INUYASHA VERSION OF THE RING
Chapter Ten: Teaching Haruko A Lesson
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(Still day five)
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"It's okay, Kagome. It's not like anyone's watching . . . Ha, if only he knew . . ." Miroku mimicked his friend as he and Sango peered through a small hole in the wall—which InuYasha made when he got mad at Miroku one time—which made Sango release a small laugh.
"Oh, Miroku. You're something, you know that?"
"But what would you do without me, huh?"
"I dunno . . ." Sango leaned in to give him an innocent peck on the cheeks. "Mope around, perhaps?"
"Perhaps . . ."
"It still makes me mad that we haven't figured out by now how to find out a way to save ourselves . . ." Sango sighed.
"Sango, dear. It now just struck me. Did . . . did you happen to see yesterday a sign yesterday that showed a missing girl by the name Reiko Haruko?" Miroku queried.
"Reiko Haruko . . . I wonder if that was the girl that Kohaku was dating!"
"But didn't they say she died?"
"Yeah, but they weren't truly sure . . ."
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"Sango, wha—what do you mean . . . ?" Miroku asked.
"What I MEAN is, Reiko Haruko and Kohaku presumably went to the movies, right?"
"Yeah . . . And—"
"Kohaku and Reiko were coming back with their chaperones, right?"
"Right, but I don't see where this is going . . ." Miroku sighed.
"What I'm getting at is, when they were driving along, and that truck driver swerved at them, and totaled their car, killing my brother . . ." Miroku had to calm down Sango as she started to cry when she spoke of her brother. "Maybe Kohaku was sitting in the front, and he didn't have his seat belt on, while Reiko sat in the back, and HAD her seat belt on. She could've survived. Doesn't it make sense, Miroku? I really think that we're getting closer to solving this."
"But Sango, Reiko Haruko is MISSING! How will we find her?"
"Easy. The one place I would run away to when I was upset with my family."
"Where . . .?"
"The rave."
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Sango and Miroku walked over to the cliff far up their hill and came in view of a tall building. Flashing lights would shine through the windows now and then. Sango jerked on Miroku's hand as she sped up the walkway, Miroku dragged along the ground. As they came to the front, a small crowd of tweens and young teenagers came bursting from the double-doors.
"Oh, yeah. The rave was awesome! Didn't you think so?" a girl asked.
"Definitely, Haruko!"
"Haruko?" Sango and Miroku gasped.
Miroku dragged the girl that asked the question out from the crowd.
"What are you doing? Let go of me!" she screamed and kicked.
"Hold on, I just want to know your name." Miroku asked.
"Haruko. Reiko Haruko. Why? What does it matter to YOU?" the spunky young girl growled.
"It DOES matter. You're that missing girl on the fliers everywhere!"
"No . . . No it doesn't matter! Just let go of me!" Reiko cried.
"I will in a minute. But your family has been worried about you. They put a reward sign up for the person that finds you."
"Oh, I see how it is now . . . You just want the money because my family is rich and you just think that you can get rich by snuggling off some money from my parents! That's really low, man!" Reiko yelled arrogantly.
Miroku sighed and, rolling his eyes, heaved the girl over his shoulder and walked down the walkway with Sango. He clapped a hand to her mouth to shut her up, only she tried desperately to bite him.
"Besides, I know you're lying, Reiko. There wasn't a reward sign up, and your family isn't all that rich. You just said that so you might be released from me, and run away again, while your family searches everywhere, worried sick for their daughter!" Miroku said.
"But, then, that means, YOU LIED!"
"No, he didn't lie, Reiko. He wanted to see what you'd say. By the way, did you go out with Kohaku? My brother?" Sango reproved.
"Y-yeah. Why?"
"Tell me what happened when you came back from the movies."
"Um, okay . . . Well, when he FIRST asked me out, we went over to his house. I guess that you weren't there at the time. So I mentioned about watching a tape," Reiko started. Sango gasped and held her breath.
'That damn little wench . . . She got Kohaku into watching it and that's probably how he died!' she thought angrily.
"He didn't want to, but he gave in. I left, but he didn't know it."
"And then?" Sango pushed. 'So she left so she wouldn't die from watching the tape! I'm hating this girl every second more and more.'
"And then a week later, we went to the movies."
"Right. Go on," Sango pushed on again.
"We saw the movie and left when the credits came up. Your parents were waiting outside for us . . ."
"Then what happened?" Sango queried.
"We . . . we drove off, and Kohaku looked at the time and he had a worried look on his face. When he looked up, there was a little girl in white on the hood of the car . . . Her dark hair came over her face, and we couldn't see what she looked like . . .
"Kohaku yelled as a truck came closing in on us. I saw the girl's eye through her hair, and she stared at Kohaku . . . He fell limply onto the floor, when she did that. I don't know how, but it killed him. Then . . . the truck crashed against the car, and it killed your parents, but I held onto Kohaku, and . . . here I am."
Sango glared and lunged at Reiko, but Miroku held her back by the arms.
"You bitch! You tricked my brother into seeing the tape and you made him die! Why? WHY??!! Damn you, Reiko Haruko! DAMN YOU!"
"I didn't really like him to begin with. I was just using him."
". . . You wench."
"Now, now, Sango. D-don't get angry with her." Miroku said calmly. "Besides, I know a way to make her pay." He whispered.
Sango looked up and saw the glinting in his eyes.
"Reiko, where do you live?"
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Sango stopped outside a white building and Miroku got out from the car, holding Reiko tightly on the arm. They walked inside the screen room, and he tried the door.
"I have the key." Reiko mumbled, holding a shiny silver key in her hand. Miroku snatched it and unlocked the door.
"Where's your bedroom, Haruko?" Sango asked.
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Reiko woke up and found herself tied to a chair. She looked outside and saw it was dark.
"I guess your parents are out of town?" Miroku mentioned.
"But," Sango started, "if they're looking for you, why would they be out of town?"
"Because they're NOT. They don't even care about me. They wouldn't care if I died in my sleep. It's my grandma that cares about me. I bet she was the one that put up the fliers. Until she passed away about four days ago . . ."
"What was her maiden name?"
"Ikumi."
"She . . . she was my house-keeper! And then she died because she watched the tape!"
"Duh. That's why I didn't watch the tape!" Reiko burst.
"That's where you're wrong . . ." Miroku mumbled.
"Wha—Get off me!"
Miroku stood back and admired his work. Reiko was now bound tighter to the chair, and a cloth stuffed in her mouth so she wouldn't scream. Sango walked over to the girl's TV and VCR and turned both of them on. Miroku tossed her the tape and Sango pushed it in and they walked out from the room.
Miroku had made sure that Reiko would keep her eyes open so she could watch it.
When they heard no more sound, they walked back into the girl's room and the TV screen was blank and the tape lay on the floor. Reiko was still tied to the chair. That's when the phone rang.
Sango picked it up and held it to the girl's ear.
"In seven days, you will die . . ."
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