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Disclaimer: Do you need me to spell it out for you!?! I D-O N-O-T O-W-N I-N-U…Whatever, you get the picture.

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Chapter 10: Entering the Nightmare

InuYasha was in his room throwing a bouncy ball at the wall. He would toss it and then catch it as it came back to him. Again and again and again. Every time, the bouncy ball hit the same exact spot with a thunk.

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

How could Kageki have been a girl that entire time?

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

InuYasha's face was contorted with rage but his hand was steady as it nimbly caught the ball and lobbed it back at the wall. How could he…she not have told me? Damn it. I thought that we…I thought…

Thunk. Thunk. Thu-

The ball spun out of InuYasha's fingers and onto the ground. He growled, snatched it up, and resumed throwing the ball at the wall. He thought back on all the times with Kageki…or whatever her name was. It was all fake. It wasn't real. How could he…she… Just then, all hell broke loose.

"INUYASHA!"

Sango's voice ripped through the air and InuYasha looked up. The ball came back from the wall and hit him in the head. InuYasha rubbed his head, annoyed.

"What do you want?" He snapped.

"Let me in! InuYasha, hurry!" InuYasha stayed where he was, and began throwing the ball again.

"No."

"OPEN THIS DOOR OR I WILL KICK IT DOWN."

"Leave me alone." He was most definitely not going to open the door. Not for a stampede of raging elephants. Not for a herd of wild horses. Not for…and then InuYasha heard it. A sniffling sound from the other side of the door. Is Sango…is she…no, that's impossible. In all the years that InuYasha had known her, Sango had never cried. Not when she broke her leg last year. Not when her she didn't make the soccer team as a freshman. Not when her favorite dog had died only a few years past. And now…

InuYasha was at the door in a second, throwing it open to reveal a very scared and very tearful looking Sango. Her clothes were disheveled, as if she had run here as fast as she could and she was gasping for breath. At that moment, Sango looked small and vulnerable, as if she didn't know that to do. She practically fell into the room and made a beeline for InuYasha's bed.

"What is it? What's wrong?" InuYasha waited tensely.

Sango looked at him, clutching something to her chest. After a moment, she opened her hands to reveal a small piece of paper, what looked like a sales receipt. Sango looked at the note and then back at InuYasha.

"It's Kagome."

"Who?" InuYasha asked, hope against all hope that it wasn't who he though it was.

A sob escaped Sango's lips. "Its Kageki! She's…she's…" InuYasha's eyes widened. He reached over and grabbed Sango by the shoulders.

"She's not dead, is she? Please, say she's not dead." Sango shook her head, and InuYasha nearly collapsed in relief.

"Then what…" Tears welled up in Sango's eyes as she handed him the receipt. Something was written on it, but it was hard to read. The person who wrote it must have been in a huge hurry. Even though it was messy, InuYasha recognized Kagome's handwriting right away.

Naraku has Souta. I must go with him. Get InuYasha.

InuYasha looked at the note with blank eyes. "I don't understand," he said, "What am I supposed to do? Who is Naraku? Who is Souta?" InuYasha looked at Sango with confused eyes. Sango looked back, startled.

"You mean she never told you?"

InuYasha shook his head, beginning to grow angry. Is this some other ploy of hers?

But all resentment that InuYasha harbored died as Sango began her explanation. Sango told him everything that she knew, and when she was done she was nearly in tears again. InuYasha was stunned.

How could I…after all she's been through I just threw her out. His mind went back to the note and processed what it meant. And now…oh gods. InuYasha sprang from the bed. Sango started and looked up.

"Sango," InuYasha's voice was determined and commanding. Sango immediately stopped crying. "Call the police. Now." Sango jumped up and reached for the telephone, but something hit InuYasha. "WAIT!" Sango froze where she was. InuYasha's mind raced. What if…what if…

InuYasha grabbed the phone book. "Help me!" he yelled to Sango. "Look up all the psychiatric wards in the area. It should be old, maybe closed down. I think I might know where Kagome is but until we know for sure, we can't call the police."

Sango sat down and they began flipping through the phone book.

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Kagome stumbled a little as Naraku dragged her out of the mall. She glanced back to see if she could spot Sango or anyone she knew but all that was behind her was a sea of unknown faces. Naraku yanked her forward and began walking swiftly as if he knew exactly where he was going. His grip on her arm made her flesh crawl, but Kagome had to go, she had to do this for Souta.

Kagome didn't know how long she walked. Everything around her seemed a blur and unreal. They took many twists and turns and Kagome tried to keep track, she really did, but nothing seemed to matter anymore. She had failed. Naraku had found the only family member she had left, even though Kagome had done everything she could to save him. And now…

Mother, Father, Grandfather. I tried…I tried but it was not enough. I'm so sorry.

And then they were there. Naraku stopped so suddenly that Kagome almost crashed into him, jerking her out of her stupor. She looked up and recoiled violently. She fell to the ground and began whimpering. Naraku grinned down at her, a terrible expression that was somewhere between a smile and a grimace. They were in front of the building from Kagome's dreams. They hadn't gone inside yet, but Kagome knew it. She could feel the cold whitewashed walls calling to her.

"That's right," tittered Naraku, "be afraid. It's best when they're afraid." He yanked Kagome off the ground and shoved her before him through the doors that looked like the mouth of a great beast that smelled of antiseptic. Kagome walked though the doors and into the place of her nightmares.

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Okay, I know it was really really really short, but it's all I could manage right now, and I wanted to get you an update as soon as I could. So here is this, and I'll try to update again ASAP! So sorry!