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"I can't tell you all how many times I read the note Miss Higurashi left behind," the detective began once the four friends were back in the kitchen. "Must've been two dozen times minimum and I still didn't see it. It didn't click until just a few minutes ago." He held up the 'suicide' note. In red, six letters had been circled. "These letters were capitalized when they shouldn't have. Notice what they spell?" Sesshomaru watched as they all mouthed "murder". "That's right. One of you is a murderer and one heck of an actor."

He smirked coldly, pacing the floor.

"The letters were the first clue. The second was the lyrics in the corner. By slip of the tongue, Mr. Sagami mentioned you were all a family, in your own 'twisted' way. Wouldn't you agree, Sister Kikyou?" The girl gazed up at him, pale under her tears. "I don't know what you are getting at, detective." she said in a voice barely audible above the construction work. He waved a hand towards the window where the workers were visible through. "As cliché as it sounds, you might have gotten away with it if you hadn't slipped up in your story.

"You blatantly said Kagome had been whispering over the phone, yet there's no possible to have heard her with all this noise from next door. Your profile," he nudged the report still on the counter, "says you regularly run twenty-six to twenty-eight mile marathons. This house is only four miles from your house, so who's to say you didn't run over here, murder Kagome, then run back to call Inuyasha?"

Sesshomaru didn't wait for her response before rounding on Inuyasha. "You said Kikyou sounded hysterical and maybe...a little more breathless than she should've?" Stunned, the golden-eyed man nodded. The detective gave a self-satisfied grin, turning back to Kikyou. "Also, Kagome was the only one to call you 'Sister Kikyou', was she not? Then don't you find it odd she particularly choose 'Twister Transistor' lyrics and capitalized the 'sistor' bit?"

She shook her head, slowly at first, then faster. "No, not at all…That was one of her favorite songs." It wasn't and the other three friends knew it. "You seem so quick to point the finger at me, but do you have any definite proof it could have been me? There weren't any foreign fingerprints in the bathroom, on Kagome, or the knife. Mr.Kyokutou told me so."

He ignored her once more. "Inuyasha? Does Kikyou have a pair of gloves?" "Uh…yeah, wool ones." Sesshomaru chuckled darkly. "And there's the proof we need. What Shippou said was true, but he didn't tell you we found thread fibers. We're just about to have them tested, too. Also, there are footprints that if we checked against yours would match, I'm sure. But why?" He paused, frowning. "Why did you kill her?" All eyes focused on Kikyou.

They saw her turn even whiter and laugh unevenly. "Why? WHY! I'll tell you God-damn WHY! She had everything I could ever want: loving parents, even if they were only foster parents; a loyal best friend; a handsome fiancé; a good job; and a beautiful house! Hell, she even had her own paid-off car! So when I finally got something I cared about," she waved a hand toward Inuyasha, "guess what happens? I find out that isn't really mine. Kagome was sleeping with him as well!" There was a shocked silence as Kikyou took a few breaths. Kouga stared at Inuyasha who was staring at his raging girlfriend. "You knew?" he asked at the same time Kouga said "You were?" Sango slid to the floor, head held in hands, murmuring "Oh God" over and over.

Kikyou sighed, "I found out two weeks ago when you said you were going fishing over the weekend with Myouga. You'd left your jacket at home and the weather channel reported it might snow, so I called Myouga's cell. He told me you weren't there; he was at home with a thrown-out back!"

"...so you called me to see if Kagome was with me or Sango," Kouga continued numbly, "When I said she wasn't and she was out of town to help an old friend, that's why you laughed and hung up so suddenly..." He searched her face for any traces of denial. There were none, Kikyou simply smiled sadly. "You deserved better than that whore, we all did. I was just the only one to see that and correct it."

Sesshomaru motioned to his assistant and Shippou came forward with the handcuffs. "I'm sorry it turned out that way, Miss Yamamoto, but did it ever occur to you to just leave Inuyasha and inform Kouga?" The detective asked conversationally as he snapped the metal cuffs on the guilty woman. She snorted with contempt. "Hell yes, it did. Do you have any idea how good Inuyasha is in bed, though?" There was a collective shudder as Kikyou was marched out. 'I can't believe she said that out loud...however true it is...' Inuyasha thought. Kouga was thinking about becoming gay if all girls were like this. Sango took a deep breath, said "Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ", and fainted.

Epilogue

Kikyou was sentenced for life in prison for premeditated murder. Sango eventually married her boyfriend and named their daughter after Kagome. Inuyasha later became an invalid after an 'accident' Kouga had nothing to do with. Kouga became a company CEO and stayed straight...There was that one fling with Maten Hiwtara once...but that's a whole different story.

((A.N: Hi again everybody. It was strange that most of you got the note's clues, but nobody mentioned the whispering, which was originally going to be the only hint. I took pity on you...shouldn't have, what with allthese smart reviewers, lol.Anyway, hope you liked it. I'm thinking about writing another one, harder though. Any suggestions are welcome.))