The gang was walking. They had nowhere to go, really, and they are all rather unhappy with one another. Sango wondered briefly how this had happened. InuYasha had the body slung over his shoulder, and he was radiating gloom. Sango walked a little closer to Kagome, but she was ignored completely by Kagome's angry face. She walked over to the Monk, and was amazed to find that he was so out of it, what he didn't even notice when she brushed up against him. She was shell-shocked by that. After a while longer of walking, she got her nerve up.

"Isn't this what everyone wanted?" She asked. "Naraku's dead, and we knew where the last of the jewel is, what else?" Everyone else stopped, however no one by Kirara turned to look at her. Kirara mewed.

"What's wrong with everyone? We should be celebrating, not pitying ourselves! We saved the day, what else do you people want?" By this time, Sango was do desperately confused, and she was angry at everyone else. InuYasha turned around, and he was the first to speak to her.

"You know why I'm unhappy." He said simply. Well, that was true. InuYasha had to kill Kikyo in the final battle. She knew how hard that must've been for him. She thought about her battle with Kohaku. It wasn't the same, but it was close. However, that didn't explain why everyone else was unhapp—SLAP!

InuYasha was on the ground, and Kagome's face was hidden by her bangs. She stormed off angrily. Sango bent down to help InuYasha up. So, it didn't explain why the Monk was so out of it. Kagome was always angry with InuYasha for being so jealous, and yet Kagome had an even less forgiving heart in that area.

"Are you all right?" Sango asked InuYasha. InuYasha took her hand, helping himself, and Kikyo's body up.

"Yeah…" He said vaguely. "Why don't you two just go and sleep in Kaede's hut, I'll be… Around." Sango nodded. She'd been around InuYasha enough to know that he was asking to be by himself. She began to walk away, and she got a good distance away before she heard Miroku and InuYasha start talking.

"How could you…" She heard one voice. That had to be the Monk.

"Do what? I can't control what I feel, I'm sorry." Well, that was InuYasha, but it was an odd thing for him to say.

I'm sorry! Thought Sango.

"You know what I mean." Said Miroku, she was pretty sure.

"Look, I haven't made a move. You can have--" There was a sound of flesh meeting flesh. Sango dashed back to find that Miroku had punched InuYasha.

Why is everyone mad at him today? Sango yelled to Miroku. "Hey! What's wrong with you!" She went back over to help InuYasha up again, this seemed to make Miroku even angrier.

"Filthy mutt!" He yelled before turning on his heel and marching off. InuYasha waived her off.

"Go follow him, calm him down!" He said. Sango was confused. Why the hell was InuYasha concerned? This… This was all wrong. "Go!" Sango went. She followed Miroku only to find him… Wait, he wasn't in the bar… Sango checked around town, the events that had just passed swimming through her mind. What was wrong with everyone? There had to be more to this than was it appeared… Why was everyone mad at InuYasha? Why was InuYasha the only one being civil? Usually it was the other way around… Sango walked into Kaede's guest hut, which she'd made for them. Miroku was there, meditating.

"Hoshi Sama?" She said, standing in the doorway. Miroku opened his eyes and glared up at her. That made her flinch. "Hoshi Sama, what's bothering you?" She asked.

"That fool, InuYasha. He's such a…A… A fool!" Sango had learned before that Miroku rarely used words worse than 'poot', and she thought it was endearing, in a way. This meant he was really mad. She sat down next to him, keeping herself away from his hand, which never even tried to come.

"Hoshi Sama, what did he do wrong?" She asked, very worried.

"He has stolen the only thing I hold dear." He said. By the way he held himself at that moment, Sango could tell he didn't want her to press the subject. Sango got up.

"Is there anything I can do to make you feel bett--?"

"No." Said Miroku, cutting her off. Sango was shocked. He didn't even ask her to do anything sexual, like she was expecting. She quickly got out of there.

He didn't notice me making a move on him? Sango was terrified at this moment. She decided it would be good to figure out what went wrong with InuYasha, but he wanted to be alone too. Kagome, she found, went back to her own time. Sango was at a loss. She went to Kaede's hut, not the guest hut, and sat down in front of Kaede.

"Miko Sama, do you know what happened with everyone else?" She asked. Shippo came out of… somewhere, and sat on her knee.

"What d'you mean?" He asked, looking up at her.

"Kagome and Miroku are furious with InuYasha… And InuYasha actually cares!" Shippo blinked, but Kaede seemed to think it over.

"I don't know, Sango." She said. Sango nodded.

…

The next morning Sango came out and saw InuYasha at the edge of town. She smiled weakly at him, and came over. Instead of what she was expecting, which was just for him to sit there and look at her, if she was lucky, He jumped out of the tree and stood face to face to talk with her.

"'Morning, Sango." He said quietly.

"Good morning, InuYasha. Do you know what you did to get Kagome Chan and the Monk so angry?" She asked. InuYasha looked down sadly. Sango had never seen that expression on him before, so it took her a moment to see what it was.

"I don't know…" He said. There was a pause before Sango spoke again.

"Well, the Monk said you took something from him…" She said uncertainly. InuYasha laughed weakly.

"He's lying. I didn't take anything, something he has took something of mine." Sango didn't know what this meant, but she had a feeling she wasn't going to get and answer clearer than that.

"What about Kagome Chan? What happened with her?"

InuYasha made a point to look around before answering. "I told her the truth about how I feel." Sango was confused.

"You don't love her?" She asked. InuYasha nodded slightly.

"I think I used to…" He said, putting his hand on his head. "But, I don't anymore." There was a long silence, and then InuYasha spoke again. "Now that… That Naraku's dead, you're going to go home and try to rebuild the Demon Slayer village, aren't you?" Sango nodded.

"I may not be back for a very long time…" She said. InuYasha looked around again.

"Can I come?" He asked. Sango stepped back in surprise. She blinked, and moved her mouth stupidly.

"Why?" Was all she could manage. InuYasha shrugged.

"Well, I seem to have royally screwed up here, and you're the only friend I've got left." He said.

"Well, yeah, I suppose." She said. "I'll be leaving today, you ca--"

"I'll come today.