Theme: Spectrum Challenge - Yellow
Genre: Hurt/Angst
Rating: K+
Word Count: 500
Warning: N/A
Summary: Sango's view of the tragic saga of Kagome & Sesshoumaru
A/N: I've decided that in order to move this story along a little faster, I needed to utilize other available challenges and prompts…so here goes. All the Spectrum entries are individual character perspectives regarding our ill fated duo. Originally posted on LJ 7/19/2010
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but my own cracked imagination
As a taijiya, Sango had been around death her entire life. Companionship, loyal friendships and sisterhood was something she had only recently learned in the last few years and it all stemmed with her meeting Kagome.
A sister of the spirit, a soul as bright as the yellow sun; the miko had helped the taijiya through one of the darkest periods in her life and had shown her that it was alright to trust again and to not be afraid to ask others for help.
While still very traditional, Sango did however pick up some of the futuristic teenager's modernized views on equal rights for women, the right to be assertive and of course, how to play hard to get with a man without having to lift a finger. Well that last one still required some work, since the damn houshi continued to ply his amorous lines to every eligible onna they came across. He could be as dense as the hanyou sometimes.
It was Sango who first realized the inklings of something more than 'just friends' between Kagome and Sesshoumaru. After three years of 'girl-talks' during their baths, the miko's increased infatuation with the kami-like Inu was about as obvious as if it was written on her face. Seeing how the young onna had suffered so much when her premature crush on InuYasha had left her broken, Sango was hesitant to advise her one way or the other. Actions spoke louder than words.
Eventually, as she had surmised, the stoic daiyoukai's honorable inflections towards her pack sister won over her rational mind and she did whatever she could to encourage the strengthening bond between the two.
The Inu Lord was nothing like his half-brother and by default made him the perfect compliment for the miko. His youkai nature and strength was great counterbalance to Kagome's powerful untamed reishi and open heart. Anyone would eyes could see that he viewed the onna with the utmost of respect and adoration, not because she was the Shikon Miko but because of the radiance she exuded with everything she did. A match for the ages, never before had a youkai of his stature teamed up with a miko with her raw ability.
Sango could not have been happier when Kagome confided one night that she was in love with the Inu. It seemed like her only reservations were whether or not it was mutual and worth pursuing. InuYasha wasn't even a cause for worry because he had had his chance and threw it away, so his opinion would not have mattered. If anyone deserved to find happiness it was the miko who sacrificed so much for the better of all.
But when Kagome died, the world became dark and gray again. Gone were the joy and laughter and the generous warmth of her love. What kind of cruel kami would take away a soul so pure from the people who needed her most? And what would happen to Sesshoumaru without her calming presence?