InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ School, AKA: The Hellhole ❯ Chapter Seven ( Chapter 7 )

A/N: So, um, hello everyone. ::nervous laughter:: Sorry for the long wait. I've been busy with moving and everything and just recently got my computer hooked back up. ::sigh:: My new school sucks baboon ass. I already have my first stalker (I had about three at my old school) and he has somehow acquired my locker number and schedule… I think he's done this before, professional, you know. For some reason geeks think that just because I don't openly ridicule them that I like them. I'm going to stop being nice. But I digress.

Anyway, I finally came up with a decent name for the story! YAY! Go me! ^_^ Hope everyone likes it!

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So, without further ado, the long awaited continuation of that nasty little cliff-hanger from last chapter! Enjoy!

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Anything But Ordinary

Chapter Seven: Haunting Memories

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"Did you hear that?"

"Of course I heard it, you dolt!"

Kagome stared angrily at where she assumed Inuyasha to be in the endless, black abyss the recent power outage had made of the house. A smart retort was right on the tip of her tongue, but she thought better of it and decided instead to focus on the only thing that little creak could mean.

Some one was in the house.

Kagome's belly did somersaults and her heart sped up until it felt as if it'd burst through her ribcage at any second. Inuyasha must have heard her increase in heart-rate (or maybe he'd just noticed her nervous fidgeting), because suddenly two large, gleaming eyes appeared before her, casting an eerie glow over her features.

"What's the matter, wench?" Inuyasha asked gruffly, carefully masking the concern in his voice with the insult. He shifted a bit so it didn't hurt his neck so much to be craning down in order to look Kagome in the face.

Turning her head away from him, she temporarily forgot her fear at the use of what was quickly becoming Inuyasha's favorite nickname for her. "Nothing," she grumbled, bringing her arms up to cross angrily over her chest… that is, until she realized where exactly that put Inuyasha's hand.

A slap resounded through the chilly basement air.

An inhuman growl followed soon after.

"As much as I'd love to carry on this most amusing conversation, I think we had better keep it down lest we alert our intruder to our location," came a smooth voice from behind the fuming hanyou.

Before any of them could answer, another creak resounded from above them. It was softer this time so that meant that either their intruder was moving farther away from them, or he'd zeroed in on their location and was trying to sneak up on them.

After a long, tense silence, Sango whispered into the darkness from her position snuggled into Miroku's side. "I just don't understand how some one could have gotten in. This house is guarded by the most sophisticated defense system money can buy."

"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to outsmart expensive security equipment," Inuyasha growled low in his throat.

"Yeah, you just have to be a youkai," Miroku finished in an ominous tone.

A long silence ensued.

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The bright beam of the flashlight shone cautiously around the corner as two indistinct shadows crept warily through the halls. Passing over numerous expensive paintings and objects of material wealth, the shaft of illumination finally came to settle on its coveted destination: a lone, glass doorknob at the end of the hall.

"You sure this is where you smell him?"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, a motion his companion captured with a scowl due to their luminous quality, after easily catching the low murmur. "Of course!" he growled back, ear flicking in irritation at the other male's admittance to not having faith in his inhuman hearing abilities.

The mini-argument over, the pair turned back to their attentive vigilance of the tall, wooden door at the end of the deserted hall. All was completely silent; not a sound was hear, nothing to suggest anyone but themselves were in residence in the great mansion…

All, that is, except for the almost inaudible breathing coming from the other side of the door and the revolting stench rolling off the structure in nauseating waves.

Inuyasha gasped silently and tensed in puzzlement as the sound of the heartbeat suddenly disappeared altogether. Ignoring Miroku's questioning glare, he turned his ears to the door. Unconsciously holding his breath as he listened intently, brows drawn together in confusion… only to be shot up into his hairline in surprise when he finally exhaled and took a deep breathe of air.

Nothing.

The scent was gone.

What the Hell was going on here?!

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"Who do you think it is?"

Sango shrugged in response before realizing that the other girl wouldn't be able to see it. Turning her head to Kagome's direction, she shifted against the cold wall to make herself more comfortable and petted Kirara where she sat tensely in her lap, ears flickering about in anticipation. "I don't know. No one's ever gotten in before."

"Oh," was the quiet reply. Kagome dropped her chin to rest on her collarbone, hunkering down and hugging herself tighter in an attempt to fight off the shivers that weren't being caused by the chilly air and icy wall and concrete floor that supported her curled form. She tried not remember the last time she'd felt so scared, so hopeless.

But sometimes it was hard to suppress the memories.

And sometimes it was just easier to let them consume her.

But now was not the time to worry about that. Right now, she had to worry about the person in the house that wasn't supposed to be there and the two boys who'd gone up minutes before to investigate. Or more specifically, a certain silver-haired, dog-eared, golden-eyed, hott-bodied hanyou boy.

Gods, these teenage hormones really weren't being helpful right now.

She suddenly felt really hot.

After assuring herself that her companion indeed was as blind as she was right now, Kagome lifted her hand to her face to gingerly touch it to her cheek.

Oh yeah, she was blushing.

'I haven't blushed in forever, what the Hell is wrong with me?!' She sighed warily, slumping against the wall and resisting the urge to shiver as the cold seeped through her thin Cammi top. Drawing her brows in contemplation, she quickly ran her tongue over her bottom lip before roughly taking the flesh between her teeth to worry on. Whoever was in the house had managed to hide their aura from her for quite some time. Even now, she could barely feel it, black and vile and definitely youkai.

It was funny, though. She could swear she'd felt it somewhere before. She just couldn't put her finger on it.

Suddenly, she was pulled out of her thoughts as a crash was heard upstairs. Both girls and a pair of glowing eyes jerked their heads up to stare and the ceiling, eyes wide and hearts pounding. It was silent for a moment before another crash was heard followed by an indistinct shout.

"They found them!" Kagome whispered excitedly, chest heaving in frightened gasps.

Nodding, Sango stood, setting Kirara down in front of her to lead the way, and started towards the doorway. "Sounds like."

"Hey! Where are you going?!" Kagome asked, hearing her friend's voice from the direction of the stairs.

Sango paused, looking back to where she knew Kagome to be. "Well, I can't just stand here and let them fight whatever's up there by themselves! I have to do something! You stay here and wait, okay?"

"No!" Kagome shouted, afraid of being left alone. Realizing her mistake, she coughed and continued at a more subdued tone. "I want to help to." Not waiting for an answer, she jumped up and ran over to her friend, groping for her hand in the dark.

They made their way upstairs, stopping once to grab Sango's giant boomerang, stumbling a bit as they followed the sounds of a fight all the way to the kitchen on the second floor.

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Inuyasha darted through the halls, following the scent that was swiftly distancing itself from he and Miroku who was hanging onto his hand and doing his best to keep up. He sprinted down the corridors when suddenly the air around them started moving.

It was a breeze inside the house.

Hair billowing every which way as the light breeze gradually kicked up into full gales, Inuyasha sped up and suddenly found himself in the kitchen.

The wind stilled.

Inuyasha's glowing eyes darted across the room, ears twitching at the sound of his companion's gasping breaths. Cursing under his breathe as the scent disappeared again, he stood completely still and closed his eyes. Tuning out everything, he focused his senses on the intruder.

He heard the air swish behind him and ducked right before a large utility knife was embedded in the wall across from him, slicing through the air his head had once been. Miroku gasped and ducked behind the island beside them, pulling Inuyasha with him. A millisecond later, two more knives took up residence with the others.

The adrenaline pumped through his veins as his head jerked to the side. He jumped up, letting Miroku's hand go, and punched a whole through the wall where a shadow moved across it. Damn… he'd mistaken it as a silhouette.

A womanly giggle was heard from across the room and he immediately turned to see what was the unmistakable figure of a female, cloaked in shadows. Growling deeply in his throat, he leapt towards the oddly familiar outline with an angry shout. The form dodged to the side at the last second and he crashed into the cabinets behind her.

Damn that contemptible shrew!

He continued punching and kicking wherever he sensed her, chasing her around the spacey room. He was finally met with a satisfying gasp as his fist connected with a soft surface.

"You fucking half-breed!" the woman hissed, jumping away before he could get a good look at her. The last thing he heard was a mumbled, "Damn, he's going to kill me," before the woman jumped out the nearest window and, for all intents and purposes, seemed to float away on the wind.

"Well, fuck."

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"Uh, Inuyasha?" Kagome questioned into the darkness when they arrived, the sounds having stopped just seconds before.

"What?" was his grumpy reply. He breathed in deeply through his nose, trying to clear his head of the fog of his adrenaline-high. He turned his head slightly and caught the scent of Kagome Sango, and Kirara standing in the doorway. He tried not to think of how sexy Kagome looked, out of breathe, hair disheveled and clothes out of place. He was just glad Miroku couldn't see her.

"Well, sorry for being concerned," Kagome replied sarcastically.

Inuyasha's cheeks heated.

Sango made her way over to her boyfriend, pulling Kagome along behind her. She groped in the darkness and finally found him sitting against the island. "Miro-chan, are you alright? Where did they go? Are they gone?"

"Yeah," the monk's velvety smooth voice echoed in the darkness. "Inuyasha chased whoever it was away." His hand slowly inched towards the nearest female rear, which happened to be Kagome's.

A muffled gasp was heard right before a slap.

Rolling her eyes in annoyance, Sango turned towards Inuyasha's glowing eyes, not noticing the way they narrowed slightly in Miroku's direction. "What do you think they wanted?"

Inuyasha remained quiet.

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A/N: Sorry I didn't do too well on the length this time. ::sigh:: Well, there it is! I hope I satisfied everyone for the time being.

Anyway, I have to tell you all that I'm not entirely at fault. I did leave an alert thingamajig on my bio before I left… in eight different languages. No, I'm not kidding. Speaking of which, I'd appreciate it if some of you would go there and check out my "Upcoming Works" section and tell me if you'd like to see any of those stories written in the far future. Thanks!

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Nekomata-17 : Yes, I will eventually get to that. Thanks!

Tori: I used your suggestion! ::beams:: Thanks!

Queen of the Jean Purse/QJP : "He glanced down at her black lips that seemed to symbolize something forbidden. The lush, plump folds of skin were puckered in a sensual pout, so impossibly inviting, yet the color suggested something intangible, something poison. His eyes lowered to half-mast as she came closer and closer; their lips were just centimeters apart now.

Kirara growled a second before everything suddenly went black."

That was the "almost-kiss" part. Thanks for the compliment! I try! LOL

SesshysKitty - Well, in the Japanese anime, Miroku refers to Kagome as "Kagome-sama." At least that's what I'm pretty sure I heard. I can't be entirely sure, because he was talking really quickly. ::sweatdrop:: Anyway, thanks for the info!

Inublue: Sorry, I didn't get to the "Mikazuki" thing like I had planned to. Anyway, it'll all come out later, so don't worry about it. Thanks!

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