Inuyasha tried to decipher whose blood it was and when it had been shed. He
could detect no scent in the blood. It was scentless. He could, however,
tell that it was shed within the past three days, which meant that it was
one of the days that the village was showered in soot. Inuyasha scratched
his chin.
"Hm.." he thought. He stood there for seventeen minutes debating whether he should go in the well and see if he could find Kagome, or if he should risk going in and having the well bubble into the soil again. He thought one last time, and jumped into the well. He felt his stomach rise up in his throat as he journeyed down into the dark abyss. He landed standing up in two small footprints, evidently, Kagome's.
~~~~~
::back in Feudal Japan::
"Kaede...I'm not feeling well," Kikyo told her 'younger' sister.
"I have some leftover pork and tofu soup," Kaede offered. "Let me heat it up over the stove. Rest here on this mat," Kaede said, pointing to Kagome's old mat. Kikyo looked at it with scorn, but she lay down anyways. The soup had warmed and was just coming to a slow boil when Kaede handed the soup in a bowl over to Kikyo. Kikyo stared at the soup, listlessly. She imagined Inuyasha's face in it, smiling back at her. Only Inuyasha was gone; and so was the well.
"I'll be back in a while," Kaede announced and left the hut. Kikyo didn't touch her soup.
"I feel so lost," she said to herself. She looked into the corner of the hut where her bows and arrows were. "I hardly know how to use those," she said. "And worst of all....I fell departed from Inuyasha. What is causing this? Inuyasha had once said he loved me. Where did that love go?" Kikyo sighed, moved her mat next to the fire, and slept.
~~~~~
There were noises above Inuyasha's head. He couldn't ever remember the Bone- Eater's Well shrine being this noisy. He climbed the height of the well and peaked out.
"Eh? What's this?" Inuyasha sniffed around. Kagome's scent was nowhere to be detected. He jumped out of the well and looked into it. There were no bloodstains on the rim, only a bleached, smooth-looking surface. He walked out of the shrine and tried to find Kagome's home. He found it, and knocked on the door. A man of about forty years of age answered the door.
"Uh....hey..." Inuyasha stuttered. He did not know how to begin. The last time he had visited Kagome's house, he had not remembered seeing this unusual man. "You must be...." he twiddled with his hair nervously. He had never been this shaky before. "Kagome-chan's grandfather?" the man laughed heartily.
"No way, sir. The old man died more than twenty years ago! Who are you and what do you want?" the man looked at Inuyasha curioiusly. From inside the house, the voice of a woman was heard.
"Sota, darling? Who's at the door?"
"Hm.." he thought. He stood there for seventeen minutes debating whether he should go in the well and see if he could find Kagome, or if he should risk going in and having the well bubble into the soil again. He thought one last time, and jumped into the well. He felt his stomach rise up in his throat as he journeyed down into the dark abyss. He landed standing up in two small footprints, evidently, Kagome's.
~~~~~
::back in Feudal Japan::
"Kaede...I'm not feeling well," Kikyo told her 'younger' sister.
"I have some leftover pork and tofu soup," Kaede offered. "Let me heat it up over the stove. Rest here on this mat," Kaede said, pointing to Kagome's old mat. Kikyo looked at it with scorn, but she lay down anyways. The soup had warmed and was just coming to a slow boil when Kaede handed the soup in a bowl over to Kikyo. Kikyo stared at the soup, listlessly. She imagined Inuyasha's face in it, smiling back at her. Only Inuyasha was gone; and so was the well.
"I'll be back in a while," Kaede announced and left the hut. Kikyo didn't touch her soup.
"I feel so lost," she said to herself. She looked into the corner of the hut where her bows and arrows were. "I hardly know how to use those," she said. "And worst of all....I fell departed from Inuyasha. What is causing this? Inuyasha had once said he loved me. Where did that love go?" Kikyo sighed, moved her mat next to the fire, and slept.
~~~~~
There were noises above Inuyasha's head. He couldn't ever remember the Bone- Eater's Well shrine being this noisy. He climbed the height of the well and peaked out.
"Eh? What's this?" Inuyasha sniffed around. Kagome's scent was nowhere to be detected. He jumped out of the well and looked into it. There were no bloodstains on the rim, only a bleached, smooth-looking surface. He walked out of the shrine and tried to find Kagome's home. He found it, and knocked on the door. A man of about forty years of age answered the door.
"Uh....hey..." Inuyasha stuttered. He did not know how to begin. The last time he had visited Kagome's house, he had not remembered seeing this unusual man. "You must be...." he twiddled with his hair nervously. He had never been this shaky before. "Kagome-chan's grandfather?" the man laughed heartily.
"No way, sir. The old man died more than twenty years ago! Who are you and what do you want?" the man looked at Inuyasha curioiusly. From inside the house, the voice of a woman was heard.
"Sota, darling? Who's at the door?"
