Consolation
A car drove by the clothing store and parked in front of it. A woman got out and walked up to the door. She knocked several times and hollered, "Uncle! It's me! Midoriko. "After a couple minutes of knocking, she stood on the tip of her toes and grabbed a key from the top of the door frame. She returned to her previous position and continued to unlock the door. She walked in and said loudly, "Uncle." A few times. She walked around the store until she came to the back room that her cousin had killed herself in. She slowly pushed the doors open to find her uncle, hanging by his neck from a rope that was tied to the base of a ceiling fan. She let out a scream and ran out of the room.
At the church.
Koga was sitting in the front row of the church. He was wearing a pair of jeans with cowboy boots and a black collars shirt that was slightly unbuttoned, his dark brown hair was tied into a pony tail. His deep blue eye's watching everything intently. Their church was a massive building. A seat for every person in the town with a titanic stage and gigantic projection screen. Kagome and Kagura were in the front row of the choir, on stage to the left of the projection screen. Soft music is playing when suddenly the pace quickens and the choir sings joyful hymns as the pastor walks across the stage, grinning and waving, everyone's standing and clapping until he reached the podium. The pastor had on a white suite with a dark blue tie and black dress shoes. He had long, pointed ears and long white hair that had been tied up into a pony tail. His golden eye's watched the crowd. The music quiets and the pastor begins to talk into the microphone enthusiastically.
"Good morning everyone and god bless you all. Do you all want to know something? God loves me. God loves me and you and you and you," He said as he pointed to random people in the audience. "And god loves everyone else in this room right now! My, my, my. I can feel the love in this room. This is the kind of love that overcomes evil. And with god on our sides, we can do anything. Regrettably, however, sometimes, we do have people, who might be friends, neighbors, family members, leave us, to join him. Why don't we just, take a moment to bow our heads and send a quick prayer for the two souls we've lost? Alright everyone, bow your heads and close your eyes." The pastor hung his head, closed his eyes and stretched out his hand towards the audience.
"Dear heavenly father, we come to you today to beg you to watch over the souls of Kikyo Tama and Onigumo Kumo as they make their way into your loving arms. We thank you for all of your blessings and for your kindness. In god's name we pray, amen." He spoke quietly into the microphone and when he had finished, cheerful music began to play once more and the pastor walked off stage, smiling and waving once again. He passed the choir and Kagome's eye's followed him. He walked over to a man with long silver hair and dog ears that sat on top of his head. He was wearing a black suite with a burgundy tie and black dress shoes.
"What is wrong with you?" the young man asked his father. "You just, brushed over the suicides like they were nothing."
"I didn't want to linger on that subject. The people are already sad enough. I gave them what they needed." He said swiftly in his defense, all the while Kagome is watching the scene.
"This town needs the truth, not words from a prayer card." He spoke angrily as he stormed off.
"Wait! Inuyasha!" He yelled for his son to stop.
After church had ended, Kagome was standing with Kagura and Koga as they said their goodbye's to friends and gossiped lightly. Kagome was soon approached by Inuyasha.
"Hey Kagome. How are you holding up?"
"I'm alright I guess. It's kind of hard to get her face out of my head now."
"I'm sure it is. Would you like me to come over tonight? I can help consol you." He asked with a smirk.
"Of course you can come over. How about seven?"
"Seven it is. I'll see you tonight. Oh! Hey. Before I forget, my father and I were talking and we'd like you to come work at the church again. You don't have to answer right now, just, say that you'll think about it."
"Alright. I'll think about it." Kagome replied with a giggle. Kagome waved at him as she walked towards Koga's truck. She got in and her step mother was talking to Koga about Mr. Tama.
"Mr. Tama wasn't at church today. I figured this would be the placed he wants to be the most."
"Naw." Koga said roughly. "It's like I said, he's out chasing down the bastard who murdered his daughter." He said before putting the truck in drive and heading back towards the house. Kagome just sighed. She looked at her step mother and then at Koga who seems to be constantly undressing her in his mind. She rolled her eyes and gagged before turning to the window. Kagome saw a boy ride by on his bike. A moment later they passed him and Kagome noticed that he was hauling it to wherever his destination was. They were about to turn the corner when a cop car came speeding up behind them. Koga pulled over and began whining about how 'he had hadn't done anything' and 'what was it this time.', as he pulled over to the curb and stopped. When the cop car flew past them, Koga put the truck in drive and quickly began to follow.
They arrived that the clothing shop and saw crowds of people standing behind do no cross rope and chattering amongst themselves while cops entered the store and exited. A few were carrying a body on a gurney and the sheriff was talking to Midoriko. Koga looked at the women and said tyrannically, "Stay in this car. Don't leave. I'll be right back." And with that he was gone. He walked over to his friend Hakudoshi and asked, "What happened this time?"
"Mr. Tama, he hung himself last night. His niece over there found him this morning." Midoriko was talking to the sheriff when she began to look at the mass of people who had accumulated outside when she saw someone who looked an awful lot like her. She ignored the idea and returned her attention to the sheriff.
"That poor man. So distraught from his daughter's death that he killed himself too." Koga then walked back over to the truck and said quietly, "Mr. Tama is dead." He then pulled out of the parking lot and headed back to Kagura's house in silence.
Koga walked Kagura and Kagome to the door and said goodbye. Kagura went into the kitchen and Kagome went to her room upstairs. Kagome arrived at her door threw it open and flung herself on her bed. She laid there thinking about everything when her mind wandered to the boy she had seen. He looked familiar, but, she didn't recognize him. A little while later, Kagome had fallen asleep on her bed. Kagura went upstairs to get her for supper, only to find her asleep so she turned around and went back downstairs.
