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CHAPTER #3………Midnight Dreams
The moon seemed unusually bright that night, and that's what woke her up.
Slowly she opened her eyes and scanned the room.
Looking cautiously at the disfigured shadows thrown across the walls.
Kagome sensed pressure in her lower stomach area, and identified it with the need to use the bathroom.
Dragging the covers aside and tiptoeing across to her bedroom door it opened with a soft creak. She poked her head out and peered into the darkness. Scanning the hallway until she spotted the bathroom door.
Kagome scrunched up her eyes, for her imagination, was leading her to see figures forming from the darkness. Gathering her courage she ran for it.
Safely in the bathroom she turned on the light and her eyes adjusted.
After her business was done she washed her hands and open the door before she turned off the light. Her eyes having to adjust once again, it was darker than normal.
To get to her room she was forced to pass by the grand staircase, but an unusual glow caught her attention. Candlelight was coming from the ballroom/living room.
Grasping onto the railing;"why did mom light candles, or maybe grandpa's up for a midnight snack?" slowly she made her way down the staircase.
Her breath caught and her eyes widened at the sight before her; a party,
A charade, a ball! Women were dressed in magnificent ball gowns covered in sequins and feathers, Men in velvet robes, furs and shiny boots.
Kagome took another step downs the stairs to get a closer look. She noticed that most of the women had tails, or animal ears perched atop their heads, like a certain dog she was acquainted with. The men also had tails, some with markings on their faces, along with long nails and hair.
She pinched her arm hard, just to make sure she wasn't dreaming. That pinch was going to leave a bruise in the morning. Looking around the room for a familiar face but not willing to utter a sound. She sighted him by the front door. Inuyasha was entering with what seemed to be the only human looking girl at the whole party.
As he took her hand and guided her through the crowd, he pasted by the staircase and paused only a nanosecond to give a small glare to Kagome.
Immediately feeling uncomfortable, and a sense of not belonging, Kagome turned and quickly bolted up the stairs.
Returning to her room in a huff, she stopped before she was about to get back into bed.
She reopened the door just enough to peek through into the hallway.
Everything was once again dark. There was no candlelight, no dull chatter from the party
She just witnessed. Utterly confused she stepped back out of her room, and made her way to the staircase once more. Peering into the now dark and empty living room, she sighed and shook her head.
Crawling back into bed, and pulling the coves up to her chin. Now to drowsy to notice the soft candlelight glowing through the crack underneath her door.
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I'm sorry this chapter was unusually short, but I'm using my friends computer, and I only had about an hour, yet 10 pages worth of story in my head. I promise to update more often. chapter number 4#; "Morning explanations, and hide-and-go-seek"
Ja ne mattashita