Chapter 1: Who are you?

It was that strange feeling that she got every time she passed that house. The paint on its burgundy wall was just beginning to peel with age. There was an iron rod fence surrounding the place, and at the tops of the rods there were sharp points, sharp enough that if your finger were to prick one of them, it would pierce the skin.

The place gave Kagome the creeps. It was no wonder that the 'For Sale' hadn't never come down, even before Kagome was born. She had to pass that house everyday on her way to school. She had seen buyers come and go: the newly weds said that it was too expensive to fix up, the elderly said that they couldn't go up the stairs, etc. But those were all excuses. Kagome could see it in there eyes, every time, there was that fear. It was an unexplainable one.

She shivered once and continued to walk briskly to school.

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The day was uneventful at school: no one broke up, no one got in trouble for shooting spitballs at Mr. Naki, (that was a miracle all in itself) and no weird rumors going around the school about not-so-secret crushes, and that junk.

So all in all, it had been a pretty boring day.

Kagome now sat at her computer, typing some essay for an English project. Then an IM window popped up.

PDS: Wat up Kags?

That was Sango's online name: Pink Demon Slayer. Kagome's was Anime Obsessed Loser.

AOL: Not much. –snores-

PDS: Wanna come in the chat room?

AOL: Sure

It took a moment for another window to pop up.

AOL: I'm back my peeps!

LMM: Hey!

GWG: Sup.

WDL: Hey Kagome.

LMM was Miroku's IM name: Ladies Man Monk. GWG was Ayame's name: Green Wolf Girl, and WDL was Koga: Wolf Demon Leader. They were all Kagome's close circle of friends.

AOL: Man today was boring as hell!

PDS: I agree.

GWG: you guys thought today was boring? You didn't hear that some kid got suspended because he was dared to run out of the locker rooms streaking?

LMM: ………

WDL: IT WAS YOU!

LMM: heh heh…

AOL: Koga you're an even bigger idiot than I thought you were.

PDS: that's gross

LMM; you only say that Sango because you're mad you didn't see me without clothes on.

PDS: HENTI! BEATS MIROKU TO A PULP

LMM: OUCH! THAT HURT!

AOL: we're online you idiot..

PDS: actually I just went over to his house and beat him up ; )

GWG: don't you live two blocks away?

AOL: yeah she does, man Sango I think you just broke a world record: SWAETDROPS:

PDS: DID I?

WDL: WOW! You should join the track team!

AOL: G2G guys, I have to study.

PDS: bye

WDL: see yah

GWG: later

LMM: farewell!

AOL: bye byez.

Kagome signed off. She looked at the clock next to her bed and saw that it was 8:00.

"Wow, I was on for that long?" she asked herself. She was about to turn off her computer when an IM window appeared.

SEN: Help me...

'Who the hell is this?' she thought. Kagome had never seen this person's name before.

AOL: who is this?

SEN: I need help...

AOL: I can't help you if you don't tell me your name.

SEN: even if I tell you my name you won't know who I am.

AOL: how do you know?

SEN: I've been lost for years…years…I can't get out…help me…Kagome

AOL has signed off at 8:03

'I am not going on there for a while,' Kagome thought timidly. She immediately turned off her computer. 'How the hell did he know my name?'

She took a quick cold shower and leapt into her bed, and she still couldn't shake that feeling that someone was watching her… and it creeped her out, more than that house that she lived next store to.