Chapter 15

Toga is in his office doing his usual company business. Nothing seemed to interest him at the latest. His phone chimed. Toga clicks on the icon on his computer to see what the chime was about.

"Mr. Takahashi, I discovered an alarming article."-Sango.

Toga types quickly to reply back to her.

"What did you find?"-Toga

A few dots appeared for a few seconds until Sango sent over the new message that included a link. Toga clicks the link to find out that Sango discovered a news article about a student who died of a drug overdose. Toga reads the article carefully until he see what the girl's name was.

"Are you telling me that this girl from the article you sent me is the same person who is part of the Student Exchange Program?" -Toga

"Remember when you sent me those earrings and the pin camera? I was able to catch her saying that she's been to Sakura Hills before me, and Kagome. There's a page that showed a memory of her of her accomplishments."-Sango.

Sango turns to the page of the girl who is being remembered before the tragic moment. She uses her camera on her phone to take a picture of the page and sends it to him.

Toga's phone chime as the picture from Sango reached. Toga silently gasps.

"Are you sure about this, Sango?"-Toga.

"Affirmative. Do you want me to get more information about her? Should Kagome and Inuyasha know about this?"- Sango.

Toga takes a moment to think this through cautiously. He types his respond.

"Try to find more about her as much as you can. That's up to you."-Toga.

"Considerate it done."-Sango.

The following morning Sango decided to head to Kagome's house. She waits by the bottom of the steps. "Sango. Morning." Kagome calls as she runs down the stairs. "Oh Good morning." Sango waves back to her. "Anything new?" Kagome asks her as she comes to the bottom. "Nothing in particular. However, I found something interesting." Sango smiles nervously to Kagome, hoping that she wouldn't really notice about the tone. "Like what?" Kagome tilts her head.

Before Sango is about to reveal what she found out about Kikyo yesterday, Inuyasha's car turns to her street. "Ready to go you two?" Inuyasha greets when he pulls over to the curb. Kagome and Sango hopped into the car, noticing that Miroku is in it as well. "What's going back Sakura Hills, Sango?" Miroku asks her this time. Sango takes a moment to see if she should tell Miroku about yesterday. "Just the usual. Kikyo is still doing her thing." Sango calmly lies through her teeth. No. there's no way she's really ready to tell them yet. She still needs to get more information about Kikyo.

Inuyasha stops a block away from Sakura Hills. "I'll see you guys later." Sango smiles as she gets out. But not just her, Miroku does too. "Which is why I'm going with you." He declares to her seriously. Sango turns around with a confused look. "But aren't you supposed to go to Shikon High?" She asks him suspiciously. "Which is why I'm being transferred." Miroku explains. He then turns and waves at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha drives away to give Miroku and Sango a private moment. "Why is Miroku going to Sakura Hills?" Kagome asks him curiously. Inuyasha keeps his focus on the road. "He requested my old man to do it, he somehow feels that whatever Sango is doing on her own isn't safe for her anymore." He answers her casually as they pull up to the student parking lot. "I guess that being here at Shikon instead of Sakura isn't helping. Somehow Sango might be going through separation anxiety." Kagome frowns to believe for what she's doing so far.

"I don't think that's it. It might be something more serious." Inuyasha disagrees. "How? Do you think what I'm doing here is wrong?" Kagome asks him, feeling that she might be the cause of all this. "The thing is, Kagome. My dad wants Sango to find more about Kikyo." Inuyasha partially admits to her. Kagome looks at him. "What about her? So far you told me that she was your girlfriend." She crossed her arms.

"Ex girlfriend." Inuyasha corrects her. "Turns out that she's not real as I thought she was." Inuyasha's phone chimes to alert him of something. He turns on the screen to see it's a text message from his father. "What is it?" Kagome leans to see what's on the phone. Inuyasha presses the text message to see that it's a video. After playing the footage, Kagome got a bit uneasy at it. "So far this is what Sango found out so far about Kikyo." Inuyasha said to her. "What about you? How did you react to it?" Kagome asks him nervously. Inuyasha sighs deeply. "To be honest. I was skeptical about it. I never wanted to believe it was true. But for what my dad said was confirmed." He responds to her as he leans back.

Kagome blinks her eyes. "I think that's what Sango was going to tell me. She wanted to let me know about Kikyo while she's at Sakura Hills." She realized. "For now, let Sango do what my father told her to do. Miroku will be there to protect her if anything happens." Inuyasha suggests before heading out of the car. Kagome silently follow him to the school.

Miroku waits by Sango as she goes through her locker. "So you're telling me that Kikyo isn't really supposed to be alive?" He asks her. "Yes, you see Toga gave me some earrings and a pin camera to see if there's anything unusual about Kikyo. From what she said to me was that she's been here before. I was adamant about not seeing her since Kagome and I were in kindergarten at the time." Sango said as she leads Miroku to the library where she discovered about Kikyo's 'supposed' death.

Upon entering the library, Miroku can feel comfortable silence. Sango gestures him to the location where the years books were shelfed. Sango places her finger on the one yearbook that she remembers going through and shows Miroku the page. Miroku remains calm the entire time. "So, this is the last time Kikyo was here?" He asks her. Sango as she shows him the other yearbooks before the date of her death. "And for the death article?" He asks her. Sango turns to a computer and types down Kikyo's name on the search list and clicks on the page from yesterday. "And this is all I know so far. I have no idea how Kikyo is alive or if someone did something to her body." Sango tells him.

Miroku nods to show her that he understands the situation so far. "Yes. I just need to see if we could get any DNA about Kikyo to see if something happened to her?" Sango explains as she places her face on her fingers in deep though while her elbows are on the table. Miroku places his hand onto her shoulder to comfort her. 'If only I knew what to do to help her.' He thinks to himself.

The bell rings to dismiss the students. Miroku and Sango head to his locker to get his belongings. "Well, what do we have here?" Kikyo's voice reached them. Sango turns on the earrings and pin camera to catch Kikyo. "Can I help with you something, Kikyo?" Sango asks her as kindly as she could. "I think there is." Kikyo smiles to her and then to Miroku. "Oh, I think I've seen you before." She looks carefully at the boy. "Shikon High, Kikyo. Miroku Houshi. Inuyasha's friend." Miroku reminds her. Kikyo looks confused. "I'm sorry. I didn't know that we go there." She admits to him.

Sango doesn't look convinced about Kikyo's act. "Really? You've been here, as well as Shikon High?" She has her arms crossed. Kikyo chuckles. "Seems to me that you've been misinformed." She smiles at Sango. Sango raised her one eyebrow. "Like what?" She asks in suspicion. Sango and Miroku never expected what Kikyo did. She plunks out a hair strain. "This will give you the answers that you're looking for." She gives it to Sango. She then leaves the building leaving them standing there in shock.

Miroku and Sango got to the spot where Inuyasha dropped them off. "Any idea on what to do next?" Miroku asks to break the pleasant silence. Sango looks at the hair strain. "Obviously, we need to give this to Toga so he can analyze it to make sure it's the real thing." She answers to him. Soon enough Inuyasha pulls up to them. "Did you get anything, Sango?" Inuyasha asks her. Sango nods as she gives him the hair strain. "This is Kikyo's. Your father should get some information from it." She explains to him. She gets in to see Inuyasha is the only one in the car. "Where's Kagome?" Miroku asks him as he gets in the front.

"She's back home. She had to take care of a few things there." Inuyasha answers him as he Sango and Miroku head to his house. "How much does Kagome know about Kikyo?" Sango questions his casually. "All she knows is that Kikyo is my ex girlfriend." Inuyasha answers her honestly. It didn't take them long till they reached Inuyasha's house. Toga waits for him. "Dad. This should help." Inuyasha gives Toga the strain of hair. Toga gladly takes it. "This should help solve this mystery." He smiles to them.