Alright!  Here comes the second chapter in HSH:  Hidden Memories.  Sorry I changed the title a bit.  This chapter probably isn't going to be as long as the first one, so bare with me, k?  It won't be short either..I hope. ^-^;;...Now Gwen wants to tell you something.  Gwen?

Gwen: Ah yes, thank you to everyone that is reading this fanfic.  Here, have a free Inuyasha voodoo doll!  *starts to pass them out*

Me: GWEN!

Gwen:  Alright, Alright.  Liz doesn't own Inuyasha, or Sister Hazel, or anything but the fic itself...and me..*pouts*

Me:  Thank you, Gwen.  *picks up little kitsune Gwen and puts her on her shoulders.* I couldn't have said it better myself. ^_-

Warning!:  Things are going to get kind of dark in this chapter, don't worry..they won't be like this all the time.  ^.^

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Chapter Two:

Hidden Memories.

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Kagome stared wide-eyed in front of her, not moving an inch.  There was a map. Thank God!!  A map!  Now she just had to get across the sea of moving bodies alive.  Yeah.  Like that was going to happen.

"Oh bloody hell...Fine, on the count of three.  One, Two-" she had almost finished counting when a familiar male voice boomed out behind her.

"Three!"

Two strong hands gripped her shoulders and pushed her out into middle of the convulsing crowd. She froze, wide-eyed; caught like a deer in the headlights. People had already started to bump into her and pull her in different directions. That boy was going to get her killed...Any minute she expected a traffic instructor to rush through the crowd to rescue her.  No such luck.

 She counted to ten before looking back in the direction the shove had come from.  Surprise, surprise.  She was staring straight into two golden orbs.  Inuyasha.  She didn't even know him and was already trying to make her life a living hell.  As if traveling half way across the country was enough torture, now people had to go and piss her off when she had done nothing wrong.  This school wasn't the blessing her father said it would be, it was curse. If the teachers were just as horrible she was going to pack up her stuff and just leave.

The only thing she could do at the moment, however, was look for that long lost map.  She found it incredibly hard to spot even a clue of the plastic covered sign. 

Great.  She wasn't searching for a treasure map, she was searching for a stationary directional piece of paper...How hard was it to see something like that?!

Apparently, very.  She had the choice to walk over to Inuyasha and ask for help, but she would rather jump off a cliff into an ocean of man eating sharks before asking for help from that jerk.  Well, seeing as how there were no cliffs or oceans with man eating sharks, she found that rather impossible right now, so she did the only thing she could;  she turned back to Inuyasha.

"Lost, bitch?"  She read his words perfectly from where she stood, in the middle of the hallway, amidst the herd of animals.

"No. Piss off."  She mouthed back at him, before flashing another brilliant smile.  Suddenly there was no Kagome, just thin air where Kagome used to be.

"The Hell?"  Inuyasha wasn't fooled for a minute, but if it gave her the satisfaction of thinking she had tricked him, then whatever.  He sniffed the air for a moment and paused.  Her scent wasn't very hard to find, maybe she would learn to not use her strawberry shampoo anymore. Especially not with demons roaming the halls.  He looked to the left of where she was hiding, right behind the trophy case.  Wow.  Good job, captain obvious. 

His face was as solemn as ever, but inside he knew that something wasn't quite right about that girl.  She smelled different than all the other humans.  Except Kikyo. 

But even Kikyo didn't smell quite as different as this new girl.  Oh well, he had time to figure that out later; now he was just interested in one thing: Breakfast.  He grasped hands with Kikyo and ushered his minions to follow him as they went on their usual route to the cafeteria.

Kagome breathed a sigh of relief as she saw him look in her direction, then turn and leave before he could investigate further.  She had totally fooled him.  Cracking a smile, she finally caught a glimpse of the missing map and immediately took off in that direction. A book flew out of nowhere and she managed to dodge it before it could do serious brain damage.  Damn these halls were dangerous!

She managed to arrive at the map relatively unscathed. Besides having a crushed foot, and a throbbing bruise on her thigh..everything was pretty okay. But if just getting to a map was a hastle, she could only imagine what getting to her class or locker was going to be like.  Yep.  She was definately in for a surprising day.

"Okay, Principal's Office."  She slid her finger down the list until it rested beneath the words she was searching for. "Second Floor, Room number 285."  She reached behind her to pull her bookback forward, unzip the middle pocket and pull out a small notebook and a pen.  She scribbled the words down sloppily before ripping the page out and stuffing everything but the sheet back into her bag.

She looked down at the sheet of paper and took a step to her left, colliding with something solid.  Both her and object landed flatly on the floor, and she looked around herself wildly trying to locate the piece of paper that had gone flying out of her hands.  Ah well...she would find it later.  She knew the number now, at least. 

Realizing that she had hit something, she looked up to see a girl about her age furiously rubbing her behind.  Now that she thought about it, that fall kind of smarted a bit.

The girl looked up momentarily and saw the forlorn look in Kagome's eyes. "Hey, sorry 'bout that!  My name's Sango.  You must be new, huh?"

Kagome sighed and nodded. Maybe at least one person in this hell hole was decent?  The girl seemed pretty nice, it's just that she didn't want to make friends, and she had never had this directional problem before.  Ah well, screw it.

"Do you know where the principal's office is?"  Kagome stated after a few moments of silence. "I'm kind of..lost."  She smiled half-heartedly, pleading to the gods that this girl knew where she was going.

Sango giggled softly, standing up and holding a hand out for Kagome to take.  Reluctantly she took it, instantly getting pulled off the floor.  She reached down and picked up her backpack, once again slinging it over her shoulder. "I'm Kagome by the way, it's nice to meet you."

The girl paused momentarily before breaking into a smile. "Nice to meet you too, Kagome.  Allright, the principal's office is right this way, just follow me and if you get lost, look for the girl with the messed up hair." Sango chirped cheerfully, blending into the crowd with a lost Kagome right behind her.

Kagome couldn't resist, she laughed.  "You have really pretty hair! I like it. Is it natural?"

And so it began, the girls had chatted all the way up the two flights of stairs, and across the hallway to the principal's office.  Kagome felt wonderful; she hadn't talked like this to anyone in a long time.  Sure she was socially retarded, but when she was around people like Sango, it didn't really matter anymore.

"Okay, we're here!" Sango smiled and pointed to the sign above her head that said 'Main Office'.

Kagome faked a squeal and started jumping up and down like a little kid. "Yippee!  Principal's Office!"

Both her and Sango stared at each other for a minute before bursting out laughing. 

It felt good to laugh again with a friend. Wait..Friend?.  It brought her heartache and happiness at the same time as reality crashed down on her, nearly squeezing the breath out of her already breathless frame.  Well, it wasn't that bad.  Her and Sango could just be temporary friends.  ((A/N: That's what she thinks, again. o.O

*hears an echo*.-_-..*smacks Gwen*))

"Whew, thanks for the help, Sango. Maybe we'll have a class together?"

"I hope so, but make sure you keep your excitement level down, okay?"

Kagome cracked a smile again as Sango waved and started to walk away. She looked up at the numbers on the door, but they didn't match the numbers she had memorized in her head.

"Sango?!"

"Yeah?"

"The numbers are different."

"Yeah, I know..We forget every year to change that stupid map..No wonder so many people get lost."

Kagome burst into laughter once again as she turned the crystal knob in front of her and entered the office.

The room definately had the 'office feel'.  The carpet was a maroon color, contrasting to the gold painting that coated the walls.  A border of vines wrapped around the top of the golden walls near the ceiling, the rope-like plants curling around each other to form a mass of green.  The wall behind the secretary's desk was decorated with the various awards the high school had received,

one of which included, "Most Educated Students, 2003."  She hoped that was true. For the two weeks she was forced to live there, she didn't want to just sleep through all her classes.

"Can I help you, young lady?"  A voice piped up from behind the big wooden counter in the center of the room.

"Yes, I just transfered from Shikon, New York." Kagome stated matter-of-factly, walking to the edge of the counter and peering down at the senile old lady positioned before her.  The woman looked like she had seen one too many years of hallway patrol.

"See the lady two doors down that way, the name is Mrs. Shanlie."

Kagome walked right past the desk without even saying thank you; the phone ringing and typing  was starting to aggravate her. 

"Lets see, two doors down.  Great, she didn't even tell me left or right."  Kagome looked at both doors and tried to lean closer to read the symbols. She still couldn't read any of the letters.  Even a simple 'Mr. or Mrs.' would be helpful. She closed her eyes and played eanie meanie miny moe until deciding on the right door.

A man with long black hair and piercing red eyes looked up at her from behind the desk.  The name plate read, "Mr Shou."  Guess it wasn't the right door.

"Can I help you, young lady?"  His voice was surprisingly soft for such a menacing appearance, and she immediatedly relaxed.

"I'm new.  I just transfered from Shikon, New York.  My name is-"

"Higurashi. Kagome Higurashi, Correct?"

"Yes."  She shivered slightly at the intense look he was giving her.  For some reason she didn't trust this man at all.  The tension immediately returned as he began to rummage around in his desk.  Even weirder, he was doing it without looking.  'Am I having another nightmare?' She pinched herself to be sure.  'Ow..no, definately not a nightmare...So why do I still have this forboding feeling?'  Her throat was beginning to get very dry, but her eyes remained their usual dead selves. There was no way she was going to let this wacko know she wasn't relaxed.  She had never been scared of anything in her entire, but this was putting a whole new perspective on things.

He snatched a piece of paper from the drawer and held it out to her.  She causticlly looked at his arm.  Was that a spider tattoo she saw?  No, it couldn't be. He coughed slightly to let himself be known and she snapped out of her stupor at once.  Gliding across the room she gently took the piece of paper from his outstretched hand, though it was awfully hard to focus.  Her head was swimming....  She had the sensation she was slowly being drowned, all of the feeling being sucked out of her body. Each moment he looked at her, the feeling got more and more intense.

"I need your transfer papers, please."

She mindlessly reached into her bag and lifted out the manila folder with her papers stuck inside.  Was this some sort of spell? It was like she couldn't move her body at all, and it was moving for itself.  No..That was impossible...this couldn't be..

Her imagination was running wild and free, she felt her aura go black, then red, then light blue.  Something was wrong, this wasn't right.  Her powers had never reacted on their own before..ever.  Not even when she was scared senseless. Actually…they had..once.

"Here is your schedule, your first class is two doors to the left of the office.  Your first period teacher's name will be Greensby, Mr. Greensby.  He's our advanced science teacher.  I hope you have a wonderful day here at Feudal High."  She nodded numbly, taking the paper.  Her legs had their own will and turned by themselves to head to the door.  She was moments away when she heard the squeak of a chair.  She looked back and noticed his concerned look.

"Dear?  Are you feeling okay?  You are extremely pale, maybe I should escort you to the nurse?"

"I can find it myself, thank you."  She was out of the door before she knew it, walking away faster than she thought humanly possible.  'Slow down!' she mentally screamed at her legs, and they obeyed immediately.  She felt like she was made of jelly, her arms and legs seemed like they would collapse any minute.

"Dear-?"  The secretary began.

"I'm fine!" She half screamed, practically running out of the office and into the hallway.  As soon as she was out of the room she felt her lungs suck up the much needed air.  It was like the thing that was pressing against her had finally released its grip, and she could move again. She didn't know what had happened. One moment she was fine, the next she was staggering like an idiot.  Maybe she should lay off the soft drinks for a while.

She slid down the wall and onto the floor, lying her head down on her knees and gasping at air like a fish. She didn't want to look into a mirror, she could tell by the way her body was acting that she was deathly pale.  This wasn't the first time this sort of thing had happened, though.  She glanced at her wrists, a shiver racking her entire body.

~______Flashback______~

Kagome...Jump...Just do it, rid yourself of the pain of loss...just go..

She took one step closer to the edge of her three story building, the voice inside her head intensifying to a roar.  It was so comforting..the sound..If she just took one more step she could rid herself of the pain altogether.  Her mother was dead, her friends were dead, too.  Dead to her, she didn't exist..she wasn't alive.  Not breathing, not seeing.  No one cared...if she just went a little further, it would all go away.

'Jump!'  The voice hissed violently in her ear.

"NO!."  She wasn't going to listen, she'd block it out..he couldn't get her..he would never get her..that voice.

She heard the constant beat of water against the roof.  'Oh, it must be raining.'  Something warm slid down her hand in tiny rivulets, collecting in tiny pools on the tiles below her. The sound dominated her hearing, growing volume by the moment until that was all she heard. Drip Drip Drip.  It was so comforting, that sound..she wished it would last forever. A metallic sound reverberated around her as an object hit the roof beside her. There was something wrong with that sound, but she couldn't bring herself to stop listening to that dripping.  It was mesmerizing.

She knew she had dropped something, but it didn't matter.

You can do it..don't be afraid.

"I'm not afraid."

Then do it..Make it all disappear.

She felt like she was drowning slowly..her vision was swimming before her, and she couldn't seem to focus.  The pain hurt so much now.  If she just jumped, she would get peace, comfort.  But she wouldn't..something held her back.  Some small strip of sanity still screamed for her to be still.  She was bleeding;  she didn't care...the voice made it evaporate, anyway.  Her powers had never acted like this before, now they had turned against her..But the voice made it go away.

The invisible force squeezed one last time on her lungs before she fell, and blackness rushed up to greet her..

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She had woken up in intensive care two days later, suffering from drastic blood loss.  The first thing she saw when her vision came back was her father's pitiful gaze. 

He had gasped in shock, his eyes brimming with tears. 

She had tried to kill herself.  But, she didn't..her powers..it was all a big mistake, she would never try to kill herself.  It was that voice.  She had the same feeling of being a soulless puppet when she had entered that man's office, and she didn't like it one bit.

Taking a shaky breath, Kagome slowly stood up, using the wall for support.  She slipped ,rather than slung, her bag over her shoulder, taking a collective breath before heading off to Mr. Greensby's advanced sciences class.

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I know, I know!! *hides under her covers.* …This was a really dark chapter, so let me fill you in on some stuff.  Naraku had plotted to kill Kagome, but since everyone was one was on his case, he had to make it look inconspicuous. What better way than to frame suicide?  He manipulated Kagome's miko powers to try and trick her into jumping off her roof.  He succeeded in making her cut her own wrists, but he had to do that or someone would think it was murder.  Why kill an innocent?  Kagome, even at the age of fifteen, was onto him.  He was manipulating the government to think that Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were behind a big drug deal, instead of focusing on the major issue:  The increasing numbers of random innocent deaths.  Naraku couldn't let it be known that he was extracting parts of the human's souls to use for reviving the dark witch Sanuye. (Which roughly translates as red cloud at sundown.) The following chapters will be happy and will be filled with all kinds of I/K fluff. ^_^;..So don't hate me, cause I just love you guys! *hops into the audience's lap and purrs*. I'll update soon, promise.