Haunting Sensation
Chapter 1: Happy Fall on Your Ass Day
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'I…I have to…slow down before…before I blow chunks.' Kagome's hasty run downgraded to a weary jog and two runners passed her. She was now in ninth place and two more runners passed her when she stopped completely. Kagome rested her hands on her knees and stared down at the rubber pavement trying to catch her breath. The football team laughed when they saw how exhausted she was after one lap.
They practiced on the football field surrounded by the track everyday. Kagome hated having them watch her, but it was her own fault for trusting Hojo. She had been the amusement for the football team for about a year now. 'Why did I have to join the track team? Why couldn't I be in a club where they offer free snacks? The costume design club has free snacks. The soccer team has snacks; even the gardening club has snacks!'
"Move your ass Higurashi!! Hurry up and finish your laps!! It looks like rain!!" Coach Miyuki yelled from down the track. Kagome looked up at the cloudy gray sky and a smile swept across her face.
'Yay! Now I can go home early and take a nice long snooze.' Kagome closed her eyes in bliss at the thought as she got up to continue her laps. She could smell and feel the humidity in the air when she ran through it. It was going to be a downpour.
A raindrop fell on the back of Coach Miyuki's neck, another fell on Kagome's arm, and pretty soon the rain was dripping across the field and it was coming down hard.
"Alright ladies…time to head to the locker room!" Coach Miyuki signaled for the girls' track team to stop running. Kagome turned around and started running face down in the opposite direction down the track while covering her hair with her arms.
"Ow." Kagome bumped into Coach Miyuki and fell on her ass. Coach Miyuki seemed to be blocking the hallway entrance to the girls' locker room.
"Higurashi, go back out and pick up the equipment on the field." Coach Miyuki had a mean look on her face which made it hard to argue back, but Kagome did it anyway. Who wants to collect some muddy track equipment while it's raining?
"I don't know if you've noticed Coach, but it's raining outside and it's very muddy and nasty and wet and cold. I'm more of a 'don't wanna catch a cold in the rain' kind of person." Kagome got up rubbing her bum and tried to slip pass the coach again. Coach Miyuki didn't seem to buy her excuse.
"Higurashi, today you were in last place. The last runner has to pick up the sports equipment. If you can't follow my rules I'll kick your ass off my team." Coach Miyuki was not a very understanding person. (Wow…what a bitch!)
Kagome took a deep breath, 'I don't care about getting kicked off the team. In fact I want to be kicked off this team. The girls are always grumpy (excluding Sango), the running is exhausting, the practice is every morning and afternoon, the coach really needs a sex life, and this club doesn't even have free snacks! I don't give a fudge about this team! But my father does and if he finds out that I quit…' Kagome thought about what her father would do to her if he found out about this.
"Can I at least get a raincoat, an umbrella, or something?" the coach threw Kagome a tan towel that used to be white that had been warped around her neck. The towel landed on Kagome's face. It smelled like sweat and it looked like the coach wiped her ass with it. Kagome's face twisted once her nose inhaled the stench. She quickly snatched it off her face and held the towel between two fingers, far away from her body. She closed her nose shut with her thumb and index finger,
"Thanks." Kagome ran down the hallway fast trying to get outside as fast as she could so some water could soak the funk out of the towel.
'This really sucks! There goes my afternoon snooze. I'll get home at the regular time now instead of getting there early. I wonder if Sango's waiting on me.' Kagome threw the towel in the trash in front of the equipment shed beside the bleachers after she found out that wetting the towel only made it smell worse. She ran across the track field soaked, picking and searching for batons. The football team was still practicing in the middle of the field because sometimes their games were in the rain, but after a while they left because the rain started to come down harder. Kagome was running back and forth from the equipment shed. She had to carry one hurdle at a time because they were heavy. She was out there all alone. This wasn't her first time collecting equipment. If you hadn't noticed, Kagome was not the best runner on the team so she was in last place often, but this was her first time collecting equipment in the cold, hard rain.
'Why doesn't the team have a manger for this?' "I'm finally done!" Kagome stood in front of the shed and shouted across the field. She ran back to the girls' locker room hall and washed her muddy shoes in the fountain in front of it.
When she entered the locker room she could tell it was completely empty. She stripped right at the entrance leaving her clothes on the white tiled floor. Her teeth were chattering because she was freezing and her body was soaked from head to toe with dirty, cold rain water and to make matters worse she reeked. She sniffed her arm and she smelled like wet dog and stinky coach towel mixed together. The smell was even in her hair.
She ran to the showers carefully, after grabbing some soap from her locker, trying not to slip on the floor. She showered for forty five minutes washing her hair and body thoroughly. She would rather do this at home but she didn't want to catch a cold or walk home muddy and wet. "Yes! Now I'm super clean! I don't smell like Coach Miyuki anymore!" Kagome's voice echoed through the locker room as she danced around it in a towel, (cabbage patch included). She grabbed her wet practice clothes and threw them in the washing machine in the far corner of the locker room. 'Luckily I bought some extra underwear.'
Kagome opened her locker and quickly put her school uniform on. At the bottom of her locker there was a baby blue umbrella with a rubber ducky design and a note was attached to it. Kagome pulled out the umbrella and unfolded the note to read it:
Kagome I'm sorry I didn't wait for you.
Something came up and I had to leave you.
I knew you would forget one, so here's an umbrella.
Please accept it as my apology.
Sango
'This something that came up better be real important.' Kagome put on her back pack and pulled her wet but clean hair into a ponytail. She left her track shoes and practice clothes in her locker.
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"It's raining pretty hard." Kagome stopped walking and reached out her hand from under her umbrella to feel the rain. 'I hate the rain. It reminds me of depressing times. Every rainy day is a miserable one.' Kagome walked through the park in a daze. The park, that usually had kids running throughout it, grannies sitting on benches, and people walking through it, was completely empty due to the rain.
"Meow, meow…meow," Kagome snapped out of her trance at the sound of Mr. Kitty, a kitten that resided in the park who Kagome feed everyday. Her eyes followed the sound of his meows. She spotted the kitten under one of the benches on the side of the park's walkway.
The kitten was trying hard to stay dry under the bench, but he was soaked anyway. She walked over to the bench and kneeled down in front of it. She placed her umbrella on her shoulders and reached out for Mr. Kitty. He was a white coated kitty with black and brown spots. Mr. Kitty wouldn't move from under the bench but he seemed to remember her because he gently licked her fingers. Kagome pulled out a bowl and a bottle of milk.
Mr. Kitty stepped from under the bench while Kagome poured. "Sorry I was late today Mr. Kitty." Kagome petted his wet fur gently and pulled out a towel from her bag to dry him with.
"You are so adorable. I've always wanted a kitty, but Auntie would never allow it. I'll sneak you in today because it's raining." Kagome watched the kitten slurp up the milk she offered. After he was done she wrapped the towel around his small body and lifted him to carry in her arms. It was hard to carry the kitten and the umbrella but she managed some how. She stood up and was about to continue walking until she heard someone's voice.
She looked around behind her but she didn't see anyone and she could hardly see in the rain. The voice was low and masculine. She couldn't make out what it was saying. Her eyes searched for the voice's speaker; she didn't see anyone the park was empty.
"I said…can you see me?" Kagome could hear the voice clearly now and it was coming from behind her. She turned around slowly and her eyes widened in shock. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. There was a boy standing right in front of her. Not a regular boy but a transparent boy. The rain slipped right through his body. His feet didn't touch the ground; he was floating. The boy read her expression.
"I knew it. You can see me and you can hear me too. Listen I really need-," before the boy could finish, Kagome ran in the opposite direction. She ran so fast that she almost slipped twice in the rain and dropped her umbrella. (Don't worry she didn't drop the kitten.)
'That wasn't real right! I mean ghost don't exist!' Kagome was now out of the park and running up the outside steps of her aunt's apartment complex across the street from the park. When she got to the door of the apartment she placed the kitten down. She was so nervous and scared that she dropped and fumbled with her keys for some seconds until she finally opened the door. As soon as she got in she locked all three locks on the door.
Luckily her Auntie wasn't home. She raced to her room with Mr. Kitty not far behind. She locked her door and raced to her bed and hid under the covers.
"You're really a dumb ass." Kagome screamed when she saw the ghost walk through her door. The ghost floated in front of her, hovering above her bed. He was face to face with her. She stared into his eyes silently.
"Boo!" He lifted his arms in monster style to scar her. She screamed and rushed off the bed. She grabbed her trash can and threw it directly towards him. It went straight through him of course. That didn't stop Kagome; she threw everything she could.
"Please leave Mr. Ghost! I am very afraid of you! You have to walk towards the light! You are dead not alive! You have to move on! You are not apart of the physical world anymore Mr. Ghost." Kagome ran pass the ghost into the hallway. The ghost seemed to be very annoyed. It didn't chase after her; it just stayed in her room.
She ran down the hall into the kitchen. She almost snatched the house phone off the wall. She dialed fast and put the phone up to her ear. The phone ranged four times before anyone answered.
"Hello?"
"Hello! Miroku I need your help!"
"Kagome are you okay? Why are you screaming?"
"Miroku listen to me! There's a ghost in my room! You have a family of monks, right?!"
"Yes…Is this serious?" Miroku let out a chuckle.
"Miroku! I'm very serious! How…how do I get rid of it?!"
"Okay okay. Calm down Kagome. To get rid of a ghost you have to smudge sage around your room. That should get rid of it. Oh Sango-"
"Thanks Miroku! I have to go!"
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Kagome busted in her room with a ghost busters t-shirt on and a scripture tied around her head.
"Okay ghost get ready to be exorcized!" She carried the sage in a bowl. The ghost was lying on her bed and as soon as he saw her he busted out laughing.
'Miroku, you better be right about this!' Kagome started chanting and sprinkling the sage around her room. The ghost sat up on her bed and watched her with a 'What the hell?' look on his face. Kagome noticed that the dancing, chanting, and sprinkling wasn't working so she just poured the whole bowl of sage onto the ghost.
"Spirit be gone!" The sage fell through his transparent body. He sat there on her bed and she stood there a few feet away from him in her dancing pose. There was an awkward silence and they just stared at each other not moving an inch. Kagome jumped when she saw the ghost fall from her bed to the floor.
"Ah it burns! What the hell did you do to me?!" The ghost twisted and turned while whining on Kagome's carpet in pain.
'Wow, I can't believe that worked,' Kagome turned around and faced her wall. This kind of seemed wrong to watch especially since he was angry with her and in pain. She also closed her ears so she wouldn't hear the ghost's cries. The ghost phased through her bed room floor and the loud ghost cries disappeared. The room was in silence.
Kagome started to search her room to make sure he was really gone. She grabbed a flash light and looked under her bed, under her desk, behind the door, behind her lamp, behind her posters, in her school bag, everywhere except the closet. Kagome tip toed slowly towards her closet. Her hand shook in fear as she reached for the door handle. She slid open the door slowly and it scared her to death when Mr. Kitty jumped out of the darkness of her closet. Kagome fell back on her ass for the second time today.
"You didn't have to scare me like that." Kagome's heart rate started going back to normal.
"Kagome! What the hell did you do to the kitchen?!" Kagome's Auntie, Midoriko, had just come home from work.
"I'm sorry Auntie! I'll clean it up now!" Kagome shot up.
"Don't leave this room." Kagome sat Mr. Kitty on her bed.
When Kagome made it to the living room where her Auntie was she was surprised to see Miroku standing beside her. What made things even worse was that Miroku was decked out in his monk outfit. His purple robe hung down to his flip flops, his hair was styled in a short low ponytail, and he held a tall golden staff in his right hand.
"Hello Auntie, Hello Miroku."
"Kagome, What the hell is going on?! I have to come home after a long day of work to see Miroku trying to knock down my front door while screaming something about ghosts!" Kagome's Auntie was furious. Kagome could see her angry vein popping out of her forehead.
"Well Mrs. Higurashi, what happened was-" Miroku started to say something but Kagome cut him off. Miroku was always the one to make situations worse or more awkward than they already were.
"I played a prank on Miroku! I never thought he would take it so seriously!" Kagome said the first thing that came to mind and judging buy the 'Do I look stupid' expression Auntie had on her face, Kagome was in deep shit. Meanwhile Miroku gave her the 'I'm gonna kick your ass for lying' gaze. Kagome didn't think it was the best time to explain what really happened.
"Miroku thanks for coming but, now I think its time for you to leave." Auntie extended her arm after opening the door signaling for Miroku to get the fuck out with no back talk.
"Kagome, I want the kitchen clean before morning and since we can't cook dinner order some pizza." Auntie threw Kagome the house phone and gave Kagome a deadly look before she left the room.
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The next day…
"Ms. Higurashi, Mrs. Higurashi!" Kagome had fallen asleep in Mr. Kimura's Japanese History class for the third time this week. She loved history just as much as she loved track. Everyone in the class laughed when Kagome jumped after noticing that Mr. Kimura's face was an inch away from her's when she lifted up her sleepy head.
"Is my class of no interest to you Ms. Higurashi?!" Mr. Kimura was yelling in Kagome's face. Kagome was half asleep so all she could comprehend was that Mr. Kimura needed a breath mint. She covered her nose with her hands in the middle of his question. The class was in an uproar. Everybody was really laughing now and Mr. Kimura had turned red with rage. Before he could bite Kagome's head off the bell rung for lunch. Kagome ran out of class before Mr. Kimura could stop her.
Kagome hated lunch time. It was hard for her to walk in the lunch room everyday and search the tables for a friend to sit with. Kagome wasn't what you would consider popular but, she wasn't at the bottom of the social hierarchy either. She only had two friends, Miroku and Sango, and due to those friends dating each other Kagome was constantly the unnoticed third wheel. Before Miroku and Sango started dating Kagome was comfortable sitting with them at lunch, but now Miroku and Sango will talk about their dates at lunch or flirt. Lately Miroku and Sango wouldn't even come to lunch.
Mr. Kimura caught them making out in the janitor's closet last month during lunch hour. They are a very audacious couple when it comes to sex. When they didn't come to lunch Kagome would sit with her crush, Hojo, but as of three days ago she and Hojo weren't exactly on speaking terms. She had been eating in the bathroom or hiding in the library every lunch hour for the past three days.
A smile lit up Kagome's face when she spotted Sango sitting alone at their usual lunch table. It felt like she hadn't seen Sango in ages.
"Sango!" Kagome ran across the lunch room and squeezed Sango to death when she reached the table and sat down. Kagome started eating Sango's French fries off her tray.
"You forgot your lunch money again?" Sango asked reading between the lines. This wasn't the first time Kagome and Sango had to share a school lunch.
"Where's Miroku? I know I saw him this morning." Kagome turned left and right searching for his figure.
"He has extra study with Mr. Ikeda today." Sango used her hand to block her French fries and gave Kagome a funny look.
"Miroku must have told you about what happened yesterday."
"Yep, he told me all about it. He's pretty pissed about you lying to him."
"Believe me when I say this Sango. I wasn't lying." Kagome stared into Sango's dark brown eyes trying to give Sango a sign of trust.
"So a ghost really did haunt your apartment and you really did destroy the kitchen trying to make sage to kill it."
"Yes, but it wasn't haunting the apartment; it was kind of haunting me like it was trying to tell me something."
"Did it tell you that you're gonna die in seven days or something?"
"Ha Ha, very funny. I don't know what it was trying to tell me. I ran away before it could have a conversation with me."
"Was the ghost scary?"
"Actually, the ghost wasn't scary at all. The only thing that gave me the willies was its transparency." Kagome thought back to yesterday when she first saw the ghost's mesmerizing figure. 'The first thing I noticed was his honey amber eyes and his messy but beautiful short sliver hair. He was really hot now that I think about it but he was a jerk too. He had on a school uniform that I had seen somewhere before but I can't put my finger on it.' Sango was saying something in the background but Kagome was in her own little world.
"Earth to Kagome," Sango waved her hand in front of Kagome's face and Kagome came back from hot sexy ghost land. "I said, what happened with your Auntie."
"Oh yeah, I'm grounded for the next two weeks and after Miroku left she made me clean the kitchen and she took my cell phone. I didn't tell her about the ghost though. I don't want her to think I'm crazier than I already am. She already had to wake up almost every night this week from hearing my screams."
"You're having nightmares again? Why didn't you call or text? Oh yeah cell phone. No wonder you look like shit today. You probably fell asleep in Kimura's class again too." Sango knew Kagome so well. "What were the nightmares about?"
"In the night mare I'm standing on the sidewalk waiting to cross the street. I really want to make it to the other side but as soon as I step from off the side walk I get hit by a car. My body hits the front window of the car. People are screaming in the background; I can't make out what they're saying. Everything's distorted. My mouth is filled with glass so I can't scream or express my pain. I try to spit it out but I can't move. My vision is red with blood I can't make out the license plate of the car that hit and ran with my blood stained across the grill of it. I can't feel the stone pavement of the street, I can't hear my voice, I can't see the murderous intent of the person who hit me, I can't taste or smell my own blood, I can't move my own body; I'm dead."
"Okay, that's very scary." Sango had a horrid look on her face.
"I know. It's all so realistic, like I'm really dying. Please don't tell Miroku about my nightmares returning or tell my Auntie what my nightmares are about. This is why one person's avoiding me now." Kagome turned Hojo's way when she mentioned her last comment.
"I promise I won't tell and Hojo's an ass wipe. Forget him and find someone who's hotter. I know Hojo's extra sexy, with smooth skin, and nice muscles-"
"You're not helping Sango."
"Sorry I shouldn't have stared at him while explaining how horrible he is." Sango wasn't acting like she had a boyfriend and before they could finish their 'Last Night, Ghost, Miroku Angry, Bad Dream, I Hate Hojo' conversation, the bell rung ending lunch.
Sango got up first, "See you at practice." Sango left the lunch room waving good bye. Kagome finished Sango's lunch and ran to Ms. Mori's math class.
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"Why is my life a pile of poop?" Kagome pulled her keys from her track shorts' pocket and slowly unlocked the door. She had to collect the track equipment again today all her energy was gone. Today Sango helped her though because Miroku wasn't there.
'I'm going to take a nice long bubble bath.' Kagome was moving like an old lady. She took her shoes off at the door, threw her bag on the couch in the den, and walked to the kitchen to grab some apple juice out the fridge.
Then she made her way to her room. As soon as she stepped inside, she took off her shorts, socks, and her shirt ready to take a bath. She was so tired that she was struggling with unhooking her pink, red heart decorated bra.
"Need some help?"
Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing. She turned to see the ghost from yesterday posted on her bed watching the show with a twisted perverted smile on his face. The only thing she could manage to do was scream her lungs out in embarrassment and shock.
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End of Haunting Sensation Chapter 1
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