A/N: If you liked the last chapter, then you will love this one! This is when all of the interesting fun finally begins...

Author: Shatsui

Beta Reader: Insane-san

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. But I do own this story! -stamp- (c)

Genre: Humor, Horror, Romance.
Rating: PG-13

Chapter 2: Red eyes.

'That dream was insane...' Kagome thought. She was very tired. It felt like she had gotten no more than 2 minutes of sleep! She asked her mother if she could take the day off of school, but the answer was always the same: No! So here she is. Sitting in the back of the bus.

She never really liked the bus, mostly because it smelled, and all of the kids fought and made too much noise. Kagome groaned. She wished Miroku and Kouga were on the bus with her, but it seems they left home early because they were going to do something "special" at school today.

"At least I'm the only one in the back of the bus..." Kagome mumbled quietly. Her eyes began to feel heavy, and ever so slowly, they started to droop. Kagome glanced at her watch. It was 9:45 am. 'Got to stay awake...' She thought. But she just couldn't stay awake. Even if she was left on the bus, or woken up in a very rude manner, she really wanted to sleep.

So she did. She closed her eyes, and prayed to God that nobody woke her up.

After five minutes, Kagome finally began to relax. But outside her window, as the bus drove by a tree, there was a boy standing there. He had long white silver hair, dog ears on his head, and his clothing was red, white and black. His head was lowered as well. That was kind of creepy.

After they passed the tree, they drove by a building. He was standing there too. After the bus passed the building, the bus drove by a parking lot, and next to a big black van, there the boy stood.

Kagome's arm twitched slightly, and she scrunched up a bit.

The bus drove through a short, dark tunnel. When they got through it, the boy wasn't standing next to its edge. Instead, he was standing right outside Kagome's window. The bus continued on, but the boy was never passed. This time, he stood right outside her window, and didn't even look like he was running, or trotting. He was just there.

Then slowly, his head began to rise up. His eyes burned blood red as they opened wide. His gaze was set straight forward. Then, he slowly put on an evil grin that showed his long, sharp fangs. And then... his eyes shot right up to stare at Kagome.

Kagome shot up with a start. She looked around quickly, and then looked out the window. Nobody was there. She let out a deep sigh, and then noticed she was alone on the bus. Wow. They decided to leave her alone. Kagome felt even more tired than when she woke up this morning, if that was possible.

She was running a cold sweat. She only ran cold sweat when she felt like she was in danger, or if she was just very afraid. But what was she afraid of? She had another dream. It wasn't the white room this time though. He had followed her bus... and then he was next to her...window... Kagome shivered at the thought. He looked so...evil. So evil, that his gaze could probably rot your flesh if he looked right at you. She got up slowly and shakily, grabbed her backpack, and got off the bus. Aah, the fresh air. It was getting a bit hot in that bus. Was it even legal to leave a child in a bus, even if the door was open? Wait... the door was open? What was the guy thinking! She could have been... she...she could have...been...been... she...

Kagome gulped. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to think those thoughts. At all. In-hailing deeply, Kagome walked into her school.

"Kagome!" Somebody yelled. Kagome turned around, and saw Miroku and Kouga running towards her. Kouga hugged her tightly. "Kagome, where in God's name were you!" Kagome pulled away slightly, and looked at him in confusion. "What do you mean where was I? Didn't we just," Kagome yawed. "just get to school?" Kagome said softly. "Kagome." Miroku said, stepping forward. "School's over. Nobody knew where you were the whole day!"

Kagome looked shocked. "B-but... but... I was just on the bus... and... It just came to school... and...and...and..." Kagome was quite confused. She looked at her watch. It was 5 pm? Kagome was so surprised when she saw the time. She felt like she hadn't gotten a single wink of sleep since she got on the bus, now she was off, she felt deathly tired, and it was 5 pm!

Kagome began to feel dizzy. "And another thing. Kagome," Began Kouga. "There was a boy named Hojo who said he had woken you up. But it turns out that you didn't, because we waited for you by the door for about 30 minutes. Nobody saw that Hojo guy for the rest of the day." Kouga finished. "And," Miroku began, "After those 30 minutes we waited, we went out of the school, and looked on every bus, but you weren't on any of them! Can you believe that?"

Kagome stared in shock. "Every...bus?" 'And I wasn't on any of them?' Kagome thought. "Yeah! It was so weird! And then you come to us saying you were just on a bus..." Miroku said. "Yeah... It's almost like somebody didn't want us to find you..." Kouga said in a low tone.

Kagome was a tad bit too confused for the time being so, "Well, it's already 5 pm, and I should really be heading home." She said. Kouga and Miroku nodded. "We'll go with you." Kouga said quickly. "I mean, we'll walk home with you. Since we all live on the same block, then...yeah...let's go!" He said grinning.

As they walked home, Kagome thought about how they said they had looked for her, and yet, after checking every bus, they didn't find her. Every bus! But she was on one of those buses! Maybe they just missed one... Yeah... That was it...That had to be it.

"Bye Kouga, bye Miroku. Thanks." Kagome said smiling at her two retreating friends. They had walked her all the way home. They were such good friends. Kagome turned around, and began walking towards her front door. She started to feel a sudden urge to read that red book she had gotten. Kagome stopped in front of the door. "...hm." She shrugged it off, and walked inside.

In the distance, an evil laugh came. And then as quickly as it came, it was gone.

Kagome began trotting up the stairs. "I'm home!" She said. She stopped trotting when she didn't here the normal reply, "Hi, Kagome!" come.
Kagome cocked her head.

She walked up the top of the stair case and looked left and right.

"Mom?" Kagome said walking to her mother's room. She swung open the door, but her mom wasn't there.

"Mom! Souta?" She said, this time a bit louder. She walked quickly to Souta's room, and swung open the door. She let out a sigh. "Souta! Why didn't you answer me?" Kagome said smiling, and beginning to walk towards him. Then she stopped. Why hadn't he reacted to her voice? Kagome began walking very slowly towards Souta. "Souta...?" Kagome said a bit quietly. She was right behind him now and gently put her hand on his shoulder.

"Souta, why didn't you---!" Souta grabbed her wrist, and turned his head to look into her eyes quicker than a blink of an eye. Kagome began turning green in the face. She covered her mouth with her free hand and let out a scream. She ripped her hand away from Souta's grasp and ran out of his room. She slammed the door behind her.

That couldn't have been her little brother! It just couldn't have! His eyes were...and...then his mouth...and his whole face..! Kagome began to tear up. "I feel sick..." Kagome mumbled, and began to walk to her room. Behind her, Souta's door creaked open. Through the crack of the door peered a green eye covered in mold and coming out of it...was blood.

Kagome stood outside her room, and gripped the door knob. "God, please don't let Mama be in my room..." Kagome silently prayed. She slowly opened the door, and looked at the first thing the caught her eye. Her prayers must have been answered, because that was not her mother sitting on her bed.

It was that boy. He was looking out towards her window, his hair was slightly dirty looking, and his claws were digging into her bed, leaving holes in her quilt.

Kagome's eyes grew wide. She felt like she could not speak or ask who this person was, because it felt like there was a lump in her throat. Slowly, his head began to turn towards her. Kagome had not met his gaze, for when she was about to, she felt little hands grip her neck from behind.

She fell on her back-side rather hard. Then, the little hands' nails pierced her neck and slowly, she could feel tiny trickles of blood slowly dripping down her neck.

Kagome started to scream, but it was cut off because the little hands began to squeeze her neck. She was being choked. No! Kagome didn't want to die! Not here! Not like this! Kagome struggled to get up. She didn't know if she was trying to get up to try and save her life, or if she was trying to stand because she wanted to get a glance at the silver haired boy.

She tried to breathe, but every time she tried, the hands would fill the air pockets he had given with his fingers so she would breathe less and less. Kagome's vision began to blacken. She didn't want to die... she didn't want to die...

"Let her go."

Kagome's eyes widened. Who was that? The voice sounded like that of a male. Could it have been the boy's voice? Was he going to save her?

Fat chance!

Souta loosened his grip slightly.

"Why."

Man. What a sassy little fake Souta.

The boy growled.

"You dare defy me."

They didn't sound like they were having any normal conversation. They didn't act like they were asking questions at all and Kagome could already point out about 2 or 3 that should have been asked as interrogatives.

Her neck felt so sore. She hoped that there wouldn't be scars or anything where "Souta's" nails punctured.

"No. I am sorry In--sir. Why do we need her alive." The little boy said.

The silver haired boy stared at him, and then converted his gaze down to Kagome.

"Because she has the book."

Kagome's eyes were open, but she could not see anything. But she could hear their conversation pretty well.

The silver haired boy said she has "the book". What book? Once they were finished speaking, Kagome felt the hands around her neck let go completely. Her head slammed against the floor.

Kagome's eyes snapped open and she looked around. She...She was on...The bus. Her eyes grew wide. That was all a dream? Everyone was on the bus. "Oh! Kagome! You've awakened!" Said a girl sitting in front of Kagome. Kagome was still sitting in the back of the bus. Was all of that...a dream?

Kagome looked up at the girl. "You fell over, and hit your head on the window when the bus went over a bump on the road." The girl said smiling. Kagome sort of half smiled back. "Oh..." She said. 'How long have I been asleep?' Kagome thought. She looked at her watch. It was 9:46 am...

9:46! But... then...she just went to sleep one minute ago!

"Kagome...what's wrong? You look kind of uneasy..." The girl said in a concerned voice. Kagome looked at the girl again. "It's n-nothing. How much longer 'till we arrive at school do you think?" Kagome said with a small fake smile. The girl looked at her watch. "Well, we left a little bit ago, so I'd say about 10 more minutes!" She said grinning.

Kagome sighed. 10 minutes. To Kagome, that seemed like 10 hours. She shook her head. If she took a nap maybe it would...no. If she took a nap it would seem like a day. She felt so tired. Kagome sighed again. Oh well. Maybe she would feel more awake once they got to school.

Kagome got off the bus and entered the school. Now... Where were Miroku and Kouga?

"AAAAAH!" Kagome shot her head to her left, and saw a girl running down the hall. What was she running from? Kagome looked to the left again, and saw Kouga running after the girl like she was on the top of his death list. "Kouga!" Kagome shouted. Kouga looked up quickly and saw Kagome standing at the entrance.

He skidded to a halt, and ran up to Kagome. "Hey, 'Gome!" He said grinning. Kagome made a face that looked like a bit of a mixture of amusement and disgust. "Kouga, what have I told you about calling me 'Gome?" Kagome said giving out a breathy laugh.

Kouga looked at her and smirked. "Keh. Well, what else am I going to call my cousin? I think 'Gome is a fun nick-name!" He said triumphantly, crossing his arms and giving a huge grin. Kagome sighed. "Fine...Fine... But if Miroku calls me 'Gome, off with your heads."

"Hey, 'Gome!" Miroku said running towards the two. Kagome stamped her foot and stomped to her first class. She still felt very tired, but at least she was with her two best friends in the whole world. That day couldn't possibly get any worse.

Kouga suddenly ran up to Kagome and said, "Hey Kagome, there are bruises on your neck. Maybe you should go see the school nurse?" Kagome's eyes grew wide. "...what?"

A/N: So... what did you think? I thought it was a LOT scarier/weirder/grosser than the first chapter! XD Well, the third chapter will hopefully be just as long, and just as good. :p lol Thank you for reading!