Chapter 3
Fangs and blood
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SOUNDS/sounds
Thoughts
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Since last week when Sango was attacked more things started to happen around the house. But they never reached the degree of the night of the sleep over. Whatever it was wanted Sango out of the house. That next morning Sango was gone she did not even want to go shopping anymore.
But even if no one was attacked the noise kept getting louder and louder. It was not just scratches and growls anymore; they were bloodcurdling screams of terror and pain. Sometime it was followed by insidious laughter that would echo off in the distance. Whatever it was that was making those noises kept the kids up in fear.
They feared that if they slept they would never wake to see another day. They even tried to listen to music to drown out the sounds at night but it never worked. Whatever it was would turn off the music and seemed to grow angry whenever they would turn on music at night to block its noises.
It was just another day at the shrine but that day Souta had gotten a small cold. His mother told him to say home and get some sleep. But he insisted that he was only his allergies. That was until he sneezed a large about of snot into his cereal. He was not going to school. School was his only way of getting away from whatever is the house. Kagome told him to get better and to stay in the living and not to go upstairs to his room alone. That's when he was most vulnerable .
Kagome quickly gathered her school supplies put on her shoes and headed out the door. She quickly made a break for the steps expecting to be chased by Inuyasha but this time he was no where around. But Kagome was not taking any chances with that dog she kept running. But right when she got to the steps she saw Inuyasha standing in front of them, growling at her, fangs bared, ears flat back on his head, and his eye fixed right on her.
This was a new one. He had never done this before. He was blocking her from getting to the steps. What was she to do? She knew that if she got too close to those steps she would be attacked or even fall down them. Kagome took in a deep breath.
"GET LOST," Kagome yelled, stomping her foot down on the cobblestone ground on the shrine. "INUYASHA, GET OUT OF HERE! GO ON GET!"
Inuyasha's growling only grew louder at her yelling. He looked as though he was about to charge her. She took a couple of steps back and took a quick glance over at the well house. If he were to attack her she would just be able to get inside. She slowly started to head toward the well house, keeping a close watch on the large, white dog.
Then it happen Inuyasha went after her. Kagome bolted towards the well house not daring once to look back. She was almost there now. She quickly tried to open the door but only found it jammed. She looked down and saw a large rock lodged in the track keeping it closed. Kagome barely had enough to duck as Inuyasha leaped at her.
"Damn dog," Kagome screamed, running back towards the house. "I'm going to kill you!"
Just before Kagome got to the back of the house she tripped over a loose stone. She hit the ground hard, sliding to a stop. She quickly scrambled to get up but Inuyasha dug his fangs her leg and started to pull her across the quart yard. Kagome took her brief case and slammed it up against the dog's head.
Inuyasha let go with a yelp. Kagome quickly got back up and hobbled over to the house. Her leg was bleeding badly from the large bite she received from Inuyasha. Her running was too slow from the pain and she knew she must hurry. She was almost at the house when she saw Inuyasha coming at her once more. She held up her case one more time to hit him with but this time he bit into it and yanked Kagome to the ground, taking the briefcase out of her hands.
"FUCKING MUTT," Kagome screamed, struggling back up to her feet but was only knocked back down as Inuyasha jumped her. "GET OFF OF ME!"
The dog quickly bit her other leg and once again pulled her across the quart yard. Kagome started screaming for her brother or grandfather to help her but she could not get the words out her mouth. It was like her voice was frozen in her throat. She started to claw at the cobblestone ground to keep the dog from pulling her but she could not get her nails into anything.
With her free leg Kagome started to kick the dog in the head. Only succeeding in making him angrier. Inuyasha only dug his fangs in deeper into her tender flesh. Her blood ran down her leg, onto the ground, it coated the dog's teeth, and stained his white fur. Then without any warning at all…
"AAAAAAAGH!" Kagome woke up with a start, holding her fast beating heart. "It was only a dream."
What a nightmare she had. How she hated that dog. She sat there thinking what in the world she saw in that dog to keep him. She was about ready to get up and get some water when she heard something moving under bed. At first she thought it was Buyo, the cat, but she then remember she tossed him out before she went to bed. So what was under her bed? She did not know. She did not want to know.
Kagome brought her legs up to her chin and listened to the scratching and scuffling going on under bed. Whatever it was sounded like it was going straight through the floorboards. Then she heard Inuyasha baying outside her room. Kagome quickly put her hands over her head in an act of fear. She hated it when Inuyasha would yowl outside her room. It was such an eerie cry that it sent a chill down her spine every time she heard him. It was the worst howl she had ever heard come out of dog.
He only started to do it this year. Why, she did not know nor did anyone else in the house. Why was it always outside HER window? She did not know that either but one day in the near future that dog was getting a shoe down his throat. The scratching had stopped however, leaving the room quiet, which only left Inuyasha's cries outside her window.
Well, as long at it was outside and not inside she was all right. Kagome got back down in her covers and placed the pillow over her head to muffle the eerie sound. She then heard her door open. Kagome looked up to see Souta. The boy quickly jumped on her bed. He was shaking badly and was in a cold sweat.
"Souta, what's wrong," Kagome asked as the 8 year old clung to her.
"There's something in my room," Souta whimpered, looking up at her. "My closet door started to open and close on its own and I could see something moving in there."
"What," Kagome asked, holding the shaking child. "How big was it?"
"I don't know but it wasn't the cat," Souta said. "It was far too big to be Buyo but it moved like an animal on all fours."
"Just a few minutes ago there was scratching under my bed," Kagome said, pulling some covers over her kid brother. "Then Inuyasha started that howling and it stopped."
"The same happened in my room," Souta said, looking at Kagome's window. "I could hear Inuyasha yowl and my closet doors closed and the thing was gone."
Why is that? Kagome pondered. The baying from Inuyasha is the only thing that get rid of whatever is scaring us.
"Hey, sis," Souta said, stretching out his legs. "I was just thinking… I mean a lot of stuff just started this year."
"What do you mean," Kagome asked.
"Well, think about it. This year Inuyasha started to get more aggressive, there's that odd scratching going on in the rooms, Sango being attacked, the shadows, and the eerie howling from Inuyasha," Souta said, counting them down with his fingers.
"Oh," Kagome said, looking at around.
"I mean something must have started all this," Souta said, crossing his arms. "Do you remember when it started?"
"About two months ago I guess," Kagome mused tapping her chin. "But nothing big ever happened."
"Oh, you're right. Nothing big did happen," Souta pouted. "I was wondering if we could figure out what it was."
"I don't think we will," Kagome said. "Well, since it seems to have left I'll walk you back to your room. C'mon."
"But, Kagome," Souta said slipping out of the bed. "What if it comes back?"
"Scream," Kagome said, opening the door. "Thank Kami that dog stopped. I was getting a headache."
Souta started out the door followed by Kagome. She started to walk him down to his room. When they saw something run down the steps. Again it was too big to be the cat but it moved like an animal. Souta clung to Kagome's waist. They heard it run around the house and then heard the backdoor open and closed. Kagome was getting tired of these games. She started towards the steps when Souta pulled her back.
"What are you doing," Souta whispered, holding on to his sister. "It's gone now. Don't go looking for it!"
"Let me go," Kagome said, shoving her brother off. "I'm going to see what this whatever it is."
"No, don't," Souta whined. "Please don't do it! You have now idea what it is. Not only that you go out there Inuyasha could get you."
"Dammit," Kagome growled, clenching her teeth. "All right I won't go after it. I'll do it next time when you're not hanging all over me."
"Can I stay with you," Souta asked, looking up his older sister."
"Ie(ee-eh means no)," Kagome snapped opening Souta's bedroom door. "You're going back to bed."
"But why can't I say with you," Souta pleaded. "I won't bother you. I swear."
"Souta, it's late and we have school," Kagome said, walking Souta to his bed. "So, please just stay in here and go to sleep."
"Hai, ma'am," Souta sighed as Kagome covered him back up. "Night."
"G'night," Kagome said, closing the door.
Kagome went back to her room and got back into the bed. She pulled up her pink covers and got warm. But she could not sleep. She wanted to go after that thing but Souta was right Inuyasha would tear her to sheds. One really could not walk around the shrine with a large white dog after you. She sighed in defeat as she closed her eyes.
About an hour later the scratching returned under hear bed. She was just praying that Inuyasha would start howling again to get rid of it. But it never came this time in fact everything seemed to stop like time was put on pause. Except for whatever was under her bed was going on constantly. She did not like this and she was getting mad now more then scared. She took the shade off her lamp so it was just bare bulb.
It was now or never. Kagome gathered up her courage to look under her bed. She swallowed hard. NOW! Kagome turned on the lamp and flipped up the bed skirt. She shoved the lamp under the bed as she bent over the edge to look under. Nothing was there not even scratch marks. The scratching stopped regardless. Kagome turned her head slightly from under the bed when she felt something grab hold of her lamp and nearly pull her out of bed.
Kagome let go of lamp as the bulb blew. Cutting her hand like it had done to Sango. Kagome sat back up as she heard whatever it was breaking the glass lamp to pieces. Then it stopped. She sat in bed staring down at the wooden floor in shock. Then she heard something move underneath her and then as if it had catapulted the remaining pieces of her white lamp shot out from under her bed, scattering the floor with glass. Kagome could not scream her voice was stuck in her throat.
She just sat there staring at the glass that littered the floor. She then looked down at her bleeding hands. She could just make the pieces of glass lodged in her flesh. But she dare not get up and move from her spot on her bed. She did not have on any shoes and she could not see that well not to step on any glass. Kagome pulled out whatever glass could find in her had and placed them on the shelf. Kagome lied back down keeping her hand from rubbing anything that could irritated it father.
Kagome looked up at her blue digital alarm clock it was only 4:38 in the morning. Just her luck. She tried to yell again after the fear had pasted but her voice could not get out. It only came out as light squeaks. Why could she not yell now? She then felt some sharp pains in her low parts of her legs. She quickly pulled off the covers and found nothing there but the pain would not leave it felt like something was ripping at her flesh. After a while the pain left and Kagome started to fall asleep again.
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7:30 finally rolled around and Kagome's alarm clock went off. Kagome turned it off and looked down at the cuts on her not finding them, the saw her lamp back in its place not even broken. Kagome shook it off as another dream. Kagome got out of bed and started downstairs. Her mom was all ready up fixing breakfast. Souta was down just coming down the stair behind her when he let out a gasp. Kagome spun around to see what as with him.
"What's the matter," Kagome asked, putting her hand s on her hips.
"You're legs, sis," Souta said, pointing down at her legs, "they're bleeding!"
Kagome looked down at legs just as the pain finally came back to her. She nearly fainted when she saw it. Her P.J. pants were torn to pieces, covered in fresh and dried blood. What was dried clung to her wounded legs. Some of the clothing was even embedded in her skin. It looked like a large animal had tried to bite off her legs. Then she remembered the ripping pain in her legs early that morning. And the dream with Inuyasha biting at her legs and dragging her across the quart yard.
Mrs. Higurashi walked into the hall to her daughter and son down the floor. She then saw the large jagged wounds in Kagome's legs. She quickly got down to her daughter and scrunched up Kagome's pants legs to get a better look. Was the worse it hurt any more than it had done earlier.
"Kagome, how did this happen," Mrs. Higurashi asked, looking at the deep wonders. "Souta, go call an ambulance!"
"Yes, ma'am," Souta said, quickly rushing into the kitchen.
"I don't know, mom," Kagome said, looking up her mother's worried face. "There was something in room. It was those shadows again."
"'Shadows?'" Her mom blinked. "What shadows, Kagome? What are you talking about? It looks like Inuyasha bit you!"
"I didn't go outside," Kagome said, turning her look down to her wounds. "We keep telling you there's something in this house."
"They'll be here soon," Souta said, looking at his mom. "SHIT! I forgot to tell them about the damn dog!"
"Watch your language," his mom said sternly.
"Sorry," Souta said, kicking at the floor. "Is Jii-chan up?"
"He's still asleep," Mrs. Higurashi said, turning to look at her son. "Go up there and wake him."
Souta quickly dashed up the steps to wake his grandpa. Kagome still sat on the floor her blood soaking into the carpet. Kagome looked down at her hand that she thought was cut looked fine. That was another thing she didn't understand. She knew she was awake and she knew her hand was cut. She knew the lamp was busted and scattered among the floor. So, why when she woke up all that was gone but the one thing she dreamt of was her real injury?
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Surprisingly Inuyasha did not do too much as the two people with the stretcher came up the steps. He just sat there growling at them in a dark corner. They quickly put Kagome on the stretcher and headed back down the steps. Constantly watching as Kagome was being moved down the steps followed by her family. Souta looked back up the steps as he saw Inuyasha sit down on the landing glaring down at him. Souta stuck his tongue out at him and got in the car to go to the hospital.
Inuyasha started to bark at him. Souta hated that dog. It was far too smart for its own good. Inuyasha knew when they had insulted him or made fun of him. He even figured how to open the door they had to keep the doors locked at all times to keep Inuyasha from getting into the house. In any case it was blessing that Inuyasha did not attack them as they went down the steps.
Once at the hospital the nurses and doctors quickly cleaned, stitched them up, and bandaged the wounds. The doctor said the wounds were bite lacerations. It looked like a large dog bite. One of her legs was bitten right down to the bone in the lower half. There was bad muscle and tendon damage done. The doctor said she would need therapy to get her legs back to the way they were.
Mrs. Higurashi was still skeptical about Kagome's story of the shadows in the room even after this and Sango's hand getting cut by the exploding light bulb. She figured Kagome must have been sleepwalking and walked out of the house and Inuyasha attacked her. She walked back inside i possible shock and got back into bed. She did not even feel the pain because she was still waking from her shock until Souta told her.
When they got back to house Mrs. Higurashi looked at Inuyasha as he laid on the ground looking up at her. He did not move or budge as she walked around the shrine. She could not see any blood anywhere and Inuyasha white fur was free from stains except the dirt stains from being outside. She walked back inside was she heard her father calling her from up stairs to come look at Kagome's bed.
Mrs. Higurashi quickly raced up stairs to her daughters room when she got in there she could not believe it. Kagome's mattress looked like something had clawed and crewed its way through the springs, padding, and sheets on the bed. It was covered in blood and bits of Kagome's flesh. Kagome turned to look at her mother. Now there was no way she could deny it. There was something in the house.
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