Chapter 20
Moroha is in the basement of her home finished her exercises with Inuyasha. "So you're telling me that this girl in your gym class is related to the guy who was killed the other day?" Inuyasha asks her as he practice being a defender.
"Yeah, I know for sure that they look similar of their appearance. But I never got the chance to get a scent of Gin when I was videochatting with the twins." Moroha answers while doing various moves. Inuyasha keeps his guard for any suspicious moves that his daughter could pull.
"I think it's time we head off to bed." He suggested seeing that it's close to her time of night for Moroha to go to bed. "But dad. I'm…"
"No buts, Moroha. You know what happens if you try to change my mind." Inuyasha stops her from bringing anything that could bother him.
Moroha silently closes her mouth and goes upstairs. Inuyasha smiles proudly, knowing fully well, he did the right thing. He picks up his smartphone and sees a text from his brother.
I received some valid information that would be interesting.
Sessh.
Inuyasha growls softly as he goes upstairs to his master bedroom. He comes in to see Kagome, brushing her teeth for the evening. "Hey, how did it go with Moroha?" She asks after spitting the toothpaste out of her mouth.
Inuyasha goes into the master closet to change into blue navy sweatpants and a grey short sleeve shirt. "She seems distracted by what happened at gym class today." He answers before brushing his own teeth.
Kagome leans to the one side and jus stares at him. "And she didn't even bother telling me because…" Inuyasha glances at her, pulling the toothbrush out, "Hey, she brought it up. We don't want to pressure her to tell us everything that happened at school." He resumes brushing his teeth.
"You know, I kind of feel that Moroha doesn't want to talk about certain things that happen. She believes that we wouldn't understand even if we try to help her out with her problems." Kagome brushes her hair.
Inuyasha spits the rest of the toothpaste into the sink. "Come on, Kagome. It's basic teenager issues. We've all been through that before. We just came to an age that we had no idea on what to do with our lives. Moroha is no different.
"I know. It's just feels that we're drifting apart because of what's been going on lately." Kagome sighs in defeat.
Inuyasha takes hold of her shoulder. "It's never easy. They feel vulnerable, self-conscious and have to think of something to get through." Kagome nods and hugs him. Inuyasha smiles as he returns the hug and kisses her with a chaste kiss.
The next morning, Moroha is carrying the tri-poster board in her one hand with the plant sample in her other hand. She enters the classroom where she needs to drop off the product. She sees the corner where the other students' projects are being kept until presentation. She's just doing that to make of what happened last night less important.
Flashback
Moroha turns of the lamp by her bed and sits on the bedroom floor. A few minutes later, Moroha is floating in her mind and goes to the location where Gin is. She senses the boy's aura and goes to the guest bedroom in her uncle's manor.
She arrives silently and can see that the half bull demon is asleep. She shakes his shoulder. "Hey wake up." She said to him quietly. Gin groans as he opens his eyes to see the girl from the videochat. "Who are you?" He asks her silently, not to wake up anyone in the house.
"I'm Moroha. Towa and Setsuna's cousin. Listen, I just want to ask you something."
Gin nods to let her continue.
"Do you know a girl named Mai Fugimoto?" She asks him.
"Yeah that's my younger sister. Don't tell me that she had her attitude spats." Gin answers her truthfully.
"She kind of did, but we didn't get into any conflict. I think she's doing it because of your death." Moroha said as she sits on the floor with her legs crossed.
"Nah, I knew for sure she was envious about me. She believed to be my shadow. She wanted to prove that she was better than me. But in the end, because of my death, she doesn't have that urge anymore." Gin said as he pulls a picture from his jacket pocket. "If she were to be convinced, show this to her."
End of Flashback
"What are you doing here?" A familiar voice asks her. Moroha turns around to see it's that half bull demon girl from gym class. Mai
"I'm just dropping my project here. This is where the science teacher told us." Moroha said to her nicely. The female bull demon doesn't seem too pleased. "I would prefer that you put it somewhere else in the room." She said in mean tone.
Knowing fully well, Moroha is not a push-over when it comes to someone who is a bully or someone who just provokes her. "I'll put it somewhere else in the room, one condition."
"I'm not going to make a deal with a quarter demon like you." Mai said in the same matter.
"I know you're Gin's sister." Moroha said to her seriously.
Mai gasps at that revelation. "But how do you know that?"
Moroha walks up to the girl. "I may be a quarter demon, but I also have spiritual powers who can talk to the souls of the dead. He told me about you at one point. And this here…" Moroha pulls out a picture of Mai and Gin.
"Where did you get that?" Mai tries to grab it, but Moroha moved way faster than Mai. "It doesn't matter how I got it in the first place. I want to know who would kill Gin?" Moroha puts the picture away into her backpack pocket with a number lock code on the zippers.
"How would I know? I know for Gin was loved by all here. If I knew who would kill him, I'd tell the authority. But you should know this." Mai said after calming down.
Moroha keeps her expression focused.
"Whoever killed Gin was after something that he had." Mai leaves the room.
The rest of the day wasn't getting any easier for Moroha. Throughout the times she had class with Mai, she had to remain focus at the subject instead of the encounter. If Moroha were to find out who killed Gin, she would have to wait until her father allows her to resume the task. But from the looks of it, it would appear that the mission is still going on. The only question is if their fathers are aware of what's been going on.
Inuyasha is on his computer to go through the current files of various topics of the company. The smartphone chimes to let him know a new text has arrived.
Inuyasha opens up the screen.
Have you found anything about the image I sent you earlier?
Sessh
Inuyasha groans as he clicks the closed tab about the picture. From According to his half-brother, the picture was sent to Towa the day before. What he found out wasn't valid. After for about an hour, the link that came with the message that was sent to Towa has been located somewhere that no one would ever expect. 'This was sent from Gin Fugimoto's phone.' Inuyasha said to himself.