chapter 7. My Old Friends
Sora awoke to the gentle washing winds, that flowed through the hut. She moaned lightly because, she didn't want to move at the moment. She sighed heavily as she got up lazily. Then her mind went to Kaid as a large blush formed on her face. She didn't know, that Kouga was watching her from behind.
'Why on earth is she blushing like that?' he thought. Then, his nose caught a strange scent. 'She reaks of demon, and a male demon at that.' he thought as a growl escaped his lips. Sora heard him growl and froze.
'Oh shit! This is just perfect. He can probably smell Kaid's scent all over me!' she yelled at herself angrily.
"Kouga, I'm going to visit some of my old friends. I'll be back by sun down." she said before rushing out of the hut. Once outside she breathed heavily. Her eyes looked up as the sunlight of dawn hit her pupils, making them slightly smaller to adjust to the light.
She sniffed the air and caught the scents of a very familiar fire neko youkai, a houshi, and a demon exterminator. She smirked as she ran to the West. Her hair flew out behind her as the scents became stronger. She stopped as the old demon exterminator village came into veiw. She stepped into the village, which had been rebuilt. It looked beautiful as people trained around her. Some stopped to bow to her politely and others just kept to their own buissness. She came to a large home, that stood in the center of the village.
The door to it slid open and Sango stepped outside into the morning sun. She smiled sweety at Sora and rushed to her and embraced her lightly.
"Sora, your visits are rare as rain in the dessert. Tell me why you have come here." she said in happy voice as she released her from the hug. Sora smiled at her friend. She looked up to the house and saw a little boy, girl, and an older boy standing there.
"Hello Mokotsu, Rain, and Kite." Sora said to the children that stood before her. Rain smiled in her innocent and sweet way as both boys bowed to her. Kite gave a small smile to his good friend.
"It is a wonder to see you again." he said as the wind swept his short brown hair over his brown eyes. Sora nodded as if to say 'It is good to see you as well.'.
"Where is Miroku?" she asked while looking around. Sango looked up at her question with a bright and cheerful face.
"Oh, he took Kohaku to take care of a small demon that has been bothering a village nearby." as if on que Miroku walked towards them. His outfit was much like any exterminator's, only with an extremely dark blueish greyish colored armor plates. Kohaku walked by his side with a wide grin on his face as if he just saved someone.
Kohaku ran up to his older sister and embraced her happily. When he broke the embrace he bowed his head to Sora then looked up excited at Sango.
"Guess what Sango?! When Miroku was fighting the demon he got hit and said it was up to me to kill it. I killed it on my first hit!" he said excitedly. Sango smiled at her brother, then looked up and raised a brow at Miroku. He only put a finger against his lips as if to say 'Don't tell him I lied.'. Sango nodded and then smiled once more at her brother as she praised him for a job well done.
Sora looked at the inside of Sango and Miroku's home. It was large and decorated with weapons, scrolls, and photos. Kagome had allowed them to borrow her camera then got the pictures developed then gave them to Sango.
Sango came into the room where Sora was sitting and poured some herbal tea that Kagome had given her into a cup. She smiled as she sat down across from Sora and sipped her tea. Sora just looked down into the cup and at the tea deep in thought.
"So tell me, how fairs your mother and father?" she asked to brake the eary silence. Sora's head snapped upwards at the question.
"Oh, they are doing well. It seems like Kohaku has finally come back to normal." she said as she looked outside where Kohaku was playing with Kirara. Sango smiled as she watched him play.
"Yes. I can never repay your uncle for what he did." she said softly.
"Oh, you mean Uncle Fluffy." she said in a mocking sort of way. Sango smiled at the remark that Sora made whenever she spoke of Sesshomaru. Sango began to remember what happened the day she got Kohaku back.
(flashback)
"Kohaku, please say you remember me!" Sango cried at the nearly lifeless form of her brother. The one who still layed under Naraku's control, even though his remains layed scattered across the battle field.
Kohaku's hands gripped his scyth and chain ready to fight, if he could first stand. Sesshomaru stood just behind the boy. He had offered an alliance with them to get revenge for him killing his poor Rin. Sesshomaru raised the Tokijin and brought it down into the boys back.
Sango cried out in horror as the blade struck his. She watched as his eyes grew large and went completely blank as blood flowed from his back and the jewel shard came with the blood as it seemed to weep from the wound.
"You bastard!" Sango yelled angrily. Sesshomaru looked up at her and frowned.
"Do not speak to me wench." he retorted as he resheathed his Tokijin and pulled out Tensaiga. He waited until he saw the demons of hell. He used Tensaiga and cut the demons down. He watched as Kohaku's eyes opened and his wounds closed.
(end flashback.)
"Anyways, I came here to ask you a question Sango." she said as she played with her fingers nerviously. Sango came out of her memories and looked at Sora.
"Yes, what is it that you need an answer to?" she asked. Sora sighed heavily as she took a deep breath.
"What do you do, when you think you like someone, but there is someone else you think you like but, both like you?" she said with such speed it would be hard to catch. Sango blinked once before she replied.
"The only thing I can say, is to give them time. If they both truely love you, only time will tell." Sango replied.
Sora waved goodbye to Sango, Miroku, and their family. She couldn't beleive, that they had already rebuilt the village, and that so many wanted to be demon exterminators. She ran out of the village and back to her own. Compared to the buissy village of Sango, this place was like solitude. She sighed and thought about what Sango had told her.
"Sango's right." she said outloud. 'Thank you, my old friend.' she thought.
Sora awoke to the gentle washing winds, that flowed through the hut. She moaned lightly because, she didn't want to move at the moment. She sighed heavily as she got up lazily. Then her mind went to Kaid as a large blush formed on her face. She didn't know, that Kouga was watching her from behind.
'Why on earth is she blushing like that?' he thought. Then, his nose caught a strange scent. 'She reaks of demon, and a male demon at that.' he thought as a growl escaped his lips. Sora heard him growl and froze.
'Oh shit! This is just perfect. He can probably smell Kaid's scent all over me!' she yelled at herself angrily.
"Kouga, I'm going to visit some of my old friends. I'll be back by sun down." she said before rushing out of the hut. Once outside she breathed heavily. Her eyes looked up as the sunlight of dawn hit her pupils, making them slightly smaller to adjust to the light.
She sniffed the air and caught the scents of a very familiar fire neko youkai, a houshi, and a demon exterminator. She smirked as she ran to the West. Her hair flew out behind her as the scents became stronger. She stopped as the old demon exterminator village came into veiw. She stepped into the village, which had been rebuilt. It looked beautiful as people trained around her. Some stopped to bow to her politely and others just kept to their own buissness. She came to a large home, that stood in the center of the village.
The door to it slid open and Sango stepped outside into the morning sun. She smiled sweety at Sora and rushed to her and embraced her lightly.
"Sora, your visits are rare as rain in the dessert. Tell me why you have come here." she said in happy voice as she released her from the hug. Sora smiled at her friend. She looked up to the house and saw a little boy, girl, and an older boy standing there.
"Hello Mokotsu, Rain, and Kite." Sora said to the children that stood before her. Rain smiled in her innocent and sweet way as both boys bowed to her. Kite gave a small smile to his good friend.
"It is a wonder to see you again." he said as the wind swept his short brown hair over his brown eyes. Sora nodded as if to say 'It is good to see you as well.'.
"Where is Miroku?" she asked while looking around. Sango looked up at her question with a bright and cheerful face.
"Oh, he took Kohaku to take care of a small demon that has been bothering a village nearby." as if on que Miroku walked towards them. His outfit was much like any exterminator's, only with an extremely dark blueish greyish colored armor plates. Kohaku walked by his side with a wide grin on his face as if he just saved someone.
Kohaku ran up to his older sister and embraced her happily. When he broke the embrace he bowed his head to Sora then looked up excited at Sango.
"Guess what Sango?! When Miroku was fighting the demon he got hit and said it was up to me to kill it. I killed it on my first hit!" he said excitedly. Sango smiled at her brother, then looked up and raised a brow at Miroku. He only put a finger against his lips as if to say 'Don't tell him I lied.'. Sango nodded and then smiled once more at her brother as she praised him for a job well done.
Sora looked at the inside of Sango and Miroku's home. It was large and decorated with weapons, scrolls, and photos. Kagome had allowed them to borrow her camera then got the pictures developed then gave them to Sango.
Sango came into the room where Sora was sitting and poured some herbal tea that Kagome had given her into a cup. She smiled as she sat down across from Sora and sipped her tea. Sora just looked down into the cup and at the tea deep in thought.
"So tell me, how fairs your mother and father?" she asked to brake the eary silence. Sora's head snapped upwards at the question.
"Oh, they are doing well. It seems like Kohaku has finally come back to normal." she said as she looked outside where Kohaku was playing with Kirara. Sango smiled as she watched him play.
"Yes. I can never repay your uncle for what he did." she said softly.
"Oh, you mean Uncle Fluffy." she said in a mocking sort of way. Sango smiled at the remark that Sora made whenever she spoke of Sesshomaru. Sango began to remember what happened the day she got Kohaku back.
(flashback)
"Kohaku, please say you remember me!" Sango cried at the nearly lifeless form of her brother. The one who still layed under Naraku's control, even though his remains layed scattered across the battle field.
Kohaku's hands gripped his scyth and chain ready to fight, if he could first stand. Sesshomaru stood just behind the boy. He had offered an alliance with them to get revenge for him killing his poor Rin. Sesshomaru raised the Tokijin and brought it down into the boys back.
Sango cried out in horror as the blade struck his. She watched as his eyes grew large and went completely blank as blood flowed from his back and the jewel shard came with the blood as it seemed to weep from the wound.
"You bastard!" Sango yelled angrily. Sesshomaru looked up at her and frowned.
"Do not speak to me wench." he retorted as he resheathed his Tokijin and pulled out Tensaiga. He waited until he saw the demons of hell. He used Tensaiga and cut the demons down. He watched as Kohaku's eyes opened and his wounds closed.
(end flashback.)
"Anyways, I came here to ask you a question Sango." she said as she played with her fingers nerviously. Sango came out of her memories and looked at Sora.
"Yes, what is it that you need an answer to?" she asked. Sora sighed heavily as she took a deep breath.
"What do you do, when you think you like someone, but there is someone else you think you like but, both like you?" she said with such speed it would be hard to catch. Sango blinked once before she replied.
"The only thing I can say, is to give them time. If they both truely love you, only time will tell." Sango replied.
Sora waved goodbye to Sango, Miroku, and their family. She couldn't beleive, that they had already rebuilt the village, and that so many wanted to be demon exterminators. She ran out of the village and back to her own. Compared to the buissy village of Sango, this place was like solitude. She sighed and thought about what Sango had told her.
"Sango's right." she said outloud. 'Thank you, my old friend.' she thought.
