Fate
Chapter ten---tell the truth
When Sango and Shippo walked inside the cabin, minutes after Kagome made the horrific realization that her prized possession was missing, they saw a deathly pale Kagome frantically rummaging through things, not caring about the mess or her audience.
"What's wrong with Kagome?" Shippo asked, dropping his bags of toys, stepping further into the cabin.
Sango, dropping the bags in her hands, just shrugged her shoulders and told Shippo to get the rest of the bags she left outside.
"Kagome" Sango outstretched her hand, slowly walking up to Kagome as though she was a deadly beast that would move in for the kill any minute.
Her hand cautiously touched Kagome's shoulder causing her body to instantly stiffen, shivers running down through her spine. "What's wrong?"
Tears swelled up in her eyes.
What's wrong, everything was wrong.
She squeezed her eyes closed to stop the tears from falling, but they still escaped, running down her pale cheeks, one by one. She turned around and buried her head in Sango's shoulder, surprising her.
She explained everything about the box and the picture, through she'd totally forgotten about the rose. Sango, absentmindedly rubbing soothing fingers on Kagome's back.
Kagome, having finished telling Sango everything, pulled away from her touch, and went back to her frantic search.
"Where'd you already look?" Sango walked across her room and started searching.
"Just my room" She said, leaving the drawers and heading in to the kitchen.
"I'll check my room" Sango cried leaving her cabinets and going into her room, and start rummaging through everything.
The search continued for minute's…minutes that seemed like hours.
"What happened here?" Called a confused, annoyed, voice.
Though the girls didn't stop searching, Shippo, who had finished bringing in the bags, dropped the toys that he'd been playing with, and walked up to Inuyasha and Mirkou.
They set down the grocery bags next to the other bags, to se the scene in front of them better.
"Kagome lost something and now they're looking for it…or something like that." Shippo explained shrugging his shoulder at the end.
"What did she lose?" Mirkou asked, Inuyasha looking around at the mess that they made.
Shippo went back to his toys saying, "Don't know"
Inuyasha and Mirkou went in separate directions, Inuyasha to the kitchen and Mirkou to Sango's room, to discover what was wrong.
Mirkou walked into Sango's room seeing her throw things over her shoulder.
"What are you looking for?" he asked several times but she kept searching as though he wasn't there.
"Mirkou" Inuyasha called, standing under the doorway. "Come on"
Mirkou followed Inuyasha out of Sango's room and into the living room.
"Kagome was like that to"
"I wonder why"
Mirkou and Inuyasha moved to sit on the couch but Mirkou stopped as he noticed a picture and a rose. He bent down and picked up the items.
The rose in his left and the picture in his right.
"What's that?" Inuyasha asked stretching a bit on the couch to get comfortable.
"I don't know"
Mirkou showed the items next to Inuyasha, sitting beside him. Inuyasha examined the picture closely but didn't see why it was so important. He switched his gaze over to the rose.
He stared at it for a while, wondering why it pissed him off. It was just a rose after all. Then he remembered that Kagome's rapist left her a rose. 'So he's why they're acting crazy' he thought. 'But what about the picture?'
Inuyasha was filling Mirkou in about the rose, when the smell of salt reached his nose, instantly followed by sobs, coming from Sango's room.
They got off the couch and walked, slowly, to the room.
Once they were close enough to see into the partly open door they saw Kagome on the bed, her head buried into the pillow, trying to silence the never ending sobs, Sango sitting beside her, soothing Kagome the best she could, and Shippo at the foot of the bed casting worryingly glances at Kagome and Sango.
They stepped farther in the room and shut the door; no one was leaving till they got answers.
"What's going on?" Inuyasha asked, only getting Sango's attention, "Tell the truth" he said holding up the rose and the picture in the air.
End
SORRY! It took me so long to update. I've been really busy. But I promise that the next one will be longer, and I'll try and update sooner. What did you think? I know there isn't much in this chapter but there will be a munch in the next. Read and Review, please. And thanks Silver-Theif-Maker for reviewing.