Chapter 21
Ai has taken Izayoi home after a failed attempt to find out about Kikyo other than the Memory page. That was the only page in the books they found. "Do you think Kikyo could be hallucinating about what she said to Sango?" Izayoi wondered curiously. Ai pauses for a few seconds. "So far we only did the Sakura Hills yearbooks from what I had. But maybe the Shikon High School yearbooks might have the answers. If I were to be certain, every school should always have a section of their yearbooks stacked in their library."
Izayoi pulls up to driveway of the manor. The two ladies enter the house via through the kitchen. Toga is looking through his tablet while having some water. "Oh, Izayoi. Thank kami." Toga embraces her in relief. Ai smiles at the scene. "Did you find any?" Toga asks her. "We only found a page of Kikyo. It was her memory." Izayoi answers sadly. "We also went through the other books that Kikyo would be in, but nothing." Ai added in.
Toga nods to show that he understands her. "So far we only went through Sakura Hills. We need to go through Shikon High. As such, Inuyasha is the only one who is going because Miroku is going to Sakura Hills to protect Sango as well as getting information about Kikyo." He reminds the two. "Then who can we turn to?" Ai asks him. Toga holds his chin. "There's one person…" He said wary.
Kagome comes to, she tries to take in her surroundings. Luckily, she's able to move her head. "Kagome." Inuyasha's voice reaches out to her. She weakly tries to reach out to him, seeing that he's coming out of the bathroom. Inuyasha runs to her and holds her hand. He places his other hand onto her forehead "Your fever has dropped, but you're still weak." He said to her. "Water?" Kagome asks weakly. Inuyasha nods and pours her a glass of water. Kagome does her best to sit up, But Inuyasha beats her to it. He repositions the pillows to make it easier for her. Inuyasha brings the glass and helps Kagome drink it down. "Thank you." Kagome smiles to him. That made Inuyasha blush faintly.
A knock on his door interrupts the moment. "Who is it?" Inuyasha asks the unknown visitor. "It's just us." Toga enters the room with Izayoi and Ai behind him. Ai comes to the other side of Inuyasha's bed to embrace her daughter. "How are you feeling, Kagome?" Ai asks her. "I'm getting there." Kagome weakly spoke. Ai nods and then turns to Inuyasha. "I need your help, Inuyasha." She said to him seriously.
"What is it?" Inuyasha asks her in respect. "I know that you have to remain here and look after Kagome due to being poison." Ai said as she looks at her daughter with faithful eyes. "Do you think you know someone who can do this one simple favor?" Inuyasha looks a bit clueless at the question, then to his parents. "Inuyasha, son. Ai and I have been looking through the yearbooks she had since 6th grade and we were able to find one page of Kikyo. Not of a school picture. A memory." Izayoi tries to explains to him.
"A memory?" Kagome asks her weakly. Ai nods. "Yes. Every book didn't have a single picture of her. Just this." She pulls out her smartphone with a picture of the page, and hands to her. Inuyasha looks over her shoulder. "Are you saying that I was dating a corpse?" Inuyasha asks her. Kagome shakes her head in disbelief. "Not really sure at this part. We just found this out. That's why we need to know if any of your friends will be more than willing to help us out." Toga said to him.
"What is it?" Inuyasha asks them. "We need the yearbooks of Shikon of the last 10 years." Toga said to him. "You should know that there's a website that has every yearbook published." Inuyasha chuckles to them. That made the parents look at him, then realize that he's right. "Ok, let me show you. Dad, could you get me the tablet." Toga heads to Inuyasha's desk to retrieve the tablet. The lights dim down as a projector appears on the ceiling, showing the display. Inuyasha quickly types down the Shikon High years and goes to the latest year that Ai and Izayoi started looking. He types down Kikyo's name on the search bar of the website. The results show Kikyo's name from each year she's been. Year after year until the senior year. "She was there throughout her life until her death." Ai comments so far. "Hold on. There's something wrong here." She stops the boy. Inuyasha kindly hands over the tablet.
Ai looks through the one result that looked familiar. "Look at this." She said to the group. Shockingly the page Ai opens up is the same page of Kikyo's page of memory from Sakura Hills. "Something doesn't make sense." Izayoi speaks up. "How is that both Shikon and Sakura Hills have that page?" Ai holds her chin. "Do you think that Kikyo might've been part of the Student Exchange Program?"
Toga shakes his head. "The program didn't start until recently. There should be a different reason why both schools have the page. "Do you think that Kikyo had to be sent to Sakura Hills?" Kagome asks him. Toga hmms to her. Ai gives Toga the tablet. "Maybe. Shikon and Sakura are sister schools. Twins if you were to put it since the two almost look identical to each other. Both parties have to make sure that they have a balance between them." Toga explains as he shows the two schools on the screen.
"Balance?" Kagome asks him. Toga nods. "Yes. They need to have equal records. Academics, trophies, topics. Even students." Kagome looks at the screen. "What about those who are expelled or suspended?" She asks him. "Normally, those who are suspended are sent to the other school's for the appropriate times. They are to be in the classroom that specializes in that field. For those who are expelled are to be removed from the enrollment. The parents are notified and are to find a different school for their kid has to attend as soon as possible." Toga explains to her. As such Kagome is determined to find out what exactly happened to Kikyo at that time.
