Sango: A Feudal Fairy Tale
Disclaimer: I own none of the Inuyasha characters. This is being written purely for fun. Some Characters might be Oc and some events in the Manga/Anime will be switched or changed about. Hope you enjoy the story.
Chapter Two
"Now unless you want to die, you'll hand over the Shikon No Tama." Sango growled and bared her claws at Inuyasha and Keade. Kaede, who was standing behind Inuyasha grinded her teeth together.
"Never hand that over to her, Inuyasha" Kaede warned. She watched Sango for a second more before turning her attention to Inuyasha, who was gripping the Shikon no Tama between his fingers.
Sango growled and raised her hand slowly up to her face. "I won't go easy on you especially..."Charging suddenly, Inuyasha only had a second to dive out of the way just as the half demon slammed her fist down where he had once been standing. "Because you smell like that bastard!" She snarled.
"Whoa! Even after being pinned for so long, Sango's power is still at its fullest." An elder muttered.
"Now I'm going to cut you in half!" She was crouched in front of the hole she had created while Inuyasha sat off to the side of it, amazed and shocked by her power.
"You're really trying to kill me aren't you?" He questioned. He couldn't believe she held such power. She was truly as strong as she boasted when she was taunting Mistress Centipede.
"K-Kaede-Sama. It was most unwise to unseal Sango." The elder muttered. Kaede sighed quietly and dug into her kimono and pulled out a medium sized brown and white necklace. Thirteen beads down to the right was a sharp tooth and thirteen down to the left was another.
"That damn woman..." Kaede muttered.
"Now prepeare to die!" Sango yelled. Launching herself in the air, she took a swipe at Inuyasha as soon as she was close enough. Inuyasha threw his arm up and winced when her claws cut through his school uniform and into his arm.
He stumbled back and fall on his butt. The Shikon No Tama fell from his grip and rolled across the ground.
Inuyasha cursed and scrambled to his feet. Sango shot up into the air and started to descent down upon Inuyasha when something shot out and circled around her neck.
"Inuyasha! Speak a subduing word! Something to quiet Sango!" Kaede yelled.
"W-what?! What should I say?"
"Anything! Just pick something!" Kaede yelled.
"Don't kid yourself! There is no way I'm being subdued!" Sango screamed. She charged forward and struck the ground where Inuyasha was standing. Inuyasha crawled away from the attack. His mind was mulling over what word to use in order to subdue Sango. He was drawing a blank.
"Hurry Inuyasha!" Kaede yelled. Sango straightened herself up and cracked her knuckles.
"Do...Do...DOWN GIRL!" He yelled. The necklace around Sango's neck glowed a soft blue before she was forced to the ground.
"Wow...She was subdued."
"She was forced to the ground."
Sango was stunned by the sudden attack but once the energy that had forced her to the ground wore off, she jumped to her feet and grabbed at the necklace. "Wha...What the hell is this!?" She yanked on the necklace, hoping to break it but it didn't.
"Struggling is useless Sango. That Rosary around your neck subdues your powers." Kaede informed as she made her way over to Inuyasha.
"GO STUFF IT OLD WOMEN!" Sango screamed. She moved forward to strike the old woman down, causing Kaede to sigh.
"Inuyasha."
"Down girl." He said and Sango once again slammed into the ground.
"Okay let's all head back to the village." Kaede called.
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All the villagers were gathered around Kaede's hut, peeking in through the flap. They were curious of the human who had appeared out of nowhere and awakened the sleeping half-demon. Inuyasha, though used to the attention because of how popular he was at his school was still a little comfortable with all the attention he was getting from the villagers. They staring and attention wasn't the same as the stares he got from the kids in his school.
He tried to keep his attention off them by watching Kaede as she mixed the herbs together. It was a strange but fascinating process.
"Let me see your wounds Inuyasha. With these medical herbs, you wounds should heal nicely." Kaede said. Finished mixing everything, she carefully and gently rubbed the medicine onto his wounds. "Lucky for you, this wound isn't anything serious and should heal within a day or so however because of last nights events, we now have a bigger problem. Now that the Shikon No Tama has resurfaced in this age, evil beings will begin to swarm."
"You mean Youkai?" Inuyasha asked.
"Not only Youkai but people with evil in their hearts as well. In this age of war, if they can get the Shikon No Tama and all of its spiritual power, then they can achieve all of their desires." Kaede finished.
Inuyasha threw a curious look at Sango. "Why do you want the Shikon No Tama?" He asked. When Sango didn't answer, he continued on. "You're already strong even without the power of the Jewel."
"It is because she is a Hanyou." Kaede cut in. Sango snapped her head around and glared at Kaede.
"Do you know me, old hag? You've been talking like you know me." Sango growled.
"You don't recognize me, do you? But that's not very surprising." She gave out a sigh. "I am the younger sister of Miroku. The one who sealed you to the Go-Shin-Boku. I am Kaede." She informed.
"Kaede?"
"It has been fifty years since then, so I have aged." She said. Sango raised a eyebrow, giving Kaede a curious look.
"Hmm, so you're that brat that followed Miroku around all the time. Hm? Then that means that Miroku is an old bat as well? Too bad being human isn't it..." Sango muttered, leaning back on her hands and closing her eyes.
"Big brother Miroku is dead." Kaede said in a flat tone. Sango snapped her eyes open but didn't glance at Kaede. "It was the same day that you were sealed."
"Hm. So that's what happened..." She smirked. "Too fucking bad for that asshole." She let out a laugh before relaxing. "That's a relief."
"Sango. I think its a bit too early to be relieved."
"And why is that old hag?" She asked.
"Because I believe Inuyasha here is the reincarnation of big brother Miroku."
"W-What?!"
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"It's not just your appearance or your magical powers. The fact that you carried the Shikon No Tama in your body...That is the best proof and now you must protect the Shikon No Tama."
'You have to be kidding me...' Inuyasha thought. He grabbed a hold of the necklace that the Jewel was attached to and stared down at it. How could such a small little marble hold such power and cause so much destruction?
"I hear he is the reincarnation of Miroku-Sama."
"Now that you mention that, he does seem noble." Villagers were gossiping like old fish wives and Inuyasha tried to ignore it, telling himself he was already used to this kind of thing and yet when they actually stopped what they were doing to watch him, he couldn't just ignore it anymore and instead raced out the village.
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Meanwhile in her forest in the largest tree on the highest branch, sat Sango. She had her arms tucked into her sleeves and her legs tucked underneath her.
'That boy...he's actually Miroku? Could he actually be the reincarnation of the man who sealed her to the tree? Was it possible and if he was, then what did that mean for her?
The sound of something flying through the air had her ears twitching in that direction. Sliding her arm out of her sleeve, she slipped it behind her and grabbed the object before it could hit her. She was surprised however when she pulled her arm from behind her back and saw that it was an apple.
"That's your share." Inuyasha yelled. He had one bag filled with fruits over his shoulder and another bag of fish tucked under his arm.
"What's with the food?" Sango asked, getting up from her relaxed position.
"It's a offering from the villagers. So come down here so we can eat together." He said. Sango narrowed her eyes at the request but after a moment, she jumped down. Inuyasha gave her a small smile as he took a seat underneath the tree.
He placed the offerings he had gotten on the ground and stretched his legs out. Sango crouched down beside him, keeping a distance between them.
"What are you plotting bastard?"
"I'm not plotting anything but...you don't really like me do you?" He asked.
"You make me retch!" She snapped.
"Listen up you! My name is Inuyasha! I'm not this Miroku guy you're so hung up on! So could you be a little more friendly?" He asked.
Sango sneered.
"Whoever you may be, I'll show no mercy when it comes to getting the Shikon No Tama." She swore, getting to her feet. She was ready to fight at any moment and wasn't going to be taken by surprise again by this human boy.
"Yea but you know if you ever get violent all I have to do is say down girl and..." He trailed off when he heard Sango slam into the ground. "Er oops." He laughed.
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Pulling the blanket he had borrowed from Kaede up to his chin, Inuyasha tried to get some rest but couldn't. His mind was more focused on his home and his family. It had already been two days since he has been here and he still hasn't thought of a way to get back. He wasn't sure if traveling through the Well again was going to take him back home or not and he couldn't help be slightly afraid that it wouldn't.
A image of his family flashed through his mind, bringing his mood even lower.
'Jii-Chan, Mama and Souta are probably starting to get worried.' He thought.
They were probably going to start getting frantic if he didn't return home soon. He could already see his mother calling the police everyday, demanding they find her son or else. His mama was like that, head strong and stubborn when it came to her sons.
'I miss you guys so much...' Was his last thought before he succumb to the sleep that suddenly took a hold of him. Resting at the window of Kaede's hut was a strange three-eyed crow. It's creepy eyes were focused on the sleeping Inuyasha.
It kept its eyes on Inuyasha for a moment longer before opening its long beak and revealing a row of sharp, vicious set of teeth. It looked like it was about to take a step into the hut when a rock suddenly hit the window sill it had been resting on. The crow cawed and flapped its wings, lifting itself into the air.
Swerving its head around, it cawed at the shadowed figure resting on the post nearby. The shadowed figure, who revealed to be Sango when the light shined on her, flipped a rock off her thumb and shot it at the crow. The crow cawed again and flew off.
'It must have smelled the scent of the jewel but to already appear...' She thought, staring at the crow as it flew off.
'Corpse dancing crow. Hm, looks like a nasty little ting as come to play.' She thought with a little smirk.
xoxox
'The dried up Well is what I had come out of when I arrived here so if I jump in...I should be able to go home...right?' He wondered. He figured he could at least try it and see what might happen. The worst thing that could happen is that nothing happens and he is stuck here till he finds another way to go home while the best thing would be that it would work and he would be back home with his family.
'I hope it works.' He sighed softly after a moment and continues his way towards the bone-eaters well.
Meanwhile back at the village, the villagers were going crazy trying to find said boy, who had disappeared this morning before anyone had awoken.
"Lord Inuyasha! Where are you Lord Inuyasha!?" The villagers called. They had been searching around the village for hours looking for the boy and yet they found no sign of him at all.
"There is no sign of him, Kaede-Sama." A younger villager and one of the ones who had informed the rest of Inuyasha's disappearance.
"Don't tell me he left by himself." Kaede muttered. Sango, who was resting on Kaede's roof, blinked at the commotion, wondering why the villagers were so uptight so early in the morning.
Meanwhile, while Inuyasha was making his way to the well, he failed to notice the pair of eyes watching him from the bushes and so wasn't prepared when arms reached out and grabbed him.
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"Its a boy.."
"A boy?" The small group of bandits whispered. When they had planned on capturing the human who held the Shikon No Tama, they figured it was a female and not a male who they would be capturing. But it seems that they had been wrong though that didn't change their plans to kill the human and steal the Shikon No Tama.
The two bandits that had kidnapped Inuyasha were struggling to keep the boy down. The kid had put up a fight when they had captured him and now both bandits were sporting a couple of bruises on their faces. The one with a beard and a long scar across his nose was the first to address their leader.
"We captured him just like you ordered, Okashira." He called.
"This bastard is sure wearing some strange clothes" Moshi, the other bandit who had kidnapped Inuyasha piped in.
"The jewel..." Okashira rasped out. Inuyasha lifts his head and see's a ugly, fat man who looked like he had seen better days standing before him. "The jewel...Hand it over." He said.
He tipped the Sake cup he was holding to his crusted lips, yet instead of going into his mouth, it dripped down his lips and onto his lap.
'What the hell is with this guy?' Inuyasha thought,
"Give me the Shikon No Tama!" Okashira yelled. He thrust his hand out and grabbed the front of Inuyasha's shirt. Lifting the boy up, he snatched the necklace from around his neck and then dropped him. Opening his hand, the Shikon No Tama sat innocently in his palm.
"Wha-?!"
'Not only Youkai but people with evil in their hearts are also after the Shikon No Tama.' Kaede's voice filtered into his mind.
Inuyasha jumped to his feet and practically threw himself at Okashira. "Give that back!" He yelled. He slammed himself into Okashira's chest. It hurt but he knew he had to get the Shikon No Tama away from this guy. Nothing good would happen if this man used it. Suddenly he was shoved back and a sword was thrust in front of his face.
"Strain him." Okashira snapped. The two bandits that had kidnapped Inuyasha moved forward and threw the boy to the ground again. He fought them and was able to get a few hits in but they were able to once again get him to the ground.
Okashira smirked. Lifting his sword, he waits for his boys to get the boy into position before he threw his arm out. The bandits around him quietly whined to each other at the thought of killing the boy but said nothing to their leader, knowing better than to question his judgement.
However instead of getting Inuyasha, he missed and ended up cutting his own man in half.
"O-Okashira!?" Moshi cried, surprised by the actions of his leader. The man he cut split in half and dropped to the ground, his blood spilling from his dead body.
"Oops. Looks like I made a mistake but this time...This time I won't miss." Okashira said. He flicked the blood off his sword and raised it again.
'What the hell is wrong with this guy?' Inuyasha wondered.
"You..." Okashira yelled. "DIE!"
"I don't think so!" Inuyasha yelled, breaking out of the bandits hold and moving around the room, trying to find a weapon he could use. Okashira followed behind him, waving his sword about and cutting off two of the heads of his bandits.
"W-What the hell are you doing Okashira!" One of his bandits called. Inuyasha reached the end of the room and grabbed one of the spears they had resting against the wall.
"Stay back!" Inuyasha yelled. He spun the spear in his hand before thrusting it out towards Okashira. Okashira's blade met his smaller one and a small struggle ensued however because Okashira's blade was larger and he knew how to wield a sword, he was able to push the boy away and cut the spear in half.
"Damn..." Inuyasha muttered. Throwing the two pieces away, he threw his fist up and got ready to fight this asshole off till his last breath. However before he could throw the first hit, the wall was smashed through and an angry half demon came smashing through, using her claws to cut Okashira's sword in half.
"Sango!" Inuyasha was surprised and relieved to see Sango there.
"What the hell!? What is with this bitch?!" The bandits called.
"You came to help me..." Inuyasha whispered.
"Where's the Shikon No Tama?!" Sango interrupted.
"...Wasn't on your mind at all?" He finished.
"Where's the jewel!?" Sango yelled.
"Ghehe" Okashira laughed, staring at the hanyou.
"This guy huh?...Ugh! What an awful small...It stinks of reeking corpse around here." She said, covering the lower part of her face with her long sleeves.
"What?" Inuyasha questioned.
"You're in there aren't you corpse dancing crow!" Sango yelled as she moved forward and sliced open Okashira's chest. Inside his chest, nesting was the same three eyed crow Sango had seen last night.
"What the fuck!" Inuyasha yelled.
"AHHH! What the fuck is going on!?" The bandits yelled.
"Sometime around last night, the Corpse dancing crow ate its way through his chest and built a fucking nest." Sango muttered.
"O...Okashira...you mean he's already dead?" One bandit asked.
"I thought he was acting weird." Another said.
"Damn...How cruel..." Inuyasha muttered. The three-eyed crow cawed at Sango, who covered the lower part of her face again with her sleeve.
"Because the Corpse dancing crow is not that strong, it manipulates a damn corpse to fight." She said. The three eyed crow made Okashira grab another sword that was lying on the ground and charged towards Sango. Sango was faster though.
"Get outta that stinking bloody nest, you scum!" She screamed as she rammed her fist into his chest, right where the three-eyed crow had been resting. The crow jumped out of Okashira's body and Okashira's dead body slumped against Sango, who threw it to the side.
"The jewel!" She growled when she noticed the crow was carrying the jewel in its beak. It cawed at Sango before leaving.
Sango sneered and grabbed a spear. Shooting it at the three eyed crow, she was slightly surprised to see that she had missed and that the three eyed crow was getting away.
She searched about the room to see if she could find another weapon but all she saw was a bow and a basket of arrows. Grabbing it, she raced over to Inuyasha and grabbed his arm. "Come!" She lifts him up and throws him on her back before taking off.
It only took moments for her to catch up to the Corpse dancing crow however she didn't realize just how fast it was in the air. "You won't fucking get away!" She yelled. Pushing off from a nearby branch, she launched herself in the air. "What are you doing? Shoot the damn thing down!" She yelled.
"What!? Are you crazy!" Inuyasha sputtered. "I've never even used a b-" Sango cut him off before he could finish his sentence.
"Did you know that, this bastard, only feeds on humans. You wouldn't want it to become something demonic, would you?" She asked.
Meanwhile the crow was just finishing swallowing the jewel.
'Fuck! It actually swallowed it!' Inuyasha thought. Growling, he snatched the bow and arrow from Sango and tried stringing it onto the bow. It took a moment but he was able to do it and took aim. "Alright here goes nothing!" He said.
'After he shoots down the Corpse dancing crow, I will have no further need of him. He'll be splattered to the ground once this is over.' She thought.
"You can do it in one shot! Miroku was a master of the bow!" She said out loud.
"I'm Inuyasha. Damn it!" He yelled. He shook off his angry a moment later and just focused on taking down the Corpse dancing crow before it attacked anybody else.
'But right now I really need you to lend me your power, Miroku.' He thought. Finished with that thought, he released the arrow and let it sail. It sailed through the air, shooting right towards the crow and yet just when it was about to reach it, it fell and disappeared into the trees.
"Huh?" Inuyasha sweatdropped. "Uh When you said that Miroku was a master of the bow...was that a lie?" He asked.
"You're just damn clusmy aren't you?" She yelled. When they look backed, Inuyasha was surprised to see that the crows appearance had changed. It's mouth was stretched further back and its row of tiny teeth were much bigger and sharper than before. Its wings grew longer and more dragon like. It's tail was also longer with a sharp tip. All and all, the crow suddenly looked more menacing than it had before.
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In a nearby peaceful village, the crow made its descent. It flew by the man working, catching their attention however the man didn't realize the danger that had just entered their village.
The Dancing corpse crow cawed and searched through the crowds of people, trying to find the perfect prey. When it did, it descended down and before the mother could even blink, grabbed her child and flew off.
"AHHH! Kokichi!' Kokichi's mom screamed. She chased after the crow but ended up tripping and dropping to the ground.
Sango bounced by a moment later. Kicking off from the ground, she sailed through the air once more.
"That thing...it isn't going to..." Inuyasha trailed off, a bad feeling piling in his stomach.
"I told you, the Corpse dancing crow feeds on humans but since its hanging onto its prey, its movement will be restricted!" She smirked. Kicking off from a nearby hut, she pushed herself till she was higher than the crow demon. Once she was high enough, she slipped her arm out from her sleeve and descended down to cut the demon in half.
"Idiot! You have to save the child!" Inuyasha yelled. Throwing himself off of Sango, he grabbed the child just as Sango attacked the crow. The crow however, now without its prey was faster and was able to dodge her attack.
"You idiot! Why are you interfering with me!?" She yelled.
The crow spun mid-air and opened its beak, ready to eat both Inuyasha and the child.
"Sankon Testusou!" She yelled, cutting the crow in half before it could eat Inuyasha and the child. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around the boy and turned in the air so he would take the impact of the crash instead of him. He hissed slightly but ignored his pain and checked on the little boy.
When the child realized he wasn't in danger anymore, he threw himself at Inuyasha and cried. Inuyasha's gaze softened. "You're alright now." He said, patting his head.
"Hey idiot!" Sango called. She was trying to catch Inuyasha's attention but she noticed that the crow was beginning to regenerate and cursed.
Once it regenerated, it immediately flew off with Sango following after it.
Inuyasha, who was still on the ground noticed a glow around the crow. "I see it! Under the wings!" He yelled. Sango followed after and took another swipe but was only able to nik the tail off. It grew back a moment later.
Sango dropped back down to the ground. "That scum! It's trying to sneak off until it absorbs the Shikon No Tama completely." She said.
'Damn it. I have to do something and quickly.' Inuyasha thought, clenching his hand. He hissed softly when something pierce his hand and opened it to see the foot of the crow in his palm.
'Wait a sec. I think I have an idea.' He untied the red scarf he kept around his arm and wrapped it around the foot. Grabbing an arrow, he tied the foot to the arrow, strung it along the bow and then took aim.
"He's going for that kind of distance?" A villager murmured.
"You won't hit it like that idiot! Not when you're as feeble with the bow as..." Sango began.
"Just watch! It'll definitely hit it!" Inuyasha said with a smirk. Letting the arrow go, they all watched as it flew through the air and right towards the crow. As it flew, Sango noticed the leg of the crow attached to the arrow.
'The Corpse dancing crows leg...on the arrow?!' She thought.
'With the Shikon No Tama's regenerative power the leg should return toward the body for sure.' Inuyasha thought as he watched the arrow fly to the crow and strike it in the belly. The moment it touched it, the crow exploded into a million pieces.
"Yea! I did it!" He yelled.
Then suddenly a bright light lit the sky and from that bright lit, a bunch of smaller lights shot out from it. Those smaller lights sailed all over the Feudal Era, catching the attention of the humans and the demons.
"Kaede-Sama! That light!?" A villager called.
'This...will be a problem...' She thought as she stared at the bright sky.
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'I wonder what that light we saw earlier was?' Inuyasha thought as he rode on Sango's back.
"Hey! Is the jewel really here somewhere?" Sango asked as she moved through the forest, towards the spot that Inuyasha said he felt the jewel.
"Somehow I just have this feeling that its here somewhere. " Inuyasha said.
"Hm?" Sango slid to a stop and looked up through the leaves above. Just as she did, the head of the Corpse dancing crow came charging towards her.
"The Corpse Crow!?" Inuyasha yelled.
Sango smirked. "Finally. It came looking for me." Sango muttered.
Inuyasha jumped off her back just as she jumped in the air and slammed the head into the ground. It smashed into a million pieces soon after.
"You're fucking dead!" She yelled. Something shiny and small bounced out of the crows body and rolled along the floor.
"Huh? What the heck was that?" Inuyasha said. He walked over to where it had rolled and was surprised when he picked it up and saw a small fragment resting between his fingers.
"Could this be..." He trailed off, staring at the small fragment. "A fragment of the Shikon No Tama? " He muttered.
"WHAT!?"
xoxoxo
"What the hell is going on!?" Sango screamed. She was sitting in Kaede's hut, screeching and howling about the small fragment they had found when she had killed the Corpse crow.
"Stop howling Sango." Kaede muttered, giving the hanyou a glare.
"What happened to the Jewel!?" Sango yelled, ignoring what Kaede had said.
Kaede sighed and continued stirring the stew she was making.
"When Inuyasha fired his purifying arrow, it shattered the Mononoke's body along with the Shikon No Tama. The Jewel fragments have been scattered all over, I'd say. It may have broken into ten pieces or a hundred but even a single fragment in the hands of a strong Mononoke could be the beginning of a great disaster." Kaede informed both of them.
Inuyasha at by the fire, a fist to his chin as he thought about what Kaede had just said. 'Is this...Could this be my fault?' He wondered but before it could wallow in his depression at the thought of it being his fault that the jewel broke, Kaede interrupted.
"Now listen. Inuyasha, Sango. The two of you must combine your powers to collect the fragments of the Shikon No Tama and return it to normal."
"Eh?"
"Heh?"
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On a cold day in the Feudal Era, Inuyasha was skimming through a stream. He had his arms wrapped around his naked torso and was trying to stop his shivering as he walked further into the stream.
"Damn...This water is c-cold." He muttered.
"Inuyasha!Stop being unreasonable and come out before you catch a cold!" Kaede called. She was resting in front of the fire that she had created before Inuyasha had dived into the stream to take a bath. She sat a little ways from the stream and had her back to Inuyasha, not wanting to disturb the boys privacy.
Inuyasha shook his head and lowered the rest of his body into the water. "Nah, I'll be fine." He muttered. Shaking off his shivers, he decided to take a dive, hoping by the time he came back up, his body would be use to the cold by then.
Meanwhile in the village, all the villagers were gossiping about Inuyasha.
"I heard that Inuyasha-Sama is having a purification ceremony."
"Is it to increase spiritual power?"
"Yea. I also heard that if anybody peeks, they be visited by Divine Retribution."A villager chopping up the wood said.
Resting on the roof of Kaede's hut was Sango. She could hear all the gossip that was going on and couldn't help but scoff. Why did the villagers feel the need to gossip about the boy in the first place? It wasn't like he was that special anyway. He was just a simple boy and yet everything day now she heard something or other from the villagers. They all treated him like he was some sort of god sent to protect them from the demons that roamed this world.
'What a joke.' She thought.
She continued listening for a few more minutes, hoping they would begin talking about something more interesting but when they just continued talking about the boy, she took off. Son their voices began to fade and only the sound of the forest filled her ears.
'Why do those villagers like him so much anyway?' She thought. They had never taken to a stranger so fast before and yet with this boy they had. They had welcomed him with open arms, acting like he was some long lost friend or something. They hadn't even treated her that way before and they had known her longer.
They never warmed up to her, not even when she knew and hung out with Miroku. No, they treated her like she was dirt beneath their shoes and only had played nice in front of Miroku. Though they always warned him to stay away from her because she was bad news and because she wasn't good enough to be around him.
She remembers those conversation. She remembers the hurt and pain that clouded her heart from their comments. But what hurt the more was the fact that Miroku never defended her. He simply laughed off their comments and continued on. He did nothing but laugh them off.
It pissed her off each time it happened and yet when she questioned him on it, he would simply get this far away look on his face that had her memorized and quiet. She always wondered why he got such a look on his face whenever she asked him about their comments but had been afraid to ask.
That look always seemed to take her breath away and cause her to stare. She would stare and wouldn't be able to break out of it until he pointed it out to her. By then she would be extremely embarrassed at being caught and stomp away. Though she would never be able to stay away for long and before she knew it, would be returning to the same clearing to see him again.
Back then, she hadn't been able to understand why she couldn't stay away from him. She didn't understand why drew her to him. Why every time she was around him, a warmth would take a hold of her and the loneliness she always felt would disappear.
She hadn't understood back then what the feeling was but now she knows. She knows what she felt for him. She knew now...It was because...
"Sango?" Kaede called. Sango snapped out of her thoughts and looked over at Kaede.
"What?" She said.
"Ye were staring into the fire for a long time and..."
"Whatever." Sango snapped, turning away from the old woman.
'Damn Kaede' She thought. Damn that old woman for interrupting her thoughts. Damn her for taking away the feeling that had been overtaking her as she thought of Miroku. Damn he-
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" Inuyasha yelled.
Sango was snapped out of her angry thoughts and glanced up. Her golden colored eyes grew wide before flushing over in a daze as she stared at Inuyasha's naked torso. Well defined muscles, smooth and unscathed skin and broad shoulders is what Sango so dazed as she glanced him over.
Inuyasha was beginning to get uncomfortable with her staring and was hoping she would snap out of it soon and throw a insult at him. But she didn't. She just kept staring. Staring and staring until Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore. He just couldn't continue to let her stare at him like that. It was creepy and uncomfortable.
"DOWN GIRL!" He yelled. Sango was immediately slammed into the ground. The dazed look that overtook her eyes was gone and now only angry flashed in them.
Inuyasha was glad.
"Wahh!" She screamed, dropping to the ground. Inuyasha huffed, made his way out the water and grabbed his towel. Wrapping it around himself, he grabbed the clothes Kaede had lent him and moved over to a nearby bush to get dressed.
Kaede shook her head and continued tending to the fire. When the spell finally wore off, an angry Sango stomped into the camp and sat down by the fire. She ignored Inuyasha and Kaede and sat cross legged on the ground with her arms stuffed in her sleeves.
"Are you a pervert or something?!" Inuyasha asked as he stepped out from behind the bush. Sango scoffed.
"You idiot. I was just..."
"You came to steal the Shikon fragment, didn't you?" Kaede cut in.
"I see you understand me, old woman"
"Sango, you must join your power with Inuyasha's ability to sense the Shikon No Tama if you want to make sure that it is..."
"That's why I've agreed to work with that disgusting boy, for the sake of the Jewel." Sango said, turning her head around to glance at Kaede.
"You really hate me, don't you?" Inuyasha asked, stepping over to sit by the fire. Sango made the mistake of looking over at the boy and was shocked to see him dressed like Miroku.
'Miroku.' Sango thought. She continued staring as Inuyasha's face was overlapped by Miroku's. Inuyasha ignored he laid his clothes out to dry.
"What's with that face Sango?" She asked. She had noticed the half demon acting strangely since she had arrived and yet she had ignored it till now.
"Kaede-Sama." A woman with two children called. She was holding the hand of one while the other was resting on her back. "My daughter..."
"She suddenly collapsed?" Kaede asked. The woman gave a nod causing Kaede to get up. "I must return to the village. Try not to fight." She called over her shoulder before both her and the woman disappeared.
"Hey" Sango called.
"What?" Inuyasha muttered, hanging his clothes out.
"Take those off." Sango said. She turned to look over at Inuyasha. Inuyasha eyebrow twitched and he grabbed the nearest rock and slammed it down on Sango's head.
"Fuck! What the hell?!" Sango yelled, clenching her head. It was throbbing badly.
"Pervert!"
"I didn't say get naked! Just get back into your weird clothes!" Sango yelled.
"Because these make me look like Miroku?"
"...None of your business." She said, turning her head away.
'Geeze...She's like a junior high kid!' He thought.
"Anyway with an attitude like that, there's no way we can work together."
"Hmph. If that's the case then fine by me. I can do it on my own."
"Oh I see, so you'll be alright without me then?"
"Hn? Hey! Where are you going?!"
"I've made my decision. I'm going home. Goodbye Sango." Inuyasha said. He grabbed his stuff and started to leave.
"Going home? Hey!"
"Huh? It's no use trying to stop me."
"You've got the Jewel fragment. Leave it here." Sango said. She held her hand out and waits for Inuyasha to give her the small fragment they had found.
"Hm? Oh you mean this?" He asked, pulling out a small bag. "I don't think so. Down girl." He said.
Sango slammed into the ground a moment later. "Fu..ck!" She yelled. Inuyasha ignored her as he walked away, swinging the bag around his finger.
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"This way Kaede-Sama." The woman led Kaede into her small hut. Flipping over the flap, she led Kaede to the back where her daughter laid, in the dark, covered by blankets. "She was just fine this morning but.." She trailed off.
"I see." Kaede said. As she went to take a step towards the girl, she noticed and sensed something immediately. "Move away!" She yelled just as the girl's body suddenly rose in a un natural way. Her body rose and hung in the air like a puppet.
"She's. floating?" Her mother whispered. Long pieces of hair that were wrapped around her fingers and arm pulled the girls hand up just as the hair wrapped around a knife nearby. The knife was yanked by the hair and flew into the girl's hands.
The girl grabbed a hold of the handle and then flew towards Kaede with the knife drawn out. There was a loud scream and blood was splattered around the room.
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'The Dry Well.' Inuyasha thought. He slowly made his way over it and once he was there, he placed his clothes down on the lid and peeked inside.
'With this, I should be able to go home.' He thought. When he glanced down at the bottom though, he was shocked to see bones lying there.
"That well is known as the "Bone Gobbling Well" The remains of Mononoke are disposed of there. When a few days pass, the remains completely vanish.'
'These those the bones of Centipede Mistress.' Inuyasha wondered.
There was a tweet above him but suddenly the tweet was cut short and the bird that had been flying by dropped to the ground, cut in half.
"What?" Inuyasha looked at the bird, wondering what had happened before he jumped up however when he did something cut his cheek and the sleeve of his outfit. He glanced about and noticed a web of hair surrounding the Dry Well.
"Is this hair?!" He wondered out loud.
"Hm...So you can see it, huh?" A soft, musical voice called. Inuyasha glanced up and saw a beautiful woman in a very revealing outfit standing on the hair. Her hair was a dark green which she tied up fan-like in hair bob style. She had creamy skin and sharp fingernails as well as a lithe and very agile body.
Her eyes were reddish-violet color with red eye shadow and red lipstick. She ties a red ribbon in her hair and a black choker around her neck that ties in a bow in the back. Her garb is that of a kunoichi(Female Ninja). Her ninja tunic is black and sleeveless, is cut mid-way down her thighs and exposes her cleavage. Wrapped around her waist is a bright yellow sash that ties in the front.
She wore thin, tight black gloves on both of her hands. They are holstered to her middle fingers and extend beyond her wrist, just short of mid-forearm. She also had tight black cloths acting as foot guards on both legs. They start mid-way up her shins down to her middle toes, each held by thin straps at the bottom arches of her foot. She had a Wakizashi sword holstered to her hip.
"It's my Kushi no Kago but simply being able to see it is useless." She sang.
"Who are you?!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Sakasa-Gami no Yura. Though there's no need for you to remember that." She sang. She slowly lifts her hand till it is raised above her head. The hair attached to her fingers raises as well. "Your life is as good as over." She sings. The hair surrounding Inuyasha rose and cut through his shirt.
Inuyasha stumbled back, his legs knocking into the Dry Well. The hair stopped a moment later and settled again as Yura dropped down till she was standing in front of Inuyasha.
"My~ What beautiful hair you have." She sings as she lifts her hand and runs two of her fingers through Inuyasha's hair.
"Get back or..." Yura grabbed a hold of Inuyasha's face and placed a slow, intense kiss on his lips. As she did so, she slid her hand down and allowed it to slip into his shirt and grab the bag he had hiding there. Once she had it, she pulled back from him. Inuyasha was slightly dazed by the kiss, which gave Yura the perfect chance.
She slowly grabbed a hold of her Wakizashi and slid it out. The light glinted off the blade as she lifts it. She bowed her head a little, a smirk crossing her face as she lifts it up and then plunges downwards, towards Inuyasha chest.
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