The next day Inuyasha told the group that he was going to stay. Shippo hugged Inuyasha and started to cry. Shippo was afraid that he was going to lose his new father, and he really didn't want to lose another. Kaede smiled and welcomed him back home with open arms. Miroku on the hand wasn't too happy. Miroku knew there was something amiss when his Sango ran after Inuyasha, and what ever it was he planned to stop it.
"Sango may I ask you something?" Miroku asked later that day.
"What Miroku?"
"Why did you call Inuyasha's name like that and run after him?"
"Because we already lost Kagome! I don't want to lose another Miroku. I treat everyone as my family, and I can't lose anymore family."
Miroku sighed. He knew that Sango was right she did treat everyone like family, since Naraku had killed her family, and took Kohaku. He decided to throw it off that she was telling the truth.
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Inuyasha sat in a tree on the outskirts of the village. He was thinking of Sango, but he was confused. He kept wondering if what Sango said was true or not. Then he thought of how sad Sango was when he said that he was leaving, and how she came after him even though no one else did. Inuyasha's heart started to pound. He remembered how she had said that she was there with him, and that she would follow him if he left. Then he thought of when she hugged him, and how he had hugged her.
'She was so warm. When she started to cry I felt like I had to protect her. Her scent was so sweet and her hair was so soft.'
Inuyasha suddenly started blushing. He couldn't believe he was thinking about Sango that way. He then looked to the sky resting his head on the bark of the tree, and softly smiled.
'Could I be in love with Sango?' He thought silently for the rest of the night.
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That night Sango and Shippo were in the hot springs near the village. She was resting against the rocks in the water. Shippo was floating in a floatie that Kagome had given him. Sango herself was thinking about Inuyasha.
"Shippo what do you think of Inuyasha?" She asked curiously.
"Well I think of him as my father. He may pick on me, but he always protects me. He acts like a kid sometimes as well, but that is just how he is." Shippo said splashing a bit.
Sango started thinking to herself. He was also brave, confident, and proud. He tried his hardest to fit in, and she knew it was hard since he was a half demon. Then she remembered how she had hugged him yesterday. When she was in his arms she felt safe and protected. She couldn't figure out how Kagome could hate him. He was so strong, brave, protective, loving, funny, and handsome. He was kind when he wanted to be, and gentle when he had to be, and when she looked into his golden-amber eyes she swore she could see his world. She saw all the pain he had gone through and how he didn't want to be alone.
"Sango why are you blushing?"
Shippo floated over to her looking at her. Sango blushed a deeper red and spun around.
"What are you talking about Shippo?" She said startled.
Shippo laughed and paddled away. Sango sighed and put half of her face underwater where from her nose up was out of the water.
'I was blushing over Inuyasha why? I have never thought about him this way before. Probably because he was with Kagome so I didn't have a chance to see him the way she did.'
Sango thought longer as her and Shippo got out of the hot springs and headed back to the village. As they walked she looked up at the night sky and thought to herself.
'Could I be in love with Inuyasha?' She then smiled as Shippo looked at her.
"What is it Sango?"
"Nothing Shippo just thinking of things." She smiled as she entered the village.
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Inuyasha sighed and heard someone below him. He saw Sango and Shippo as they walked into the village. Then Sango's gaze met his.
"Goodnight Inuyasha." She said with a soft smile .
"Goodnight.........Sango." He said with a soft smile in return.
Sango and Shippo then entered Kaede's hut and layed down for bed. Inuyasha got himself comfy in the tree he was sitting in, and once again the two found themselves thinking of each other. It was like they were hit by Cupid's arrows, and they could careless because they had each other. Then at once they both thought the same thing.
"I guess I really am in love with him/her. I just can't fight it. I will tell him/her that I am in love with him/her tomorrow."
Then slowly the two of them fell alseep.