September Rain_ Chapter 7

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They had been riding in the limo for some time now. Inuyasha talked a little with the guy called Miroku, and Kouga talked to Kagome incessantly, but other than that, it was an uneventful trip. Although after an entire day's travel, Kouga's hand was reaching evermore closer to the hem of her skirt, so she was relieved to see the shadow of a large house looming over the horizon, where the sun was beginning to set. The automobile stopped, and Inuyasha stepped out first, taking Kagome's hand and leading her after him. The rest filed after, with Sesshomaru last. It was then Kagome took the time to look at the 'house' behind her, and her jaw dropped.

This place was HUGE! No, huge didn't describe it. It was larger than a city block, no, like, FIVE city blocks. How did these guys get so much money? She looked nervously behind her, her hand reaching for her heart. Somehow, this... mansion, this HUGE house foreboded something terrible for her. It seemed... dark. Why? She felt her heart skip a beat. Was she... afraid of this house? That was stupid! Who could be afraid of a house? Wait. It was coming closer. Coming to her. Coming to get her!

"No! I won't go! Don't make me!"

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Inuyasha sat cross-legged in a large, overstuffed chair, a bottle of beer perched between his fingers.

"Something wrong?" Miroku asked as he flipped the channels on the TV so fast you could hardly see what was on each station. He was laying down on a couch adjacent to Inuyasha's

"Nothin'," Inuyasha replied, closing his eyes and turning away. For a moment, he hesitated, but then took out his gun from inside his coat. Its handle was worn with use, but it was the most finely made handgun in the entire building. 'It used to be my dad's...' mused Inuyasha, as his thumb ran over the words 'Tetsuiga' written in gold letters. Then her remembered how uneasy he was earlier that day. That girl, Kagome, must have known something was wrong by the way he was acting. If she knew what was really happening... she would be terrified.

"What do you think caused the girl to faint like that?" asked Miroku, at another attempt for conversation.

Inuyasha looked over. "You didn't know?...well, of course *you* didn't know. You're not a demon. She fainted because of all the... darkness around here. She's a pure, innocent, a virgin, and all that shit. You remember how she was so scared to go in? That was the darkness trying to consume her. The darkness loves people like her."

Miroku nodded and turned back at the TV. "Interesting," he replied.

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Kagome was staring at the ceiling.

How long had she been there?

Where was she, anyway?

Sitting up, she found herself on a bed much more comfortable than the one at the expensive hotel, if that was possible. This one was also a four- poster, laden with yards and yards of white lace and gauze. It was really rather beautiful. But there was something... odd about this room. Looking around, she saw a white bookcase, filled with many volumes that looked somewhat interesting, a comfy white chair, a white door that probably lead to a white bathroom. Looking down, she saw that... someone had undressed her, and she was now in a flowy white dress.

She never really thought white was her colour.

"What is going ON here?!" she demanded at the white walls. They didn't answer. However, someone else did.

"Lord Sesshomaru brought you here and changed your clothes," said a small voice through the crack of a door, "he said your old clothes made you look like a hooker... whatever that means."

Kagome blinked back in surprise at someone actually answering her question. She figured someone with that sweet a voice could never be as horrible as some *other* people in this place, so she decided to let her in... maybe she could even answer some questions.

"Why don't you come in?" asked Kagome sweetly, trying to not sound so eager.

There was a pause, and the crack between the door and the wall became wider. Kagome saw the bright eyes of a young girl, maybe around eight. She was wearing a orange and white kimono, and overall looked very sweet.

The girl's face was blank for only a second, before it broke out into a huge grin and she ran over to the bed Kagome was sitting on. Launching herself in a jump remarkable for one so young, she jumped on the bed and kneeled in front of Kagome's blinking eyes.

"Uh.. hi.." said Kagome, flustered.

The girl didn't seem to notice Kagome's awkwardness, because she grinned again and said, "Hi! I'm Rin! It's really nice to have a girl around the house now. The only people that live here are boys and they're really dumb. Like, one time, I wanted them to play hide and seek with me, but they didn't even know how to PLAY it, and then Inu got all mad at Kouga and they ended up trying to kill each other." She crossed her arms and shook her head, "No fun at all."

Kagome smiled: It was okay, she really *was* just a little kid, after all. She pulled her knees up to her chest and asked, "Rin, do you know where we are?"

Rin nodded, eager to answer, "We're in Lord Sesshomaru's mansion. He's really rich, y'know."

Kagome nodded, "Uh huh..." was this the same house she saw before? The house that she was so afraid to enter? She shivered. She remembered how she saw the darkness of all it pressing in on her... it scared her. But there was one nagging question: if she was in that house, then why didn't she feel scared? She looked around at her white room, "No darkness here..." she muttered.

Rin looked up at her, "What did you say?"

Kagome smiled, "Oh, nothing. You wanna play a game?"

Rin's face brightened more than Kagome thought would ever be possible, "Really!? Wow! You're so great! Wait right here, I'll go get my toys!"

Kagome sighed. She was much too exhausted to try and deal with this now. She'd make a plan on how to escape later.