Escaping Death
Note- Hey! I am attempting to write this. I'm hoping that it will be good since it is one of my first horror and suspense stories. I have no idea how I came up with it, but please read and review. I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha. Duh! I wish I did, though.
Summary- Kagome is an average girl with average friends. But after a strange online conversation, horrible attacks start happening all around the city she once known to be safe. Someone wants something from her and they are scaring her and torturing her. But who is it and what do they want? Can she really escape death?
I hope you all enjoy. Please review and thanks for reading. Here it goes.
Escaping Death
Chapter Three
Kagome ran down the street, fearing the thought of stopping for anyone other than her close friends. After reading that instant message from that stalker, Kagome was definitely afraid now. The only problem was that Inuyasha did not believe her when she had shown him the instant message. He had said it was just a stupid prank.
Sango knew about it, but Kagome was not certain that Sango believed her. In fact, she was not sure of Sango's feelings at all. And Miroku did not even know about it, unless Sango told him, and she probably had.
She continued to run until she made it inside of school and was panting beside of her locker. As she regained her breath, she craned her neck as she worked the number to her lock before it clicked open and she grabbed her books.
Without warning, someone grabbed her shoulder, causing her to squeal and spin around, slamming her back against her locker behind her.
Sango tossed up both hands to show that she was harmless. "Whoa! What's the matter, Kagome? Why are you so nervous? Is it because of last night?"
Kagome sighed in relief, holding a hand over her chest. "No, it's not from last night. He left me a message this morning."
"What'd it say?" Sango wanted to know as they went to their homeroom and stayed at the back, away from everyone else.
Kagome handed Sango a piece of paper with the message that the stalker had written on it. Sango read it and gasped before looking at Kagome. "I've got to show this to Inuyasha."
"Keep it." Kagome said instantly. "I hate looking at it."
Sango folded up the paper and stuck it into her pocket and turned to look at her best friend. "Are you all right, Kagome?"
"Yeah, just a little shocked." Kagome answered truthfully.
"Well," Sango replied with a small chuckle, "I would be, too."
Kagome looked up at Sango and they both started laughing; something that always happened when they tried to stare at one another. "It's no big deal," Kagome managed to say between laughs. "I'm sure that Inuyasha was right…that it was just some stupid kid playing a prank."
"Maybe…" Sango said, suddenly serious and not laughing anymore. "But see if he says anything else tonight, ok? Like…a hint to who he is and why he's messing with you."
"Sure thing." Kagome said. Impetuously, the bell rang and the two girls jumped before laughing at their own skittishness. "See you later."
"Yeah. Bye." They took different paths.
Kagome was headed for her next class when Koga suddenly got in her way. "Hey, Kagome."
"Oh, hi, Koga." She replied. "What's up?"
"Well, I heard that there is a dance sometime and I was just wondering if you would like to go with me." Koga answered.
Kagome sighed. "Koga, look, I'm sorry but I might not even go."
"Well, how about a date, then?" He was being extremely persistent.
"I've been really busy lately." Kagome said uneasily. She hated having to turn him down -- again -- but she really didn't feel anything for him. "I don't know if I can."
She looked up at him and seen something glint in his blue eyes. Was it anger or sadness? She could not tell, but was a little surprised when he just simply turned and walked away without another word. She stared after him for a moment before realizing that she had to get to class. She hurried down the hallway, dodging other people.
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Kagome sighed as she went through the door to her home and flung her book bag down in the chair in the living room. She instantly went into the kitchen and took out a small container from the freezer and pulled a spoon from a drawer and went back to the living room, cutting the television on -- something she usually did after school.
She collapsed onto the couch and pried the lid off of the ice cream container before eating the chocolate ice cream. She began flipping through channels until something caught her eye and she stopped and began listening to the report that was being broadcasted.
"Katsumi Neotaki of Tokyo was a young school teacher who had graduated only a few months ago. Her body was found earlier this morning in an alley behind a dumpster. She had apparently been beaten to death. There were no signs of any sexual assault. Her killer is still at large."
Kagome gulped down her spoonful of ice cream. Her killer was still at large in Tokyo? That wasn't good. There was a murderer in her city and she was home alone.
Risking a glance at the door, Kagome gently sat her ice cream down and jumped up and locked the door. She then closed the shades and cut the television off.
She put the ice cream away in the freezer and headed up to her room and closed the door behind her before sitting at her computer. She had left it on all day and hadn't received any new messages, but saw that Sango was on. She double clicked on her screen name and typed her message in the box that appeared.
Miko17: Hey.
Slayer258: Hi. What's up?
Miko17: Not much. Did you hear about that girl that was found dead in an alley today?
Slayer258: Yeah. That's horrible. And her killer is still at large in our city.
Miko17: That's the scary part. He could strike again.
Slayer258: Well, he probably will, seeing as how this is a killer and he just got away with one murder. He'll probably think that he can get away with another.
Miko17: Yeah, I know.
Kagome yawned and minimized Sango's IM box and gazed out the window, her chin in her palm. But the sound of an arriving IM startled her and she turned and peered at it. She gasped when she seen who it was.
Death986: Well, hello, Kagome.
Miko17: Who are you?
Death986: Now, now. I can't let you know who I am. But I'm sure you find out in time.
Miko17: I got your instant message this morning.
Kagome was trembling as she typed that, but she sent it anyway. She just had to get this guy to talk more.
Death986: Ah. I'm glad you did.
Miko17: You can't see me. I know you can't. You were bluffing.
Death986: Are you sure about that?
Miko17: Yes.
Death986: I'm looking at you right now, Kagome. You and your friends showed me where your room is last night when they came over when you asked them to. You were afraid, just like you are now. I can tell by your expression.
Miko17: If you can see me now, then what am I wearing?
She just had to see if he was telling the truth or not. So far, it sounded as if he was. How else could he have known that she had asked Inuyasha and Sango to come over to her house the previous night in order to help her?
Death986: You are wearing a light green shirt with a dark blue skirt. Am I correct?
Kagome's breath hitched in her throat. That's exactly what she was wearing. She he had been telling the truth all along. She typed, a little reluctantly, a response.
Miko17: Yes, that's what I'm wearing.
Death986: Don't be so afraid. I will do you no harm. Let's play a little game, shall we?
Miko17: What kind of game?
Death986: It's simple, really. I'll ask you a few questions and you answer them. Now you better tell the truth.
Kagome decided that maybe this was a good opportunity to try and figure out who he was. She hesitantly typed her message.
Miko17: Fine. Ask your questions.
Death986: As you wish. If you could kill someone, who would it be?
Kagome's eyes widened. This dude was totally nuts. But she had to go along with it if she wanted to try to find out anything more about him. She thought for a minute before typing an answer.
Miko17: Kikyo Kemataki, I guess.
Death986: I see.
Without warning, he signed off, leaving Kagome staring at the IM box.
"I can't believe he signed off like that." Kagome muttered to herself. "I still had to find out more about him. But maybe he was on to my plan or something."
Sighing, she put an away message up and got up from her computer and did her homework. She then decided to take a shower and was about to undress in her room when she stopped.
"He said he could see me and that he knows where my room is." She whispered to herself.
She then went to the bathroom and took off her clothes and took a shower. When she climbed out and put her clothes on and walked into the hallway, she heard a noise and paused. She heard it again and held her breath. Someone was in the house with her.
She timidly walked down the darkened hallway toward the stairs and saw a figure walking around slowly, as if trying to find it's way around the house. "Who's there?" She called shakily.
"Kagome? Is that you?" The figure asked. It was her mother. She found the light switch and flicked it on. "Oh, hey dear."
Kagome sighed in relief. "Hi, mom."
"You look like you saw a ghost," her mother commented. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, you just scared me." Kagome laughed nervously. "I'm going to bed. Night."
"Good night, sweetheart."
Kagome went into her room and closed all of the blinds and locked her windows and crawled into bed. She was losing her mind because of this guy. He was just too freaky.
"Everything will be better tomorrow." She promised herself before drifting off to sleep.
What she didn't know was that somewhere in the streets and alleyways of Tokyo, another life was being taken from an innocent person.
Note- There! Sorry it was so short. I've been busy lately. I go back to school next Thursday and I've been attending a camp there that is really hard. I'm sunburned! Anyway, please review. I appreciate it.
