InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Nothing is as simple as it looks ❯ chapter v ( Chapter 5 )

Finally! I get some constructive criticism from one of my many readers (or just the same readers reading my story a lot…lol)

 

Should I really be happy about this? Hell yeah. Now I can improve some things in my story.

 

I agree, Inuyasha and Kouga's `verbal battle' was a little out of character…*silence*… ok, ok. It was a lot, and I'll try my best to improve their next one. Yep, there's gonna be a `next' one and many more to follow...*evil laugh*

 

So, what I'm really tryna say is…if you don't like something, CRITICIZE ME. I have no problem with it, just don't be really mean with your words…nice criticism would be nice…if there is such a thing…

 

I would like to thank the person who gave me good advice and I'm glad I inspired you to continue your old story…I would love to read it. I knew I was moving a little too fast so I'm gonna try and slow down from now on. But I also really want to know which other characters were out of place…plz! Let me know, I don't want to make any more mistakes…hopefully :)

 

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha characters as you all know, the song “Smile” by Lilly Allen, or Saitama High School [which happens to be a real school in Japan :)], or the math equation[ it was on one of my test…I'm good at math but that equation had me stumped.]

 

Ok, enough of my constant unneeded typing…on with the story!

 

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`If an area of a triangle is 300 m2 and the altitude is 5 less than half its base, what is the base?' Kagome read to herself. `What the hell does that mean?!' she asked herself in confusion.

 

Reading over the question a couple more times and marking up her once clean sheet of paper with various answers, she sighed in frustration and crumpled it up. She swore that was her 10th paper she threw away tonight, and all because of one stupid problem.

 

Just when she was about to hit the books again, the song `Smile' by Lilly Allen began to play.

 

“At first, when I see you cry, yeah, it makes me smile. Yeah, it makes me smile. At worst, I feel bad for a while but then I just smile, I go ahead and smile…”

 

Picking up her cell phone, looking at the caller, she answered, “Moshi, moshi.”

 

“Hey, Kags!” Sango's voice protruded over the device. “What are you doing?”

 

“Unfortunately, I'm tackling the mountain of homework I've been handed today. Most of it is done but I can't seem to finish the math part, I swear, my teacher hates me.” She whimpered tiredly.

 

“Well I have a proposition for you… Why don't you ditch the math tonight and accompany me to this place Miroku wants to meet me at?” Sango asked her voice full of mischief.

 

“As awesome as that sounds, San, I can't. You know I don't like to procrastinate. Besides, where's this oh-so-wonderful place, and why do you want me to go with you? For all I know it could be one of many strip joints Miroku goes to.” She said, sarcasm dripping from her words.

 

“Because, One, if I tell you, you wouldn't want to go with me. Two, I don't want to go by myself…and NO it's not a strip bar so that's out of the question.” Sango pouted.

 

“San, you know I don't like to go to secret places and why can't you go by yourself? You did say that Miroku will meet you there, so at least you'll know one person.”

 

“But what if he leaves to go do something? I'll be left all alone…Please Kaggie? Can you do this one itsy-bitsy tiny favor for me, pleeeeease?” her friend pleaded.

 

Giving in to her best friend's antics of using her childhood nickname, she answered, “Alright, alright. But just this once, okay. I don't want to be doing this every time you want to go somewhere that the only person you know is Miroku.”

 

Jumping up and down with excitement, she exclaimed over the phone, “Thank you so much, Kags! You won't regret this. I'll be over in a bit to help pick out your outfit.”

 

“Okay, see you soon.” She answered back before hanging up.

 

Plopping herself down on her full-sized bed, she looked up at her white ceiling. `What am I getting myself into?'

 

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Racing past all the buildings, the red 2005 Mazda RX8 with a complete `Revolver' body kit took a sudden turn in the intersection, successfully pulling off a very nice drift. Speeding down the street it took a left and headed for a winding road.

 

Stepping on the gas, Inuyasha continued his ascent up the mountain, hoping to make it on time for the deal. Those bastards didn't like to be kept waiting, saying they had better things to do. Scoffing, Inuyasha knew they were full of shit. Those assholes needed these goods just as much as their gang needed theirs.

 

Looking in the rear-view mirror he saw Kage looking out the window indifferently. The boy didn't seem to show any signs of fear when he first stepped into the car while Inuyasha proceeded to drive like a maniac.

 

After telling the boys they were going, he mentioned on his way down to the garage that they were taking his “baby”. So they had to be extra careful with it. Both boys looked at each other and snorted before entering the tricked out ride, it looked like they were doing much more that dealing tonight.

 

Feeling the car stop, both boys looked up. Inuyasha got out of the car first, not even bothering to wait for the teens. Quickly, he and Kohaku got out and opened the trunk to grab the goods. After grabbing the 4 black duffels and shutting the trunk, Kohaku looked around for any signs of Inuyasha.

 

The place was packed. It was amazing how one place could be so crowded. Well, it was Mt. Akina after all. If you were into drifting, you'd be a fool not to come here. Demons and humans alike were scattered about the scene.

 

The Sakkidatta clan's bitches were leaned up against their gang's rides as they eyed the boys up and down, smiling seductively. Kohaku looked away, not bothering to give the S.T.D infested sluts a second glance. He was beginning to wish there weren't so many people; he couldn't see the silver-haired hanyou anywhere.

 

Still searching, Kohaku felt a light tap on his shoulder. Looking at his masked friend, he saw him point and followed the direction of his finger. Smirking he gave his friend a quick pat on the back and exclaimed, “Wow, Souta, you really have good eyes for a human.”

 

Seeing his friend's eyes widen, he realized his slip up and looked around quickly, breathing in a sigh of relief when no one was close enough to hear it. “Sorry” he mumbled, ashamed that he almost gave away his best friend.

 

“It's alright, lets just hurry up before Inuyasha gets mad, you know how impatient he is.” Souta whispered.

 

Nodding, the two boys made their way in the direction Souta pointed to earlier and ended up face to face with an annoyed half-demon.

 

“What the fuck took you two so long?” he asked, his irritation seeping through his words.

 

“Sorry Yash, we lost you in the crowd back there. We're not demons you know.” Kohaku replied sarcastically.

 

Scoffing at the two boys, he walked briskly back over to the two men he was currently talking to, the two boys following behind.

 

As the deal was progressing, the leader of the gang had the nerve to question on Inuyasha's with Kagome. He was beginning to get very annoyed and angry that the prick wouldn't just drop the goddamned subject and get the deal over with. The satisfied smile on that asshole's face was what set him off.

 

Inuyasha stalked forward ready to introduce the son of a bitch to his fist, when someone, rather loudly, revved there engine and low whistles followed quickly after. Turning around to see what had set off half the male population, his breath caught in his throat. “What is she…?”

 

 

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“Sango, I don't like this.” Kagome said uncertainly.

 

They had just parked Miroku's 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse next to a 2005 Nissan 350Z. Apparently Miroku had given them directions which led them to a street race. Not a surprise Kagome really wanted to encounter, especially dressed as she was.

 

“Don't worry, Kags. You look absolutely sexy, thanks to yours truly.” She smiled at her friend full heartily. Giving her a friend a once over to prove her point.

 

Sango smirked as she looked at her best friend clad in a “bad girl” outfit, as her friend liked to call it. She wore a red halter corset with a black leather jacket, which complimented her toned form and showed a fair amount of cleavage, much to Kagome's annoyance. Her legs seemed to go on forever, thanks to the red and black plaid mini skirt, leaving little to the imagination. To top her `seducing' look, her hair was braided into two braids, giving her that `innocent' school girl look and she wore her black and red K-Swiss shoes on her feet. Almost everything about her screamed anything but innocent well, almost. Her huge blue eyes clearly giving her away.

 

“No kidding. Look at you San. I mean, wow, where the hell did you learn to dress like this?” She asked, addressing hers and her best friend's state of dress.

 

Sango was wearing a pink tube top with sparkling stars that stopped right above her belly button, showing off her matching star belly ring. Her low-rise, tight, black pants accented Sango's long legs and the black, 5 inch heels didn't help either. Kagome was sure Miroku would be drooling like a dog in heat when he saw her.

 

Sango giggled and replied smirking, “Well, I guess hanging with the pervert brought the `wild' side out of me.” Looking at her friend she asked sarcastically, “So are you ready to knock Miroku out, no pun intended.”

 

Snickering, the raven haired girl replied, “I guess I'm more ready than I'll ever be, after all, we are already here and dressed to kill.”

 

“You got that right.” Sango stated.

 

Getting out of the parked car and making there way through the crowd, the girls got a few appreciated looks and low whistles from the male population. While some women glared at them enviously and others gave them smirks of approval. `It's going to be a long night. Again, what have I gotten myself into?' Kagome thought to herself.

 

As they continued to walk forward, the crowd got thicker. Looking around to try and find a way out, she did a double take. `Is that Kohaku?' Before she could confirm it, the boy was gone. Finally spotting Miroku, Sango tugged on Kagome's hand and pulled her in that direction of their long time friend, unknowingly redirecting her best-friend's attention.

 

Taking in a breath of fresh air, they made their way over to the `monk'. His head was under the hood of his car, checking his engine thoroughly for any signs of leakage or loose screws. Noticing nothing out of place he shut his hood and turned around only to be greeted by an overly excited Sango.

 

Gasping, he had to hold himself back from pouncing on her right then and there. She was absolutely gorgeous, but those thoughts flew out the window when a few males passed by `eyeing' his Sango.

 

Putting an arm around her shoulder, he gave the sexually-driven males a `Fuck off' look before giving Sango a passionate kiss. They were so caught up in their own world that they totally forgot Kagome was there.

 

“Ummm, guys, a little help here.” She yelled towards her `occupied' friends. It was hard to get them to look at her with all the stupid whistles and the constantly revving engine behind her. She yelled again, this time louder. She didn't like this, she was surrounded by a bunch of horny men, majority of them being demons and she honestly didn't know what to do. How could she fight off someone who was much stronger and faster than she could ever dream of?

 

Separating from their lip-lock, they turned their attention back to the raven haired woman. Miroku smirked, noticing that not only his lovely Sango attracted the male population but Kagome as well. He just wished he could do something about it. One, he wasn't her boyfriend so he couldn't put a claim on her without getting pounded by Sango. Two, he was much weaker than those demons… `Full-demons' he thought.

 

Right when he was about to make an attempt to save the poor girl, a low growl made all heads turn towards the owner and almost instantly all the males surrounding Kagome disappeared in a flash. They knew better to mess with one of the Taisho brothers, especially the younger of the two.

 

Inuyasha stood there thoroughly pissed. While he was trying to make a deal, she had to show up dressed like that. Practically giving every damn man and demon here an open invitation to her body and because of this he left the two squirts to handle the deal by themselves. Hopefully they wouldn't fuck up too much without him, or else it would be his head. Taking in the girl's scent he was satisfied to smell no other male scent was on her except for her brother's and his slowly fading one. He'd have to fix that.

 

“Thank yo-” Cutting off in mid-sentence, finally being able to see her savior, the girl gasped at whom she saw.

 

“I…it's…it's you.” She managed to stutter out. She couldn't believe she would see him again. `What the hell is he doing here?' Looking at Sango, all she got was a very curious expression.

 

While Kagome had her head turned away from him, he took the chance to shoot Miroku a glance that clearly stated for him to don't say shit. Miroku nodded understanding his friend's look but was going to question his silver-haired friend about it later on.

 

An awkward silence filled the air as Kagome kept staring at the silver-haired god in front of her.

 

He was dressed casual tonight, unlike the night she caught him in her room. He wore a red, short sleeved dress shirt with buttons undone revealing a black undershirt, much like the one she saw him in that night, except, it had the words “Shizuka Ryooshi” in red. `Now where have I seen that before?' she asked herself thoughtfully as she continued her gaze downward to his black slacks, and a pair of black DC shoes covered his feet. His hair was left down, unruly and free but was slightly kept back by the black bandana that covered the top of his head.

 

She looked back up, noticing he was appreciating her state of dress as well and… `Did he just growl at me?' That's when she looked up and their eyes locked, and continued to stay locked. His golden eyes pierced into her with such intensity, she felt her knees go weak with desire.

 

“So, I'm assuming you two know each other, Shai?” Miroku asked, using his friend's alias.

 

“Quite.” Inuyasha smirked.

 

Blushing at the memory, Kagome looked up and replied nervously, “Well, I may have bumped into him before, no big deal.”

“When did you bump into him? I remember walking you home from school everyday for the past few weeks and I haven't seen him before in my life. Besides you said you needed to stay home to study all that time…unless you lied to me?” Sango said suspiciously.

 

“I didn't lie to you, Sango. Besides, who said I bumped into him outside of my hou-” She paused, realizing her mistake too late. Her eyes darted to her friend as the girl put two and two together. Then unexpectedly, her friend gasped and blurted out,

 

“He's the one, isn't he Kags? The one you told me who kiss-” Sango's voice stopped in mid-sentence when she noticed her friend's glare that promised death. `Oh shit.' Laughing nervously, she mumbled something about getting shoes out of her car and bolted out of there as fast as she could. When Kagome was mad, no one would be lucky to be around her and hell if she would stay there to see it.

 

Watching his love's quickly retreating form, he yelled, “Wait for me, Sango! Don't leave with her wrath!”

 

As soon as those words left his mouth, he was gone as well

 

Kagome stood there still glaring at the spot where Sango just was. `She is so going to get it later. I can't believe she said that! Out loud, too.' Not even noticing the quiet approaching demon behind her.

 

Watching as his friend went after his mate; Inuyasha silently made his way behind Kagome and wrapped his arms around her waist, preventing her from escaping. He pulled her flush against him and her cheeks burned a dark shade of red.

 

“So you told her about our kiss, did you? What else did you tell her, Kags?” he whispered huskily in her ear.

 

She involuntarily shuddered at the sensation he was provoking. How could mere words get her so hot and bothered? `What is he doing to me?'

 

Sensing her slight arousal, he slowly stroked his tongue on the shell of her ear. Feeling her shiver once again, he chuckled, “Are you going to answer my question, Kaggie?”

 

Snapping out of her thoughts, she turned in his arms and smiled sweetly before she roughly pushed the arrogant hanyou away from her. Being caught off guard, he lost his balance and grabbed for the first thing he could, Kagome's arm.

 

Feeling a rough tug against her arm, the next thing she knew she was falling to the ground. Closing her eyes, she got ready for impact but all she felt was something firm but soft underneath her. Opening her eyes, she looked straight into a pair of golden hues. Literally forgetting where she was at the current moment, she continued to stare at him with wide blue eyes and he made no move to break it.

 

Blinking, all rational thought came back and she looked down at their current position, big mistake. She was straddling his waist with her hands firmly planted on his chest while, his hands seemed to have moved from her arm to her waist when they fell. Trying fruitlessly to hide a huge blush across her features, she scrambled up and took a few feet back away from the hanyou.

 

Looking down, she offered her hand to help him up but he just brushed her off mumbling he could do it himself.

 

Standing once more, he tried to get the blushing girl to look him in the eyes. But to no avail. Finally having enough, he grasped her chin in a rough but gentle manner, and tilted it upwards. She still managed to avert her gaze somewhere else.

 

“Kagome…” he whispered, realizing too late of his slip-up.

 

“When did I tell you-” she didn't get to finish her sentence because of the loud yelling and the equally loud gunshots echoing through the air not too far away.

 

Turning around, Inuyasha looked at the scene before him and cursed under his breath. `Shit! I knew I shouldn't have left those brats alone.”

 

“What…”

 

“Go find Miroku and Sango, and stay with them. Don't talk to anyone else, got it?” he ordered.

 

“Hey! You can't tell me what to do, who do you think you ar-”

 

“Look, I don't have time for this right now. Unless you want to get in the middle of a gang fight, I strongly suggest you go find Miroku and Sango. You'll be safer with them then you are with me.” He stated, impatiently.

 

“Fine but you're explaining some things when you get back.”

 

“Who said I was coming back?” He replied, smirking.

 

Before she could retort, he was gone.

 

Silently she cursed the hanyou for having such an effect on her but quickly brushed it off. `Now is not the time. I need to find Miroku and Sango.' She took a quick look around and looked back in the direction where the hanyou disappeared into. `I hope he'll be okay.' Was her last thought before she sprinted in a direction she hoped was the right one.

 

 

~Twenty minutes earlier~

 

Following the inu-hanyou, the two teen boys tried their best to keep up. Looking up ahead of them, they could see a slick, silver 2008 Nissan Skyline, with black letters spelling “Sanseiu” in the short distance. Two men clad in identical silver pinstriped black suits stood, leaning casually against the hood of the car.

 

Inuyasha recognized the two immediately. He watched as the Sanseiu gang leader and his right hand man stand up and waited as they approached. As they

 

The first one spoke up, “Well, well, well, if it isn't the hanyou.” He spat. “I really didn't appreciate you interrupting my little chat with Kagome earlier.”

 

“Fuck you, Hobo. Like hell if I have you bring her into your fucked up life.” he growled.

 

“No need to get so touchy, Inuyasha. Besides, we're here for business aren't we?” Hojo smirked.

 

Snapping his fingers, the second man opened the front door and pulled out two black, leather suitcases. Placing them on the hood of the car, the man turned and whispered something in Hojo's ear and he nodded. Turning his gaze back to the hanyou, he stared at him as if he was waiting for something.

 

“Look, I haven't got all night. We either make this deal now, or we don't at all, what do yah choose?” Inuyasha questioned impatiently.

 

Changing the subject, Hojo replied,“Inuyasha, tell me something, why do you care so much about her? I've known her for a long time now, and you, you came out of the blue acting as if she was yours. Well, get this Inuyasha, she's mine. She's always has been. I'm the one who took care of her when she was sick, I'm the one who was by her side when her father died, and I'm the one who gave her my heart and soul.” He stated coldly, inwardly smiling as he watched the hanyou become extremely agitated. “Shouldn't I be considered her mate? Or is it that you protect her for something else?” he questioned, using the youkai-term to piss him off even further, and catching him off-guard with his next question.

 

This time he showed his smirk. If he could get him to spill why Kagome was so special, out of all the girls in school, then he would be a happy man. `Just tell me what I want to hear, Inuyasha.' He thought, smiling widely.

 

About to remind the cocky bastard of just whom he was talking to and about, he stopped short as he heard low whistles and a revving engine in the distance. As he looked toward the direction, `Like I said, youkai senses has its perks.'

 

After the hanyou left without much of a warning, the two teen boys were left with the leader and his right-hand man of the Sanseiu clan.

 

Watching the hanyou's retreating form, Hojo turned back to the two teens smirking.

 

“Well, well. Looks like your leader just left you two boys to finish the deal.” He chuckled.

 

“Whatever, Hojo. Like Yash said, either we make this deal now or we don't do it at all.” Kohaku said rather cockily.

 

“Wow, this boy's got balls.” Hojo smirked, while the second man gave a cocky grin.

 

“Alright, what's your proposition?” Hojo asked seriously.

 

“We've got what you've asked for, don't worry about that. Do you have what we want?” Kohaku questioned.

 

Looking rather annoyed, Hojo snapped his fingers once again and second man opened the suitcases to reveal the insides of the two suitcases. One of them held Sou'unga, which was once possessed by the great Inu no Taisho, along with its sheath.

 

The second suitcase held a bright red hakama and haori. It was the legendary kimono that had was made of fire-rat fur and held special abilities. Or so the legend goes.

 

Kohaku looked at his friend and gave him an encouraging nod. Both boys stepped forward and proceeded with the deal.

 

Just as things were about to go smoothly, the second man spoke up.

 

“Are you sure about this boss? You're going to entrust a very powerful sword and valuable kimono to these two brats?” he sneered at the teens.

 

“You have a point there, Kagemusha.” Hojo grinned.

 

“I've had about enough of your bickering! Let's just get this fucking deal over with, so we can move on with our lives.” Kohaku said angrily.

 

“Temper mental, aren't we? Why don't I let Sango know what her little brother's been doing every night when he's supposedly supposed to be at practice?” Hojo said, his eyes gleaming.

 

Growling under his breath, the young teen bit out, “Either you take it or leave it Hojo. Or you can just forget about the whole thing and deal with Sesshomaru, himself.”

 

“Tsk, tsk, such strong words coming from such a young boy.” Hojo continued to taunt. “You know, if you don't watch what you say, someone's going to have to pay.”

 

Kohaku's eyes widened as realization hit him like a ton of bricks. `He wouldn't dare!'

 

“You bastard!” he yelled, right before he flung his fist right into the older man's face, flying him backwards into the ground.

 

Getting up in a sitting position, Hojo wiped off the blood that was pouring out of his nose.“You'll pay for that, you little bitch!” he said menacingly as he reached behind him to pull out his gun.

 

Seeing his friend in danger, Souta quickly pushed Kohaku behind him and pulled out his gun in no more that 15 seconds. Successfully pointing the weapon at Hojo's head before the older boy could even pull out his own gun.

 

Cocking his gun and gently squeezing the trigger, the younger boy gave Hojo an icy glare that could even match Sesshomaru's.

 

Hearing someone else cocking their gun as well, Souta took a quick glance to his side and cursed having forgotten about the other man. He still held strong, still holding Hojo at gun point, and showed no sign of backing down.

 

“I suggest you put the gun down brat, and no one gets hurt.”

 

A short pause was all it took and as quick as lightening, the young teen turned towards Kagemusha and pulled the trigger a couple of times. Watching as the man went down, holding his leg in pain, he turned his attention to his previous target.

 

But no longer was Hojo sitting on the ground, but standing and holding his gun out ready to fire. While Souta was busy taking down Kagemusha, he took the opportunity to get the upper-hand and now he had him just where he wanted him.

 

Smirking at the younger boy, Hojo stared him down. “If you had a choice to save your friend or save yourself, which would you choose?” he asked.

 

Not even waiting for an answer, Hojo pointed the gun in Kohaku's direction and fired but before the bullet could hit the boy, a black clad figure blocked its path and thudded against the ground.

 

About to finish off the other delivery boy, he heard someone quickly approaching. Looking off to the side, he realized it was their keeper so he decided to get the hell out of there as fast as he could instead. There was no way in hell he would deal with Inuyasha after what had happened.

 

Quickly grabbing his comrade, he shoved both him and himself into his skyline and burned out of the parking lot and down the mountain, successfully avoiding the angry half-demon.

 

~Present~

 

Running as fast as his demon legs could carry him, he finally came to a stop in front of his two delivery boys. Or more like just his delivery boy and Kage on the ground.

 

“What the hell happened?!” Inuyasha yelled, traces of concern laced in his voice.

 

Looking at the younger boy, he saw tears streaming down his face. `I've never seen Kohaku cry before, for anything. This boy must really mean a lot to him .'

Kohaku's strained voice was what broke him out of his thoughts. “I…I think he's dead. I tried to get him up but he won't move or respond…and…he's my best friend!” he yelled hysterically, blaming himself for his friend's sacrifice.

 

Ignoring the boy's soft whimpering, he listened for the other boy's heartbeat and was glad to find one, a faint one but it was still there.

 

Shaking Kohaku out of his hysterics, Inuyasha said firmly, “He'll be ok, but we need to find help now. Put pressure on the wound right here-” he grabbed the younger boy's hand and placed it right on the other boy's wound on his chest. “I'm going to call Miroku, you wait right here.”

 

Quickly standing and speed dialing his friend's number, he waited for his friend to pick up. After a couple of rings he heard his friend's voice.

“What's going on, Shai?” Miroku asked worriedly.

 

“We've got an emergency, which car do you have right now?”

 

“I'm with the girls in my eclipse-”

 

“Bring it, now. We have no time to waste.” Inuyasha said impatiently.

 

“What about the girls?” Miroku questioned.

 

“Forget about them right now. We'll deal with that later. Kohaku's friend got shot.” Hearing his friend pause, he yelled, “Well get your ass over here, he won't last much longer if you just wait.”

 

“Okay I'll be there in a sec.”

 

Right after he hung up, sure enough the eclipse came skidding to halt right next to him. Telling Miroku to set up the seating arrangements he ran back to Kohaku and picked up the other boy. Jumping in the car with Kohaku not to far behind him, he gently laid him across their laps. Shutting the door, Miroku made a beeline back to headquarters, every once in a while glancing back at the injured boy.

 

Looking down at her lap, the raven-haired girl stroked the boy's head hoping to give him some comfort in his pain.

 

Opening his eyes for a moment, he whispered, “Kagome?” before falling back unconscious. Going unnoticed by everyone but by one particular hanyou.

 

 

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Sorrie for the late update… I seemed to rush the ending…please forgive me!