Sometimes, the Dead Come Back

Chapter 1: Dreaming and Cleaning

It's me~

Author-chan~

Alright, that was lame.

Anyways, tell me if there's anything I should improve on (using constructive criticism) and tell me of spelling and grammar errors I may have made! 

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She dodged the  swipes from the other demon under the shady trees..

Then, she counter attacked with her claws, then her dagger.

Over.

And over.

And over...

When would he give up?

There were cuts all over her arms, ripping the plain black kimono. 

She winced as the cuts quickly healed.

Then he stabbed her through the chest with his blade.

She fell forward onto the ground as the demon stepped back.

He wiped the blood off his blade and placed it in its sheath.

"For a 'powerful demon' you were quite easy to kill.."

"I certainly am not dead..." she deadpanned. 

...yet. The wound wasn't going to heal in time. She winced again.

"Well, before I leave you, Suki, I'm going to take my reward."

He came closer and retrieved her dagger and its sheath. More pain.

"See you in hell."

Everything turned blurry and went dark.

When she opened her eyes, she could see her corpse. She wasn't standing too far away, but it seemed like it was early morning. Then, a small green demon holding a staff ran to the side of her corpse.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Isn't this Lady Suki? What happened?!"

There was no response. Then a man with long white hair wearing a white kimono and armor followed the green demon to the corpse. The man had pale skin and markings on his face, a lavender crescent moon on his forehead, a magenta stripe on each eyelid, and two darker magenta lines on each cheek, reaching his ears. 

The man didn't show any emotion whatsoever. 

"Is the body cold?" he finally asked.

"Ah! Yes m'lord! It appears that she has been here for a while!"

"Jaken."

"Yes m'lord?!"

"Go on ahead."

The small demon nodded and started walking forward. After a few moments, the man bent down to her corpse. He started to reach his hand out to brush a stray strand of light brown hair from her face, but stopped and retracted his hand. The man quickly stood up and again followed the tiny green demon.

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Sakura woke up, unaffected  by the strange dream. She'd been having that dream for a while now. Then she remembered.

I have to help Sota's grandfather today. And babysit.

She nearly forgot and checked the time. 7:34 AM. Wasn't the earliest she had ever woken up. It's not like she needed to be there at the moment, she still had about two and a half hours. She stood up and walked to her dresser, pulled out a pair of loose jeans, black socks, (conveniently) matching undergarments, and a navy blue long-sleeved sweater and headed into the bathroom. After a quick cold shower she pulled on some dark grey work boots. 

Ponytail? No... I'll just leave it down. 

Sakura brushed her long, light brown hair into a presentable state and headed to the kitchen to make a quick breakfast. 

Another boring day.

She sighed and continued with her routine.

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Sakura walked down the busy street to the Higurashi's home. It wasn't too far, and she didn't have a car anyway. as she headed up the steps she saw Sota on the front step, playing with Buyo.

He must have been waiting.

Suddenly, he looked up at Sakura.

"Sakura! Hey!" he ran towards her excited. "Are you helping Gramps with the cleaning?"

"Yeah." She smiled. Children were innocent, they knew so little and seemed to not have a care in the world. 

"I don't know why Gramps wouldn't let me help! I'm strong enough to lift one of those boxes!" Sota pouted.

"Maybe he doesn't want you to fall down the well. Didn't you or him say that your older sister did that once?"

Sota's pout faded into a semi-sad look. 

"Yeah.. It's been a while since we've seen Kagome..." He smiled again. "But at least I know she's happy!"

Sota led the way to the small shrine in the back. 

"Well, I'm gonna go inside now.. See ya later!" he waved and ran into the house.

"Bye." Sakura watched him run into the house and then turned to go into the shrine. It seemed that the old man was already trying to sort through some of the things.

"Sakura! I'm glad you're here! Wha-" a box toppled over from the shelf and onto him. Sakura ran over and helped him up.

"Are you alright? Be careful." she said as she checked him for  any bruises on his head. "You seem fine."

"Heh.. That's just my good luck! Alright let's get to work!"

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After a while, Sakura felt as if something was watching them work. 

I'm just being paranoid. It's probably nothing.

She sighed and looked down into the well.

Suddenly a clawed hand came up and pulled the collar of her shirt, dragging her into the well.

"Didn't I kill you?"

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Hope you people who decided to read this enjoyed this.

:^>

Also enjoy the art at the beginning that DEFINITELY is NOT mine.