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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.

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Now time for the story:

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The Haunting of Youkai Castle

By Usagi Kurari

Chapter 7

The killing was the best part. It was the dying I couldn't take.

"Craig Volk

A man had just come out of the fog holding a shovel over his shoulder.

'Another body I had to bury' he thought to himself, with an evil smile 'What a shame.'

He handed his shovel to his daughter Kanna, and told her to put it away in the shed. She nodded,

and left without another word. That was one reason he liked Kanna, she never asked questions,

unlike his younger daughter Kagura.

When he got married to Kikyo, they had two daughters together. First came Kanna. Then a year

later, she had Kagura. When Kanna got old enough, she started to help him hide and bury the

bodies of the dead children at the factory. Kagura would get suspicious, and would follow them,

and hide in the bushes. She would get caught though, and she would be sent back into the castle.

'She's a rebellion that one,' Naraku thought. 'I might have to dispose of her soon. Pity.'

When Kanna came back, they both went back into the castle, where Kikyo was waiting. She

wanted to talk to him. She wanted to know why 3 of her children had just simply vanished.

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The next day, Kagome was willing to come out of her room, and just forget about Kikyo for a

little while. She met Sango and Miroku downstairs, who were actually having a civilized

conversation for once. They suddenly stopped talking, when they saw Kagome coming down the

stairs.

"Hey guys," Kagome said. "What's up?"

"Kagome, you feeling better?" Sango asked with a little hint of concern in her voice.

"I'm fine," she answered.

"Are you sure Kagome?" Miroku asked. "You look a little pale."

"I told you guys I'm fine. Lets go explore the grounds behind the castle. We haven't done that

yet."

Sango and Miroku were hesitant at first, but they agreed. Together, they walked to the back door,

which led to the backyard. Well, you wouldn't really call it a backyard. It was more like an entire

park, including woods, an orchard, a pond, and a meadow.

"Wow, this place is beautiful!" Kagome exclaimed.

Miroku and Sango were surely surprised, that a monster like Naraku could have one place on the

castle grounds that didn't bring back memories, have bad smells, or that was just plain creepy.

This was a place where they could escape from the nightmares of the castle. And what a perfect

day to do it.

The sun was shining for the first time since they got there.

It was peaceful, tranquil, and they felt like they could of stayed here forever.

But looks can be deceiving, and nothing is what it seems.

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The three had decided to go into the woods. It was getting hot, and the only trees were in the

woods. Besides, the woods couldn't hurt them.

While walking, Kagome suddenly got a chill. She just shook it off, and continued to walk.. At the

front, Kagome couldn't tell what was happening behind her with Sango and Miroku, but it

looked like they were actually getting along. No hitting, no slapping, no yelling.

Actually, they were holding hands.

Kagome liked the silence. It helped her concentrate on her surroundings. Speaking of

surroundings,

She saw something up ahead.

When she got closer, she could see it was a girl. She had short dark hair tied back into a high

ponytail, a white kimono, and had ruby eyes. She turned around, and suddenly spotted Kagome.

She started to run.

"Wait!" Kagome called. "Come back!"

Sango and Miroku just stared as Kagome went and started to run. She was calling to someone,

but they couldn't see who it was. They decided to follow as she got deeper and deeper into the

woods.

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Kagome kept following the girl, calling out to her, and telling her to stop, but she just kept

running. Finally she stopped.

Kagome was able to catch up, but as soon as she caught her breath and looked up, the girl was

gone, but she noticed where the girl lead her.

She had led her to a cemetery.

She looked around and saw rows of tombstones. Very small tombstones.

She walked to the first one she saw, and pulled back the vines to read the inscription

Hadaka Inuyasha 1509-1517

'Wow, he was only 8 when he died. How sad.'

She read the next one she saw, the tombstone next to it.

Hadaka Kohaku 1504-1517

'He died the same year as Inuyasha. Some coincidence. Cool, they have the same last name, must

have been brothers or something.' She continued to read the tombstones. She saw other names

that had no similarity with the first two ones, 'Must have been servants or something.' When she

looked up from the tombstone she was looking at, she saw the same girl from before. She was

staring at Kagome, holding a white fan, in her left hand. Kagome walked up to the girl, hoping

she wouldn't run away. When she got up to the girl, she asked her who she was. The girl only

pointed her fan to a tombstone in the far corner. Kagome stared at the tombstone, and then went

to face the girl again, but she was gone.

Kagome walked up to the tombstone, pulled back the vines and read the inscription.

Ogata Kagura 1512-1518

She looked up, and suddenly saw the girl again. Only this time, the girl vanished before her eyes.

'Was she Kagura?'

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Sango and Miroku had lost Kagome a while back, and they still couldn't find her. They were

running around the woods, calling her name, but so far, no one had answered the calls. Suddenly,

they came across Kagome. She was walking towards them, with a scared look in her eyes,

"Guys, lets get out of here!" and she started to run back the way they came.

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Sorry it's a little short. But please R&R and remember, do you want Miroku to die? Yes or no...