Kagome glanced at the clock on the DVD machine.
'Half past twelve.'
She turned her gaze back to the late show.
'I hate spending the evening on my own.' Kagome growled.
Orange, yellow, and red leaves blew past her window and she sighed.
'I'm tired of TV.'
Kagome rose and threw open her window, gazing into the night.
The lights of Japan twinkled, and she sighed again.
"It's almost Hallowe'en..." The raven's mouth twitched into a smile.
'Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away? Take me through the darkness to the break of the day?'
Kagome closed the window and turned off the TV, plunging the flat into blackness. She stumbled through the apartment to her room and fell onto her bed.
'Is there a man out there?'