the bone eaters well

[sithhunter]

a mystic portal that allows select few to travel between the past and future......

Ben climbed up the well with great difficulty "I take archry class not gymnastics!" Ben complained to himself then added "Im gonna kill souta for scareing me and pushing me down this stinky well...YA HERE THAT SOUTA?" Ben yelled as he grabbed anothervine "WHEN I GET BACK UP THERE YOUR DEAD!" Why would souta have done that...i mean they werent the best of freinds considering the age diffrence but why souta had pushed him into the well in the first place Ben would never know.

Ben hoisted himself over the well and ploped onto the ground "Ah nice cool grass...wait a sec...grass in a shrine?.....either kagome's grandpa has gotten really lazy or.." Ben sat up and looked at his surroundings...he was in a beautiful forrest with flowers absolutly everywhere......and there was a strange woman heading his way.

[Birdie]

Brigantia walked calmly through the forest. Shafts of light shone through the leavesin the trees. They shone down around her, her silvery hair reflecting the light, causing a sort of halo effect around her head. Her large eyes were completely black, and extremely espressive. Her lips were curved upwards slightly, in a somewhat seductive way that they naturally seemed to keep. Her body was slim, very light looking. If strong winds came her way they might sweep her away. Atop her head a pair of antenea sat, moving slightly, recognizing scents and objects. Her long fingers traced over the tree's bark, tasing what was there. She licked her lips, sensing what might be a good flower near by.

She approached it, picking it and slwoly allowing her tongue to slip out from between her lips. From the very tip of her tongue a tiny, almost unseen tube came, and made it's way into the flower, ducking up the sweet necter. As was costomary with her eat habbits, she dropped the flower and began tolick her fingers. Slidning up the long digits, until she swirled her tongue around the very tip.

She paused her 'retual' when she sensed something of power close by. Her antenea twitched a couple of time, her large eyes turning towards the area. Slow deliberate steps took her closer to a young boy. But he was not the source of the power. The well was. She pressed a hand to her lip, backing away slightly, fear welling up inside her chest. His own scent had been masked b the power. But she could see. He was a human.

She wanted to scream, to run, but fear held her rooted to the spot. Poor, weak Brigantia. Butterfly demoness. A creature which the rain could kill. She was no match for the greedy humans... deflilers of her body, stealing her wings, touching places which belonged to another man... forcing her to do things.... selling her. Evil humans. She did not trust them, she knew too much of her peoples history, seen too much death that way... She felt somewhat faint. Was she going to pass out? No! She had to stay strong!

[sithhunter]

Ben looked in suprise when the woman came in sight and froze....Am i really that fat? Ben thought to himself as he stood up and slowly put his bow and quiver on the ground. Ben walked forward cautiously....being carefull not to make too much noise.Now come on ben think....what were the names of some of the strange pepole she met.......this place is about as strange as you get so this is probably where 'they' live. Ben cleared his throat and called out "Iunvasha?......jappen?......Kipiyo?......ummm now what was that one i knew right....oh yeah!" Ben cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled "Lord sesshomaru?....anyone there?"

[Birdie]

Brigantia's already large eyes widened as she stared at the young human. She took a few steps back as he came foreward. what did he want? Oh how she feared and hated humans. She bit her lip, drawing blood but barely noticing it. She had something much more important to deal with at the moment.

"Lord Sesshomaru?!" The boy... he....


Birgantia stopped moving all together. She was once again frozen, fear drained from her to be replaced by confusion. "You know my lord's name?" she whispered, her voice was cracked. She was so scared, so nervous, t was only natural. She sunk to the ground, unable to hold herself up any more. Her hair fell limply abour her paled face. Her breathing had become ragged with her fear. She felt so silly.



Unknown to her, a tiny butterfly made it's way through the forest, searching for Sesshomaru. It knew Brigantia was afraid, and did what it thought it should do. Go to someone who could save her.


((UWAAAH! so lame XP))

[sithhunter]

"Well i know of him." ben said then watched in shock as the woman fell to the ground, Ben ran up to her and put a hand on her shoulder and knelt down "Ma'm are you allright." Ben felt the heat of her blood as he put his hand on her shoulder .....She's afraid of me.. Ben thought to himself. "hey." ben said quietly "I'm sorry if i scared you..."

[Lord Sesshomaru]

Sesshomaru was relaxing. Well, as much as a demon lord could. Just sitting under his chosen tree once again as Brigantia wandered around as she normally did at certain times. It didn't help him though to always ponder over what she was doing, if she was okay, or if she ran into any trouble. So many thoughts came to mind, so many things on how she could be taken away from him. He worried too much. He forced himself to stop staring at the path she had taken when she had left camp. Forced himself to not continue to look in that direction for her to suddenly show herself and be in his presence again. If it was up to him, he'd have her never leave his sight. But he knew this was something she had to do. He had figured it out the hard way.

Suddenly his name could be heard. He looked in the direction of the voice, curious as to what male would suddenly say his name. He didn't recognize the voice, but someone knew him. He let out a small huff, and turned his head away, all the while thinking on how worthless the male was to even say his name. It wasn't worth to see who it was. And so, he ignored it. Though a part of him was still curious as to who would say his name. Even so, he decided to just leave it alone. To not even ponder over it any longer.

It was at that time that the butterfly found its way to Sesshomaru. Fluttering around his head. He didn't know what it was doing, but after a few seconds of its annoying hovering and something clicked that it had something to do with Brigantia. Butterfly and Brigantia always had to do with each other. Soon he found himself on his feet, noting how rediculous he looked following a butterfly. But after a while the insect was not needed as Brigantia's scent came to him. It was smothered in fear and immediately he was quickening his pace.

Sesshomaru took in the scene quickly. Brigantia on the ground, the man crouching in front of her and touching her. Immediately he snapped into action, moving at lightning speed behind the human and planning on grabbing him by the neck to throw him away from his mate. No one would touch his mate. He knew that it was the human male that had made her so scared, and he would make sure that the human was taken cared of. So he couldn't scare his butterfly again.

[sithhunter]

Ben was throw back by a flash of speed...so fast ben couldent see what or who had pushed him back. All ben knew was that he hit a large tree with bone crushing speed. Ben hit the ground with no air in his body...he couldent move...all he could do was stare at the sky senence the wind had been blow out of him.

[Birdie]

She, feeling slightly less fearful, was finally able to just burst into tears, like a small child. It was an old nightmare played over and over in her head. How many times had she been warned about humans? How many times had she seen what they would do to her people? Her body began to shake with each renewed sob. Her hands moved to her face, covering it up shamefully.

"G-g-gomenasai..." sob "Sesshomaru--s-sama..... I al-always make you.... w-worry." Her short hair hung around her face as she hid her face in her hands, her head tilted foreword. She was so... useless. She looked up to-wards Sesshomaru, grabbing one of his hands, her lower lips trembling, her face stained with those tears.

"Ah..." She opened her mouth to say something. But it suddenly left her mind. It was replaced by a new thought. "Is it... dead? It was only... a child." The tears seemed to be slowly going away as she looked to-wards the boy. She stood up, shakily. She nearly fell again, but caught herself on a tree. She moved foreword a few steps. It could resemble a butterfly, trying to decide if it was safe to land on that particular flower. If the wind suddenly blew that flower it would take flight, for fear of an attack.

She slowly let her hand slip from his, as she paused, thinking she saw the boy move. She immediately took a few steps back, her eyes large.

[sithhunter]

Ben tried to move...but his body wouldent listen to him...he tried to breathed....but it hurt so badly....how does kagome survive here? Ben thought to himself as he tried to regain controll of his body..but no matter what he couldent move....ben's head rolled over and he saw the woman again....and a tall man with a fur hanging over his shoulder. Ben tried to sit himself up but fell back on the ground....it would take hours...just to simply sit up again. Ben felt something on his neck....cuts...claw cuts.....

[Lord Sesshomaru]

Sesshomaru had never seen Brigantia like this before. Never this afraid. Of course, she had been afraid before, but this...this was new. And he hated her like this. The salty scent of her tears made him want to finish what he had started on the human. He would though, once Brigantia was tended to. Once he knew for sure she was okay. Slowly the sobbing died down, but she was still fearful. He ignored her apology and her stuttering. Instead he kept glancing toward the boy every once in a while. He would be laying there for a long time.

With her question of the human he shook his head. No, not dead. But it might as well be. Or at least immobile. Sesshomaru truly couldn't understand Brigantia's fear for humans. To him, they were just weak and worthless insects. He remembered, though, of how powerful humans were compared to butterflies. And what they could do. When she moved toward the male, he slowly followed her, and when she stopped he would for a few seconds before going on ahead.

Sesshomaru continued forward until he was only a foot away from the boy. Showing Brigantia there was nothing to fear. Including when he was here to protect her. No worthless human could harm him. Including in the state the demon lord had just put him in. Glancing one last time toward Brigantia he turned his whole gaze on the human. Narrowed golden orbs taking in the wounds Sesshomaru had left on his neck, and the pained look on the boy's face.

[sithhunter]

"You...you must be sesshomaru." Ben managed a small smile and added "kagome said you were always a little touchy." Ben said then he looked up at the towering man and said "why?.....why is she afraid of me?....was it something i did?.....was it something i was doing?.....or is it because im human?" Ben stopped there...not by choice but because he was out of breath...ben looked back up at the demon's face an noticed a strange moon tatto on his forehead...Where have i seen that before? Ben thought to himself as he grunted at another wave of pain.

[Birdie]

She came closer, standing close to Sesshomaru. She would have clung to his arm, if ti were not his only one. Her lower lip trembled as the boy seemed confused. "A human child.... They..." she took a step back, covering her mouth and looking away. THis time personal memories flooded her head. "They are the worst... because they have no morals." She stated.

She watned to run, to get away. The only thing that kpet her there was Sesshomaru's presence. "They beleive what their parents tell them. They willing harm other children because they are... different." she whispered. "They do not understand good and bad. They see only what their own blind parents see." Another step back. Her hands moved to the side of her head. There, beneath her hair she felt the area where there might have been a scar, had her own abilities banished it. "Human children..." SHe murmured.

But, he was still a child. Just a small child. Oh, she loved Rin very much, but RIn had never thrown rocks at her, never spat at her. Rin had never called her words that were unrepeatable. But, then, this child had done nothing either.

She came foreward slowly studying the boy's face. She looked up at Sesshomaru. "Who is Kagome? Is she the girl... the freed your brother from the tree? Kikyo..." Brigantia's eyes seemed out of focus. "Yes... It was Kagome." She seemed to be speaking from far off as she found the memory stored with in her. A memory this earth had forced upon her. "A human girl... Not from this world. Not from this time." She brought a hand to her head, as she fell for the second time that day. This time she was closer to the boy. She smiled weakly. She looked up at her lover again. "Sesshomaru-sama, Thank you." her smile grew a little. She then turned to the boy once again, frowning. She was trying to decide what she could do for him, or if she could just run away.

She reached foreward and touched his forehead. His pain overwhelmed her body. She gasped, shaking violently. She removed her hand. "I wonder... if he will die." Her tone was shaky, as if she were trying not to scream. Her hnds rested against her stomach, grasping the cloth of her kimono.

[sithhunter]

Ben looked back up at the woman "Y...you kn-know k-k-kagome?" Ben managed to say with great effort. "Sessh--omar--....is she allright?" Ben stopped talking again as he saw a ragged man in the distance...holding a bow ready to fire...but the bow...had a shard in it....Wait...thats not his bow... Ben thought in horror Thats mine!...and it never misses... little did ben know that it never missed because of the sacred jewel shard embeded in the bow.

Ben notcied something else about the man...he looked like he was aiming at the woman...I....wont....let...that happen![/i Ben thought as his body luched forward behind the woman...the next thing ben heard was the thump of an arrow hitting home....right in ben's shoulder....Well.. Ben thought as he hit the ground and his vison went black at least the lady's safe.....

[Lord Sesshomaru]

Sesshomaru kept his eyes on the boy. He was surprised when he spoke his name. Does the human know him? Of course it was then that he recognized the voice. He had yelled out his name earlier. The thoughts passed as he continued, Sesshomaru's brows knotting together in thought as he spoke of Kagome. The boy knew of the miko as well? He didn't answer any of the human's questions and instead decided to just stay silent as usual.

Sesshomaru turned his attention toward Brigantia as she stood close to him. Speaking of humans and having no morals. He had to agree with that full heartedly. Of course, he didn't fear them, it just made them worthless and weak in his opinion. They lacked honor. He listened, and kept a looked of boredom on his face as she spoke of Kagome. That memory thing of hers. She could probably see everything that had happened that day when Inuyasha was released from the tree.

Sesshomaru watched her in concern as she came closer to the boy, but hid it when she thanked him. For what? He didn't even know why she was thanking him. He couldn't hide the worry though, once she touched the human and was filled with pain. What was he to do? He hated it, when it came to Brigantia he was of no help to her. Her words distracted him for a momeny. Maybe. Maybe the human would die. He hadn't been all that careful with the boy anyway. Might have broken a few ribs here and there or something of the sorts. Ah well, wasn't like it was a bad thing. If he died, one less human to worry about.

Of course, it wasn't like he worried about humans anyway.

It was easy enough to sense the human that had come to the scene. He could even hear the stretching of the quiver as he locked the arrow in place. He even heard it cut through the air to its target. Sesshomaru turned his body about to use his poison whip to block it when he saw the human move out of the corner of his eyes. Knowing that he was in the way of its true intended he allowed his poison whip to disapear before it was conjured completely.

He didn't want it to seem like he had saved the human now did he?

[Birdie]

"No, not persnonally. Through the forest." She told the boy softly, She knew the man was commin glong before the others. Another human. This one was older. Not as scary as children were. So she did not think much about him. Kagome knew Sesshomaru? Perhaps this forest also knew of that. She would ask later.

Suddenly the boy threw himself against her. A definate crack could be heard as she landed on her back beneath the child. She gasped out in pain. Bruises were forming over her body, she could feel them burning. She could also feel the arrow in the boy shoulder. It was hard for her not to pass out. The thing that kept her awake was the sight of blood.

She screamed pushing off the boy with more strength than she actually had. She was panting, as another pain seered through her. Stupid boy! The arrow would have not been as harmful as what he had done.

She tenderly moved her fingers along her rib cage, beneath her kimono. There, a few broken ribs there. Like the boy. Her left arm was also broken. She gave a weak laugh. Bruises were becoming deffinate on her face, along her beck and arms. They moved down beneath her dress. For sure most of her upper body was covetred in bruises.

But, as Brigantia was Brigantia, she was more worried about the child. The arrow pierced through his shoulder. She bit her lip. She would have to touch him in order to do this. With a deep sigh she touched the shaft, using her teeth and her one usable hand. The,n breaking it, she pulled it from him. She also felt this. It slid through her own shoulder, though no physical sign of it was aparant.

She brought the free hand to her forehead. "Damn..." she cursed beneath her breath. That was indeed a first.