InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Gen-Ex ❯ Don’t Go Falling Down Any Wells Now ( Chapter 1 )

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Chapter 1: Don't Go Falling Down Any Wells Now

2004, Somewhere in Japan.

"Later that night, when the guides returned, all that was left of the campers were the bloody remains of Callys' sweat shirt!" Daniel tried to Finnish up grandly, "So remember when your in these woods, if you see a flash of silver, or yellow eyes, whatever you do… don't scream."

Their was a moments silence around the campfire as the teens tried to recover from the spooky story, while at the same time absolutely sure someone was going to sneak up and grab them for the scream.

"That was so lame, Daniel." Kagome crossed her arms glaring at the short haired boy to her right, "InuYasha is just an urban legend. Trust me, I know all about it thanks to my friends the `Demon Hunters'." Kagome tended to reacted to being spooked with aggression.

"Hey!" Sango looked up from calibrating her temperature gauge, her high ponytail falling off her shoulder.

"Urban legend?" Miroku looked up from his camera, Kagome sat across the fire from him, "This isn't very urban Kagome. The legend of InuYasha-"

"Is only 10 years old!" Kagome argued, again. "How does a creature like that just suddenly show up out of nowhere?!"

"If you would let me finish…. The legend, the original legend of InuYasha, says that the old man that lived up here, before it was opened to tours if you'll remember, got so lonely that he took in all manner of strange things. Even youkia. Eventually he befriended this inu youkia, and all was well. Until the old man died. Then the mountain was opened up to tours and InuYasha, the friend of the old man… Well here there are two different theories, the first says the old man was killed when the thing when mad, the other says the youkia just stuck around after he died instead of heading deeper into the forest like the rest."

"No one has proof that it was InuYasha that killed those people five years ago." Sango added in, "Some people think that he's the one that saved that baby, no one can explain how it got to the station at the bottom like that."

"So I guess I don't have to ask why you two came along." Kagome sighed.

Miroku smiled, "We're getting proof of InuYasha, and there by prove that youkia still exist!"

"Miroku, that's my leg." Sango put down her instrument to find a weapon. "Move your hand."

"Certainly."

"NOT LIKE THAT!" Sango hit him on the head with her marshmallow roasting stick.

When Kagome tired of watching Sango and the now gooey haired Miroku quarrel, her eyes began to wander above them into the darkness. Well not all of it was darkness, some of it was the reflection of golden eyes, slitted golden eyes. Like a cat. A really big cat.

Kagome was almost to the point of telling someone to get the Guide when the eyes, which had noticed her notice them, looked just above her. Kagome released an earsplitting screech as Kouga poked her sides unexpectedly. When she recovered she noticed that the eyes were gone.

"Ha! Scared ya Kagome!" Kouga beamed.

"It doesn't count if you touch some one, Kouga!" Kagome panted.

Kouga shrugged, "I just wanted to hear you scream."

"Whatever," Kagome looked back at where the eyes had been, "Did you see those eyes?"

"What eyes? What color were they?" Daniel asked.

"Gold. Gold slitted eyes, like a cat."

"Ooo, Kagome's gonna die." Daniel said matter of factly.

"Oooo." The other teens echoed.

"No one is going to die," The guide chose this moment to approach their fire. "It's late and we have a long walk ahead of us tomorrow."

"What do you make of this InuYasha, business, Kaio?" Mel, of the long red hair and cool green eyes asked.

"Mel! I thought you were a scientist!" Hojo exclaimed, he didn't believe any of it but didn't want to get involved in an old debate between Kagome and her friends. She was fiercely loyal.

"I am," She turned her steady gaze on Hojo, "and while I won't be defending `the demon hunters' in the public eye, I am not foolish enough to say that if we haven't done it, it can't be done. Or if we haven't found it, it isn't there. There is little proof that something is there and no proof it isn't. However," and here she turned a chilly glare at Miroku and Sango, who were packing their instruments, "I also don't see why `it' should be dragged into the public eye, if `it' does indeed exist. But what do you make of the stories Kaio? You've been tour guide this whole time right? Certainly you must have some light to shed on this."

Kaio shook his head, and looked into the darkness, "I've only been here for five years. It seems like a magic number for this mountain, five. You see it was my brother who took over the care of this place after grandfather died, though he had been visiting and helping him out for five years before that. He was going to be a doctor you know. But then grandfather died and he said that there was something up here that he couldn't leave behind and couldn't take with him." Kaio's face shown in the light of the fire as he told this story with wistful eyes. He was around 35 and already had a weathered face and some white hairs at his temple. "Five years ago my brother died. I came up here to clear out the old cabin and found out what he meant. I've been taking care of this place ever since." His eyes cleared and he stood up, "But I don't know any thing about youkia on the mountain. Now get to your cabins, and remember to enjoy it. After tonight we're in tents."

A collective groan was heard through out the forest at that. There were several small islands of teenagers each with their own cook fire, another thing that would be ending tonight. Tomorrow started the real journey up the mountain and into what has been dubbed "InuYasha's Forest".

*

The next morning, Kagome, Sango and Mel were eating breakfast around the one fire that was permitted, while everyone else struggled with their bags and argued over who would carry the tent, one for every two people. Kagome and Sango had already agreed, Sango the first day and then Kagome, so on and so forth. Mel really didn't care.

"I heard we're going to see a wishing well this morning." Sango gave Kagome a sly look. "If you had known that you might have gotten out of coming." Sango had her long black hair up in a ponytail on top of her head again, but Mel had insisted she braid it for the hike. She was slightly taller than Kagome and slightly more athletic, she also wore tighter outfits.

All the girls were wearing simple long sleeve shirts of a light material and heavy blue jeans, the ultimate in light woods gear.

Kagome rolled her eyes, "I'm not going to fall in, Sango." Kagome's spirited blue black hair was also braided, over one shoulder, at Mel's insistence. Her shirt the perfect shade of blue to compliment her eyes.

"What's this?" Mel looked up from her gutted cereal box. Her often possessed hair braided in two tight braids on either side of her head. She had insisted that her hair escapes other wise, and wraps around tree branches and grabs things out of the air.

"Tell her Kagome," Sango laughed, "or I will."

Kagome sighed, "When I was little, a gypsy women, I think her name was Kikyo… anyway she came to the shrine. While she was there she told me, and I quote, `Don't go falling down any wells now, and when you do, dive in head first.' Ever sense then my family has been paranoid, I'm not allowed anywhere near the old bone eaters well on the grounds."

"Tell her about the crystal." Sango prodded.

Kagome gave her a sour look, "Before she left she gave me this really cool crystal, it was a perfectly round rose quartz the size of one of those really big marbles that people used to shoot with, you know?"

"Yeah." Mel nodded.

"She said to wear it all ways." Kagome finished.

"And she always has." Sango added.

"Rose quartz is `gentle love', good for the heart and spirit." Mel said as Kagome fished the crystal out of her shirt.

"Is that more of the scientist talking?" Sango asked as she tossed her empty cereal container into the garbage bag.

"No," Mel gave a small smile, "the hippie."

"Come on everyone," Kaio shouted, "get your breakfast if you haven't, we move out in 10 minutes."

*

"And this is our wishing well," Kaio turned his back to the crumbling stone structure. "It is said that if you throw something of great value to you in and make a wish, it will come true. However none of you are allowed to get anywhere near it due to its poor condition. So everyone, come on and stay on the grass."

He moved on down the trail toward the next site, one of actual historic value and traceable history, about an hours walk from the well.

Kouga, with short brown black hair and startling blue eyes, walked up and with much bravo, stepped on the stone floor leading up to the well.

"Kouga, he said not to." Kagome looked after the main group farther up the trail.

"Nothings gonna happen Kagome," Kouga smiled, and leaned back against the wall of the well, some small bits of it fell off. "Loosen up."

"Kouga! Get away from there! It's about to fall in on it's self." Kagome ran up next to him and grabbed his arm. She pulled on him, "Let's catch up with the rest, or we'll get in trouble." She begged.

Kouga was the best at everything. As a young athlete and a young man, this made him invincible. Normally Kagome would have just walked on with the rest and left any other stupid young man to face his fate. But she and Kouga had grown up together and she knew he just wasn't very bright.

"Relax Kagome," he smirked, "they won't notice two students are missing for a long time…. What's that?"

Kouga reached out and palmed the stone that hung around Kagome's neck by a thin metal chain.

`Damn' she thought, she always wore the necklace under her clothes so only a few people knew about it. She didn't like sounding superstitious, but that gypsy got to her.

"It's nothing Kouga. Just a bauble." Kagome jerked back from him a little to fast. The chain broke and Kouga stumbled.

In order that he not fall into the well he ended up tossing Kagome's necklace into it. Righting himself he realized what had happened by the look on Kagome's face.

"Sorry Kagome." He mumbled. Then took off after the others wanting desperately to escape the situation.

Kagome glared at his back as he disappeared into the forest. Once he was gone, she turned back to the well. She took a careful step towards the well, nothing jumped out and grabbed her. Taking that as a good sign, she timidly looked over the edge and actually saw her crystal! It was on a stone that was jutting out ready to fall into the well any decade. It might even be in reach.

"Kouga get back here and fish out my necklace!" she yelled.

When there was no answer she decided to make the attempt herself. Leaning over the lip of the well she stretched her arm as long as it would go. "Damn that Kouga," If only her friends could hear her now, actually cussing, "strongest, fastest, stupidest, most childish…." Her fingers touched the stone and it rocked slightly. She readjusted her balance so her legs were now in the air. She really hoped no one was watching. "I just wish someone could knock him down a few notches. Damn!" Her fingers touched the crystal again and it jumped over the edge and fell into the darkness below.

"Damn!" she hit the side of the well to emphasize her emotion. Unfortunately when she did this her weight shifted and bits of the wall gave way under her. Sending her plummeting to the bottom of the well to join her crystal.

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