All right, so lemme explain some things you might not understand, since I made them up. Well, kinda.
In this story-
Sango is 19. Kohaku is 13. Meaning when he was eleven, she was 17. From what I searched on the web, her age varied from 15 to 18. So I got the average from all the sites I saw and made her 17. This means that they had a 6-year difference.
There are demons and half demons, even if this is in modern era. Usually demons rule over land, since they are obviously superior. But yes, there are still demon killers (taijiya) that work for the government (which is ruled by both demons and human alike) to destroy the demons that get out of hand. Or something like that. (I don't know, I'm only making this up to make it more believable. Bite me.) Inutaisho is the Lord or the Western Lands, which Sango and Kohaku had just moved to. Ah yes, and they age like a demon. Meaning Inuyasha is probably…oh…400/500 years old in this fic? Yes. Something like that. (UPDATE: This doesnt have anything to do with the ending. You could have skipped it if you wanted to. Oh well. -dodges tomatoes-)
Hm, well…on with it!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (Did I forget to mention this is a 'Halloween Special'? Oh I haven't? Well it is.) Feel free to tell some interesting stories of your Halloween experience, I love reading them. WE CAN BE BESSSTTT FRIIEENNDSSS…. (I'm probably really scaring you, but thats my job.)
Don't own Inuyasha. There. Short and sweet to ease the pain.
"Kohaku?"
Sango sighed as she plopped the heavy cardboard box onto the last open space in her new livingroom; which by the way, was a mess. Well compared to her standards, that is.
"Kohaku?" Sango called louder. He had volunteered to bring some things upstairs, but he should have been done by now. He was merely to bring up 3 boxes, the ones Sango thought was heavy enough for an average 13-year-old to carry.
Sango waved to the last of the Movers as they exited her home for good. They were also aiding them move into the sibling's new home. Looking around; Sango saw the living room scattered in ceiling high stacks of boxes, only resulting in another sigh.
The Kunai siblings had moved away from their past town of memories and atonement that seemed to follow them like a shadow. Their parents had just died in a catastrophic car accident, and with the money they had left behind, plus the money the siblings had got from the lawsuit, they moved into a whole new town. They both agreed for a new life without the agonizing glances from their neighbors and friends, or the haunting memories of every step in the house they've lived in since forever.
Sango had just turned 19, meaning she could live in a home with Kohaku, and care for him like a guardian. She knew this way no one would be able to take Kohaku away from her. They needed eachother now more than ever.
"Where are you Kohaku?"
Recognizable footsteps were heard as someone jogged down the stairs, sneakers clubbing the hardwood flooring.
"Hey Sango." Kohaku walked in, adjusting his pants. He exerted his way through the crowd of boxes until he was standing infront his sister.
"What took you so long?"
Kohaku goofily beamed at her. "I wanted to be the first to use the bathroom."
Sango blinked, slightly surprised by the random hilarity of the comment. Breaking into a grin, she retorted, "Which bathroom did you use?"
"Mine of course!"
Having gained a lot of money allowed them to buy a ravishing house that cost more than they had ever dreamed of. The Kunai siblings were living in between mansions for goodness sake! Their current house was complete with large separate bedrooms so they wouldn't have to share, and a luxurious bathroom accompanying each.
"Well, that means there's one more left…" Sango said, letting the comment linger in the air.
Both siblings continued to stare eachother down before simultaneously breaking into a run towards the stairs. Kohaku, who had the advantage of being closest to the stairs, grabbed the railing first before feeling Sango pull on his other arm backwards. Thus resulting in Kohaku spinning back, loosing his grip and footing as he almost fell on his behind.
Sango looked back, already 5 steps up as she chuckled down at him. "C'mon Kohaku, where's the challenge?"
Kohaku regained his steps as he smirked up at his sister, her look now faltered. Catching the railing that she was holding onto, which was 5 steps up; Kohaku pulled himself up onto the banister. He used the design of the wood on the base of the rail as supremacy, using it as a footstool to boost him over the rail and infront of Sango. Kohaku laughed pointedly over his shoulder as he ran up the stairs.
Sango followed quickly, smiling smugly the whole way.
Kohaku had just recovered from a deadly cancer, one she was convinced she would lose him from. Miraculously, he lived. And ever since, she didn't squander one minute with him. She loved him, and would do anything for him, no matter the cost. Now that she was shown that life could be cruel to people just as normal as her, Sango realized she can't be as amiable as she was before. She was to step up her game, for Kohaku was in her care and her care alone.
Catching up to him, Sango grabbed the back of his shirt as his fingers brushed over the knob of her bathroom door.
"Nah-uh-uh!" Again, Sango pulled back, making Kohaku fall onto his posterior. He wouldn't have toppled if Kirara hadn't happened to be on Sango's side and place herself behind his feet at that exact moment. Gaining the leverage, Sango threw open the door and ran in, shutting and locking it behind her.
"No fair, Ane-ue!" Kohaku laughed as he pulled himself up. "Kirara tripped me!"
Sango also laughed from behind the door. She didn't really need to use the bathroom, so she thought it would be beneficial to wash her hands and try to cleanse the spots of dust off her blouse from moving in and out of the large moving van.
"Why don't you go put Kusarigama and Hiraikotsu up on the living room wall? We promised we would put those up first before anything." She spoke loudly over the running water she turned on.
Now a days, it was considered a great honor if you would sanctify a wall to your ancient purpose. For example, Kohaku and Sango were training to become prime Taijiyas. This meaning they should honorably decorate a wall to their weapons and/or armor and suit.
Kohaku stared at the door dubiously, "Are you kidding! How am I suppose to lift Hiraikotsu up onto the wall if I cant even lift it into the air for 5 seconds?"
Sango smiled, "Fine, then do your weapon first. Don't forget about the katanas."
"Alright, I wont." And with that, Kohaku was off.
The Kunai siblings had agreed to work most of the night, dressing the walls with decorations since decorations were the easiest to unpack. Empty boxes went into the garage, which Sango was cheerful to announce was half the boxes that came in through the front door.
It was already 3 o'clock in the morning and the Kunai siblings were burned out. Their ministrations were now only half-serious, as they were only half-awake.
"Ane-ue…" Kohaku whined as he finished pushing the couch into place. That was the last of the downstairs furniture. Tomorrow they would do the upstairs, then they could fill the house with their possessions.
Sango sighed, setting an only half-empty box onto a stack of unopened boxes. "Alright Kohaku, lets get ready for sleep. We'll have to crash on the sofas since our beds are still in the garage…"
"That's fine." Kohaku pummeled into one of the couches, instantly moving in a comfortable position.
Sango smiled, a small chuckle falling on her face as she too fell onto a couch, pulling the lamp string to turn off the light. Which by the way was still standing amongst a large box.
"Night." They said in unison.
"Are you sure they're moved in yet?"
"Of course I'm sure, I saw the moving trucks yesterday."
"Maybe we came too early, honey…"
There was a hearty laugh, "Nonsense, Izayoi. It's 1 in the afternoon!"
"Ring! Ring!" Came a childish voice.
Sango heard the ring from the doorbell sound through the house.
"Mmm…" She moaned, rubbing the sand of sleep from her eyes. "…Did you say 1?"
No one answered, causing Sango to open her eyes fully. The sun from the partly opened window shone in her newly opened eyes. She hated sun. Sango closed her eyes again. Sunday mornings always seemed to come too soon.
"Kohaku…?"
"…Mhmm…" Kohaku answered in his sleep.
"Did you say it was one in the afternoon?"
"…No…"
Sango become alert at this, her eyes shot open instantly as she sat up. 'But it had sounded like…'
"Try ringing the bell one more time. If they don't answer, we'll leave." There was that voice again!
"Alright!" Came the more childish voice. Most likely a young girl.
And again, the sound of the bell rang through the house, alerting Sango to open the door.
Sango jumped over the back of the couch, racing to open the door. She knew she heard them talking as well as the ringing of the bell. But why hadn't she woken earlier? How long have they been standing there?
With a sudden jolt of nervous excitement running through her body, Sango opened the door.
"…Hi…"
The tallest man smiled down at her, moving to grab her hand in a shake.
'His grip is so strong…'
"Hello, new neighbor."
Within the young taijiya's brain, things began to click.
'Ah, so they're my neighbors…'
"Nice to meet you." Sango took her hand back form their hand shake. "I'm Sango Kunai."
"Inutaisho." The man smiled brightly.
"Did you just wake up?"
Sango needed to look down in order to see the 4th member of the family.
"Rin!" Who seemed to be her mother, scolded. "I'm sorry about Rin. My name is Izayoi."
Sango also shook her hand, "Nice to meet you."
"That is Rin, my daughter." Izayoi continued.
"Hello!" Rin greeted, a bright smile on her face.
"My eldest son here," Inutaisho moved to bring his son forward from the leaning position against the porch rail. "Is Sesshomaru."
"Hello," He greeted politely, stepping forward to shake her hand.
She shook his hand, sending him a grateful smile, but he did not return it. "Nice to meet you, Sesshomaru."
He nodded curtly.
"My other son…" Inutaisho seemed to look around, "Where—"
"He left." Sesshomaru voiced, "Said he doesn't really give a rats ass about the new neighbors and went to town."
Inutaisho looked at his son, a sarcastic look on his face. "Thank you, Sesshomaru."
Sesshomaru just smirked at his father's misfortune.
Izayoi shook her head in disapproval. "I'm sorry, Sango—"
"No, it's ok." Sango smiled reassuringly.
There was a moment of awkward silence as everyone pondered random things at a time. Sango's mind going 100 miles a minutes at the new neighbors.
'Inutaisho is very handsome, must be where Sesshomaru gets his amazing looks. Izayoi is very beautiful…though Rin looks nothing like any of them! But they all seem very nice, except for this other character of another son Inutaisho was talking about…Atleast Sesshomaru was nice enough to come! Then again, his brother is younger than him, and probably more adolescent.' Sango continued to go through her thoughts rapidly. 'Inutaisho and Sesshomaru are most definitely dog demons. Clawed fingers and fanged canines; it's an obvious sign.'
"…Inutaisho…I've heard that name before." Sango spoke, earning a smile form the said man.
Inutaisho wore his long silver locks in a high ponytail, wavy bangs resting on his forehead. His cheeks bore the markings of a taiyoukai, the jagged dark blue horizontal marks. Infact, Sesshomaru also has markings, long and straight horizontal magenta markings on his cheekbones. Sesshomaru also has a crescent moon on his forehead. Elegant and rich, their clothing looked like it was made from the stitcher's hand and sent to them on jet. Izayoi had long flowing ebony hair; she was truly picture perfect. But, she was purely human. Not an ounce of demon blood in her. Well, being a taijiya, Sango would know.
Inutaisho nodded his head, a gleeful laugh coming from his mouth. "I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself fully." Puffing out his chest, Inutaisho sucked in a deep amount of air childishly grinning, "I am Inutaisho, Lord of the Western Lands."
Rin poked his chest, making Inutaisho immediately deflate and playfully grab Rin into his arms.
Ignoring Rin's childish laughs, Sango stood there, eyes wide and mouth fully open. Staring. 'L-Lord of the We-Western Lands?' Immediately, Sango bent low in a bow. "I am so sorry, Lord Inutaisho. I didn't—"
Inutaisho gave her a chuckle, setting his clawed hand on her shoulder motioning her to stand up as Rin climbed out of his hold. "It's ok Sango. But I'm sure you could repay us by letting us in your home." He sent Sango a grin.
Sango was suddenly flustered, 'I am so rude!' "Oh I am so sorry again, Lord Inutaisho I left you standing outside—please come in…come in!" She moved out of the way, allowing room for the amused looking family to walk past.
Once all of their backs were turned to her, Sango let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Now knowing he was a Lord, Sango become very nervous. Running a hand through her hair, Sango shut the door.
"Wait—" Her house was a mess!
Stuttering forward, Sango walked past Sesshomaru and Izayoi to catch up with the head of the group; Inutaisho. Ok, so her house was a mess. What could she do about it? But if anything, she had to keep them out of the living room. One, her brother was sleeping in there. How could he sleep after all that ruckus? Two, their demon slaying weapons and uniforms are lying on the wall! She knew some demons purely hated all demon slayers, no matter how much good the demon slayers try to do. What if Inutaisho was like that? He would surely kick her out of his lands.
Lending a hand on his arm, for his shoulder was too far up due to his tall stature, she saw him look down at her questioningly.
"Why don't I bring my brother out and you can meet him here." '…In the hallway…not in the livingroom…' She added in her head. "He is sleeping, let me go wake him up…"
With quick agility, Sango was out of the hallway and stumbled into the livingroom. Instantly going to her brother, Sango shook the boy.
"Kohaku—Kohaku wake up!"
"Mhhmmm…?"
"Kohaku!" She whispered loudly.
"…" Kohaku snorted and turned away from his now frustrated sister.
"Oh let the young man sleep Sango, he must be very tired from moving." Izayoi spoke.
Both siblings' head shot to the doorway, seeing their new neighbors already exploring their living room.
Kohaku saw the urgent horror in Sango's eyes as said eyes darted to their weapons. Soon, Kohaku understood.
Standing up, Kohaku was about to introduce himself when—it was too late.
"Demon Slayers." Sesshomaru fingered the weapons hanging on the wall. That statement led the whole family to walk over to the decorated wall of weapons and slaying tradition.
Sango bustled forward, "Um, Yes. Me and Kohaku a-are training to become Demon Slayers…"
There was silence, the family looked very interested.
Inutaisho let out a booming laugh. "Ah yes! I knew you two were demon slayers. See? I told you, Izayoi."
"H-how did you know, Sir?" Kohaku drawled out.
"Rin here saw large weapons being dragged into your home." Izayoi petted her daughter's head soothingly.
"…I see." Sango nodded solemnly. But before she could interject with any pessimistic suggestions of being kicked out, Inutaisho took the Hiraikotsu off the wall, examining it with his sharp golden eyes.
"Very interesting work." He turned it over in his arms, "What is it?"
Sango stood from the kneeling position by the couch. "It is Hiraikotsu. There aren't many in the world. Infact my father crafted it by himself. But he gave it to me next after he retired, like he gave Kohaku the Kusarigama." Sango pointed to the said weapon on the wall.
Kohaku also stepped forward, beside his sister. "So…does that mean you do not mind Demon Slayers in your land?"
Sango looked down at her brother curiously; wondering how he already knew Inutaisho was the Lord of the Western Lands.
"Mind? No! Infact I was waiting for some Demon Slayers to step up and move here. We need some, so you and your parents are in for a treat."
Sesshomaru and Inutaisho both noticed the change of emotion in the room almost instantly. Sesshomaru watched stoically as Sango almost unnoticeably wrapped an arm around her younger brother's shoulders, giving him a squeeze.
But Inutaisho was more curious, "Where are your parents anyway Sango? I would like to meet them." His voice was instantly firm, as if already knowing the answer.
Kohaku looked up at his sister, wondering what she would say.
"We…" She started, not finding the words to admit them outloud. "They…" Taking a deep breathe, Sango blurted it. "They died, in a car accident. Which is the reason we moved, Sir."
Now the room was filled with uncomfortable tension. Sango hated that, so she tried smiling assuringly.
"How old are you two?" Izayoi spoke softly, lending a hand on Sango's shoulder.
"I just turned 19," Sango assured, "and Kohaku is 13. But I am old enough to look out for him…so—"
"We wont take you two apart, Sango." Izayoi noticed the determined look in Sango's eyes at the slightest idea separating the two. She felt sorry for them. "I'm sure no one will."
Rin, who was mindlessly tuning out the conversation, poked her head through the crowd of legs. "I like ice-cream! Do you have ice-cream, Sango-san?"
A disciplining glare from her mother went unnoticed as Sango's mood brightened just the slightest at the young girl's question. "Kohaku, why don't you go show her the ice-cream we have in the fridge."
Kohaku nodded as Rin pushed through Sesshomaru and Inutaisho's legs to follow him.
"Not too much, Rin!" Inutaisho bellowed after her.
His attention went back to the young taijiya infront of him. "So Sango, you're in college now?"
"Yes, Sir." She smiled. "I'm transferring to Shikon College of the Fine Arts."
"Really? My other son is attending that college. Maybe you will see him there."
She nodded politely.
"Oh, I have an idea." Izayoi got a questioning glance from her husband, "Why don't you come to the Halloween party we are holding? This Saturday is Halloween, you know." She smiled.
"Halloween Party?" Sango saw Sesshomaru hand her an invitation from his back pocket. Taking it, Sango saw the beautiful floral designs on the beige envelope as well as the contrasting dark crimson of the cursive letters on the front. It said, 'Happy Halloween!'
"Good idea, dear." Inutaisho wrapped an arm around his wife's waist. "Yes the party is this Saturday at 8 o'clock. Wear something formal!"
"Don't forget to bring Kohaku," Izayoi added with an elegant smile.
A happy looking Rin came running through the doorway, an ice-cream cone in her small hands. "I love chocolate!" Kohaku emitted shortly after.
Sesshomaru rolled his eyes.
"Well we must be going." Izayoi went to hug Sango; "It was very nice meeting you Sango."
Inutaisho nodded, shaking her hand in his large one. "I hope to see you at the party."
Sesshomaru gave her a short nod of dismissal before following his father out the door.
"Bye Sango-sama, Kohaku-sama!" Rin laughed, waving her free hand.
The Kunai siblings also waved goodbye, shutting the door behind their neighbors.
After a moment of silence, they looked at eachother before--
"Please Ane-ue! Can we go? Please!" Kohaku begged, almost reading the topic on Sango's mind.
"I don't know, Kohaku…" Sango seemed uncertain. "Wait--how did you know we got an invitaion?"
"Well it's pretty hard not to eavesdrop Sango. I mean, we do had a Lord in our living room, you know." Kohaky explained smartly.
Sango sweat dropped.
Going back to the point, Kohaku cintinued to beg. "Pleeassee!"
Sango thought it over in her head. "You're going to have to find something nice to wear, you know."
Kohaku nodded vigorously, "Yes I know! Please, Sango!"
Sighing, Sango nodded although a smile on her face. "Alright Kohaku. We can go."
More things to explain. Um, this 'one-shot' was 27 pages and 12,047 words...(yeah. im weird)...so i'm cutting it into like...4/5 chapters. Something like that. So it will be a novella. Yah. I'm cutting the pages by pages, so each chapter should be ABOUT..oh...5-7 pages. It depends on the cut scenes, cuz i dont want to post a chapter, ending IN BETWEEN a scene.
Anyway, please review!
-Monica
PS: This novella was already written, and will be updated every 2 days. (Today is a wednesday, so another chap will posted on friday) (i know, i know, 'friday is suuuuch a long timeee!', but i also have to have time to actually WRITE anouther chapter for my other story.) So deal with it. XD
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