A/N: Hey guys, I'm sooo sorry this is late! WWWWAAAYYYY late! But I was stuck for a little bit so the chapter is a little short but I promise to work very hard and get the next chapter out soon. lol.

I'm sorry but I dont have time to do reviewer responces for this chapter. But I do appriciate all the reviews and I'll try to fit in a few of them for next chapter. Many thanks to my Beta-reader!

Last Time:

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.

Chapter 8:

"Three o'clock is pefect..." Sango said, while twirling the phone cord in her finger. She was slouched in her chair, discussing a time to search the Nana's house with the current resident, "Yes, we will see you then...thank you...bye."

Sango stopped playing with the phone cord and placed the receiver back into its place. She sighed loudly and placed her head in her hands. She was dead tired and felt addicted to the cold medicine she had been taking the past 2 weeks to help her sleep.

"Hey Sango," Inuyasha said, walking into the room and making himself comfortable on Kagome's desk.

Sango sat up and pretended to be hard at work. When she turned around and noticed it was Inuyasha, she resumed her normal position, "Damn, you scared me. I thought you were Sessy. You sound a lot like him."

"No I don't!" Inuyasha said defensively.

"Calm down, Inuyasha. It's no big deal to sound like your brother." Sango retorted.

"He's my HALF brother." Inuyasha corrected.

"Yeah yeah, I know. I've heard it enough. What's with you guys anyway? What's wrong with being called brothers?" Sango asked.

"You dont understand what its like having Sessy as a brother. We like to let people know we are not fully related, partly because I'm better than him in every way." Inuyasha stated proudly.

"You wish, little brother.." Sesshomaru said, making a dramatic entrance in the room.

"No...You wish! I've always been better than you and you just couldn't handle it!" Inuyasha yelled.

"Who's yelling?" Miroku asked, walking through the doorway. He looked at Inuyasha and then at Sesshomaru and instantly got the message. He walked across the room and sat on Sango's desk, resting his feet on the arm of her chair, waiting for the show. Sango glared at him but didn't comment.

"You, little brother, have not been better than me at anything. I believe it was I who was better." Sesshomaru said simply.

"What! Hell no!" Inyasha yelled.

"What's with all the yelling?" Kagome asked as she entered the room. She looked over at Inuyasha and sighed, "Inuyasha, can't you move my papers before sitting your ass on my desk?"

"Its not my fault your papers aren't smart enough to move!" Inuyasha said stubbornly.

Kagome rolled her eyes and sat in her chair, "Sango, did you talk to the owner of the Nana's house?"

"Yeah, we can go over to look at the house at three today.'' Sango said

"If you all don't mind, I would like to finsh proving my brother wrong!" Inuyasha yelled.

"HALF brother!" Everyone corrected in unison.

Inuyasha sighed, "Whatever! I'm getting coffee!"

Sango's car (still being driven by Kagome) pulled up in front of a small house at 2:56. It was more cleaned up and better looking than Chloe's mom's house, which made everyone feel a little better.

The small house was painted blue and white with a red-brown porch, a picture window in the front, and a bedroom window on the side. The yard was divided in two by a walkway and on either side of the path was a big tree, one with a tire swing hanging on a branch. Walking up the pathway, they reached the front door, it's knocker dull from the lack of polishing it had seen. Inuyasha picked up the knocker and banged it on the door three times.

After about 5 seconds, a young brunette woman about in her 30's came to the door wearing jeans and a black t-shirt.

"Hello, you must be from the police department!" The women greeted, "My name is Loretta."

"Hi," Kagome said, taking charge immediantly, "I'm Kagome, this is Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha." She pointed at each one of them as she said their name.

Loretta lead them inside the living room. Its light brown walls complemented the green couch and chairs, and the coffe table, entertainment center, and bookshelf were all a deep mahogany.instantly appealed to Sango's taste much more than Chloe's mom's house ever could.

"Please have a seat." Loretta offered, "Can I get anyone something to drink?"

"No, I think were all fine, thank you" Kagome replied.

"Mommy!" A little boy about 8 or 9 ran into the room and right up to Loretta.

"Honey, can it wait, as you can see I'm a little busy." Loretta said.

"But Mommy, the girl is back!" he whined.

"Honey, please go watch TV." Loretta begged.

The little boy stomped out of the room as Loretta gave them an apologetic smile, "I'm very sorry about that. My son is convinced that a little girl is showing up in the TV room and not letting him change the channel!"

Sango's stomach churned. Chloe would never let me change the channel. I didn't want to watch her dumb shows. Alberto's words rang in Sango's head.

"Do you mind if we look around the house?" Kagome requested politely.

"No; go right ahead. I'll be in the kitchen if you need anything." Loretta excuse herself from the room.

Kagome left her chair and started looking around the living room. Sango and Miroku followed suit while Inuyasha stayed on the chair and surveyed the room.

"It doesnt look like the carpet has been changed," Kagome stated, "Could a footprint still be on it?"

"Maybe, if the spot hasnt been walked on a lot." Inuyasha said from across the room.

Sango walked to the window and pulled the blinds closed, making the room dark. "Lets see if we can get the black light to work."

Kagome reached into a bag she had brought in and pulled out a black light. When she turned it on, everything white in the room began to glow purple.

The room was full of women footprints and little boy prints. The group ignored those as they searched for something of interest. "Oh, heres a manly footprint!" Kagome shouted triumphantly.

"Heh, umm...I think thats mine, Kagome." Miroku said examining the bottom of his shoe.

Kagome sighed and continued looking. Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha were following behind her, trying to be careful of where they stepped.

They made their way across the room to the far corner, past the bookshelf and in between the couch and chair. Sango wondered why they were even going that far, since the space was so small that no one would even stand there. But right in the center of the corner, stood an unfamiliar footprint.

The group stared at it for a minute, unsure that it was even there. Kagome turned to Sango, knowing she could be of some help. "What do you think, Sango?" she asked quietly.

Sango took a deep breath, "Size 11 Dockers."

A/N: I'm sorry this is short too. I need the next part to be a chapter in itself so this part has to be small. Please dont give up on me. I know my chapters have been coming later and later but I think I've gotten away from the hard parts of this story and now I'll move on to the easier ones that I know.