Author's Note: TWO CHAPTERS IN ONE WEEK?! WHAT IS GOING ON?! XD Things are slowly starting to build up, I hope you'll continue to support Inuyasha in his hunt for Kagome! We're almost at double digit chapters!

~~Inuyasha~~

He sat in front of the young woman, Miroku to his right had his hands clasped resting on the table top. Eri, brought in for questioning on the disappearance of her friend, looked nervous sitting in the room. Her eyes darted from Inuyasha's face to Miroku's, only to quickly look away to dart about the room. Her mother sat beside her, her sharp eyes piercing Inuyasha and Miroku, looking irritated beyond relief that she had to bring her daughter in. Miroku cleared his throat to break the awkward silence.

"Thank you for coming in on short notice, we appreciate your cooperation in this investigation. I'm Detective Miroku, this is my partner, Detective Inuyasha, we wanted to ask Eri a few questions regarding Kagome Higurashi." Miroku explained, the mother glared at Miroku as she chewed her lip.

"Listen Detectives," she angrily tapped her hand on the table while she spoke. "It's late, I had to bring my younger children to the neighbors while we came here so you can question my daughter. I feel like this is very unnecessary, my daughter doesn't know what happened to this Kagome girl. There isn't anything my daughter can give you to aid your investigation, can we leave? I have to get my children home from the neighbors house, bring them home, get them up in the morning for school and I have to work early! This is so stupid!"

Eri gave Inuyasha and Miroku an embarrassed look and slunk in the chair. Eri was making herself look small and weak beside her mother. Miroku nodded and gave the mother a small smile.

"M'am, I know this is very inconvenient, but there is a girl missing. Your daughter might know something that can help further our investigation. Kagome Higurashi's mother made it clear, your daughter is friends with her, if you cooperate the faster this conversation can move along to get you home to your children earlier." Miroku stated. The mother pursed her lips and sat back in her chair, giving them permission to question Eri.

"Did Kagome recently mention anything about a person who just recently stepped into her life? Maybe someone she was talking to online or met somewhere?" Inuyasha asked, Eri flinched when he spoke, her lip trembling as she slowly sat up in the chair.

"N-n-not that-that I-I remember," Eri quietly mumbled, Inuyasha leaned closer to the table to hear her better.

"Ok, was she acting weird in the last few days? Did she mention someone was making her uncomfortable?" He asked again, Eri played with the hem of her sweater, she didn't make eye contact with Inuyasha. She began to cry, wiping her tears with her sweater sleeve. He waited for her to answer, but when she didn't say anything he tried again.

"Please, Eri, do you remember her saying anything maybe to someone else? Did you overhear a conversation or a rumour?" He pressed, she cried harder and her mother wrapped her arms around Eri, cradling her to her chest.

"That's enough Detective! Can't you see she doesn't know anything! We are taking our leave!' The mother snapped as she stood up with Eri. Inuyasha let out a sigh of frustration as he sat back in the chair. Miroku stood up and held the door open for the mother, thanking them as she stormed out of the room.

Miroku sat back down beside Inuyasha, grabbing a pen off the table and scratching Eri's name off of his notebook. "That was a bust." Miroku lightly laughed as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"I thought she was her friend. How does someone who talks to a person on a day to day basis not know anything going on in her 'friends' life." Inuyasha angrily rambled.

"She most likely does know something, she probably crumbled under the shock of her friend missing and her mother's irate behaviour," Miroku suggested turning to look at his partner. "I'm just as frustrated as you how useless that girl was."

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation, a woman opened the door, peeking into the room. "I have Miss Ayumi here for questioning, shall I send her in?"

Inuyasha waved to let Ayumi in, the woman at the door held it open for Ayumi and her father. Miroku and Inuyasha stood up and shook hands with her father. They all sat down, Miroku ran through who they were and why they wanted to ask father didn't say much, he sat quietly observing the situation. Miroku grabbed his pen, ready to jot down notes from the questioning.

"Thank you for coming in, Ayumi." Inuyasha started, he hoped she would cooperate better than the last girl. "Do you know if Kagome mentioned anything about someone new who came into her life? Maybe someone she met online or in school?"

Ayumi thought for a moment before answering. "She did mention she had a date with someone last night, she was really excited too."

Inuyasha gave Miroku a knowing face, Miroku smirked as he wrote down what Ayumi said.

"Did she give a name of who this person might be?" Inuyasha awkwardly asked, if Sesshomaru found out he saw the victim on the eve of her disappearance he would have a fit.

"No, I don't think so," Ayumi said. "If she did mention a name I can't remember what it is."

"Was she acting differently at school? Or anywhere she may have visited?"

"I do remember her getting into a fight with Yuka, something about a guy who she messaged with on Line. I can't remember if it was the same guy she went on a date with or if it was someone else. Yuka really likes to pry into people's love life. She's a nice girl but she drives Kagome crazy sometimes with how much she pries." Ayumi explained as she tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear.

"Do you know if Yuka had tried to set someone up with Kagome? Presuming if what you said was true about her prying into people's love lives." Miroku asked as he finished writing down Ayumi's answer.

"I think she did, to be honest, this is going to sound horrible," Ayumi softly mumbled as her cheeks flushed crimson. "Sometimes I just block out what Yuka says, if we're walking in a group I usually talk with Eri as it's less drama with her. Yuka and Kagome always have so much going on and they bicker so much I can't take it. They're my friends but I prefer to stay away when those two get going at each other."

Inuyasha sighed in frustration and rubbed the back of his neck, how come two of her so called closest friends don't really know her? Can they really be called friends? Knowing this wasn't going to go anywhere else Inuyasha cleared his throat.

"Ayumi, thanks for coming in on short notice and your cooperation. We'll call you if we need anything else." Inuyasha stated as he handed her father his business card from his jeans back pocket. He and Miroku gave a quick bow to the two of them, Inuyasha held the door open for them and closed it when they left.

"These damn interviews are going nowhere. How can you call someone a friend when they prefer to stay out of your business?" Inuyasha retorted as he slumped back into his chair.

Miroku chuckled. "I'm pretty sure they care about Kagome, maybe just this Yuka girl is intolerable to handle. Aren't a lot of people are friends in high school just for convenience sake and then once you graduate you never talk to them again?"

Inuyasha grunted in reply, he hated high school, but he did agree with Miroku. A lot of the people he did speak to on a day to day basis was just because he saw them everyday, after graduating he never spoke to them again. It wasn't until he met Miroku in police school that he had a friend for real.

Miroku stood up and stretched, his joints cracking in the process. "I'm getting a coffee, do you want anything?"

"Yeah, I'll have a coffee too." He replied leaning the chair back on its hind legs.

"Black, right?" Miroku opened the door and waited for Inuyasha's reply.

"Yeah, thanks Miroku!" Inuyasha called out as Miroku left with the door shutting behind him. Taking his cellphone out of his pocket he checked the time, it was already after midnight, he could feel fatigue creeping in, he blinked trying to get rid of it. He sat the phone down on the table and rubbed his face. Picking the phone back up, he opened the line app, and clicked on the conversation he was looking for. He scrolled through it, smiling as he reread the messages, he didn't know Kagome for too long, but he knew that he wanted to be with her.

Miroku opened the door, Inuyasha quickly shoved his cellphone back into his jeans pocket, he reached out to accept the coffee from Miroku, letting the warmth soak into his welcoming hands. He took a sip and sat it on the table. Miroku took a big sip of his coffee, letting out a big sigh after, guess he really needed the caffeine boost as well.

Another knock on the door, the same woman from earlier came in, "Miss Yuka is here now, shall I let her in?".

Miroku nodded and the woman let the young girl and her mother in. Yuka quickly sat down in her chair, she seemed amused being brought in for questioning, while her mother gave off a more unsure demeanor. 'Interesting,' Inuyasha thought, usually the person being questioned is unsure of the situation, he never really saw anyone excited to come in. 'Maybe now we can get some answers.'