Inu-Yasha

Betrayal of the New Moon

Ten

The giant youkai charged at the village with out any warning. Screams and cries where heard from the villagers as the bear ran in to one of the villagers huts, smashing it easily.

"Feh," Inu-Yasha said in his usual annoyed tone. "Looks like there's another bastard that wants to die." He spat arrogantly as he with drew Tetsusaiga.

"Careful," Miroku warned. "It's just probably hungry because it's winter time." Miroku explained. "Make sure that the villagers are out of harms way."

"Afraid monk?" Inu-Yasha asked in a half growl, half snort. (Is it even possible?)

"Suit yourself." Miroku said sighing. "You can't stop the eager." Miroku said looking at Shippou who was sitting on Miroku's shoulder.

"The stupid either!" Shippou added causing Miroku to grin at the young kit.

Inu-Yasha "fehed" at the comment and charged at the youkai in front of him, but Sango's weapon was faster.

"Hiraikotsu!" Sango's voice could be heard shouting over the screams and cries of the villagers. Her eyes widened as she watched the bear-like-youkai manage to knock her weapon back at her and barely jumped out of the way before it hit the ground; right where she was just standing.

"Sango!" Miroku shouted as he watched the Taijiya try to catch her breath and was too close to the youkai for his comfort.

"I'm fine Houshi-Sama!" Sango replied almost breathlessly. She quickly bent down to grab hold of Hiraikotsu.

Inu-Yasha's eyes widened as he saw the bear youkai's tail move backward, before it started to move forward, it was going to use it's tail to injure Sango he realized. Completely forgetting to attack, he ran using his youkai speed and grabbed hold of Sango just in time before the bear youkai slammed the ground where Sango just was. Once the youkai removed it's tail Inu-Yasha could see that Hiraikotsu was now cracked in two. He felt himself force a lump down his throat as the thought that 'It could have been Sango' raced through his mind. "Be careful." He warned but received no response.

Inu-Yasha felt Sango's body stiffen at his touch. Not that he blamed her, but it hurt knowing that she was still uneasy about being touched by him, even if it was to save her life. 'As long as she's alive, that's all that matters.' He thought over and over again.

Sango felt as Inu-Yasha landed and then felt as his grip tightened around her as he jumped back again, attempting to get out of reach of the youkai's needles which where being released from the large youkai's back.

You can put me down now Inu-Yasha." Sango said somewhat coldly as she tried her best not to let her feelings take over her mind as she tried to focus on the fight.

As much as her heart wanted it, she wouldn't let it happen again. She wouldn't let Inu-Yasha get this close to her again, 'look at the result from the first time.' She told herself. 'Houshi-Sama hates you and so does Kagome-Chan. You lost your only friends and your families respect because you where taken by a hanyou.' She scolded herself bitterly. "

"Damn it Sango!" Inu-Yasha growled in a dangerously annoyed tone. "That hentai monk can take care of it by simply sucking it in to his Kazana, you and I need to talk."

"Oh, so now you want to talk Inu-Yasha?" Sango asked loudly in a cold sharp tone as they then heard Miroku suddenly shout, "KAZANA!" She forced her eyes to focus on the monk and watched as he sucked up the youkai in to his wind tunnel. "Well I'm sorry but you're six moons too late!" She snapped. "PUT ME DOWN NOW!" She shouted making Inu-Yasha wince because of her booming voice. As much as she wanted to be talked to by Inu-Yasha and to be held there by him, she couldn't let herself get hurt again.

"No," Inu-Yasha said. "It's time we had a chat, something I should have done six moons ago. MIROKU!" He shouted getting the monk's attention. "Take care of things here will you?" He asked not putting the struggling Sango down and ended up getting punched in the chest and slapped in the face. He was sure that his face was probably red by now.

"Sure, what…" Miroku asked seeing Sango struggle.

"Be back in a few hours." Inu-Yasha said and ran/jumped off somewhere in the distance.

"Do you think we should follow them?" Miroku asked Kirara who mewed and turned back in to her smaller form. "I'm taking that as a no." He said sighing. "Come on Kirara, let's start heading back." Miroku said and Kirara mewed and followed the monk back to the village.

……

"Inu-Yasha, put me down!" Sango commanded and gasped once Inu-Yasha stopped and literally dropped her in to the snow. "What the hell was that for?" She snapped angrily.

"So you can cool off already!" Inu-Yasha growled as he rubbed his raw chin. He knew that he deserved it but man, that woman had a strong hit. 'No wonder why the monk always behaves whenever she does that.' He thought.

"Well you got me here so talk!" Sango snapped as she looked up at Inu-Yasha with hateful eyes.

Inu-Yasha wanted to shrink back in to his coward state as he had done before but forced himself not to. He couldn't help but frown as he looked at the woman sitting in the cold snow and he noticed something more then hatred when he looked in to her brown eyes. Hatred, humiliation, friendship, hurt, pain, trust, and was that love? He wondered. He must have imagined it. He thought as he pulled his eyes away not being able to look in them. Her brown eyes, he could stare in to them forever, even when she was angry at him, he still could. "Sango I…" He began. Here, there was nothing to interrupt them, not Kagome, not Miroku, just them and the surrounding forest which was named after him.

……

Kagome knew that she was back in the past when she saw the open sky above her. She climbed up the latter and threw her yellow backpack up and heard as it landed on the ground and then soon followed it. She was thankful that she had warn her winter clothes instead of her school uniform because it was snowing here just like it was back home. Grabbing hold of her bag, she headed back to Kaede's village, and sighed knowing that she would have to explain to everyone why she was gone for so long.

When she got to the village her eyes nearly bulged out as she sight. Wood was scattered everywhere and in the place of at least two huts, from what she could count from her distance at least; that they where destroyed. 'Did Sango-Chan do this while trying to fight Inu-Yasha?' Kagome wondered as she walked toward Kaede's hut to find it empty. She put her bag inside Kaede's hut and found everyone at the two huts that had been destroyed and found large snow drifts that looked a lot like foot prints.

"KAGOME!" Shippou shouted excitedly as he caught her familiar sent and ran towards her before jumping in to her arms.

Kagome laughed as she hugged Shippou and smiled down at the small kit. "Miss me?" She asked.

"What took you so long?" Shippou asked as he cried. "I thought that you where never going to come back!"

"Sorry," Kagome apologized. "I had some things to take care of first and get things straightened out back home." She explained. "What happened here?" She asked.

"A large youkai came from the forest and Sango, Inu-Yasha, Miroku, and Kirara all fought him. Miroku ended up sucking it in to his Kazana and Inu-Yasha ran off somewhere with Sango." Shippou explained rather excitedly. "I just hoped that they didn't run off to kill one another." He added. "The atmosphere between the two of them has been pretty intense lately, I wonder why." He said thinking out loud.

"It's a grown up thing Shippou." Kagome answered. "Now, how about we go help everyone else?" Kagome asked looking at the other villagers who where beginning to start to cut down new wood to rebuild the huts. 'Even though I think that this would go even faster if Inu-Yasha was here…' She thought frowning. 'Oh well,' She thought. 'Maybe they'll finally get things settled.' She frowned wondering if it was possible to frown any more then she already was. 'I hope…' She thought adding another sigh.

…….

Sango began to shiver since she was still stubbornly sitting right where Inu-Yasha dropped her and blinked when she felt something dry and warm was suddenly placed around her shoulders and nearly slapped Inu-Yasha's hand away but he had moved faster then she could. She hated to admit it but wearing Inu-Yasha's fire rat robe was warmer compared to her partly wet suit.

"I… I'm sorry." Inu-Yasha said after a couple of minutes of silence flew by the two of them. Sango was a bit surprised to hear Inu-Yasha of all people to apologize. His apology confused her. Why would Inu-Yasha of all people apologize for something that happened four months ago.

"I… I'm an ass ok!?!" He said which also surprised the Taijiya. "I should have never let you go six moons ago when we… when we did that." He said not knowing what to call it. Technically speaking, they did mate but since he wasn't sure to how Sango would reacted to him he decided against it. Either way, his cheeks felt like they where hot enough to melt the snow.

"The next morning after that night, I should have never let you go. I didn't realize it back then but I realize it now." He said no longer looking at Sango since he was afraid to see what her reaction to him would be. He, someone who had fought powerful youkai many times was afraid of something as simple as love. "I don't expect you to forgive me for how I treated you but…" He said with his voice beginning. "Ah screw it," He said scolding himself. "Sango I love you!" He said looking at her.

"Why didn't I realize before that what I said that night was really how I felt and not just some human emotion?" He asked as if Sango was going to answer. "Why was I such an idiot to hurt you like that?" Silence paused through the two. "You gave up everything for me and in return what did I do? Toss you to the side like an old toy! I don't blame you if you don't forgive me." Inu-Yasha said in a quieter tone. "I… I'd like a second chance if you'd be willing to give it to me but I'll understand if you don't." He said as he tried to keep his voice from breaking. "That's it I guess…" He added after a few moments of silence Her silence was beginning to kill him. He would be able to take it if she yelled at him or if she hit him or try to kill him but the silence was killing him.

"I love you." Inu-Yasha said which made Sango sit there in a half frozen state. Her mind was trying to process what he had just said but her body seemed to get the meaning of his words all by itself because her heart was pounding past and it felt as if it would burst through her body. "I love you…" The words raced through her mind once again as his words echoed through her mind. 'Did he really mean it?' She wondered as she stared up at the hanyou as she felt tears beginning to fall from her eyes. 'Stop crying, there's nothing to be crying about.' She snapped at herself angrily for being weak as to fall for his kind words again. 'He said that to you before, remember?' She thought angrily to herself for being weak. Yes, she realized. She was weak; she was a weak woman with a weak human heart.

"That's it I guess?" She blurted out. She watched as he flinched at her tone. "Oh, hmm… geeze Sango, I love you but I'm just going to take you and leave you with feelings of regret and betrayal for six moons and all you can tell me is that you're sorry?" She asked now standing up as if the fire that she had been keeping locked up finally unleashed its wrath. She couldn't help but laugh which made Inu-Yasha's ear twitch once again. "You're even more of a baka then I thought you where. No, baka's too good of a word for you." She said. "Bastard, yes, that would fit you quite well." She said and snorted. "You probably don't even know the meaning of the word." She said as she walked closer to Inu-Yasha who was now facing her.

The fire rat robe slid off of her shoulders and landed on the soft white snow as it fell to the floor. When she reached him she grinned slyly. "Yes, you're a bastard because you should be apologizing like this." Sango said as she pulled him down in to a kiss.

'I really don't get women…' Inu-Yasha thought but kept that thought to himself. At first he thought that she was going to attack him but now she was kissing him. What the hell was wrong with this woman? He thought as he kissed her back with out further hesitation. He wrapped his arms around her waist after Sango wrapped hers around his neck. Nothing else mattered, not what had happened six moons ago, not the fact that they had betrayed a lot of people in the process; not even the fact that they still had a personal mission to collect the Shinkon Shards and defeat Naraku. He didn't care about anything else in the world right now. All that mattered was the woman that was in front of him. All that mattered was them.

Hi everyone,

You finally got your Sango/Inu-Yasha sort of fluff moment. Personally, I thought that the last part was rather amusing. I cracked up when I went back to reread the last four paragraphs because I can just imagine Inu-Kun's look on his face. Oh god it's so great:calms down: Don't mind me, I'm just a crazy fan girl whose obsessed. I wana Inu-Kun plushie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sango one to but Inu-Kun first. Either way I hoped that I satisfied everyone with this chapter. I got inspired to write this one when I had started to write another Inu/San fic but decided to use my ideas in that fic for this one. Trust me, it works much better.

I want to use this time to thank everyone who has continued to read and a special thanks to those who review. Well once again please review.

Happy Thanksgiving. (To those of you who celebrate and to those of you who don't... uhh... no offence... :sweatdrops:)

-Darkia-