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A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. 3 I laughed…I know I shouldn't have but…I just couldn't help it at some of your guy's reviews. Now, now, guys, don't get too angry at the poor policemen; they're just doing their jobs. But go ahead and mentally kill his parents as many times as you feel you need to.

My friend Huy, who this story is kind of based off of, came to visit yesterday. It was so great to see him again. He looks a lot better. I didn't realize I had missed him so much until he had to leave again.

I've been working on another story…off and on. This one has taken up most of my time, so I haven't been thinking about it much. But! The new My Chemical Romance music video came out, and I was like "Holy shit! It's kind of like that fic I was working on." So thank you MCR for reminding me to work on my other story. If you guy's haven't seen My Chemical Romance's new video "The Ghost of You" I highly recommend it, it's really moving.

Cigarettes and Lavender

Chapter 15-Only That She Knew

Bi Polar

His palms were sweaty. He felt sick, so sick; he tried to close his eyes to calm himself but he instantly opened them again when felt lunch come up.

"Why'd you run, kid?" The younger officer asked from the front seat.

Inuyasha glanced at the officer, and then turned to look back out the window. He felt like a caged animal. "I guess I just got tired of it all." Telling them the truth would lead to investigations which would lead to his parent's killing him.

"That's no excuse. You can't always run away from your problems kid. I tell you! You punks today don't respect anything. Only care for yourself. You're selfi—" The older policeman glared at the younger one making him shut up at once.

"Don't worry son. We'll get you home soon." The older one gave the teenager a little smile; Inuyasha felt his stomach churn and he held a pale hand to his mouth. He took a deep breath and held his head in his hands, begging himself not to cry.

The car ride ended too soon. They were slowing down; Inuyasha looked out the window to see his horrendous house, his parents standing in the front yard. His mother looked tired, probably drunk and his father looked like he was still trying to sober up. A small group of reporters stood with them asking questions but stopped right away when they saw the squad car pull up to the house.

The older police man opened the car door letting Inuyasha out and making sure he wasn't mauled by the prying reporters. Inuyasha felt so nauseous. He could feel the eyes of everyone on his back. His held onto his leather backpack like it was the only thing keeping him alive.

"This is it, right?" Miroku's hands were shaking so hard he could hardly grip the steering wheel.

"Yea."

"You sure?"

"Yes." Sango nodded her head; she knew what she saw that evening on the television; not a doubt clouded her mind.

"Okay."

Miroku parallel parked on the empty curb and got out of the small rickety car, Sango followed suit. They stared at the long steady climb to the shrine where they felt sure they would find their friend, or at least what had happened to him. He held her hand. Not only to calm her down but for him, to keep him from shaking so bad.

They momentary looked at each other as they stood at the front door. Sango brought her hand up and gave it a quick loud knock. They waited patiently but their insides were squirming.

A young woman about their age opened the door. "Yes?" Her voice was barely above a whisper. They couldn't see her face for her long black hair hung in her eyes.

"Umm…" Miroku looked at Sango and she gave him a nod. "Do you know a Inuyasha Takashi?" Kagome's head shot up and she looked at the two teenagers before her.

"What?" Her eyes were wide and inquiring. She pulled a loose strand of her silky dark hair behind her ear and then ushered them inside. "You know Inuyasha?"

Miroku still held Sango's hand tightly as they were pulled into the stranger's home. They stood in her living room bewildered and not sure of what they should do. She led them into the center of the room where she lightly pushed them into the soft couch.

"How do you know Inuyasha?" She sat in the chair opposite of them waiting for one of them to speak.

Sango looked at Miroku, dazed at what had just happened; he had the identical look on his face. "Well…uhh…" They didn't know where to start.

"Please anything you know." Kagome looked at them with pleading eyes.

"Erm…we go to school with Inuyasha. And when he disappeared…we went looking for him. We saw him on the TV today so we came here. Something about his parents…something's not right." Miroku didn't look at the girl. He held onto Sango's hand tightly, afraid that if he let it go something horrible would happen.

The girl sitting before them began to cry. Her crystal blue eyes looking like flooding rivers. She wiped her eyes daintily before turning to them and apologizing for her outbreak.

"Was he here?" Sango spoke gently trying not to upset her anymore.

"Yes…"

"What happened?" Miroku spoke anxiously.

"He was taken away." She cried harder. "He was taken back home."

"Oh no." Sango got a sinking feeling in her stomach knowing something wasn't right.

"I couldn't do anything…nothing at all." Kagome wiped her eyes trying to get the salty tears to stop pouring out.

"Oh please don't cry." Sango let go of Miroku's hand and sat on the arm of Kagome's chair. She rubbed the blue eyed girl's back. "It'll be okay."

Kagome took a deep breath and calmed herself; wiping her eyes she thanked Sango softly. "I'm Kagome." She held out her hand to Sango giving her a tiny smile.

"I'm Sango and that's Miroku."

Miroku waved from the couch. "Hi."

The three sat there for some time. Talking softly and drinking tea that Kagome made. It felt like they had known each other forever. It was around 2 in the morning now and all of them had the same thing on their minds. How was Inuyasha? Was he okay?

"Do you know where he lives?" Kagome looked down at her tea.

"Yea…we went there when he didn't show up for school."

"I want to go see him."

"When?"

"Soon."

"Well…Sango and I need to get back to Kofu soon…I guess you can come."

"Thanks." Kagome smiled.

"We'll leave tomorrow morning, then." Miroku smiled at Kagome, despite the mutual feeling of uneasiness.

The officer who was holding onto his shoulder stopped and Inuyasha looked up to see the disgruntled face of his father and the confused face of his mother. His father took the arm of his son squeezing it tightly as warning. "I'm glad you're safe son…" He spoke loud enough for the reporters to hear but quietly enough so that it held some kind of uncanny threat about it. His mother still watched with dazed eyes. He winced as his father gripped his arm, making him aware of the reporters and their questioning.

"Why'd you run away?"

"Are you happy to be home?"

"Did you have a special relation with the Higurashi prior to your running away?"

"Do you think you need help for these self inflicted problems that you're parents notified us about?"

Inuyasha felt like he was going to pass out, his chest hurt. It felt like an invisible hand was squeezing his heart, breaking his ribs, and deflating his lungs. He wanted to go up into his room, lock his door, and never see the light of day again.

"Excuse me, but I think my son needs to go upstairs and rest. All of this has been quite exhausting to him, I believe." His father spoke slowly, trying to maintain normal speech and not to slur. He gave Inuyasha's arm another powerful squeeze making him hiss quietly. That would leave a bruise.

Inuyasha took the hint, and walked to the house. He closed the door and ran up the stairs and into his room, locking his door behind him. He had installed the old rusted lock shortly after Sesshomaru's death. He sat in the corner of his room holding his leather backpack to his chest. There was still the faint smell of lavender, oh how he loved that smell.

He could hear the muffled voices of his parents and reporters. He didn't care what they were saying about him. How screwed up he was and why he ran away. He didn't care because Kagome knew the truth and that was all that mattered to him. Only that she knew.

A/N: I hope that the next chapter will come out a little sooner. School has been hectic. Thank you to everyone who left reviews, the support is so great.

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