Tash sat in the front seat of his car, staring out the window at nothing in particular. He rested his chin on his thumb and index finger, looking as if he were deep in thought. He wasn't entirely sure of what he was doing, but his soul told him that it was fine. "I wonder..." he whispered to himself. "If they've found the girls..." His eyes changed direction and watched as the orange flames in the sky sunk behind a house, it's silhouette the same color as the darkening sky. He stepped out of his car, immediately greeted by the cool, spring air. He could hear the younger children down the street playing their games, and he cut off the sound of laughter by slamming the car door. Hard. He turned away from the staring kids, and walked up a concrete path leading to an old apartment building.

It was covered in cracks, and one of the windows was broken, the inside covered by a single sheet of yellow paper. He could already start to see lights being turned on within the building, but he paid no attention. Tash's intentions had nothing to do with the people within the building. He walked to the big, heavy brown front door, slid his key in the lock, turned it to the right, and pulled the door open. The air was stale; he could smell years of age radiating from the flowered wallpaper peeling from the walls like a person removing the skin from a banana. As he walked past doors with metal numbers - some still hanging, some missing a number, some with the fake gold paint gone and crooked - he could hear the early evening noises. Televisions, arguments, a beating. He walked up the steps, and to his left saw a group of four or five teenagers swapping bags and staring at him with death in their eyes.

The room he wanted was on the top floor, the third floor. He entered, and locked the door behind him. It was "his" apartment. It was where he "lived". Tash sighed, and took a few steps toward the only window, right next to a TV. He pulled the blinds open and watched the neighborhood kids play baseball. The stars were beginning to appear, and it calmed him. "I wonder if they're having a nice night..." He whispered, and once again, no one replied. He closed the blinds and pushed the largest button on the TV, and the screen suddenly switched to a pale gray full of black bugs buzzing around. He found the remote on a chair, and pushed another button. The screen changed again, this time to a dark blue with the DVD logo on it. He pushed play, and it began. He sat down to watch. He pushed aside the Inuyasha DVD case.

Kagome was on the screen, sitting at the trunk of a tree. She was near a stream; he could see the moonlight reflecting in the calm water. She was looking up at a slender girl in baggy clothes with short blonde hair. Kagome's face turned red, and she stood up, walking away through the trees. The blonde girl spoke. "So she's gay, huh?" The blonde girl took one more look at the stars, and she walked off.

Hm, so she is, is she... He stood up, and aimed his remote for the small glass square just below the screen. His thumb hit a red button. Purple spirals suddenly shot from the TV, engulfing him in their violet light. He shrunk some, and was pulled into the screen.

The remote hit the floor, the batteries flying out of the back.

"Oh, hey there, Kagome!"

She looked down at the little fox sitting close to a fire. "Um, hey, Shippo..."

He cocked his head to the side the way a dog would when he was confused. "Why is your face all red?"

The others turned to her, but she turned around. "Nothing, okay! Nothing!"

Inuyasha walked to her. "Hey, turn around..." He grabbed her by the waist and looked into her face. "Ha! The stupid fox was right! Your face IS all red!" He started to laugh.

Kagome growled. Her face turned a darker shade, and she clenched her fists. Miroku took a step back, pushing Anna to the side. "Inuyasha..." Kagome spoke, spread the syllables out. "SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!"

"AHH!" He screamed as he fall to the ground, his open mouthing being shoved full of dirt. "Hey!" He went back down. "Why the fu-" He spat the earth from his mouth. "Ugh, why the fuck did you do that?" Kagome glared at him, and he shrunk back. She walked to Sango and sat between her and Anna.

"Hey, Kagome..." Sango said. She looked at her. "What's wrong with you tonight? You don't seem to be yourself."

She sighed. "I...I just don't want to talk about it. I'm not in the best mood right now." She looked down.

Anna watched, not saying a word. Then, she was distracted by a figure emerging from the trees. "Oh, hey, Kristin!" She waved.

Kagome looked up quickly, watching the blonde girl walk to them and sit down next to Anna. "Hey, Kagome. You left really fast. I didn't get to ask you something."

"Oh, um, what were you going to ask me?" She could feel her face turning red. Am I...am I a...a lesbian! Her heart rate sped up. Is this what it's like?

Kristin smiled. "Oh, don't worry about it." She touched Kagome's shoulder, and she twitched from the touch. Kristin smiled wider, amused. "I'll ask you tomorrow."

Anna stood up. "Um, Kristin, come with me...NOW." She grabbed her friend by the neck of her shirt and dragged her through some trees.

"Ah! Why did you do that for!" She got on her feet and brushed the dirt on the bottom of her jeans.

"Because! You're hitting on Kagome!" She half-whispered, half-screamed. She rolled her eyes and walked to the stream. The moonlight shone brightly, and her dark brown hair reflected it.

"Don't worry. She's gay, so it's okay."

Anna turned around quickly. "WHAT!" That time, she did yell.

"You heard me." She crossed her arms and grinned.

"Ugh!" She walked back and forth. "No! Everyone knows, she's in love with Inuyasha!"

"Anna!" She grabbed her shoulders to calm her friend down. "Believe me. I know it. She even asked me about it."

She blinked. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah." She looked at her for a moment. "Can we please change the subject now? I know what I'm doing." She let go of her friend and dropped her arms to her sides.

She sighed. "Okay, Kristin. I'll change the subject." She was silent for a moment. The only sound was the calm breeze, and the crickets chirping in the trees. "What happened when I was gone? You know, while you were still there?"

Kristin sighed. "Well, you were sucked in the TV." She stopped for a moment, leaning her back against a tree. She slid down to where she was sitting, and patted the ground next to her. Anna sat down. She licked her lips, and continued. "I grabbed the DVD for some reason, and went to my house. I watched you, Anna. I watched you on the fucking TV!" She leaned her head back and closed her eyes. "Then I went to school the next day...today. And during first period some guy from the police or something asked me some stuff about you. I said I didn't know anything, and that was it."

"Oh..." She whispered. Kristin chuckled. Anna turned her head, one eyebrow raised. "What the hell's so funny?"

"The man who asked me questions, he was Japanese. Not too bad looking, either...for a man, that is."

Anna burst out laughing. "Oh my God, Kristin! You're actually calling a man hot! What was his name?"

She rolled her eyes. "First of all, I didn't say he was 'hot', just good looking."

"Whatever." She stopped laughing. "What's his name?"

"Ugh, I asked him that, but he said it was all Japanese and 'too complicated for me to understand', or some bullshit like that. Then he said that everyone calls him Tash."

Anna smirked. "Why am I not surprised...?" She sighed. There was silence for a few moments, then she broke it. "So you like Kagome?"

Kristin looked at her and gently slapped her arm. "You're a loser, you know that? Of COURSE I like Kagome! I would soo like a piece of that Japanese ass!"

She laughed again. "Oh, you remember that PSP commercial with the squirrels?"

Kristin's eyebrows narrowed. Then, her face brightened. "I'd hit that!"

They laughed together, and as they were laughing, the others were being kidnapped.