Beginning Notes: I don't know exactly how this chapter will rank on the creepiness scale... But lets just say this. Observant readers might be a little more freaked out than not-so-observant readers.
Oh yeah, and inspiration is helped by the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Soundtrack! That music is kinda creepy if you think about it...
The predicted chapter count for this fic is anywhere from 15-25, hopefully not too much more. I don't want to be working on this two years from now X.X I write slowly sometimes.
Disclaimer: I own some stuff. Inuyasha would not be one of them.
The Midway
Written By - Stripe
Chapter 4 - Alone
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Kagura put a hand on her hip as she looked around the area of the midway. "Well... I don't see any doomed teenagers here," she commented, staring at a cute little doll that was left behind in one of the empty stands. "So where'd they go? Carousel, Roller Coaster, Fun House, Haunted House, House of Mirrors, Kiddy Playground, Animatron Theater, where?" She turned from the doll to Sesshoumaru, who was staring at a fun house mirror suspiciously.
"We'll need to split up." That was the only reply Kagura recieved, as Sesshoumaru turned and walked off towards the bumper cars. She stared after him for a moment, considering whether or not she should kick a rock at the back of his head.
'No... He probably wouldn't even notice that it hit him. Unless it messed up his perfect hair, God forbid the thought,' Kagura sighed. "I guess I'll be heading off to the Roller Coaster then..." She paused, seeing he was already gone. "Not that you care of course. The only thing you care about is your silky, long, beautiful hair." She stuck out her tounge at his back anyways, just for good measure
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Kohaku stopped as soon as he reached the bumper cars. He was faster than both Kagome and Rin; he should have caught up to them by now. "Where are they?" His voice sounded somewhat eerie in the dead silence of the park. He couldn't hear anything, not even the slight chirp of a cricket or scurrying of rats. Not that he wanted to hear rats, of course, but dead silence wasn't exactly encouraging either.
"I know I saw them come over here...Must have gone on I guess..." He continued on past the bumper cars, trying to determine where the girls had gone off to. He didn't expect they'd go off toward the haunted house... but who knew? He brought out his flashlight and turned it on, though he didn't know how much good it would do. Whatever was in the park was going to be there, regardless of whether the flashlight was on. That included ghosts.
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Inuyasha sat on a bench, pouting somewhat childishly. "Stupid girls... they don't know anything. I don't know how Kohaku and Miroku do it!" He paused for a moment, remembering how many girls had quickly rejected Miroku's... 'proposals'. "I don't know how Kohaku does it!" he corrected himself. He didn't want to know how Miroku handled the opposite sex. Speaking of the pervert... hadn't he been with them? He hadn't gone off with the girls so he must have... No... he would have said something to calm Sango down had he been there when she had gotten angry. Sudden realization struck. "Oh boy. We left him behind. What idiot gets himself left behind in a haunted park for cryin' out loud?" Inuyasha seemed to ignore the fact that he had been left behind in a haunted park too. He also seemed to ignore the fact that he was talking to himself. "Might as well enjoy myself... Now, what to do?" He glanced over to the roller coaster, and got up without a second thought.
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"Maybe it might not be such a good idea to go to the haunted house after all..." Kagome reasoned, still staring at the park sign.
"Yeah. Maybe we should save that for later when there are witnesses," Rin commented, though she probably only wanted witnesses for moral support.
"So where to?" Rin glanced over the destinations, trying to decide which would be most entertaining and least frightening.
"I say the carousel," she decided finally, shining her flashlight at one of the arrows.
"Good plan." Kagome turned around to alert the other member of their 'group' what they planned to do. "Hey, Kohaku! We're heading to the carousel!" She paused for a moment waiting for a response. She didn't get one, not an "OK", a "Sure, that's a great idea! Could you help me out of the teacup?", not even a complaint. "Kohaku?" She frowned and shined her flashlight towards the teacups.
There was no one there.
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Kagura found herself on a bench, her feet lifted up in disgust. "Spiders. Man, I hate 'em. They're everywhere too...Ick. What a horrid place. Why couldn't they have gone to that nice new mall?" She shuddered slightly, and stared at a cracked mirror across from the bench. She caught sight of something in the reflection. Silver hair... and red clothing. She only glanced it for a moment in the mirror, but there was no doubt, it was Inuyasha. Few people had hair light enough to be considered silver, and even fewer had an obsession with red clothing as well. He was headed for... the Tilt-A-Whirl? Ah, who cared where he was going. "When I catch up to that kid I will hurt him..." She got off the bench, powered with sudden and intense hatred towards sixteen year olds. Yes, there were about to be a few more murders in this park... Stepping ever-so-carefully around the spiders crawling around the ground, she headed after the teen, or at least where she thought he had gone. Where one doomed teen went, the rest were sure to follow, after all.
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Sango stopped stomping after she was sure Inuyasha was far behind. She hadn't been watching where she was going and had ended up next to the Ferris Wheel. Vaugely, she wondered if the thing still worked. It would be much easier to find where everyone else had gone if she was above most of the park.
"Of course it doesn't. This park probably hasn't had any power for a long time..." Regardless, she walked through the line that might once have been filled with people. In fact, she thought she could remember being stuck in this very line ten years ago, soon after the park had opened probably.
"C'mon Kohaku! There's nothing wrong with a Ferris Wheel. Me and Miroku are going, we'll be fine!"
Come to think of it, that had probably been the first time she had ever seen Miroku out of school. Back then, she hadn't known anyone else from their 'group', excluding Kohaku. He was her twin brother, though, so of course she knew him. Inuyasha and Rin moved into town during sixth grade, and Kagome had been sent to a private school for a while, after the incident with her older sister.
"Don't tell me you're a scaredy cat! I bet you don't want to go in the haunted house either 'cause you're too scared." Normally Sango wouldn't taunt her brother like this, but somehow the company of Miroku made her feel she needed to show off, to prove she wasn't a weak little girl. Her brother didn't take this well, he didn't quite understand the need to show off, and ran off.
Sango suddenly felt embaressed as she remembered their first and only visit. Kohaku had run off to the haunted house, as if yo prove himself, and eventually they had found him crying at the exit, in the care of one of the people who ran the ride. Sango's parents had been furious with her, for good reason. Kohaku had been scared of amusement parks for several years afterwards, meaning they were basically off limits for the rest of the family. By the time he had gotten over his fear, The Midway had already closed, and they went to the Six Flags instead. "Wish I could've gone on this while it was running..." Sango muttered, climbing in one of the little carts.
The cart swayed slightly as she sat down. She meant to stay there for a while, glad she could sit without worrying about Inuyasha running over a cow or something. However, she couldn't help but notice that the cart which was supposed to be dangling in front of her's was missing. Not wishing to know why, she quickly climbed back out again, trying her best to remain completely calm.
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Miroku was starting to think he'd gone insane. He'd heard giggling girls, and had followed the sound hoping it was Kagome and Rin. After all, who else would it be? Kohaku? Sango? Inuyasha? He didn't think so, somehow. Still, even after jogging, he had seen neither hide nor hair of the girls, or any other signs that anyone else had been anywhere nearby. He still heard the light twitter of laughter nearby though, as if they were only around the next corner.
Finally, just as he was about to destroy some of the dead shrubbery in pure frustration, he caught sight of movement.
Someone was going into the animatronic theater.
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Ending Notes:
Thanks for reading! If you like Harry Potter, go read shiechan's Hermione/Draco fanfic, "Quest of Life". Its pretty good!
If you're curious, the park branches off in two different directions. Kohaku, Kagome, Rin, and Sesshoumaru are headed one way, and Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and Kagura another. I know this chapters a bit jumpy, but it'll get a bit better, I promise.
Next chapter is Miroku centric by the way. Just to warn you.
Review responses:
ttinuhpfanforever - Can't make it too creepy right away, now can I? Well... Technically I can... But its much better for it to slowly get creepier. I think... Don't worry, it will get rather creepy soon-ish.
shiechan - Hope this was soon enough.
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