A/N: Thanks for reviewing! Nichibotsu means sunset in Japanese. Since the Higurashi Shrine is also called the Sunset shrine, I decided to give the school the same name. Don't forget to review!

Where Broken Hearts Go

Chapter 2: The Ghost From the Wishing Well

By: Aya Kiana

All through work, the dream Inuyasha had had the night before plagued him. He was sure the voice he heard in his first dream belonged to the girl he had seen in his most recent one. However, he didn't recognize her at all. It was so unlike him to let a simple dream bug him so much that he would actually try to find a girl he's not even sure exists. And why had the same well and tree been in both his dreams in completely different locations? Could the shrine have been built where there was once a forest? No matter what he tried to do he couldn't take his mind off it. His boss scolded him a couple times for spacing out. He was a waiter at a local pub, but it was never busy during the morning shift so it didn't matter if he fell behind too much.

After work, Inuyasha walked around Tokyo. The only way he could think of to find out which school she went to was to look for a girl with the same uniform and then ask her what school gave that uniform. It was almost 3:30, so students should just now be getting out. He went to a popular shopping center and kept his eyes peeled for young girls wearing green and white. He continued walking for well over an hour. Just as he was about to give up and go home, two girls turned the corner in front of him with the exact same uniform as the girl from the train. It had a short green skirt, a white shirt with green cuffs and a red bow. Now he had to ask the girls what school they attended without making himself look like a stalker.

As he was about to pass them he cleared his throat to get their attention and then said as politely as possible, "Excuse me, um, could you please tell me what school issues the uniform that you're wearing?" The girls blinked a couple times before the one closest to him replied.

"Sure. It's Nichibotsu Junior High's uniform. Why d'ya ask?"

"Oh, uh... my little sister, uh... wants to go to a school with a green uniform, and... I didn't know there was one. Thanks."

"Ok... no problem." The girl didn't seem to completely buy his story, either that or she thought it a little strange. Inuyasha didn't really care. So, he thought to himself, It's Nichibotsu, huh? He exited the mall and found a pay phone. Flipping through the phone book, under public schools there was, sure enough, a Nichibotsu listed. It was some distance away and Inuyasha opted to take a cab.

After paying the taxi driver his fare, he approached the school and was glad to see that it was still open. There must be evening classes in session. Inuyasha decided that since he didn't know the girls name his best bet was to try the yearbook despite the fact that he wasn't completely sure what she looked like either. He went to the office and found a secretary.

"Excuse me?" he said upon entering. The woman turned away from her keyboard and looked up at him. She was an elderly woman, probably in her sixties. Her hair was starting to grey and she had a few wrinkles.

"May I help you, sir?" She asked politely.

"Yes, may I see a copy of this years yearbook." He smiled as he spoke. He wasn't sure if schools were suppose to do this sort of thing and decided it would help to get on the woman's good side.

"Certainly. I have a copy of it in the library. Please follow me." She stood and headed for the office doorway.

"Thanks," Inuyasha replied as he followed her out into the hall. They walked up a flight of stairs and continued down the hallway on the second floor. At the end of the hall the old woman opened a door and led him into the library. Without saying a word she went behind the desk and after a moment of digging around, handed him the 2006 annual.

Inuyasha sat down at a nearby table and began flipping through it. He decided to try the ninth graders first since the girl in his dream and the girl on the train both seemed too old to be in junior high. As he turned the page, his eyes instantly locked on the girl he had seen the previous day on the subway. Under her picture was the name 'Yuka Kurenai'. He recalled the message the girl had listened to on her cell phone. The girl leaving the message called her friend Yuka. It had to be the same girl! He flipped through the section twice more but didn't see anyone he recognized. All he had really been able to tell from seeing her shaded figure in the dream was that her hair reached to the middle of her back and was straight.

The old secretary aproached him and asked, "Did you find everything you need?"

"Not yet. Are you familiar with the students here. The ninth graders?" She nodded.

"I've been the librarian here for twenty years, and I help with secretary work in the afternoons." She smiled and sounded very pleased with herself for being such a vital member of the school. Inuyasha thought that she seemed like a nice lady. His librarian had been a nagging bitch, although that's probably because he used to stick gum under the tables almost everyday.

"Do you recognize this girl?" He pointed to Yuka as he asked his question.

"Yes, she was one of my library aides. Why?"

"Well, I'm actually looking for the name of a friend of hers, but I can't really remember what she looks like. Can you show me some of the girls she hung out with?" The woman smiled faintly and turned a few pages in the annual.

"This girl here, Ayumi Kurosawa, and her were pretty close." The girl had curly black hair that went slightly passed her shoulders.

"That isn't her." Inuyasha said quickly.

"Ok, well here's another of her friends, Eri Murasaki." This girl had shoulder length hair pulled back with a hair band.

"No, that's not her either. She had long, black hair." When he said this, he saw the librarian frown. Her cheery personality was suddenly replaced with a depressed look.

"You must mean Kagome Higurashi." She said quietly as she turned back a page and pointed to a girl that fit Inuyasha's description perfectly. When he saw her picture, he wondered how he had ever missed it. She was smiling brightly, quiet unlike how she had sounded in the message. She had a slender figure and sparkling blue eyes. Inuyasha couldn't believe anyone could have ever forgotten a girl like her.

"That's her. I'm positive!" He said partially to himself and partly to the old woman. He smiled, proud that he had actually been able to find a girl he knew next to nothing about. The librarian released a loud sigh and looked into Inuyasha's eyes.

"Did you know her?" she asked quietly.

"Kinda, umm... I had forgotten her last name and wanted to look her up in the phone book. You've been a great help." He was about to stand when she put her hand on his shoulder. He noticed that she was giving him a very sympathetic look.

"Don't try to call her." She said slowly.

"Why not?" Inuyasha had no idea where this was going.

"I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but Miss Higurashi died in a car accident two weeks ago." The old woman looked close to tears.

"A car accident?" He couldn't think of what to say. "How?" He finally managed to ask in a soft voice close to a whisper.

"She had been very upset all week. No one knew why, but for some reason she was very depressed. Her friends, the three other girls I mentioned, invited her to the movies to try and lift her spirits, but..." The librarian could hardly finish her voice was so shaky. "On the way there... she was hit by a speeding car while crossing the street."

Inuyasha didn't know what to say. The girl he was looking for was dead. He remember the message from Yuka's cell phone. 'Hey, Yuka. I'm almost to the station so it'll be about ten minutes. What movie are we seeing again?' No wonder the girl had jumped all over him when he inquired about her friend! That message must have been the last contact she ever had with anyone that knew her. He thanked the librarian and exited the school after asking her one final question.

Inuyasha stood in the dead grass that covered the cemetery. The wind was freezing, and he felt a shiver run down his spine. Sunset wasn't too far off, and the sky was a dark gray. All around him were graves covered in flowers. The one in front of him was exceptionally beautiful. There were over a dozen bouquet's of various kinds of roses, tulips, and mixtures of all kinds of colors. The dirt was still fresh and grass had yet to grow over the packed earth. He read the writing carefully. It wasn't much, but it was pleasant.

Kagome Higurashi

April 15, 1991 - December 1, 2006

May her spirit return to

where it truly longs to be.

What does THAT mean? Inuyasha asked himself, puzzled. Where does she truly long to be? Does it have something to do with why she was depressed that week? If she had been paying more attention she probably would have had time to get out of the way. Poor girl. Maybe she got dumped? Whatever had happened, he now had no way of ever finding out how he had known her. He left the cemetery and started walking back to his apartment.

On the way, he passed a sign that said 'Sunset Shrine' in large letters. Recognizing it as the same name as the girl's school and remembering the shrine in his dream, he decided to check it out. He walked up what seemed to him to be the never ending stairway to heaven and upon reaching the top saw a large courtyard covered in concrete. Standing near a small hut was the same huge tree he had seen in his dreams. He walked over and put his hand against it. He suddenly felt depressed about not having been able to talk to the girl. He turned around and looked at the house. A sign in front of it said 'Welcome to the Higurashi Shrine'. Higurashi? Then, she lived here! Inuyasha could hardly believe it. Not only had he seen the girl in his dream, he had also seen her house! But I've never been here in my life! he screamed to himself inside his head.

He heard something to his right creak and turned to see an old, dilapidated hut. He remembered the well in his dream had been in a small building like this one. Sure enough, when he opened the doors he saw a square, wooden dry well just like in his dream. He walked down the steps and stood a few feet in front of it. He was seriously freaked! Why in the hell was he having those stupid dreams?

He was about to turn and leave when he heard quiet sobs coming form somewhere behind him. He turned around and saw nothing but the well. The sobs continued to fill his ears and he realized someone must be down inside the well crying. Inuyasha felt a little uncomfortable but decided to try and comfort the person anyway. After all, it was probably one of the girl's siblings crying for their sister.

"Excuse me?" he shouted as he looked down into the well. His face went white. He hardly believed what he saw. Sitting against the wall of the well clutching her knees to her chest was none other than the girl that he had seen in his dream, Kagome Higurashi. She had on her school uniform and a brown coat. She was slightly see through but she was definitely there. Other than that she looked just like any other girl.

Inuyasha wanted to scream but was so scared and shocked that he could hardly breathe. Kagome was now looking up at him. He could see that her eyes were red and she had tears stains running down her cheeks. She looked so sad, so lonely, so helpless that Inuyasha couldn't bring himself to run away. After recovering from the shock and deciding that he hadn't had a heart attack, Inuyasha called out to the girl in a shaky voice.

"Kagome?" he barely managed to get it out. He listened carefully for her reply, although he wasn't really expecting one. He looked back down into the well to see that she was staring at him with a shocked expression on her face. He was silently amazed that she didn't disappear.

"You can see me?" she hollered back hopefully, her expression changing to one of utter surprise.