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Chapter 30

Kagome's P.O.V.

"What toppings do you guys want?" I asked around before picking up the phone to order our giant pizza.

Hikara yelled, "Gimme mushrooms and pepperoni!"

Natsume turned to her sister. "Don't go deciding human toppings for everyone, Hikara. You know you don't like anything except for blood; my blood to be exact."

She giggled. "Well, your blood is obviously my favourite food. But I don't exactly mind pizza toppings."

I looked at Hikara, confused. "You'd prefer blood?"

"Well yeah, since I'm a vampire. But I don't mind human food once in a while," she explained. "But you wouldn't know since you haven't tried any…right, Kagome?"

I shook my head in an agreement. "Well, my stomach seems to be holding well with human food so far…although…"

"You never seem satisfied?" finished Hikara. "Well you are half-vampire after all."

"Maybe some other time. In the meanwhile, I'll add mushrooms and pepperoni," I laughed while turning to Kirro. "What do you and your sister want?"

Kirro and Ayame both shouted at the same time, "Pepperoni and ham!"

They looked at each other and laughed. "Guess we think alike."

Sango and I agreed with the toppings since we weren't picky and called the pizza place, telling the man on the phone our order. After Sango hung up, she turned and looked at me. "Now fess up Kags! What happened with you and Inuyasha?! I need every last detail!"

The girls scrambled to get close. "Umm well, while we were walking, Inuyasha asked me if I would be his girlfriend again."

"Just like that?"

I nodded, proud at my boyfriend's bluntness. "Then we kissed and made up." I felt all giddy inside when I thought about Inuyasha's lips on mine and all the girls squealed.

That's when we heard a yell come from upstairs. "I give up!" Miroku soon came down the stairs fuming.

"Miro, what's wrong?" I joked at him.

"Inuyasha cheats at video games, honestly! He wins every fucking one!"

I laughed. "No need to cuss, we have younglings in the house."

Miroku doesn't like to lose, especially if it's video games. But even though he loves to win at everything…

"It's not my fault you suck," Inuyasha came down grinning. "There's also the fact that I'm awesome."

Miroku grumbled something that made Inuyasha laugh while Sota and Kohaku came down next.

Sota approached me with a huge smile on his face. "Sis, is it true you and Sango painted Kohaku's room pink?"

I laughed, remembering the good times. "Yup, and I splashed his hair purple!"

"Then I splashed you with a water gun getting you soaking wet!" Kohaku bragged.

Sota high-fived Kohaku. "Nice!" I smiled at the scene, relishing in the calm surrounding I had around me.

Just then, the phone rang. Sango walked over and picked it up. "Hello?...Oh, hi Mrs. Higarashi!...Yeah, she's here…You wanna talk to her?...Ok I'll get her." She beckoned me over and told me it was my mom.

"Mom?"

"Kagome, there's something very important I need to tell you." I heard the seriousness in her voice and felt my heart resonate the same fear.

"Mom, what's wrong? Is everything ok?"

I heard her sniff on the other side of the line. Had she been crying? "Kagome, try and stay calm when I tell you this. I just got a call…from the police."

I froze and I heard my friends quiet down.

My mom breathed in a shivering breath. "They…they found your father's killer."

Did my heart just stop?

"Kagome?" my mom called out.

"Y-yeah," I breathed out. "I'm listening…Who is he?"

"A man named Ryukotsusei. They said they had caught him in the country neighbouring to ours before he committed another murder and eventually, he confessed to every crime he ever committed…including that of your father's."

I felt my blood run cold. "They have him under custody?"

"Yes and he'll be put on trial sometime next week. The police say he'll be put in jail for life, no doubt. After all he…killed so many people…"

I couldn't talk.

"Kagome, dear? Could you spend a few days at Sango…along with your brother? I need to travel to the international court as one of the people to represent the victims."

"K-kay, Mom."

"I'll be back as fast as I can…we'll stay in touch. Love you, Kagome."

"…Kay…Love you, Mom."

Then, nothing but the dial tone echoed in my ear.

"Kagome, what's wrong? Did something happen?" Inuyasha looked at me worried, as well as the others.

I set the phone down as hard as I could without dropping it. My whole body was shaking violently.

"Kagome, you look like you've seen a ghost!" Sango worried. "What happened?!"

I couldn't take it anymore. One glance over everyone's worried faces made me break down. Burning tears drizzled down my cheeks and my heart contorted with sadness and fear. Sobbing like a mad-woman I collapsed to the floor.

Once again, I was caught by Inuyasha before I was hurt.

"Kagome!" everyone called out in worry.

"Only Sango and Miroku know this," I sobbed hysterically. "But…they found my father's killer."

Sango and Miroku froze.

"What?" Inuyasha gasped.

I sobbed into his chest as I let my grasp of reality slip; letting myself fall into the abyss of my dark past.

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