I'm so sorry. Actually, not really, because I don't think anyone reads this anymore but…I'm talking to myself and I enjoy that so YAY! Uh, lesse…the last few months…I was in the hospital at the end of December cuz I passed out in the shower, in January I tried real hard to bring my grades up, February was my 17 birthday, March was hectic what with getting ready for competitions, April was competitions—My solo to Welcome To The Black Parade won 5th overall and our production "Neverland" (Peter Pan) came in second, Also, my dad collapsed while taking a walk…at night…alone so he was in the hospital a few days and then they found out he was diabetic and didn't know (not surprising, EVERYONE over the age of 28 has diabetes in my family). Then they asked him I he wanted to take a stress test and he said "I guess, why not?" and they found out that had he not had the stress test he would have had a serious heart attack three to eight days later—he had 1 main artery in his heart 100 percent blocked, another main artery 80 percent blocked. That was all over spring break. Yay. Now, I'm laying back as school work slows before the mad rush before exams, dance competition this weekend, work next weekend, 6 dance recitals the weekend after that, and then Animazement Memorial Day weekend. Yay! Tell me if you're going!

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Dislcaimer: Yeah…whatevs. These are legal and therefore disclaimers are unnecessary…

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Chapter 25: I'll Do It

"Sango…" InuYasha stood up and quickly moved so that the couch was in between him and the angry mother.

"Sango," Kagome said sternly. "Come on. Just calm down." Kagome reached out to touch Sango's shoulders, but ended up grabbing her entire torso when she lunged at InuYasha.

"You!" She snarled, jabbing a finger at InuYasha. "Your little whore cut my son!"

"Sango," InuYasha stuttered, afraid to move. The murderous glare in her eyes was worse than he'd ever seen. Ever. And if Kagome let go, she would no doubt rip him to shreds. "Sango, listen to me! I had nothing to do with it, so don't take it out on me!"

"You had everything to do with it! You brought that bitch to this city and I'll be the one to take her out! But first I'm going to kill you for bringing her here!"

"Hey," Miroku mumbled, sitting up and rubbing his head. "I heard some things that should not have been said. What's…going on…" He looked up and as soon as he saw InuYasha, he began glaring.

"Uh," Kagome tried, beginning to have trouble containing Sango. Meanwhile, Hideki was pulling at Sango's shirt and Daisuke was up against the wall, watching with an unreadable expression.

"Dude!" InuYasha exclaimed, gesturing at Sango. "Calm your wife down and I can answer whatever it is you're assuming I did!"

Miroku snapped out of it and picked up Sango, restraining her arms and pulling her onto the couch with him. He cradled her against his chest, wrapping one leg over hers so that she couldn't struggle. Eventually she gave up.

InuYasha waited until Kagome flopped back down on the loveseat to join her.

"Alright," Miroku muttered. "What happened."

"Hideki," Sango whispered to the kid, "Come here and show Daddy what Tika did to your neck."

Hideki walked over to the couch and stood in front of his father. Miroku gently grabbed Hideki's chin and lifted it, examining the scratch.

"Ah," Miroku sighed before smiling softly at the boy. "That's nothing compared to the skinned knees he gets. Nothing to worry about. Besides," Miroku grinned and mussed Hideki's hair. "Hideki is a man! He can take it!"

Kagome and Sango laughed.

"Now, InuYasha. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt for a few minutes so that you can explain to me why Tika decided to announce that she's pregnant."

"What?!" Sango jumped off Miroku's lap, throwing glances all around the room.

"We're going to go find Ami," Hideki mumbled, grabbing his brother and running out the door." No one paid them much attention.

Kagome stared at her lap, not wanting to look at InuYasha. She knew if she did, she'd break. She also knew that any given thing can only break so many times before it's unfixable. And if she broke one more time, who knows where it would lead. I should have guessed, Kagome thought. I should have—

InuYasha stood up angrily. "Dude!" he yelled. "She's fixed! It's a physical impossibility for Tika to be pregnant!"

"What?" Kagome whispered, chancing a glance at him.

"I'd never do that to you. Whether I remembered you or not," he explained, ignoring the cheesiness of his words. "Tika is a psychopathic liar. I'm not sure what it is she wants with me, but whatever it is she ain't getting' it!"

Riku walked into the room and sighed. "Ami's on the roof and she's threatening to jump unless someone finds Kiyuki." Riku rolled her eyes.

"What?" InuYasha looked at Kagome with alarm, who just shook her head and pulled out her phone.

InuYasha headed for the door, Kagome, Miroku, and Sango behind him. Why was he the only one concerned that his daughter was about to commit suicide and no one cared?

"Hey, Kiyuki, we need you here," Kagome said a little rushed. Good, InuYasha thought, she is worried on the inside.

"On the roof again?" He heard Kiyuki say flatly from the from the phone. "I'll be home in two minutes."

Once InuYasha saw where Ami was threatening to jump from, he could see why no one was worried. She was standing on top of the piece of the roof that covered the porch. It was no more than 8 feet off the ground.

"You're just going to cause yourself pain," Riku muttered. "You're being stupid. There are other ways to get attention, you know."

"You would now all about that!" Daisuke muttered.

"What did you say?!" he shot back, smacking her.

Before a fight could break out, Miroku flipped his daughter over his should while Sango grabbed Daisuke by the back of the shirt.

"Well," a voice called, approaching them from the street. "Now I know why she's up there." Kiyuki walked up next to her mother and crossed her arms, glaring at InuYasha, who glared back.

"When she does that she looks exactly like him," Sango giggled.

"Kiyuki, knock it off," Kagome snapped. "Just get her down."

"Jump!" Kiyuki called. "I dare you! All you'll do is hurt yourself. You're too chicken to go head first."

Ami looked up at them for the first time and Kiyuki noticed she was crying.

"You don't think I will?! Because I will!"

"No," Kiyuki laughed. "You won't. I know you."

Sango ushered the triplets inside, Miroku, InuYasha, and Kagome watching.

"That's your problem!" Ami screeched. "You think you know everything about everyone! Well, Kiyuki, you don't. You're probably the only one here who knows nothing! You think you have everyone nailed down and you don't. You don't know how much Daddy loves Mom—"

"He—"

"SHUT. UP!! See! This is what I'm talking about! You make believe you have everyone figured out but you don't! You know you don't and you're so confused that you have no idea what to do or who to turn to. God, just listen to what everyone has been saying for once in your life!"

"You don't know what it's like!" Kiyuki cried. "To know your father and then have him ripped away from you. To watch your mother drown in her own pain! I know what it is you've lost! You have no idea what it's like for me!"

"You're so selfish!" She screamed back. "I never knew Daddy. You at least got a little while with him! I didn't even know what he looked like! And now, because you're so stubborn, you're trying to send him away! Look," she pointed at Kagome, whose hand was wound in InuYasha's. "She's happy! She listened to him and allowed things to straighten out!"

"You still won't jump," Kiyuki muttered, crossing her arms and standing her ground.

Ami rolled her eyes and left out a huff before taking a step backwards.

"Ami don't—" Kagome started, but Ami took a running leap off the roof.

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