A/N: It looks like my Muse decided to kick in again! This is kinda funny, because Every time I plan to fire her, she decides to work. Whatever: bad grammar, plotless and silly fic, OOC characters and Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha. I'm only using her character to have some fun, that's all.

Oneshot 6:

"A little white lie."

Hojo stared at Jii-san in sympathy. The old Shinto priest nodded in a clear attempt to reinforce his lie and hoping for the boy to give his present to Kagome and scram quickly, like in other times. But soon, the sympathy stare became a doubtful stare.

"Chagas Disease? Is that an actual sickness?"

Damn! Jii-san looks up at the boy with a blank stare. For the first time he doubted him… and that was a surprise: the boy who was standing in front of him was naïve enough to believe in anything he'd told him. Even about the strange case of when Kagome was cured from her cancer when she got diabetes. But now, Hojo doubted.

"Hai, my boy. We're just plain lucky, you know. Chagas disease is almost undetectable: it has no cure, and :sniff: we don't know how much time Kagome has left :nod, nod:… she could drop dead in any minute:burst into tears… for effect: My Poor Granddaughter! This isn't fair: A father mustn't outlive his son, and never a granddaughter!"

":comforts grandpa: There, there… don't worry, everything is going to be all right."

":cries:"

"But, Higurashi-sama… How come Kagome got Chagas disease?" Hojo insisted. The Chagas disease sounded weird to him and he was starting to believe that grandpa was trying to… get rid of him.

Jii-san detached himself from Hojo's arms and look at him. The he gazed at the Well house and an idea clicked in the back of his mind. Good thing that he had made his little research on the internet the day before…

… Because, Chagas disease was an actual sickness, it was just plain exotic, that's all.

"You know, my boy, that Kagome is… :ahem: a sickly girl. For that reason, she spent a lot of her free time in that Hokora: is a healing place, you know."

"Oh! I remember now! That day, a few months ago, when we got inside the hokora and Kagome was climbing out the well!"

":chokes: Right!… Er… well. The Chagas disease is carried by this cockroach-like bug… what is his name?… Let me think… Vinchuca! And well, this bug lives in The Andes Mountains…"

"In South America?"

"… Er… that's right, South America… Er…"

"And how in the world that cockroach got to Japan?"

":shrugs: Who knows? Well… the bug likes dark and dirty places, and the hokora isn't the cleanest places in the shrine… well, the bite is so light that a person never feels it: that was how Kagome got infected. We aren't sure how the cockroach got there, honestly."

"Oh. Are you sure that there is no cure? Maybe, Maybe If we do a little research… I mean, Kagome got rid of the leukemia with flying colors and without loosing hair because she drank an ancient potion which recipe was hidden in one of the many scrolls of this shrine!" Hojo said this very optimistically.

":sweatdrop: Believe me, we, my daughter-in-law, Sota, Kagome and even myself, are looking for some miracle recipe too."

"Well… Can I see Kagome before leaving? I'll like to see her and try to cheer her up a little."

":frantic: Er… she's with her mother right now. :sighs: You know, they're trying to spent a lot of the little time they had left together. Even Sota will be missing school."

":Bark, Bark:"

"BYE GRANDPA! SEE YOU IN THE AFTERNOON!" Sota yelled as he rushed out of the house and down the stairs, followed by his dog, a big german shepherd: the scene was part of their daily routine.

Of course, When Sota rushed out of the house in order to go to school didn't help Jii-san's lie a bit. The old man clenched his fist and waved it at the kid. Sota stopped dead on his tracks, stunned for the gesture.

"YOU UNCONSIOUS LAD! GET BACK INTO THE HOUSE AND DON'T YOU DARE TO LEAVE YOUR SISTER ALONE! SHE COULD DROP DEAD IN ANY MINUTE AND YOU KNOW THAT!"

Jii-san yelled with all of his might, terrifying his poor grandson while at it. Rock, Sota's dog, also froze in his tracks and lie down as his little master stared at his grandpa in shock.

":whine:"

"But… I'll be late… to school…" Sota said dumbfounded.

"I don't care! What's more important to you? Your sister or your school? Get Back Into The House! NOW!" As Jii-san waved his broom, Sota, too stunned to complain, ran to the house and slammed the door behind him. Rock remained still in his spot. Grandpa Higurashi sobbed. "Kids these days."

"He must be in shock." Assured Hojo in deep sympathy.

":sniff: He was devastated when he knew the bad news. His mother didn't want to tell him anything, but… Kagome thought that it wasn't fair for the little boy: she's her big sister after all. :sob, sob: Life is so cruel!"

"He seemed happy to me. At least, until you knock some sense in him… too happy, he looks like he didn't know of what were you talking about… as if his sister isn't sick at all" Reasoned Hojo suddenly, scratching the back of his head…

":sweatdrop: Er… Is not what you think, Hojo my boy…"

"I know…"

"Game over! This boy discovered my lie!" He thought. "Sota is a good kid and…"

"Don't worry Higurashi-sama. I don't doubt that Sota is a good kid… It must be hard for him to know that his older sister is dying… My dad says that people express their feeling in the most unusual ways."

"Err…"

"He must be in denial… :nod, nod:. Well, I'll be going know. Please, give these herbs to Kagome, along with my best wishes."

"I'll."

"Kagome is very brave. I admire her :bows: Good bye, Higurashi-sama."

"Bye, Hojo…"

Jii-san stared at the boy a little bit dumbfounded. He shook his head and swept the broom across the ground, resuming the task which Hojo interrupted. Rock gazed the broom and whined. The old man always played with him and he was very fun to play with, but after his recent outburst, the dog didn't have the courage to do anything remotely similar to play.

"Jii-san?" Mrs. Higurashi suddenly said. That feminine voice diverted him from his thoughts and it didn't sound happy. Grandpa Higurashi stared at his daughter-in-law.

"Yes, daughter?"

"Sota is crying in his bedroom and he says that you scared him and forbidden him to go to school today. Is that true?"

Jii-san sweatdropped. This was going to be a LONG conversation.

The End.

By

Misao-CG.

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