A/N: hurrah! I have finally gotten an idea for my InuSan fic! It took a LONG time and after about two hours of thinking it over, half an hour of gathering MORE inspiration, I have completed my um...'thinking-preparing-to-make-fanfic' phase. Now, for the more interesting part..WRITING! (cough cough) okay..that kinda freaked me out. Anyway, it's my first Inuyasha fic so if you flame me I will um...cast a curse on you that will give you bad luck for a long time.
Disclaimer: Gee...do you THINK i would be writing a fanfic if I owned Inuyasha?
Chapter 1
Deep in a forest during the Sengoku Jidai, a tiny camp with a tiny fire with six people (including Kirara) sleeping around the fire could be seen. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Kirara and Shippou were all travellers, making their way to Naraku's castle to kill him. You all know the facts so I won't go into that. Sango woke up slowly and sat up. Kirara's (in her big form) flank had served as a pillow for her and one of Kirara's tail a blanket. She stroked Kirara gently on the back and stood. Making her way as silently as possible to where Hiraikotsu was leaning against a tree, she picked up her weapon and made her way to the nearby stream.
Quietly, she took off her Hiraikotsu, which she had brought just in case a youkai attacked, Sango slipped into the river and gave a sharp intake of breath when she realized how cold the river was; it was getting very close to winter and the water was a lot colder than usual. After a short pause, she squatted down slightly in the river and was a flick of her arm, revealed her hidden arm blade. Looking at the weapon, she remembered how she had used it against Naraku and how it had snapped. After she fixed, she had used it to fight Miroku, severely injuring him. It wasn't my fault, though...it was..kind of his...That was true. In a village of lady-youkai, he had left and, well...flirted with one of the demons. She had given chase after a crowd of lady-youkai, only to be captured and controlled by one of the lizard youkai that were responsible for controlling some of the ladies in the village.
Sango swiftly shook these thoughts away, and manouevering her arm slightly, managed to make the blade positioned so that it could cut her throat more easily. She had brought down an ENTIRE storm of trouble down on the heads of her friends. First was with Kohaku, then (although this trouble was only temporary) when she stole Tessaiga, then with Takeda Kuranosuke (that wasn't TOO much trouble, although it's still a bit of trouble) and then when she was controlled and when she attacked Miroku. They had all forgiven her at that time, but what if something MORE serious pops up that was unforgiveable? What if she actually killed Kagome or Inuyasha? What if she actually stole Tessaiga and it was a successful heist? She didn't suppose they would forgive her for that. Slowly, she took a deep breath. Without her emotions in the way for them, they might be able to kill Kohaku then. Remove the Shikon no Kakera in his back and the Shikon no Tama would be full again. She had no idea what they would do and whether it would be in Naraku's clutches when that happened but she knew one thing: she would be truly and finally reunited with her little brother. Sango closed her eyes and prepared to deal the blow that would end her life.
Back at the campsite, some kind of inner conscience screamed at Inuyasha to get up. Looking around him, he sniffed the air and his golden eyes narrowed. Sango was gone. Immediately he jumped up and looked around, sniffing the air wildly. Almost instantly, he locked on to the taijiya's distinctive scent and followed it to the stream. What he saw there almost made his heart stop pounding. Sango was going to commit suicide?! What was she, insane!?
"Matte, Sango!" The hanyou bounded out from the bushes, and leapt towards the taijiya. The blade was just a hairsbreadth (spelling?) away from her throat and she turned ever so slightly. Immediately, a blur of silver and red flashed in front of her eyes and before she could even think, Inuyasha was crouched in front of her, with a firm hold on her arm. "Inu...yasha...? Wh-what are you doing?"
"That's what I'm supposed to be asking you!" Inuyasha growled, standing up and pulling Sango up with him. "Are you crazy!? What the hell are you doing?!" Sango looked away, avoiding the hanyou's accusing amber gaze. He took a deep breath and continued in a slightly calmer voice. "Sango, if you're trying to commit suicide because you think you're landing a bunch of trouble on us, don't. Just...don't. We need you and we enjoy having you with us. You're a pretty good fighter, you know..for a female ningen."
"Oh?" Sango snapped her head back and glared at him. "Is that why you keep me around? Because I'm a good fighter for a female ningen?"
Inuyasha blinked. "No. That's one of the reasons. There's a whole bunch of others that I'm sure, if i name them, will make you stay with us and not do this crazy thing." Sango began to protest but Inuyasha snapped sharply. "Just shut up and listen!" The taijiya fell silent. "You're best friends with Kagome and I bet she'll be mourning for a long time if you died. Miroku and you have a marriage plan and you'll be breaking your promise to him if you die now. Kohaku's your little brother and you're just plain giving up on him if you commit suicide now, before you kill Naraku and free him."
Sango was still not meeting Inuyasha's gaze and the hanyou couldn't help wondering whether his words had made her stay alive or were just pushing her more and more into the pool of despair, which would eventually lead to another suicidal attempt. "What about you, Inuyasha?" she asked, her voice like acid. "You didn't mention yourself in there."
Inuyasha looked away, and blinked again. Slowly and hesitantly, he spoke. "Sango, I..." Just at that fine moment, Kagome came running in. "Inuyasha! Sango-chan!" Inuyasha shot the miko an angered look but Kagome didn't seem to notice. "We were so worried! Miroku-sama woke up a bit earlier and didn't see you OR Inuyasha. We were sure Inuyasha could take care of himself but after what you...did...we weren't really sure what you would do. We were all so worried! Then, Shippou-chan asked Kirara for help and Kirara...lead us here."
The silver-haired hanyou shot a look at the taijiya standing in front of him, wondering how she would react when Kagome mentioned both Miroku and what she did to him during her controlled state. There was no emotion at all in the taijiya's voice or eyes as she spoke to Kagome. "Well, you didn't need to worry. I'm a youkai taijiya, after all. I can take care of myself." She nudged Inuyasha slightly and the hanyou let go of Sango's arm. As he watched Sango follow Kagome back to the campsite, he knew that slowly, the taijiya's heart, soul and mind was fragmenting. Silently, he vowed to do whatever he could to solve the problem.
A/N: whaddaya think? Too emotional? Too..um...yeah. This was partly inspired by the Warriors series because in the 5th and 4th book, Bluestar (the leader of ThunderClan) was slowly going into insanity and her mind was falling apart because her deputy turned traitor. Very good series. Anyway, ja ne!