Inuyasha stepped tentatively into the room. Despite the idea that they were super rich he was rather surprised to find he "lived" in an old world home. It felt as though it had been plucked directly from 500 years in the past.

His "mother" looked up and smiled at him. "You're on time today." Sesshomaru was seated impressively to the right of the woman. "Mother" Eyed Sango carefully. "What's this?"

"A friend." He said immediately a sense of dread hanging over him. He feared for his life.

"I approve." The woman indicated the table. Sango and Inuyasha immediately sat. "I never thought you had a shred of good taste, but if your bringing a girl like this home instead of that filthy goodie-goodie wench Kikyo my opinion of you has changed."

Inuyasha laughed limply.

"You failed the test today Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said calmly cutting off the contrary remark growing on Sango's lips.

"Oh?" Inuyasha's "mother" asked raising an eye. "Why are you slacking in your studies?" Myoga appeared and placed plates before everyone filled to the brim with absolutely delicious looking food. There was shrimp, lobster, sushi, and that was just the first course. Inuyasha had never eaten so wonderfully before and he wondered if he ever would again.

"Maybe I should be your girlfriend." Sango whispered to him after gorging herself. She chuckled at the look of panic on his face.

Inuyasha wasn't sure but it seemed in the short car ride that had taken Sango softened. He suspected the faster then sound speeds Myoga had driven them "home" had rattled her facade. She still looked pale.

Sesshomaru leaned over to pick up some sushi and caught Inuyasha's eyes. They glared at each other. He could sense an unnerving desire to kill from his brother and evidently he was emanating the same aura as Sango backed away. It felt as though lightning bolts were jumping between their eyes.

He paused amused. He had envisioned a similar situation once before...

"I wish you two would just get along. Honestly, Inuyasha you should just accept the fact that we have graciously taken you into our family despite your being a bastard. Just accept your brother as being superior and move on. To think you were born from such a filthy and poor family. I don't know what your father saw in that little wench."

Inuyasha's hatred even made Sesshomaru raise and eyebrow. "Go to hell. Don't you dare slight my mother." He hissed. Sesshomaru's mother stared at him devilishly. Sesshomaru looked ready to strangle Inuyasha.

Inuyasha promptly stood and left the room. He went as far from that despicable woman as he could. He loved his mother very much and his respect for the sacrifices and torments she had undergone for his sake was unending. The unyielding love she had showed him to this day was his foundation. Someday he would like to show the same kind of love as she had shown him to his children and wife.

Sango followed him silently. "I see what you mean now when you said you were not sure how safe it would be..."

Inuyasha snorted and leaped effortlessly out the window and onto the roof. Sango showed almost the same lack of effort when she hoisted herself after him.

"Don't take it so personally." Sango said biting her lip.

"If you had known her you would have taken it personally too." Inuyasha said.

"What's this story of yours?" Sango asked after a moment of silence.

Inuyasha proceeded to recount the tale he had told Kagome to keep his mind off the bitterness he felt. Sango stared at him when he finished.

"Like hell that happened." She said. "But I must know, the details you spoke about what happened at my village... How could you know what happened?" She bit her lip. "Without the swords and such you described exactly what happened... Did this Naraku fellow really cause all this? Was he the one that cut a deal with my brother at the police station and whisked him away from me?"

Inuyasha nodded. "I think he is behind this strange place too. It can't be real. It just can't!"

"I don't know what to tell you." She said. "But thank you. I doubted your kindness. I will hang around you if you'll let me."

"Eh." He shrugged. "Why do you think I went through all the trouble earlier?"

They sat together quietly staring off at the stars together. It was the first real moment Inuyasha had ever really had with Sango. It comforted him somehow. He felt for the first time that he had a true friend.

"I don't know what I can do, but I will do whatever it takes to help you." Inuyasha said. "I mean it. You're the first real friend I ever had. I just regret that I noticed it now."

He paused a moment. Sango was looking at him strangely. For a brief moment, it was the same way Kagome had looked at him earlier. She turned away abruptly and stared back into the heavens. Inuyasha cursed.

"What the hell is wrong with me? I've never been this sentimental my whole life! This stupid human body is affecting my sense. We better ditch this soon or I'll become some sniveling emotion coward!" He turned to Sango who was laughing heartily. "You think that's funny huh? I want more then ever to become a demon again now!"

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"Stop laughing wench!" Inuyasha bellowed.

He turned and looked up at me as I type.

"And you, cut out this sappy crap! I want my old body back! Where is my sword? I'll kill you when this is over you bastard. Where are all my bad ass action scenes? What about the hunt for the jewel shards! This story is stupid. I quit!"

I look down at him and wave my finger: "You can't quit, this is my story, your in it until the end bucko. Just sit there and do as I tell you and your action will come soon enough."

"Yeah, well it better!" Inuyasha slumped to the roof. "If there is any more of this lovey-dovey crap I swear I'll kill you!"