Catse: Hiyya everyone, here's chapter three. I'm sure most of you will recognize the characters described in this next chapter, and I hope you like how it is so far. Well, here' s the next chappie. Enjoy!

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Disclaimer: I don't own the Inuyasha or the Rurouni Kenshin monuments, but then again, it's not like anybody is really asking if I do.

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'Something smells...nice...

But what?

What happened?

Where am I?

Who am I?'

Catse opened her eyes only a little but snapped them closed again at the bright light that swam around her.

"Ugh..."

She rested there for a moment, lying in the warmth of the sunlight.

'The window must be open...Mom must have opened my window...'

A cold breath of air swept across her body and she quickly scrambled for the blanket on her bed to pull around her, so as to keep warm.

'Wait...what happened to the blanket?'

Catse sat up sleepily, looking for her sheets, but stopped cold.

Where was her bed?

Her room?

Where the hell was she?

She took a good look around.

Tall cherry blossom trees surrounded her.

'So that was where the smell came from?'

Tall vine covered walls surrounded her, keeping her from any sort of exit at all, and she looked longingly at a tall metal gate that kept her from leaving this place.

Apparently she was sitting on a large monument...a sort of stained glass floor built into the concrete.

Upon the front was a design of a boy with long white hair and...was that a pair of dog-ears? He had yellow eyes and a red hoari, and he stood as if ready to fight, displaying a large sword.

Around him were various different people.

At his head was a young woman with curly black hair and brown eyes, in a sailor fuku like worn at the usual high school. Catse had never had to worry about uniforms at hers because hers didn't require them. She held up what looked like a long bow and a small glass container of glass shards.

Next to her on the left side, was a small boy with orange-ish hair and a blue bow tying it up into a ponytail. His eyes were green, his ears pointy, and his hands were tiny, holding a spinning top in one and an acorn in the other.

To the opposite side was a man with black hair kept in a tiny pony tail at the back of his head and dark blue eyes that seemed to smile mischievously at you. In one of his hands was a chain of prayer beads, wrapped around the wrist; in the other was a golden staff with a circle at the top, many other circular rings jingling from it.

In the middle on the left side, was another woman, similar to the one at the top, only with longer hair, and brown eyes. In one hand was a strap leading to the large boomerang on her back. In the other was a cute little cat with orange eyes and yellow fur that ended in black swirls on its two tails and tips on the ears.

On the opposite side was a person similar to the one in the middle, with long sleek white hair and yellow eyes, only with red eye shadow and a large fluffy white thing on one shoulder. In the background was a toad looking creature with a two-headed staff and a little girl with hair in a tail on the side of her head and flowers in her hands. In both hands were swords, one glowing blue, the other black.

Below the woman with a boomerang was another man with a ponytail, only he had thin blue eyes and a brown head band to go with what looked like brown fur composed armor. In his hands were two more glass shards like the girl at the top.

On his opposite side was a sickly looking man with wavy black hair, red eyes, and blue eye shadow. In one hand was what looked like a white baboon pelt, and in the other was a round jewel with a wedge missing.

"Interesting. I guess that wedge is what tough guy and fuku girl have got." Catse mumbled.

Then she looked at the last picture at the bottom, opposite the girl in the green sailor fuku. She looked almost exactly like her, except for two thin pieces of hair that swept into circles around her face. She too had a bow in one hand, but what looked like a white dragon in the other. The entire diagram was done on a large image of the jewel the man with the pelt had.

"Whoa. I wonder what kind of a story there is there."

"It is the story of Inuyasha and his search for the pieces of the Shikon no Tama."

A voice said from the trees.

"Huh! Who's there?"

"I have no name. I just am." It replied calmly.

"Well then, "just am" where the hell am I and what am I doing here?"

"Such manners for a chosen to open the door."

"Huh? What door?"

"This door." Suddenly a tall-arced door appeared at the middle of the circle, just where the boy's sword was.

Catse stepped up to it, and reached out to touch it, but found nothing.

"The hell?"

"It is not the real door. Only upon finding the real one, will you return home."

"Hey! Show yourself right now or I'll have to go lookin' for yah. I need to know what is going on! You have no right to hold me here!"

There was silence for a moment.

Finally, the voice answered: "I do not hold you here. You do. If you wished, you could change anything you wanted. You only had to believe."

"I don't believe in that crap. I want outta here." Catse replied, becoming agitated.

"You will have to to find your way back. As for now, you must choose your state of mind."

"What?"

Instantly, three blocks plowed there way up form the floor.

On top of each was a weapon.

The one on Catse's left held a wand, with a ring at the top and a Japanese symbol that meant anime. On the other side was an arced shield with the same symbol. In the middle was a katana, with the same circle on the top as the wand, and a red ribbon that hung loosely from it.

"What do you mean choose my state of mind?"

"The sword is offense in every way. The shield is defense in every way. The wand is a mix of both. Choose."

'That's not too hard!'

Catse wasn't one to care whether she had defense or not.

She was well prepared for anything that came at her. So she wasn't all that interested in the shield, and the wand didn't have much interest either, but she liked the sword.

She stepped up and picked it up off the table.

The blocks disappeared, leaving her in the middle of the circle, the door her only obstacle.

"You're journey has begun."

"What journey?"

There was no answer.

"Hey! Answer me! What journey!"

The sky went dark, and the cherry blossom trees disappeared in a black fog that crept in and over the circle of Inuyasha and the others.

Suddenly, she was in complete darkness; the only thing familiar was the door that still lay behind her.

She turned towards it and started running for it, but every step seemed to pull the door farther and farther away. Soon, it disappeared in the distance, and she was left completely alone.

"Hey! What the hell is happening? Anybody...Tell me! Where am I?! Answer me!"

But nothing replied, and she was trapped in darkness with out a door, and with out a way out.

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Koji glared at the large circle she was standing on.

It was familiar to her...the characters in it.

She was a huge anime fan and knew a lot of the stuff that went on TV.

She was usually the one that knew the most of the anime's people chatted about.

This one was of Rurouni Kenshin, one of her favorites.

In the middle was Kenshin himself, with his long red hair in it's usual loose ponytail, and his katana with the switched blade that was used to defend but not kill.

Around him were the many characters he met.

Kaoru was at the top of the circle, Yahiko on her left, Sanosuke on her right. Below Yahiko was Saito, and below Sanosuke was Megumi.

Below Megumi was Aoshi, and below Saito was Shishio.

At the very bottom, was Kenshin's past love, Tomoe, although their story together was in Samurai X and not really mentioned in Rurouni Kenshin. Still, it was a matter in his life and of importance.

The circle was red, almost looking like a puddle of blood with the characters' faces on the front.

Her surroundings were curious.

A tall brick wall, cracked in several spots from age, and one tall oak that stood planted, hundreds of years old, before the gate of the wall.

The grass was not bright green, but a dark red, almost like blood, and a thin moat lay stagnant around the circle. It was almost like she was being kept captive from the outside world.

"Welcome." Said a voice.

She couldn't place where it was coming from. It was almost as if it was all around her, yet centered in her head.

"Who are you?" Koji asked bluntly, curious to whom was talking.

"I am what I am. That is all you need to know."

"Well then what can I call you?" Koji replied.

'At least I'll have something to call him.'

"I have no name, but I prefer to be called Shadow if it makes a difference."

"Shadow. Okay. Would you please tell me where I am?"

"You have better manners than the last one. You are within the world of your choosing. This is of your mind and wonders."

Koji nodded, and stared at the grass.

'No wonder the grass is red. I'm used to watching gore in my animes. This is just a remake of a battlefield. Moat...seclusion...Oak...Suppressed from what I would like to do.'

"You are a clever one. Yes...this land shows you what you think of...of what basis your thoughts take..."

He could read her thoughts!

Oh well, best not think anything bad about him then.

"Then how do I leave?"

"Through the door." The voice replied.

"What door?" Suddenly a tall door appeared, with an arced top and a brass knob, with the kanji on the front that meant 'earth'.

"Is that...a door to my world?"

"Yes. But only a few can return to the world whilst they came. Once here, many loose themselves in the worlds they see, and become trapped within the inner walls of their hopes and dreams...of their nightmares."

"Well...Okay." She replied, reaching out to touch the door.

Her hand went right through, as if she were viewing a hologram.

"I told you. Only few of you can return from whilst they came."

"Then how do you return?" She asked, stepping back.

"Why...you can whenever you want...You just have to find the key to your soul. A search comes with a riddle: 'Thin upon one heart. Full upon the next. Only one has it complete. One who's with purpose.' Figure that out, and you will find your key."

"Thin upon one heart. Full upon the next. Only one has it complete. One who's with purpose? That's a riddle?"

"One only the truest can answer. You have a journey before you. One that requires a state of mind. Choose that and you will decide your way."

Instantly, three blocks rose from the floor, displaying three items.

On her left was a wand with a symbol saying 'anime' at the top, on her right was a shield with the symbol in the middle, and before her was a sword similar to the wand.

The shield stood for complete defense, the sword for offense, but the wand could have both.

Koji wasn't one to have it one way or the other, so she chose the wand, and remained calm even when the blocks disappeared and the sky began to darken.

"Your journey has begun." The voice said, and silence followed.

"Then I shall travel it." Koji replied, watching as the door slowly faded into the dark mist that surrounded her.

"And I will open the door..."

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