Chapter 2

Hey everybody just enjoying the new week. Roomy has left on business for the whole week and that means I got loads of free time. New job doesn't start for another week so I can write all I want, which mean more chapters for you. Snaps for sangoscourage for being my first reviewer on this story. I hope that I can keep you entertained. On with the show!

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and story belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, this is just a fan fic.

Holy hell her ass hurt. Elish lay sprawled at the bottom of a dry well staring up into a clear, blue sky. Her backpack was forcing her to arch her back and she cursed mentally thinking she might have crushed her iPad. "Why me?" she questioned as she rolled over and got to her knees. She stood and then began shouting at the top of her lungs.

"Hello! Anybody up there? Please! I need help! I've fallen and I can't get up!"

This was pathetic. She sounded like one of those life support commercials for the elderly. Shaking her head in disgust for her weakness in letting that cat scare the crap out of her she wailed some more for help. Fifteen minutes later, Elish gave up and looked around to see if maybe she could make the climb. She had watched survivor enough to know that the human will to survive was strong and all she needed to do was find a way to hull her self out of the well and then head to the nearest clinic.

Looking around she noticed there was a roped ladder off to the side for what seemed like an emergency exit. Elish blushed and felt for the first time on her trip like an idiot. Apparently, others had fell in the well and the owners had decided to put in a safety measure so people could get out. Elish shook her head and sighed. She wouldn't be telling her mom about this because said mother would demand that she come home early. For some reason the thought of Elish traveling during the holiday season was making her mom worry more than if it were spring and summer. It wasn't like Japan didn't have electricity and heaters! Elish had told her she was being irrational and that it was still warm even for the month of October.

After finally climbing out of the well Elish panicked again. This was not the well house and there was no shrine! Damn it! What was going on? Nothing was around here but trees and a small clearing. Elish sat down and stared into space. Was this a dream? Did she die when she fell down the well, and this was the afterlife? She quickly pulled out her phone and check for coverage. No service. The battery was at 97% and all her apps were working just fine, except the ones that needed an internet connection. Well paradise apparently let you use your phone. The date on the phone was the same as before, but the time stated that about 45 minutes had passed since she first arrived at the shrine. That was about right so she must not be dead. Maybe her sub-conscience was in a coma and supplying her with this information.

Elish began to worry. If she wasn't dead, which she was quickly coming to terms with because she was starting to get hungry and had to go to the bathroom, then where was she? After giving up on somebody coming to rescue her, she decided to take stock of what she had. Who knew how long she would be here? She couldn't risk wandering off and not being able to find the well again. So she checked her backpack and eyed her sleeping bag.

It was a small, light weight sleeper which she had brought for the bunk beds in the hostels. Good grief she might have to sleep in that for real tonight! She thanked her lucky stars that she had some type of covering. Next she checked for basics: food, water, and toilet paper. She had one liter of water, a bunch of ramen, a pack of turkey jerky, miso soup, gummies, Japanese crackers, and one bottle of root beer. She was going to starve before help came. The only bright spot was that she had two rolls of tp, a packet of baby wipes, and hand sanitizer.

The rest of her possessions were clothes, toiletries, a first-aid kit with matches and lighter, a camping cook set, her electronics, and her favorite plushie, Mr. Bun-Bun, the mauve bunny. Elish gabbed the bunny and held him up to eye level. For a minute she wanted to cry, but she thought now was not the time. Glancing at her watch it was four in the afternoon and that meant she had about three hours of daylight before sunset. It was October and she was already starting to feel chilly. She need fire wood and to set up some kind of camp before it was dark. Were there wild animals around the area? Elish paled and hoped she would be okay tonight; she would stay awake and keep the fire going and sleep in the morning.

After doing her deed in the woods, Elish vowed never to complain about public toilets again. Anything was better than having to pee in the woods afraid of every sound you heard. Gathering the firewood was easier and setting up camp was pretty easy too since all she had was a fire and a sleeping bag to sit on. Allowancing the food became a problem because she didn't know how long she would be here before help came so she was nervous about eating what little she had.

Dinner would just be miso soup and crackers tonight because she had eaten a decent breakfast and could last the rest of the day, plus she had nine little packs so the miso would last the longest. She boiled a cup of water and added the miso. She threw in a handful of crackers and waited for it all to stew. It was dark now and the wind was rustling the leaves in the trees. Thank goodness the moon was out so she could see a bit.

Elish was tired, but too scared to try to sleep. She finished her little soup and repacked her bag and pulled out her iPad. If things went south she could bolt on a moments notice. She checked her watch. Eight thirty and it was too dark to wander far. Across the clearing was the old well and it seemed to glow under the pale moon light. Elish wrapped her hoodie around her body and rubbed her hands in front of the fire. She wanted to cry.

So she did what any self-respecting girl did that felt alone and scared. She cried. Not wailed, but cried softly at her current situation and how she wanted to go home. She was crying and rubbing her eyes with her handkerchief and hadn't noticed that she was getting colder. The wind picked up and she panicked when she saw the fire flickering low. Three logs later and the fire was back roaring and the tears had dried up during her activity. She needed to stay alert that could have been disastrous.

Nothing was attacking her yet so she climbed into the sleeping bag to stay warm. Elish was tired but she needed to stay awake. The sleeping bag was warm and she was fighting the drowsiness. She glanced at her watch, midnight and the fire was dying again. Elish grumbled as she climbed out of the warm sack and tossed more wood on the fire. She should try playing Bejeweled instead of reading so she could stay awake. She bent over her bag and reached for the zipper when she heard a growl and a deep voice call out in the darkness.

"Miko, this Sesshoumaru told you to stay with the half-breed and meet here at noon."

Elish turned around and scanned the clearing and there standing twenty feet away was a tall figure clad in white with two swords hanging at his side and gold burning eyes. Her eyes went wild and her heart was thundering in her chest. Suddenly, he disappeared and before she could blink he was standing in front of her and the eyes had her locked in a gaze.

"You are not the miko, yet you smell like her."

It was too much, Elish figured as her brain slowed down. I am dead she thought, and the devil has come to claim my soul under the pale moonlight. And that was her last thought as she crumbled to the ground and passed out at the feet of the devil.

I can't wait until morning (snicker). Poor Elish. :D