Authors note: here is chapter two. Completely revised. Still slightly short but It moves along the plot well enough. Fluffy will come in soon.

D: I do not own Inuyasha.

CHAPTER TWO: FINDING THE JEWEL

Kagome walked slowly down the little hidden pathways that twisted into the family cemetery. She had calmed down quite a bit. Now that she had had a few moments to relax, her out burst seemed silly, although she was still extremely upset about the whole matter. Honestly, sending her off to America? Now that was just horrible to think about.

The rain had been holding steady but was beginning to come down harder. When she reached the old grounds, it was clear that it had not been visited in a very long time. The area was surrounded by high stone walls, which Kagome couldn't ever hope to see past. They had been overgrown, as were much of the grounds, with vines and assorted shrubbery. Even the ancient graves were not spared the overgrowth of weeds. In the upper right corner of the area, there stood an old wooden shack, which was once a small offering temple; although she doubted by its conditioned that it had been used for decades. The beams in the roof were rotted and brittle from years of neglect and harsh environments. The outer walls were a faint rusted color, revealing that it had once been painted red, but the gods only knew how long ago it had been. After all, the thing didn't even have a door on it. Rotted off most likely.

But she wasn't left with more time to ponder the situation as the heavens opened up and within seconds sheets of rain were falling down upon her and drenching her uniform. With a slight hesitation, she ducked for the only shelter she could see. The old shrine.

Rushing through the small door, she was immediately surprised at how dry the inside was. In fact, she was down right puzzled seeing as how three of the room beams were missing. But not a speck of water was on the floor, save the ones that were now falling from Kagomes cloths. Looking around, she almost forgot why she had been forced into this little place. As far as she could remember, she had never been in here. Sure, she had seen it as a child a few times when a family member had died and was buried here. But her attention was usually centered on the mysterious statue in the middle of the grave yard of a relative from long ago, who by legend had possessed wonderful miko abilities. It had always fasinated her as a child. But at that thought, she was brought back to reality. After all, it was that damn ancestor who was to blame for her parents believing she had the same abilities.

Trying to forget her renewed anger, she scanned the small shrine while absently trying to ring out her hair. The walls were plain, and just as rotted with the same rusted color of faded paint. Towards the far wall, there was a humble alter with small copper dishes holding what looked like years old offerings of rice. There also sat many remains of incense which would have been customary for offerings back in the olden days.

And laying right in the middle of the room was a narrow stone well, of which the bottom cold not be seen.

For some reason it took her a minute for any thought to process, and when it finally did, all she could think was that this was a very odd place for a well.

"Why would they have a well in the middle of a temple shrine?" she asked out loud, almost as if expecting an answer.

Her curiosity, as it always had, got the better of her and she cautiously made her way forward the few steps to the well. Peering down, a cold chill ran through her spine as her eyes traced their way down into the blacks depths. She couldn't help but wonder what was down there, but the feeling of the hair on the back of her neck standing on end was enough for her to abandon any thoughts of exploring. After all, she should be getting away from this place. She knew if she went back to the house her father would force her go, and keep her form leaving to run away. She should be spending these free moments figuring out where the hell she should go.

With this thought in her mind, she abruptly turned on her heal, uttering "I wish I could be anywhere then here" with a mournful look upon her face.

As if waiting for those magic words, kagomes chest started to burn and before she knew what was happening lavender light formed in front of her. So stunned by what she was seeing, kagome took a step backwards in hopes of gaining distance from this glowing light. However, in her obvious shock, she had forgotten that the only thing behind her was the eerie well.

And so, it all seemed to happen in slow motion. Kagome felt herself falling backwards as panic quickly took over. The lavender light seemed to follow her down into the depths and she reached out as if it would save her from this horrid reality. The area around her blurred as the darkness engulfed her. She could her nothing but her own fear. She could feel nothing but her self falling deeper.

And then, pain shot from the base or her neck up into her head. It only registered for a moment that she had hit something before her vision went blank.

A.U: alright, so what do you think? Better then before? Worse? Let me know please either way, I am hungry for your thoughts! Ill keep revising as fast as possible. I mean hey, I got these first two chapters out within an hour and a half. Not bad, right? Please review and I hope you enjoy.