Chapter 16
A few hours after discussing the mission to Gin. The half bull demon agrees to stay low at the twins' house until he is called in to prove to them who the Mastermind is. Moroha hangs up the video chat so she could resume her research project. After all, not only is she has to do this, the twins have to do theirs as well.
She heads back downstairs to the dining room to see that her project hasn't been touched since her mental breakdown. Or so she first thought. 'All because of Gin getting killed. But why come to me of all people?' She asks herself. As soon as she goes through the required plant, she finds it at the local nursery. "I might as well go there." She said to herself as she takes her iPhone and the money her parent gave her for allowance.
Moroha makes it to the nursery. One of the workers sees her coming. "Welcome, do you need to look for a plant of some sort?" It was woman in her 20's with brown hair and blue eyes. Moroha pulls out the piece of paper she wrote for the plant she needs. "Do you have this plant?" She hands the paper over.
The worker nods. "This way." She leads her to the back of the greenhouse to see some various ferns and tree samples scattered around the room. "I have to admit that this is a very difficult plant to take care of." She warns softly." Moroha nods. "I know, I'm trying to find which plant would do to someone to react to it." Moroha explains to the girl.
"Hmm. Well I may not be the best botanist here but if I were to do this project, I'd suggest this plant here." The girl said as she shows Moroha a different plant to research. "What's this?" Moroha asks as she sees a more beautiful flower she's ever seen.
"This flower is called Gerbera. This usually helps people get a better sleep if they feel restless or have other sleep disorders." Moroha nods. "I have to admit that this is a very effective plant." She comments the plant's condition.
"Not only that, it is used for removal of toxic and dangerous benzene from the air." The worker adds.
Moroha sees the price tag. A bit more than she has expected which widens her eyes a bit. "It would be nice to use this plant for my project. But I'm a tap short of my allowance."
"Which is why I'll buy it." Inuyasha said to her. Moroha blinks to turn around to see her father with his arms crossed. "I was informed about your whereabouts. And I was able to find you here." He walks up to her and the worker. "So, this is the plant you want to work with?" He asks her with a suspicious look.
"Yeah. Maybe this could be helpful." Moroha nods with pride.
"Alright. Let's get this back home." He carries the pot that the plant was in carefully. Moroha sighs as she follows him with the worker not far behind. Inuyasha pulls out his credit card to pay the plant.
It doesn't take long for the father and daughter to make it back home. "You know you owe me for this." He said to her as he puts it onto the concrete driveway. Moroha groans. "I was so close to buying it myself, dad. You didn't have to do this." She protests to him softly.
"Well one, you didn't even tell me that you were going somewhere. If you want to go, you have to let me know ahead of time. And I will make sure that you tell the truth about your location." Inuyasha said back to her as they enter the house.
"I'm sorry." Moroha said to him with a frown. Inuyasha nods to show her that he accepts the apology. He leaves her alone so she can resume the project with her plant.
So far, Moroha has a tri poster board with pictures of the plant on a few spots around the board. From the details of the plant to its purpose and a few various tips of the plants and how to take care of it.
Inuyasha is in his office doing whatever to the do to pass the time. Soon an email is sent to him. He clicks the icon to see it's from the lab he sent the sample of the Sakura blossoms and the piece of wood that came with it.
Inuyasha Takahashi,
I have done thorough research on the plant sample you sent to the laboratory. For it may look like cherries blossoms. But that's not it. This is from a demon tree called a Neru Memori. Not much has been known since its existence. From what we found from the plant is that it releases a substance that will make anyone who inhales its scent too much to have amnesia, loss of consciousness and other nerve reactors. I would advise that you let your brother know about this as well as soon as possible. I'm just curious about where this plant was from.
Sincerely
Dr. Ukimori
Inuyasha finished reading the email. "There's definitely something wrong about that plant. Not just that, there's plenty of them around the school yard." He forwards the email to his brother to let him know about this as well.
Kagome enters the dining room to see Moroha working hard. "How's the project coming along?" She asks nicely. Moroha sits back into her chair. "I'm doing the best I can, but there's something I'm missing." She honestly answers.
Kagome looks at the poster board to see the progress about Gerbera flower. "Well, you're doing ok from the looks of it. What do you think something is missing from it?"
Moroha shows her a piece of paper about the flower's properties. "Oh, well this is an interesting one. I might know similar plants that would do the same thing." That made Moroha look at her attentively.
"What other plants?"
Kagome opens her iPhone to look up a plant similar to gerbera. Gardenias. "You should know that gerberas aren't the only plant that help improve sleep. There's a variety of plants that do that. Do you think this is what you're looking for?"
Moroha thinks about it for a moment. "No. There's got to be a plant that would have much more effect than the gerbera." Kagome frowns a little. "I don't have any other ideas for your project. Maybe your father could help you." She said.
Moroha shakes her head. "He found me at the nursery while I was trying to find a different plant until one of the workers suggested the gerbera. He bought it, but I have to pay him back." She puts her head on to the palms of her head.
Kagome can sense that this is a talk she's going to have with her husband.
