Tears Of Blood 10- The Bone-Eaters Well (a Sesshomaru story)

Amaya P.O.V>>> Sesshomaru lands, Kagome tumbling from his fur roughly.
Gently (for him!) he pries your arms away from his neck and sets you on the ground.
"This is it? The Bone Eaters' Well?" he asks in disbelief. "You dragged us here for this?"
"This is the forest of Inuyasha isn't it? I've heard local legends of it- and the strange well within it. I suppose he was the demon boy pinned to a tree by his priestess lover?" you ask.
Kagome's jaw drops. "How did you know about that? That happened 50 years ago!"
"I was living nearby since the time when it wasn't called the Forest of Inuyasha, but merely the deep forest. I remember the well being built, and when it ran dry."
“How could that be? You couldn’t be much older than me!”
“Why thank you. Actually, I’ll be turning two hundred and nineteen this year.” you say, smiling faintly.
“Wow. Anyway, the Bone-Eaters’ Well is the portal between my time and yours. Wait here, I’ll be back soon, hopefully.” Kagome says in a weak voice, obviously thrown at your age.
She then walks to the well and jumps in.
About ten seconds pass before Sesshomaru walks to the well and makes to jump in.
“Sesshomaru! She said to wait here!” you protest slightly.
“You should know me well enough by now to know that I take orders from no-one. Besides which, I am curious to see what the ‘future’ is like. It is possible that I might find something to give me an advantage over the other three Lords.” he explains, voice unrepentant, before leaping into the well.
You roll your eyes. “Men. Too stubborn to think a woman might know better. Oh well, I suppose someone had best go and keep him in line.” you say out loud before following suit.
You are surrounded by pinkish light and you pass through a plane of eerie twilight sky before landing on something- or someone very solid.
“Gods woman, look before you just jump, you nearly killed me!!” Sesshomaru yells indignantly.
“Who’s th… What are you two doing?” an old man says from the top of the well.
You look down at yours and Sesshomaru’s entangled bodies and realise you two had landed in a somewhat… compromising position. You could imagine what it looked like to the old man…
“Oh for heavens’ sake, old man! It is not what you think. She merely landed on top of me- that is all!” Sesshomaru explains forcefully, unengaging his limbs from your own.
“What do you mean, landed? Don’t tell me…” the old man says, comprehension suddenly dawning on his face.

You leap out of the well, Sesshomaru close behind you. Together you walk up the steps in front of you and out the door.
Blinking your eyes at the sunlight, your eyes widen. You see a series of strange buildings as well as a tree that was, well, enormous!
Strangest of all are the humans you see walking around. Well- they aren’t strange, just their clothes.
“Did you come through the well?” the old man asks excitedly.
“Of course, fool. How else would we have gotten here?” Sesshomaru snaps, surveying the surrounding landscape with a conqueror’s eye.
“Are you both… what did Kagome call them… youkai?” he says urgently.
“I am, but she is… a different kind, shall we say.” Sesshomaru says, chuckling slightly.
At that, a small child looks up and says “Mummy, look at them! Why is that man’s hair so long? Why does he have a picture of a moon on his face? And why is that pretty lady glowing? Are they gods?”
*Not good. I guess youkai aren’t common around here anymore…* you think with a mild sense of worry.
The woman looks over at you both and screams. “Demons! Monsters! RUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!”
“Come quickly you two.” the old man says, grabbing both of you by the hands and pulling you in the direction of one of the buildings.
You look at Sesshomaru, your face communicating the need for no more trouble and he reluctantly allows himself to be chivvied into the strange place by the old human.
“Grandpa, what’s going on? Was Inuyasha spotted? Oh!! Who are they?” a little boy calls, skidding into the same room.
“Hmmmm, good question. Who are you two?” the old man says as the little boy ‘anime sweatdrop’s.
“I am Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands, son of InuTaisho, one of the last purebloods. This is the lady Amaya, a… priestess I am currently travelling with.”
Deciding it best to explain and get it over with, you say bluntly “I’m a vampire and he’s a youkai. We won’t hurt you; we were just looking for Kagome.”…