InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ And Then It's All Gone ❯ On Two Sides of the Well ( Prologue )

And Then It's All Gone

Summary- [AU] What if Inuyasha fell through the well to the future? And he hasn't yet been betrayed by Kikyo? How would this affect the story?

Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha, although this story line is mine!

Prologue

On Two Sides of the Well

Inuyasha ran faster through the forest, grinning maniacal, to reach the nearby village. He loved to mess up the villagers' lives. Revenge, he called it. Revenge for setting that miko, Kikyo, after him every single time they saw him. True, he did eat their chickens, torment their children, and scare their souls half-way out of their bodies every time he came along, but they didn't have to set some miko after him!

He glared at the little children who were laughing and playing around. Did that ever happen to him when he was that age? Maybe, he couldn't really remember his childhood. All he could remember from that was when his mother was slaughtered by youkai. They thought that youkai shouldn't mate with humans and then breed hanyou. They nearly killed him, when something happened. He couldn't really remember what happened, but after that, he was on his own.

"Oi! There's that no-good hanyou!" One villager yelled. Damn it, they saw him. "Get Kikyo-sama!" Inuyasha growled, angrily, and ran off into the forest. He wasn't afraid of that miko, but Kami-sama, her arrows filled with purifying magic hurt!

Suddenly, there was that blinding pain on one side. Inuyasha looked down, and saw the arrow. He sighed, and turned around. There was that miko. Her cold brown eyes glared at him, as she put another arrow into her bow.

"You never learn, do you, hanyou?" Kikyo asked. "I always have to do this, don't I?"

"Well, if you'd give me that Shikon no Tama you own, I wouldn't have to do this," Inuyasha said. "So give it up, and I'll leave the village alone." 'While I'm hanyou, that is. Not making any promises when I'm youkai.'

"You think I'm that stupid?" Kikyo asked. Inuyasha smirked.

"Hai, I do," He answered. Kikyo pulled on the string holding the arrow, and let it go. It went through Inuyasha, and pinned him against the tree behind him.

"Baka hanyou. Maybe next time you'll learn," Kikyo said, and walked back towards the village, with Inuyasha growling obscenities towards her.

*~*~*

Kagome Higurashi swept the steps to her family's shrine, as she listened to another one of her crazy grandfather's stories. This one was about a hanyou and a priestess who fell in love. Blah, blah, blah was the only things registering in Kagome's mind as she continued to sweep. Her little brother, Souta, didn't have to do this. And he was the boy of the family! 'Stupid chores... Souta gets off the hook on everything!'

"Kagome, are you listening?" Her grandfather asked. Kagome looked up.

"Uh... Hai, Jii-chan," Kagome answered. "Priestess.. uh... Kaede... and the hanyou... Sesshoumaru... fell in love with each other." (a/n- XD)

"Iie! Listen next time! I said, the priestess Kikyo and the hanyou Inuyasha fell in love with each other," Her grandfather said. "Now, who's going to tell the visitors the tales of this shrine if you don't listen?"

"Souta?" Kagome asked, with a smile on her face. Her grandfather narrowed his eyes in a look that said, "That wasn't funny Kagome, and you know it." "All right, I'll pay attention more."

"Good. Now, dust the inside of the well-house, and you should be done with the chores tonight," Her grandfather told her. Kagome smiled. "Although, I haven't cleaned the inside of that thing in two months." Kagome face-faulted.

*~*~*

The next day, Inuyasha was hunting for food when he smelled a familiar scent. It was that miko. Alone, too. He smirked, especially when he saw her. She was at the stream, washing her face. His eyes bulged when he saw her enter the water, in her miko clothing. She washed her clothing, and came out. Inuyasha blushed when he saw the clothing stick to Kikyo's body (a/n- really don't wanna write that).

"Come on out, I know you're there," Kikyo said. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "I want to talk with you." Inuyasha sighed, and came out from behind a bush. Kikyo took one look at him, and walked towards a clearing, then motioned for him to follow her.

"Well, what do you have to talk to me about?!" Inuyasha asked.

"You want the Shikon no Tama to turn into youkai, ne?" Kikyo asked.

"Hai. If you just figured that out, you're stupider than I originally thought."

"Well, as the guardian of the jewel, I won't be free to be a normal woman. You, you're always taunted by the humans and possibly the youkai as well. If you were to purify the jewel, we could live normal lives," Kikyo said.

"How so?" Inuyasha asked. What was this girl getting at?

"Well..." Kikyo was about to go on, when a little girl's yell was heard.

"Kikyo-neesan!"

"Coming, Kaede-imouto," Kikyo said. "I'll speak with you later." Inuyasha watched her leave, and glared at the sunset. What was it about that girl?

*~*~*

Kagome grinned when she got done with the shrine. Dirt covered spots on her face, but she paid no heed to it. 'Finally done!' She walked out, and immediately saw her crush-- Hojo. Every girl in school liked him, especially Kagome. Word had gotten out that he liked Kagome in return, but Kagome didn't believe it.

"Konbanwa, Higurashi!" Hojo said, with a grin on his face. "Daijoubu?"

"I'm fine, Hojo-kun," Kagome said. "How are you?"

"I'm fine as well. I wanted to ... ano... know if you would like to go on a date with me," Hojo asked. Kagome nearly squealed.

"Of course, Hojo-kun, I'd love to!" She said. Hojo blushed three shades of red, before saying a quick, "Ja ne" and walking off. Kagome spun in a circle.

"Wai!" She squealed and ran inside her house to find something to wear to their date.

*~*~*

Inuyasha leapt onto the villagers' roofs, watching Kikyo as she walked through the village. She walked out into the forest, and Inuyasha followed. Kikyo smiled when she saw him.

"Konnichiwa," She said. "Would you care to follow me?" Inuyasha shrugged. They walked to a river, where a boat was. She walked into it, and Inuyasha followed suit. They paddled to the middle of the river.

"So what'd you want to talk to me about?" Inuyasha asked.

"It's about the purifying the jewel," Kikyo answered. "All you'd have to do is use it to become human."

"Why'd I do something like that?" Inuyasha asked.

"Well, you'd be respected," Kikyo said. "You could live a normal life."

"Feh. You just want to stop guarding the jewel," Inuyasha accused.

"Maybe, but I have never lived a normal life. I've always been a miko," Kikyo said. "If that jewel never gets purified, then I will never be able to live like a normal woman, to have children, to be in love..." Inuyasha looked at her for a minute. "You are the only one to purify it."

Inuyasha continued to look at her. "You never said why you want me human so badly, except for your miko life."

She smiled, "You're right, there is another reason." She sat up in the boat, and kissed him. "That's the other reason."
*~*~*

Kagome smiled as she ate her dinner, which was oden. Her mother looked at her.

"Hojo asked you didn't he?" She asked.

"How'd you know?" Kagome asked.

"Usually when you eat your oden, you gobble it down, unless you're happy," Her mother answered. Kagome shrugged, and stuffed more oden into her mouth.

*~*~*

"So, we'll meet at the Goshinboku tree, and I'll purify the jewel, right?" Inuyasha asked. Kikyo nodded. "Then..."

"We'll marry," Kikyo finished. She kissed him lightly on the lips, and ran off. Inuyasha looked in the direction she went, and smiled. He then ran in the opposite direction, until he reached a well. 'Funny, this wasn't here before,' he noted. He walked up to it, and felt two hands pull him in.

*~*~*

a/n- ^_^ I got this idea listening to Linkin park. Odd, ne? Anyway, review if you wanna know what happens to Inu-chan!

Inuyasha- DON'T CALL ME THAT!

Nikki- Oh, but you're so cute, Inu-chan! ::rubs his ears::

Inuyasha- KAGOMEEEE! STOP HER!!

Kagome- (Magically appears) HEY! Get off of my Inu-chan! ::starts a cat-fight with Nikki::

Inuyasha- *Sweatdrop*