Authors note!

HELLO ALL! THIS IS MY NEW FIC! I HOPE YOU WILL R&R! ENJOY!

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Kagome sat staring into the flickering flames. She watched as her house burned. All her possessions, all her memories, all she had in the world was burning. Her family was dead and she was left with nothing but a burning house.

She had come home from the feudal era to an unpleasant surprise. She had found the bloody corpses in her living room, not a trace of life left in them. That was when she smelled the smoke. It had filled her nose and buried itself in her clothes. She ran out quickly, to numb to think. She was alone now.

"Where am I supposed to go? I can't go back to Inuyasha; he wouldn't want me back now that he has chosen Kikyou. What the hell am I supposed to do? Who would do this? What if they come back for me?"

Questions bombarded her mind. She felt light headed. She let herself fall to the ground. Even without Inuyasha's good nose, she could smell the burning flesh of her family. The acrid smell burned at her heart. Tears filled her eyes, but she did not let them fall. She refused to let herself be weak.

She slowly rose from the ground and began walking slowly away from the burning shrine.

It began to drizzle, and then pour. She glanced back once and said a quick prayer for her dead family, not letting herself believe that they were actually gone.

"Rest in peace."

She walked down the steps and turned onto the road, leaving behind the life she once knew. She did not give it a second thought. She had become hollow. A thoughtless shell. A walking zombie. She had left her soul to smolder in the flaming ruins of her past life.

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A car passed kagome, splashing icy water onto her frail figure. She just kept walking and walking and walking. She had no idea where she was going but she had decided she would find out when she got there.

A black car sped in front of her and then stopped abruptly. It baked up slightly, pulling up beside her. The tinted window rolled down. A young woman poked her head out. Her forehead was creased with concern.

"You need a ride somewhere?"

Kagome shrugged and walked to the other side of the car and got in. The acrid smell of smoke cascaded out as she opened the door. The young women handed kagome a blanket and offered her a cigarette. Kagome shrugged again and accepted it. She held twirled it between her fingers, watching the smoldering ash.

The women looked at her strangely and then spoke.

"You runaway from home? You seem sad."

Kagome shook her head, "I have no home to run away from."

"So, you need a place to stay? I live with a bunch of people like you, runaways or misfits, it's like a club. You are welcome to stay. How about it?"

Kagome shrugged again.

'Why not?' she thought.

She nodded her head and attempted a smile, failing miserably, "Sure."

The woman smiled,

'She's really beautiful.' Kagome thought.

"Ok, lets get you home and into some warm clothes." She suddenly slammed on the accelerator. "I might warn you, I am kind of a reckless driver. You better hold on!"

The woman tilted back her head and let out a cheerful laugh. The car sped off kagome no longer caring what lay ahead.

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Inuyasha jumped through the old well. Shippo had convinced him to retrieve Kagome. Inuyasha had not meant for kagome to see him and Kikyou together. He knew he truly loved Kagome and not Kikyou. He also knew that she didn't plan to come back this time. He sighed and prepared himself for a huge argument. As he crossed over to Kagome's era, he immediately smelled smoke and burning flesh.

"KAGOME!" he screamed as his gaze drifted onto the burning house.

He ran towards the flames frantically. He looked desperately around in the flames for Kagome. He knew he was too late to save her if she was in the inferno. His gaze fell on three burning corpses. Sota, kagome's Grandfather, and her mother. He saw no sign of Kagome. He let out a sigh of relief. He couldn't detect a trace her scent either, now that he concentrated. His eyes saddened as he thought of how much pain kagome must be in. she was broken enough because of him. Now she had truly lost every thing.

He lifted his face up to the cloudy sky. The rain pit-pattered around him, making a soothing percussion symphony.

"I promise kagome, I will find you and you will never have to hurt again. I promise."

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Kagome slumped her shoulders and followed the young woman into a gray house. They had been driving for about 45 minuets. The road twisted and turned so much, kagome wondered if the woman actually knew where she was going. It turned out she did. As they entered the crocked door frame a chorus of cries yelled out.

'AYA! YOU'RE BACK!"

"Welcome home!"

"HI!"

"How was the trip?"

"Who's the new girl?"

At this question, all eyes turned top Kagome. She stared back blankly. Aya smiled.

"Um, I picked her up along the side of the road. She has no home or family, or so she claims. She's going to be staying with us okay?"

Nods from everyone. She began to introduce people. She pointed to a group of guys lounging on a couch,

"Those are Doi, Fumio, Gaho, Haru, Heiji, Hiro, Ikki, Ryu, and Yodo. The group of girls by on the other couch are Chie, Kin, Mutsumi, Nori, and Sumiko. Guys, this is," she turned to kagome and smiled, "Midori."

'Am I really Midori?' kagome thought. 'Oh well, who cares.'

She went and sat down on one of the couches as Aya went to get her some clothes.

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Kagome slid the robe Aya had brought her over her head. She had noticed everyone was wearing one. The boys were black and the girls white. "Midori! Come join us in prayer!"

'Huh?' she thought, 'What is she going on about now?'

Kagome strode out into the living area. The group was sitting in a circle around an open book. There was also a small cauldron filled with hot liquid, kagome saw steam rising.

"Kagome, would you like to join our circle? We would like to initiate the meeting, but first would you like to join us?"

Kagome shrugged, "Whatever."

"Good, now come hither, we must proceed with the bringing you into our cult."

'Cult?' kagome thought, and then shrugged, 'whatever.'

Aya reached inside the cauldron and drew out a small metal object.

"Hold out your wrist Kagome, left one please." Kagome complied. "Good, now this might sting a bit."

She pressed the hot metal into her skin, melting it. As the branding tool was removed Kagome saw the pentagram burned into her skin. She had been branded.

'So know I'm a Satanist? How did this happen? Oh well, who cares?'

"Now in honor of our new member," she said turning to the group, "We will have a sacrifice. Bring forth the goat."

Kagome watched, her eyes glazed with pain as a goat was brought out to Aya. It was handed to her along with a small knife. She held it over the cauldron and quickly slashed its neck. Blood slashed into the cauldron, making a sickening sloshing noise.

Kagome, over come by disgust pain and grief, fell to the floor. She lay unconscious as the goat's body landed softly on the floor beside her.

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Kagome awoke on a soft comforter. She looked up into Aya's face.

"Are you alright Midori?"

"What? Who's Midori? I'm Kagome? Where am I?" she asked looking around. She gasped as pain shot up and down her arm. She looked down. A patch of her skin was melted into the shape of a pentagram.

Everything came whirling back. The fire, the rain, the blood, the death, the car, everything hit her like a train. She suddenly burst into tears. As she sobbed she began to laugh hysterically.

"I-I have n-nothing. I-I am a-all alone. HAHAHA!"

She rocked back and forth as she laughed. Aya backed away from her in apprehension.

"Midori? Are you okay?"

Kagome stopped her sobbing and her laughing. She looked up at Aya with round eyes.

"I am not Midori, I am Kagome."

Aya smiled and shook her head, "No, now you are Midori."

With that she turned and left the room.

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Authors note!!

I promise it will get better! Everyone please read and review! I would appreciate it a lot! I need some feedback! I welcome flames since my hands have gone numb with cold from typing. God its cold in the basement! BBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a treat, but b warned, it's not to eat!

SILENT SCREAM

Nightmare, The Persecution
A Childs Dream Of Death

Torment, Ill Forgotten
A Soul That Will Never Rest

Guidance, It Means Nothing In A World Of Brutal Time

Electric, Circus, Wild
Deep In The Infants Mind

Silent Scream
Bury The Unwanted Child
Beaten And Torn
Sacrifice The Unborn

Shattered, Adolescent
Bearer Of No Name

Restrained, Insane Games
Suffer The Children Condemned

Scattered, Remnants Of Life,
Murder A Time To Die

Pain, Suffer aged Toyed,
Life's Little Fragments Destroyed

Silent Scream
Crucify The Bastard Son
Beaten And Torn
Sanctify Lives Of Scorn

Life Preordained
Humanity Maintained
Extraction Termination
Pain Agonizing Stain

Embryonic Death,
Embedded In Your Brain
Suffocation, Strangulation,
Death Is Fucking You Insane

Nightmare, The Persecution
A Childs Dream Of Death

Torment, Ill Forgotten
A Soul That Will Never Rest
Innocence Withdrawn In Fear
Fires Burning Can You Hear
Cries In The Night

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