CHAPTER 2
NOISES IN THE BEDROOM
"Hey there, little, bro," Sesshoumaru said coming into the Ballroom where everyone was congergated. "I see you made it here after all."
"What is that suppost to mean?" Inuyasha demanded, glaring at his older brother who had his arms on Rin and Kagura's shoulders.
Sesshoumaru shrugged. "Nothing," he said ruffling his little brother's pale white wig. "I just thought you might sleep in by accident because of your broken alarm clock."
"Yeah, whatever," Inuyasha said folding his arms. He nodded at Rin and Kagura. "Nice costumes girls."
Rin and Kagura were dressed as two of the Tokyo Mew Mew characters. Rin was Ichigo and Kagura was dressed as Lettuce. "Thanks," Rin said smiling as her left cat ear began to sag. "I just wish these darned cat ears would stay on."
"You should have chosen an easier costume," Kagura said using her fan to cool herself off. "Why's it so hot in here?"
"Kagome turned up the heat so it wouldn't be so cold," Kikyo replied walking up to the group. "She told me it was freezing in here this morning when she came with the workmen to set up for the party." Kikyo shivered. "I think the heater might be broken."
"Didn't you say Kagome turned up the heater?" Rin asked rubbing her arms.
"Like I said; it must be broken," Kikyo said. She turned away from her friends. "I'll speak to my cousin about it. Maybe she can get Hojo to fix it or something."
Once she was gone Sesshoumaru said spotting the refreshment table. "Punch! I'm thursty! I think I'll have a drink," he smiled at Rin and Kagura. "Would you excuse me please while I get some punch?"
The two girls nodded. "Take your time," Rin said smiling.
"Could you get me some too?" Kagura asked pushing her weird white head streamer things out of her face.
"No prob," Sesshy told her, heading over to the table. "Want something, Rin?"
"No thanks."
"Kay."
Just then the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!" Kagome called running out of the ballroom toward the main hall.
On her way there she passed by the old living room that currently was roped off. As she passed by she heard a sound coming from it. It sounded like footsteps. The girl came to a stop and looked into the room. "Hello?" she called. "Is anyone in there? If you are you'd better get out of there. That room is offlimits. There's a big hole in the floor."
When she recieved no reply the girl shrugged and continued on her way to the front door. When she reached the door she turned the knob and opened it. A girl in a skimpy blue top and tiny blue shorts, wearing blue knee boots, and a blond wig stood on the front porch.
"Ummmm...," Kagome said staring at the blond uncertainly. "May I help you?"
"Kagome, it's me, Sango," the girl said.
"Oh, hi, uhh what are you suppost to be?" Kagome asked.
"I'm Samus from the Metroid games," her friend replied.
"Whose idea was that?"
Sango sighed and rolled her eyes. "Miroku's."
"I should've figured," Kagome said also rolling her eyes. She turned toward the ballroom. "C'mon, everyone else is here."
Just as Sango stepped into the house there was a crash from upstairs and the next second all six cheerleaders, all in the same costume, came running and screaming down the stairs.
"Hey!" Kagome exclaimed staring at the cheerleaders. "What? What's wrong?"
"We saw a ghost upstairs!" the lead cheerleader explained almost in tears.
"A ghost?" Kagome asked looking at Sango then looking back at the six frightened Playboy bunnies. "You must be imagining it. There are no ghosts in this house. Maybe you saw one of the other guests. You know Onigumo, he likes to dress up as a mummy."
"It wasn't a mummy!" the cheerleader shrieked, clasping and unclasping her hands. "I saw it in the mirror. When I looked over my shoulder it was gone."
"What did you see?" Sango asked.
"A woman in a kimono," the girl replied. "She was dressed as a Japanese Priestess."
Kagome stared at her then shook her head. "Why don't you girls go into the ballroom?" she looked at Sango. "Can you take them to the ballroom for me?"
"Where are you going?" Sango asked staring at her friend.
"I'm going to see what scared them."
"Is that wise?"
"I'm sure they were just imagining it." the girl headed up the stairs. "I'll be down in a few minutes. Can you tell my cousin Kikyo to announce the beginning of the costume contest?"
"Okay." Her friend promised. Sango turned toward the six preppies. "C'mon, let's go into the ballroom. I think you girls need some punch to calm down with."
"Stop it, Shippo!" Miroku shouted trying to shake the short teenager off his pant leg. "It's just Onigumo. He's not going to hurt you!"
"But it's a mummy!" Shippo screamed, tightening his grip on the taller teen's leg and stared at Onigumo, who was wrapped up in a million layers of toilet paper. "It's gonna eat me!"
"Onigumo isn't going to eat you," Miroku shouted dropping his fake rose as he leaned down to pull Shippo from his leg. "Now let me go!"
Onigumo stared at Shippo and Miroku. "What?" he asked cluelessly. "What did I do?"
"Nothing," Miroku told him. "Shippo is just scared of mummies."
"Aww, poor little guy." the mummy leaned down to comfort the short slightly cowardly teen. "It's okay."
"HELP!" Shippo screamed.
Just then Sango and the cheerleaders came into the room. Miroku immediately forgot about Shippo and stared at the girls practically drooling over their costumes. "Wow!" he exclaimed staring at their clevage.
Sango looked at Miroku and gave him an annoyed look then walked over to him and asked. "Have you seen Kikyo?"
"Yeah," he said pointing toward a row of sofas by the window. "She's over there talking to Ayame. She's the hot goth chic with the wings."
"Okay, thank you," Sango said turning away from him and heading over the the sofas.
When she reached the one Kikyo was sitting on she said. "Excuse me, Kikyo?"
The girl looked up. "Yeah?" she asked.
"Um, Kagome had something she needed to do," Sango said. "So um she wants you to judge the costumes."
Kikyo stood. "Why? Where did she go?" the raven haired girl wanted to know.
"She went to check on something upstairs," Sango replied looking nervously at the ceiling. "She should be down soon."
Kagome looked in every room on the second floor even the room where the preppies were putting on their make-up. She saw a huge mess of lipstick, eye shadow, rouge, and mascara as well as a huge full length mirror with someone's hand print on it but no Priestess ghost.
"I knew they were imagining things," she said staring at her own reflection. "They've been watching too many Halloween movies."
Suddenly the door slammed shut. Kagome gasped and looked over her shoulder at the door. "Hello?" she said.
Nothing. Pushing aside thoughts of ghosts she walked over to the door and tried the knob. Locked. "Now that's strange," she said. "I could have sworn this door was unlocked when I came in."
That same instant the witch clad girl froze. She thought she heard the sound of footsteps behind her. Her heart beat rapidly as she stood rooted to the spot, trying to think of something to do. Something cold rested on her shoulder. Kagome slowly looked down and saw a bony hand.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed turning around and wacking at the hand's owner with her fake broomstick.
What she saw, or should I say didn't see, made her go stiff. There was nothing there.
"Oh my god...," she said staring at thin air with her broom raised.
A noise in the nearby closet made her turn her head. She saw two glowing red eyes glaring at her.
"Who... who are you?" she asked nervously.
A growl came from the closet and Kagome stood staring at the eyes, whimpering and with her knees knocking together as she held the broom above her head. "Ggg...!" she exclaimed.
Suddenly she panicked. She dropped the broom and turned toward the door. She tried the knob but it was still locked. "LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT!" she screamed pounding on the door.
She heard the thing in the closet growl again and she turned to stare at the eyes, her back braced against the door. "St- stay back, whatever you are!" she stuttered, her hand groping for the broom that was on the floor. "Just stay back." Her hand fell on something soft. She looked down saw it was someone's hair and shrieked, dropping the wig on the floor. "Eeek!"
About that same time the door began to open from the outside. When the door bumped into Kagome's rear she squealed in fear, dashed away from the door, grabbed her broom, and faced the opening door, holding the piece of wood and corn fibers like a samuri warrior. She looked from door to closet as the door creaked open. A figure stood in the doorway a sillouette against the hall lights.
"Kagome?" a familiar voice said.
Kagome stared at the figure. It knows my name!
"Kagome," the figure said again, walking into the bedroom.
Kagome saw a pink haired girl with black cat ears and tail, wearing a pink tutu like dress standing infront of her.
"Oh my god, Rin!" she screamed in shock. "You scared the life out of me."
"Sorry," Rin said staring at Kagome who still held the broom up in attack mode. "What were you doing? Practicing Kung Fu?"
"Um.. erm..." Kagome hid the broom behind her back. "I was checking on something."
"What?"
"The cheerleaders said they thought they saw something in here and I was just making sure it wasn't one of the guests trying to scare them," Kagome explained.
"Oh," Rin looked around the room she spotted a large rickity looking bed, with dark blue curtians hanging from the iron bar thing built into the frame, and an old worn chest of drawers. Suddenly she stared talking without a reason. "They say it happened in here..."
Kagome stared at her confused by Rin's sudden seriousness. "What happened in here?" she asked.
Rin shook her head. "Nevermind," she looked back at Kagome "Let's get back downstairs."
Kagome was none too happy to comply. "Good idea," she said shivering at the memory of the red eyes in the closet. She chanced at glance at the wardrobe. The eyes were gone. "I've got to judge everyone's costumes soon. It would be rude for the hostess to be absent."
"I agree."
The two girls headed for the door. All of a sudden the lights flickered then went out.
A/N
That was fun. I hope you guys liked this chapter.