Well, you guys seemed to like my first chapter. So, I've decided to
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Chapter 2:
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Kagome sprinted down the hallway. She came to the stairs, and decided not to take her time. She ran down as fast as she could trying to avoid the holes. She tripped on the last stair, and fell to the ground landing on her ankle. "Ow! Crap!" she yelled as she clutched her ankle. She shut her eyes tight as if it would take away the pain. When she opened them, she looked up the staircase. There, standing at the top, was the young man from before. She couldn't see his face, because it was hidden in shadows. He didn't say a word as Kagome got to her feet, and limped out the door as fast as she could.
She limped out to the street looking for her friends. However, they weren't there. "You guys?!" she yelled desperately. Not only was she terrified of what had just happened, she had hurt her ankle, AND her friends weren't there to help.
She fell to her knees in the middle of the road. 'Great,' she thought to herself. 'Now I'll probably get glass in my knees.'
A bush near her rustled as two girls came running out to her.
"Kagome!" they yelled.
"Huh?" she looked toward her two friends who had come there with her.
"Kagome," Eri said. "What happened to you? Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Sango started. "Why were you screaming? We got so scared that we ran and hid."
"Well," Kagome said. 'I can't tell them. They would never believe me.' She sighed heavily. "It was a rat." She said simply.
"What?!" her friends said in unison.
"All that screaming over a lousy rat?" Sango asked annoyed.
"Don't get down on her," Eri said. "I would have screamed just as much and loud as she did." She shuddered. "I hate rats. They're soooooo gross!"
Kagome smiled uneasily.
"Well, we better get you home," Sango said.
"Yeah," Kagome agreed. "My ankle is killing me."
"Oh, what happened?" Eri asked worried.
"It's nothing, I was just being clumsy and fell. I'll be alright."
"You sure?" Eri asked.
"Yeah," Kagome responded. "I just want to go home though."
"Alright," Sango said. "That will be our first stop." She looked at Kagome who tried to get up, and looked as though she was in pain. "Come on," she said. She lended Kagome her shoulder.
Kagome accepted, and within no time they arrived at the car. They arrived at her house, and helped her inside.
"See ya, Kagome," Sango said.
"Yeah," Eri joined in. "If there's anything you need, just call!" She made her hand look like a phone, and held it up to her ear and mouth. She winked at Kagome as she closed the door behind her.
'I'm glad I have friends like them,' Kagome thought to herself. She smiled. 'I'm really lucky.'
The boy from earlier came into her mind. 'I wonder why he was in there. What if he really does live there? That must be awful. He must be so lonely.' Her thoughts were interrupted by her mother's voice.
"Kagome, dear?"
"Yeah, Mom?"
"Can I help you with anything? Are you hungry at all?"
"No, I'm fine. Thanks."
"Well," she started. "You let me know when you are."
"For sure."
Kagome reached for the remote, and turned the television.
"I wonder what's on."
She flipped through the channels boringly. That is, until one channel caught her attention.
"It's that house," she said as she listened intently to what they were talking about.
A news man was talking. "A new shopping center is going to be built here on Jewel Avenue."
"What?" Kagome asked. "But, they can't do that. That boy lives in a house on that street. He'll be killed!"
Her mother came running into the room. "What's wrong, dear?" She ran to her daughter's side. "Did you hurt yourself?"
"Huh? Oh, I just...." 'Should I tell her? Maybe she could help me talk those guys into not knocking down those homes. I'd have a better chance with her backing me up. But what if she doesn't believe me?'
"Kagome?"
"Mom?"
"Yes?"
"What would you think if I said that I thought someone lived in one of those houses they're about to knock down?" She pointed to the television screen.
Her mother laughed. "You are quite silly at times, Kagome. You know just as well as I do that no one has lived there for years. Not after what happened there anyway. It was a heartbreaking story."
Kagome looked confused. "What happened?"
"You don't remember?"
Kagome shook her head.
"Well, you were rather young."
"So what happened?"
"Well, that used to be a very wealthy street. Only the higher class could afford to live there."
Kagome shook her head as she listened.
"There was one family in particular. They were called the Shikon's, the wealthiest people in the town. There were four of them. Mr. and Mrs. Shikon lived there along with their two sons, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha."
"So what happened to them?" Kagome asked.
"Well, the Shikon's had a lot of enemies. One night, someone took advantage of their hatred. They brutally murdered the parents. They were found after being stabbed repeatedly."
"That's awful!" Kagome yelled. "What about the two boys?"
"Well, Sesshomaru went to live with some family. However, they never found Inuyasha. No one knows what happened to him. He just disappeared. Some say he was kidnapped, and some say he was murdered along with the parents, only the body was thrown somewhere no one would find it. It's just one of those mysteries."
'That boy,' Kagome thought to herself. 'Could that have been Inuyasha?'
"Why did all of the other people move away?" Kagome asked.
"I guess they didn't like the idea of living somewhere near a house that a family was murdered in."
"Mom, what if Inuyasha still lived in his old house, only no one knew it?"
"Don't be silly. If he was still in there, we'd know it." She weaved her fingers through her daughter's hair. "Don't worry about it. It was a long time ago. How about trying to get some sleep?" She laid her daughter back on her bed. "Good night, sweetheart." She kissed her daughter's forehead lightly.
"Good night, Mom." She yawned. "I love you."
"I love you too. Now, you get some sleep. You have school tomorrow."
Kagome sighed heavily, "Aw, do I have to go?"
"Of course." She closed the door quietly behind her, and exited the room.
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Chapter 2:
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Kagome sprinted down the hallway. She came to the stairs, and decided not to take her time. She ran down as fast as she could trying to avoid the holes. She tripped on the last stair, and fell to the ground landing on her ankle. "Ow! Crap!" she yelled as she clutched her ankle. She shut her eyes tight as if it would take away the pain. When she opened them, she looked up the staircase. There, standing at the top, was the young man from before. She couldn't see his face, because it was hidden in shadows. He didn't say a word as Kagome got to her feet, and limped out the door as fast as she could.
She limped out to the street looking for her friends. However, they weren't there. "You guys?!" she yelled desperately. Not only was she terrified of what had just happened, she had hurt her ankle, AND her friends weren't there to help.
She fell to her knees in the middle of the road. 'Great,' she thought to herself. 'Now I'll probably get glass in my knees.'
A bush near her rustled as two girls came running out to her.
"Kagome!" they yelled.
"Huh?" she looked toward her two friends who had come there with her.
"Kagome," Eri said. "What happened to you? Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Sango started. "Why were you screaming? We got so scared that we ran and hid."
"Well," Kagome said. 'I can't tell them. They would never believe me.' She sighed heavily. "It was a rat." She said simply.
"What?!" her friends said in unison.
"All that screaming over a lousy rat?" Sango asked annoyed.
"Don't get down on her," Eri said. "I would have screamed just as much and loud as she did." She shuddered. "I hate rats. They're soooooo gross!"
Kagome smiled uneasily.
"Well, we better get you home," Sango said.
"Yeah," Kagome agreed. "My ankle is killing me."
"Oh, what happened?" Eri asked worried.
"It's nothing, I was just being clumsy and fell. I'll be alright."
"You sure?" Eri asked.
"Yeah," Kagome responded. "I just want to go home though."
"Alright," Sango said. "That will be our first stop." She looked at Kagome who tried to get up, and looked as though she was in pain. "Come on," she said. She lended Kagome her shoulder.
Kagome accepted, and within no time they arrived at the car. They arrived at her house, and helped her inside.
"See ya, Kagome," Sango said.
"Yeah," Eri joined in. "If there's anything you need, just call!" She made her hand look like a phone, and held it up to her ear and mouth. She winked at Kagome as she closed the door behind her.
'I'm glad I have friends like them,' Kagome thought to herself. She smiled. 'I'm really lucky.'
The boy from earlier came into her mind. 'I wonder why he was in there. What if he really does live there? That must be awful. He must be so lonely.' Her thoughts were interrupted by her mother's voice.
"Kagome, dear?"
"Yeah, Mom?"
"Can I help you with anything? Are you hungry at all?"
"No, I'm fine. Thanks."
"Well," she started. "You let me know when you are."
"For sure."
Kagome reached for the remote, and turned the television.
"I wonder what's on."
She flipped through the channels boringly. That is, until one channel caught her attention.
"It's that house," she said as she listened intently to what they were talking about.
A news man was talking. "A new shopping center is going to be built here on Jewel Avenue."
"What?" Kagome asked. "But, they can't do that. That boy lives in a house on that street. He'll be killed!"
Her mother came running into the room. "What's wrong, dear?" She ran to her daughter's side. "Did you hurt yourself?"
"Huh? Oh, I just...." 'Should I tell her? Maybe she could help me talk those guys into not knocking down those homes. I'd have a better chance with her backing me up. But what if she doesn't believe me?'
"Kagome?"
"Mom?"
"Yes?"
"What would you think if I said that I thought someone lived in one of those houses they're about to knock down?" She pointed to the television screen.
Her mother laughed. "You are quite silly at times, Kagome. You know just as well as I do that no one has lived there for years. Not after what happened there anyway. It was a heartbreaking story."
Kagome looked confused. "What happened?"
"You don't remember?"
Kagome shook her head.
"Well, you were rather young."
"So what happened?"
"Well, that used to be a very wealthy street. Only the higher class could afford to live there."
Kagome shook her head as she listened.
"There was one family in particular. They were called the Shikon's, the wealthiest people in the town. There were four of them. Mr. and Mrs. Shikon lived there along with their two sons, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha."
"So what happened to them?" Kagome asked.
"Well, the Shikon's had a lot of enemies. One night, someone took advantage of their hatred. They brutally murdered the parents. They were found after being stabbed repeatedly."
"That's awful!" Kagome yelled. "What about the two boys?"
"Well, Sesshomaru went to live with some family. However, they never found Inuyasha. No one knows what happened to him. He just disappeared. Some say he was kidnapped, and some say he was murdered along with the parents, only the body was thrown somewhere no one would find it. It's just one of those mysteries."
'That boy,' Kagome thought to herself. 'Could that have been Inuyasha?'
"Why did all of the other people move away?" Kagome asked.
"I guess they didn't like the idea of living somewhere near a house that a family was murdered in."
"Mom, what if Inuyasha still lived in his old house, only no one knew it?"
"Don't be silly. If he was still in there, we'd know it." She weaved her fingers through her daughter's hair. "Don't worry about it. It was a long time ago. How about trying to get some sleep?" She laid her daughter back on her bed. "Good night, sweetheart." She kissed her daughter's forehead lightly.
"Good night, Mom." She yawned. "I love you."
"I love you too. Now, you get some sleep. You have school tomorrow."
Kagome sighed heavily, "Aw, do I have to go?"
"Of course." She closed the door quietly behind her, and exited the room.
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