"Keiyou! Get back here!" Sango screeched after him, chasing her elder brother. Keiyou turned slightly and stuck his tongue out, feet thudding against the pavement, a pair of headphones and a CD player clutched in his hands. "I'd like to see you catch me!" he sang playfully, panting slightly from the effort. Keiyou laughed and kept running, seeing the look of furious astonishment that her brother could be like this towards her, Sango! Suddenly, he tipped forward over a stone that was seperated from its brothers and sisters, and crashed into the pavement. Keiyou looked up in time to see Sango leaping for the headset, before..
"OWWWW!"
Ten minutes later, the siblings sat at in the dining room, attempting to enjoy their dinner. Keiyou was scarfing down salad, trying to ignore the piercing pain in his back from Sango's attack. Sango was laughing quietly, unable to concentrate on her meal. Finally, she said "Can't you eat like a civilized human being??" as Keiyou shoveled down another bowl of salad. With his mouth full, Keiyou shook his head, then winced, knocking over his bowl of salad with a loud, "OWWWWWWW!"
Tiva the cat had just knocked into his chair, whacking her furry self into the bruise he had already gotten before. "Don't I have enough torture already?" Keiyou groaned, scooping up scattered pieces of the salad. Sango giggled and leapt down from her chair. "Race you to the well!" she chirped, grabbing her pack and opening the door with a sweet smile.
Keiyou rolled his eyes as he abandoned the salad, snatching the green strap of his backpack and hefting it over one shoulder. Sango was obsessed with camping out at the ancient well in their family's shrine, for a reason Keiyou didn't know. Brother and sister tensed themselves, ready for the start signal. "Ready...set....HEY! YOU CHEATER! GO!" Sango yelped at Keiyou's back. She growled and raced off after him.
Past startled neighbors and visitors alike, Sango and Keiyou took no notice in their race. Sango soon lost sight of her older brother among all the other people standing around. She stopped beside the rickety wellhouse, jumping at a tap on the shoulder. "Took you long enough." said Keiyou, smirking. Sango whirled around angrily. "You cheater! Redo!"
Keiyou shrugged and held up a small stone. Sango glanced at it curiously. "Its just an old rock, Keiyou. Why'd you even bother pick it up?" Keiyou sighed dolefully, pocketing the small jewel in his hand and turning to grab a shovel. "I thought it was neat...want to go digging in the well?" Sango squealed delightedly. She LOVED digging in the well. Keiyou knew that his sister actually thought the Bone Eater's Well legend was true, that demons had really once existed, and that magic was no myth in the days of old. Keiyou climbed down the steps, wobbling because of the shovel's weight.
He looked up in time to find Sango skidding down the railing. "Sango! That's dangerous!" he scolded when she reached the bottom. Sango shrugged. Keiyou sighed again, lifting the metal tip of the shovel over the side of the well. He jumped in the eerie, pitch black of the well.
Sango heard no crash. When she wandered over to jump in herself, a blinding blue glow radiated from the well's depths, causing her to stumble back a few feet and put up an arm as if to shield herself. The light flickered, then slowly began to fade away as darkness overcome it. The muffled, dusty black of the wellhouse closed in once more. Sango rused over. Placing her small hands on the wooden rim, she peered inside. Keiyou was gone.
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Evil cliffhangeryness! Is that a word? =o_o= Okie dokes, who's gonna review first? =~.^= I might be inclined to continue, if you do.