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Rumors And Love

Chapter 1: I Dare You To!

"Mom, my friends are here! I'll see you tonight!" Kagome yelled at her mother, and she ran out the door. She waved at her friends, and walked up to the car.

"Hey, Kagome," Sango said.

"What's up, you guys?" she asked as she hopped in the back of the red Mustang.

"We're just waiting for you," Eri said from her spot on the passenger side. "Now hurry up. We want to go walk downtown some."

Kagome closed the door, and Sango backed up out of the Higurashi's driveway.

"So, what exactly are we going to do downtown?" Kagome asked.

"Stuff," Sango answered.

"Oh joy," Kagome said sarcastically.

Sango pulled into a parking spot, and they all hopped out of the car.

"Hmmm, I think we should go this way." Sango walked toward an old street than anyone rarely went down.

"Why?" Eri asked. "There's nothing down there."

"Actually, there is," Sango stated.

"What's that?" Kagome questioned.

"I'll show you. Come on you two." She led them down the street. There were a bunch of boarded up old houses. The yards were overrun with weeds. The street was filled with broken glass. They kept walking not really watching where they were going, until Sango stopped and Kagome and Eri crashed into her.

"Watch it, you two," Sango snapped.

"Sorry," they said in unison.

Kagome looked around. "Where are we? Why did we stop?"

"Because," Sango said. "This is exactly where I wanted to be." Sango looked in front of her. "Look there." She pointed toward a house that looked pretty much like the others.

"What's so great about this place?" Eri asked.

"You can't tell me that you've never heard the stories." Sango said.

"I haven't," Eri said.

"You mean the rumors about that Inuyasha kid?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah," Sango answered. "It's said that he lives in there all alone. He's half demon. He's got claws, and blood red eyes He killed his parents, and ate them. He only comes out at night when no one will see him. That's when he captures unsuspecting people or maybe some rodents to munch on."

"That's a bunch of bull," Kagome said. "No one lives in there. And even if someone did, I doubt they would eat people. That's seriously disgusting."

"If it's a bunch of bull, Kagome then why don't you go in there?"

"What purpose would that serve?" Kagome asked.

"Well, I was thinking that it might not be a bunch of bull once you come back out. That is, IF you come back out."

"Well, what would you want me to do?"

" You can go upstairs, open that window in the front, and wave to us. Then, you can come back out."

"Well, I.."

"Yeah, come on, Kagome." Eri urged.

"Well..."

"Come on, Kagome." Sango said.

"Alright," Kagome confirmed. "But you guys have to wait for me, once I wave from that window."

"We will," Sango said. "Just hurry up and do it."

"Alright, alright. I'm going." Kagome walked confidently up to the house. She walked past some old rusted lawn furniture that had obviously not been used in years. She slowly walked up the stairs onto the large wooden porch. The floor boards squeaked under her feet. She came to the door, and reached for the doorknob. She stopped to look back at Sango and Eri who were watching her intently. Sango signaled her to keep going. Kagome gulped, and opened the door. Soon, she was inside, and she closed the door behind her.

"Do you really believe the rumors, Sango?" Eri asked.

"Of course not," Sango responded. "No one would actually live in THAT."

Kaagome looked around for the stairs. "This place is disgusting. No one could possibly live in a place like this." There were cobwebs everywhere. Shattered vases and glasses were on the ground. She stepped over the glass, which made crunching sounds beneath her feet. "Ah ha." She spotted the stairs. She walked to the foot up the stairs, and looked up them.

"These do not look very safe at all." The stairs had holes in them where things had fallen, and broken through. She made her way up the stairs holding onto the rail for dear life. She stepped over the holes, and made her way up the stairs.

Kagome was scared out of her mind. 'It's alright,' she thought to herself. 'They're not going to collapse. They're not going to collapse.' Her foot fell through a spot on the stairs. "AHHH!" She held onto the rail tighter as she lifted her foot from the hole. "I seriously hate this." She started walking up the stairs again. "There." She had made it to the top. It had seemed like forever walking up that staircase. "Now, to find that window."

She looked down the hallway. "Which way?" She could go left or right. Neither looked very promising. She decided to go to the right. She walked slowly down the hall making sure to look in every room for that window.

Kagome heard a creak behind her. She spun around. "Hello?" Nothing was there, but the empty hall behind her. "Must have been a cat or something." She kept walking until she heard another creak.

She spun around a second time. "Hello? Is someone there?" Still there was nothing but the empty hall she had already covered. "This is a little freaky." She started to walk faster trying to find that room.

"Gotta find that window. Gotta find that window."

Once again she heard the creak. This time, she didn't bother looking behind her. She just kept walking faster and faster. She came to the last room on that hall. She looked inside, and there was what she had been looking for.

She ran up to the window, and tried unlatching it. However, it would no come undone.

"You have GOT to be kidding me!" she yelled.

She kept pulling until it finally came undone. She fell backwards on the floor from pulling so hard. She jumped up off the ground and looked out the window. Eri and Sango were looking up at her. She waved at them.

"I've decided I want $200 for doing this!" Kagome yelled.

"Whatever," Sango yelled back sarcastically. "Now get your butt back down here!"

"Will do!" Kagome answered back.

All of the sudden, Kagome heard that creak again. She felt a hand grab her, and spun her around. Kagome screamed as loud as she possibly could.

Sango and Eri looked at each other, and made a run for it down the street.

Kagome came face to face with a young man.

"What are you doing here?!" he demanded.

"I, um." She couldn't speak.

"Get out!" He threw her to the ground. She scurried to get up, and sprinted out the door.

"And never come back!" he yelled after her. "Never."

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Well, that's chapter uno. Now review if you want to hear more! And yes, that was the ever so popular Inuyasha.