Chapter 2: Worst Nightmare

What the hell is going on? Inuyasha should be here right now saving me from this slut blonde girl. Where is he? Damn it. What should I do? Help anyone…

Dread and pressure worn-out poor and powerless Kagome, she had no option but to scurry away and get more aid from the others. Kagome looked back at Saiyuri, she stood there and gave Kagome a malevolent smirk. With a blink of an eye, Saiyuri disappeared in thin air. She truly is a friend of Naraku; even worse, she might be more powerful than Naraku.

" Hiraikotsu…" said a calm voice from behind. Kagome was really glad to hear Sango's voice. Kagome ran swiftly to look for her, as she arrived closer to Sango's voice. Kagome saw blood flowing down her path. In front of her was a muffled and murky village, as if the village was abandoned or something. She stepped closer and closer, she could see a shadow from the mist. The shadow of her friend, she stepped closer and closer again. Kagome's heartbeat and breathing rushed sweat falling from her head, arms and legs shivering.

" Sango-chan? I've been looking everywhere for you. Where were you?"

" …" There was no reply from Sango. She moved away from Kagome.

" Sango-chan! What happened to you? ANSWER ME!"

" Kagome. How does it feel to be alone and miserable?"

" Sango…" Kagome was speechless. She didn't know what was happening to her. Kagome felt really miserable.

(BLING! BLING! BLING!) That sound, Kagome was familiar with that sound. It's the sound of Miroku's staff. The sound gets closer and closer, louder and louder. Suddenly the sound starts to fade away. The sound was getting further and further away from Kagome.

" Sango-chan. Let's go. We have to find Miroku-sama and Inuyasha, now!"

" What's the rush girl? You need to go potty?" Kagome was staggered when Sango said that, it's almost as if Sango changed. Kagome looked at Sango closely, her eyes, it was different from before and there was also a strange symbol on her forehead, a symbol that looks like two unusual orbs. Kagome snapped and remembered the orbs Saiyuri was holding.

" All right! Where is the real Sango, you fake bitch!"

" What are you talking about? I am your friend Sango."

" I don't think so." Kagome took out her bow and arrow, targeting the symbol on the imposter's forehead.

" I wouldn't do that if I were you." Said the imposter. " You see, your friend's soul is still trapped inside her own body, I am just simply possessing her body. If you try to hit me, you'll just kill your own friend. And you wouldn't like that to happen, right?"

" Why you useless demon. Show yourself you coward, using other people as your mannequin to kill the innocent! SHOW YOURSELF!"

The demon was peeling off Sango's body. Kagome tried to conjure up a vision of her happy memories – but all she could see were the tattered clothes of Sango, bloody road path, and long fangs in the demon's mouth, inching curiously to execute Kagome.

Kagome walked back towards the tall tree. The demon was waiting in a cloud of his breath, his hand tucked into his fur, his face drawn anxiously.

" Miko Kagome " he said, " You are about to face your ultimate nightmare."

Kagome walked down the roots of the tree. Her mind's eye joined the demon, an unseen face in the mist; saw herself as others saw her; a normal girl in unusual clothes and a bow and arrow.

" Step back, all of you! I am not afraid of you." The village was jostling with unseen crowds. " Out of my way!" Kagome called to the crowd, as she draws out her bow and arrow. " Please, go away. I don't want to hurt all of you!" Kagome shouted, and felt the blind hands of the crowd pulling her back.

(BLING! BLING! BLING!) The sound of the bell was nearing again to Kagome's ear. This time the sound was really close than before. The figure was getting clearer and clearer by the moment.

" Every night

Watching by the lamplight

Waiting for frost

To whiten my head," said a small white-haired girl. Her gown was as smooth as the vivid silk, her skin as white as the frosty snow, her eyes as blue as the cerulean sea. She was holding a staff with to golden bells dangling on it. Kagome stared right at her, she reminds her of Naraku's subordinates.

" Hmph! Who are you pesky girl." Said the demon. The demon snapped his fingers and more unseen crowds starts to appear from the mist. These unseen crowds are the bodies of the innocence that was killed by the demon, now they are just minions used by the demon to assassinate people.

" Caring and affection

And sorrow enough.

Disaster must end now," said the white-haired girl. Her eyes started to glow, giving off immense power; she took her staff and waved it in the air. Snows and hailstones started to appear. The girl pointed her staff at the demon, the hailstones started to pound the demon's face and body until his bones were crushed.

" AAGH! NO! SAIYURI! HELP!" The demon was knocked out by the heavy weight of the hail. The souls were released from the demon's body and were sent to rest in peace. The mist surrounding the village dispersed.

" Um… Thank you for saving my butt out there! My name is Kagome and you are?" Kagome started to ask. The girl stared right back at Kagome.

" My name…. My name… My name is… I am…" the girl was humming to herself.

" You okay? I think you have amnesia?" said Kagome.

" Am…Am…Amnesia?"

" It's when you forget things." Kagome looked a little worried at the girl. The girl didn't have any idea what she was saying.

" Ruriko. I am Ruriko."

" Wow! At last, you told your name. Well, I am Kagome Higurashi. Thank you once again for saving me."

" And the bridal chamber

Echoes with chance voices

Of passing watchmen;" said the girl. The girl talked in complicated words, words and stories about her past and misfortunate events. The girl disappeared after saying her last poem to Kagome, a poem that would lead Kagome to Saiyuri and Inuyasha.