Without the well

I don't own Inuyasha or any other characters from Rumiko Takashi's work.

Genre: Romance/Humour/Action/Adventure

Rated: PG-13 I know that nobody respects these rules but please if you're under 13 don't read

Hi guys I'm back again with another chapter hope you'll enjoy it.

Signs, symbols

"Speech"

"Thoughts"

Scene change/Flashback

SOUNDS/YELLING

The moon of autumn

Let out the crescent moon light

Of unknown future

By Dragonlore

Chapter 4: Moon/Meeting

"So which way should we look for them now?" asked Sakura from her big sister, not much after they left the village they stood for the night.

"I don't have the slightest idea sis. Let's move to the nearest settlement, maybe the villagers can tell us something. A hanyou is not an everyday sight, so if he's around they'll know." responded the shorter girl.

"Ok sis! And maybe we'll be lucky and they'll also have a demon problem." answered Sakura.

"I don't really think so, we already cleaned out three demon nests in this province. For some time the ones messing with humans won't dare to move out." responded Éclair.

"About that crazy hanyou. Why was he looking for us?"

"Don't tell me you need my abilities to find that out. That girl with him is more than enough reason for him. Though I'm kinda sad, he's cute."

"Don't tell me sis that you wanted him!" answered Sakura in a high pinched tone, a few seconds later she broke down laughing.

"Hey you were the one who bathed and charged after him naked!" countered Éclair.

"I think if it wasn't for your overgrown modesty you would have displayed your body for him to watch all day!"

"What was that?"

"You heard me right big sis!"

While the twins were about to get into all out sibling rivalry, Inuyasha's group once again started to move. Kagome couldn't imagine why, but somehow Inuyasha acted much more nervous. She couldn't imagine why his attitude changed so suddenly, it looked as if he'd be preparing for the end of the world of something the like.

"Do you know what's wrong with him?" she asked from Shippo.

"I don't have the slightest idea Kagome, but be careful I've never seen him so nervous!" answered the kitsune pup.

"I just hope he'll calm down again, I don't want to put up with his bad mood all day." answered the girl. But she wasn't lucky and with time passing by the hanyou got more and more nervous. Finally it was time to settle for the night, but there was something or rather someone missing.

Kagome was already tucked in and was waiting for Inuyasha to appear but he couldn't be seen anywhere in the camp. "Shippo do you know where Inuyasha is?" she asked.

"Who knows to where the bone-chewer went off." answered Shippo but soon he was looking around fearing that Inuyasha is in the middle of charging at him. However the hanyou was nowhere. "That's strange..." he remarked. "I haven't seen Inuyasha for some time. Where is he?"

"Can you smell him?" asked Kagome with her voice filled with concern. The kitsune kit sniffed into the air and nodded.

"I can smell a faint scent coming from that way, but it's strange." answered the young fox pointing deeper into the forest.

"What do you mean?" asked Kagome.

"I can't smell Inuyasha's youkai blood, but I could bet that it's him."

"Are you sure?" asked the girl starting to rush in the direction Shippo pointed.

"Kagomeee! Wait for meee!" screamed the kitsune pup once noticing that he was being left behind.

Kagome ran through the forest desperately trying to find Inuyasha in one of the trees, but he couldn't spot him. Then she reached an ancient oak tree. She didn't need a good nose to know that if Inuyasha was hiding somewhere than it was this particular tree.

"Inuyasha are you up there?" she asked, but received no answer. She continued to beg without much success till Shippo arrived he started to sniff around the huge tree that confirmed to Kagome that the hanyou was indeed up there. Kagome looked at Shippo who nodded confirming her suspicion even more. "Come down Inuyasha we know you're up there!" she yelled once again. Once again there was no response.

However Kagome still had an ace in her hand. "Inuyasha come down or I'll say the word!" that did it. First she could hear the sounds of branches being moved and leaves rustling. This was accompanied with the usual set of curses.

"I'm going! I'm going!" growled the hanyou while jumping from the lowest branch that was still very high up. Kagome thought she's seeing things when she saw a black haired man jump down, and this man was more than sure not a hanyou.

"What is it bitch?" asked Inuyasha gruffly.

"I...Inuyasha? Is that you?" she asked.

"Who else should it be woman!" snapped the currently very human looking hanyou.

"What the hell happened to you?"

"What do you think happened to me? Now could you go back to the camp?" answered Inuyasha. Shippo started to sniff at him trying to find out what's going on he didn't have the slightest idea what happened to Inuyasha's youkai part. The hanyou tried to take it as long he could, but soon he was emitting a human growl. "Would you stop it kit!" he warned but Shippo didn't stop his ministrations.

"Inuyasha why are you a weak human?" asked the cub forgetting how much he valued his life. He immediately remembered that when Inuyasha dove onto him with the goal to beat him to a pulp. However after receiving a few quite strong bumps the kitsune managed to use his newly acquired speed advantage and was able to flee to safety in Kagome's hands.

Inuyasha growled even more when he saw that the fox managed to escape. "Inuyasha don't be rude!" warned Kagome.

"He WAS asking for it!" replied Inuyasha.

"I understand the weak human remark, but I also want to know what happened to you!" she responded. However she didn't receive an answer. "What is it Inuyasha?" she asked again. The hanyou looked away from her without saying a single word. "Inuyasha I don't want to say the word!" it was now that Inuyasha realized that maybe in his human state the spell of the rosary doesn't work and he'll be able to take off the necklace.

He went through with the plan and grabbed the beads around his neck first Kagome didn't understand but when she saw that her hanyou companion was trying to take off the rosary she knew that it's once again S.I.T. (Sit Inuyasha Time) "Sit!" the one simple word activated the spell and Inuyasha soon faced dirt.

Several growls and curses could be heard for at least a minute before the spell finally wore off and he managed to get on his feet. "What was that for?" he screamed.

"You know that too well my K-9 friend!" responded Kagome.

"K what?" was Inuyasha's only answer.

Kagome gave out a long groan remembering that the word hasn't been even invented yet. "Forget what I said just tell me what happened to you!" she commanded. "And any no would mean sitting!" WHAM "Sorry about that!"

"Feh! All right I'm talking already!" Inuyasha responded once he managed to get up from the ground "It's my human night that's all."

"What do you mean with that?" asked Kagome.

"What do you think I mean! Isn't it logical I'm strong as any other youkai we can come across but I'm a hanyou things are different for me!"

"So that's why you insisted that we hide our sleeping place in some bushes." replied Kagome.

"What else could I have done right now I can't even stop a bunch of bandits!" responded Inuyasha unsheathing his sword, and showing her the rusty blade of the Tetsusaiga. "Not even my sword would transform for me! So it's for the best if we hide somewhere and we hope that nobody finds us, the nights can be dangerous in these forests.

"I see!" responded Kagome.

"Don't worry I'll protect you!" interrupted Shippo proudly.

"Feh! Like you could be of any use! The second you smell the faintest scent of danger you flee into Kagome's hands!" responded Inuyasha.

"Ok you two stop fighting!" interrupted Kagome. "I think it would be better if we spent the night in one of he trees to make sure no human can find us and in the case of demons we still have my arrows.

"Whoopee!" replied Inuyasha not so enthusiastically.

"Come on it can't get any worse! I mean you'll turn back into a hanyou once the sun rises, right?" reasoned Kagome.

Soon they were settled in the top of the large tree that Inuyasha used as a hiding place. Somehow he felt better when having some of his friends around on his human night it made him feel much more at ease.

Not far away from them

"Oh great for once we get an escort by tasty looking men but all of them are chauvinistic pigs who will most probably try to rape us only to get their asses kicked over the sea to China!" thought a grumbling Sakura while walking across the forest with his sister followed by several bandits who obviously didn't value their lives.

"Calm down little sis! I know you don't like to walk around in the forest at night, but this time sleeping has to be of secondary importance!" answered Éclair.

"Do me a favour and get out of my brain! Have you ever heard of the thing called privacy big sis?"

"Now really Sakura there's no need to get rude!" calmed the shorter girl.

"You know how I behave when I'm sleepy!" came the answer.

"I know too well my dearest little sis! Do me a favour if these bandits attack us try not to act too brutally I don't think they would take it too well if you splash the head of one of their friends on a tree."

"Don't worry I'll be braking trees on their heads instead!"

"Come on my beauty now you're overdoing it! I'm sure you'd like the company of a man around you ne? Young girls like you are often wasted because they are too shy just like you!" called out one of the men.

"Butt off!" responded Sakura.

"Aren't we feisty!" remarked another. This was followed by all out laughter between the bandits.

"Can I?" asked Sakura pointing over to the people behind her. Éclair shook her head.

"No! You know well that I hate violence."

"Sooner or later we'll have to do it so why not now?" asked Sakura hoping that she'll get the permission.

"You don't need to ask your sister baby you can join us at any time!" yelled one of the bandits interrupting the twin's talk.

"I said no! If they start it than you can do as you wish but not before!" responded Éclair.

"Ah come on sis give me just five minutes!" pleaded Sakura.

"If you do it you won't be any better than them. But who knows one of them may be really nice."

"Yeah right! You're the thought reader, but I can guarantee it without you that these guys are not of that type." responded Sakura.

"Yeah we never have luck with men! Remember the bartender from yesterday."

"Ugh that gal must've been insane or something that guy was everything but cute!"

"We'll help you with that baby!" yelled another bandit.

"Please Éclair! Can I beat them up? It's only a matter of time before they attack us!" asked Sakura hoping to get permission.

"No! Not until they attack us." slowly the bandits were starting to encircle them but both girls remained calm.

"Sis please!"

"All right little sis! Well keep walking till we reach that big tree over there if they don't clear off you can take care of them." a chorus of laughs could be heard from the bandits around them.

"We can hardly await it!" yelled one of then.

As for the tree in question it was the one that Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippo were using for a hideout. The three of them heard the sound of several people getting closer, and two girls who were obviously not pleased to have them as a company. Soon the group came into their view; it was then that they noticed that the girls who were being escorted by the bandits were Sakura and Éclair. "Poor bastards they don't even know what they are getting into." Inuyasha mumbled to himself.

The bandits suddenly came to a halt stepping into the female's way. "So you said you'll take care of us here!" came the yell from one of them.

"Inuyasha shouldn't we help them?" asked Kagome.

"Why should we? Just lean back and enjoy the show wench!"

"Don't call me wench!" snapped Kagome.

"Oh I'm sure you'll love our attention!" remarked Sakura with an evil grin.

"Then come here baby! Maybe you'll make a good wife for one of us!" yelled another outlaw while moving closer to the girls.

"Oh boy these guys are in for it!" remarked Inuyasha. Not even a second later Sakura went to work, and within the same second five of the fifty or so men received a fist to face treatment by Dr. "Beat-a-lot" Sakura.

While the taller sibling was busy beating bandits two of those sneaked behind Éclair and successfully grabbed her from behind. However before those had the chance to open their mouths to threaten Sakura, they were blasted away from Éclair by some strange black power. The power of it was only enough to force them to let go of the girl but just as they were about to grab her again they stopped and stared at her with horror stricken eyes.

"A d...d...d...DEMON!" hollered one of them and soon the two were running for it.

Éclair shook her head while holding up her palm "Most people are so simple minded, they can't even look trough a simple illusion." she remarked to herself. A small black ball started to appear in her hand and grew until it perfectly fitted into her hand, then she threw it.

The two bandits were running for it with all the speed they could muster, sadly they were also bumping into every obstacle more or less thanks to the girl behind them. They never knew what hit them when suddenly both were catapulted into the air because of a huge explosion that was caused by Éclairs black ball.

At the same time Inuyasha was enjoying the sight as for once it's not him who gets beaten up when he runs into Sakura, the bandits were lucky that the girl was holding back to spare their lives but it's more than sure that they won't be thankful until a few weeks pass and their injuries heal at least a bit.

A branch left from the hanyou a bandit managed to get up into the tree before we was caught by Sakura. The problem was that he didn't even have time to get comfortable before the sharp end of Kagome's arrow poked the tip of his nose. "The tree is already occupied! Find a hiding spot of your own!" she recommended. When the bandit saw that the other end of the arrow was attached to a loaded bow he gulped a few times before giving her the puppy dog look.

"She said beat it!" warned two other male voices. One of them belonged to Shippo while the other to Inuyasha. When the bandit saw that the tree was really overcrowded and a man and a kitsune were also there to add to the girl's already strong point he decided that it's better to get out of there. He jumped, but before his feet could even touch the ground he met Sakura's fist.

Soon the fight was over leaving the forest filled with moaning outlaws some where laying all over the ground while again some others were hanging on branches they landed on after receiving Sakura's eager care. Not much later Inuyasha noticed that a higher branch of the tree he was residing in was occupied by one obviously unconscious man.

"Ahh... that felt good, nothing like a late night workout!" remarked Sakura.

"I still say it was brutal!" remarked Éclair.

"But it worked again!" countered Sakura.

"Umm... could you two bitches help a bit?" Inuyasha asked while climbing down.

"We're not dogs!" remarked Sakura.

"Feh! Like I care!" when Inuyasha saw Sakura's warning glare he immediately went silent. As for Kagome she couldn't believe that there was someone who could make the hanyou shut up only using a warning look, well ok the girl did beat him half to death with ease.

"We're here to help not to fight with you!" declared the younger sibling, and for once Éclair nodded agreeing.

Inuyasha nodded and was immediately back in tough guy mode. "That's why we were looking for you..."

I know!" interrupted Éclair "I'll se what I can do for your companion."

"By the way when will be the wedding?" added Sakura.