6th chapter..this one's about 15 minutes after the 5th chapter..Claymoore Psychiatric Institution came from the movie "Girl, Interrupted" and the name is © the producer and/or writer of that movie..btw..that was a great movie! newayz..R&R people!

"About fuckin' time!" They all laughed. "I thought we'd NEVER find the damn exit!"

'Yeah..this place is big alright."

"Yeah..and so is the parkinglot..now we gotta find the car.." The next 5 minutes consisted of exactly that..finding Kagome's car.

"Finally!" I was beginning to think we'd have to use that car beeper thing on your remote thing, Kagome." Mihoshi tried to sound mad and keep a straight face but it didn't work. Kagome looked at her keys.

"Hey..I DO have one of those don't I?" She smiled innocently as they all got in her car. "You know the way there Mihoshi?"

"Uhh..sort of.."

"Mm..good enough..if I get you to a certain road..can you find your way there?"

"Yeah."

"Ok."

*10 minutes later*

"THIS..is it?" Inuyasha examined the moss covered walls. There was a strange feeling in the air as new footprints were being woven into the age-old, weathered steps that led to the double doors. "Feh..looks more like a jail or prison..than a mental ward."

"Yeah..they must really not want anyone to escape."

"Guess they've stepped up security since I was here..speaking of which..why don't I just stay outside while y'all go in..I'll wait.."

"Umm..o..k..you sure you don't wanna come in and wait?" Kagome looked around, she could barely see 10 feet in front of her from the fog. "It's kinda..spooky out here..bad part of town too.."

"I'll be fine..don't worry. That place gives me the creeps..all those security guards.." Suddenly Mihoshi had a flashback of when she too was in Claymoore. She now remembered why she was deathly afraid of this place, other than the bad memories it held within its walls. When she was 15, she found a way out, back into the real world again, and by some miracle, no one from there ever found her after she ran away. She went back to her parents' house and stayed there. They didn't want her to be at Claymoore in the first place so they acknowledged her staying.

"I'll stay out here with you..places like this kinda scare me too." He put his hand on her shoulder. Mihoshi couldn't shake the thought that they might still be looking for her.

"Ok.." She smiled, despite the way she was feeling inside. She and Kurama sat down on the bench outside while Kagome and Inuyasha proceeded to go inside.

"You ok?" Kurama put his arm around Mihoshi and she put her head on his shoulder.

"Yeah..just..remembering..that's all."

"Ohh.."

*Inside*

"Kinda blinding, don't cha think?"

"Yeah..but they hafta keep everything in 'happy colors'"

"Yeah..but why white? Why not light blue?"

"Blue makes people feel sad.."

"Oh.."

"Hey..at least it's not pink.."

"Yeah." They slowly approached the front desk and talked to the secretary lady.

"Good afternoon," Kagome looked at her watch, it was almost one o'clock. "Welcome to Claymoore." Inuyasha assumed that they refrained from saying the whole name, Claymoore Psychiatric Institution, in order to keep from scaring off visitors. He laughed lightly to himself. "May I help you?"

"Yes." Inuyasha, despite his amusement, spoke. "I'm looking for a..Mr...Sesshoumaru.." The happiness in the lady's face faded away into a stern, serious look.

"Any..relation to him perhaps?"

"Yeah.." Inuyasha hesitated a little. "I'm his..brother..and this is his sister-in-law."

"Would your name be, by any chance, Inuyasha?"

"Yeah..yes it would.." He was confused. "Why?"

"Oh..he's told us a lot about you.."

"Really?" Inuyasha wasn't about to ask what he had told them.

"Yes..please..follow me..I'll show you where he is.." Kagome took Inuyasha's hand as the lady led them down a long, white(of course..) hall. As they approached the end of the hallway, they could hear the sound of a TV. It grew increasingly louder with every step. They entered a large room and found a TV(duh..), sever cushioned chairs, and a couch, with, what seemed to be, Sesshoumaru sitting on it. Everyone else was in their rooms at the moment. He had short, spiked, silver hair with red tips. He wore blue Dickies©(sp?), with a t-shirt and brown Doc martins, which he had propped up on the side of the couch. He took only a moment to look up and catch a glimpse of his visitors then turned his attention back to the TV, not recognizing anyone at first glance. A second later he was up off the couch and over in front of Inuyasha.

"I..Inuyasha? S'at really you?! You haven't changed much."

"Yeah..it's me. You've uhh..changed..a lot."

"Yeah.." Sesshoumaru rubbed the back of his head. "Kinda got tired of the old, long hair look."

"Yep..I see you got rid of your kimono as well.."

"Yeah..I gave it to some lady at the mall.."

"I know..that's how we found you.."

"She told you I was here?" Kagome giggled.

"Not in so many words..but yeah."

"Oh..I bet you're wondering why I'm here then, huh?"

"Kinda..yeah.." Sesshoumaru whispered.

"Well..to tell you the truth..I'm not really crazy..they just think I am.."

"Do you see purple people?" Kagome burst out with a random question. Inuyasha turned around and looked at her, along with Sesshoumaru.

"What?!"

"You know..purple people..purple..nevermind.." Kagome shook her head.

"Right..anyways.." Inuyasha turned back to Sesshoumaru. "So..you say you're not crazy..but you stay here anyway..why?"

"I'm really not crazy! I swear!"

"Alright..alright but..you're over 18..you don't hafta stay here..why'd you put yourself in this place?"

"Don't have anywhere else to go..and these people are nice enough to let me stay here..instead of the homeless shelter..thing.."

"So what do they 'think' is wrong with you?"

"They uhh..think I'm skitzo.." He smiled. Inuyasha knew he was lying..there was no way they'd let him stay here without there really being something wrong with him. But..he wasn't gonna complain..it kept him out of his hair at least, but he still wanted to know what he was doing in present day Japan in the first place.

"Well..that explains why you're here..but..why are you really..HERE..why are you in this time..in Japan..with us?"

"Same reason as you I guess..or..maybe not but..I followed Kagome here after she left. Hoping that when I got here..I would find someone..like you two found each other.."

"But..what about Kikyo..y'all had something goin' didn't you?" Kagome didn't particularly like Kikyo.

"Yeah..we did..but I wanted someone..better..you know..I mean..she only had so much..I wanted someone that had more than that.." Kagome smiles at this.

"Little Sesshoumarus!" She could see the little fluffy puppy things running around. "Aww.." (^.^ cute!)

"So you've been here for almost 3 years now?"

"Yeah.."

"Oh..well.." There were a few seconds of silence. "Guess we better get going. It was nice to see you again, Sesshoumaru.."

"Yeah."

"Good to see you too.."

"Look.." Inuyasha couldn't believe he was about to say this. "If you need anything..let me know..ok?"

"Alright..thanks."

"No problem."

"Bye." Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru shook hands.

"C'ya."

"Ok, bye bye." As they walked out they found Mihoshi and Kurama sitting on the bench outside. Kurama had his arms around her and she had her head on his shoulder.

"Done already?"

"Yeah..not much to talk about really.." Kurama and Mihoshi stood up and they all went back to the car.

"Where to now?" She looked at her watch. It was 1:30 now.

"Dunno.." Kagome started the car.

"Well..my mom doesn't expect me home for almost another 5 hours..so..we can go anywhere.."

"Yeah..anywhere..that's fine with me.."

"Me too.."

"Well..shit.." Kagome laughed. "I don't wanna pick.."

"Maybe we could just go back to your house and chill for a while or something..or..wait..we could go to my house..both my parents work on the weekend so..no one will be home until 5:30 or so."

"Alright..sounds good to me..maybe we can rent some movies or something.."

"Yeah.."

"Ok."