A/N: I'm posting here a very old Bark that was never posted due to reasons.

The Boy Who Overcame Time

The perfect opportunity to execute his plan came this day. His sister was in this time and she was at school while he was staying at home. It was so easy to slip in her room and grab a small bottle she had on her desk.

Gripping the glass container in his hand Souta ran to his room. He had a backpack prepared - all stuff he could need on his quest. He collected the bag and ran out of the house, following the path to the ancient well. The well house was a bit too dark for his liking, but since Kagome's first travel to the path it was much less spooky. Souta looked down the well, in the darkness. He had once jumped in and nothing had happened. But now he hoped to cross the portal like his sis.

With a few breaths to calm down his pounding heart Souta jumped over the lip of the well, exclaiming in delight when he saw bright blue light enveloping him.

The next moment he was on the solid ground on the bottom of the well, c;ear blue sky above his head. He jumped in joy and immediately started climbing up. It was a hard task, but Souta somehow managed to reach the top and crawled over it. He looked around, his innocent big eyes wide in awe as he took in the vision in front of him.

There was no house, no yard. There were countless trees and other plants growing wildly. He could see the top of the Sacred Tree high above the rest of the forest. The boy excitedly ran in that direction, following his sister's first steps in the feudal era.

Soon he reached the roots of the Sacred Tree. There was no hanyou pinned to its wide trunk, but Souta was still barely keeping from dancing in happiness. He took out of his bag a camera and took a picture.

"Neat!" he exclaimed when the old camera spat out a small piece of paper with the picture. He his it for later and followed a sound he heard after taking the picture - it sounded like metal hitting metal. It was followed by crashing and yelling. After walking through thick forest Souta entered a big glade and stood in amazement, almost forgetting to breathe.

"Damn you, bastard!"

His hero was there, clad in his red kimono, his silver hair swaying with his every move. His sword was in his hand, gleaming in sunlight as he lifted it above his head. Souta gasped when he saw Tessaiga come down and a Wind Scar tear the ground. The hanyou's opponent gracefully avoided the attack and ran at Inuyasha so fast Souta almost missed his movements. He was clad in white, his hair as fair as Inuyasha's, but less wild, his golden eyes cold and calculating. The man was holding a sword of his own, but it looked like a normal katana. Souta couldn't look away from the fight, amazed by the speed and strength of the blows. To his utter shock it seemed that while his hero was a formidable warrior, the other male was faster and much more skilled with a sword. Still, Inuyasha was able to stand his ground against him, yelling profanities Souta was sure would get him on Mom's bad side.

He couldn't help it, he had to take some photos of the battle! He was so focused on the males exchanging blows that he jumped in shock when he heard a small voice near him.

"Hello," he looked to the side and saw a small girl with dark eyes and black hair. She was holding a bunch of wild flowers in her hand and smiling shyly. "Did you lose your way? Rin and her lord can show you to the village after his sparring with master Inuyasha," she offered kindly. A wave of wind messed her hair as a Wind Scar passed well over their heads, cutting down tops of some trees. Souta lifted his camera and took a picture before replying.

"No, I'm just visiting," he said. "I'm Souta, Kagome's brother. You know her?"

"Rin does know her!" the girl beamed. "She's master Inuyasha's friend!"

Souta nodded and saw the girl come a little closer, visibly more relaxed now. Her eyes looked curiously at the picture sticking out of the camera. An idea came to his mind and he turned to take a picture f her. A minute later Rin held not only her flowers, but also a photo of herself with curiosity and confusion looking ahead, a small smile still on her lips.

An hour later two related silver-haired males were hurrying through the Forest of Inuyasha. Their fight forgotten they were searching for a little human girl with smile so radiant that it could melt ice. To Inuyasha's utter surprise they found Rin sitting by the well, along with a boy, who was showing her some odd-looking box and telling her something.

Sesshomaru towered over the strange boy and glared at him.

"Human. Explain yourself. Why did you take this Sesshomaru's ward from his side?"

Souta paled when he saw the cold eyes of gold looking down at him. He felt a warm weight of a hand on his shoulder and saw Inuyasha squatting beside him.

"He's pack to my pack, stop overreacting and scaring the kid, bastard," Souta stared back at the tall man. He didn't look like he was going to harm him. He was just glaring.

"Souta showed Rin some pictures he did with magic!" Rin informed her grumpy lord.

"It was a camera," Souta muttered weakly, lifting the item to be inspected. Inuyasha snatched it out of his grasp and went through the photos with efficiency of someone used to the technology. Souta was only mildly surprised, after all Kagome had a whole photo album with pictures from her adventures in the past, it was very likely her friends were familiar with the modern technique.

Lord Sesshomaru silently loomed over Inuyasha's shoulder, pretending he wasn't amazed by the colors and quality of paintings that had to be done in a flash, since they were depicting a pretty fast-paced battle. He had never seen a human draw so fast. And the thing he used as a sketching pad, it was unlike anything he had ever seen. Killing such a skilled artist, even if he had ;ed Rin away from him, would be a waste.

"Hm. You are forgiven, human, but just this once," he offered his mercy. To his annoyance the boy didn't look properly thankful, he just smiled at him in relief.

"Okay, brat, go home now," Inuyasha handed Souta his camera. Two kids looked at him like kicked puppies.

"Can't he stay for a while longer, master Inuyasha?" Rin asked.

"Yeah, can't i stay? I always wanted to explore..." Souta pleaded.

"You can come back when you print the photos," Inuyasha declared. "So you can give some copies to Rin," he gestured with his chin to the girl, who smiled hopefully. "But now you're going to go home before your sister finds you and freaks out."

Souta gave a nod. Inuyasha had a point, angering his sister was never good. And he could give Rin some photos the next time they meet.

"This one desires to take his ward and leave this place without any more delay," Sesshomaru added. The kids nodded and hugged each other, saying goodbye for now. Sesshomaru watched his younger brother drop the strange human boy in the dry well and almost shrugged.

So the odd miko and the boy lived in the bottom of the dry well. He would never understand humans. He glanced back at Rin following him and babbling about her new friend. He just hoped she would grow up to be a proper lady, not a well-dweller.

Meanwhile Inuyasha stood by the well, wondering how to tell Kagome her brother could use the portal. For some reason he doubted Souta would be a reasonable guy and stayed on the safer side of the portal. On the other side of the well Souta was jumping happily, already planning what to put in his own yellow backpack for travels in the past.