Chapter 3

The sun was setting, making the sky beautiful pink. Grampa was outside, sweeping the leaves with a twig broom. I walked outside. The sun was setting and the temperature had dropped a little.

'Hello Grampa'

'Oh, hello, would you like to hear a tale about this tree?'

'Sure, you mean the big one with the imprint on it?'

'Yes for you see that imprint was made by a half-demon named Inuyasha, over five hundred years ago.

'Wow, was he really a demon?'

'Yes. He was sealed by the priestess Kikyo, never to be awoken again'

I watched and listened in awe.

'But something went wrong. A young woman, from this era somehow managed her way through to the other side, accidentally of course, but she soon found herself in a world of demons, because she unleashed the power of the Hanyou'

'Wow. What happened to the girl?'

'Oh she comes and goes, but lately she hasn't been coming home, her mother must be worried sick'

'Oh, How can she pass through time?'

He chuckled slightly.

'I'll show you, follow me'

He slowly led me to an old looking building. He slid open the old doors and he let me step inside. An old well was in the middle of a room.

'This is where she goes through?'

'Yes, this is the Bone Eaters, in the feudal era, this is where you would throw bones into the well and then they disappeared'

'Ethan, could you come here for a second'

'Sure, mom'

I turned around and started to run back to the house.

'Why don't you go and get ready for bed, it's getting kind of late, and you must have had a long day'

'Sure'

She smiled. I headed inside the house and started to climb the stairs. I reached Kagome's bedroom and collapsed onto it. Grampa's story still buzzed in my head.

I woke up to see the sun shining in through the open window. It had been opened and the curtains were blowing gently in the wind. I got up and stretched. I got dressed and headed downstairs.

'Morning, mom, how are you?'

'Oh hello, good morning, I hope you slept well'

'Yes, where's Robin?'

'He's outside with Boyou'

'Where's Grampa?'

'He went to the super market, he won't be back for a while'

'Oh, okay'

I walked over to the sliding glass door and opened it. I walked into the shrine grounds and looked around for Robin. I noticed the well doors were open. That's odd, I'm sure Grampa would have closed them last night. I walked towards them. I stepped inside to see Robin.

'Robin, what are you doing in here?'

'I was playing with the cat, and then he came in here, it's dark, do you have a flashlight?'

'Oh come on, let's go find Boyou'

I sighed. I started walking down the steps to the well. Robin nervously went after me. Robin noticed a sparkling shard reflecting the thin ray of light entering through the crack in the door. He bent down and picked it up.

'Boyou, come here'

I called. I heard a faint meow. I looked up. Boyou was sitting on top the rim of the ancient well.

'Come off of there, I don't know how far down that is'

I said. I walked closer. He jumped in.

'Wait, no'

I ran over to the edge.

'Boyou?'

I called down.

'Is he okay?'

'One way to find out'

I jumped in.

'Ethan, wait'

Robin jumped in after me. I kept falling down the well. I didn't know how long it was. I turned around and saw Boyou clinging to a vine on the wall.

'Hey, Boyou'

I called I kept on falling, do did Robin.

Boyou jumped up onto the rim again and sat down.

We kept on falling, I could barely see the top now. I looked down to see the bottom rush up towards me. Although I didn't hit it. In a great flash I was emerged in what was like water, I kept falling. Suddenly another flash came and I was at the bottom of the well, with Robin. I lay there for a few moments, probably unconscious. I slowly opened my eyes.

'Robin, wake up'

He slowly stirred.

'Where are we?'

'We're at the bottom of the well'

He sat up.

'Grampa!'

I called up the well.

'Mom!'

Robin called.

'Can you here us?'

I shouted again.

'Probably not, let's climb up, if we can'

We each took a side of the well and started to climb up the twisting vines. I reached up and felt the edge.

'Alright, I made it'

I shouted, Robin was a little bit below me, on the other side of the well.

'Mom! Grampa!'

I called again, I got no reply again. I heaved myself up and over. I rested my arms on the side of the well. I found myself in a clearing, full of wild flowers, trees and dark green grass. Robin heaved himself up behind me.

'I don't think were in the shrine anymore'

I said, a little worried.

'I wonder where we are?'

'My mom is so not going to be paying my tuition fee'

I said. I heaved myself over the edge and fell onto the soft grass. I stood up.

'What do we do?'

'I dunno'

We started walking. Pretty soon we came to a huge tree with a large imprint on it.

'The sacred tree!'

I shouted. I started running up to it.

'I knew we couldn't be far from the Shrine'

I started climbing up the huge, twisting roots to get the imprint. I touched it with my hand. On impact I could feel, well smell something rather.

'I can feel something, as if someone was here, for a long time'

I said quietly. The bushes rustled and men jumped out, shooting arrows as they leapt up. I screamed and leapt towards the tree. The arrows stuck into the wood around me.

'Whoa, duck'

Robin shouted.

'No really? Do you think I'm that stupid not to guess?'

'Less sarcasm, and more freaking running'

I leapt down and started to run with Robin, to where I have no idea, but somewhere around the well. We were caught. One of them grabbed my wrist.

'Don't touch me'

I spun around and punched the guy in the gut. Robin ducked a sword and kneed a guy in the face. A guy grabbed my from behind and forced me to the ground. My hands were tied in this rope and I was carried back to a village, Robin closely behind me. We were dropped on a mat. Robin was seamlessly letting out curses under his breath.

'Send for the priestess'

'Ohhh, is she hot?'

'Ethan, can you think of anything else? These people are trying to kill us for god sakes'

The circle parted to let an old woman through.

'Eww, what happened to her?'

'Ethan, what did I just tell you? These people almost killed and mugged us'

'What are ye doing, are ye spies?'

She looked at my face, I glared back, hoping the old hag would shut up. She held out a pot and picked up some powder in the jug.

'Demon be gone'

She shouted, while throwing it at us. Robin coughed and shouted.

'Stop doing that, we're not demons, were sophisticated, Canadians, now take these robes off or somehow I'll escape'

'Hmmm, are ye not demons?'

'No, hag how many times did we tell you'

I shouted.

She glared with her good eye.

'If I could, I'd come up there and kill you if you didn't look half dead already'

She glared harder and I looked back.

'Take them to my hut'

She turned around and walked away.

'Hey, get your withered ass over, I'm not done with you yet

I shouted.