Carousal music projected through a blackened room. Sixty or so masks were hanging on the wall of the large underground area. Clowns, unicorns, monsters, and more stared at a lithe man who worked diligently. He carefully carved out the figure of the next mask, this one's a puppet, and painted it with a smile. He set it to dry and then walked over to the bloodied, broken, and now, faceless body of a woman on the floor. He laughed then tossed the body down the trap that led to the basement with the others.
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2:00pm
A loud knocked thundered on the wooden door and did not cease until the gently swung open.
"ROAD TRIP!!!!!!" Three boys yelled simultaneously from the outside of the door. A tall, muscled figure stood on the opposite side of the loud wake up call with just dark blue pajama pants on and his long silver hair cascading down his bare chest. Golden eyes glared at them with a face that was not amused.
"Woah, careful now, Sesshoumaru, we wouldn't want you to blow all your enthusiasm before we start partyin'!" The youngest of the three boys, Inuyasha laughed only to have the door slammed in his face. He turned to the other two with a slightly irritated but determined golden gaze.
"He's so excited!"
"And he just can't hide it." The boy with short black hair and dark blue eyes replied sarcastically. The three boys walked back to the blue-eyed boy's dorm. They hade to finish getting settled in their new dorms and packing for their last high school road trip.
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Sesshoumaru lay back in his bed, underneath the covers and sighed. Normally, he was a morning person but this morning, he had a reason to stay in bed. A giggle came from the other side of the bed as a soft, thin hand caressed his chest.
"Sounds like they are ready to go" a voice said as a head finally came into view. She had long, wavy light brown hair, green eyes that were rimmed with icy blue, and a smile that lit up her creamy tan skin.
"Hn" Sesshoumaru said as he looked at her with a small smirk.
"Are you we can't simply abandon them here?" He added. She laughed and kissed him.
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"SANGO, AYAME, WE HAVE TO GO!" Kagome yelled to her friend from the hall. The two girls open the doors of the separate rooms that had been connected by a bathroom. Kagome had the same set-up which she shared with Sky who spent the night with Sesshoumaru.
"Ready?" Kagome asked with a smile as she watched her friends carry their luggage out.
"Yep" Sango, a girl with long brown hair and matching eyes said. Ayame simply led the way to the main door to walk to the boys' dorm.
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"Kagome just texted me and the girls are on their way!" Inuyasha shouted in front of Sesshoumaru, his half-brother's door.
A voice from one of the other dorms yelled in annoyance.
"Shut up out there, I'm trying to sleep!"
"ITS 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, GET YOUR LAZY ASS UP!" Inuyasha yelled back at the voice, daring them to say 'shut up' again.
"Must you stoop to such a lower acumen by a nonsensical quarrel?" Inuyasha had not noticed Sesshoumaru standing in his doorway again, this time fully dressed with a duffle bag on his shoulder.
"What'd he say?" Inuyasha asked Sky who came from behind Sesshoumaru with her own luggage.
"Do you have to act like an ass?" She said calmly.
"Oh…yes, yes I do." Inuyasha said as the other two boys, Miroku, the boy with the blues eyes, and Kouga walked up.
"Ok, let's go people, we're losin' daylight." Inuyasha said as he led the way to meet the girls at the rental car.
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Kagome, Ayame, and Sango waved with smiles as the rest of their friends finally came. Sesshoumaru unlocked the trunk so they could load up the luggage.
"KAGOME!" A voice called from the distance gaining everyone's attention. With closer inspection, the person who ran toward them with his own luggage was recognized as Shippo, the 13 year old that Kagome babysat.
"Shippo, what are you doing here?" Kagome asked as the orange-haired boy with emerald green eyes hugged her.
"I asked my parents if I could come with you on your road trip and they said yes! Isn't that great?" Kagome suddenly felt the stares of her friends. As much as they all loved Shippo, there was no way that they could party the way they wanted with a kid around.
"Keh, tough luck, kid. You ain't invited!" Inuyasha said as he tossed the last of the bags in the back of the SUV.
"Why can't I come?" Shippo whined.
"No one wants to be stuck with a kid for two weeks." Inuyasha replied as he crossed his arms stubbornly.
"So then why are you coming?" Kouga said with a laugh. Inuyasha glared at him.
"I'm sorry Shippo but…" Kagome paused seeing the sad look in his eyes. She almost allowed it had it not been for Sesshoumaru's cold, hard gaze and Sky's fiery warning one.
"If we had room I'd love for you to come but there's just no room Shippo, sorry." Shippo dipped his head sadly but whispered an almost inaudible 'ok' then walked away.
"Ok, so let's get this all straightened out." Miroku said from the front of the car as he held up the map. The rest circled Miroku as he explained the route they would take. Sesshoumaru nodded and then walked to the driver's side.
"Be careful, there's supposed to be a pretty bad storm where we're headed through." Kagome said as she got in, sitting on the right side of the back row of seats. Sesshoumaru didn't show any sign of listening but she knew he was the most trust-worthy of drivers. Sango sat by Kagome and Miroku by her. Sky sat in the middle seat at the front. Kouga and Ayame sat in the two seats behind the front. After closing the trunk door, Inuyasha climbed into the seat beside Sky. Sesshoumaru started the car and drove off.
"YEAAAAAA!" Inuyasha, Kouga, and Miroku yelled as Sky put the radio on blast.
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8:00pm
Sesshoumaru pulled over at a gas station. They were now in the middle of the country, it was dark and the clouds were heavy will rain. Lightening cracked the sky and thunder shook the earth around them. Inuyasha, Sky, Kagome, Ayame, Kouga, and Sango climbed out of the SUV, stretching lazily with tired faces. Miroku and Sesshoumaru stepped to the gas pump. Miroku held up a flashlight so Sesshoumaru could fit the gas hose to the car. Sesshoumaru then look up at the huge pump and frowned.
"Old Fashion" Miroku said with annoyance.
"Inuyasha, go inside and aquaint the proprietor that we require gas for pump #3." Sesshoumaru ordered.
"…what, now?" Inuyasha replied. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes cueing Sky to push Inuyasha along into the station followed by a hungry mob of their friends. Miroku stayed outside with Sesshoumaru.
"How far along are we?" Sesshoumaru asked Miroku who was staring at the map.
"We've got another six hours but it's mostly country so it should be easy." Miroku replied. Sesshoumaru stayed silent.
"Are you sure you will be good to drive the whole way?"
Silence.
"I can take over from here so you can get some rest, if you'd like."
"…"
"Ok"
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The group of six walked to the door making the bell of the handle ring out. The station was quiet and seemed deserted, though the electricity was still on.
"Hello!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Is anybody here?" Kouga added. Sky noticed a bell on the counter and rang it twice.
"Yo, can we get some service, please?" She said as Kagome checked to see if anyone was in the restrooms. Kouga walked through the aisles, if there was no one here to buy the stuff from then he would just have to pull the 1rst grade rule; 'Finders Keepers.' He took a souvenir bag from its hook and began to fill up.
"Kouga!" Ayame scorned. Kouga put on his best innocent face.
"What? No one's at the register so it's not like I have a choice." Kagome and Sango were now glaring at him as well.
"That doesn't make it right!"
"Yea, you're being selfish!" Inuyash and Sky took their chance. Inuyasha stepped in front of her so she could hit the gas pump button for #3 that hid behind the register. She then ran to the front door and held a thumb up for the two outside to start the pump.
"You ought to be ashamed…you better get Sesshoumaru something too or you'll really be in trouble." Inuyasha said. Kouga smirked and continued his raid as the glares went to Inuyasha.
"What? I was being considerate." He stated. Kagome and Ayame rolled their eyes and walked out the door.
"You are such a boy." Sango said with disgust.
"I should hope so." Inuyasha retorted with a smirk.
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Sesshoumaru hooked the gas hose back in its place just as Kouga, Sango, Sky, and Inuyasha walked out of the store. Kouga had two large bags over his shoulder and Sesshoumaru just knew it was illegal.
"Your egregious rectitude knows no brink, does it, you deplorable cretin?" Sesshoumaru stated flatly. Kouga stared at him blankly.
"Call me one more thing that I don't understand…" Kouga stated with the tone of an empty threat. The sky had just begun to drizzle its drops of rain that sparkle under the lights of the gas station when the group of friends piled in the SUV once again but before Inuyasha could take his seat, a voice was heard.
"How can I help you folks?" A man said as he stood with his hands in his pockets. All eyes in the SUV went out the window as Inuyasha turned to face the man. He wasn't about to admit what they were doing in the gas station so he improvised.
'Maybe I should have Sesshoumaru talk to him and confuse him long enough for us to drive away.' Inuyasha thought with hidden mirth.
"Yea, um, we were just wondering that, um, that if we kept down that road there west, um, how far away the nearest town would be."
"Well, um, that seems like the, um, truth." Kouga whispered from his seat next to Ayame. The man stepped closer to Inuyasha.
"You don't want to be goin' that way, boy." He said. Inuyasha furrowed his brows.
"Uh yea, we do."
"Not many who go down that road ever come back." Inuyasha smirked at this statement.
"I'm sure there's a reason for that."
"You kids should turn back."
"Ok, I've seen this on Scooby-Doo. You're the guy who scares locals from some hidden gold mine to keep it for yourself but you know what we don't really care about that and by the smell of things, you need it more than we do so we're just gonna go." Inuyasha stated as he got in the car and closed the door. The man startled all by slamming his hands on the closed door. Sesshoumaru had had enough. With an irritated sigh, he drove away.
5 minutes down the road, the group decided to mention what had happened back there.
"You think we should've listened to him?" Kagome asked.
"Don't worry, Kagome. What could possibly happen to us in a car with Sesshoumaru driving?" Sky said.
"Good point" Kagome said as she began opening a bag of chips. The luggage suddenly shifted without anyone's notice and a red-headed 13 year old popped out quietly.
"Did you get me anything?" Shippo asked sleepily. Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed.
"Just get something from the bag, Shippo." Inuyasha said flatly. His eyes flew wide open as everyone in the car turned to face the kid.
"SHIPPO!" They yelled simultaneously as Sesshoumaru decided now was a good time to pull over.
A/N: Ok so this meant to be a scary movie and shippo there because no one deals with fear better than Shippo right? (wink*wink) Well next chapter the hell really starts up. This storie's a lot faster than my other story Fear but that ones gonna get to the scary soon don't worry. Plz read/ review.