Chapter 12: The Soul Piper and the Mischievous Little Soul

….Modern Tokyo, Hiroko's Point of View….

"Hey Gramps we're back! Mind running a bath for me first?" Kagome yelled from the well. I had just gotten out after Aneko and saw Kagome yelling at Gramps. Something about Roomatism, oh come on! Greedy old man wanting all that medicine for himself.

…At Ice Cream Place…..

It was just after school and Aneko suggested we get some ice cream to try and get our minds off our homework.

…Walking Home….

"So who'd you get for your project Aneko?" I asked. In Physics we have to do a project on a famous physicist.

"I got Galileo." I groaned.

"I got James Clerk Maxwell," I said.

"Who's that?"

"I don't even know, okay? I just gotta do the dang report on him."

"At least it's an easy A," Kagome said. We nodded. I licked my ice cream cone.

"So Kagome, you know how I can sense jewel shards now too?" I asked her.

"Yeah," she answered.

"Well I figured this. Aneko and I are doing good in all our classes, you not so much. And you like Hojo. So…Shippo, InuYasha, Aneko and I can go shard hunting while you go on some dates with Hojo."

"I-I-I d-do not like Hojo!" She was blushing bad. Aneko laughed and threw her finished ice cream cone on the ground.

"With that blush we can say you really are sick. Looooove Sick."

"Gah!" Kagome stormed ahead of us. I looked at my sister.

"You should stop that. Funny, but stop."

"Haven't you ever heard that teasing is a sign of love for a friend or loved one?" She said.

"Yes. You do it to me all the time!" I yelled. Then we ran for Kagome at the playground.

"Hey they have fireworks!" Aneko said. Kagome gasped. A second later my sight only went to the dome thing just behind the kids. A little girl wearing a winter jacket and pigtails leaned out of one of the holes and lit a tiny spinning firecracker and it spun to the others and madethem all go off. Those small kids were terrified and their moms took them away from there fast as they could. The girl that caused that panic came out the top hole of the dome.

"Heh heh heh…That'll keep 'em busy. Little brats!" Then she jumped off to behind the dome.

"Hey wait! Stop!" Kagome yelled at her. I caught her arm.

"Kagome she's a spirit," I told her.

"What? How do you figure that?" she said.

"Aneko couldn't see her," I replied. Kagome looked at Aneko for confirmation and she nodded. Saying it was true.

…In the Fuedal Era….

The Tetsusaiga was surrounded by a bunch of Stell Wasps. InuYasha rested his chin on the palm of his hands.

"How much longer is this gonna take anyway?" he grumbled. Myoga hopped onto his master's shoulder.

"Be patient My Lord, if you try to take it from the Steel Wasps now, you'll be stung to death. The Tetsusaiga's sheath was cracked during your last battle. Let the Steel Wasps do their job and repair it with their speial wax," Myoga explained. Shippo came floating behind InuYasha and Myoga in his pink circle thing.

"He he. Woohoo! How about a bite?" He bit down on InuYasha's head.

"Grrrr….Back. Off!" InuYasha punched Shippo to the ground. He popped back to his normal demon self.

"Hey I was only trying to liven things up around here! Wheres Mom anyways, I'm tired of hanging around with you," Shippo said.

"Funny you should mention her."

"It's not fair! Why do I have to be alone with you?" Shippo complained.

"Heh," InuYahsa said. Myoga hopped onto InuYasha's head.

"Sorry but don't I deserve to be counted?" he asked. Suddenly beautiful flute music was playing. It was the Soul Piper. Myoga explained that the Soul Piper played with a child's soul until it was ready to move on. And all the stuff about his eyes as well.

…Modern Tokyo…

"Come on Kaogme it won't kill you!" Aneko yelled.

….Train Station….

"But why do we have to take you to see your friend in the hospital? You can take yourself there," Kagome said. We stepped into the train.

"I can't help it. Mom's busy and I'm not allowed to take the train by myself," Souta said.

"Let's just not stay there all day,okay?"Kagome said. I get she wants to study but still. Have a little selflessness, would ya?

"Hey sis," Souta said.

"Yeah?" Kagome asked.

"Do you think evil ghosts really excist?" he asked. The three of us looked at him in surprise. He never asked about this stuff.

…..The Hospital…..

"Oh Souta. So nice of you to visit," a woman said. I remember her on the show as that girl's mom.

"How's Sataru? He better yet?" Souta asked.

"Afraid not. He hasn't woken up since the accident," the woman answered him. Souta handed her the Get Well Cranes he and his friends made to her.

"Get Well Cranes. How thoughtful of you Souta," she said.

Her hands are burned, Kagome thought. Okay let me explain. I can read minds apparently, but only when I want to.

No duh, Kagome, I thought. The woman caught us staring at her hands and held one up.

"Oh these? They got burned in the fire."

"We didn't mean to stare," Aneko said. The woman looked at her son.

"Fortunately he wasn't burned. But he's been in a coma for half a year since the fire."

The room went black. And I don't mean the power went out, I mean like I'm having a vision or something and time stopped. It was that little girl again. She grabbed the IV tube going to Souta's friend and pulled so the clear bag holding the liquid in it busted. Everyone gasped.

"Huh?" I heard Kagome say. She was half under the bed still holding onto the IV tube. Then she diappeared.

"That's the same girl we saw in the park. But why is she here? What's going on?" Kagome whispered in my ear.

"Maybe she hasn't passed on," I said.

"How so?" Kagome asked.

"Because…One:She is wearing a winter coat when its almost summer. Two:No one but you and me can see her. And Three: She disappears for no reason and does bad things to other kids and this one." I heard a flute, and a voice. That little girl!

"Hmph! One of these days I'll finish off my stupid brother for good!"

They're realted. Oh yeah! The apartment caught on fire, her mom thought she wasn't at home at the time, she hid in the closet and died from burns. I should bring InuYasha over.

….Walking Home From Hospital….

"So why were you asking about evil ghosts before we got to the hospital?" Kagome asked Souta. He looked to the ground.

"Because. Kids in my class think theres an evil ghost after Sataru. He's been in a coma for six months now, right? Well evryone used to come and visit him all the time. But then all sorts of things started happening. Like, they were pushed down stairs, or almost getting hit by cars and stuff. Ever yone's scared to visit him now. His sister Mayu died in the fire you know. Some guys think that maybe shes doin' all the creepy stuff. And every time someone goes near their apartment." He stopped and pointed to their apartment. "Something bad happens." A pot was lifted over the rail of the small balcony and falling toward us.

"Look out!" Kagome and Souta ran out of the way. Aneko just stepped to the right and I stepped to the left.

"S-S-See? I t-t-t-told you," Souta said. Then he fainted. Then Mayu,the little girl, jumped down to us.

"I'm dead don't you get it?"

"Your Sataru's sister. Why are you hurting him? What did he do to you?" I asked. She turned around s oher back was to us.

"I don't care about anyone. Especially not my mommy. Mommy couldn't stand me. She didn't even care that I died! She left me in the fire. She only saved my little brohter."

"That's not true Mayu! I spoke to your mother, I'm sure she loved you as much as her brother." Mayu spun around to us, tears starting to form in her eyes.

"What do you know? You'd better stay outta my way or I'm gonna have to kill you too!" She disappeared right after that. Suddenly trees and shrubs were yanked from the ground and into the air and fell all around us-some almost got us though- so we huddled into a group so none of us would get hurt. A flute sounded. Kagome and I turned around and saw the Soul Piper right in front of us. Then it was gone.

…..In the Fuedal Era…

"So you've heard of it?" Kagome asked Myoga, who is resting on her finger.

"Yes. The Soul Piper consoles children by playing it's flute until they can accept their deaths," he said.

"But what if they can't find peace?" Aneko asked Myoga. "Like what if jealousy of something is holding them back?" she asked him. I looked at her in surprise.

"Just because I can't see her doesn't mean I can't hear her." Myoga cleared his throat and told us how they'd become evil spirits if something is holding them back.

"Well then. Let's go InuYasha," I said. I got one of his ears and dragged him to the well.

"Later guys." InuYasha was struggling.

"H-Hey! Let me go! Ghosts and all that stuff are much more dangerous!"

"Chicken! Chicken!" I yelled. He immediately glared at me.

"I am not a chicken!" So instead of me dragging him down the well, he dragged me down the well.

….Modern Tokyo, Mayu's Apartment….

"Aaaahhhh!" I was screaming my heart out in Mayu's old apartment as the Soul Piper was trying to drag Mayu down to hell. And apparently me with her.

"Listen Mayu!Your mother loved you then and she still loves you now!" She looked up at me. Tears were starting to form in my eyes. "Don't you want to make up with her before you say goodbye for good?" The chains on Mayu pulled her in a little bit further down. I held her hand a little tighter.

"Mommy isn't mad at me? Are you sure Mommys not mad?" Mayu said. I smiled at her.

"I'm sure. She just loves and misses you a lot. Think Mayu, you know your mom better than anyone!" Mayu looked up to me and said, "I'm sorry! Yes, I wanna make up with Mommy! I want her to know I'm okay! I'm sorry Mommy!" The chain broke.

…..The Next Day…..

…..Mayu's Mother's Point of View…..

Mayu's mother stepped into the burned apartment. She went into what used to be her children's bedroom. She looked at where the closet once stood.

"Mayu?" she called. She got on her knees in front of the burned closet.

"Mommy," Mayu said.

"Huh?" Her mother turned around to see her daughter walking towards her. Mayu stopped walking when she got in front of her mother.

"Mayu?" She couldn't believe it.

"I'm sorry Mommy." Mayu began to rub the side of her mother's face eith her small hand. "Can you forgive me?" Her mother had tears in her eyes at seeing her little girl.

"Yes," she said. Mayu took her hand away from her mother.

"Bye Mommy. I have to go now." With each word she faded away until she was gone.

…Hiroko's Point of View….

InuYasha and I are sitting on top of the aprtment building.

"I hope Mayu is okay now," I said. The wind was lightly blowing making our hair sway. The wind usually calms me down. But I still worry over Mayu.

"What were you thinking? Going in there all alone? That girl could've easily dragged you into Hell, Hiroko. And I wouldn't've been able to save you!" InuYasha said.

"Okay first off, only humans could go in there. Second, only humans could go in there!" I exclaimed. He did his classic "Feh. Whatever."

….One Week Later….

Sataru came home from the hospital earlier today. Currently Aneko and I are helping Kagome study for the Math Makeup she had to do tomorrow.

"Hiroko! Hi!" Mayu said. I went to Kagome's bedroom window.

"Hi Mayu. Wow that's a pretty kimono!" I said. It was blue wit hgoldfish all over it.

"Thanks. I wanted to see you one last time before I left. Thank you for helping me." The Soul Piper started playing his it's flute.

"Oh, I've gotta go now. Bye!" Mayu waved as she floated to the Soul Piper.

She just loved her mom more than anything. Just like Aneko and I loved our mom.

Mom…..

Author's Note: Thanks for reading! Review please! And I don't own InuYasha or anything that goes with it except the characters I made up in this fanfiction. And I'm gonna start a Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds fanfiction soon so if you're a fan, check it out! It's gonna be called Just So You Can See It. Reminder: Review Please!