The Well on The Sacred Grounds

Silver and Maxie walked through the rural streets of Tokyo, Maxie pointing out all sorts of different buildings that Silver had only read about and Silver absorbing it all with the excitement and pleasure of a child. At one point, they passed a large staircase where buildings atop the hill could barely be seen. Silver asked what it was.

" It's a shrine." Maxie said. " I believe it's called, Higurashi Shrine. It's guarded by the people who bear its name." She explained. Silver stared at it in wonder. " Do you think they'd let us see?" she asked. Maxie cocked an eyebrow and chewed her lip. " I suppose it wouldn't hurt to ask. But I don't know." She said. She took Silver's hand and led her up the stairs. As she did, she noted the strange fact that the further up they got the longer Silver's nails seemed to be. When she stole a peek down, she almost gasped. Silver's nails had become claws. She hoped that no one would notice, or she'd have to take Silver to get a manicure which she didn't want to do, what with her hair and eyes. The workers there would surely ask about her eye color and they would know eye drops couldn't do that.

They reached the top and stepped into a neat courtyard. There was a small house nearby, along with a large temple and a tiny little hut far to the left, in a corner. Silver couldn't seem to take it all in at once. " It's incredible!" she gasped. Maxie smiled. " Yes. Come to think of it, I actually have been here before. I came to do some water tests for the Higurashi family. I should probably give them the results."

" Didn't you already?"

" I didn't have to, but I never told them that. I wasn't as compassionate then as I am now."

" I find that hard to believe." Silver said. Maxie led Silver across the courtyard to the house, went up and knocked on the door. To their surprise, a tall boy in a red kimono and pure white hair answered. He made a face when he saw them. " Uh, I don't live here, but can I help you?" he asked, somewhat less than politely. Maxie cleared her throat. " Hello, my name is Maxine Gustavo and—"

" Not interested!" he yelled, slamming the door shut. Maxie smiled and folded her arms behind her back. Silver wondered what she was doing until she heard voices on the other side of the door.

"InuYasha! That was rude! Sit!"

There was a loud thud and the door opened again, this time by a pretty young girl in a school uniform and black hair. She stared at them a moment and then smiled. " Hi, I do live here. Can I help you?" she said nicely. Maxie smiled.

" Yes. I am Maxine Gustavo and I ran some water tests here awhile back. I came to give you the results." She said. The girl smiled. " Oh, sure. Come on in." she said, stepping back. Maxie nodded and stepped inside. Silver hesitated. Maxie turned. " Silver? Come on." She said gently. Silver sighed and followed her. The girl watched her for a second before closing the door. She took a seat at the kitchen table. " My mom and grandpa and brother are out shopping at the moment so I'm stuck here with a friend of mine who won't go home!" she called into the back. The friend yelled 'Hey!' in reply. The girl sighed exasperatedly. " I'm Kagome. Is this, your daughter?" she said, addressing Silver. Maxie ruffle her hair, accidentally loosening the wig slightly. Kagome's eyes widened a bit when she saw the silver hair.

" She's my adoptive daughter. We received her three years ago. Her name's Silver."

" That's a pretty name. She looks familiar."

" Well, she has that face." Maxie said uncomfortably. " Um, I can just write the results on a piece of paper for your mother. Silver had also asked if she might be able to see the grounds. Do you mind if she looks around?"

" No, we'll go with her to see that nothing happens." Kagome said brightly. She got up and held her hand out to Silver. Silver smiled and took it. " Bye Maxie!" she said as Kagome led her to the back where there was supposedly a back door. Kagome paused and looked through the living room. " InuYasha! Come on! We're going to do a little tour."

" Jeez. You'd think this was a museum or something." He grumbled, standing up from behind a chair. He took a look at silver. " So who are you?" he asked. Silver whirled abruptly. Her wig slipped a bit, but she didn't notice. " My name is Silver." She said indignantly. Kagome giggled. " How old are you anyway?"

" Three." She said. Kagome's eyes went wide.

" O-o-okay. Let's go outside now. Come on InuYasha." She said. She went out the door.

As soon as they were far from the house, close to that little shed, InuYasha suddenly pounced on Silver, knocking her to the ground. Kagome yelled.

" InuYasha! What the heck are you doing?" she screamed, as InuYasha suddenly pulled the girl's hair, ripping off the wig. " I knew it!" he shouted. " You aren't a human! You're a demon!"

Silver stopped struggling and stared at him. " I'm a what?"

InuYasha's face went blank. " What do you mean, 'you're a what'? You heard me! You're a demon! And you smell familiar."

" InuYasha!" Kagome cried, dragging him off her by the ear. He pulled away. " I'm telling you she's a demon! Look at her hair! It looks like Sesshomaru's and mine only it's wavy. Her eyes look like ours too." He added as an afterthought. Kagome crossed her arms. " Look, she had the wig on for a reason. Just because she has white hair doesn't mean she's a demon. She could be an old lady for all we know."

" I'm three!" she insisted. " I'm a mutant, not a demon." Silver yelled. She could feel her hands radiating the power of her light whip.

" How'd you get here?" InuYasha yelled. Kagome grabbed his ear again.

" InuYasha!"

" Kagome, she came through the well! I'm sure of it! She smells just like a demon! Can't you sense it?"

To Silver's shock, he held up a hand and unsheathed a set of razor-sharp claws from each finger.

" InuYasha!" Kagome screamed. He leapt forward, claws raised. Silver let out a cry and let loose the light whip, cracking it against his head and driving him back. She furled it back toward her where it lay curled behind her, ready to strike once again. InuYasha fell to his knees and stared at her, bewildered. " How the hell did you do that? I've only ever seen Sesshomaru do it!" he yelled. The light whip flew up again in a defensive mode. " Stay back!" Silver cried. Now, it was Kagome's turn to be shocked. " You're right, InuYasha. Silver please tell us the truth. Are you really from the Feudal Era?" she asked. Silver relinquished the light whip and backed away from them. " Leave me alone! I didn't do that just now! I'm a mutant, a test subject!"

" You're more than a mutant and I have a feeling you have something to do with a certain jerk I know!" InuYasha yelled, getting to his feet. Silver felt an urge of panic arise. " Maxie!" she screamed.

The door to the house flew open and Silver turned at the sound, expecting to see Maxie come running out. Instead, she screamed again as the Professor appeared, the Stun Phaser rifle in his hand. " Silver! You've run off for the last time!" he bellowed. Silver gasped and turned and fled across the grounds. Kagome tried to block the man's path to help her escape. InuYasha ran after her.

Silver ran straight for the shed.

" No!" InuYasha yelled behind her. She put on as much speed as she could, going much faster than she ever had at Banodyne.

InuYasha gaped, as she became less than a blur running across the grounds and into the shed.

The inside of the shed was dark, but Silver had known for a long time she could see in the dark, so she proceeded without caution. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, she bumped into something. She turned. It was a dry well.

" Any port in a storm." She muttered. She closed her eyes and jumped in.

She braced her feet for a landing on the hard ground at the bottom. As she fell, she felt as though she were hovering in space.

Boy, this is one deep well. She thought.

Finally, she landed on solid earth. She cowered against the wooden wall, waiting for the sound of the Stun Phaser rifle to ricochet into the well, striking her and paralyzing her for the next several hours. But when nothing came, she opened her eyes.

She gasped. Sunlight was seeping down into the well. Was it possible that she fell asleep and was seeing sunlight through the opening in the shed? No, they'd have found her by now. There was no other place to hide in there. And although she had a variety of assorted powers, she couldn't become invisible or vanish into thin air. She stood up, loose hairs catching on the wood and vines.

Vines?

A/N: Yay! Silver's in the Feudal Era! What will she discover? I'm not telling! Oh, and Kinkatia, just a friendly reminder. No hinting! I'll keep updating. I'm so happy to be getting reviews! It's awesome! I'm glad I made my goal and accomplished what writing is supposed to do, make people happy.