Chapter 28: Unclaimed Justice

Ai just couldn't stop think about what Kagome told her what happened to her hand. It's been an hour since she helped Kagome treating her injured fingers. It's just something that Ai cannot tolerate. Hige and Kikyo arrived home shortly after Kagome went to her room to do her homework. Hige gestures Kikyo to go up to check up on Kagome to make sure she's doing ok. Kikyo nods and goes up, leaving the parents alone for a more matured conversation.

"Ai what exactly happened to Kagome?" Hige asks his wife calmly as they go to his office. Ai closes the door behind her. "According to the nurse, it was a student in Kagome's class that did it to her." Hige nods urging her to continue on. "Apparently for each class, the students are assigned to their lockers in alphabetically order. Kagome's locker is right next to the student because there's no other student's last name that is between, which made Kagome an easy target." Ai explains her statement. Hige sighs and goes into his computer. "What are you doing?" Ai asks him as she comes up to him.

Hige goes to the website of the school and look up to see the topic about misbehaving students. "Does it say anything about assault?" Ai asks curiously. Hige scrolls down to find the answer. "It says here that whenever a student injures another, the student's parent/guardian are informed about the situation and a punishment is depended on the case. The victim's parent/guardian are also informed as well about the situation, and it's up to them if they want to let their child to be transferred to another school or remain where she is." Hige reads the information. Ai frowns, "I never expected something like this were to happen to our daughter." Hige stands up, "Have you try to arrange a meeting with the principal?" He asks her. Ai nod for a yes, "We are to be there first thing in the morning." Hige nods back. "I think it's time that we lecture the principal about student protection." He declares as they leave the office and make dinner for the night.

In Kagome's room, Kagome is doing her homework that she got so far before the event. It's a good thing that she writes right-handed so it's nothing to worry about. "Kagome, may I come in?" Kikyo peeks in. Kagome nods without taking her eyes off her assignment. Kikyo comes in to check up on her younger sister. She spots the bandaged hand. "What happened to your hand?" She asks as she sits by her. "I fell down the stairs." Kagome lies her answer. She doesn't want more people to get worried for her wellbeing. "The truth, Kagome. I cannot protect you from someone who would hurt you." She takes hold of her sister's shoulder.

Kagome looks down, making her bangs cover her chocolate brown eyes. "Do you know a kid named Kyoko Pumatino?" She murmurs. Kikyo nods for a yes. "Is she the one who did this to you?" Kagome hmms instead of speaking. "She slammed my locker door onto my hand and this is how my hand came to be. I dropped to to my knees holding my injured hand, and screamed so loud." Kagome gives the true story. Kikyo widens her eyes, "You screamed?" She asks in disbelief. Kagome nods again. "What I didn't know was that when class is in session, their doors are shut closed and it muted my scream like my incident never happened." She weeps as her tears spill down her face. Kikyo immediately hugs her for comfort and pets her head.

Inuyasha is back in the school building, after hours. As in the students are gone, the teachers are gone, and there's not a single sound of anyone but himself. He comes to the spot where the incident happened. He sniffs the space to find which one is Kagome's locker. He pulls out a a few things to find finger prints on the door and the one next to hers. He looked up to find his secret video camera position just overlooking the locker. He detached the thing and gets it into his pocket. 'I have to get out of here before I get into trouble.' He thought to himself as he finds the nearest exit and get back home.

Inuyasha gets home late in the afternoon, telling his family that he had to stay after to investigate the crime. His parents knew that Inuyasha would do anything to clear Kagome's name if she were to be blamed. He goes up to his room and plugs in the video camera to his computer and reviews for how Kagome's hand got hurt. A few seconds later he widens his eyes. "And I wasn't there for her." He growls. He saves it to a video file and sends it to Kagome's email. "Kagome, make sure that kid gets what she deserves." He said with determination in his eyes and hopes Kagome gets the message.

Back at the Higurashi residence, the family are having dinner as a regular family. It was best suggested that no one to talk about the incident because it'll make Kagome very uncomfortable. So in the end, it was just quiet. It was hard for Kagome though. Like she stated, she eats and drinks left-handed. And because of the condition her left hand is, she has no choice but to use other hand and it's uncomfortable. After dinner, Ai offers to do the dishes and let Kagome go do whatever she wants. She walks up to her room and play her new Sims game. She noticed she got an email from Inuyasha. She clicks it and it's footage of the incident. 'This can be the proof I need to clear my name.' She said as she downloads it and sends it into her ipod touch.

The next morning, Kagome got herself dress, but it's been difficult on her left hand bandaged up. But she managed to get that through. "Kagome, you ready to go?" Kikyo asks as she comes in. Kagome nods and gets her backpack and leaves the house with her sister to head to school. Once the girls left, Ai and Hige got themselves ready for the day. But made sure that they called their jobs and explain to them that they're going to be coming in late because of the meeting with the principal. "I wonder what the principal will be like?" Hige asks his wife. Ai holds her chin, "To be frank, I've never met him or her before. It's a mystery to us for sure." She answer and they head off to the school.

At the door outside of the office, Inuyasha is about to comes in but a familiar voice spoke. "Morning." Hige greets him. Ai smiles to him. "What can I help you with Inuyasha?" She asks him. Inuyasha pulls out the camera, "This should be your proof about Kagome getting hurt." He gives it to them. Hige and Ai look at each other curiously. "How is it that you know about this?" Hige asks the boy. "I'll explain later. Gotta go." He said and leaves them alone. "I think we should take his word for it and use it to our advantage." Ai suggests as they enter the office. Hige nods in agreement.

The principal office door opens up to reveal a man in his mid 40's with black hair combed back with dark brown eyes. "Good Morning, Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi. I've been expecting you." He gestures to enter. Ai and Hige enter and take a seat in front of the desk while the principal sits in his seat. "I'm Mr. Buriko." He offers his hand to them. Ai and Hige return theirs and they begin. "I've received a suggestion from the nurse to call in for a meeting that has to do with your daughter, Kagome." He speaks so far. Ai nods, "Yes. You see my daughter was a victim to another student in her class." She spoke calmly. "I see. And according to the nurse, the student that was responsible for injuring Kagome's left hand." He assumes to them.

Hige nods, "Yes, and my daughter has been put into a situation that wasn't supposed to be ignored." He speaks calmly as well, not to freak out the principal as he pulls out the camera that Inuyasha gave to them earlier. Mr. Buriko takes the camera and plays whatever it was on it. It only contained the footage of the incident. Secretly Mr. Buriko was not that surprised as the parents were. "What you said to about the incident is the true." He gives it back to them. "But I cannot immediately expel the student as of yet." He said to them seriously. "Why not?" Ai asks as she narrows her eyes.

Mr. Buriko sighs, "You see here, the student's parents are on a business trip and unfornately I cannot get a hold of them to tell them what their daughter did to yours. I assure you the sooner they return; the sooner this issue will be resolved." He apologizes to them so far. Hige and Ai made sure that their anger is being kept in a possible minimum. "Do you know when they'll return?" Ai asks him. Mr. Buriko thinks for a minute. "I believe by the end of this month. That's all I know so far." He tells him. "until then, the student is going to be supervised by another student from the high school to keep an eye on her." He assures them.

Ai and Hige stand. "Okay, thank you for having us for this issue to be resolved as soon as possible and to keep my daughter safe from the student who injured her." Hige bows to him, and Ai follows suit. Once the door closed Mr. Buriko holds his face with his hands frustrated. "I can't believe that one girl had to go that far to do this to Higurashi. What they weren't of what that I was paid by the Pumatinos to keep my mouth shut and not expel their daughter. But that's about to end. I cannot hold this secret any longer." He finalizes in the end.