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From Hatred To Love

Chapter 46- The Aftermath


There was an unfamiliar hush throughout the school grounds. The only thing that seemed to be making sound was the P.A. The loud screech echoed until the principal gathered the courage to speak again.

"I know this may be a shock to you all but actions must be taken immediately. We need to evacuate the school for investigations to start so we all want everyone to go to their homeroom immediately."

Kagome held onto Inuyasha's shirt. She could feel her heart beating faster with every passing moment. The school was tense at that time and she knew it. She relaxed slightly when she felt the hanyou's hand rest on her back.

"Come on, Kagome. I'll take you to your homeroom."

The miko looked up at the hanyou with scared chocolate brown eyes. At first, Inuyasha had no idea of what to do. He then did the best thing he could; he kissed her on her forehead and smiled at her. Kagome gave him a sad smile and hugged him rather tightly.

It wasn't long before Inuyasha took her hand and began to lead her away from the murder scene. Kagome's stomach was constantly doing flip-flops. She desperately wanted to know what was going to happen next but what worried her the most was the fact that someone would kill Liko.

'Who would do such a thing? They must have had a motive. I don't remember her having a fight or anything with someone so who would…'

Questions slowly drifted around in her mind like tiny bubbles that floated in the wind, after being created from a simple bottle of soap and water. Kagome unconsciously tightened her grip on her boyfriend's clawed hand. She so badly wanted to forget, what she saw.


"Kagome!"

Sango immediately ran up to her friend. Her pitch-black hair clung on to her face from all the sweat that had gotten into it. Kagome frowned at Sango. She could sense the fear coming from Sango. It may not have been as strong as hers but she knew Sango was very uneasy about the situation.

Sango searched her friend's face for a moment before her expression became as solemn as Kagome's. She decided by the look in everyone's face in the classroom that it would not be appropriate to discuss what she had seen at the time.

"Hey where's Inuyasha?" Sango asked, trying to change the gloomy atmosphere that surrounded her completely.

Kagome lowered her eyes and dragged her feet as she walked to her seat.

"He went to his homeroom. I didn't even get to spend any time with him."

Sango sighed. All this depression was making her crazy. She plumped down in her seat behind her best friend and fingered with the hem of her skirt. It seemed to be the only happy thing she could do at the moment.

"I can't believe this has happened." Sango looked up, rather surprised by Kagome's attempt to break the silence. "There's a killer somewhere here."

Sango rested her hand on Kagome's shoulder. She couldn't see her friend's face from the position she was in but she could no doubt hear the fear in Kagome's voice. She was quite worried too. The thought of some crazy killer lurking around the school grounds, made her want to panic but she couldn't. Sango was always the strong one, the level headed one and she planned to remain that way until things settled down.

"It's going to be okay, Kags. If any crazed lunatic comes near us, I'll kick his butt."

That made Kagome giggle. She could clearly see the image in her mind of Sango beating the living daylights out of a faceless figure.

The muttering around her stopped when the principal entered the tiny classroom. Students who were seated on tables immediately scrambled to their seats. He cleared his throat and gave the classroom a stern look.

"I assume by all this chatter, that we all know what has occurred here," he said.

"Obviously, since you announced it!" someone yelled from behind. The principal clenched his hands into tight fists.

"If you 'children' think that this is a joke you all are sadly mistaken! This is a serious situation here that needs to be solved as quickly as possible! This is an indication that the school grounds are no longer safe! We don't want another dead body lying here!" The principal blurted out.

This instantly quieted down the room. Some students' mouth were slightly opened from hearing the bitter truth. Kagome once again wasn't feeling well. She hadn't really thought about it that way. The principal seemed to have noticed his mistake. He cleared his throat and fixed his tie.

"I'm sorry. Well I would just like to know who wasn't in their assigned class first period."

A few hands hesitantly rose. The principal nodded and indicated for the students to follow him outside of the room.

Mr. Louse soon stepped in. He looked rather shaken but by the look on his face, was desperately trying to keep his composure.

"Well we all need the rest of you to go home immediately. We do not want to find any students around the school."


Inuyasha gave a humongous sigh of relief when he exited the principal's office. It seemed now, that they were beginning to suspect students. Inuyasha understood why they probably thought so, since he did indeed attend a special school but the questions that they had asked him had been too much at times.

He didn't like being inspected for fingerprints or anything that seemed suspicious. They had made sure to check every inch of him for evidence. He hadn't killed the girl, but yet they were treating him as if he was some mass murderer who had stepped into a police station. He didn't like the feeling.

The hanyou slowly passed the long line of students who were waiting to be interrogated. His eye caught sight of Kikyo, standing rather calmly in the line. He gave her a glare and continued walking but she grabbed his arm before he could walk further away from her.

"Wait, please…. I just want to talk to you, for a moment."

Kikyo's usually cold looking eyes were showing an emotion that Inuyasha had never seen them before. For some reason her could not pinpoint what she was feeling.

When the hanyou stayed put Kikyo smiled rather sadly and pulled him away with her. Inuyasha followed her hesitantly until they arrived in what seemed to be an empty field. Inuyasha was shocked; he didn't even know that this place existed in the school grounds. Kikyo seemed to have understood his expression.

"Daddy, contributes a lot to this school, so I know this place inside out."

"Why'd you bring me here?" Inuyasha asked with his usual snappy tone. Kikyo looked down at her feet before slowly sitting. She brought her knees up to her chest and rested her head on them.

"When I was little, I always got what I wanted, always. Maybe that's why I'm such a brat today," Kikyo chuckled. "I would do whatever it took. I would kick and scream; sometimes I would even destroy my room. One time I wanted a new dog so badly that I tied my old dog in the driveway and my dad ran him over by accident."

Kikyo looked up at Inuyasha with a saddened expression. The hanyou was taken back. She smiled at him and continued, "When I think back on what I did just to get another dog, is when I realize what a twisted person I really am. I'm nuts to tell you the truth. When I don't like something, I get rid of it, in any way I can." The miko began twirling a piece of grass between her fingers. "In this case it was someone…"

Inuyasha froze. She couldn't mean that….

"You didn't…. you weren't involved with the Liko thing were you?"

Kikyo didn't look at him but he could see as the tears slowly slid down her face. Kikyo was a killer. He couldn't believe that she had gone to such lengths….

"I… I only wanted my money back! All I wanted to do was get her out of the way!" He body shook violently as she sobbed. Inuyasha wanted to do something but he knew he couldn't. He opened his mouth to ask her something but she seemed to read his mind, "I know what I have to do. I plan on doing something about this. I just wanted to tell you, because I know you won't tell anyone about this."

She had managed to smile through her tears. All Kikyo wanted him to know was that she trusted him. Jealousy washed over her when she thought of how Kagome had Inuyasha all to herself. Kikyo often longed to be looked at the way Inuyasha looked at Kagome. She had often looked at him when he was with the girl and his eyes always had this soft look in them. He had never given her that look.

She had earlier contemplated the situation between the two longtime friends and that was when reality seemed to give her a hard slap across the face. No matter how hard she would scheme and spend hours to make herself look presentable, his heart will always be somewhere else.

'His heart only belongs to her,' Kikyo thought miserably and buried her head in her knees, 'I was such a fool.'

She looked down at her fingers that were now covered in dirt. For once, Kikyo paid no notice to her appearance. 'How did things end up being so messed up?'

Kikyo looked down at her obviously expensive watch on her hand. It then occurred to her how long they had been there. She had somewhere to be.

"Thanks for listening," she whispered and stood up. She didn't bother to fix herself up. Giving him one last look, she left.


Kagome absently stroked Shippo's bushy tail when he hopped up on her lap. She didn't know how long she'd been sitting on the couch, staring at the television, nor did she know what time it was, but it didn't matter to her anyway. She was so deeply lost in thought when she was walking home that she almost tumbled down the stairs.

Her mother was at the door waiting for her. Kagome had been given bone-crushing hug from Mrs. Higurashi and not to mention how her mother seemed to go on endlessly about how glad she was that Kagome was unharmed.

After that Kagome had drifted inside of the house, not caring about anything or anyone around her. Kagome didn't even remember how she had gotten on the couch, or where her shoes and socks had gone. It showed how far away her mind was.

"Kagome? Kagome!"

The miko straitened up immediately when the young youkai called her name. She looked down at him with a gently smile before hugging his tiny body.

He was looking at her seriously, with that cute pout of his. Kagome always found him extremely adorable especially his little frown.

"What's the matter Shippo-chan?" she asked happily and ruffled his already messy red hair. The kitsune held on to Kagome as she stood up.

"Kagome, you didn't say anything since you've come home. What happened?"

Kagome paused for a moment. She couldn't tell a six year old that they had found a dead body in her school. It might scare the kid. The miko contemplated for a moment before she came up with a suitable answer.

"I had a test today, and I don't think I did all that good," Kagome smiled. Shippo gave her a suspicious look before he accepted her answer and smiled at her. Kagome held on to him and gave the youkai a kiss on the cheek.

"Well then I could help you feel better, Kagome!" he chirped. Kagome giggled at his words before she in turn smiled at him.

"How bout I make you a snack?"

"I want candy! Candy!"

Kagome shook her head at the young boy's antics. After he had gotten used to living in the Higurashi shrine, he had grown to love chocolate. Kagome regretted the day that she had offered him a tiny piece of her chocolate bar. He had gotten hyper that day, running around so fast that it took hours for anyone to catch him.

"Okay, but only a little," Kagome warned and began walking to the kitchen. She really didn't want another situation like that again.

After switching on the radio, she then prepared to go in the fridge. Kagome couldn't help but glance back to see what Shippo was doing. The kitsune was constantly hitting a metal spoon on the table. She then went into the place where she hid all of the chocolate and took out a small bar.

Shippo immediately perked up and ran faster than any human can towards Kagome. Kagome bent down and handed the youkai the treat. He immediately ripped the pack open and began chomping down on the sweet.

Kagome sat on the table and stared blankly at the plain, white colored walls. The radio was making the same 'crack crack' noise that it did whenever it was on but she still managed to hear what the announcer was saying.

She gasped when she heard a familiar name. It couldn't be.

"It's shocking that a daughter of a big time business mogul would do such a thing. Kikyo Takati murdered Liko Tomoko about eleven AM this morning…"


Inuyasha peeped into Kagome's window. It was dark so he highly doubted that anyone could see him at this time. The room was dark except for the small light coming from outside. He could see a tiny body nestled underneath the very pink covers.

The hanyou smiled and sat next to the sleeping form of Kagome. The girl mumbled something before her hands suddenly latched themselves around Inuyasha's waist.

"What took you so long to get here?" Kagome's muffled voice asked. Inuyasha was indeed surprised. He had thought that the miko was sleeping. "I thought you would have come over this afternoon," Kagome continued.

"I had some stuff to think about," Inuyasha told her. Kagome let go of him and sat up slowly on the bed. She studied his features for a moment but she still could not read his emotions.

"Thinking 'bout what?" Kagome asked, curiously. The hanyou shook his head as if to say he would tell her another time. Kagome frowned slightly but decided to let it go.

"You heard about Kikyo?" Kagome asked and swung her legs over the bed.

"Yeah, the bitch's crazy!" Inuyasha said and allowed the miko to touch his dog-ears. Kagome was delighted and began to rub them. "She's gonna go to juvie, and she'll later be transferred to a normal prison."

"I almost feel sorry for her. She blew her chance at a real life," Kagome said seriously.

"Keh, what real life. Knowing her when she would have graduated, Kikyo would have stayed in her dad's house and do nothing but shop and party!"

Kagome stopped rubbing Inuyasha's ears and lowered her chin, "She might have done that," she paused briefly and looked over at Inuyasha. "I wonder, what our future is going to be like."

Inuyasha smirked. "Well you'll be Doctor Kagome and I'll be sexy business man Inuyasha Tama!"

Kagome laughed and kissed Inuyasha's cheek.

"You never change, Inuyasha," she said tenderly.

Inuyasha pressed his lips to Kagome. The miko melted into the kiss and held him to her. Inuyasha pulled away for a brief moment to stare into his girlfriend's eyes.

"But you still love me anyway," Inuyasha whispered.


A/N; Ok, I know what you people are thinking. I haven't updated since January but I've been so busy with school and other stuff that I really didn't get the chance. Anywho hoped ya liked this chappie, I've been thinking about 1 or 2 more chapters left. It's sad how this story's ending. Review peeps!