Seven Sins

Kagome stood frozen, staring at what looked like a little house. But sleeping on the couch was Yura.

Yura, sleeping soundly, didn't move at the gasp that Kagome let out before she could stop herself.

This wasn't part of the plan!

She was only looking for Naraku, knowing that if she took him out then she wouldn't have to worry anymore.

And she also knew that if she ran into someone else, someone like Yura, that she was in big trouble. Because that meant she would have to fight Koga, Kagura, Kanna, Yura, and Naraku.

Silently she backed out of the doorway, making she too close the door, as quietly as possible. As soon as she heard the quiet click, she turned around and walked away as fast and silently as she could.

As soon as she turned the corner she let her body collapse against the wall, relief spreading all through her body. Taking in deep breaths she looked around, trying to think of her next move.

She had come far too far for her to turn around and go home, but she had come far too far for her to blow her one chance.

Shaking her head, as if this would calm her agitated nerves, and looked down both hallways.

"Left." She decided, turning the left corner.

Left led to the middle of the maze, Kagome was sure, and where else would Naraku be if not at the middle of the mess?

Kagome crept along the halls, making extra sure not to make a sound. She stopped in the dirty halls as she came to two doors, on of which looked strong, and beautiful, carvings of flowers stood out all along the door. The door stood out, the walls and floors covered with dirt and blood, but the door looked as if it was shining; untouched by the disaster that was the floors and walls. The other door looked old, and weak, it was barely on the hinges as it was. The door was covered in dust, and there were black marks all over the door.

Looking over the doors, trying to decide which one she should take, Kagome eventually decided that she should take the old door. All the other doors were kept in better condition, so what would Naraku be keeping that didn't mean a lot to him but was still valuable enough for him to keep?

Pushing the door open, it creaked, and even when Kagome stopped pushing it continued creaking, causing Kagome to look over her shoulder, to make sure no one heard the noise the door made.

As soon as she was satisfied that she was still undiscovered, she walked through the door, instantly being covered by the darkness of the room.

Looking down, she saw she saw a hallway and she could make out the shape of a door at the very end. Closing the creaking door quickly she walked through the hall, looking around at the dusty, spider-web covered, dark walls.

It was really creeping her out. She felt her legs start to shake, making every step she took harder then the one before. Finally she made it to the door, this one in worse condition then the other one.

Shakily, she raised her hand and pushed open the door. Kagome looked into the large, dark room, surprised at what she saw.

6 teens, all around her age, sprawled out across the room, looking dead.

The first person she saw had orange hair and a tail, his eyes were closed, and he was a bit short for his age, he looked to be aroused 16, maybe 17.

Next was a guy with dark brown hair, and looked to be around 18, and he was maybe 5 inches taller then the orange haired boy.

Then was a girl, very beautiful, but pale and small, her hair went down to her shoulders and was a beautiful black, she looked to be around 16.

Next was a girl with red pigtails, green eyes, and she was maybe 17.

Then a boy with dark black hair, and his sick looked oddly green, no doubt because of a sick infection, he was short, and looked to be 19.

Last, was a girl, 15, hair down to her shoulders, brown eyes, and she was about medium height.

Only this girl had her eyes open, and was looking at Kagome.

"…Oh, um…are you guys ok?" Kagome asked, walking over to kneel beside the girl.

The girl glared at Kagome, obviously not liking Kagome, and she didn't say a word, just looked Kagome over.

Kagome stood still, letting the girl look her over, feeling slightly stupid.

"Um…so are you ok?" Kagome asked dropping to the ground next to the girl.

"Who are you?" The girl asked, her voice coming out sounding rough and strong.

"Me? I'm Kagome. Who are you?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Apparently not rescuing you." Kagome said, looking over at the other sleeping teens.

"Why are you here?" the girl asked again, regaining Kagome's attention.

"I'm here to finish something."

The girl looked Kagome over, obviously not trusting her.

"I'm not here to hurt you. Really I'm not. I'm looking for Naraku. I just got lost." Kagome explained, looking around again.

"What do you want him for?"

"…I have something he wants, and he's willing to kill for it. So, I plan to kill him first."

"…What do you have?"

Kagome looked down at the girl, realizing for the first time, that telling this girl probably wasn't the best thing to do.

"Who are you?"

"What do you have?"

Kagome glared down at the girl, looking her over to see her serious expression. She looked so strong and determined, even though she looked so weak and tired.

"I have the Pride Medallion. Who are you?"

"You do!"

Kagome looked down at the girl suspiciously as she cried out in such an enthusiastic way.

"Oh, I'm sorry. You don't know." The girl said, shaking her head, sitting up. "I'm Kikyo. I had a medallion too. But Naraku captured me, and got my medallion."

Kagome nodded her head, looking out at the others. "So, they had medallions too?"

"Yeah," Kikyo said.

"Why don't you guys escape?"

"We're too weak…Naraku barely keeps us alive…" Kikyo explained, looking down at her hands. "The only reason we aren't dead is because if we die then the medallions move on."

"Oh…" Kagome said, letting her sentence go unfinished.

Yawning, Kagome turned to see the orange hair boy sit up, looking like he wish he was dead. He looked over and spotted Kagome, instantly confused.

"Who are you?"

"Kagome. You?"

"…Shippo…"

Done! Sorry I didn't update last week, and sorry I left you with a cliffhanger. Oh well, it just means that next week will be great. I want to thank all my reviewers. And I want to remind you all to check out my profile, because I still don't know which story to do next. Read and Review. Till Next Time…