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great Rumiko Takahashi. (I know in the last chapter I said he, that was a
typo. I meant she. I was just caught up in the moment). If you sue me, then
all you'll get is a plastic straw, a paper clip, and a rubber band.
Summary: A 18 year old girl named Kagome is sent to Youkai Castle, a supposedly haunted castle for psychological study. What she finds there may alter the way she looks her life, and others as well. (I know its crappy and it sounds corny, but what ya gonna do?) Yes, it is based on the movie.
Hello, I'm finally back! (Hears silence) ahem, where is everybody. (Hears 5 people clapping) well, at least I got some support...
It is true, only 5 people reviewed me (one reviewed twice). I am truley greatful to those 5 people, who made my day many a day ago.
I'm sorry I havent updated in a while. I got a new computer, then it took a while for me to figure out how to get word perfect onto fanfiction.net (sorry, I'm slow). Then I had this major urge to write "Stories of the Abused," so I wrote that. And trust me, it took a very long time for me to write this chapter.
Warning: This chapter may be bad, but its just one of those chapters that must be in there for reasons that only I know of ok?
Ok, remember, this story is only based on the haunting. Some parts, well, most of the parts, except a few major ones (like the mirror scene, where she looks in the mirror and sees Caroline getting pregnant, thats my favorite scene) will be based on what's in my head.
Rated PG-13 for some coarse language and a little blood.
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The Haunting of Youkai Castle
by Usagi Kurari
"Alone is not a bad way to be;
it clears your head and focuses you on the journey.
Cherish the short intervals during the quest you have with others,
but be prepared to walk alone in the darkness."
-an excerpt from a poem called "The Darkness"
"Now what?"
Then suddenly, as if on cue, an old man popped out of some dying hedges in front of the house. He was a small, thin old man with a balding head, a pointed gray beard, and two big bug eyes. He spotted the two women at the gate and slowly made his way over.
"May I help you?" he asked.
"Yes," Dr. Kaede answered. "My name is Doctor Inoue Kaede. Ye are Mr. Totosai I presume. If ye remember, I called ye about 3 months ago to ask your permission to use the castle for an experiment of mine."
"I remember," he replied. "But who is she?" pointing at Kagome.
"That's one of my participators in the experiment. Her name is Higurashi Kagome." Totosai just continued to stare at Kagome. His mouth was wide opened, and he was in shock.
"Mr. Totosai, are ye alright?" Dr. Kaede asked.
Totosai snapped out of his daze. "Oh yes, I'm fine. It's just... oh forget it. It's not important. I'll open the gate, and you can follow me."
After the gate was opened, the weary old man showed them in. On the way to the front entrance, he continued to stare at Kagome. She was becoming very annoyed at this, and was about to ask him what was wrong with him, but they reached the front entrance. The door was enormous! It was at least 20 feet tall, but that wasn't what caught Kagome's attention. What was on the door was more fascinating. On the left side of the door was a picture of what looked like a giant grinning spider. On the other side was that same spider except it looked like it had just lost a meal. You couldn't really tell, but it looked angry. She didn't realize how long she was staring at the door until Mr. Totosai called for her to come in.
The entrance hall was beautiful. The ceiling rose many feet above their heads, and was painted with pictures of mythical creatures. Kagome could recognize a few, like Pegasus, and the centaur, but the others were a complete mystery. At the very end of the hall, stood a giant staircase, draped in an elegant red carpet. At the very top she could make out a huge painting, but was too far away to see what it was.
"Shall I give you the tour?" Totosai asked Kaede.
"Aye," Kaede answered. She then called for Kagome to follow.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Totosai had just shown them the main rooms like the piano room, the kitchen, the living room, and a few of the bathrooms that construction workers installed for the tourists. They arrived back at the entrance hall just as someone knocked on the door. Kaede told Kagome to stay where she was, which was at the bottom of the staircase, and went to answer the door. While Kaede was gone, Kagome was able to get a good look at the paining at the top of the stairs. It was a beautifully done portrait of a young man, maybe in his 30's, with long wavy black hair, and violet eyes. There was also a nameplate underneath the portrait is read Ogata Naraku.
She must have been staring at the painting for a very long time because she felt Kaede's hand on her shoulder, and standing next to her was another girl. She was a little taller than Kagome, with long dark brown hair tied up in a high ponytail. She was wearing a long black sweater, which was buttoned up in the front, and had on black pants to match. She had a duffel bag which hung over her shoulder, and had also a big brown suitcase.
Then Kaede introduced them, "Kagome, this is Tajiya Sango. She is also participating, and will be sharing the room next to yours. I did that purposely because I know about your problem with be alone in big spaces. Mr. Totosai will show ye to your rooms." Totosai gestured for the girls to follow him, and they went up the staircase.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
(AN: Be warned, I might go totally Lemony Snicket on you)
As the group climbed higher up in the castle, Totosai continued to stare at Kagome. She wanted to ask Mr. Totosai why, but she never got the chance because soon, they reached their rooms.
"Kagome's is the one at the end of the hall, and Sango's is right next door," Totosai instructed. "The two rooms are connected by a bathroom, so you don't have to go out of the rooms to visit each other."
Suddenly, Sango spoke up. "Excuse me, if the house is about 500 years old, how could there be bathrooms?"
Totosai simply answered "It was used as a hotel for a while." Then he continued on. "Throughout most of the day, you can reach me if you have any problems. I leave the castle around 8:00 each day, so at night if you get into trouble, your out of luck."
Kagome was confused. "Why do you leave? I thought you were the caretaker of the castle. Don't you stay here 24/7?"
Totosai soon gave her a cold stare. "I don't like to be here when the lost souls come out." Totosai noticed the two girls' puzzled faces, so he went on. "Didn't you hear of all those people who went missing a few decades ago? People say that the lost souls of Ogata Naraku and Hidaka Kikyo's children are said to come out at night. I would know. I have noticed some strange behavior, but I don't really want to talk about it. All I know is that if you did run into trouble, no one would be able to hear you."
Suddenly, a moaning sound was heard, and it echoed all throughout the castle. If I was one of those girls, I would of been out of there before you would of said Youkai Castle, but these girls didn't believe in spirits, although Sango had had some encounters with the other side. I'm getting too far off subject, lets just say that the girls just ignored the moaning, and assumed that another guest had arrived, and had just tripped or something. If they had just ran out, then they would of never experienced what happened next. (AN: sorry, that had to be included, a little touch of Lemony here and there. Just ignore it ok?)
"No one lives any nearer than town." Totosai continued. "No one will come any nearer than that. In the night. In the dark." (AN: recognize that quote?) And at that, he walked off, and left the two girls alone in silence.
Sango was the one to break the silence between them. "So, lets go in, shall we?" They both went to their own rooms and opened the door. Kagome's room was beautiful! Her room was mostly royal blue, there was a huge fireplace that took up one of the walls, a large window that led to a balcony, and a humongous bed draped in velvet. On the ceiling was another painting, but this time it had a picture of a dark haired maiden, playing with what looked like many small children. They all looked so happy playing together. She dropped her suitcase on the bed, and just stared at the ceiling for the longest time. She was snapped out of her daydreams by Sango, who was gesturing her into her room. Sango's room was practically identical to Kagome's, except that her room was baby blue.
Sango told her to sit on the bed for a moment while she got settled, then she said they could go exploring a little bit. She took off her sweater showing that she was only wearing a bra underneath. Kagome quickly shielded her eyes.
"Kagome, don't worry, I'm just putting a shirt on." Kagome lowered her arm, and then noticed that Sango had a tattoo on her back. It was that of a yellow cat, but it had red eyes, a black diamond shape on its forehead, and it had two tails.
"I like your tattoo Sango," Kagome said.
"Thanks," Sango replied. She quickly put on a hot pink T-shirt, and led Kagome out of the room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After a while, Kagome and Sango realized that they were going around in circles. They had no idea where they were, but they just came across more doors, and some doors led to more hallways. After what seemed like an hour, Kagome started to sweat. Sango noticed, and tapped Kagome on the shoulder to make sure she was okay.
"Kagome-chan, Kagome-chan," Sango called. "Are you feeling alright?"
Kagome wasn't feeling alright. It wasn't her phobia, but she had a very strange feeling about the door in front of them. It was very tall, it had carvings on it that they couldn't make out, and plus the fact that the hallway smelt like decaying flesh.
"It's nothing Sango," Kagome replied calming down a little bit. "I just have a bad feeling about the room behind this door." As if the room itself heard Kagome, an ear-piercing scream coming from behind the door reached their ears. Kagome and Sango both covered their ears, but the scream just kept getting louder. The only thing left to do was run, and that's exactly what they did. And they kept running until they for some reason, made it back to the entrance hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaede heard footsteps approaching from behind her, and turned around to see Kagome and Sango running with their hands over their ears down nearby hallway. She approached the running girls and asked them why their ears were covered.
"We were in front of this door..." Kagome began.
"...and suddenly we heard this ear-piercing scream." Sango finished.
After they had explained everything to Kaede, there was a knock at the door. The other participant had arrived! Kaede went to open the door, and brought in a young man, wearing a purple T-shirt, black slacks, and he had black hair tied back into a ponytail at the base of his neck.
"Sango, Kagome, this is Houshi Miroku." Kaede said.
Suddenly he came up to Sango, grabbed both of her hands in his and said "Will you bear my child?" A second later, he was on the floor with a huge lump on his head. Sango had an angry look on her face, and then stormed off.
Kagome just sighed and stated "This is going to be very interesting."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sorry it took a while to get this chapter up. I promise that the next one will get up as soon as I have time (or in the next month) Pleez R&R ok?
Summary: A 18 year old girl named Kagome is sent to Youkai Castle, a supposedly haunted castle for psychological study. What she finds there may alter the way she looks her life, and others as well. (I know its crappy and it sounds corny, but what ya gonna do?) Yes, it is based on the movie.
Hello, I'm finally back! (Hears silence) ahem, where is everybody. (Hears 5 people clapping) well, at least I got some support...
It is true, only 5 people reviewed me (one reviewed twice). I am truley greatful to those 5 people, who made my day many a day ago.
I'm sorry I havent updated in a while. I got a new computer, then it took a while for me to figure out how to get word perfect onto fanfiction.net (sorry, I'm slow). Then I had this major urge to write "Stories of the Abused," so I wrote that. And trust me, it took a very long time for me to write this chapter.
Warning: This chapter may be bad, but its just one of those chapters that must be in there for reasons that only I know of ok?
Ok, remember, this story is only based on the haunting. Some parts, well, most of the parts, except a few major ones (like the mirror scene, where she looks in the mirror and sees Caroline getting pregnant, thats my favorite scene) will be based on what's in my head.
Rated PG-13 for some coarse language and a little blood.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The Haunting of Youkai Castle
by Usagi Kurari
"Alone is not a bad way to be;
it clears your head and focuses you on the journey.
Cherish the short intervals during the quest you have with others,
but be prepared to walk alone in the darkness."
-an excerpt from a poem called "The Darkness"
"Now what?"
Then suddenly, as if on cue, an old man popped out of some dying hedges in front of the house. He was a small, thin old man with a balding head, a pointed gray beard, and two big bug eyes. He spotted the two women at the gate and slowly made his way over.
"May I help you?" he asked.
"Yes," Dr. Kaede answered. "My name is Doctor Inoue Kaede. Ye are Mr. Totosai I presume. If ye remember, I called ye about 3 months ago to ask your permission to use the castle for an experiment of mine."
"I remember," he replied. "But who is she?" pointing at Kagome.
"That's one of my participators in the experiment. Her name is Higurashi Kagome." Totosai just continued to stare at Kagome. His mouth was wide opened, and he was in shock.
"Mr. Totosai, are ye alright?" Dr. Kaede asked.
Totosai snapped out of his daze. "Oh yes, I'm fine. It's just... oh forget it. It's not important. I'll open the gate, and you can follow me."
After the gate was opened, the weary old man showed them in. On the way to the front entrance, he continued to stare at Kagome. She was becoming very annoyed at this, and was about to ask him what was wrong with him, but they reached the front entrance. The door was enormous! It was at least 20 feet tall, but that wasn't what caught Kagome's attention. What was on the door was more fascinating. On the left side of the door was a picture of what looked like a giant grinning spider. On the other side was that same spider except it looked like it had just lost a meal. You couldn't really tell, but it looked angry. She didn't realize how long she was staring at the door until Mr. Totosai called for her to come in.
The entrance hall was beautiful. The ceiling rose many feet above their heads, and was painted with pictures of mythical creatures. Kagome could recognize a few, like Pegasus, and the centaur, but the others were a complete mystery. At the very end of the hall, stood a giant staircase, draped in an elegant red carpet. At the very top she could make out a huge painting, but was too far away to see what it was.
"Shall I give you the tour?" Totosai asked Kaede.
"Aye," Kaede answered. She then called for Kagome to follow.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Totosai had just shown them the main rooms like the piano room, the kitchen, the living room, and a few of the bathrooms that construction workers installed for the tourists. They arrived back at the entrance hall just as someone knocked on the door. Kaede told Kagome to stay where she was, which was at the bottom of the staircase, and went to answer the door. While Kaede was gone, Kagome was able to get a good look at the paining at the top of the stairs. It was a beautifully done portrait of a young man, maybe in his 30's, with long wavy black hair, and violet eyes. There was also a nameplate underneath the portrait is read Ogata Naraku.
She must have been staring at the painting for a very long time because she felt Kaede's hand on her shoulder, and standing next to her was another girl. She was a little taller than Kagome, with long dark brown hair tied up in a high ponytail. She was wearing a long black sweater, which was buttoned up in the front, and had on black pants to match. She had a duffel bag which hung over her shoulder, and had also a big brown suitcase.
Then Kaede introduced them, "Kagome, this is Tajiya Sango. She is also participating, and will be sharing the room next to yours. I did that purposely because I know about your problem with be alone in big spaces. Mr. Totosai will show ye to your rooms." Totosai gestured for the girls to follow him, and they went up the staircase.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
(AN: Be warned, I might go totally Lemony Snicket on you)
As the group climbed higher up in the castle, Totosai continued to stare at Kagome. She wanted to ask Mr. Totosai why, but she never got the chance because soon, they reached their rooms.
"Kagome's is the one at the end of the hall, and Sango's is right next door," Totosai instructed. "The two rooms are connected by a bathroom, so you don't have to go out of the rooms to visit each other."
Suddenly, Sango spoke up. "Excuse me, if the house is about 500 years old, how could there be bathrooms?"
Totosai simply answered "It was used as a hotel for a while." Then he continued on. "Throughout most of the day, you can reach me if you have any problems. I leave the castle around 8:00 each day, so at night if you get into trouble, your out of luck."
Kagome was confused. "Why do you leave? I thought you were the caretaker of the castle. Don't you stay here 24/7?"
Totosai soon gave her a cold stare. "I don't like to be here when the lost souls come out." Totosai noticed the two girls' puzzled faces, so he went on. "Didn't you hear of all those people who went missing a few decades ago? People say that the lost souls of Ogata Naraku and Hidaka Kikyo's children are said to come out at night. I would know. I have noticed some strange behavior, but I don't really want to talk about it. All I know is that if you did run into trouble, no one would be able to hear you."
Suddenly, a moaning sound was heard, and it echoed all throughout the castle. If I was one of those girls, I would of been out of there before you would of said Youkai Castle, but these girls didn't believe in spirits, although Sango had had some encounters with the other side. I'm getting too far off subject, lets just say that the girls just ignored the moaning, and assumed that another guest had arrived, and had just tripped or something. If they had just ran out, then they would of never experienced what happened next. (AN: sorry, that had to be included, a little touch of Lemony here and there. Just ignore it ok?)
"No one lives any nearer than town." Totosai continued. "No one will come any nearer than that. In the night. In the dark." (AN: recognize that quote?) And at that, he walked off, and left the two girls alone in silence.
Sango was the one to break the silence between them. "So, lets go in, shall we?" They both went to their own rooms and opened the door. Kagome's room was beautiful! Her room was mostly royal blue, there was a huge fireplace that took up one of the walls, a large window that led to a balcony, and a humongous bed draped in velvet. On the ceiling was another painting, but this time it had a picture of a dark haired maiden, playing with what looked like many small children. They all looked so happy playing together. She dropped her suitcase on the bed, and just stared at the ceiling for the longest time. She was snapped out of her daydreams by Sango, who was gesturing her into her room. Sango's room was practically identical to Kagome's, except that her room was baby blue.
Sango told her to sit on the bed for a moment while she got settled, then she said they could go exploring a little bit. She took off her sweater showing that she was only wearing a bra underneath. Kagome quickly shielded her eyes.
"Kagome, don't worry, I'm just putting a shirt on." Kagome lowered her arm, and then noticed that Sango had a tattoo on her back. It was that of a yellow cat, but it had red eyes, a black diamond shape on its forehead, and it had two tails.
"I like your tattoo Sango," Kagome said.
"Thanks," Sango replied. She quickly put on a hot pink T-shirt, and led Kagome out of the room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After a while, Kagome and Sango realized that they were going around in circles. They had no idea where they were, but they just came across more doors, and some doors led to more hallways. After what seemed like an hour, Kagome started to sweat. Sango noticed, and tapped Kagome on the shoulder to make sure she was okay.
"Kagome-chan, Kagome-chan," Sango called. "Are you feeling alright?"
Kagome wasn't feeling alright. It wasn't her phobia, but she had a very strange feeling about the door in front of them. It was very tall, it had carvings on it that they couldn't make out, and plus the fact that the hallway smelt like decaying flesh.
"It's nothing Sango," Kagome replied calming down a little bit. "I just have a bad feeling about the room behind this door." As if the room itself heard Kagome, an ear-piercing scream coming from behind the door reached their ears. Kagome and Sango both covered their ears, but the scream just kept getting louder. The only thing left to do was run, and that's exactly what they did. And they kept running until they for some reason, made it back to the entrance hall.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kaede heard footsteps approaching from behind her, and turned around to see Kagome and Sango running with their hands over their ears down nearby hallway. She approached the running girls and asked them why their ears were covered.
"We were in front of this door..." Kagome began.
"...and suddenly we heard this ear-piercing scream." Sango finished.
After they had explained everything to Kaede, there was a knock at the door. The other participant had arrived! Kaede went to open the door, and brought in a young man, wearing a purple T-shirt, black slacks, and he had black hair tied back into a ponytail at the base of his neck.
"Sango, Kagome, this is Houshi Miroku." Kaede said.
Suddenly he came up to Sango, grabbed both of her hands in his and said "Will you bear my child?" A second later, he was on the floor with a huge lump on his head. Sango had an angry look on her face, and then stormed off.
Kagome just sighed and stated "This is going to be very interesting."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sorry it took a while to get this chapter up. I promise that the next one will get up as soon as I have time (or in the next month) Pleez R&R ok?