Chapter Four: Pulled In

The next day started early with a wake up call from the front desk but both seemed pleasantly rested as they got up and showered and dressed. The went about getting a small something for breakfast and proceeded to their rental car. Thanks to Duncan's uncanny sense of direction they found the well with ease thru the unfamiliar streets of Japan. They parked not far from the shrine and Julianna practically jumped from the car as soon as she removed her seat belt dashing toward the dojo. He would have laughed at her childish excitement if he hadn't felt the power near by that he knew didn't bode well for them. His wife stopped a few yards up the sidewalk and turned to him feeling the unease from him. He walked up to her and wrapped an arm around her waist something he did not do often unless to keep her close to his side when need be. He knew she liked to feel he was near but was not one for public affection especially in a country where the customs were different.

They neared the shrine and ascended the steps and walked the grounds of the sacred place. In the back near a smaller structure was a large tree which Julianna took to be the tree Inuyasha was pinned to for 50 years. She practically radiated enthusiasm. Duncan eyed the tree wearily hoping it wasn't the same tree from the anime story. As they walked the around Duncan and his wife ran into the woman who kept the shrine. She was a single woman with no children and whose name did not even resemble the Higurashi name of the Kagome character. Duncan to some solace in this fact and decided to let Julianna look around as he watched her. She did find the small building that housed the well and called to Duncan to come and see. There were a few people in the structure looking in and a few even took pictures. She waited till it was empty and proceed inside when everyone exited. Duncan suddenly thought better of letting her go in their by herself and shouted for her but it was to late she had already entered.

All alone in the well house she looked down seeing what looked like a 3D live version of the drawings on the show. She was speechless. As she bent over the ledge of the well she was blinded suddenly by a blue light that seemed to pull at her. Duncan saw the flash as he was running for the building yelling for his wife. He got a scream for him in return. This was it he thought. He had let his guard down just enough and of course had found the one spot in the world that would be after her. He felt a stab of irony as he ran faster.

Julianna couldn't believe it. She had no Jewel shards she was sure of it. 'Not to mention it had been a cartoon' she thought wildly while trying to resist the pull on herself. She yelled for her husband once more as she began to lose her footing and was dragged over the side of the well into the blue light. Duncan jump the stairs and caught her clothing just barley and held on to the banister with the other. Julianna looked up.

"Duncan!!" she called to him. "It wont hold love. I am sorry I did not listen to you....I love you." She yelled as her sleeve tore and she was whisked into the well.

"NOOOO!!" he cried as the material gave way and her form disappeared over the edge of the well. He raced to jump in after her but the portal closed it self up just as he looked over the side. Duncan gripped the side of the well and yelled loudly that sounded much more like and animals howl of pain than a mans cry. He fell to his knees. He reasoned that she must have had a power like the girls in the cartoon that transported her to the past. He hoped to the Gods that the past also included those characters for he knew there were more demons in that time and if she was transported dimension to where there was no one waiting on the other side she might know he has a feeling he would never see her again.
She held her eyes shut as she floated thru the blue light hoping against hope that she would end up where Kagome had in the show that maybe it was all true and she would be able to get back to her Duncan and baby again. Suddenly she felt something solid beneath her and she opened her eyes to find her self in a well covered in vines. She looked up to the opening above her and figured she better climb herself out of there before she lost her mind in that hole. She was still in mild shock as she climbed the vines up thru the well and finally grabbed the lip of the well and pulled herself half way out. It had been hard work but she finally flopped the rest of the way out of the well and laid on the grass looking around trying to gather her wits. The only think keeping her sane at this point in time was that she could somehow actually still feel her husband across time and space she still felt their link. Faint as it was it was still there.

She saw the tree not far off that was the same tree from the other time and she knew she was back in time. Her mind however was having many problems wrapping itself around that concept. Not only was she back in time but she was in anther dimension. A dimension that actually contained demons and characters that she had seen on the television. This was suddenly a bit much to swallow. She got to her feet unsteadily and began to walk. She figured the best place to start would be Keade's village if indeed she was where she thought she was.

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My never ending thanks to Purple rose for letting me use her Fading scars as a starting point for my story. She is a talented writer and my story takes place between chapter's 19 after they defeated Naraku and chapter's 20 when the baby is born. My suggestion is read her wonderful works to mine might make more sense.

A few Japanese words I used:
Miko- Priestess
Shukuun no Gyokuei- crystal of destiny
Shukuun no miko- Priestess of destiny (don't know if they are right so bear with me)
neko- cat
Kuma- bear
youkai- demon
hanyou- half demon, or in this fanfic's case part demon. I couldn't find a word that meant part demon so i used it to mean a 1/4th too.
Koi- love
Kobito- lover
And I think that covers it. For give my spelling its not the best ^_^
I enjoyed writing it hope like reading it please Read and Review!
Thanks, LJ