I don't own Inuyasha!
"Ouch," Rita rubs her sore back. "Are you alright, Takato-kun?"
"Hai, Rita-chan," Takato groans. He sits up to see a clear sky, and vines hanging from the well mouth.
"Takato-kun, how did the reincarnation travel to the Feudal Era?" Rita grabs his arm.
"Through this well we are sitting in," Takato grimaces.
"Okay," Rita sighs. "Let's get out of this well and see where we are."
"Are you alright, Rita-chan?"
"Takato-kun…we were just transported away from an enemy and now we are possibly in an era with human munching youkai. I don't know what to think," Rita sighs. Takato nods and they climb out of the well. "Isn't that the God tree?" Rita runs toward it, full of life, with Takato running to catch up to her.
"Rita-chan! Wait!" Takato pushes through the bushes that Rita has seemed to glide through. He hears Rita's gasp and runs at breakneck speed to get to her. He finds her staring at a figure pinned to the God tree by an arrow. She walks up to the tree and the figure. "Rita-chan! Don't move!"
"Takato-kun?" Rita glances back at her friend in confusion. "It's like your story, ne Takato-kun?"
"No it's not!"
"Takato-kun, the reincarnation placed him here."
"How do you know that, Rita-chan?" Takato sighs.
"I don't know," Rita continues to walk toward the figure pinned to the tree. She glances at the ears and smiles, "I know you were wrongfully pinned..." She reaches up and gently touches the figure's ears. She stops and places her hand on the arrow, "Why do you seem so familiar?"
"Rita-chan! Stop!" Takato yells.
"No," Rita replies. Arrows fly around the three figures by the God tree.
"Step away from Inuyasha," a taiji-ya steps through the crowd.
"Inuyasha?" Rita turns and looks at the boy pinned to the tree.
Rita feels and sees Takato put up a barrier. "Lady, why do you attack us?" Takato questions.
"You are about to wake a great evil!" the villagers scream.
"You are wrong," Rita smiles softly. "The reincarnation did this to him, correct?"
"Hai, Kagome-chan did."
"Then she was wrong as well," Rita frowns at the taiji-ya.
"How do you know…" the taiji-ya glances down at the girls neck and freezes.
"Takato-kun, how long can you keep that up?" Rita glances at her friend.
"A while longer," Takato sighs.
"You are a monk, why do you protect this demon and the girl who is trying to free him?"
"She and I are friends. I do not know you or your experiences with this youkai…" Takato began.
"He's a hanyou, Takato-kun!"
"Nani? Rita-chan, are you sure?" Takato asks.
"Hai!" Rita smiles and places her hand on Inuyasha's forehead, "Wake up, Inuyasha-sama."
"Feh! I'm pinned to this stupid tree, again!" Inuyasha grumbles.
"Konnonichiwa, Inuyasha-sama!" Rita smiles, "Let's get you off this tree, ne?"
"Feh!" the hanyou Inuyasha snorts.
"Maybe you can explain why I know you are innocent of whatever crimes they have charged you with," Rita shrugs, and places her hand on the arrow. It disappears.
"You released me from that spell?" Inuyasha blinks in surprise.
"Hey, Takato-kun!" Rita begins to climb down the roots of the giant tree. "How long till it goes down?"
"Hours," Takato sighs.
"Inuyasha-sama, could you come down now, but not go in front of Takato-kun?"
"My name is Inuyasha, not Inuyasha-sama!" Inuyasha grumbles.
"I'm Rita and that's my friend, Takato-kun. The reincarnation pinned you to the tree, ne? Because the evil one tricked her, like he did the miko, ne?"
"Hai," Inuyasha growls.
"Inuyasha," Takato frowns. "You never completed the jewel, did you?"
"We completed it, because Kikyo gave us Naraku's half of the Shikon no Tama. But Naraku filled it with his evil, and I don't know what happened to Kagome."
"Inuyasha?" Rita smiles up at the hanyou. "I might be able to answer your questions. Then maybe you or Takato-kun can answer mine... after we get out of firing range, of course."
"Hop on my back," Inuyasha glares at both of them.
"Takato-kun, can you make it so they can't follow us?" Rita asks.
"Hai, but I'll be out of commission to help further," Takato frowns.
"Please do it," Rita smiles at her friend and they both climb onto Inuyasha's back. Inuyasha took off, "He's asleep." Rita whispers to the hanyou.
"Feh! I just want to know who the heck you two are and why the heck you freed me!"
"That's why we have to get away from the taiji-ya and why Takato is covering our trail. How come I know I should whisper to you?"
"Huh?" Inuyasha turns his head slightly, "Maybe because you know it would hurt my ears."
"Maybe, but I'm not sure."