Koga goes into the Bone Eater's well hoping to bring Kagome back for himself but instead of ending up in Kagome's time, he is transported 500 years after—to the next sacred embodiment of the Shikon Jewel. Unable to resist the draw of the jewel, Koga in an endeavor to save his own life Koga causes the Gundam pilots to go back into the past.
This story is rated T. It has bits of smut, various POV's, humor and some horror. I tried to keep it in the true context and characterization of Inu Yasha and GW. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. The original stories belong to much more creative people. This was written in the spirit of fun not profit.
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Once Upon a Shrine
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Chapter 6 Friendship
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Koga dug his feet deep in the soft earthy side of the prison to break his fall. Normally, he would not eat a human, Kagome wouldn't like it but Koga couldn't resist the sweet smell of this human. The power emanating from him was irresistible.
Koga licked the blood from his lips hungrily. He tasted incredible. He could already feel power surging into him. The horrible weakness that had been draining his life disappeared.
Koga jump for his prey again. This time he was a little more cautious. The human was very strong. He wasn't expecting the kick that had broken his hold. As Koga grabbed him, the faint smell of another demon rose around him.
Koga felt a moment of fear. What he sensed stank of death. It was the first demon he had sensed. Koga glanced up to see a pair of purple eyes staring down at him. The eyes belong to a human, but Koga didn't like this human one bit and the smell of the demon was getting stronger.
"Get away," the purple eyes yelled.
There was possessiveness in the look. Koga knew a possessive look when he saw one. He growled at it. This one belonged to him. He greedily licked his lips again as the sweet coopery smell filled the air.
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Heero felt the animal grab at his leg. He kicked wildly and some how managed to break its grip, again. It seemed a little more cautious but it was persistent.
"Heero give me your other hand," Duo begged.
Heero was about to reach up to him but the soft tickle of moisture down his leg stopped him. The initial bite had been more painful and now his stomach was throbbing.
"Wait, I have to access the damage," Heero told him.
It had bitten him pretty good and as he touched his stomach he felt the stabbing pain of an open wound. The brief prodding left his stomach on fire. Determined he probed further along the wounds and was glad to know that only a few of them were deep. The bleeding was moderate and the wound was not totally expose. His shirt might have been wet with blood however it was keeping dirt out.
He grabbed at Duo's hand and missed. His had lost the edge of his grip. His fingers were slick with blood. He tried again and had to kick at his assailant below. On his third try, he got it.
"He's bleeding," Duo shouted to the group.
This announcement seemed to motivate his friends. They pulled even more and Heero felt himself rise up. He could almost see the lip of the well and so far his attacker seemed reluctant to leave the safety of the darker shadows below.
"Just a little more," Duo was saying when suddenly a very loud growl was heard.
Duo felt something jerk Heero hard and he was instantly dragged back into the well. Darkness closed over his head and the dank earthy walls surrounded him. He spat dirt as the loose soil seemed to rain down around him.
The group struggled against it. They would have held up against assault however the lip of the well finally gave way and with the combined weight of Heero, Duo, and Koga the others didn't stand a chance.
It was a chain reaction. Duo went over and Wufei followed dragging along Quatre. Quatre screamed and Trowa dug in his heels as they were ruthlessly dragged towards the well in the center of the floor. Not one of them thought for even a second to let go of the other.
As he approached the hole, Trowa's final thoughts were of his sister. She was going to be upset. Then he was freefalling and with one last shout, he called out to her.
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Sally and Kathy were tried of waiting. It was taking the guys an unheard amount of time to check the shed. Feeling left out and bored they both decided to 'see what was up'. Sharing a flashlight, the two of them trudged through the high grass to the shed.
They were half way there when they heard Quatre's scream. Heedlessly, they ran to the door and Kathy saw the top of her brother's head seconds before he disappeared into the darkness.
"Trowa!"
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"Let him go," Duo yelled at the animal.
Its eyes were shinning back at him. He couldn't see the creature's features clearly but there was a determination in the look. What ever had Heero didn't fear the earth or this well.
He was going to be eviscerated. Heero felt the creature worrying away at his shirt. Desperately, he did the unthinkable; he let go of one of Duo hands and slammed his fist on top of the creature's head with all his might.
The creature jerked him violently and with a snap, it broke Duo's grip on his other arm. Heero reached up desperately to his friend only to meet empty air.
"Duo," he shouted.
He could no longer reach Duo and every second he could feel him drifting away. Heero lunged again and for a second their fingers met. Time and space seemed to stretch out and then suddenly it started to speed up again as they separated.
"Heero!"
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Wufei didn't know that Duo had lost contact with Heero and he didn't care. He held on to Maxwell's ankles tightly even knowing it was the last thing he was ever going to do.
Quatre's only wish was that there was more light. He wanted to at least see his friends before he died. He contented himself with burying his face into Wufei's hips and with one hand he reached back to touch Trowa.
Trowa knew the well would be deep but it seemed to him like they had been falling forever. Every second it was like one hundred feet and he had counted to almost ten when suddenly the hard stinging splash of cold water surrounded him.
Duo hadn't been expecting water. He hadn't been expecting to be alive. When he had finally lost complete contact with Heero it seemed for a moment that he was tugged somewhere else, away from Heero. The air around him changed and become colder and they seemed to fall for an endless amount of time.
Duo bounced off the bottom of the pool and felt Wufei finally let go of his ankles. He twisted his body around and pushed himself to what he believed was the surface. He broke the surface shaking water from his eyes. After a second the sounds of splashing seemed to echo all around him.
"Maxwell!" a voice called.
"Wufei!" he shouted overwhelmed with happiness.
It was pitch black and he couldn't see Wufei but he knew he was close by the sound of his voice. Duo shivered realizing now after the initial shock of not being dead that the water in the well was extremely cold and it smelled bad. The thought that came to mind was mold. There was something old and moldy in the well.
"Maxwell?" Wufei called again.
"I'm here," Duo called out.
"Duo? Wufei?" Quatre choked out.
"Here," Duo yelled.
They were close he felt water splash and realized that they must be within touching distance. It was so dark inside the well that he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.
"Where's Trowa?" he asked.
"I'm here," came Trowa's soft reply.
They were all here, Duo felt a surge of happiness. Suddenly, there was a light. He splashed towards it and saw that was Quatre. He had somehow managed to snag the flashlight.
"It must have fell in with us," Quatre stuttered.
He was always rather pale in complexion however with the cold water and the bright light his skin had a bluish tinge. Duo shivered and tried not to splash too much water. Besides the fact that it was extremely cold and smelly there seemed to be a lot of debris in it. It felt the branches and limbs of trees.
"Good job Winner," Wufei said spitting out a mouthful of water. "The water seems more shallow over here."
The group moved towards Wufei's voice, it was easier to do than look for him. The darkness seemed to swallow up the light from the flashlight Quatre had and he was barely visible. As they stood in water chest high the light was finally able to encompass all of them.
"Is anyone hurt?" Quatre asked.
They all looked around at each other. They were in a well but its bottom was much wider than they expected. Quatre shined the light away from them and tried to see the other side of the well. The light seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness after only a few feet.
"Where's Heero?" Duo asked.
"I thought you had him," Wufei said.
"We got separated during the fall," Duo confessed.
They all looked at each other worried. It had been a long fall and searching the dark waters was going to be difficult. Quatre flashed his light into the water and gasped. They group looked down and realized why the placed smelled so bad. The water was full of bones.
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tbc
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Comments
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As always your comments are welcomed and I thank everyone for the reviews. I hope everyone continues to enjoy the story. As for pairing, well I must confess that I was so focused on developing the story's action, horror and comedy that I forgot about the pairing. There is some but I am not sure how well developed it is and how much I am going to pursue. At this point, I'm just going to ride it through and hope I don't disappoint too much.
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Ani