Disclaimer: Inuyasha does belong to me. That's right. HE'S MINE! But only
in my head. In real life, he and all the other characters are Rumiko
Takahashi's. Damn. Well, now you can't sue me. By the way, this is my
second fanfic. I hated the first one, but I like this one better. PLEASE
leave a review. I need them so that I can improve my writing...please?
Chapter 1-Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
It was a pretty calm day, for the feudal era. The wind whispered through the trees, and all was peaceful. That is, until Kagome Higurashi realized she had a test the next day. Then all hell broke loose.
"Inuyasha!" she moaned, stuffing things randomly into her backpack, "Where did Sango-chan get off to?"
"I think she went down to the river," said Inuyasha, stuffing instant ramen from Kagome's time into his mouth. "Nane?"
"Because, I'm leaving, and don't you try to stop me!" seeing as Inuyasha wasn't moving, she went on. "I completely forgot there was a test tomorrow...anyways, gomen."
"But-" Inuyasha started to say, but his words were lost. Kagome was already running towards the riverbank.
"Sango-chan! Sango!" Kagome wailed. "Where are you? I'm leaving now..! Sango!"
"Hmmm? Kagome-chan?" Sango had been sitting and thinking by the river. It was always so nice there...no one ever bothered her. Usually."Another test?"
"Yea," She smiled. "Teachers think it's their mission in life to ruin our lives with them."
"Good luck."
"Arigato. Oh, by the way, I'm taking Inuyasha with me, so you and Miroku can...you know...get to know each other better."
"Kagome-san," said Sango, suddenly looking very stern and angry, "When will you realize that that...that hentai monk is just my friend!"
Kagome looked shocked and disappointed. "Well, I'm still taking Inuyasha with me. It'll be fun!"
"Okay...have fun Kagome-chan! Abayo!"
Kagome bowed, and came up looking a little more cheerful. "Sorry for everything. Abayo!"
She then walked to the well where Inuyasha was sitting. "Inuyasha!"
"What now, girl?"
"We're going back to my time. Now. Move it!"
"What the hell...nane?"
"Because I say so. Up! Up!" Kagome waved her hands towards the well.
"Okay...okay! Just don't say...you-know-what..."
"What?" Kagome pursed her lips and put her index finger on her mouth, feigning innocence. "Osawari?"
CRASH
"Gomen, Inuyasha!" Kagome apologized while trying to hide her smile, and pulled Inuyasha into the well.
Sango watched as they went down the well and sighed. "She's really determined..."she thought to herself, "but she just doesn't get it."
"Eh? Sango-chan? Konnichiwa!" Shippo seemed to appear from no where, and he scrambled up Hiraikotsu.
"Hmm? Oh, Konnichiwa, Shippo-chan! I almost forgot you were here." Sango had to twist her head around to talk to Shippo. "Where's Miroku?"
"In the forest, meditating somewhere."
"Probably searching for poor, lost girls to grope. I pray for his soul. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets reincarnated as a fly...or a rat. What do you think of him?" Sango sat down by the fire, and Shippo leaped off Hiraikotsu.
"Who? The lecherous monk with the kazaana?"
Sango chuckled lightly to herself. "Yea, that's the one. Who else?"
"I dunno...sometimes I wonder about the whole womanizing thing. Does he do it because he wants to? Or to get you to notice him?" Shippo waved his hands dramatically.
"You really think so?"
"I know so." he gave Sango the God-you-are-so-stupid look, usually reserved for Inuyasha. "Sometimes grown-ups can be such idiots. They don't see the most obvious things dangling right in front of their noses!"
"We are not all as wise as you, Shippo-chan." Sango couldn't help but laugh at her kitsune friend.
"It's true." Shippo pretended to be Miroku, crossing his legs in lotus position, and folding his hand in his lap. "'We are all soldiers in the war of life.'"
"Hai. That's right. But here is some wisdom of my own." Sango stood up, and threw her boomerang at a nearby tree. "Hiraikotsu." She murmured to herself, channeling her energy effectively.
"W-What was th-th-that for?" Shippo, who was now on the other side of the fire, stuttered. "You scared me half to death!"
"Gomen, Shippo-chan. Listen." Sango caught, waited for, and threw her boomerang again. "See those trees over there, the two I just cut down? What were they part of?"
"The forest, of course. What are you getting at?"
"Patience. You're right; they were part of the forest. Just like we are part of the human race. But look, there are many more trees. So, it doesn't matter, right? But it's a lot like us. Even if we leave this world, it doesn't affect anyone but the people close to us, the trees near us in the forest. In a war, a soldier's life is worth but one yen. But notice I cut down two trees. That's so their souls can go to heaven together. That makes it easier, I think." Sango rested one hand on her hip and ran the other one through her long black hair. "But, of course, I've never died before." Sango smiled at Shippo. "Think about it."
"Sango-san...are you thinking about Kohaku when you say that?"
She frowned, and said hoarsely, "Maybe, but..." Something moved at the base of the trees. "Shh...do you hear that?"
"Hai, Shippo. Stay back."
"You don't have to tell me twice."
Sango threw Hiraikotsu again, trying not to harm the trees, especially after the speech she had made. She was aiming at whatever had made that sound. It was to no avail, though, a figure clad in purple and black simply jumped out of the way.
"What a way to say, 'Konnichiwa,' Sango-chan!"
"Hoshi-sama! My God, I thought for sure that you were some sort of...youkai!" her face hardened. "Don't do that again! I could have sliced you clean in half!"
"Knowing your aim..."Miroku's voice faded.
"What...did...you...say?" Sango's fists clenched and unclenched, not knowing what to do. Apparently they chose brute force. Clutching the ends of Hiraikotsu, she thrust at Miroku. "I'll teach you aim!"
"Matao...Sango...I didn't mean...ahhh!" Miroku ran madly around the campfire.
"Oh, don't mind me; I have such bad aim..."
Shippo just shrugged, and watched in silence. This was pretty normal behavior for them.
Miroku clasped his hands together and bowed. "Gomen, Sango-sama, mercy!"
"Humph." She slung Hiraikotsu loosely on her back, and started walking towards the fire. "That's enough practice for today...I'm tired, anyways. Wow, look at the moon, it's so late...Good night." Sango stretched her arms toward the sky.
"I... (Huff)...agree... (Huff)," Miroku managed to say. "Good night."
The stars twinkled in the glow of the moon above their heads, and the night animals started to come out. Sango fell asleep long before Miroku or Shippo.
"Miroku..." Shippo put his hands behind his head. "Why and how do you always manage to annoy or anger Sango-chan? It really bothers me and the others some time...you always ruin serious things for her!"
"I'm just trying to remain light-hearted...but Sango-chan is such a serious person!" Miroku sighed. "I guess she has every right to be, after what happened to her father and Kohaku."
Eventually, Miroku and Shippo lapsed into a deep sleep, while unbeknownst to them; two bright eyes were watching them intently. Or, more precisely, Sango. "Sango-chan...we'll be together soon."
End of Chapter 1 (Aren't you happy? Didn't you love the cheesy title? Now we get to do the
fun stuff!)
Chapter 1-Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
It was a pretty calm day, for the feudal era. The wind whispered through the trees, and all was peaceful. That is, until Kagome Higurashi realized she had a test the next day. Then all hell broke loose.
"Inuyasha!" she moaned, stuffing things randomly into her backpack, "Where did Sango-chan get off to?"
"I think she went down to the river," said Inuyasha, stuffing instant ramen from Kagome's time into his mouth. "Nane?"
"Because, I'm leaving, and don't you try to stop me!" seeing as Inuyasha wasn't moving, she went on. "I completely forgot there was a test tomorrow...anyways, gomen."
"But-" Inuyasha started to say, but his words were lost. Kagome was already running towards the riverbank.
"Sango-chan! Sango!" Kagome wailed. "Where are you? I'm leaving now..! Sango!"
"Hmmm? Kagome-chan?" Sango had been sitting and thinking by the river. It was always so nice there...no one ever bothered her. Usually."Another test?"
"Yea," She smiled. "Teachers think it's their mission in life to ruin our lives with them."
"Good luck."
"Arigato. Oh, by the way, I'm taking Inuyasha with me, so you and Miroku can...you know...get to know each other better."
"Kagome-san," said Sango, suddenly looking very stern and angry, "When will you realize that that...that hentai monk is just my friend!"
Kagome looked shocked and disappointed. "Well, I'm still taking Inuyasha with me. It'll be fun!"
"Okay...have fun Kagome-chan! Abayo!"
Kagome bowed, and came up looking a little more cheerful. "Sorry for everything. Abayo!"
She then walked to the well where Inuyasha was sitting. "Inuyasha!"
"What now, girl?"
"We're going back to my time. Now. Move it!"
"What the hell...nane?"
"Because I say so. Up! Up!" Kagome waved her hands towards the well.
"Okay...okay! Just don't say...you-know-what..."
"What?" Kagome pursed her lips and put her index finger on her mouth, feigning innocence. "Osawari?"
CRASH
"Gomen, Inuyasha!" Kagome apologized while trying to hide her smile, and pulled Inuyasha into the well.
Sango watched as they went down the well and sighed. "She's really determined..."she thought to herself, "but she just doesn't get it."
"Eh? Sango-chan? Konnichiwa!" Shippo seemed to appear from no where, and he scrambled up Hiraikotsu.
"Hmm? Oh, Konnichiwa, Shippo-chan! I almost forgot you were here." Sango had to twist her head around to talk to Shippo. "Where's Miroku?"
"In the forest, meditating somewhere."
"Probably searching for poor, lost girls to grope. I pray for his soul. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets reincarnated as a fly...or a rat. What do you think of him?" Sango sat down by the fire, and Shippo leaped off Hiraikotsu.
"Who? The lecherous monk with the kazaana?"
Sango chuckled lightly to herself. "Yea, that's the one. Who else?"
"I dunno...sometimes I wonder about the whole womanizing thing. Does he do it because he wants to? Or to get you to notice him?" Shippo waved his hands dramatically.
"You really think so?"
"I know so." he gave Sango the God-you-are-so-stupid look, usually reserved for Inuyasha. "Sometimes grown-ups can be such idiots. They don't see the most obvious things dangling right in front of their noses!"
"We are not all as wise as you, Shippo-chan." Sango couldn't help but laugh at her kitsune friend.
"It's true." Shippo pretended to be Miroku, crossing his legs in lotus position, and folding his hand in his lap. "'We are all soldiers in the war of life.'"
"Hai. That's right. But here is some wisdom of my own." Sango stood up, and threw her boomerang at a nearby tree. "Hiraikotsu." She murmured to herself, channeling her energy effectively.
"W-What was th-th-that for?" Shippo, who was now on the other side of the fire, stuttered. "You scared me half to death!"
"Gomen, Shippo-chan. Listen." Sango caught, waited for, and threw her boomerang again. "See those trees over there, the two I just cut down? What were they part of?"
"The forest, of course. What are you getting at?"
"Patience. You're right; they were part of the forest. Just like we are part of the human race. But look, there are many more trees. So, it doesn't matter, right? But it's a lot like us. Even if we leave this world, it doesn't affect anyone but the people close to us, the trees near us in the forest. In a war, a soldier's life is worth but one yen. But notice I cut down two trees. That's so their souls can go to heaven together. That makes it easier, I think." Sango rested one hand on her hip and ran the other one through her long black hair. "But, of course, I've never died before." Sango smiled at Shippo. "Think about it."
"Sango-san...are you thinking about Kohaku when you say that?"
She frowned, and said hoarsely, "Maybe, but..." Something moved at the base of the trees. "Shh...do you hear that?"
"Hai, Shippo. Stay back."
"You don't have to tell me twice."
Sango threw Hiraikotsu again, trying not to harm the trees, especially after the speech she had made. She was aiming at whatever had made that sound. It was to no avail, though, a figure clad in purple and black simply jumped out of the way.
"What a way to say, 'Konnichiwa,' Sango-chan!"
"Hoshi-sama! My God, I thought for sure that you were some sort of...youkai!" her face hardened. "Don't do that again! I could have sliced you clean in half!"
"Knowing your aim..."Miroku's voice faded.
"What...did...you...say?" Sango's fists clenched and unclenched, not knowing what to do. Apparently they chose brute force. Clutching the ends of Hiraikotsu, she thrust at Miroku. "I'll teach you aim!"
"Matao...Sango...I didn't mean...ahhh!" Miroku ran madly around the campfire.
"Oh, don't mind me; I have such bad aim..."
Shippo just shrugged, and watched in silence. This was pretty normal behavior for them.
Miroku clasped his hands together and bowed. "Gomen, Sango-sama, mercy!"
"Humph." She slung Hiraikotsu loosely on her back, and started walking towards the fire. "That's enough practice for today...I'm tired, anyways. Wow, look at the moon, it's so late...Good night." Sango stretched her arms toward the sky.
"I... (Huff)...agree... (Huff)," Miroku managed to say. "Good night."
The stars twinkled in the glow of the moon above their heads, and the night animals started to come out. Sango fell asleep long before Miroku or Shippo.
"Miroku..." Shippo put his hands behind his head. "Why and how do you always manage to annoy or anger Sango-chan? It really bothers me and the others some time...you always ruin serious things for her!"
"I'm just trying to remain light-hearted...but Sango-chan is such a serious person!" Miroku sighed. "I guess she has every right to be, after what happened to her father and Kohaku."
Eventually, Miroku and Shippo lapsed into a deep sleep, while unbeknownst to them; two bright eyes were watching them intently. Or, more precisely, Sango. "Sango-chan...we'll be together soon."
End of Chapter 1 (Aren't you happy? Didn't you love the cheesy title? Now we get to do the
fun stuff!)