Inuyasha sat silently at the tree branch; his back laid against the trunk and his hands behind his head as some sort of protective barrier. He was unmoving and speechless—imitating a statue with the exception of his eyebrow that twitched visibly every now and then. No one knew if he was sleeping or if he was awake and stuck in his dream world. No one disturbed him.

Well, maybe for the first half hour at least. "Inuyasha!"

The voice caused him to tense, and his body flopped—turning his body on his side opposite to the voice.

"Inuyasha, come on now! Are you still mad?"

It was a woman's voice; sharp but audible as Sango grew closer to the tree. She stared up at Inuyasha's body in an useless effort to get him to speak to her. She hadn't heard from him since that time in the hut, hell, the only communication they had were glimpses of eachother!

This went on for about two weeks, till she finally decided enough was enough. They had to talk about this. "Come on.. There was nothing I could do."

She heard a faint grumble that sounded similar to the words, "Go away, witch."

She rolled her eyes and stepped closer to the tree. She placed her hand over it, her eyes never leaving his body. "Come down and we'll talk about this."

"No."

She heaved a sigh, and brought her forehead to the side of the tree. Her eyes closed sensually, as she stared into nothingness. She knew she was going to be here for a while. "Inuyasha.. please."

"…"

"What happened to.. you know, you and me?"

"…"

"Inuyasha and Sango!" Her voice grew louder, "We don't have to listen to anyone!"

She heard a grunt and snickered silently in her mind. She was kind of grateful that Miroku decided to stay an extra week at Mushins, or of course, to him, a free ticket to flirt with whoever he wanted. Kagome had once again ascended into her world and Kirara was helping Kohaku and Shippo with their training. This was the perfect time to resolve the issue, or more, the tension between her and Inuyasha's relationship.

"No Miroku and no more Kagome.. We can go out and be free!"

"… Shut.. up.."

Her lip twitched slightly upwards as she heard this; he was sulking. But hey, at least he was speaking to her.

"Isn't that what you wanted, Inuyasha?"

There was silence in the air; Sango peeked an eye open to look up at the tree branch. She frowned slightly; he wasn't all to convinced. He was probably ticked off even more.

"Listen, I'm sorry I didn't defend you." She mumbled to him. She wasn't actually planning to apologize, but she was running out of options. She wanted him to talk to her again. "I should have convinced Kagome not to take you."

".. But you didn't."

She took a breath; he was starting to warm up.

"I know, and I should have."

"But you didn't." He pointed out again.

"I know, I know!"

Silence, again. She grit her teeth, beginning to grow impatient. It seemed like this was as far as he would go.

.. Unless.

She pushed herself off the tree, turning around to move the other way. She peeked to see if he was looking at her and she noticed his ear twitched slightly; but his back remained to her. She bit her lip, and turned her face to the path beginning to walk away. "Fine, fine. No Inuyasha and Sango.. But just to warn you, I hear Kagome's coming back soon and she's bringing an antidote with her. Something called an ten..xis shot?" She shrugged her shoulders, "Doctors orders, but hey. Maybe if you stay in that tree forever, she won't get you. Unless of course, that necklace around your neck.."

The next event went by in a flash that her brain didn't even register what was going on until she felt the touch of his fabric. Her body was flipped upwards and she let out a startled shout as she fell into a heap on his back. Inuyasha flew into the trees; bowing his head as he moved towards Kaede's village.

"Hey! What are you-"

"First we're going to find Kaede and get this damn thing off. Then we're going to move far away, change our names, and integrate into another wildlife!"

She blinked, startled, before another laugh escaped her lips. She tightened her hands over him as her face buried into his hakami. Content.