Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, I would put in more flashbacks from
Inuyasha's childhood. I'm getting sick and tired of waiting for the third
movie to come out on DVD in the US. It's driving me insane! Also, I'm not
allowed to buy the Inuyasha movie guidebook thingy, so I can't stare at
pics. I need help!
Thank you to the people who reviewed:
inuyasha's girl
Hikariko
MoonGodess2
Yoshiko37
brighteneddarkness
Kya-chan
And that's it. (T_T) and it I forgot you, I'm sorry.
I am sooooooo sorry for taking so long to update. What happened was that one day all of a sudden, my internet didn't work. I called Optimum Online, and they said my computer was connected, but for some reason, the internet wasn't working. Playing with the computer for about a week, I finally was able to get the computer up and running.
Do you want to hear something ironic? In creative writing on Tuesday, I posted a short note saying exactly what I said up there, but FF.net took it off, saying that I wasn't allowed to post short author notes like that. They chose that exact moment to post that rule too!
Ok, this is an important chapter in the story. This explains what Naraku actually did to Kikyo, and what happened to the kids and stuff. This is the backbone of the story! However, if you HAVE seen the Haunting, then I'm changing the plot, like what Hugh Crain did to everyone. I'm kind of making like Inuyasha (hint hint... SOULS!)
Enjoy!
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The Haunting of Youkai Castle
by Usagi Kurari
Chapter 13
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It seemed she had been traveling down the dark hallway for hours. There was no sign of an end to it. She couldn't see what was in front of her, or what was behind her. The only thing that guided her was the stone wall, that she couldn't even see. Also, considering that she was all alone, in the dark nonetheless, she started to hallucinate. For example, once she swore that she could see the door in front of her, and then she would reach it, and it would vanish.
Finally, Kagome reached the end. She felt around the wall for the door, and quickly found it. Finding the door handle, she yanked the door open, hoping for some light. Luckily the new room had a window. However, it was nighttime, and the only thing that was able to light it was the moon. With the moon's light, she was able to make out a small table, a small candle rested on the windowsill, and a couple of books piled up on the table. She also noticed that one of the books on the table was opened. Her curiosity getting the better of her, she went over to the table and picked up the open book.
Kagome didn't really understand what she saw in the book. Written on every line was someone's name, and next to the name was a date, and another number, which looked like the person's age. As she flipped through the book, she noticed that some of the names were crossed out. The first crossed out name she saw was a very familiar name.
Hadaka Inuyasha.
'That was the name of that little boy. Why is he in the book?'
Looking over more and more of the names, she recognized others as the names on the tombstones in the cemetery. After reading the last name, she realized something.
They were all small children.
Kagome hands suddenly got very sweaty, and the book slipped out of her hands, dropping on the floor.
'What had Naraku done to them?' As she said that, she remembered the book she found in the hallway. She never looked in it. With a shaky hand, she opened the cover, and started to read the first page.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"We have to find Kagome." Sango said to Miroku, tension in her voice.
"Do you think something happened to her?" Miroku asked.
"Lets hope not. If something did, I wouldn't know what to do with myself."
"But Sango," Miroku added. "Kagome has gone off running many times before, and she has always turned up alive. Don't be to hard on yourself."
Sango sighed. "Maybe I am being to hard on myself. I'm sure Kagome's alright, but we should still look for her."
"Agreed," and suddenly, unexpectedly, Sango tripped over Miroku's foot. Miroku reached out for her hand, helping her up.
"Thanks Miroku, I... AAHHHHHH!"
Miroku's hand had somehow made its way to her butt, and it had started rubbing it.
"You know what I'm like about things like this you hentai!"and she slapped him hard, leaving a beet red hand print on his cheek.
"Sorry, I just couldn't resist, your ass was just there and..."
"Spare me the excuses ok? Just leave me alone."
"Sure Sango dearest."
Sango paused for a second before saying "Why don't we split up. We can find Kagome faster, and I can stay as far away from you as possible." Miroku started to detest, but Sango had already gone down another hallway.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
February 8, 1515
2 more deaths at the oil. What a pity, the children are dropping like flies out there. (Even though they were going to die sooner or later). This helps me out a lot though. Things are going by so quickly. However, the supply of children are running low, and soon, they will all be dead.
What a shame.
Kagome stared wide-eyed at the writing in front on the page. "What was going on?" Not wanting to read the whole book, she flipped to the last entry.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Shippo wouldn't stop screaming. Kikyo tried to hush him, but he just kept crying.
After they had escaped from Naraku, Kikyo and her son had ran all over the castle, not really going anywhere, just running. Kikyo had soon bumped into one of the servants. The servant held the crying woman, and asked what was the matter. Kikyo didn't say anything at first, but then told her everything. The only thing the servant could do was take the two to her quarters, and hide them there.
That was where they were now.
The servant had taken them to the quarters that she shared with a few others, and had hidden them in the closet. It had been a few hours since she had stuffed them in the small space they called a closet, and Shippo was getting scared.
Really scared.
Suddenly, Kikyo heard loud noises coming from outside the door.
"I know you have them in here," said a deep, cold voice.
Naraku.
"My lord, I don't know what you're talking about," the servant replied, her voice becoming shaky.
"Don't play dumb with me. I can see it in your eyes, and hear it in your voice. Hand over Kikyo and her child to me. I know you're hiding them in here somewhere."
"I already told you my lord, they are not here!"
That was the last thing the servant said before she let out a blood- hurdling scream, so loud, and so spine tingling, that it could of made Stephen King shiver at his typewriter. Kikyo peeked through the wood, and saw the servant lying unconscious next to the closet door, her eyes showing no emotion.
Just blank, dark eyes.
Suddenly, the door swung open, and there stood Naraku, only it wasn't her husband. Her husband loved her, and her children. This man was a monster.
She couldn't let him live. Spying a knife on the floor, (AN: boy, how did that get there?) she picked it up, and threw it at the man in the doorway. It didn't strike him, nor did it hurt him. He just simply caught it in his hand, as if it was a rubber ball. Kikyo sat there in shock, and fear. Almost as if Naraku sensed her fear, an evil smile spread across his face, making Kikyo freeze. He then reached down and took Shippo by the neck. Shippo tried to cry out, but Naraku's hands fit easily around his throat, making it impossible for the baby to breathe. A few seconds later, it seemed like he spotted something, and he stopped struggling. That was when a small orb of light appeared from his body.
That's his soul!
All that Kikyo could do was stare. She tried to make her legs move, but it felt like 5 sandbags were tied to each leg. She tried to move her arms, but they were pinned at her sides. All she was able to do was watch as her baby's soul was dragged out of his body. As the soul exited the body, Shippo's eyes changed expressions. Before they were scared, but now they were blank and emotionless, but filled with terror all at the same time. It was one of the most frightening things Kikyo had ever seen.
Finally, the soul was out of Shippo's body, and Naraku dropped him on the floor. Kikyo was then finally able to move, and she ran over to her now soulless baby boy.
"Why did you... How did you..."
That was when Kanna stepped out from the shadows, holding a small mirror. Reflected in the glass, was Shippo's image. That was where his soul was! Kikyo grabbed Shippo, and ran out the door.
(AN: Ok, this is the part you know, I just added in the actual names of the people, instead of "Woman" and "husband" or "youngest child" Ok? See, this is where it all comes into play HOORH ^_^)
Kikyo ran as fast as she could through the dark, lightless hallways of youkai castle in fear. Her long black hair was trailing behind her, and she held Shippo's lifeless body in her hands, trying not to look at his terrifyed, but emotionless face.
She soon came upon a door at the end of the hallway, opened it, and ran inside. It was her room. She placed the body on the bed, and went to light a candle. When she lit it, she saw the figure of a man sitting calmly in the corner of the room, with a smile on his face.
Naraku.
"NO, STAY BACK," Kikyo shouted. "I WONT LET YOU COME ANY NEARER."
The man didn't seem to hear her, and he got up from the chair and walked towards the frightened young woman. She suddenly picked up a box that lay next to her feet, threw it at the man, and ran out the door.
The man was gaining on her, and tears were streaming down her face. She soon came across a staircase, and was trapped. The man was still getting closer, and soon laughed an evil laugh.
"Why did you do that?" Kikyo asked. "You're a heartless monster!"
"My darling." he said, coming closer and closer, until his face was inches away from hers.
"No!"
It was too late. Naraku swept her up, and dug a knife into her back. She choked, gasping for breath, as blood seeped out of her back, and onto the floor below. Kikyo then fell unconscious.
Kikyo woke up, and found a rope tied around her neck. She was standing on a platform in the greenhouse! Her husband, who she once loved was standing 30 feet below her, laughing.
"Darling, we could have had a happy life here," he started to say. "You just made it more difficult. Now, this will be your end."
The last thing the woman remembers was the wind pouring down on the windows of the greenhouse, her husband laughing, and her own weak voice calling out for help.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome's eyes widened, and her hands started to shake, causing her to drop the book with a loud bang. She stepped back slowly, backing up from nothing, and ran quickly out the door. It didn't matter that the hallway was pitch black, she just wanted to run, out of the castle, and back home to her mother, and her friends. She finally found the ladder, and climbed up it without hesitation.
When she reached the top, she didn't bother closing the trap door behind her, she just ran straight out the door, and down any set of stairs she could find. She found one, and ran down it, tripping over her feet as she did so.
She ended up in the entrance hallway.
All staircases end up here!
Sparing no time, she sprinted towards the front door, and ran to the gate outside.
The gate was locked.
Tugging at the gate, begging it to open, she felt like someone was watching her. Turning around, she came face to face with an old statue, shaped like an angel. She quickly forgot what she was doing out there, and looked up at the fountain.
It was beautiful.
A wind soon picked up, and she went to go inside, she now turned away from the statue. Because she was turned away, she didn't see its head turn.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome had walked back into the castle, now calmed down. Stepping inside, she spotted Sango running towards her.
"Kagome, are you alright? Me and Miroku didn't know where you were!"
"I'm ok Sango, just a little spooked that's all."
"Spooked about what?"
"I'll tell you back in the room. Come on, I'm tired." and Sango and Kagome walked up to their rooms.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I think I'll end it there because I know you guyz really wanted this chapter (im so loved!), so im gonna end it here so u guyz can read it, but did u notice that this chapter is a littl longer than da otherz? See, I'm getting better. R&R pleez! Nd don't worry, ill update sooon!
Thank you to the people who reviewed:
inuyasha's girl
Hikariko
MoonGodess2
Yoshiko37
brighteneddarkness
Kya-chan
And that's it. (T_T) and it I forgot you, I'm sorry.
I am sooooooo sorry for taking so long to update. What happened was that one day all of a sudden, my internet didn't work. I called Optimum Online, and they said my computer was connected, but for some reason, the internet wasn't working. Playing with the computer for about a week, I finally was able to get the computer up and running.
Do you want to hear something ironic? In creative writing on Tuesday, I posted a short note saying exactly what I said up there, but FF.net took it off, saying that I wasn't allowed to post short author notes like that. They chose that exact moment to post that rule too!
Ok, this is an important chapter in the story. This explains what Naraku actually did to Kikyo, and what happened to the kids and stuff. This is the backbone of the story! However, if you HAVE seen the Haunting, then I'm changing the plot, like what Hugh Crain did to everyone. I'm kind of making like Inuyasha (hint hint... SOULS!)
Enjoy!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The Haunting of Youkai Castle
by Usagi Kurari
Chapter 13
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
It seemed she had been traveling down the dark hallway for hours. There was no sign of an end to it. She couldn't see what was in front of her, or what was behind her. The only thing that guided her was the stone wall, that she couldn't even see. Also, considering that she was all alone, in the dark nonetheless, she started to hallucinate. For example, once she swore that she could see the door in front of her, and then she would reach it, and it would vanish.
Finally, Kagome reached the end. She felt around the wall for the door, and quickly found it. Finding the door handle, she yanked the door open, hoping for some light. Luckily the new room had a window. However, it was nighttime, and the only thing that was able to light it was the moon. With the moon's light, she was able to make out a small table, a small candle rested on the windowsill, and a couple of books piled up on the table. She also noticed that one of the books on the table was opened. Her curiosity getting the better of her, she went over to the table and picked up the open book.
Kagome didn't really understand what she saw in the book. Written on every line was someone's name, and next to the name was a date, and another number, which looked like the person's age. As she flipped through the book, she noticed that some of the names were crossed out. The first crossed out name she saw was a very familiar name.
Hadaka Inuyasha.
'That was the name of that little boy. Why is he in the book?'
Looking over more and more of the names, she recognized others as the names on the tombstones in the cemetery. After reading the last name, she realized something.
They were all small children.
Kagome hands suddenly got very sweaty, and the book slipped out of her hands, dropping on the floor.
'What had Naraku done to them?' As she said that, she remembered the book she found in the hallway. She never looked in it. With a shaky hand, she opened the cover, and started to read the first page.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"We have to find Kagome." Sango said to Miroku, tension in her voice.
"Do you think something happened to her?" Miroku asked.
"Lets hope not. If something did, I wouldn't know what to do with myself."
"But Sango," Miroku added. "Kagome has gone off running many times before, and she has always turned up alive. Don't be to hard on yourself."
Sango sighed. "Maybe I am being to hard on myself. I'm sure Kagome's alright, but we should still look for her."
"Agreed," and suddenly, unexpectedly, Sango tripped over Miroku's foot. Miroku reached out for her hand, helping her up.
"Thanks Miroku, I... AAHHHHHH!"
Miroku's hand had somehow made its way to her butt, and it had started rubbing it.
"You know what I'm like about things like this you hentai!"and she slapped him hard, leaving a beet red hand print on his cheek.
"Sorry, I just couldn't resist, your ass was just there and..."
"Spare me the excuses ok? Just leave me alone."
"Sure Sango dearest."
Sango paused for a second before saying "Why don't we split up. We can find Kagome faster, and I can stay as far away from you as possible." Miroku started to detest, but Sango had already gone down another hallway.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
February 8, 1515
2 more deaths at the oil. What a pity, the children are dropping like flies out there. (Even though they were going to die sooner or later). This helps me out a lot though. Things are going by so quickly. However, the supply of children are running low, and soon, they will all be dead.
What a shame.
Kagome stared wide-eyed at the writing in front on the page. "What was going on?" Not wanting to read the whole book, she flipped to the last entry.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Shippo wouldn't stop screaming. Kikyo tried to hush him, but he just kept crying.
After they had escaped from Naraku, Kikyo and her son had ran all over the castle, not really going anywhere, just running. Kikyo had soon bumped into one of the servants. The servant held the crying woman, and asked what was the matter. Kikyo didn't say anything at first, but then told her everything. The only thing the servant could do was take the two to her quarters, and hide them there.
That was where they were now.
The servant had taken them to the quarters that she shared with a few others, and had hidden them in the closet. It had been a few hours since she had stuffed them in the small space they called a closet, and Shippo was getting scared.
Really scared.
Suddenly, Kikyo heard loud noises coming from outside the door.
"I know you have them in here," said a deep, cold voice.
Naraku.
"My lord, I don't know what you're talking about," the servant replied, her voice becoming shaky.
"Don't play dumb with me. I can see it in your eyes, and hear it in your voice. Hand over Kikyo and her child to me. I know you're hiding them in here somewhere."
"I already told you my lord, they are not here!"
That was the last thing the servant said before she let out a blood- hurdling scream, so loud, and so spine tingling, that it could of made Stephen King shiver at his typewriter. Kikyo peeked through the wood, and saw the servant lying unconscious next to the closet door, her eyes showing no emotion.
Just blank, dark eyes.
Suddenly, the door swung open, and there stood Naraku, only it wasn't her husband. Her husband loved her, and her children. This man was a monster.
She couldn't let him live. Spying a knife on the floor, (AN: boy, how did that get there?) she picked it up, and threw it at the man in the doorway. It didn't strike him, nor did it hurt him. He just simply caught it in his hand, as if it was a rubber ball. Kikyo sat there in shock, and fear. Almost as if Naraku sensed her fear, an evil smile spread across his face, making Kikyo freeze. He then reached down and took Shippo by the neck. Shippo tried to cry out, but Naraku's hands fit easily around his throat, making it impossible for the baby to breathe. A few seconds later, it seemed like he spotted something, and he stopped struggling. That was when a small orb of light appeared from his body.
That's his soul!
All that Kikyo could do was stare. She tried to make her legs move, but it felt like 5 sandbags were tied to each leg. She tried to move her arms, but they were pinned at her sides. All she was able to do was watch as her baby's soul was dragged out of his body. As the soul exited the body, Shippo's eyes changed expressions. Before they were scared, but now they were blank and emotionless, but filled with terror all at the same time. It was one of the most frightening things Kikyo had ever seen.
Finally, the soul was out of Shippo's body, and Naraku dropped him on the floor. Kikyo was then finally able to move, and she ran over to her now soulless baby boy.
"Why did you... How did you..."
That was when Kanna stepped out from the shadows, holding a small mirror. Reflected in the glass, was Shippo's image. That was where his soul was! Kikyo grabbed Shippo, and ran out the door.
(AN: Ok, this is the part you know, I just added in the actual names of the people, instead of "Woman" and "husband" or "youngest child" Ok? See, this is where it all comes into play HOORH ^_^)
Kikyo ran as fast as she could through the dark, lightless hallways of youkai castle in fear. Her long black hair was trailing behind her, and she held Shippo's lifeless body in her hands, trying not to look at his terrifyed, but emotionless face.
She soon came upon a door at the end of the hallway, opened it, and ran inside. It was her room. She placed the body on the bed, and went to light a candle. When she lit it, she saw the figure of a man sitting calmly in the corner of the room, with a smile on his face.
Naraku.
"NO, STAY BACK," Kikyo shouted. "I WONT LET YOU COME ANY NEARER."
The man didn't seem to hear her, and he got up from the chair and walked towards the frightened young woman. She suddenly picked up a box that lay next to her feet, threw it at the man, and ran out the door.
The man was gaining on her, and tears were streaming down her face. She soon came across a staircase, and was trapped. The man was still getting closer, and soon laughed an evil laugh.
"Why did you do that?" Kikyo asked. "You're a heartless monster!"
"My darling." he said, coming closer and closer, until his face was inches away from hers.
"No!"
It was too late. Naraku swept her up, and dug a knife into her back. She choked, gasping for breath, as blood seeped out of her back, and onto the floor below. Kikyo then fell unconscious.
Kikyo woke up, and found a rope tied around her neck. She was standing on a platform in the greenhouse! Her husband, who she once loved was standing 30 feet below her, laughing.
"Darling, we could have had a happy life here," he started to say. "You just made it more difficult. Now, this will be your end."
The last thing the woman remembers was the wind pouring down on the windows of the greenhouse, her husband laughing, and her own weak voice calling out for help.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome's eyes widened, and her hands started to shake, causing her to drop the book with a loud bang. She stepped back slowly, backing up from nothing, and ran quickly out the door. It didn't matter that the hallway was pitch black, she just wanted to run, out of the castle, and back home to her mother, and her friends. She finally found the ladder, and climbed up it without hesitation.
When she reached the top, she didn't bother closing the trap door behind her, she just ran straight out the door, and down any set of stairs she could find. She found one, and ran down it, tripping over her feet as she did so.
She ended up in the entrance hallway.
All staircases end up here!
Sparing no time, she sprinted towards the front door, and ran to the gate outside.
The gate was locked.
Tugging at the gate, begging it to open, she felt like someone was watching her. Turning around, she came face to face with an old statue, shaped like an angel. She quickly forgot what she was doing out there, and looked up at the fountain.
It was beautiful.
A wind soon picked up, and she went to go inside, she now turned away from the statue. Because she was turned away, she didn't see its head turn.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome had walked back into the castle, now calmed down. Stepping inside, she spotted Sango running towards her.
"Kagome, are you alright? Me and Miroku didn't know where you were!"
"I'm ok Sango, just a little spooked that's all."
"Spooked about what?"
"I'll tell you back in the room. Come on, I'm tired." and Sango and Kagome walked up to their rooms.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I think I'll end it there because I know you guyz really wanted this chapter (im so loved!), so im gonna end it here so u guyz can read it, but did u notice that this chapter is a littl longer than da otherz? See, I'm getting better. R&R pleez! Nd don't worry, ill update sooon!