I don't own Inuyasha!
"I did not see him in the shrine or on the grounds, Rita-san," Takato smiles at her and offers her his arm.
Rita takes it and they begin walking, "Where are we headed, Takato-kun?"
"Rita-san, we are headed toward the God tree."
"Takato-kun, you don't have to be so formal. I consider you a friend," Rita smiles at Takato.
"Then I have your permission to call you Rita-chan?"
"Hai!"
"You are different, Rita-chan, very different."
"A lot of people in America call it individuality."
"Here we are, Rita-chan." Takato motions for Rita to sit as he sits down by the base of the trunk, "This is the Sunset Shrine. At one time though, it was a village. There was a priestess guarding the jewel from all demons."
"So she was a miko?" Rita questions.
"Hai, but one day she did not kill the demon that came after the jewel. He was a hanyou. He fell in love with the miko, but a thief that wanted the miko and the jewel destroyed their hope for happiness. The miko was tricked by the thief, and the hanyou stole the jewel. The miko took back the jewel but pinned the hanyou to the tree with an arrow in his heart. The miko died and asked the jewel to be burned with her body."
"Wow!" Rita looks up at the tree. "Their love was not strong enough, ne?"
"No, it was not." Takato stands and offers Rita his hand. "Now we shall visit the ancient well."
"A well?"
"It is where the story continues." Takato sits with his back against the base of the well, and Rita does the same. "The miko was reincarnated, but five-hundred years had passed. She was pulled into the well by a demon, causing her to travel back in time to about fifty years after the hanyou was pinned to the tree. It is said that she freed him, broke the jewel, and they searched for the shards until it was put together. They also searched for the thief that betrayed the miko; because they found out he had become a youkai. They teamed up with a Taiji-ya, a monk, and a kitsune. Eventually they found all the jewel shards. Nothing is said of the thief turned youkai."
"So, there you are!" it was the boy from earlier at the apartment. Rita and Takato stood up quickly, but as the boy advanced towards them, Rita grabbed Takato's arm. She began to back up, and they both fell into the well, leaving the boy to stare in surprise.