SLAYER'S PRIDE

Writer: Ark Angel HFB

A/N: Just me typing... who knows what will come up... please bare in mind that Sango isn't getting bashed in this story... so much as she almost got killed in the first chapter and wouldn't be able to be at full strength in a short time.

CHAPTER 2: Rest Slayer

Sango screamed as the monster opened it's hand and her blade broke form the force of the motion. She hurled through the air, her side connecting with a tree. Air rush out of her lunges in a gasp as she bounce of the tree and tumbled onto the rocky muddy ground were the forest began. With one arm she tried to push her self up. She looked across the spring in the direction were Kirara had been flung. "Kirara... please... be alrig..." Sango's world faded to black with the pounding of the turtle youkai's steps closing on her.

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"She still draws breath."

"Keep her still and she may continue to do so... I leave her to you."

Sango could faintly hear soft thuds of foot steps moving away from her. "What?" Sango groaned as her eyes opened, but her vision remained dark and fuzzy. She coughed and fought tears from the pain that gripped her. She tried to roll to her stomach feeling grass under her hands and her vision began to clear.

She was laying next to a very small fire, with a small pile of wood next to it. "How... Kirara must have saved me and brought me to someone for help. Where is she?"

"Do not move Slayer. Your salvation may be temporary if you push yourself now."

A female voice came from behind Sango. "Who..." Sango felt dizzy as she rolled over to look up at a woman clad in a black kimono. "Who... are you. Were is Kirara?" Sango nearly choked on the words as speaking hurt far more than she thought it would.

"Rest Slayer, questions are for later." The woman spoke again her purple eyes seeming to glow as she smiled.

Sango's world continued to spinning. She laid her head down drifting back into blackness. "Kirara... be ok."

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Sango woke from a nightmare only to find her body aching. Her wounds felt as if they had had time to mend some but she was barely able to take deep breaths without pain. "Where am I..." She looked around finding herself in a small dark room, her sword and boomerang sitting on the opposite side of the room next to a window that seemed to be letting in moonlight.

She struggle to her knees before crawling towards he weapons.

"You have regained some strength."

Sango spun around to sit on her bottum and look at the purple eyed, black haired woman who was kneeling next to the mate Sango had been laying on. "Who are you? Where am I?"

"I am Izumi. You are in a room in a castle." The woman smiled in a way that combined with her half answer only unsettled Sango. "You are a slayer of lower class youkai are you not?"

Sango didn't want to answer as she struggled to to her feet, making her way on shaky legs to her weapons.

"Did you not hear me?" The woman's smile remained as she stayed kneeling.

"Why..." Sango clutched her side as she took hold of her Hiraikotsu. "Why am I here?" Sango manage to ask between clinched teeth.

"That isn't how it works... I answered two questions, now you own me two answers." The woman's voice was so carefree it was bitter. "So you slay low class youkai don't you?" The woman lend forward slightly almost seeming excited by what the answer could be.

"Yes, I slay youkai... I wouldn't call them low class though." Sango was using Hiraikotsu to steady herself. "Is she insane?"

The woman's smile widened. "I would, but how wonderful, What is your name?"

"Sango. Why am I here?" Sango straitened up refusing to give into the pain and weakness that ran through her body.

"My brother and I found something pretty being drowned by some youkai and save it." The woman glanced from Sango to the door as if she had heard something. "My brother has returned."

"Is Kirara alright? Where is she?" Sango looked out the window realizing whatever room she was in it over looked a massive courtyard and was several stories above it. In the courtyard was a group of people in armor standing at attention motionless.

"Kirara, that is a pretty name... who is she, I don't know her?" The woman said he gaze shifting back to Sango.

"Shes the Fire Neko that was with me." Sango looked back to Izumi. "She was thrown into the forest by the spring."

"Oh... Only you were pulled from those youkai's grasp. We did not see a fire neko. Oh what a shame, I've never seen a fire neko before." Izumi sighed her head turning back to the door a concerned look on her face.

Sango began to tie her sword to her side. "I have to find her." she had only began to began to step towards the door when Izumi appeared in front of her.

"No no, You may not leave. You need rest. You will rest Youkai Slayer." Izumi placed one hand o Sango's shoulder to prevent her from moving forward, and her other hand on Hiraikotsu pushing it back into a leaning position against the wall. Her face still a smile.

"I have to!" Sango tried to push the woman's hand off her shoulder only to find the woman unmovable.

With strength far greater than her figure should have been capable of, Izumi slowly pushed the youkai slayer backwards, separating her from her Hiraikotsu. "I said you may not, Sango." Izumi's hand clinched into a first, as she grabbed Sango by her uniform.

Sango felt herself lifted up and push back as her feet barely reached the ground. "Stop!" She was helpless as the woman forced her back to the mat she had awoke on.

With the same unnatural power the woman, who was the same height as Sango, effortlessly force her down onto the mat. Once Sango was on the mat, Izume remained kneeling next to her holding her still with one arm. "I said you must rest." Her purple eyes glowing in the dark room.

Sango stared wide eyed at the woman. "Your not human." Sango continued to try and break free from the grip the woman held on her outfit. Sango felt sluggish and weak, her injuries proving more of a problem than she wanted to admit.

Izumi tilted her head slightly her smile seeming to glow along with her eyes. "Rest Sango, more questions later." With that she pushed down on Sango's chest pinning her to the mat with enough pressure to make it impossible for Sango to draw a breath.

"Stop..." Sango manage gasp out. Sango struggled to draw a breath until her world slipped into darkness.

"Rest well Sango, my brother is calling me."

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"Inuyasha!" Kagome called waving her hands as she saw the hanyou coming into view. "Did you find anything at Sango's Village?"

Inuyasha slide to a stop in front of Kagome. "No... I looked all over but I couldn't even find a scent that wasn't more than a few weeks old."

"She been gone four days Inuyasha... I'm getting worried." Kagome bit her bottum lip looking as the nearly full moon that light the sky.

"Yeah... How is the monk doing." Inuyasha asked crossing his arms.

"Losing his mind..." Kagome rolled her eyes. "But who can blame him."

Shippo hoped up on Inuyasha's head pulling his ear. "HEY LOOK!"

"Runt watch it!" Inuyasha yanked the kitsune from his perch, before turning to the forest to see a bloody untransformed Kirara limping towards them.

"KIRARA!" Kagome yelled.

A/N: Yeah two over 1,000 word chapters in one day... fan fic History. XD

A plot is forming... this is a fun way to write... please review And I'll try and keep writing. On that a side note... Just because Izumi looks down on Sango and acts as she is lower than her doesn't mean that is how I feel... it's just framing for teh story, that is part of Izumi's character and if you don't like it... well good she isn't supposed to be a like able character right now. If you all will review and get me to about 5 or 6 reviews I'll type up another chapter. ^_^