A/N: been a while, right? Sorry bout' that... was busy getting last minute HW done till now. Hope you enjoy...

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Chapter Two: What ever happened to reality and sanity?

"What do you mean 'welcome to Sengoku Academy'?" I demand, confusion clouding my brain, "I already go to a perfectly fine school, thank you very much. I decline the offer – even if I WAS accepted."

Kaede gives me a sympathetic look.

"I'm sorry to say this, but there's almost no way that you can back out of this school."

"What?"

My fear seems to have evaporated. Instead it seems to have been replaced with bewilderment, and irritation.

"Kagome. There's a reason that this school is exclusive, and so difficult to get accepted into… it's for people who can't do what they choose out in society- especially when their adolescents. They make bad choices. They are a…" she takes a deep breath, and her voice tremors slightly, "threat to humans."

Great. Back to my last idea. Stuck in a mental hospital… could that really be the case?

What the heck am I doing here then?

"Listen Kagome…. This is a school for certain people, with… unique, abilities… and you're one of them."

"So I'm a freak?" I ask blandly.

"Hardly!" she hastily answers, "You've inherited special powers from your ancestors. Something that is VERY rare today… but was rather common back in the feudal era. You have the spiritual capabilities of a priestess."

I stare at her.

"Are you kidding me?" I cry out, "You expect me to believe all this?"

She smiles back at me calmly.

"No. I don't. Actually, though, you're taking this surprisingly well."

"What? Do the others get suddenly violent or-?"

She turns around, keeping her back to me.

"There have been some cases of… yes, violence, but also homicide and self…damage."

I raise an eyebrow.

Murder? Suicide? Wasn't that a little…extreme?

I could understand complete disbelief, denial and perhaps a round of shouting or an emotional breakdown… but death? Just because a crazy little girl said that this a school for fairytale creatures?

"I'm not lying." She tells me seriously, casting a glance at me over her shoulder.

"Right." I reply, swinging my feet out of bed, "I'm heading home."

"How will you get home?" She questions, innocently – but a snide tone is detectable in her voice, "Tokyo is no where nearby… also, you don't have a car… and even if you did have a car – you don't have a driver's license.

I clench my fists.

"Well then, if you want me to believe you, you'll have to be convincing." I snap, crossing my arms.

Hah. I'd like to see her try.

For a moment, her confident expression falters, and I'm almost certain that she's going to give in and let me go home – but a moment later, her face lights up.

"C'mon!"

She grabs my wrist and pulls me to my feet.

"I'll take you into 'Yasha's forest- then maybe you'll believe me."

Without another word, she drags me down the hallway, running as if her sanity depends on it. Maybe it does… but I wouldn't know.

As soon as I get used to the sensation of having no (or little) blood flowing into my hand, that Kaede is running like mad and expecting me to keep up, and the fact that this building has got to be humongous, I start to take in my surroundings.

We've been running through the weirdest assortment of rooms I've ever seen… a greenhouse? A tatamimat floor? Stone walls? A pond?

I glance in one of the doorways just in time to see a staircase leading to an upstairs.

Damn. Maybe the kid is right – maybe this place really IS for people with special powers – either that or I'm going crazy…

Finally, she pulls me out into the fresh air, and I take a deep gulp of it…

Although I'm out of breath, Kaede seems absolutely fine. Instead of panting like crazy, she points up to the skies and murmurs "Look."

And I do look.

The sky is of a purplish hue, and the sun's rays are all but in the sky. In fact… the horizon is the only place where the golden light remains.

Twinkling ever so slightly, are the stars, shining… silver, gold… or whatever color it is that stars are.

Kaede laughs and it catches me off guard.

"W-what's so funny?" I demand of her.

But the girl shakes her head, a suddenly dejected and sad look on her face.

"Never mind…"

"Kaede, wha-"

She cuts me off.

"Bet ya' can't tell where the forest is." She taunts me.

"Hell. Of course I can't." I reply, rolling my eyes. Really… children these days.

"Make a guess!" she prompts me.

"No thanks… can't we just get this over with?"

"Please?"

"I said no."

"Just guess, Kagome." She tells me, voice full of authority, like she's used to telling people what to do.

"uhhh..." I reply, somewhat taken aback, then I cast a look around my shadowed surroundings.

Everything is so… dark… but there is something… almost….darker about the northern area of the property.

"North?" I guess lamely.

"Correct!" She cheers. Then gives me a funny look.

"Most priestesses wouldn't have been able to tell until their 4th year of training…"

"Ohh… really?" I ask, trying to sound politely interested.

Might as well play a well for no… it's as they say... when in Rome, do as the Romans do… right?

"Anyhow… it's time for you to meet Inuyasha!" she informs me, as she makes a beeline for an ominous, dark, tree line. I shiver. I can feel a strange… almost… emanating off of it… but hey- I've been paranoid since this morning when I woke up.

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