her sleeve with her nails, pulls them down until it covered even her hands. Not taking her eyes off the carpet she parted her lips and hated the quiet, weak voice that come out "Of course not"

It had been almost twenty years since Kagome had been her daughter's age. She didn't look older than twenty two and her body has matured plenty. She had no wrinkles which were a surprise to Raina because a few worry lines were to be expected to accessorize the look in her mother's eyes that looked so old and wise and pained.

"No problems at school?"

Raina let out a sigh "I'm fine, Mom" she answered and went upstairs without another word. She went to her room and closing the door she shed her uniform and instead but on a pair of denim shorts that was a bit higher than the middle of her thighs, a black t-shirt with a white design and blocky letters, sneakers and a gray flannel shirt over the t-shirt. Taking her backpack and dumping all her belongings she started packing things like clothes, toiletries, a diary and a camera as well as other thins her mother told her that she brought during her adventures. Laughing happily at going so far to prepare to jump down a well she grabbed a piece of paper and a pen, mostly out of amusement and seeing this almost like a game, Raina began to jot down a note.

Dear Mom,

Do you remember those stories you would always tell me when I was little? You know, the ones that dad would get upset when he heard you talking about it because he wondered if it was real? Well I want to know, myself. I'll be gone for a few days if this works, okay? Don't worry, I'll be careful!

Love Riana.

Raina smiled to herself and stuck the note outside her bedroom door and put her backpack over her shoulder, sneaking through the back door outside to the well.

The young girl slowly sat on the rim of the well and looked down in to its dark abyss. Taking a deep breath, she silently prayed and then jumped down, amazed at what happened.

There was a strong wind, blowing her flapping hair everywhere. Through the strands that were flying around quickly, Raina could see a bright, luminous pinkish purple light.

Then it ended.

Raina fell to the cold, hard floor, wincing. Pushing her hands against the dirt, she got up and looked around, taking note of how tall the well actually was. The girl sighed and grabbed a thorn less vine, climbing up, careful to keep away from the cobwebs near her.

"Ugh. So I guess it was –oof! - real after all" she grunted, climbing out of the well and looking around at the green forest around her. It was much more simple than she imagined but also more beautiful. She was enjoying the fresh air, green grass, and bright yellow flowers, when she heard a rustling in the bushes and the snap of twigs and branches.

Riana froze and asked quietly "Who's there…?" but was only answered by the bush shaking more violently and a loud growl radiating from it, frightening her.

Thoughts whirled through her head. It was just like her dream! Soon she'd go deaf by its screeching and killed! But if it was like her dream then there was only one option and that was to run as far as her les could carry her, run to salvation!As soon as she thought that she sped off quickly passing countless trees in the forest, running for her life, but didn't notice the thick root of one of the larger trees as the root caught her ankle, tripping her. Her face hit the ground, hands scraped and bleeding, trying to cover her face from a broken nose and could weakly see the feet of someone standing over her quietly.

"Hi…..I'm Raina"