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A/N: Sorry that it has taken me longer then usual to put anything up. I have lost the will to write and when I know what I want to write, I can't seen to get it the way that I want it. (sigh) O'well. I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Please review and let me know what you think.
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P.s. This chapter was the first of this story to not be the beta project of a good friend of mine. So, please pardon the spelling and grammar errors that appear in this chapter.
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InuYasha quickly ran after his brother without even looking back at his 'so-called claimed mate'. He had questions and he knew that his brother had answers.
InuYasha cam to a halt when he saw his brother looking out over the river that he had received water from the night before. "Sesshomaru, why do you say that I have claimed Sango. I have not bitten her." InuYasha glared at his brother. 'Is this some kind of sick joke? That Bastard!'
Sesshomaru keep his gaze over the river flowing steadily and peacefully. His voice was as calm and cold as ever when he spoke without even glancing at his hanyou brother. "You might not have given her your mark, but you have claimed her as your own. Any youkai with a nose can smell it."
InuYasha felt his anger rise at the fact that his brother was not making any sense and was not answering his question. "Get to the point. How have I claimed her?"
Sesshomaru never moved from his spot. "You want her." He turned his head to look at his brother's reaction. Sesshomaru wanted to smirk, but held it in, at the bewildered look on his brother's face. "When you were close to her, you, apparently subconsciously, pushed your scent onto her."
InuYasha lowered his head in shame. He had allowed his feelings for the taijiya to claim her, while she is in love and going to marry another. The hanyou looked up to his brother. "Can I fix this? Is there a way to reverse this?"
"She is yours, forever. A youkai bond is unbreakable, even in death." The Lord took a step closer. "You are even more worthless then I thought. No youkai or even a filthy hanyou should loose their mate to a mere human."
With that said, Sesshomaru turned and walked down the riverside, away from his brother's yells for him to stop because he was not done talking to him. The Lord never stopped and never looked back, but did leave his brother with a few last words. "I will retrieve the two humans in one month's time."
InuYasha lowered his head in thought. He kicked a small rock into the water before he took a deep sigh and started back to the taijiya village.
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When InuYasha returned to the small village, he saw Sango and Kohaku by the graves and Rin was by their makeshift fire pit playing with a small Kirara. 'Looks like we are stuck babysitting.' The hanyou rolled his eyes before he went into the hut that he and Sango shared the night before. He walked back out with the same small pail. "I'm going to get some water."
Sango stood from her place beside her brother. "I'll go with you." She had some questions and she hoped that he would have some answers. "Kirara. You stay here with Kohaku and Rin."
InuYasha saw his friend walk towards him and he crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm no pup. I can fetch water on my own." His voice was gruff, but his eyes were growing softer with each step she took closer to him.
"I know that, InuYasha. I just wanted to talk." With that said, Sango walked past her friend and down the path to the river.
InuYasha sighed and followed his friend down the over grown path. By the time he reached the end, Sango was sitting on the ground looking out at the calm scene before her. InuYasha sat beside her and placed the pail on his open side. "What's on your mind?"
Sango brought her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them as she tilted her head to the side. "I was wondering what your brother meant when he said that I was your mate." Sango waited for his answer, but only received silence. She turned her head slightly to the side, so that she could look at her friend, only to have her gaze returned by a slightly agitated hanyou.
'Why did she have to ask the one thing that I did not want her to ask? Ok, so maybe that's not the only thing that I did not want her to ask, but still!'
"InuYasha!" Sango had moved so that she was sitting on her knees and leaning over close to her friends face. Her cheeks were slightly tented red from her frustration of her friend not answering her question and InuYasha could not take his eyes off of her. "InuYasha, what's wrong with you? You did not answer my question, you are staring at me and you are not blinking!"
The taijiya's voice was rising in volume with every word that she spoke and with the hanyou's sensitive ears, that was enough to knock him out of his trance. "I'm fine. I was just thinking." He crossed his arms over his chest and turned his head away from his friend, hoping that his cheeks were not as red as they felt.
Sango let out a long sigh and leaned back away from InuYasha. "Please, just tell me what is going on. I feel like I'm left in the dark with everything that is going on as of late."
InuYasha looked back to the beauty beside him to see that she had lowered her head and he could smell her sadness laced with a hint of loneliness. 'Why is she lonely?' He snorted and looked up to the blue sky above. "He was just being an ass. You know, his usual self."
Sango allowed herself to let a small chuckle escape her lips. "Well, whatever is on your mind, you seem to be your old self again." She offered her friend a small smile, only to have it returned. "Only you InuYasha would dare to say such a thing about your brother."
InuYasha snorted, but still held his smile. "I'm only telling you what is true."
Sango giggled softly that only one with the hearing of a youkai or hanyou could hear and laid on her back looking up at the nearly cloudless blue sky. "I'm just happy to have you acting like your usual self."
InuYasha stood and walked over to the taijiya, only to block the sun and cast his shadow over her. His facial features softened as a small smile played on his lips and shined in his eyes. The hanyou felt his chest tighten when Sango returned his gaze with one of pure happiness and content.
InuYasha thought about the look that she gave him and wished that he would be the only one that would ever see that look, just like she was the only one to ever truly see him smile with all of his heart. Yet, the hanyou knew that that would never happen. She belonged to another. One that he called 'friend'.
Sango's expression fell when she saw InuYasha's slightly harden as if he was thinking about something unpleasant. She felt a pain in her chest that hurt her more then she would care to admit. She did not like it when her friends were not happy and she felt as if her best friend had not been happy for a long wile now.
Just as she was about to voice her thoughts, he spoke.
"Why are you marrying someone who will only cause you pain and tears?"
Sango's eyes widened slightly at his soft words and her heart broke. He once again brought up the fact that he feels as if Miroku will hurt her. 'Why does he think Miroku will hurt me so much? Why does he seem to care so much?' The taijiya stood up and looked at her friend. "I love him."
With that being said, Sango turned on her heal and walked back to the path that lead to the village. As InuYasha watched her walk away from him, his heart break once again.
