A Priestess For Middle Earth

Chapter 2 Not Again

Kagome woke up before dawn hoping to be able to leave the hut undetected by Inuyasha. He was still insisting on going with her and it was beginning to get annoying. She never thought after all this time they had spent together and all the things they had lived through she would honestly be sick of him. But he had finally gotten on her last nerve. Not that she didn't still love him like a brother but he was suffocating her now more than ever. She really needed to get away.

Slowly she made her way out of the hut all was quiet with the coming of the dawn. Kagome gave a silent cheer having made it this far. She decided to head toward the sea, her intention was to get to the mainland and explore China or Chin as it was known at the time. She wanted to increase her Miko powers to include youkai from the continent just in case. But before she left, Kagome decided to stop by the Goshinboku tree and the well. She got to the holy tree kneeled down in front of it and said a prayer. No sooner had she finished her prayer when she heard rustling in the leaves above.

"Oi, Kagome, you really weren't thinking about leaving without me were you?"

Kagome's head fell forward a sweat dropped appeared, "Inuyasha! Yes, I have every intention of going without you! Can't you understand, I need this. I need to be on my own for a while. To prove to myself that I can take care of myself. You, Sango, and Miroku have always taken care of me, looked after me. It's time to go out on my own."

Inuyasha sighs, "I get it, Kagome, I do. But you don't have to prove to anyone that you can take care of yourself. We all know what you're capable of. There's no need to put yourself in harm's way just to prove a point." He says as she keeps walking.

She stopped in front of the well and looked at the Hanyou, "It isn't just about proving I can take care of myself. I don't know I feel it inside of me that it's time to move on. That there's something waiting for me out there and I need to find it but on my own. It's hard to explain. Almost like my time here is finished."

Inuyasha was taken aback. "What does that mean?"

Suddenly a bright blue light can be seen coming from the Bone Eater's Well. Kagome and Inuyasha look at each other and rush to the well. It has been activated again! As Kagome peers inside a sudden, a strong gust of wind knocks her over and she falls into the well clinging to her backpack and bow. Almost as if she was pushed in. With a bright blue light, Kagome vanishes from sight.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha screams as he too jumps into the well. But instead of passing through as he could in the past, he only lands at the bottom of the well.

"Kagome!" he screams as he begins digging around for her to no avail.

Kagome lands in the bottom of a good waist deep in water. 'Oh great, the well has water in it.' She still believes that all she did was go back to her own time. She is then struck in the head by a bucket as someone attempts to get water from the well.

"Ouch! Hey, whoever is up there could you help me please?"

Kagome is surprised to see a man standing over the hole, Kagome looks around again and then realizes this is not the bone eaters well. Then where on earth is she! The man looks at her curiously having not understood a word she said, then he speaks.

"How did you get down there young Miss?"

'English! I must not be in Japan anymore, it's a good thing I took and excelled in English at school!' Kagome thought.

Having at least figured that out, she was able to switch to English. She spoke so well an accent was hardly noticed, "Please sir, I fell in the well could you please help me get out?"

The man hesitated for a moment then told her, "I'll need some help I'll be right back." With that, the man left.

Several minutes passed when the man came back. "Alright, Miss, we have a rope for you, just tie it around and we'll pull you up."