Wow, i can't believe that I'm on the fifth chapter already! I keep telling myself, "Oh, I'll update in a week." but then i always end up not being able to hold out that long. Heehee. Well, on with the story!

Inuyasha lay on his bed, hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling. His conversation with his aunt he had experienced refused to leave him alone.

"Inuyasha, the girl who was with you, her name is Kagome am I right?" She said with no emotion. He had shivered at the thought of how someone could be so much like Sesshomaru.

"Yeah, what of it?" He gave her a blank look.

"If she is who I suspect, then she is the little girl I had attempted to adopt twelve years ago."

At this point Sesshomaru began to show a rare interest in the conversation.

"What does that matter?" Inuyasha dreaded the fact that she had figured it out, and so soon as well.

"It means that she is not yet eighteen." When Inuyasha scrunched his eyebrows in confusion Kimi attempted to make it clear for him without flat-out telling him. "She needs a home, a real home."

"No, she doesn't; she hasn't in the past so why would she now?" he kept his voice in check but desperately wanted to yell at her when he realized what she was saying.

"Why do you think she was willing to stay here for so long? Now that she has seen what this type of life has to offer she realized she wants to stay here. She doesn't want to be out on the streets; wouldn't you want her to be happy?" She wanted to continue but stopped when Inuyasha interrupted her.

He growled, his hands were balled up into fists on the table and his head bowed. "You only met her today and were only in the same room with her for no more than five minutes; you don't know what's in her heart. I don't even know that and I've known her twelve years."

"Suit yourself, but I will adopt her and you won't change that fact."

Minutes later the others arrived and Inuyasha could tell his lame attempt of a smile had come off pitiful.

He walked out to the balcony and Kimi's words before she left the table played in his head again. He slammed his fist on the stone railing and then started rubbing it in pain. "Crap!" He started to walk back in but Kagome ran out onto her balcony.

"Inuyasha? What's wrong? What happened?"

"It's nothing; I just hit the railing and hurt my hand." He glanced at her still in the clothes from earlier. "I thought I told you to go to bed?"

She sighed and rolled her eyes, "Inuyasha it's like eight, I'm not going to bed now; besides, I want to know what's bothering you." She climbed over the short railing that separated them and sat down on it. "I'm not leaving your side until you tell me."

"Why do you insist on knowing?" he folded his arms and started to walk back inside, before he could close the door she ran in. "Gah! Go away!"

"I told you I wasn't going to leave you alone until you told me!" she pouted.

"Fine! My aunt is going to adopt you tomorrow! There, I told you!"

"Why are you so upset about that? I know she's your aunt and all, but it's not like she's adopting you." Kagome was stumped.

"It means that you're not leaving here, and I'm not about to leave you here! She knows the only way to keep me here is for you to stay here, and she needs me here for it!" He slapped his hand over his mouth after the last sentence.

"It? Inuyasha, What do you mean by it?" Kagome walked up to him and tried to see his face but didn't succeed.

"It's nothing." He said before walking out of the room and headed off to the roof.

"I've never seen him so flustered before, and what was about this thing his aunt wants him for?" Kagome started back for her room. 'First I see mom and Sota, what's next, gramps and father? Then there's this thing Inuyasha is wanted for, whatever it might be." She was lost in her thoughts and didn't even hear Sango calling out to her as she walked into her room. She sat down at the desk right before Sango barged in.

"Hey! Why were you ignoring me?" Sango saw the dazed expression on Kagome's face. "Anyway, I brought this for you tonight." She tossed a silk nightgown onto Kagome's bed.

As Sango started to walk out of the room Kagome stopped her. "Wait." Sango turned back to her; Kagome's face was blank as she stared at the computer. "Sango, do you ever…" She stopped, trying to find the right words. "Sango, do you ever see things in this house that shouldn't be?"

"What do you mean?"

"Like things that are impossible."

"Things like what, exactly?" Sango had a growing fear and hoped Kagome wasn't going to say what she thought she was.

"People, people who should be dead." Kagome answered bluntly, she shot a glance to Sango and realized she said something she shouldn't have. "Sango, do you know what I'm talking about?"

Sango almost fell over in shock. "It's happening again!" she bolted out the door and ran down the hall yelling for Miroku.

"I am just about fed up with this! I want to know what is going on!" Kagome stormed out of the room and headed to the place she hoped was the balcony to the roof.

The room she entered wasn't the right one but she didn't realize that until she had gone out on the balcony. She looked around and realized that not only was it the wrong room, but that it was also a better room. She hadn't realized that there was another balcony closer to the mouth of the tunnel. After a few terrorizing moments of climbing to the opening she was inside and crawling towards the only place she thought Inuyasha would be. She crawled through the opening to find she was right about Inuyasha; he was lying back staring up at the clouds that blocked out the moon and stars.

He sat up and looked at her with confusion, "How did you get up here?"

"There was a balcony closer to the entrance and I was able climb over to it." She said in a matter-of-fact tone.

Inuyasha nodded his head in understanding. "Sorry."

"Huh?"

"Im sorry for blowing up on you like that. I didn't mean to."

"I can tell you're stressed out as is, and most of those are being caused by being here."

"You have no idea how right you are." He mumbled.

"Inuyasha, you mentioned something about your aunt wanting you for something, and when I told Sango I had seen some things in this house she freaked. What's going on?"

"What did you see?" he was wishing for the same thing Sango had, only to be disappointed.

"I saw mom and Sota. It was when I was taking my shower; I was thinking about how my life would have turned out if we hadn't run away and then they just appeared in the mirror."

"It's back." "She doesn't need me; she already found someone to open it. Damn." Inuyasha threw his head against the roof.

"Inuyasha? Open what? Why are you guys acting all freaked out about it?"

Inuyasha was silent for a while; debating whether or not he should tell her then how much he should tell her. "Don't laugh at what I tell you, it may seem stupid and unrealistic-"

"Inuyasha, I saw my dead mother and brother, I don't think what you tell me is going to sound stupid. I just want some sort of explanation." Kagome rolled her eyes.

"Well, in short this house is haunted, cursed, or whatever you want to call it."

"How, why?" she glanced at the moon which was starting to peek from behind a barely existent gap in the clouds.

"Beats the heck outta me." He tried to figure out how many more nights he had until it was the full moon. "But for some reason whoever comes inside this house has spirits who join them. The people who were closest to them and are dead, their soul resides in this mansion when the person they're tied to is anywhere on the grounds."

"So why did only my mother and brother show up; why not my grandpa?"

"Why are you asking me?"

"Because I know you're holding out on me, and I want to know more."

"Sorry to disappoint you but I don't know more." It started to sprinkle, the poured down rain. "C'mon! Let's get inside!" Inuyasha shouted.

Kagome carefully crawled onto Inuyasha and jumped off the side of the roof landing on the balcony Kagome had used. Once inside they hurried to their rooms.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said before he had a chance to enter his room.

He stopped; he had the doorknob halfway turned. "Huh?"

"What about the part about you saying something had been opened?"

"The curse was sealed fifteen years ago, and now Aunt Kimi has obviously re-opened it."

"Couldn't we just re-seal it? It can't be that hard to do that."

"Kagome, it's not as simple as you think." He glanced at her before opening the door. "Last time it was sealed, my father had to die; that's how to seal it, someone's life." He walked into his room before she could react and closed the door behind him, locking her out.

"Oh." She entered her room and changed into the nightgown Sango had given her. It was a light pink that reached just below her butt. The trim at the top and bottom was a black lace. Kagome walked out onto the balcony and felt like screaming. "The only thing fate ever hands to me is death and devastation. Whoever is in control of that should die instead; it would make the world a happier place." She thought as she leaned against one of the glass doors and slumped to the ground, letting the rain run over her.

Inuyasha didn't even notice the man leaning against the balcony door as he walked to the bathroom. After tugging off his shirt and grabbing a towel he headed back to the room.

"Inuyasha, how much did you tell her?" Miroku had moved and was now standing beside the door.

"Gah, don't do that!" Inuyasha flinched and was tempted to punch him. "Tell her what?"

"Sango told me she saw the spirits, and I know she wouldn't have let it go, so she obviously came to you. How much did you tell her?"

"Not enough to get her involved."

"Really, I doubt that. You told her that it has been sealed before and partially how to seal it. If that's not getting her involved then I don't know what is."

"Miroku, you know fairly well that I wouldn't get her involved."

"On purpose." Miroku pulled something from his pocket handed two to Inuyasha and popped the other into his mouth. "Give one to Kagome."

"What is it?"

"It'll help with the spirits; my father came up with them the first time."

"Funny, I don't remember any candies to get rid of the ones who haunted you."

"He came up with it a few days before it ended. He made one and then gave me the formula, I made some earlier, they're actually quite fast and easy to make."

Inuyasha ate one and started gagging. "Gah! What is that supposed to taste like?"

"I guess you got one of the bad ones. They're supposed to taste like strawberries, but I ran out of flavoring near the end so some of them are just all natural, I guess you got one of those."

Kagome was lying in her bed on the verge of sleep. Two figures appeared beside her; her mother and brother. She didn't even flinch, as if she was expecting them. Sota sat down on the bed and started pulling her hair lightly.

"What are you guys doing here?" Kagome had a faint feeling that this was wrong.

"We've come to see you, what else?" Sota grinned at her.

"We knew we would see you again, but not so soon." Their mother crawled over Kagome and lay down beside her. She hugged her daughter and smiled when Kagome didn't object and let her pull her in close. "We've missed you," she muttered into Kagome's ear.

Kagome woke as she felt some one pick her up. Kagome could taste salt and realized she had been crying.

"I've missed you too." Kagome whispered and tried to hold back the tears that wanted to fall.

"Huh?" Inuyasha looked down at Kagome confused.

"They were in my dream." Kagome leaned against Inuyasha's chest. "Inuyasha? Do you see your father?"

He was a bit startled by the question but didn't show it "No, I don't. I can't."

"What do you mean you can't?"

He sat her down on her bed. "I can't see anybody anymore. And you don't want to either; eat this." He handed her the candy and she did as he told her.

"Why can't you and why don't I want to see them?" She said after swallowing.

"That thing you just ate does something to block them out or something; Miroku didn't tell me how it worked." Inuyasha grabbed the towel around his neck and began to dry his hair again. "They may seem like it at first, but they aren't Casper the friendly ghost. They become jealous after a while and then try to harm and possibly even kill you. A spirit's only desire is to be whole again, alive again. Eventually they come to loath us who are alive." He walked to the balcony doors and turned to Kagome, "You might want to be careful what you wear from now on; Miroku almost saw you."

Kagome turned red and gasped at Inuyasha, "So you're saying that you did?"

"Yes!" he jumped back over to his balcony and walked inside before she could start yelling at him. "And you were beautiful." "What am I thinking? I'm not turning into that pervert, am I?" Inuyasha shivered and crawled into the bed.

Neither Inuyasha nor Kagome had realized just how tired they were until they were comfortable and had actually fallen asleep.

I'm amazed, this is the first story that i've actually ever had a plan for, okay so it's just a basic idea of what i want to happen, but it's more than any of my other ones have ever had! I hope you liked it! REVIEW! PEOPLE I AM NOT STUPID! I HAVE 110 OR SO HITS, BUT ONLY FOUR REVIEWS! AND THEY ARE FROM THE SAME PERSON! I WANT MORE REVIEWS! I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE FLAMES BUT I WANT REVIEWS! Okay, so i've got that out of my system, now i can... well, I don't know what I'll do now, write some more i guess.

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