"Wha…but how?" Kagome stared down at the picture in shock. Kaede who had heard her speak looked over and her eyes narrowed. Standing she walked over and stanched the picture from the girls grasp.
"That is none of your business"
Kagome looked up at the old women with wide eyes, then blinked a few times and spoke. "I…I'm sorry Ms. Kaede." She watched as Kaede placed the picture back on the table. Only then did Kagome realize it had been turned face down.
"I really am sorry Ms. Kaede, I didn't know. Um…but may I ask. Who was that in the picture?"
"That was my sister Kikyo, myself and the man I believed to have killed her" Kaede's eye was blank, as if she were trying to remember something.
InuYasha growled from somewhere in the room, startling Kagome.
"Oh, InuYasha. I forgot you were here."
"Obviously, wench" He smirked at the look that took to her face.
"InuYasha, what did I tell you?"
"I seemed to have forgotten. Wanna remind me?" His eyes and voice daring her to take him up on the offer. He watched her blink, then turned his face to gaze out the window.
"Hmph." Kagome glared at the side of his head menacingly, then shot her eyes away and looking to the old lady sitting across from her. "So Ms. Kaede…um… who was the people in that picture?" She blushed.
"The little girl in the picture was me, the older female being my sister, Kikyo. And the man, that man was…him." Ms. Kaede answered, her face darkening.
"Him?" Kagome blinked, InuYasha ear turning towards Ms. Kaede's voice. "Um… him, who?"
"Him, Onigumo"
InuYasha's eyes widened, and his head shot around. But before he got a chance to speak, Kaede continued.
"Onigumo, the man that I believe killed my sister. The man that only used her for her expertise in Youkai building."
"Why do you believe he killed, Kikyo?"
"Well not him per say, but something he created. A youkai that he once made."
InuYasha's ears flattened against his skull, a growl emitting from deep in his throat.
"That…Bastard." He growled, causing Kagome to shift her eyes in his direction.
"InuYasha?"
"What!?" The 'man' in question snapped.
"Are…you ok?"
"Just fine" His ears lifted, his eyes lost their angry glow and he turned his attention back out the window.
"InuYasha…" Kagome spoke softly.
"What!?" He snapped back, turning his head once again to look at her, fangs bared.
Sighing Kagome shook her head, and looked away. Turning her attention back to the old woman.
"Ms. Kaede…please go on."
"Now, as I was saying. I believe it was Onigumo's creation. An evil thing."
"Why do you think that?"
"Because, there was no evidence at the crime scene. Human's couldn't get away with that."
"Hmph…that's true…humans are to stupid to get away with it" InuYasha muttered.
Kagome glanced at him with narrowed eyes, and sighed.
"You see…Onigumo was in love with my sister. But when he saw her with InuYasha, how happy she seemed. He became jealous…"
"He thought she loved him?"
"Yes…and to tell the truth…Kikyo did love InuYasha"
"Yea…right…she really showed that" "InuYasha…hush…go on Ms. Kaede."
"Well after a while….my sister began getting threatening letters and phone calls…stating that if she kept InuYasha booted…that there'd be trouble."
"She didn't pay any attention to them…that was…until she was attacked one night."
"Attacked?" Kagome and InuYasha both spoke in unison.
"Yes…attacked"
"Kikyo never mentioned being attacked to me…" InuYasha eyes glossed over, as if he were in thought. "But…that one night…she came home…crying"
"Yes…and that was a week before you were shut down…"