InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Haunted ❯ Our New Home ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer for all chapters: No, I don't own Inuyasha, no I don't own the characters, and no…um…okay yeah that's it.

Summary: Kagome and her family move to a shrine in Tokyo. Kagome has to deal with her new life, new friends, the ignorant inu-hanyou ghost that haunts the shrine, and an evil presence that seems to be lurking in the shrines old well house. IK MS [Lemons Later]

Note: In this story, humans and youkai exist together in society as if it were normal.

[Haunted]

Chapter 1 [Our New Home]

Kagome Higurashi stared out at the passing fields in down right annoyance; her elbow resting on the hard plastic covering of a tub, while her chin was tucked neatly on the knuckles of her small fist. Moving. She hated the word and hated the thought of it; but yet here she was, packed into the box of the family pickup surrounded by boxes and bags while they drove off to their new home.

Quite ironic, hey?

Kagome's long black hair blew around her face in the warm summer wind, would it have killed them to put the plastic camper over the box so she could at least have a relaxing trip without having to fix her hair every five minutes? Apparently it would have according to her mother.

“Grandpa can't just lift that thing up by himself it could put his back out.” Kagome mimicked her mother's words as they passed a small farm.

She pouted slightly as she took her locket up in her hands and opened it, letting her eyes drop on the picture of her and her father. “Why did you have to be such a prick?” she muttered, closing it and letting the locket drop back down inside her yellow tank top.

She frowned at a field of cows they were passing. “So this is the great city of Tokyo…holy fuck its been invaded by cows.” She said sarcastically as she reached over and opened up the window that separated the cap of the truck from the box. “I thought Tokyo was supposed to be a big city with lots of people and houses with no cows.”

Her mother, Lurea, frowned slightly and sighed, taking a small glance back at Kagome before directing her eyes back to the road. “Kagome, please. We will soon be there,” she smiled. “Our new house is just a few minutes drive away.”

“How can you be so happy?” Kagome asked, eyeing her sleeping brother and grandpa who were taking up the remainder of the cab. “We are leaving our home, our friends… mom I hate this.”

“Think of it as a new beginning.” Lurea explained. “A fresh start to a new life.”

“I like my old life better.” Kagome said flatly. “The life where I had friends and a boyfriend.”

“You'll make new friends, and I'm sure there are plenty of hot guys in Tokyo that you can have your pick from.” Lurea answered brightly. “Please, Kagome don't make this any harder on the rest of us. Your brother can't wait to actually make some friends, and your grandfather is so pleased that we will be living in a shrine.”

“Great.” Kagome grumbled, she had forgotten their new home was a shrine. “I get to be the miko of an old abandoned shrine.”

Lurea sighed as she watched the sign that told them where to exit into Tokyo. “Try and think pleasantly, Kagome. Please. Don't shut the door on everything new, let all the experiences you can in and enjoy them.”

“And while I'm going that I'll invite in a mass murderer to slice off my head.” Kagome said as she slid the window shut. “Open the door…heh. I'll close it, lock it and bar off the windows if it can just get me back home.”

The next half hour passed slowly, but as they entered Tokyo it actually gave Kagome something to do other than sulk in the box of the truck. Her smoky eyes scanned the people as they walked in the sidewalks, some of them stared at her, others never even looked, and there were a couple that smiled and waved.

Kagome stood up and rested her elbows on the top of the truck, leaning the bottom half of her body on the window. `This looks more like it…all that farm land was making me sick to my stomach.' She thought gleefully as she gazed at the buildings they passed.

Kagome jumped slightly as she felt the window open, she moved to one side and watched as her little brother Souta climbed out and stood by her. “Doesn't this look amazing.” He said, climbing up on a box so he could take the same position on top of the truck like his sister had. “This city is a lot bigger than home…”

“Yeah…but I'd rather home than this.” Kagome muttered. “Don't you find it weird, Souta? Having to move away from home.”

Souta shook his head. “No, I like it.” He beamed as they passed a playground. “I can't wait to see the shrine, can you?”

“We already saw it in the pictures…” Kagome groaned slightly. “There's a house, a tree, a little well house, and another building for praying and shit…which is what grandpa is probably going to barricade himself into once we get there.”

“And the shed.” Souta added. “There's a shed next to the house, and stone stairs leading up to the property! We have to park the truck at the bottom of the stairs and walk up to the shrine.”

Kagome eyed her brother in annoyance. “You…are lame.” She stated as she saw the stone stairs he was jabbering on about come into view. “You get excited over nothing.”

“Its better to be excited than weird and moody like you.” Souta retorted. “Just because you miss Hojo.”

Kagome shot a look at Souta. “Shut up, brat. At least I have friends to miss back home, unlike some people.”

Souta grinned. “That's why I can't wait to start school here! I'm going to make lots of friends!” the smaller boy fell off the tub he was standing on as the truck came to a stop at the small parking area at the bottom of the stairs. He grunted and sat up. “You…just wait and see.”

Kagome couldn't help but laugh as she held out her hand to help him up. She had to admire his determination; she was on the verge of giving up everything while he was beaming with the same spark her mother was full of. “I'm sure you will…maybe you'll get a girlfriend too.”

Souta's eyes brightened as he took Kagome's hand hauled himself to his feet. “You really think I will?”

Kagome smirked as she jumped out of the box of the truck. “Yeah, what girl can resist that charm?” Kagome then directed her attention to the stairs that stood before her and winced slightly.

`The passage way leading to my new hell…' she thought bitterly.

“Kagome, you and Souta can go on up and pick out your rooms…” Lurea said as she tossed Kagome the key. “Your grandfather and I are going to wait down here for the moving van.”

“Be extremely careful you two.” Their grandfather warned. “I sense a great evil coming from that shrine…”

“Now dad, come on.” Lurea laughed a little.

“Yeah gramps, don't try and freak us out its only a shrine, how can their be evil in a shrine?” Kagome said as she headed up the stairs, Souta close behind her.

“What if gramps is right, onee-chan?” Souta asked timidly as he followed his sister. “Maybe there is something here…it is and old shrine after all.”

“Hence the word `shrine', Souta.” Kagome said in annoyance as they reached the top of the stairs. “Shrines are holy places, there are no `evil' presences here.” She looked around; the area was just like in the pictures, though in real life it seemed a lot prettier.

“Um...Kagome…there's a man…over there…” Souta said as he tugged at his sister's jeans. “Look.”

Kagome groaned as she glanced in the direction Souta was pointing, actually surprised to see someone approaching them. The man was tall and had long silver hair; there was purple markings on his cheeks and a moon on his forehead. Kagome swallowed slightly as he stood next to them. It was no trouble to tell this guy was a youkai.

“Hello.” Kagome said weakly as she held out her hand to him. “I'm Kagome Higurashi.”

The man never smiled, but he did take Kagome's hand and shook it stiffly. “I take it by your last name your family are the ones who bought my shrine.” He said. “My name is Sesshoumaru.”

“Yeah, mom spoke to you on the phone while we were driving.” Souta peeped.

Sesshoumaru directed his golden eyes down at Souta. “And…where is your mother?”

“She and gramps are…down by the truck waiting for the moving van.” Kagome explained. “She's probably expecting you as well…”

Sesshoumaru nodded. “Thank you…” he walked away from them, heading to the stairs.

“He's creepy.” Souta whispered to Kagome as he dragged her to the house. “I can't believe that's the guy that owns this place.”

“That counts as one interesting person we've met so far.” Kagome mumbled as she unlocked the door to the house and pushed it open.

She peered inside the musky darkness and searched around the wall for a light switch, her hands making soft patting noises on the wood as she did. Aha, there it was. Kagome flicked on the light and looked around. “Hmph, no surprises…this matches the photos too.” She said as she looked around the kitchen, which led right into the dining room.

“Come on, Kagome.” Souta tugged on his sister hand. “I want to go find my room.”

Kagome raised her eyebrow down at her brother. “Then why don't you go yourself?”

Souta pouted, pointed to the darkened staircase that led to the second level of the house. “What if gramps said was right? And there is something evil here?”

Kagome groaned and walked ahead of Souta, turning on another light that lit up the stairs and the hallway at the top. “Your paranoid.” She grumbled as she led him up the stairs. Once at the top she turned to him. “Now…you go find your room and I'll go find mine…” she gave him the keys. “If anything jumps out at you throw that keys at it. But make sure the throw counts, because you don't get a second one.”

Souta stuck out his tongue at her. “That's not funny.” He grumbled as he shoved past her and walked down the hall.

Kagome shook her head and looked around, where to first? She shrugged and turned to the door nearest to her and opened it. The room inside was a little small; there was just a bed and an old dresser in it.

“But plenty of room for my desk.” Kagome muttered as she entered, keeping the door open behind her, secretly thinking back to Gramps' warning. She cautiously walked over and sat down on the creaky old bed, reaching out to move the curtains in the window to one side.

Peering out, she could see Sesshoumaru and Lurea walking up to the house with their arms piled full of boxes with Gramps racing over to the large tree located in the middle of it all. She smiled a little and let the curtain fall back into place, moving her eyes back to examining the room. “It'll do I guess…it even has a closet.” She added as her eyes handed on the sliding door by the dresser.

“Kagome! Souta! Your things are in! Come downstairs to bring it up!” Lurea called out.

Kagome frowned as she stood and left the room; this was going to be the most wonderful part of moving…setting her things up in her room. She grumpily walked down over the stairs, her eyes meeting Sesshoumaru's right away.

He smiled and looked to Lurea, picking a picture up off a small table. “See, she does look like her.” He said, giving Lurea the picture.

Kagome froze and watched them, her mother looked at the picture, then at Kagome, then back at the picture again. “She does, how odd.” She smiled as she gave the picture back to Sesshoumaru.

“Whom do I look like?” Kagome asked as she uneasily finished her descent down to the first level of the house.

“My departed brothers departed ex girlfriend.” Sesshoumaru said as he handed Kagome the picture. “You look just like her it astounds me. She used to take care of the shrine for me as well.”

Kagome raised her eyebrow as she took the picture and stared down at her. She paused for a second, scanning the woman's face. “Wow…” she murmured. It was almost like looking to a mirror; there were only a couple differences in Kagome and the picture she was looking at. The other woman looked a bit older than what she was, and her eyes were very serious. “What was her name?” Kagome asked as she returned the picture to Sesshoumaru.

“Kikyo.” Sesshoumaru said as he pocketed the picture, frame and all. He then turned to Lurea. “If this is all you need I will be on my way.”

“Could you do one more thing?” Lurea asked. “Can you help bring Kagome's desk up to her room? Dad's back isn't what it used to be, and I have other things I must unpack for Souta.”

Sesshoumaru nodded then turned to Kagome. “Okay Kik…erm, Kagome, come on.”

Kagome narrowed her eyes as she followed him over to her wooden desk. `He almost called me Kikyo.' She thought bitterly.

“You take the back and I'll take the front.” Sesshoumaru directed her as he curled his fingers around the edges of the desk.

Kagome nodded and did as she was told; she lifted up the back of the desk and waited until Sesshoumaru did the same to the front. They then marched up over the stairs, lugging the large wooden object up with them.

“Where's your room?” Sesshoumaru asked, stopping at the top of the stairs.

“First door…” Kagome grunted as she struggled to keep her end of the desk off the floor.

Sesshoumaru nodded and pushed the door opened with his foot. “This was Inuyasha's room.” He said as he helped bring the desk in.

“Inuyasha?” Kagome asked as she set her end down on the floor once the desk was in place in under the window and right next to the bed.

“My younger brother.” Sesshoumaru said as he directed his eyes to her.

“Oh…” Kagome nodded, remembering him saying earlier that his brother was `departed'. “I-I'm sorry.”

Sesshoumaru shook his head. “Don't be.” He then headed for the door, while doing so he put a piece of paper on the dresser. “If you need anything just call me.”

“I think you should give this to mom.” Kagome said as she picked up the paper.

“No, I think it will be more needed in your hands.” Sesshoumaru said as he left, shutting the door behind him.

Kagome frowned; feeling slightly puzzled as she looked at the number on the paper. “Why me?” she asked under her breath, unaware of the golden orbs that watched her from the cracks in the closet door.

Kaori: I had this idea in my brain for months and I only got around to writing it down just now. R&R

Oh yeah, and as for `These Tears' …erm…I had to take it down but it'll be up again soon. Sorry!