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Hidden Man

Chapter 3: Police

Kagome arrived at school with no time to spare. She quickly found her friends in her class room and greeted them happily, "Hey!"

"Huh? Oh! Kagome! Hey!" Kiki greeted her, a bright smile on her face.

"Hey, where's Yumi? Is she sick?" She looked around the room, noticing the absence of her close friend.

Before her friends could answer, Yume burst into the room, breathing heavily. She hurried over to Kagome and the others, "Guys! You'll never guess what I just saw!" she whispered, glancing around.

Kagome leaned in along with Kiki and Sakura, "What did you see?" they asked together.

Glancing around again, she leaned closer, "You know the God Tree? Well... someone peeled the vines back. There was some hair and clothing showing through! I wonder if it's the boy from the legend!"

Kagome nearly fell out of her chair. 'She saw it, too? I wasn't just imagining things...? This is way too weird...'

"What is it Kagome, did you see it, too?" Sakura asked.

"Huh?" Kagome got suddenly nervous, "No! Of course not! That's nonsense anyway..."

"Nonsense, huh?" Kiki asked defiantly, "Well then, explain to me why the police were rushing to the scene!"

Kagome jumped up, "The police!?" She grew suddenly worried. Had she broken the law...?

The teacher had just walked in. She hurried up to him, "sir, I really don't feel well... May I go to the nurse...?"

"Well, yes... go right ahead then, Miss Higurashi..."

Kagome hurried from the room and out the front of the building. Lucky for her, the door hadn't locked yet. Without a second thought, she rushed to the God Tree to see it blocked off by police barriers and officers. She approached one, trying to calm down, "Officer, what is going on here...?"

The police man looked at Kagome sternly, "Shouldn't you be in school...?"

"I wasn't feeling very well, so the nurse sent me home... this is directly on my way home..." Kagome quickly lied, trying to think up the best possible excuse.

"Well, apparently someone came through and peeled the vines form the tree, revealing the shoulder of a boy. No one knows for sure who did it, but we're taking DNA samples and doing everything we can to find the person who did this. As for the person on the tree, he is unidentifiable and does not look... well, human."

Kagome was sweating now. She was in deep trouble now! 'What am I going to do!? They'll know it was me... What is going to happen? Will I be arrested?' Kagome shifted uncomfortably, "Um... Sir, would you happen to know what will happen to the one who peeled the vines back?"

The officer shrugged, "there's no laws against it, but I really cannot tell you that. No one is sure. This is an odd situation."

Kagome turned pale a the tought of what could happen to her.

"Are you alright, Miss? Maybe you should get home... You don't look very well..."

Kagome nodded weakly, "Yes... Thank you..." The officer led her through the scene and Kagome hurried off home, feeling slightly queezy.

GI Why do these chapters seem so short!? TT