Chapter 7

"Mom! Are the snacks ready?" Kagome called from upstairs.

"Almost!" Mrs. Higurashi called from the kitchen, where she was preparing snacks for her daughter s friends.

"Look at the time! If we don t hurry up everything won t be ready in time for them!" Kagome said in a worried voice, as she ran around the house making sure everything was in order.

"Honey, don t be such a worry wart! Everything will be fine, they are only your friends. Why do you worry so much?" Mrs. Higurashi said trying to calm her down. "Take two deep breaths. In out " Kagome did as she said.

She checked her watch, to see that she had a half hour to spare. I ll just check one more time to see if everything is in place. Kagome thought as she once again went around the living room, only this time at a slower pace.

"crap! Why didn t you wake me up earlier?" Inuyasha shouted to his maid. "I m going to be late!" he raced into the bathroom to get ready, but coming out again as fast as he went in. "Where are my pants!" his voice echoing throughout the mansion.

"What is he doing up at this hour?" Sesshomaru wondered to himself.

"I heard him saying something about going to a girl s house." Said a young girl, who happened to hear what Sesshomaru said.

"Ah, Rin, I see you are up." He said looking up from his computer.

"Good morning Sesshomaru-sama!" shouted the girl cheerfully.

"You should-" but he couldn t finish his sentence, just then Inuyasha barged in. Some how he managed to get himself ready five minutes flat.

"Where is the old man?" he asked rudely, not even saying a good morning.

"Old man " Sesshomaru said.

"The guy that drives the car!" Inuyasha obviously frustrated.

"Ah do you mean the chaffer?" Sesshomaru said taking his time.

"Yes! Where is he!" Inuyasha practically screamed.

"Jyaken take him to the old man." Sesshomaru said.

Inuyasha threw him a dirty look as he stormed out of the room, following Jyaken.

"What took you so long?" Sango asked as Inuyasha s car pulled up in front of the bus stop. "Do you know how long I had to put up with him?" she said pointing at Miroku.

"I don t care! Just get in the car! We re going to be late!" Inuyasha said. "Sesshomaru."

"What?" she asked as she slid into the car.

"You asked me what took me so long, Sesshomaru." He replied.

"I knew it. Did you have some fight over a piece of toast?" Miroku said.

"Don t mock me." Inuyasha said, with a look on his face that told Miroku to back off.

Kagome could hear the shouts from the car a block away. Apparently Miroku didn t catch the look on Inuyasha s face, and he ended up with a bump on his head.

"Umm Miroku are you alright " Kagome asked as he got out of the car. He nodded yes. "Well lets get going! It s not far!" she said as she led the way to her house.

A few minutes later they came to the steps that led to Kagome s shrine. The trees around it swayed gently with the soft breeze. Kagome s hair was swept up in the air, flowing wildly as she tried to get it back into place. She looked at the tree that was next to the shrine steps, she walked up to it and touched the mark that was in the middle of the trunk. Smiling gently, every time she touched it she felt all different kinds of feelings overwhelming her, unable to name them.

"Well this is it." She said as they climbed up to the top of the steps.

"It s beautiful " Sango said. The clean swept yard was silent, there was a little building which was closed up, for an unknown reason. The neat looking house was put to a side, so it wasn t to cluttered. The opposite view was stunning. As you turn around, facing the steps there is Tokyo in front of you. You can t see so much of it, but you can see some of the neat looking houses, and the tall buildings.

"You never told us you lived in a shrine." Miroku said.

"Well you never asked." Kagome laughed.

Then she turned to see what Inuyasha had to say about it. But nothing came from him, he seemed oddly silent, eyes sweeping the scenery taking everything in slowly. It all seemed oddly familiar to him, yet it seemed so foreign. He pushed aside his weird new feelings and followed the others into Kagome s house.

"Welcome!" Mrs. Higurashi said warmly. "I m Kagome s mother, make yourselves at home!" how could they not with such a cheerful voice telling them to.

The snacks where set out neatly. "Help yourselves." Kagome said eyeing the food hungrily. With her bustling around all morning she forgot to eat breakfast.

"Itadakimasu!" called Miroku as he snatched up a rice ball. Everyone else following him.

"So what are we going to do today?" Sango asked, licking her fingertips.

"Well I was thinking that we could go to the mall and do stuff down town. How does that sound?" Kagome said.

"Sounds great to me!" replied Sango, "Do you think we could catch a movie while we re out?"

"Yea, great idea. I heard that there was this new horror movie. How about we check it out?" Miroku said with something perverted on his mind.

"What are you thinking Mi-" Sango wasn t able to finish her sentence as Inuyasha cut in.

"Isn t that movie called The Grudge?" Inuyasha asked, totally interested. "I heard lots of people at school talking about it!"

"Well I guess it s decided then, The Grudge it is!" Kagome said excitedly. "But first I want to show you around."

"Well lets begin our tour!" Sango said as she stood up.

"Just a sec, let me grab one more of these, they re great." Miroku said as he snatched another rice ball.

Kagome took them around the house to the small closed up building they saw earlier. "This is one of my favorite places, I don t really know why. But whenever I m near it I feel relaxed and comforted."

She opened the closed door. Inside the building there was a small set of stairs leading down to a sealed well. It s surroundings were swept clean, but still there were bones that were stuck in the ground.

"Is that a well? Why is it sealed?" Miroku asked, suddenly interested.

"Yes it s a well. But for why it s sealed I m not quite sure. I heard that it was to prevent something from going through it. I don t quite know the details." Kagome said.

The feeling was there again. Inuyasha sniffed the air gently, feeling a shiver go down his spine. What s with this place? Why does it feel like I ve been here? He couldn t understand the feeling that he was getting from this place.

"Now that I ve shown you it, why don t we go to the mall?" Kagome asked.

"Lets go." Inuyasha said, having enough of the familiar but weird feeling.

"I m so tired!" Kagome said as she plopped down on a bench.

"I think we ve gone through the whole mall!" Sango said, taking a seat next to Kagome.

"You girls are unbelievable! You some how have managed to drag us around the mall." Miroku said, carrying some of Sango s bags.

"I say we grab something to eat at the movies, I don t think we ll have time to make it to The Grudge if we get dinner." Sango said.

"I agree. But first lets put the bags in the car." Inuyasha said.

"Umm how should we sit?" Kagome asked.

"Sit next to me." Sango said as she took a seat.

"Ok!" said Miroku as he rushed over to her.

"Not you!" said Sango.

"That s alright I ll let Miroku have his seat, I ll take this one." Said Kagome laughing as she took a seat on the other side of Sango.

"Feh" came a remark next to Kagome. Turning around she saw Inuyasha sitting next to her. "Shut up. The movie s starting."

The lights dimmed

Then suddenly there was a scream

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