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Air. That was the only thing I could feel. There was a silence so thick, it was almost choking. I was vaguely aware of the soft feel of ground beneath me. Then, everything got really loud.
"WHO the HELL is THIS"
"Oh my gosh! How did she get here?!"
I didn't know how to respond to that. How was I supposed to know how I got into the bottom of the well by jumping? Wait, none of us were hurt. I looked up, and the sky was clear..... where was the roof? This was starting to get frightening. Kagome looked scared to death.
"Jessica what are you doing here?"
"...I don't know."
"She has to go back Kagome"
The eared man was yelling again.
"I know that Inuyasha! Just let me think."
"You think too much! We should just kill her."
"Are you crazy? We'll take her back."
"What if she tells?"
"We'll ask her not to."
"Do you really think that will work?"
They were beginning to scream at each other again. I tried to get a word in.
"Um, where am I?"
"Don't tell her Kagome!"
"Shut up Inuyasha!"
While they were arguing about killing me or not, I tried to get a grip on reality. The first question; was this real? Second; where the hell am I? And third; this dog eared man was seriously scary. I looked down; in my hands I still held Mrs. Higurashi's package. Go figure. I was able to save the box while plummeting to my death. Well, maybe not my death? It was too confusing. I stood up straight and handed the box to Kagome. There was no better time than the present, and since I determined that this was all a dream, I might as well finish it. They both stopped to look at me.
"This was for your mom." I told her, cheerfuly holding the brown, paper covered box in my outstretched hand.
"Um, thanks. I guess."
"Don't take it Kagome, it might be a trap"
The man forcefully grabbed the box out of my hand.
"Don't make me say the 's' word!" came her witty reply.
The 's' word? Ok. I'd like to wake up now...but i tried (dared) to ask again.
"Where am I?"
Kagome looked at me sheepishly.
"Well," she started but was having difficulty finishing it.
"We're kinda in Feudal Japan. We're five hundred years in the past to be exact."
Yup. Dreaming.
"How do I get home?"
Kagome answered again
"Through this well"
I looked up at the clear sky. Well it was worth a try.
"How?" I asked.
"We have to get out and jump back in"
Ok, I took another look around, trying to find some way to climb out. Just as I reached for one of the long vines to try to climb my way out, some one grabbed me from behind, putting their arm around my waist.
"Ahh!" I shouted by reflex. It was the man in red. He jumped out of the well with such ease, with Kagome in one arm and me in the other. We did however, land with a slight 'thud'. He instantly dropped us both.
"Ouch!" I heard Kagome.
"Was that neccessary?" I asked.
"Yes!" He screamed at me.
Kagome and I both stood to our feet.
"Follow me." She said.
We stepped up to the lip of the well. Looking down in to the dark, vine infested well, I could make out (what I hoped wasn't,) bones. Kagome stared as well.
"What are you waiting for, Kagome? Take her back! I still say we should just kill her"
He mumbled the last part.
Kagome turned her head back at him and glared.
"On the count of three. One. Two. Three!"
We both jumped. I expected that I might see that blue light again, but something told me it didn't work when we both hit the bottom of the well. Hard. I have the unfortunate luck of landing on my ass.
Kagome didn't.
"OUCH!" She cried, grabing her ankle. That didn't sound to good.
"What did you do Kagome?"
"What do you think Inuyasha? I hurt my ankle"
I knew it.
"Moron." She whispered.
Said moron jumped into the well and grabbed us both again. I was dropped the same way but not kagome. Instead, he put her gently on the ground so she could sit.
"It just looks sprained." He said thoughtfully.
"We'll still have to wrap it. But first, she goes back"
He pointed at me like I was the blame for all this... well, I was.
"I'll take her back."
He pulled me up with him and jumped into the well. we landed at the bottom but, nothing happend.
He jumped out again, looking agitated. Then he jumped back in. Nothing. So, he repeated the proccess once more. Still nothing.
"Why the hell ain't this working"
He kicked the outer lip of the well and dropped me again.
"What? Why won't it work?"
"I don't know Kagome!"
"What will we do?"
"We can't do anything right now!" He replied slightly more calm.
Kagome seemed to be concentrating.
"We'll just have to bring her with us until we can find out whats wrong with the well."
"What? We can't do that. She'll just get in the way."
"We don't have a choice, Inuyasha. And I want Kaede to look at my ankle"
He had an annoyed look on his face as he leaned down and picked her up. He began to walk into the forest.
So I guess it was decided. I was going to be here for a while. I just wish I knew exacticaly where here was.
"Are you coming or not?" he asked gruffly
"Not like I have any other choice." I told him. If he wanted to be an ass than I could be one too.
I followed close behind, but I couldn't help but stop and stare when we reached the edge of the forest. I could see a little village, and it was the weirdest, most cute little village I've ever taken the time to stare at. It was to hard to explain. It was full of villagers and a few merchant, but the scenery was beautiful. Behind the outskirts of the village I could see rivers, and more forest. I could see a small clearing to the south of it that was filled with all types of flowers in every color. I couldn't help the weird deja vu feeling that came over me, but i quickly forgot about it as i took in the rest of the village.
It was much more quiet and peacful compared to modern day Japan. It was like a little slice of heaven, smacked right in the middle of a whole lot of weird. I realized we were headed right for the village. As we walked, I noticed people staring at us. Some had funny looks on their faces, while others looked confused. Some of them just bowed and went on with their walked into what looked like a hut, but it looked to be a little bit bigger than all the other ones.
WHOOT! second chapter! ^_^