InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Haunted ❯ A Hidden Attic and the Hanyou in the Window ( Chapter 2 )

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[Haunted]

Chapter 2 [A Hidden Attic and the Hanyou in the Window]

Kagome grunted, digging her nails into the tape that held together one of the many cardboard boxes that she had loaded into her room. “Come off…damn you.” she hissed, tearing the tape back with one vicious pull. “Ow.” She examined the now broken nail and frowned. “Dammit…” she bit it around, making it actually look like a normal shaped nail before finishing opening the box.

“All that for this junk.” She muttered; taking out a small teddy bear her father had given her for her fourth birthday. The purple fur was short and soft, it was in perfect condition except for the fact that it had one of its little black button eyes missing.

She held the bear up to her chest, and looked at the other contents in the box, she was right, all junk. There was a small black music box, a paper-fold doll, a gold necklace with a small shining purple bear at the end, and other small knick-knacks; all gift from her father. Kagome looked at the teddy bear for a second before she tossed it back into the box and folded the flaps over. “I don't even know why I took this shit, its all going in the closet.”

Kagome stood up and held the box against her hipbone as she walked over to the closet, her eyes narrowed in anger at herself and at her old man. She curled her fingers around the partly open door and slid it open, her eyes widened as she stared into the darkness and she nearly dropped the box.

“Wow…” she muttered as she reached in on the wall and turned on the light switch. Before her stood a long narrow staircase that led up to another door, this definitely wasn't a closet. “Okay…dad's junk is going to be packed away in the attic.”

With a small smile Kagome made her way up the creaky old stairs, her eyes focusing on the door that was up ahead of her. `I definitely wasn't expecting this…' she thought as her hand gingerly landed on the doorknob, turning it slightly.

The door clicked open and a small breeze blew it in, taking Kagome by more than a surprise. As her heart rate clocked back to normal she entered the darkened attic. There was a small window at one end of the room, and it let in enough light for Kagome to see the string for the light hanging down just a couple meters away from her.

Kagome reached out and tugged on the string, as the light came one dust fell from the bulb, making it a little brighter and brighter until all the dust was done. Kagome coughed lightly as she looked around, it actually wasn't too bad up in the attic.

There were a few boxes piled against the wall, a magazine pile had been tipped over by the window leaving the floor littered with different car and bike magazines, and a small cot just near the window with a lone pillow and small sheet covering it.

“Inuyasha's little hideaway I guess.” She muttered as she placed her box down on the opposite wall of the other boxes. “He sure was a slob.” She added, eyeing the newly discovered mess of broken glass and papers in one of the corners. “Never heard of a garbage can?”

Kagome looked around again before she made her way over to the mess of magazines and kneeled down on the dusty floor next to it. “Ew…its so…grubby.” She whined as she picked up one of the damp magazines, quickly dropping it back down to the floor. “It must get super damp up here…” she cocked her eyebrow as she looked around her. “Its strange though.” She commented. “Everything here is full of dust except for the magazines…and the bed…”

She looked the cot over once or twice before hugging her bare arms. “Wow, it looks like he just got up this morning.” She laughed a little as she fixed the sheet on the bed. “There, all better.”

“Kagome! There's some people down here who want to see you!” Lurea called out from below. “Kagome!”

Kagome jumped and turned around, quickly flicking off the light in the attic and marching down over the stairs. “Coming mom!” she called, sliding the door shut. `Who the hell would be coming here to see me? Mom must have made a friend…' she thought, her eyebrow twitching as she left her room. `And not even three hours after we moved here, heh heh…'

Kagome walked down the hall and to the stairs, stopping half way down as her eyes met her two visitors. One of them was a young man, he had brown hair that was hauled into a little ponytail on the back; he smiled at her and gave her a small wave as his eyes turned to her. The other was a girl, she had long dark brown almost black hair, and her eyelids were shaded with a light pink blush. When she turned to see Kagome her eyes brightened slightly and gave her a friendly “hiya”.

“Hey…” Kagome said as she let her feet touch down at the bottom of the stairs. She wasn't sure what to say to the two, all that ran through her mind was who the hell were they and why the hell were they in her house?

“Oh, Kagome.” Lurea said as she poked her head out from the kitchen. “This is Sango and Miroku. Sango lives in the blue house just across the street from us, and Miroku here is one of her friends.” She then went back to doing whatever she was doing in the kitchen, leaving the three standing alone in the dining room.

Kagome kept her eyes on the two, her arms crossed over her chest uneasily. The silence was getting to her, killing her really; and she was very thankful when Sango spoke up.

“Here, before I forget.” She said as she reached into her pocket. “We have something for you as a little welcoming gift, its not much but…” Sango trailed off as she took out a small necklace and held it out in front of her. The necklace was made up of rounded purple beads and what seemed to be small white teeth.

Kagome smiled as she reached out and took the gift, examining it closely. It was prayer beads…

“Thank you.” Kagome said wearily as she put the gift around her neck. “You really didn't have to do this.”

Sango smiled. “Its nothing really, I just felt like I needed to bring something.” She scratched the back of her head as she laughed a little. “So, have you met anyone else since you got here?”

“Just the guy who used to own this place…” Kagome said, relaxing a little.

Miroku smirked. “Sesshoumaru? Heh, he's one stern youkai, but an alright guy all in all.”

“I'll have to take your word on that.” Kagome said, silence following.

`Wow…meeting new people is awfully awkward…' Kagome thought bitterly. `This is one of the reasons why I want to barricade myself in my room the whole while I'm here until I can come up with a plan to get back home…'

“Well, um, if you're not too busy later on tonight…” Sango smiled. “You can come across the street to my house, we are having a little get together with some people from school.”

“In other words we are going to all pile into Sango's house and get loaded.” Miroku said with a chuckle. “So drop over, it'll be the perfect place to meet some people before you start school here in the fall.”

“Um.” Kagome shrugged and smiled. “Yeah sure, I'll make some time tonight. Actually…I'm going to go now, and finish unpacking so I can go earlier…” she pointed her thumb back to the stairs gingerly.

“Okay, cool.” Sango nodded. “We'll see you tonight then.” She looked into the kitchen. “Nice to meet you Ms. Higurashi.” She said kindly.

“You too.” Lurea answered, she walked out of the kitchen and stood by Kagome as Miroku and Sango left. “They're nice.” She said with a small smile.

“Yeah.” Kagome muttered as she walked back up the stairs. “Mom are the phones hooked up yet?” she asked in annoyance.

Lurea sighed and shook her head. “It hasn't been three hours yet, do you really think the phone lines are up? This shrine wasn't rigged for phones, we have to get a crew in to set everything up.”

“The cell phone then?” Kagome asked in a dramatic tone.

“Batteries are dead.” Lurea said simply as she went back into the kitchen.

Kagome groaned loudly as she stomped off to her room, slamming the door behind her. “I won't be able to call Hojo and tell him I'm here.” She groaned as she fell face first on the bed. “How the hell can I keep up a long distance relationship when I can't use the damn phone?!”

She ran her hands through her hair and sat up, her eyes drifting to the attic door. “Didn't I close that?” she muttered as she walked over and attempted to slide it shut again, but something was in the way.

Kagome ran her eyes down the door facing until her gaze met the floor, a small purple head stuck out from the edge of the door, one helpless button eye staring up at her. “What the hell?” she bent over and picked up the small purple bear, pushing the door open as she did so. “Weren't you…” Kagome paused as she looked up at the stairs. “…in…that…box?”

The empty cardboard box lay on the floor, all of its contents littering the stairway. “Didn't I put that in the attic?” Kagome mumbled, her voice shaking slightly. She frowned. “I must have left it on the edge of the stairs…yeah…that's it.” She shrugged and reluctantly traveled up the stairs, picking up the fallen items and returning them to the box as she went.

“I put it on the stairs…on the stairs…” Kagome kept saying under the same thing under her breath as she entered the attic and placed the box down by the cot. “There…” she stared at the box. “By the cot this time…yeah…” satisfied, she turned on her heel and marched out of the attic, closing both doors behind her.

“She didn't.” the golden eyed hanyou grumbled as he stepped out from the clutter of boxes after watching Kagome exit the attic for the second time that day. “Fuck, she left her god damn crap up here again.” He walked over and stared down at the box hatefully. “If she thinks she can just invade my home she got another thing coming the little slut.”

He kicked over the box, knocking the contents out on the floor. “Sesshoumaru what the hell did you think you were doing when you let those people by our shrine?” he grumbled as he sat on the cot, resting his chin in his hands.

`She looks so fucking much like Kikyo it scares me…' he thought bitterly. `I have to get her away from here before history replays itself.'

“Wow! Look at the size of this tree!”

The hanyou's ears twitched at the voice that came from outside, he looked out the window slowly and glanced down at the young boy whom was standing in front of the Goshinboku. “Stupid kid.” He muttered as he watched him.

“I bet you that's hard to climb…” the boy continued as he stared up at it.

“Souta! Come back inside, you still have a lot of unpacking to do!”

The hanyou smirked. “Yeah you littler twerp, listen to your mother.” He watched as Souta turned around, his eyes gazing up at the attic window. “Oh…fuck…” he froze, ears twitching and golden eyes widening.

“Mom! Kagome!” Souta yelled, dashing into the house. “Gramps! There's someone in the attic! There's someone in the attic!”

The hanyou jumped up and disappeared back into the boxes. “Damn kid…fuck.” He paused, frowning slightly. “How the fuck could he see me?”

Kagome flicked through the pictures she found in the dresser. “This must be Inuyasha.” She mumbled as she looked at a picture of a young man with long silver hair, golden eyes, and two white dog ears propped off the top of his head. “Hmph, he was kind of cute.” She added.

“In the attic! I saw someone in the attic!”

Kagome paled slightly as she heard her brother's cries from downstairs. She stood up, the picture still in her hands as she ran out of the bedroom and quickly skipped down into the kitchen. “What are you yelling about?”

“I knew it! I knew I felt something!” Gramps bellowed. “There's something in the house! There's something here!”

Lurea sighed and shook her head. “Dad, stop it. Souta, are you sure you saw someone yup there?”

“Mom, I was just up there, there was no one there.” Kagome said as she crossed her arms.

“But I did, there was a man up there.” Souta protested.

“Are you sure your brain hasn't been fried?” Kagome asked. “Maybe you are so hell bent on making a friend you are starting to dream some up.”

“Mom!”

“Kagome.”

“What?” Kagome looked at her mother defenselessly. “The kid is obviously delusional.”

Lurea looked at Souta. “Maybe it was the way you looked at the glass…maybe the glare from the sun made a shape that looked like a person.”

Souta pouted and crossed his arms. “Maybe…” he grumbled.

“I ran down stairs because of this…” Kagome groaned as she let her hands fall to her sides. “I'm going back up stairs to unpack.”

Souta watched her hands, seeing the picture she was holding. That boy…it was him! Souta paled and ran after Kagome, grabbing her arm when she was half way up over the stairs. “Onee-chan…come on…” he said as he dragged her up to her room.

“What do you think your doing?” Kagome snapped, watching Souta close the door behind them.

Souta didn't answer right away; he snatched the picture of Inuyasha from Kagome's hands and held it up in her face. “It was him.” He said.

“What?”

“Him. This guy…he was the one I saw in the attic.” Souta said, his eyes brightening with a slight show of hope that his sister would believe him.

“Inuyasha?” Kagome asked, snatching the picture away from him. “Your nuts. You think you can just say it was him and get me to believe it? Get out of my room!” she pointed at the door.

“Kagome please!” Souta bellowed, pleading now. “I'm not lying. I saw him. He was up in the attic looking down at me…” tears formed in his eyes as he looked up at his sister, his fists tightened at his sides. “Please…”

Kagome frowned and looked at him, lowering her hand. The kid was crying about it? Maybe he did se something. `I mean…it would explain my box falling down over the stairs but…there can't be ghosts…there's no such thing. Is there?' Kagome sighed and put her hand to her forehead.

“Fine.” Kagome finally sighed. “Calm down, if it makes you feel any better…since the door to the attic is in my room…I'll keep a look out for him.”

“Do you promise?” Souta asked, taking his sisters hands.

Kagome winced and slipped her hands away from him. “Yeah, I promise. Just don't go grabbing me.”

Kaori: There's chapter 2! Mwaha!