GHOSTS

By Dancing Dragon1

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CHAPTER 5

"Hello," he said.

Kagome's mouth was hanging open, but she quickly closed it.

"Table or bar?" she asked.

"Um… bar."

"Okay, seat yourself. I'll be with you in a moment."

Kagome grabbed the order that had just come up from behind the bar and carried it out to a table in the corner. When she was back on the other side of the bar, she took his order.

"Will that be all?"

"Yes."

"Your order will be served shortly," she said she handed him a cup of coffee.

By the time the early morning rush was over, only a few people were left in the diner. Inu-Yasha was one of these people. He was just finishing his meal when Kagome took her break.

"Cookie? I'm taking my break! Tell Rin to cover for me!"

She took a cup of coffee and sat down at the opposite end of the counter, staring into space.

'The nightmares are getting worse. I don't think they're dreams either. But how can that be? I don't actually remember any of this ever happening before, but something tells me that it has. Am I going crazy? This is so weird…'

Kagome was shaken out of her thoughts by a strong hand on her shoulder. Looking over, she saw the hand belonged to Jakin.

"Hey Kag," the waiter said impatiently.

"What is it Jakin?" Kagome asked irritably. She absolutely detested the man. He reminded her of a toad.

"You got a letter. Here."

Kagome took the letter and looked on the front of the envelope. When she saw what was on the front, she became totally oblivious to her surroundings. For on the front in the upper right-hand corner, where the return address was supposed to be, was a chameleon walking on a deadly dagger. Kagome opened the envelope with shaking hands. Inside was a picture. The picture revealed a small city in Northern France. Her face paled at an astonishing rate.

'What does this mean?! I know where this is, how to get there, everything! How… how can I?!'

Looking up, Kagome saw Inu-Yasha's concerned gaze. She opened her mouth to speak, but only one word came out. "HIM!" She then dropped the picture and fainted.

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         Kagome groaned as rolled over. She had a slight headache, but the bed was so soft, warm and big, she just waned to go back to sleep… wait… big? Her bed wasn't big… Where was she? She sat bolt upright on the bed and looked around the room.

"Must have been decorated by a man,' Kagome thought. 'Man… Inu-Yasha… the Diner! The letter!' All of a sudden the memory came back to her. 'This must be his room! Oh, my God! I'm in his room!'

As though thinking his name had summoned him to her, he walked into the room, carrying a tray loaded with water, aspirin, and a brush.

"Hey! You're awake."

Kagome just stared blankly at him.

"Here, have some aspirin. You probably have a headache, right?"

She nodded and took the pills and water he offered her. After swallowing the pills, she took her hair down from its high ponytail and proceeded to brush it with the brush. Pulling her hair into a ponytail when she was done, she sighed and left the room to find Inu-Yasha. He had left after she had taken the aspirin.

Kagome looked around the living room.

'Definitely decorated by a man,' she thought for a seconded time as she took in the steel and glass accents. 'But I have to admit he has good taste.'

In the middle of the wall was a flat-screen TV above a row of shelves that held DVDs, Playstation2 games, a DVD player, and a Plastation2. Across from the TV was a leather easy chair. Off to the side, an overstuffed sofa resided next to a glass coffee table. The walls were a clean, hard white on a dark blue carpet.

'Yup, definitely a man's apartment… a man with no girlfriend.'

Kagome found Inu-Yasha in the kitchen boiling water.

"Whatcha doing?" she asked.

"I'm making lunch."

"OH! Can I use your phone? I need to call the diner and see if I can have the day off."

"Don't worry," Inu-Yasha said with a smile. "When I brought you over here, they said that you could have the day off."

"Oh… okay, then."

"Would you like to say for lunch?"

"Um… sure. What are we having?"

"Well, we're having… Ramen!"

Kagome laughed. "Ramen?"

"Yup! The best food I the whole world cuz I can fix it without burning anything."

Kagome giggled and started opening up the cupboards.

"Uh… what are you doing?"

"Hm? Oh, I'm looking for the bowls so I can set the table."

"Um… they're in the cupboard to the left of the fridge."

"Thanks. Where is the silverware?"

"Second drawer on your left."

"Okay."

Kagome found everything and took it into the dining room. She set two places at the round, glass table and started to hum her strange tune. She turned around when she heard Inu-Yasha walk into the room.

"Where'd you learn that tune?"

"I don't know. It just came to me earlier this morning."

"It's… nice."

"Yea, I guess it is." 'If only I didn't make me restless,' she thought. By now, they were sitting at the table, eating the ramen.

Something about that song tugged at her memory, compelling her to want to run out that door to some place. A place that was imbedded in her mind. An old, 19th century Victorian painted in muted tones, making it blend into the surrounding neighborhood. Non descript, unremarkable. Perfect for a safe house.

"-llo? Kagome?"

"Huh?" she said as she came out of her disturbing reverie.

"Are you okay?" Inu-Yasha asked, concern coloring his voice slightly.

"Yea, Sorry. I guess I kinda zoned out for a sec."

"You sure you're okay? You were looking kind of pale and confused."

"I'm fine. Now, what were you saying?"

"I was just saying that I used to know a girl who sang a song like that. In fact… you remind me so much of her." Inu-Yasha got a san, far-away look in his eyes.

An uncomfortable silence fell over the couple.

"Well, I guess I should get going." Kagome said after a few moments. She had finished her ramen during her troublesome thoughts.

"Oh… yea. I'll walk you to the door."

The walked silently to the door, each very aware of the other.

"I'll she you around, I guess," Kagome said.

"Sure."

"Thank you again for helping me." On impulse, she kissed him on the cheek.

Inu-Yasha blushed as she walked away.

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         A/N: Hey hey hey! How is everyone? Sorry it took so long to update. I meant to do so earlier but Hurricane Isabelle just came through here and I haven't had power for a while _ stupid natural disasters… anywho, I'm kinda in a funk on this story. Any suggestions? Any at all? ::looking hopeful:: please give me any material I could work with. I, Dancing Dragon, beg you. Well, bye for now!

~The One And Only DANCING DRAGON (|)