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The Secrets of Isla

Chapter 2

Stuck

Ayame landed with a thud on dark cool earth. She finally opened her eyes that she had been squeezing shut for what had felt like hours, but in truth had only been the past few minutes. She, and the other three, were down at the bottom of the well, but something was seriously wrong. There was absolutely... no water, and the sun was creeping its way down into the hole. "Guys… what the heck just happened?"

The other three were looking around in a very bewildered way as well, Sky was struggling to catch her breath and water was running down her chin after every rough cough. "I dunno…" Kagome spluttered with a cough, "That definitely takes the top of my weird list." Sango was already standing and her head was tilted back, a grim look on her face as she calculated their next move.

"It's gonna be tough just getting out of here, let alone finding out where the hell here is," she groaned. Sango was about four inches under six feet and there was still another six feet or so from her head to the top. "Hmm…" She turned to help Kagome up. "Do you think if we boosted you, you could reach that?" She pointed to a thick vine about five feet up. "Sure," Kagome nodded.

"A little help, girls," Sango eyed the two still sitting on the floor in impatience. It was a well known fact among them that Sango and small spaces, especially a very cramped small space, did not mix well. Sky rolled her eyes and stood up, offering her hands on Kagome's right as Sango had done on the left. Kagome stepped up onto Sango first, leaning on her shoulder while she tried to balance her other foot on Sky's hands.

They both slowly started to rise up while Ayame held her hands against Kagome's back for extra support. "Jesus Kagome, have you been sneaking some extra fries at lunch time?" Sky groaned, Ayame giggled behind her and Sango muttered under her breath in agreement. Kagome glared ferociously down at her but knew if she decided to retaliate it would be her butt hitting the floor. She stretched her arm out and her fingers were just about to touch the vine. "A little higher."

The two holding her winced slightly when she said this but continued to raise her even more. Kagome finally reached it and held on tightly. Using some of her own strength she pulled herself up and grasped onto the next vine pinned across the dirty wall with her left hand. She could now stand on the two girls' shoulders since her whole weight was no longer on them. Holding herself tightly to the wall she was just about to the point where she could peek over when she heard something she didn't expect.

"Just shut up and leave me alone!"

"You have got to get rid of that attitude, dogface."

"I said shut up!"

"Do you two always have to be like this? I mean really, I feel like I'm pet-sitting."

Ayame looked at Sango curiously before tapping on Kagome's ankle. She hesitated before pulling herself up just over the rim to see what was going on.

"Just listen to him for once, I mean… that girl was so hot!"

"You think anything with legs is hot you pervert."

Kagome saw the boy being referred to and to her surprise he didn't look offended in the least. The three boys looked to be in a conversation they had many times before, however, she stopped watching them and slowly took in her surroundings. They were in fact in some sort of woods, but most definitely not under water. A boy with black hair and a small arrogant smirk patted the other on the back.

"I suppose he thinks his perfect girl is just gonna fall right out of the sky and into his lap with the way he keeps sending them away," the boy accused as a pervert nodded his head in agreement and smiled at the third when something seemed to catch his eye. "Well what do we have here…?"

Kagome's insides cringed when she realized he was looking directly at her. Her palms got sweaty when the other two looked in her direction and slowly, her hand started to slip. "Uh… uh… AWW!" she plummeted for the ground and felt the other three crumple beneath her. Without too much guilt, due to the earlier comment, she realized she had landed on top of Sky for the most part. "Yep… definitely been sneaking some extra fries," Sky groaned as she pushed Kagome off.

When they looked up they saw three outlines of three heads staring back down at them. "Hmm… much more fitting. The girl that's right for you would crawl out of a hole rather than fall from the sky." One of them pummeled the one who had spoken so only one silhouette remained staring down at them. "Are you lovely ladies alright?"

"Do we look alright?" Sango groaned as she shoved Ayame's foot out of her armpit. Even though they couldn't see his face, they could tell he was smiling. He disappeared and they could hear him breaking up the other two. "Why don't you two get those demon muscles working and jump down there to save the damsels in distress!" the pervert chided.

"Do I look like I wanna jump down into a dirty hole?" one said. Sky looked over to the others, "Does it look like I'm a damsel in distress?" She said in a dry tone before overdramatically batting her eye lashes for effect. Sango snickered and Ayame giggled until a head popped over the side again. "They look so puny," Kagome recognized his voice as the arrogant one. "12 feet or so can do that to you," she muttered.

"Since his majesties seem to be inadequate to jump down to save you, we'll send down a rope and pull you up, alright?" They heard two growls coming from the other two. "Why don't you jump down there, Miroku?" He seemed to ponder this for a moment before breaking into a huge grin. "That's brilliant! Why didn't I think of that before?" He only had one foot over before the others pushed him to the ground, each rolling their eyes. "Can't ever take him anywhere can we? Look out below!"

They carelessly tossed the heavy rope down the well and it not so delicately landed on Ayame's head. "Ouch…" She looked around at the other three with a silly grin on her face before her eyes rolled back and she fell to the ground. "You idiot!" Sky screeched," You knocked her out!" The boy who tossed the rope shrugged," Maybe you should be less particular in the way you want to be rescued, now stop nagging me and grab onto the rope."

Sky glowered up at the outline of the head she wanted to rip off. "Oh I'll grab it alright, and then I'll grab your scrawny little neck," she snickered while seizing onto the rope. She started to rise quickly, and without much care, so before she knew it she was staring into the boy's face. Her jaw dropped slightly when she spotted something unusual coming out of the top of his head. "Why do you have dog ears on your head?" she asked with a raised eyebrow, her anger momentarily forgotten. He narrowed his eyes at her," Why are you soaking wet at the bottom of a dry well?" She stopped and thought about this… he had a good point. He lifted the rope over the side as if she weighed nothing and shook it over the grass.

She unwillingly "let" go and landed with a thud on her butt for the second time in minutes. Normally, she would have been furious, but instead her jaw dropped open completely as she looked around. They were definitely no longer in the lake, but they weren't even in the same woods. Just a short time ago they were in their woods in the middle of the night. Now she didn't even know where they were and the sun was seeping down through the trees. As the wonder started to wear off fear began to grow in the pit of her stomach. "What have we done?" she whispered to herself.

She didn't notice the small triangular ear flick towards her as the boy lowered the rope back down. Once his attention was no longer on her she started to take in his appearance, which was really unlike anything she had ever seen her whole life. His hair was long, for a boy, and was silver, even though she knew he wasn't much older than she was. His eyes were the most fascinating thing about him though; it was something like staring into a cat's eyes. His pupils were more like slits rather than round and their color was like melted gold. He sensed someone was watching him.

"What's so interesting, my good looks or incredible charm?" He smirked as he started to pull up someone else from below. Sky snorted in sync with another, a boy that was standing off to the side leaning against a tree with his arms across his chest. His long dark hair was pulled back in a high ponytail and his light blue eyes rolled at the boy before winking at Sky. She felt the blush on her cheeks so she quickly got up to help Sango over the side, a gift of mercy since she knew that the boy would not be so kind.

He put the rope back down again but Kagome refused to take it. "I'm not just going to leave Ayame down here," Kagome shouted from the well. "Well I'm not gonna stand around all day and wait for her to wake up!" The boy holding the rope shouted back down. Kagome glared up at him," You should! It's your fault that she's knocked out in the first place! You're the one who dropped the rope on her head!" The boy rolled his eyes and backed away, letting the rope drop as he walked over to a tree and sat under it. He crossed his legs and his arms in defiance to let them all know he was no longer going to help. Sango realized just how bad of a foot they were getting off to with them and felt a little queasy. "Strange new place and we're already pissing off the freaky natives…"

The tall boy leaning against the tree tossed his apple gallantly to the side and walked towards the well. "I'll rescue you!" he shouted down as if he thought he was superman and batman all rolled into one. "Oh brother," Sango rolled her eyes as Sky laughed at him. He landed lightly next to Kagome. He flashed a big grin before scooping down and picking her up. "Let's get out of here then, shall we?" He was just about to jump out when Kagome tapped his shoulder. "Aren't you forgetting something?" she asked while pointing down to Ayame and trying to squirm out of his arms.

He looked mildly surprised to see another girl on the ground, apparently he hadn't noticed her at all. Reluctantly he set Kagome down and scooped Ayame up in her place. "Now you just hold onto my shoulders and I'll get us all out of here." She, not at all as thrilled as he thought she should be, grasped her arms around his neck and held on tight as he jumped out. When she finally emerged with a bruised butt she lost her breath for a few seconds. Her eyes met Sky's and she knew they were both thinking the same thing. Oh shit.

"I suppose you might be a little confused judging from the looks on your faces," the boy who had been slowly gravitating to Sango finally spoke. Confused? Are you joking? Why would you think we're confused? I mean of course we just got yanked down to the bottom of the lake into a freaking well and then ended up in some freak alternate universe where boys have dog ears on their heads. But no biggie!

"My name is Miroku," he gave a small bow. Miroku had a small black ponytail and was wearing a funny outfit made from violet fabrics. His eyebrow rose towards the other two. "Don't you have something to say?" The boy who apparently fantasized about being a superstar waved," I'm Koga." He winked at Kagome and still had Ayame in his arms. Miroku rolled his eyes and motioned toward the boy still sitting under the tree. "That loveable little guy over there is Inuyasha," he said the last word a little slower, as if he were expecting a special reaction from the girls. When they simply stared at him his brow raised curiously.

Apparently Inuyasha was surprised at the reaction too because he stood up and strode towards them. "Don't you know who I am?" he asked the question in a strange way. It wasn't arrogant or anything, but almost like he wanted them to say no. Sky stared at him, pretending she was thinking really hard before answering, "Nope, can't say I've ever seen you before in my life." He stepped back and thought for a moment before finally saying," You know what to do. He warned us this might happen one day. Let's take them to him."