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Chapter 24: Sentences

"I'm so nervous." Kagome said twisting her fingers together.

"Don't be." Inuyasha said, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind.

Both of them were waiting with Sango, Miroku, Kouga, and Ayame. They were dressed in their best clothes because today, finally, was the day the court gave their final word on their futures.

The judges and cops had been confering for weeks now and it was finally time for the verdict. All the students from Hinazuka were waiting in the hall of the court house. They were being called in, one by one, alphabetically. Then they were given their final judgement and sent to where ever they were going.

"What will the judge say? What will he do to us? What if we get seperated?" Kagome asked, worriedly. She was the only one who was.

"Don't worry about it." Ayame smiled reasurringly at her. "They're not sending us back to jail, or juvie for that matter."

Everyone froze as a woman wearing a scarlett business suit with square glasses came out of the court room and looked at her chart. "Gamura? Saya Gamura?"

Saya waved to her friends from a different group and followed her inside.

"They're almost done with the 'G's." Kagome moaned.

Inuyasha kissed her neck. "Don't worry so muhch. Everything will be fine. And nothing they could do to us will be worse than Hinazuka."

Kagome smiled reluctantly. "True."

Half an hour later, the scarlett lady opened the door and called out, "Higarashi! Kagome Higurashi!"

"Oh, boy." Kagome said, butterflies were training to be gymnists in her stomach.

"You'll be fine." Inuyasha ssured her, pecking her on the lips. "Go."

Kagome walked to the door. The lady smiled at her, "Right inside, dear."

The walk up the ilse to the judge was one of the longest ones she had ever made.

The judge was a skinny old human man. He wore half moon glasses and had a bit of an underbite so his jaw looked like it was reaching forward. His hair was wispy and white, not gray but white, but his eyes were a startaling electric blue.

"Kagome?" He asked when she stopped in front of him.

"Yes, sir." she nodded.

"Good." he looked at the file on her. Next to him was another stack of files, it was quite large. "Well, we've reviewed your case. We've decided that the ruling be overturned."

"O-Overturned?" Kagome repeated in shock.

"Yes. The judge in question is being was sued last month for unlawful imprisonment by another teenager. The case was settled yesterday, he is no longer a judge and, by default, your case is overturned."

Kagome let out a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding. "So, I'm clear? Nothing on my record?"

"Spotless." he smiled at her. "You will go back to school at the end of the summer after taking a placement exam so we can place you in the correct grade based on your knowledge. Well, that's it."

"That's it?" Kagome asked in delight and he nodded. "I'm free to go? Just like that?"

"Just like that." he assured her.


Approximately ten minutes later, the scarlett clad woman called out, "Houshi? Miroku Houshi?"

"Ah, Miroku."

"Hey, Judge Imakame!" Miroku smiled, strutting down the isle.

"I do believe I'm the one who sent you to Hinazuka. My most profound appologies." he bowed his head once.

"Forget it." Miroku waved the appology away.

"Well, Mr. Houshi. Considering your offenses, we've decided to sentence you to take a sensativity training class. You must do the full course and pass to your teachers satisfaction."

Miroku groaned but decided it was better than jail or juvie.

"You will return to high school after taking a placement exam to find out where you stand." the judge continued, closing the file.


3 hours later the scarlett woman was replaced with another woman without glasses who wore a peacock blue suit. "Sango Taijiya!"

"She pronounced my last name wrong." Sango grumbled walking into the court room. "Why do they aways pronounce my last name wrong?"

"Sango." The judge smiled at her. "Nice to meet you, young lady."

"Hi." she waved at him.

"Well, we've looked at your history and your testimony on your trails and decided to order you to take an anger management course."

"That's all?" Sango asked. "No juvie, no commuity service, nothing?"

"You have anger issues, darling." he winked at her. "You need to fix them or you'll wind up right back in my courtroom."

"Thanks." Sango smiled at him.

"Not at all. Oh, and one more thing. You're returning to school after taking a placement exam to find out your grade level."

"Okay." Sango nodded.


Right after Sango the woman called out, "Inuyasha Takahashi?"

"Ah, Inuyasha." The judge smiled at him over his glasses. "I remember you from your father's dinner parties. How is that older brother of yours?"

"He's doing good." Inuyasha shrugged, putting his hands in his pockets.

"Good, good." the judge nodded and consulted Inuyasha's file. "Well, me and Inutaisho had a long talk and decided, for your benefit, to sentence you to 50 hours of community service."

"That was my old man's idea wasn't it?" Inuyasha asked.

"No, it was mine." the old man assured him. "Inutaisho was all for 100 hours but I wore him down."

"What?" Inuyasha asked, thrown off. "Why?"

"Well, I figured you learned your lesson." he said winking at him. "After all, you went through a lot of trouble to help your friends. Just because you're a bad boy, doesn't mean you aren't a good man. You will be taking a placement exam to find out your grade level in school so you can return to it. That will be all."


Kouga and Ayame were called in last, and at the same time.

"Hello." the judge said finally picking up the last file on his desk.

"Hey." Kouga waved.

"Hello." Ayame nodded.

"Okay, well, I talked to the wolf demon Council. According to them we've cleared up all of our issues?" he looked at them.

Ayame giggled and blushed as she slipped her hand into Kouga's.

"Yeah, we've worked it all out." he said smiling down at her. "The Council and us have come to an agreement. We're getting married and mated after graduation."

"Excellent. Congratulations." the judge smiled at them. "Speaking of graduation, you will be taking a placement exam to find out what grade level you should be. You're returning to school when summer ends."

"Great!" they said at the same time.