A/N: Wow, I didnt think that I would get this chapter out today. But my dad is running late so what the hell? lol.

FlamingRedFox: Thankies! Ya know, thats a pretty long time to post a chapter. lol. I will probably be in the same position like 2 months from now. I am having issues with another story, I'm regretting posting it now because my readers are mad at me! I havent posted a chapter on it in...a month? I dont know. But I'm really stuck. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!

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YuniX-2: That part wasnt intentionally funny but whatever. lol. A rubberband COULD NOT wake me up! Trust me. I know. Experience. And a bruise to prove it. lol. I dont know about an alarm clock. My mommy wakes me up :). I do that too. I talk and talk and talk forever until someone goes "LOLA! Shut...Up!" which happens a lot lol. I dont get good grades in school. I dont know why. Its so confusing I think my teachers just hate me. You know how teachers always say they talk about us in meetings and stuff? Well, my friend passed by the place where the teachers were supposed to be discussing us that they were playing cards and drinking soda! I could just picture my phycho english teacher sitting there saying "Do you have any threes?" LOL. Oh well, thanks for reviewing!

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Moonglow gal: What will happen? Read to find out! Kohaku is being a little...grrrr...but he just misses his sissy! lol. Thanks for reviewing!

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Last Time:

Kagome got up and opened the door again. She crawled on her hands and knees to Sango's alarm clock and turned it on. Kagome crawled back out, hearing the repeated beeping as she shut the door.

"Ok, let's go!" Kagome yelled to Inuyasha while speeding to the door.

Chapter 7:

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut the hell up!" Sango yelled as she slammed her hand down on the alarm clock, praying that this time she broke it. She rolled over and tried to fall back asleep but for some reason she couldn't.

"Having trouble with waking up, Sango?" A voice next to her asked.

Sango sat straight up. Oh, my God...who is in bed with me? Did I get drunk? Okay, calm down. Just look over...

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sango screamed and fell out of the bed, "What are you doing in here?" She asked.

Miroku rolled his eyes, "Don't worry, Sango. You didn't get drunk or anything, we simply fell asleep."

Fell asleep? Oh yeah...Its all coming back...Kohaku and I had a fight...Thank God.

"Sango! You said you'd be up! Let's go!" Sango heard Kagome yell for her in the living room.

"Shit! It's Kagome! You can't let her see you!" Sango hissed.

"Why not? It's not like we did anything." Miroku said coolly.

"She won't think so! She will try to convince us that we've fallen in love and it was fate that made Sessy put us together. Trust me; I know her shit!" Sango said from her closet where she was finding something to wear.

"Maybe she's right..." Miroku said suggestively.

Sango threw a shirt out of her closet, aiming it for Miroku but its lightweight fabric sent it crashing to the floor a few feet in front of him, " She couldn't be more wrong you sick perv.."

"What do you want me to do? Sneak out the window?" Miroku said, picking up the shirt and throwing it back.

Sango stepped out of the closet and caught the shirt before it hit the ground, "No. Just say, um, your car broke down and you slept on the floor. Yeah, that's right."

"Fine." Miroku said leaning back against her headboard.

A couple seconds later, Kagome burst through the door. She pretended to look surprised when she saw Miroku sitting on her bed, "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Umm..." Miroku started, but he couldn't seem to remember the lie, "Oh yeah...my car broke down last night after I took Sango home. I slept on the floor."

"Oh, ok." Kagome said, stifling her laughter at the obviously planned lie, "Where's Sango?"

Miroku pointed to the closet which currently had clothes flying out of it in all directions.

Kagome rolled her eyes and walked into the closet.

"Sango! Can't you wear something besides black?" Miroku heard.

"No. I like black."

"What about this blue shirt?" He heard Kagome say, followed by the sound of a hanger clanking in the closet.

"Ewww...Kagome! I hate that shirt!" Sango yelled.

"Oh, fine! Wear what you want!" Kagome yelled back.

"Thank you...I will!"

A few seconds of clothes wrestling together preceded the two girls emerging from the closet. Sango was dressed in black.

Kagome's car pulled up in front of an old musty house at 2:27 as Sango took a deep breath and prepared herself for the disgusting contents in the house she would have to come in contact with again. Behind her, she heard Miroku do the same.

They piled out of the car and up the steps to the decrepit door, its tarnished brass handle glaringly reflecting the watery sunlight. Sango always got feelings of trepidation when she was in the house, like there was some hidden secret that someday she would discover. Maybe it was the mother, whom she still didn't trust, or maybe it was the murder that took place here 3 years prior.

"Good afternoon." The mother kindly greeted the four investigators into her home. They greeted her in the same manner and took the same seats as last week. Sango couldn't help but notice the same clothes were piled on the old chair in the corner.

"Ms. Saunders?" Kagome started, "Is your son here?"

"Yes, he's in his bedroom"

"Would you mind if we had a few minutes with him?" Kagome asked, pulling her best charm act.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt." Ms. Saunders said, pulling herself out of the chair, "I would only like one of you to go in though."

They all followed the woman down the long hallway. Sango studied the pictures on the wall. There was a school photo of each child, except Chloe, Sango noticed. An old family picture did have Chloe in it, but a new one that hung next to it didn't.

Ms.Saunders stopped in front of a room where a little boy was sitting in a chair reading. She explained once again that she would only like one investigator to speak with him today and then excused herself to the kitchen.

"So who's going to go in?" Inuyasha whispered.

"I think Sango should." Kagome said.

"Me?" Sango asked.

"You have a little brother, you know how to handle little kids." Miroku explained.

"Need I remind you that me and my brother want each other dead?" Sango said to him.

"Just go, you have the most experience!" Kagome argued.

"Oh, fine!" Sango stepped cautiously into the room, took a deep breathe and proceeded to the boy. She sat in a chair oppisite of him and studied his features. His eyes were a deep green, like Chloe's. But his bone structure was different, he was of a considerably smaller build.

He looked up from the book he was reading, "Yes?" he asked.

Sango took a deep breathe, "I'm Sango" she explained quietly, " and I'm from the police department. I just want to ask you a few questions about Chloe, is that alright?"

"Yeah." the boy put down his book.

"What's your name?" Sango asked.

"Alberto."

"Okay, Alberto. Do remember anything about the night your sister was . . . killed." She asked, trying to decide if killed was an appropriate word for a 7 year old.

"I was the first to fall asleep," he confided, "I had a bad dream that night. I tried to wake up Chloe, like I usually do, but she wouldn't wake up so I went to sleep in my mommy's room."

"Okay, Where did you and Chloe spend a lot of your time away from home?" Sango asked, momentarily glancing up at her partners.

"Our Nana's house," Alberto said, "We went over there all the time. She had a TV but Chloe would never let me change the channel. I didn't want to watch her dumb shows."

Sango laughed, "Did anyone ever come see Chloe at your Nana's?"

"The was this one guy. His name was Joey and he was a friend of my Nana's but he lived near us. He came over a lot, he never spoke to Chloe or me a lot, but he always sat next to Chloe."

"Did Chloe ever talk about him to you?"

"No. She said once that she wanted him to stop coming to close to her but she didn't say anything else."

"I think that's enough questions, detective." Sango glanced up and was surprised to see Ms.Saunders standing in the doorway, behind Kagome, Miroku and Inuyasha, who looked equally surprised to see her. Sango nodded at her and turned back to the boy.

"It was nice meeting you Alberto." Sango said, and then stood up to leave.

Ms.Saunders lead Kagome, Miroku and Inuyasha down the hallway and Sango began to follow until Alberto grabbed her hand.

"Wait, go to my Nana's house and check the carpet" Alberto said quickly.

"Why?" Sango asked.

"I cant explain now." Alberto said, glancing nervously at the door, "Just do it."

Sango nodded and walked quickly out of his bedroom to catch up to everyone.

Sango slammed the car door and shifted in her seat. Her mind was racing with questions regarding Alberto's sudden advice. She remembered how nervous he looked. Does his mom know something? Obviously. Has she threatened him? Probably. Does he know more? Extremely Likely.

She waited until the car was safely around the corner until turning to her partners, "After you guys started walking down the hallway, Alberto stopped me." She said.

"What did he say?" Kagome asked.

"He said we should check the carpet at his Nana's house. He didnt tell me anymore, though. He seemed pretty scared."

"That's interesting." Miroku said, "I wonder if they all know something but have been threatened."

"Maybe." Inuyasha said.

"I wonder if they Nana's house has already been searched?" Kagome said, turning into the station.

Sango took a deep breath as she stood outside her bosses door. She usually didn't talk to him like a normal person who lived outside his office, but drastic times calls for drastic measures.

She had made sure Kagome, Miroku and Inuyasha had all gone home after they checked the evidence cabinet to see if the Nana's house had been checked. It hadn't. they also discovered that Nana had died 3 years ago and the house now belonged to someone else, which made it all the more difficult.

Exhaling, Sango knocked softly on Sesshomaru's door.

"Enter," Sesshomaru called in a professional manner.

Sango rolled her eyes and opened the door. She walked in quietly, shutting the door behind her, and walked to her usual seat. Sitting in Sesshomaru's office felt awkward without Kagome next to her, she usually kept him talking long enough for Sango to get another 5 minutes of sleep during a meeting. This time, she was on her own.

Sesshomaru looked up form his papers and was surprised to see Sango sitting in her chair. Alone and awake of all things.

"What is it, Sango?" He sounded concerned.

"I have to talk to you about this case." Sango said while nervously wringing her hands.

"Alright." Sesshomaru signaled her to continue.

Sango took another deep breath, "I don't think I'm the best person to handle it."

"What?" Sesshomaru was taken aback, "Why not? Your one of my best agents."

"Its not that I can't handle it...its just..."

"You're becoming attached." Sesshomaru finished for her.

"...Yeah" Sango looked to the floor.

"Its nothing to be afraid of Sango. This is the first time you have dealt with a case as emotional as this. Quite frankly, I would be concerned if you didn't become attached to Chloe."

"Its just weird, " Sango said, "She's not even alive anymore and I feel this deep hatred for her mother because I think she knows who did it but shes not saying anything."

"That's very normal. Trust me Sango, I have been putting agents into cases for 5 years and I don't just draw them out of a hat. You and Kagome, along with Miroku and my younger HALF brother, are perfect for this case."

Sango sighed out of relief, "Alright I feel better," She got up and walked to the door, "I'll see you tomorrow Sessy."

"Be on time!" Sesshomaru called after her. "And don't call me Sessy!

"Yeah yeah." Sango said, slamming the door behind her.

A/N: Sessy...always the voice of reason. lol. I wanted to make him the wise one in this story. If anyone is getting bored with the serene mood of this story. BE PATIANT! I plan to spice things up and make it more adventurous, i just have to get through the step first. Please review!