INUYASHA VERSION OF THE RING

Chapter Eleven: Pure Hearted

Disclaimer: I hate these things... ::sigh:: I don't own anything...

A/N: Okay, some of you may think that Sango and Miroku are being evil and trying to, well, you know, to Reiko. But they're not. Like the last chapter said, the chapter was called, "Teaching Haruko A LESSON", not kill her. That is all. Heh-heh . . . But I DID see what Lady Illusion wrote in the review, that it's not right to do that to Reiko, EVIL, Reiko, and I totally agree. But people can change, right? Oops, just gave away something. GWAA! Don't listen to me! Um......yeah. Please read? =3

(Friday, their 5th day)

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"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 in the tape 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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"You're gonna DO THAT me??!!" Reiko cried.

"No, just teaching you a lesson . . ." Sango explained. "Unless you know a way how to save people from watching it? We've been trying to find a way, since we watched it last Saturday,"

Reiko just sat back and huffed, shaking her head. Sango sighed.

"You know we're not going to kill you. That's the WRONG thing to do. Even though you probably have the guilt of killing my brother, we're not going to kill you. Isn't that right, Miroku?"

"Huh?" Miroku asked, not paying attention, staring at pictures along the wall of Kohaku and Reiko. "You know, Reiko, for someone not caring about their boyfriend, you sure do have a lot of pictures of Kohaku."

Reiko sat back and turned her head.

"We'll leave you alone, Reiko. Just remember what I told you, okay?" Sango said sweetly.

Reiko stuck out her tongue, and Sango sighed as she clicked the door shut behind her.

"Sango," Miroku started to say as they went down the girl's hallway. "That is really special of you to do that, I mean, I KNEW that we wouldn't, well, you know, "do that" to her. That's really special. It proves how pure hearted you are.

"You know what I say? I say, we go back to Reiko's room, take her somewhere, like, the amusement park, and let her cool off!"

"Miroku, um, that'd be REALLY GREAT, but you do remember it's getting dark out?" Sango said as Miroku rubbed the back of his head nervously.

"Ri—ight . . . I knew that."

"Let's just bring her downstairs to eat. I'm sure she's traumatized about the whole thing, even though she's putting on a show like she's not."

Sango went back into the girl's room and Miroku waited downstairs.

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Reiko sat at the table, resting her chin on her arms, and Sango sat there beside her, putting her arm around the girl.

"Don't touch me." she mumbled.

"Say 'please' . . ." Sango sang-song.

"PLEASE don't touch me." Reiko pretended to be polite.

Sango just sat back and folded her arms and looked out the window.

'Maybe I should call Kagome and see how they're doing . . .'

She thought about it, and asked Reiko where the phone was.

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"Hello? Sango, that you?"

"Ya. It's me, Kagome. How are you two?"

"Oh, fine, fine . . . INUYASHA! PUT THAT VASE DOWN NOW! Uh, heh . . . Everything's—just—peachy. InuYasha—put BUYO down!"

"I'm assuming you two are at your house?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I'm trying to take care of little miss attitude here, but she just won't let me."

"Give her a lollipop and she'll be fine."

". . . Kagome, the girl is thirteen! Thirteen! She's not going to want a lollipop at that age!"

"Lollipop?" Reiko asked. "I want one! I WANT ONE!"

Kagome grinned over the phone.

"What'd I tell you, Sango?"

"Here's your lollipop . . ." Sango sighed. "Guess you were right. Well, I better go. Bye, Kagome."

"Bye-bye."

Sango hung up the phone and walked back over to Reiko.

"Guess what?" Sango played at Reiko.

"What?" she murmured and still was crossing her arms.

"Miroku is ordering pizza for us."

"Really?" Reiko's eyes shined. "It doesn't have anchovies on it, right?"

"Nope, just plain cheese pizza. I hate anchovies anyways!" Sango stuck out her tongue in disgust.

"Me, too." Reiko agreed.

And at that moment, Sango was pretty sure that she and Reiko were sharing an intimate moment.

The doorbell rang about twenty minutes after that, since Miroku was pretty lucky to live nearby the Pizza Palace. Miroku paid the delivery man and brought in the pizza.

"YAY, YAY, YAY! Thank you!" Reiko cried, jumping up and down. Unfortunately, she was too short to snatch the pizza from Miroku's hands.

Miroku accidentally dropped the pizza on the table and Reiko dove for it.

"Thanks, you guys! You know, I was wrong about you. I was being a greedy little punk, wasn't I?"

Miroku was about to agree, but Sango kicked him underneath the table discreetly.

"NO, you were fine. Uh, typical teenager stuff, right? Hormones." Miroku said.

"Hormones, oka—ay . . ." Reiko mumbled through chewing gobs of cheese and pizza. "Sango, I don't really know a way how you can save yourselves, and I guess myself, from that tape, but, uh, I'd be happy to help you . . . No one wants to die, right?"

Sango nodded, she couldn't open her mouth from the pizza. Sticky cheese. Yecch!

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Sango walked up the stairs with Reiko and Miroku trailed behind her.

"When do you think your parents will be back?" the sixteen year-old asked the younger one who was crawling into bed. It was already half-past one.

"I don't know, and I don't really care. This really isn't much of a home without parents. And since my grandma died, I don't have any family here, all of them are in Germany or whatnot."

Sango gasped and linked her arms around Reiko's back.

"You poor thing! I know EXACTLY how you feel. I don't have ANY family left, except for that one long-lost cousin who is in the show biz. I don't even know what his name is. Say, Reiko, do you have a birthday coming up?"

"Yeah, but . . . why?"

"Just wondering." Sango said innocently.

"July 15th." Reiko yawned.

"Thank you! Oh, and goodnight," Sango left the room with Miroku and they walked down to the living room and flopped on some couches. They discussed on having a celebration for the girl. She probably never even really had a decent one, knowing her parents don't care about her and she has really no family.

"When is July 15th?" Sango asked.

"Wonder if she's got a calendar . . . Okay, today is the 3rd of July, so that would be in . . . twelve days."

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Sango awoke the next day when a splash of sunlight rose over her eyes. She rose from her spot and found Miroku sleeping on the other couch. She heard a sudden bang upstairs and dashed to Reiko's room. She burst the door open and Sango saw the little girl in white, back to Sango, facing Reiko, and disappeared.

"It . . . it was Sadako . . ." Reiko trembled as Sango held the girl close to her.

"There, there. It's okay," Sango assured Reiko. "We're going to figure this thing out, even if I have to DIE trying!"

"Th—thanks, Mom—Err, I mean, Sango . . . It's just that, well, you and Miroku have been like second parents to me . . ."

Sango's eyes shined in the light and she embraced Reiko.

"You know, kid, you're not so bad after all," Sango exclaimed. "Not so bad after all . . ."

Okay, I got this chapter finished. They've got ONE day left, since yesterday was the 5th day, and now it's morning, so it's the 6th day, and the 7th is the last. Will everyone make it in time and Reiko will be rescued? Well, hopefully! We don't want anyone dying, now do we? Okay, maybe SOME of us do, but that's not the point. Hope you liked this! Please review!!!!

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