Hiya! Mika here! I ABSOLUTELY ADORE ANIME AND MANGA:D I've read so many fanfics... but this is my first time attempting to write one of my own... So please don't make fun of it! ...lol, jk...insult it as much as you want... but just remember to review please! Thankies!

4-20

Edited: The wordings and stuff. Hope it sounds better now… XD

4-20 (5 minutes later)

Edited: Uh… I edited the beginning, but the middle was just plain too awful for even someone like me to read. I didn't understand a single thing I had written! XD Oh wellz… please bear with me! XP

Disclaimer: Inuyasha. Is. Not. Mine. (clear enough... i hope)

Vanished

By: Pyro Blossom a.k.a. Mika and Sheby

Chapter 1

The many droplets of rain pounded rapidly against the broken-down warehouse. Kagome groaned and rolled over in her crate-box bed, wrinkling the pieces of newspaper that she had wrapped around herself. At the same time, she pulled some of the ragged paper over her ears, desperately trying to block out the thunderous sounds coming from outside. A torrent of rain continued to pour down upon the uncozy building; thunder roared and a loud 'crash!' could be heard. Kagome flinched and immediately shut her eyes. Oh... ...well... there goes another tree... she thought. Shivering, Kagome bit her lips, and braced herself for another round of the piercing-cold wind…

And that's when she heard it.

The sound of a gun shot...

...from outside, near the other side of the lake.

Far, yes. But she always had very good ears, able to detect even the most hushed sounds.

Kagome pulled the newspaper tighter, ripping them in the process. Cursing silently at her lack of luck, she rolled over to lay on her other side. Kagome let out an exhausted sigh; her wonderful cursed luck began when her family left her to go to some other place ...above... WAY above... somewhere free... but... ...well, dead... Then, the people who found her just simply assumed that she was dead along with the rest of the family, and so they buried her alive. Thanks. She thought sarcastically towards them when she had woken up that day from her unconsciousness to find a massive amount of dirt piled on top of her. (She also found a bug in her mouth, which she immediately spat out... though later she felt a bit disgusted and sick... ) It took her a while to realize why she had been buried. She hadn't shed a tear, but felt like she was breaking apart on the inside.

But now...she could feel her eyes blur. Attempting to blink back the tears and stifle the sob that she could feel at the tip of her throat, Kagome flipped her eyes shut. After a while, she calmed down, but then instantly transferred her mind to dreamland...

Ah...

...Dreamland...

Dreamland was a nice, calm place. Everything she desired was there. Kagome even saw her family, which lit up her dried-up-mud face. Outstretching her slender arms, Kagome wrapped them around her family and held them close. Kagome eyed each and every one of her precious family member.

Souta.

Grandpa.

Mom...

...Even Buyo...

Her tear-filled eyes remained closed; a smile had plastered itself onto her face...

...And soon, fatigue took over her body...

Intense sunlight beamed down upon her. Kagome attempted to use a hand to block out the sun's warm rays, but didn't succeed. Grunting with frustration, she rolled out of her miniature bed-thing and stretched. Eyeing her surroundings wearily, Kagome took a quick glance around and found herself in an abandoned building. The area smelled awfully like rat droppings, although Kagome didn't mind it that much. The building Kagome had stayed in for already three days was one story high, and lacked of any none-broken things. For example... let's take the windows. They were shattered into so many pieces that Kagome had to carefully step around (not to mention barefooted) to get outside. Everything was a total wreck. Slouching, she slowly walked out of the old deserted warehouse and went outside.

A burst of coolness pleasantly hit her face when she took her first step outside the building. She sighed contently, and enjoyed its breezy feeling while it lasted. Outside, it was pretty serene and cool. The aroma surrounding her felt fresh; she could even hear birds chirping merrily. Behind her, she could make out the sounds traffic and lots of talking (her hearing is superb, remember?).

Yawning and stretching her arms above her head, she walked towards the coast of the lake. Kagome smiled brightly, and inhaled the scent of a hazy rainy day morning. Her mood brightened when she took notice of all the plants nearby. Not only were they exploding with variety colors of green, red, blue, yellow, and orange, but they were also growing rapidly into all different shapes and sizes.

And why is that?

Well, it's because it was spring. Spring, was her favorite season--and it still is! But with all the accidents that's happened within the past few days, she's been feeling a bit of resentfulness for spring.

But what could spring have done? All it was was an innocent season.

Innocent.

That's what Kagome liked about spring. Not a lot of chaos occurred during this tranquil season. Almost everything was perfect, and little animal lives were beginning... Flowers bloomed... The sun shinned, not too much, yet not too little... Yep, spring was definitely her favorite season.

Lifting her head up, she squinted at the sun's radiant rays...

Then suddenly she felt something stir below her. Giving a yelp, she jumped and realized that she was stepping... on an old man! Panicking, Kagome bent down to examine the elder, who was face down, lying on the mud. She noticed that he was completely wet: from head to toe. Peering ahead of them, she could distinguish a trail of blood drifting calmly on the surface of the lake. It left a trail of blood in zigzag turns right towards him. Kagome's eyes widened. "Oh my god... I'm so sorry!" She gulped. What is an old man doing lying on the ground anyways! Hm... Well... It sure is an awkward area to take a nap, if I do say so myself... Just hope I didn't break any of his bones... or worse... Kagome gulped again, meanwhile taking a quick peek at the blood. She was trying hard to not think of the severe consequences that she would receive once people found this blood that she thought she had created...

Sighing, Kagome gingerly (VERY VERY gingerly) flipped him over to check if he had a pulse... and she saw something that she couldn't believe her eyes...

Kagome Higurashi saw the most adorable furry triangular things perched on top of this old man's head... She gasped in awe and gaped, making herself look like one of those dead fish with open mouths after they've 'sunbathed' for too long... She stretched a hand out, ready to touch those soft looking ear like things, when the person suddenly grunted. Snatching her hand back to her sides, her gaze fell upon the old man's face. While examining it, she noticed that he had not a wrinkle in sight. Tilting her head sideways in confusion, her mind drifted back to his unique ears. Wow, she thought, truly amazed.

I've only been gone for a couple days and those clothes that popular peeps wore had already gone out of style...I guess... Hey, now guys are wearing... furry headbands! What for though... I wonder if it's just to impress their girlfriends... Kagome thought, just suddenly assuming that he was popular because of his strong yet handsome features. Wait... I wonder if Hojo is wearing one... Then she giggled at the ridiculous thought. Her joyful smile quickly flickered to a frown when she thought of Hojo wearing that thing for a girl... a girl other than herself...

Shaking her head at her foolishness, she directed her attention back towards Mr. Young-Man-With-White-Hair-and-Headbands. She flung his arms across her shoulders, and sort of dragged him back towards her abandoned warehouse (with some difficulty, of course)...

What she didn't acknowledge was that there was a trail of ruby red blood that led towards her foul-smelling-broken-down-uncomfortable-deserted-wrecked hiding place...

Mika: Oh... the end of the first chappie... did anyone likiee? Hm... the second chappie... hopes it comes soon!

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