A /N: FINAL WARNING!

This story includes mentions of suicide and includes murder and large amounts of blood and gore! It takes place in the Suicide Forest! If you are uncomfortable with any of these thing LEAVE NOW! That being said, those of you who continue to read this, welcome! I feel I've done a pretty good job with this story! I will be uploading one chapter for every five I complete so you may be waiting a while for the next chapter! For now this story is rated T but it may be changed to M later on! Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Kagome had been sure it'd been Monday because it sure as hell didn't feel like Friday. Her morning had not gone her way. Her alarm hadn't gone off and her mother had to get her up or she would've missed school. When she finally managed to roll out of bed, she had about half an hour before school started. An hour less than normal. And despite this she decided to shower a little slower than usual. Even after a cold shower, her body just wouldn't start pumping blood.

"Dear, you really should eat breakfast now or you're going to be late."

Her eyes narrowed slightly. Ugh. School.

"Fantastic." her voice dripped in sarcasm. She just wanted to crawl back under the covers and become absorbed in the warmth and darkness.

"Dear, what's the matter? You seem abnormally grouchy this morning." Her mother asked her, looking concerned. The girl sighed and forced a grim smile. She didn't wanted to worry her mother. Kagome loved her too much to do that.

"I'm fine. Just tired."

Her mother smiled back at her.

"Alright, sweetheart. Have a good day."

The raven haired girl grabbed a piece of toast before grabbing her backpack and making her way out the door and down the stairs of the shrine to her school.

School today seemed to have taken longer than any other day, especially when everyone else is bubbling with excitement over some day of the week, while she felt like she never got out of bed. Dragging her school bag up the stairs of her shrine, Kagome at once remember what she was doing tonight. Aokigahara forest was waiting only 3 hours away from her Tokyo home. Suddenly full of energy and bouncing with excitement, Kagome bounded up the stairs in record time. She threw the front door open and, slipping off her shoes, made a mad dash to her bedroom.

"Kagome? Is that you? Are you getting ready to go? I have a bag packed just in case we get lost!" Her mother called from the bottom of the stairs.

"Give me a minute mom!"

She changed out of her highschool uniform and into more comfortable clothing for hiking. This was a regular occurrence for Kagome now. At a young age Kagome had been fascinated with the mystery of missing people reports or suicides under odd circumstances. Her father, before dying, had promised that when she turned 15 she would be allowed to go out and investigate such things herself and even though he was gone now, her mother had respected the promise made between father and daughter, letting her go out on Friday nights after school, her mother accompanying had been 3 years ago. Aokigahara forest, or better known as "Suicide Forest" at the base of Mt. Fuji, had always been in the back of her mind. Every year there were at least 10 bodies found within the forest, deaths by suicide, some too gruesome for public viewing. While this unnerved most of the population, but Kagome had always been slightly interested in checking it out.

"I'll be in the car, Kagome! Sota, your grandfather is watching you tonight, be good! Come give your sister and me a kiss!" Her mother's voice faded into the distance and an embarrassed 'Mo-om!' came from the room next door as her younger brother descended the stairs, Kagome following suit. Walking to the kitchen, Kagome gave her brother and grandfather each a hug and a kiss before waving and heading out the door and scurrying down the shrine staircase once more.

Throwing herself into the passenger seat of the car and giving her mother a reassuring smile, the two of them were off.

Somewhere along the way, maybe a half-hour into their trip, Kagome's adrenaline wore off and sleepiness from the beginning of the day wormed it's way back into her system and she fell asleep.

By the time she woke up, the car was at a stop and her mother was missing from the front seat. Before panic could set in, Kagome spotted a note taped to the rear view mirror.

Kagome,

You looked so relaxed asleep that I couldn't bear to wake you. I've ventured into the forest to find the starting path. I'll be back soon.

I love you,

Mom

Kagome breathed a sigh of relief and slouched back against the seat, her ponytail digging into her head. Her mother knew as well as Kagome did that the forest was a dangerous place, even more so at night but this forest was mostly known for a beacon for suicidal people, something her mother definitely had never shown signs of, even after her father's death. If she didn't show up in the next hour, she'd go and make sure her mother hadn't gotten into any dangerous situations. For now she could cuddle within her fluffy white sweater and wait.

It'd been an hour and a half since Kagome had awoken in the car. She'd waited an extra half-hour just in case she was overreacting but that clearly wasn't the case. Panic was starting to take a toll on her as the sun began to set. She had to go and search for her mother in the forest. Kagome took a deep breath and patted her cheeks, trying to build some extra confidence before popping the trunk. She hauled the giant yellow bag onto her shoulders and set off into the forest.

She'd followed the path carefully and even seen the occasional muddy shoe print but she had yet to see any other signs of her mother. Things were looking down, not to mention that it was getting dark rather quickly and she could hardly see a thing.

'Where the heck could she have gone to!'

Deciding that she needed a break, she scouted out a rock and ran over to sit down. As she got closer to it, she heard an odd squelching noise. Squinting in the darkness, she stopped, staring at the ground. Her eyes widened in realization and she screamed as a clap of thunder sounded in the distance and a crack of lightening lit up the sky. Rain hit her like a slap in a face. It was everywhere. Splattered against trees and rocks, carelessly spilt over the ground. Blood. Quickly trying to identify the source, she searched high and low. And she found it, high. Her mother's body, what was left of it, was hanging up in the trees,the remaining blood slowly dripping onto Kagome's face. The part of her mother's face was still intact had a horrible, painful, twisted expression left on her face. Most organs lay, randomly thrown over the forest flood, ripped open as though the killer had actually started to eat the victim before deciding that the taste of human flesh was not to its liking and had dismantled the rest of the body's inners for mere amusement or boredom, maybe both. Whatever it was that committed the murder had incredible strength on ground and above.

In a panic, afraid of whatever had done this was still around, the girl sprinted away from the scene. Branches cut her arms and legs, rain soaked her clothing, making it stick to her and see through. Her hair was plastered to her face, the rush of the wind made her eyes water. Continuing to run blindly through the forest, Kagome stumbled over a rope and smashed her head on a rock. Her vision now blurry and blood dripping from her forehead, Kagome picked herself up and ran. Suddenly, a rather large cave came into view. Stumbling a bit as she went, the girl immediately went inside. She'd rather take her chances with whatever was inside than whatever had done...that outside.

Falling to her knees, panting and coughing, the young girl crawled over to a spot on the ground and with tears running down her face, allowed her backpack to slid off her back. Slowly she reached into her pack to retrieve someone to sleep on to discover that she was fully stocked with supplies. Mom… The girl's tears renewed themselves. She pulled the sleeping bag out and started to spread it when she heard a rather intimidating growl from behind her. Whimpering quietly, she sniffled and didn't dare turn around. Another growl came from behind her, this time loud and booming, disturbing some of the bats on the ceiling. Wiping some of the blood that had been splattered on her sleeves,her body trembled,an authoritative voice echoed off the cave walls

"Turn and face me, girl."

Putting a hand over her mouth as she slowly turned, she released a choked sob as she saw two red eyes gleaming in the darkness, blue pupils cutting through them like knives. A snarl disturbed some of the cave dwelling bats and the fluttering of their wings radiated off the walls throughout the large rock enclosure. They were moving ,the eyes, closer and closer towards Kagome.

"No… please…" she whispered as she was forced up against the cave now rapidly streamed down her face, accumulating by her chin.

"I don't want to die… Oh Gods please." Kagome pleaded with the red eyed beast, sobbing frantically. She could feel a breath on her face.

"That's not your decision!" The voice, strong and deep, spat at her as she saw it raise its arm, moonlight reflecting off a long set of clawed fingers.

She suddenly felt a sharp, excruciating pain dig into her arms and she gave out a scream in pain mixed with a sob. With a pull, the creature extracted its claws, small lumps of flesh stuck under its claws. Blood began pouring from her wounds as more blood from her head had dripped down between her eyes. Crying out in pain to almost a point of panicked screeching, Kagome wrapped her arms around herself. The creature, obviously startled, jumped back, putting its hands on its head, clenching its eyes shut.

She felt as though she couldn't get enough air in. Her vision was much more blurry than before and she felt light headed, her stomach lurched and everything slowly went black as she vaguely felt her head hit the ground.