Feudal Japan, 500 years in the past: a dog-demon steals a mystical jewel from a village temple, only to be caught by Kikyo, the village priestess, and pinned to a tree by a magical arrow that puts him to sleep. Fatally wounded, Kikyo has a final request before she dies: Destroy the jewel along with her body...
Flash forward to modern Japan: Fifteen-year old Kagome isn’t impressed with her grandfather’s tales of magic crystals and other assorted legends, but her world turns upside down when she falls down her family’s well--and back into ancient Japan! Captured by suspicious locals, and menaced by a centipede-like monster, she’ll need all the help she can get--and help may come in the form of the sleeping dog-demon named Inuyasha...
