Ch.2 – The Girl In the Well
"Aslan, I don't understand." Prince Caspian sighs as he stands in the middle of a forest clearing. "You said there was a woman out here who needed me, all I see is a dried up old well."
"Sometimes appearances can be deceiving, my friend." The majestic lion laughs as he settles himself in the soft grass.
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Kagome couldn't believe it. Everything was finished; finally. The last battle was long and bloody. Everyone was littered with marks that would leave scars. Sango and Miroku held each other, having finally confessed to one another before the battle began. They also agreed to take care of Shippo and the kit in turn, promised to protect their future children. Kagome had personally restored Sesshomaru's arm for his alliance. Rin was arranged to marry Shippo in turn, as the two kids got along incredibly well and could only grow to like each other more. Ah Un, funny enough, had kits of her own. No one thought she was female so this was a shocking twist. Jakken finally learned to call on Kagome with respect and stopped whining all the time. Unfortunately by the end, Inuyasha chose Kikyo and turned on Kagome. He only protected Kagome in order to protect the jewel so it could be used to bring back his undead lover. To hear this broke her heart, but Kagome knew she should've seen this coming.
She sighed to herself as she ran to the well. Inuyasha wouldn't let her out of his site since the battle, not wanting her to run off with the only way his prospective mate could return to the living. So she chose a night he was turned human and tried to pass herself off as Kikyo, dressed in miko garb with her hair pulled back. But unfortunately she did not 'escape' in time to reach the well before dawn and he was soon hot on her trail, his inu nose telling him everything immediately. He had changed so much towards her, thinking she held the life of his loved one in her hands. It was like he was blind to all of the years they spent traveling together. Kikyo kept everyone else busy, wanting the jewel returned to her. Inuyasha on the other hand, attacked her. Her white miko haori was soon covered with blood as his nails dug into her skin. Her hakamas stained deeper and any exposed skin was bruised. Her white tabi socks were stained from catching blood as it dripped to the ground; her straw sandals were left forgotten on the forest floor where they fell when he initially jumped her. She fought him every last inch, trying her best not to use her miko abilities and thanking the Kami that Sesshomaru had offered her combat training, giving her battle knowledge without weaponry as she had to leave it all behind. "Give me the jewel to stealing bitch!" Her once Hanyou friend snarled, his eyes a glowing demonic red.
"Inuyasha please! The jewel won't bring her back; she's just using you again. Why can't you see that?"
"Give my mate back her life or I'll end yours!" He was truly gone, truly lost to his beast that Kikyo controlled.
It might have been a short fight, but it seemed like forever. She remembered thinking in her head –Midoriko, please hear me. I wish for your battle to end even if mine cannot.- As she was thrown against the well-side, a sharp CRACKtelling her that her spine couldn't take any more. There was a bright flash before her miko powers rose to the surface, a blue glow surrounding her form as she pushed herself over the well in hopes of being anywhere else.
-Mind-
"Kagome, I'm sorry your journey is not quite over. I thank you for freeing me at whatever cost. This well will not transport you to your original home, nor will it bring you back to this place. Instead you will be sent to a different world to start a new life. The jewel will disappear, its power merging with your own in thanks for protecting it as only a guardian can. I wish you the best on your new start."
-End-
The last image Kagome saw was that of the sunrise as her body tumbled down into the well, her mind slipping into darkness as the well covered her in its magic.
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Caspian couldn't believe his eyes as the old dried up well suddenly filled the small clearing with light and a strong sense of magic. As soon as it appeared, it was gone. If he hadn't been there himself, Caspian wouldn't have believed it. He looked over to Aslan, but the old lion was nowhere to be found. Curious, the boy slowly stepped toward the small well and looked over the edge, into the darkness below. But instead of just an empty well, it looked like there was a body. And it wasn't moving. There was a moment where he questioned himself, but Aslan wouldn't have brought him all the way out here for nothing, so he jumped down without a second thought. What he found at the bottom of that old well would change his life forever.