Transcending Time

Disclaimer: Do not own Inuyasha. The only people I own are Inugome and Kagayasha(which are really stupid names by the way, but it was the best I can think of)

"SURPRISE!!!!!!" is what everyone called out as Inugome and Kagayasha walked into the shrine.

They had been sent out to run 'errands' all day, yet she had known the true ulterior motive of her relative's sudden urge to make them go get groceries.

She pretended to jump out her skin, all the while looking genuinely surprised. Inside she was really laughing at her relative's inability to keep anything a secret, except about their parents…. There she went again, thinking about them. She didn't even know their names for heavens sake.

For presents they received were several outfits from their friends, along with trinkets from their other friends. Inugome received a large book on Feudal Japan. She had been interested in the history of her country for A while now, particularly the mythology, which involved demons and other monsters.

Kagayasha received a shiny boomerang from his friends. Inugome's gifts conceived mostly of necklaces and other jewellery. Her family seemed to have forgotten she was a tomboy and that she had lost every last bit of jewellery she had ever owned.

After several hours, all the guests left and Kagayasha went outside to test her new boomerang. Inugome watched him go and decided it would be really fun to bug him just a little. After all it was her birthday too.

She watched him for several minutes as he though the boomerang and caught it as it came back and heard his many comments, which all seemed to be the same,

"It's just the angle you throw it at."

After watching him for a while Inugome decided it was her turn now.

"Come on Kagayasha, give me a turn."

"No way, you'd probably break it or lose it, or get it stuck in a tree or….."

He continued to name every possible outcome that could possibly happen to a boomerang. He became so distracted a slightly clawed hand, reach out and pluck the boomerang from his grasp.

"Hey, give it back."

Inugome ran out of the shrine laughing mischievously, closely pursued by a now infuriated Kagayasha. Just to enrage him further, Inugome threw and caught the boomerang several times.

Kagayasha, finally losing his temper, started yelling out a string of violent curses at Inugome. Luckily there grandmother was not anywhere within ear shot.

Inugome stared at her brother dumbfounded, as he shouted the worst curses Inugome had ever heard. When he was finally finished Inugome decided it would be fun to bug him even more,

"Wow Kagayasha! I didn't know you had it in you"

Although her guardians had never actually talked to them about their parents, she had often heard them muttering under their breath that she had inherited her fathers temper. She had never expected Kagayasha to do anything that wouldn't impress or astound everyone he knew. He was always referred to as the 'smart' one, or the 'responsible' one, when she was always pegged as the 'rebel'.

"Give it back now, Inugome or I'll…."

He proceeded to tell her exactly what he would do, using grotesque and violent words. She simply laughed at him as she threw the boomerang around the yard.

"Please Inugome!" He begged her, "Please give it back."

"Alright," she laughed at him, "Here you go." She threw the boomerang at him, and it hit him soundly in the head. Then it turned around and returned to her hand.

"I'm going to get you for that!" he growled at her. And then he jumped at her trying desperately to claw the boomerang out of her hand.

Kagayasha's wild attempts to rescue his stolen boomerang pushed Inugome off balance and in desperate attempt to get the boomerang away from Kagayasha, or at least put it in a tree, she whipped the boomerang away from herself with all her might and it veered of course towards the hut that held the ancient bone-eaters well.

They had always been told to stay away from that hut, no matter what. There family always told them it was dangerous, and could collapse at any given moment. Inugome had tried to sneak in once but her Uncle Sota had caught her. She winced visibly when she thought about the spanking she had gotten.

Snapping back to reality, Inugome looked up just in time to see the boomerang veer inside the hut, and hear clanging noises from hearing the boomerang clang while hitting the inside of the well. At last there was a final thump as the boomerang hit the bottom of the well. Kagayasha started towards the well, but Inugome reached out a hand to stop him,

"We're not allowed near the well." she reminded him.

"I know! If you hadn't of taken my boomerang—"

"Our family told us to never, ever go near the well."

"But I want my boomerang!" Kagayasha wailed like a two year old boy. Inugome stared at him amazed he could act so childishly. She remained in shock for several seconds before recovering.

"Fine, we'll go, but don't be so childish."

The twins ran towards the well and ran into the hut beholding the bone-eaters well for the first time.

"I didn't think it be so big." Kagayasha said.

"I wonder if it echoes, echoes, echoes…" Inugome's voice rang on and on until it faded into the air.

"Well Kagayasha, go get your boomerang.""

"You threw it there!"

"Yes, but you see brother dear, it's not my boomerang so I don't really care."

"But you wanted it so bad! Go get it!"

"I have an idea. I'll flip a coin. Heads I win, tails you lose."

"That sounds fair…hey!"

"Ok, Let's go together. You go first and I'll follow."

"Oh no you don't! If I have to go so do you." and with that he grabbed her wrist and jumped into the well, dragging Inugome behind him.

Suddenly, a shroud of misty, swirling, sapphire lights surrounded them. Inugome and Kagayasha both screamed simultaneously but neither could hear each other as they fell towards a deep, black pit of nothingness.

When Inugome awoke, she appeared to be in a shaded part of a dense wood. She looked around, but her brother was nowhere in sight. She slowly climbed to her feet, only to find her legs were so incredibly bruised that she could barely stand. Slowly she sank back to her knees as her head pounded. I must have hit my head hard, she thought to herself.

Suddenly she smelled a pungent odour in the air. She had always had an incredible sense of smell, but she had never smelt anything this horrible. She felt the hair on the back of her neck stand on end, as her over sensitive ears picked up a strange rustling in the bushes, and a slow rasping noise, like somebody breathing raggedly.

It came fast and without warning. A large, grotesque claw, with nails as long as her arm, came rushing towards her, and all she could do was stare.