Chapter One
Dark.
It's very dark.
I can't breathe.
Well, it's hard very hard to breathe.
It hurts to breathe.
I can't feel my legs anymore.
Maybe I should have taken a longer rest before I jumped.
My head is pounding.
What's that noise?
It sounds like a… a… a battle!
That must mean someone is up there.
If only I knew what is up there.
What time am I in?
How am I gonna get out of this well?
I sit up and look out of the top of the well. It's daytime, around noon, I think. The sounds come closer. If only I could climb out of here and see what's going on. My legs and chest hurt. The sun is so bright. I reach for some rope or something to help me out. The cold stone of the well is all I feel. Plant, strong, a vine! My hands grip it for dear life as I pull my body up the well. Pain shots up my legs as they dangle and crash into the wall of the well multiple times.
I can do this! I haven't trained all my life to be put down by a little bit of pain!
My hands are beginning to sweat as I reach the mouth of the well.
I'm gonna make it! I'm gonna make it!
Snap!
The vine has broken. I try to scream as I fall back down the well but can't find my voice. Pain shoots through my body as I land, heavily, on my back. Voices, I hear voices. They're close and coming closer. A shadowed figure appears at the mouth of the well. Then, darkness again.
Later on
Pain. Pain is all I feel. Everywhere hurts except my chest and legs. They have finally recovered from the abuse I put upon them. Cold, wet, a wet cloth! A wet cloth is on my forehead. Its very cold but it feels good. Darkness, my eyelids are very heavy. I can't open them. I try but they refuse to open. I roll my head from side to side, trying to open my eyes when the cold feeling is gone. Pain, I feel pain in my head and it's worse than the last time I woke up, back in the well. I wonder, am I still in the well? I will have to find out.
It's very hard at first. But then, my eyes just shoot open. I gaze on as my vision returns from where ever it has been. Wood. A wood ceiling. I must be inside a hut. Suddenly, a girl enters my line of vision. She has black hair and brown eyes. She smiles at me and asks if I'm ok.
I nod my head.
She smiles again. She then asks me if I need anything.
I open my mouth to speak but before I can, a boy enters my line of vision. He has white hair, dog ears and golden eyes. He seems surprised that I'm awake. He looks at me confused then, he turns to the girl. He says it's dangerous for her to be near me because I'm I demon and she's a human. He says I'm unpredictable and will probably try to kill her when I get my strength back. She nods and leaves me. the boy then sits down next to me and watches me like a hawk. I don't like him at all. I would rather have the girl back because she smiled and wanted to make sure I was alright but this boy, he doesn't like me. I can sense it. I grow tired of the staring contest we had unconsciously started. I close my eyes and pray for sleep to come.
After Dark
I open my eyes after a nice nap. The room has become darker. I think it's after night fall. I try to sit up to see if that girl is around to help me but I can't lift my head. My body still hurts but not as much as before. I wonder what I did to make hurt so bad? I close my eyes a moment to deal with this question. When I open them, I see a small boy with red hair and green eyes. He smiles then calls someone over. I wonder who he called but then, the girl from earlier comes into sight. She smiles and pats the boy on the head. The boy leaves and then, she smiles at me. I, amazingly, smile back. It's weak but it's still a smile. She asks me if I need anything.
This time, when I open my mouth to speak, that evil boy from earlier doesn't come. I whisper that I need some water. She nods her head and leaves to get some water. A moment later, she returns with a pale full of fresh water. She then calls someone else over to my location. I see that she had called another human girl. She tells the other to help me sit up so I can drink. The new girl nods her head and helps me up.
She gently grabs my shoulders and pulls me up. When she pulls me, I yelp from pain. She apologizes for hurting me and tries to be a little more careful. Finally, I'm sitting up. The new girl is helping my stay upright by holding my back. I look around to see a small fire in the center of the hut. On the other side of the fire sits the small boy. I see now that he is a fox demon. He smiles at me and the other girls as a man enters the hut. By his appearance, I'd say he's a man of god or something. What ever he is, I've never seen one of him before. All I know it that he isn't the man from before. He sits down next to the fox child and smiles as well. I'm beginning to think that that is all these people know how to do. it's starting to creep me out. Never before have I seen so many smiles.
Once I'm comfortable sitting up, the nice girl begins to give me the water. It's the best water I've ever tasted. It's so clean and pollution free. I savor each drop of the clean water incase these people send me back to my time. Once all the water is gone, the nice girl asks if I'm hungry. I think a moment. I open my mouth to answer but my stomach does it for me. A blush creeps across my face as I realize I haven't eaten for eight and a half days.
" I'm starving" is what I tell her.
She laughs and says I can tell. She and the other girl help me to my feet so I can get to the fire, where the food it cooking. When they first put me on my feet, I fell. I couldn't stand on my own, my legs were still repairing themselves from my eight day run. They notice that to walk, I need help so they walk me over to the fire. I sigh with relief when they set me on the ground. I lean my head back against the wall as the scent of fish entered my nose. The two girls sit down next to the fire while the nice girl finishes cooking the fish.
She tells me I'm lucky. I'm lucky that she had found me at the bottom of the well. She said I could have died, even though I'm a demon, I had a serious back injury and was knocked out for a day. She's surprised that I can move. She and her friends thought I would be paralyzed. She also tells me her name.
Kagome, her name is Kagome.
I want to tell her my name but she leaves me no leave to for she moves to the girl next to her. The girl who helped me sit up.
Sango, her name is Sango.
Then, Kagome tells me who the fox child is.
Shippo, he is Shippo.
Finally, Kagome points to the other man.
Miroku, he's Miroku.
She tells me to watch him very carefully because he is a perverted monk.
So, Miroku is a monk, I knew he was a man of god.
Just as I'm about to introduce my self, the evil boy from earlier comes in. He seems fine before he sees me. Then, he yells at Kagome and the others. He says that they shouldn't have helped me. That they should have left me at the bottom of the well to die. And that now that I'm recovered, I'll kill them all when I get the chance.
I was about to protest his words when, Kagome said sit.
The boy fell to the ground. Then, he went and sat in the corner farthest from me. Kagome tells me that he's just on edge and a bit angry and that I shouldn't take offense to his words.
Inuyasha is his name and from his scent, he's a hanyou. Inuyasha the hanyou of legend was a big fat ass hole. No surprise there.
Kagome asks me something but I'm to lost in thought to hear her. Then, she repeats herself. She asks what my name is. This time, when I open my mouth to speak, I'm not interrupted. Amazing isn't it?
" Akki…" I say.
" Akki Maru."