Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, or the Haunting, I don't own none, zip!
Summary: Kagome Higurashi is sent to an ancient castle for a study that could change her life. What she finds can leave her to believe that many bad things happened there, and the battle is still raging.
Hello, its me again. Sorry it took so long to update. I had this stupid English project to do, and it took up most of my time. Also, I had the most severe case of writers block. Especially because over the weekend, I saw the Poltergeist, Exorcist, and Final Destination, which totally threw me off track, and got all my thoughts on horror confused. However, it actually might help me write this much better. Remember, this story is only BASED on the haunting. Some things might be totally out of line, but some major parts will still be included (just not the end, I hated it)
WOW, at the present moment, I have a grand total of 31 reviews! It's a record for me. Updating quicker does attract more!
Dante Gemini- I know that Rumiko is a woman (if you read my note in the 3rd chapter it says I was caught in the moment) I havent got the chance to read that story yet, but I will. Also, yes the child is dead. People don't always die looking peaceful. Some people die with their eyes OPEN! (Shudder...)
Kagome-chan- Thanks, and yes I KNOW!
Whitemiko-Thank you thank you. Arigato. Thank you
KFChick2- Ur the first person to complement on that. I like you! But they're not really the desendants, just the same characters in a different story. I might actually finish this one too.
Inu girl- I KNOW! I KNOW! I KNOW! But thanx for the concern
kristy- u are a curious cat aren't u?
-thank you
-here's more
-I feel sooooo special
-if u read the note in the first chapter, it says that yes, he is one of the children, I'm making him the main child. There are going to be 2 children she sees the most, one of them is Inuyasha. Sorry for spoiling it, but it is a teensy bit obvious(no offense to you of course)
Rei-Neko- Ur guess couldn't be more correct!
ChrissyKitty-I like people who get straight to the point
Randomunit02- Interesting name. I'm glad you like it
Crystal- I hate it when people stop it at the good part too, but I LUV cliffhangers
No-name- I was kind of going for creepy
Diane- I hate the ye's too, but I was first introduced to the dubbed show b4 the japanese, and its kind of a reflex. If only I was introduced to the japanese first. Maybe I might drop it. Ya know, I think I will! HAHAHA
SingleGlassRose- I know, it gave me a chill just writing it. And I was writing it 1100 at night too! And I always hear breathing in my house.
EJ-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH
lynxotaku306-for the last and final time I NO!!! Sorry don't mind me, I'm just getting pissed off.
Inugirl10621- Well, here it is
Sorry if I forgot anybody...
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The Haunting of Youkai Castle
by Usagi Kurari
"Things are seldom what they seem. Skim milk masquerades as cream."
-W.S Gilbert
Kagome woke up a little before dawn to the sound of moaning coming from Sango's room. The room was still extremely cold, so she pulled on another sweatshirt. She crossed through the bathroom to Sango's room to find that she was still fast asleep. She started to go back to her room, when the moaning started up again. The room continued to get colder, and she could actually see her breath. She decided to just ignore it, and go back to bed.
After laying in bed for a few minutes, still awake, she decided to go downstairs and wait for the others to get up. She pulled on her slippers and headed towards the staircase. On her way, she started to get dizzy. Her vision was getting blurry.
'Take it easy Kagome, your all alone... in a freaky house... with no one else around.'
The thought just made her get dizzier. Soon the room started to spin out of control.
Spinning...
Spinning....
The last thing she saw before she completely blacked out was Naraku's still portrait on the wall, grinning at her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome woke up to the feeling of a ice pack on her forehead. When her vision went into focus, she could make out 3 shapes standing above her.
It was Miroku, Sango and Kaede.
She tried to get up, but her head stopped her and she flopped back down on the floor again.
"Easy Kagome," she heard Sango's voice say. "Stay down."
"Don't worry about it," she said, her vision coming into focus again. "I'm fine. Really. I just had another dizzy spell on the way downstairs." She then got up, and took off to her room without another word.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After breakfast, the four were sitting in the den near the fireplace. Kaede was asking them how their night was, and if the medication worked. All three patients stated that the medication was fine, and helped them sleep through the night. Kaede was pleased, and soon left the room, leaving the three alone.
It was silent for a few minutes until Miroku spoke up. "Did you hear the real story behind Naraku?"
"What do you mean, real story?" Sango asked.
"It said that Naraku here wasn't as innocent as everyone said he was. Everyone said he liked children, and wanted a house full of them. He got what he wanted, but not by seducing..."
"Miroku!" Kagome yelled.
"Sorry. Anyway, it was said that he had many servants. When a servant would have a child, when they reached the age of three, he would get them working. He loved to torture the children. He sent many children to early deaths, and buried them out in a graveyard he made just for them. I heard that he even killed his own children. He was a monster. That was why Kikyo killed herself."
"I knew that Kikyo killed herself," Kagome began. "But I never knew why, and the way the stories told it, Naraku died of heartbreak, when she killed herself."
"No, no, no." Miroku said. "Actually, some stories said that he killed her, and made it seem like she killed herself. However, diary entries said that she was thinking of committing suicide, but never got the chance to."
"That's extremely... freaky and disturbing." Sango said. Soon, she suddenly exclaimed. "Wait a minute... How come she never got the chance to do whatever she wanted to do?"
Kaede entered the room half a second later, gesturing for Kagome.
"Kagome come, I want to show you something that you may like." (AN: NO MORE YE'S YAY)
Kagome got up, and followed Kaede. It seemed like they walked all the way across the house, before Kaede stopped before a large door.
"It's in here," she said. She opened the doors and Kagome gasped in surprise.
It was one of the biggest and the most beautiful greenhouses she had ever seen! The ceiling rose 30 feet above their heads, the walls were covered in crisp green vines, a fountain in the center, a long winding staircase, leading to a balcony, and there were rows and rows of different types of plants and flowers.
"Wow" Kagome said in amazement. "It's so beautiful. At least Totosai did something right."
"Actually," Kaede began. "Totosai's wife takes care of the greenhouse. She's a retired florist."
Kagome was shocked. "Totosai has a wife?" 'He seems to weird and old to have a wife'
"She doesn't come here a lot," Kaede explained. "She comes here once a week to take care of the greenhouse, and then she goes back home. She's practically bedridden, and doesn't like to move. However, she does make an exception with the flowers."
Kaede just kept talking.
"This greenhouse was built for Kikyo from her husband. She loved the peace and tranquility of it, so she came in here quite often. However, Kikyo's oldest daughter Rin, spent more time in here than she did."
"You sure know a lot about the house Kaede." Kagome said. "I have a question though. I heard that Kikyo committed suicide in here. Is that true."
Kaede was silent for a while before she spoke up again, "Well, I didn't want to worry anybody, but yes. This is where she hung herself. This is also where Rin was found..." and she stopped.
Kagome wanted to know why she had suddenly stopped. She asked if the old woman was okay.
"I'm fine," she replied. "It's just that, well, don't tell the others, but all of Kikyo's children were found dead somewhere in the house. It was after she found her youngest child dead that she was found on the greenhouse roof."
Miroku was right! He did kill his own children. But why did he do it? She didn't really feel comfortable in the greenhouse anymore.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After Kaede gave them their medication, Kagome and Sango headed up to their rooms, where Sango suggested doing Kagome's hair for her.
"You have such beautiful hair Kagome," she had said. "You need to do something with it besides leaving it down."
When they got into the rooms, they changes into their pajamas, and piled onto Sango's bed. Sango had all of her hair products out and went straight to work. While putting Kagome's hair into a bun, she bent over, and whispered in her ear.
"So," she whispered. "What did Kaede show you today?"
"Sango," Kagome said aloud. "There's no need to whipser."
"Yes there is." She clipped Kagome's hair into place and snuck over to her door. She suddenly yanked it open, and in came Miroku, tumbling to the ground. As soon as he got up, he looked at the now two furious young women.
"Hello ladies," he said, trying to be as innocent as possible. "What a coincidence it is that we all are in the same room."
"Cut the crap Miroku," Sango yelled. "What were you doing outside my room?"
"I was..."
He never got to finish, his face suddenly met the hard floor, and a huge bump appeared on the top of his head. Sango had taken one of her spare canvases, and whacked him on the head,
"You are such a hentai Miroku,"she said, still with the canvas in her hand, ready to strike."GET OUT!"
Scared out of his mind, he hurried as fast as he could out of the room, and down the hall. Snago calmly closed the door, and went back to work on Kagome's hair. When she was done, she held up a small handheld mirror in front of Kagome, and told her to take a look.
"Wow Sango, that's really good." Suddenly, a strange smell hit their noses.
"Holy shit," Kagome exclaimed. "What the hell is that smell?"
"Remember that door we came upon the first day we were here? It smells like that." They both covered their noses, and went into Kagome's room, but the smell was even stronger there. They ran into the hall, and headed away from the smell. However, they couldnt' seem to. Where ever they went, it just got stronger and stronger.
'Where is the smell coming from?' Kagome thought to herself. 'Wait a second. It smells like... blood. Fresh blood.' "Sango, " she called out. "I think I know where the smell is coming from, we have to find it."
"Why?"
"We just do, now come on!" Kagome followed her nose (AN"FROOT LOOPS!) and soon found herself at Naraku's portrait, only there was something different about it. When she saw what it was, she gasped and fainted. Written in blood, was a message. The blood was running, and it was hard to read, but she could still make out what it said.
Welcome Home Kagome.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Well... I know, I hate cliffhangers, but I love them all the same. Anyways, it seemed like a great place to end a chapter, Don't be mad ok? Thanks.
R&R PLEEZ!
Summary: Kagome Higurashi is sent to an ancient castle for a study that could change her life. What she finds can leave her to believe that many bad things happened there, and the battle is still raging.
Hello, its me again. Sorry it took so long to update. I had this stupid English project to do, and it took up most of my time. Also, I had the most severe case of writers block. Especially because over the weekend, I saw the Poltergeist, Exorcist, and Final Destination, which totally threw me off track, and got all my thoughts on horror confused. However, it actually might help me write this much better. Remember, this story is only BASED on the haunting. Some things might be totally out of line, but some major parts will still be included (just not the end, I hated it)
WOW, at the present moment, I have a grand total of 31 reviews! It's a record for me. Updating quicker does attract more!
Dante Gemini- I know that Rumiko is a woman (if you read my note in the 3rd chapter it says I was caught in the moment) I havent got the chance to read that story yet, but I will. Also, yes the child is dead. People don't always die looking peaceful. Some people die with their eyes OPEN! (Shudder...)
Kagome-chan- Thanks, and yes I KNOW!
Whitemiko-Thank you thank you. Arigato. Thank you
KFChick2- Ur the first person to complement on that. I like you! But they're not really the desendants, just the same characters in a different story. I might actually finish this one too.
Inu girl- I KNOW! I KNOW! I KNOW! But thanx for the concern
kristy- u are a curious cat aren't u?
-thank you
-here's more
-I feel sooooo special
-if u read the note in the first chapter, it says that yes, he is one of the children, I'm making him the main child. There are going to be 2 children she sees the most, one of them is Inuyasha. Sorry for spoiling it, but it is a teensy bit obvious(no offense to you of course)
Rei-Neko- Ur guess couldn't be more correct!
ChrissyKitty-I like people who get straight to the point
Randomunit02- Interesting name. I'm glad you like it
Crystal- I hate it when people stop it at the good part too, but I LUV cliffhangers
No-name- I was kind of going for creepy
Diane- I hate the ye's too, but I was first introduced to the dubbed show b4 the japanese, and its kind of a reflex. If only I was introduced to the japanese first. Maybe I might drop it. Ya know, I think I will! HAHAHA
SingleGlassRose- I know, it gave me a chill just writing it. And I was writing it 1100 at night too! And I always hear breathing in my house.
EJ-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH
lynxotaku306-for the last and final time I NO!!! Sorry don't mind me, I'm just getting pissed off.
Inugirl10621- Well, here it is
Sorry if I forgot anybody...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The Haunting of Youkai Castle
by Usagi Kurari
"Things are seldom what they seem. Skim milk masquerades as cream."
-W.S Gilbert
Kagome woke up a little before dawn to the sound of moaning coming from Sango's room. The room was still extremely cold, so she pulled on another sweatshirt. She crossed through the bathroom to Sango's room to find that she was still fast asleep. She started to go back to her room, when the moaning started up again. The room continued to get colder, and she could actually see her breath. She decided to just ignore it, and go back to bed.
After laying in bed for a few minutes, still awake, she decided to go downstairs and wait for the others to get up. She pulled on her slippers and headed towards the staircase. On her way, she started to get dizzy. Her vision was getting blurry.
'Take it easy Kagome, your all alone... in a freaky house... with no one else around.'
The thought just made her get dizzier. Soon the room started to spin out of control.
Spinning...
Spinning....
The last thing she saw before she completely blacked out was Naraku's still portrait on the wall, grinning at her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome woke up to the feeling of a ice pack on her forehead. When her vision went into focus, she could make out 3 shapes standing above her.
It was Miroku, Sango and Kaede.
She tried to get up, but her head stopped her and she flopped back down on the floor again.
"Easy Kagome," she heard Sango's voice say. "Stay down."
"Don't worry about it," she said, her vision coming into focus again. "I'm fine. Really. I just had another dizzy spell on the way downstairs." She then got up, and took off to her room without another word.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After breakfast, the four were sitting in the den near the fireplace. Kaede was asking them how their night was, and if the medication worked. All three patients stated that the medication was fine, and helped them sleep through the night. Kaede was pleased, and soon left the room, leaving the three alone.
It was silent for a few minutes until Miroku spoke up. "Did you hear the real story behind Naraku?"
"What do you mean, real story?" Sango asked.
"It said that Naraku here wasn't as innocent as everyone said he was. Everyone said he liked children, and wanted a house full of them. He got what he wanted, but not by seducing..."
"Miroku!" Kagome yelled.
"Sorry. Anyway, it was said that he had many servants. When a servant would have a child, when they reached the age of three, he would get them working. He loved to torture the children. He sent many children to early deaths, and buried them out in a graveyard he made just for them. I heard that he even killed his own children. He was a monster. That was why Kikyo killed herself."
"I knew that Kikyo killed herself," Kagome began. "But I never knew why, and the way the stories told it, Naraku died of heartbreak, when she killed herself."
"No, no, no." Miroku said. "Actually, some stories said that he killed her, and made it seem like she killed herself. However, diary entries said that she was thinking of committing suicide, but never got the chance to."
"That's extremely... freaky and disturbing." Sango said. Soon, she suddenly exclaimed. "Wait a minute... How come she never got the chance to do whatever she wanted to do?"
Kaede entered the room half a second later, gesturing for Kagome.
"Kagome come, I want to show you something that you may like." (AN: NO MORE YE'S YAY)
Kagome got up, and followed Kaede. It seemed like they walked all the way across the house, before Kaede stopped before a large door.
"It's in here," she said. She opened the doors and Kagome gasped in surprise.
It was one of the biggest and the most beautiful greenhouses she had ever seen! The ceiling rose 30 feet above their heads, the walls were covered in crisp green vines, a fountain in the center, a long winding staircase, leading to a balcony, and there were rows and rows of different types of plants and flowers.
"Wow" Kagome said in amazement. "It's so beautiful. At least Totosai did something right."
"Actually," Kaede began. "Totosai's wife takes care of the greenhouse. She's a retired florist."
Kagome was shocked. "Totosai has a wife?" 'He seems to weird and old to have a wife'
"She doesn't come here a lot," Kaede explained. "She comes here once a week to take care of the greenhouse, and then she goes back home. She's practically bedridden, and doesn't like to move. However, she does make an exception with the flowers."
Kaede just kept talking.
"This greenhouse was built for Kikyo from her husband. She loved the peace and tranquility of it, so she came in here quite often. However, Kikyo's oldest daughter Rin, spent more time in here than she did."
"You sure know a lot about the house Kaede." Kagome said. "I have a question though. I heard that Kikyo committed suicide in here. Is that true."
Kaede was silent for a while before she spoke up again, "Well, I didn't want to worry anybody, but yes. This is where she hung herself. This is also where Rin was found..." and she stopped.
Kagome wanted to know why she had suddenly stopped. She asked if the old woman was okay.
"I'm fine," she replied. "It's just that, well, don't tell the others, but all of Kikyo's children were found dead somewhere in the house. It was after she found her youngest child dead that she was found on the greenhouse roof."
Miroku was right! He did kill his own children. But why did he do it? She didn't really feel comfortable in the greenhouse anymore.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After Kaede gave them their medication, Kagome and Sango headed up to their rooms, where Sango suggested doing Kagome's hair for her.
"You have such beautiful hair Kagome," she had said. "You need to do something with it besides leaving it down."
When they got into the rooms, they changes into their pajamas, and piled onto Sango's bed. Sango had all of her hair products out and went straight to work. While putting Kagome's hair into a bun, she bent over, and whispered in her ear.
"So," she whispered. "What did Kaede show you today?"
"Sango," Kagome said aloud. "There's no need to whipser."
"Yes there is." She clipped Kagome's hair into place and snuck over to her door. She suddenly yanked it open, and in came Miroku, tumbling to the ground. As soon as he got up, he looked at the now two furious young women.
"Hello ladies," he said, trying to be as innocent as possible. "What a coincidence it is that we all are in the same room."
"Cut the crap Miroku," Sango yelled. "What were you doing outside my room?"
"I was..."
He never got to finish, his face suddenly met the hard floor, and a huge bump appeared on the top of his head. Sango had taken one of her spare canvases, and whacked him on the head,
"You are such a hentai Miroku,"she said, still with the canvas in her hand, ready to strike."GET OUT!"
Scared out of his mind, he hurried as fast as he could out of the room, and down the hall. Snago calmly closed the door, and went back to work on Kagome's hair. When she was done, she held up a small handheld mirror in front of Kagome, and told her to take a look.
"Wow Sango, that's really good." Suddenly, a strange smell hit their noses.
"Holy shit," Kagome exclaimed. "What the hell is that smell?"
"Remember that door we came upon the first day we were here? It smells like that." They both covered their noses, and went into Kagome's room, but the smell was even stronger there. They ran into the hall, and headed away from the smell. However, they couldnt' seem to. Where ever they went, it just got stronger and stronger.
'Where is the smell coming from?' Kagome thought to herself. 'Wait a second. It smells like... blood. Fresh blood.' "Sango, " she called out. "I think I know where the smell is coming from, we have to find it."
"Why?"
"We just do, now come on!" Kagome followed her nose (AN"FROOT LOOPS!) and soon found herself at Naraku's portrait, only there was something different about it. When she saw what it was, she gasped and fainted. Written in blood, was a message. The blood was running, and it was hard to read, but she could still make out what it said.
Welcome Home Kagome.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Well... I know, I hate cliffhangers, but I love them all the same. Anyways, it seemed like a great place to end a chapter, Don't be mad ok? Thanks.
R&R PLEEZ!