Chapter 4
The angered soul
(A/N WARNING: Best read at night blah, blah, blah… REMEMBER TO REVIEW OR ELSE! Well here it is the 4th chapter. For a school art project I might make this into a comic so my art teach will get off my back. I'll just change the names around and the way they look because of copyright laws. If I can maybe I can find some way to get it on the computer so one can just click next and go to the next panel. Anyway please review!)
SOUNDS/sounds
Thoughts
Telepathy
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This was serious. Now Mrs. Higurashi was getting worried. She turned towards her father as he looked around the room. Could this house be possessed by youkai? Kagome was sitting in a wheel chair with Souta holding her crutches as they looked at the bed. The old man in the room stroked his beard for a moment.
"Well, by me observations," the old man said, "the house is possessed by youkai!"
"How long did it take you to come to that conclusion, Gramps," his grandkids drawled, staring blacking at him.
"Then it's settled," the grandfather said, slamming his fist into the palm of open hand. "I shall purify this house and cleanse everyone here. Getting rid of whatever youkai that may have come here."
"Father, isn't that too much for you to handle alone," Mrs. Higurashi asked as her father walked out the door. "I mean you're not as young as you use to be."
"Not only that but he can do one spell right," Kagome whispered to her brother as he nodded his head.
"Nonsense," the old man spoke. "I can handle this no problem. I just need to get my sutras."
"And a shrine keeper who knows how to do purify," Souta whispered back to Kagome.
"I have a friend at school," Kagome said, looking at Souta. "He's training to be a houshi. Maybe we should give him a call."
"You know, Jii-chan," Souta sighed, walking out the door with Kagome in her wheel chair. "He'll start complaining about some young whippersnapper coming in and make things only worse."
"I think he'll make thing worse," Kagome moaned, taking her crutches from Souta and started painfully down the stairs as Souta folded up the wheelchair and followed her downstairs. "But we'll leave it alone for right now."
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A few hours later after their grandfather's "cleansing" the family tried to get back to their regular lives. Kagome was ordered to say home because of her injuries and the steps would cause a problem especially with Inuyasha chasing her. Her mother had brought down the trundle bed into the living room for Kagome to sleep on. The couch was hot, hard, and just plain miserable to sleep on.
Since Kagome could not to go anywhere soon ment late nights with the TV and the PS2 all to herself. Kagome liked the idea. So finally when the rest of the family had gone to bed Kagome quickly pulled out a Fullmetal Alchemist video game and put it into the console. She was going to have some fun now.
It started to get late, even by her standers, which ment it was getting on 3:30 in the morning. Kagome turned off the console and the TV. She left the light on however. She still did not believe her grandfather could pull a successful exorcism. Kagome got as comfy as she could with her two large, bandaged legs. They were sore to move and to touch. She pulled up the fresh flowered covers and started to fall asleep.
As Kagome started to drift off she felt something jump on the bed. She thought it was Buyo. She sat up to get the fat cat off of the trundle bed but when she sat up she did not see a fat cat but a little green creature holding a long staff with two head on it.
I knew he couldn't pull it off, Kagome thought as they stared at each other for a moment or two.
Kagome drew in a breath ready to let out a scream. But the next thing she knew she got hit in the head with the staff. Her whole body went stiff as the green, little imp walked up to her. He walked around a couple of times, before getting down, and disappeared. Kagome finally snapped out her daze and looked around the room, finding no sign of whatever that thing was. She was about ready to get out bed to look around for it when something bumped her trundle bed. Kagome held fast as the bed bumped about the small area. She was feared it was going to collapse. Then suddenly with one large bump the bed tipped over just enough knocking Kagome to the floor only to be thrown onto the couch by some unseen force.
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Upstairs, Souta was not having any luck either. He was holding on for dear life as his bed tipped over a little more every second he knew if he was not careful something was going to flipped the bed over on top of him. The mattress started to slide off of the frame. Souta quickly build up his courage and jumped off the bed. He quickly ran to the door. He placed his hand on the doorknob when it felt it pulse. It had heartbeat not only that but the door started to bow in and out like it was breathing.
If there was a time for Inuyasha to start howling it would be now. But it never came. Souta stood there, staring at the door in fear and shock. He then heard something behind him. Souta swallowed the knot in his throat. He slowly turned around only to find nothing but over to the side of him, his closet door slowly creaked opened. He stood there scared stiff as he was watched a large dark figured walk out.
It just stood there in front of him. There were no real futures to this black mass of air before him. It was just a large mass of shadows that seemed almost solid. The way it moved was like an animal and it started to move closer to him. Souta started to step back from whatever this thing was. At this point he feared this thing more than the breathing door. He quickly turned around and tried to open the door but I would not budge.
His heart was pounding in his chest. What was he going to do? He whipped back around to look at the shadow only to find it gone. Souta looked all around the room. Somehow something thing made him go and look out his window but when he did he was greeted with a pair of deep, red, glowing orbs staring back at him. His voice was frozen in his throat. He ran back to door and tried to open one last time.
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Kagome lied on the couch totally motionless. It felt like something had chained her to the couch and was not letting her go. He voice was once again locked tight in her throat. Kagome looked up at the ceiling praying that she would somehow get out of this with more pain.
Kagome then heard something pop. It was a light bulb, the one the hall that she had left on. Now she was in darkness there was no moon tonight it was over cast. Kagome could even hear distant thunder. Kagome's body shivered slightly. Everything in the house was deathly quiet. Except for the running around up stairs in her brother's room. What was going on? Had her grandfather made things worse?
Oh, dear Kami, it's in my brother's room, she screamed mentally. Damn it! I have to get up there! Somehow…
You're not moving anywhere. And in your condition how will you get up there?
Who… Who said that? Kagome looked around for the voice until she realized she did hear it. Get out of my head! Leave me alone!
Tsk! Baka! I can't leave you, Kagome the voice was male in origin and he seemed mad. I'm all around you in this house. You're grandfather is a baka. Thinking he can purify me. He only made things worse for you and your brother.
You leave my brother alone, Kagome snapped mentally. What have we done to you? Why do you haunt us so?
A bit gutsy, are we, the voice chuckled. You wouldn't understand. A ningen like you could never understand what is going on here.
Get out of my house! She screamed in her head. Get the fuck out my head and stay way from my brother! I don't not want you near me or any of my family ever again!
SHUT UP, the youkai yelled making her head pound. I'm not going anywhere until I get what I want from you!
Then what is it, Kagome asked bitterly. What is it you want from me? Anything to get rid of you!
Hmhmhm… HAHAHAHA! Do you honestly think you can get rid of me that quickly and easily, His voice seemed cold with that laugh. Hahaha! Baka! What I want is something that can not be given easily. Besides you're not even ready to give it to me.
If it's something from me, why go after my brother? Tell me what it is and I'll decide for myself whether or not I'm ready, Kagome hissed in her mind. Now, youkai, what is it?
I still can't tell you, Kagome. If I tell you I want be able to get it, he said his voice fading off. But I shall leave you and your brother alone. For now…
Suddenly Kagome could move again. She sat up with a start as she heard her brother slam the door open, run down the steps, and into the living room. He could hear her brother's panting as he stop in front of her as a flash of lightning filled the room followed by a clap of thunder.
"Sis, th-there was something i-in room," the boy was frantic. "It was l-look at me through th-the window! It had two large r-red glowing eyes, my d-door looked like it was br-breathing, then there was this large sh-shadow and… And… Waaah! I w-was so sc-scared!"
Kagome quickly put her arms around the frightened 8-year-old and sat him down on the couch with her. The storm outside grew ever nearer as they sat there comforting each other the best they could. Their grandfather had angered the youkai residing in the house. How were they going to tell their grandfather that? He would only try again and make it angrier. What were they going to do?
The storm outside only grew worse with each passing minute. The wind had picked up, bashing the rain against the windows. The lightning was getting worse and thunder only grew louder. It was the worse storm that had in a long while. They just prayed that it didn't get any worst.
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By the time their mother walked down stairs the storm outside was still going strong. She reached for the light twitch to turn the light on only to find it was already on. But as she walked down the hall farther, towards the kitchen she heard the sound the glass crunching under the sole of her slippers. She quickly turned on the light in the kitchen and looked around down the hall. The light in the hall had burst into the tiny shards on the floor.
She walked into the living to ask her daughter what happened when she saw Kagome sleeping holding a sleeping Souta close to her. She figured it best to let them rest. She went back into the kitchen to grab a broom and dustpan to clean up the floor. As she turned around she saw something written on the table. Not a piece of paper but on the wood surface itself. It looked like blood.
"I will have what I want. Y-you can't make me leave until I-I am finished h-here," Mrs. Higurashi whimpered, dropping the dustpan and broom to the kitchen floor.
She quickly grabbed some paper towels and wetted them down to wash it off but when she got back to the table it was gone. Not even a drop was there. Had she imagined it somehow? No, she could not have. It was just there. She quickly picked up her broom and dustpan again and went into the hall to clean up the glass.
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It was later on in the week and Mrs. Higurashi still had not told her family of what she had seen on the table. Kagome finally got herself a new mattress for her bed. Souta and Kagome also kept their mouths shut about the youkai that still lingered in the house. Their grandfather still believed he exorcised the youkai from the house and they feared that if he ever found it still was not gone he would try again, making it only angrier.
Other than the haunting going on in the house Kagome's legs were healing much fast then expected. She even had to do less therapy than she was originally to do. No one could understand why that was happening. The doctors could not come up with an explanation to that. But Kagome knew why she just was not telling. Every time the youkai would come around her legs would get a little bit better.
A couple more weeks later Kagome was permitted to go back to school. Her skin was still healing but she could walk and run like always. Which was good because she had to make a mad dash every morning and afternoon to get away from Inuyasha. She was just happy to get out that house and away from the youkai in there.
The kids at school were a big help to her, getting her homework for her and helping her study when she was gone and still in school to help catch up. Kagome could hardly wait for fall the time of fall dance. Her leg would be better by then. There was already a boy at school that had his eyes set on Kagome. His name was Hojo. He was a good caring boy but quite a bit of a heath nut.
There was nothing wrong with Hojo and all the other girls loved him. But to Kagome she never really thought of anymore than a friend. Her friends however tried to change that. But it never panned out. It was one month until the fall dance and tickets were already being sold. Kagome would go alone if she had too. This was her last year of middle school and she was not going to missing the dance.
(A/N Well that was the 4th chapter! Now you better REVIEW! I won't update until I get a total of 10 reviews in my inbox! So if you want this updated tell some of your friends about it. That's it for now. Buh Bye!)
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