Thanks so much for the reviews and my next story will be... Sympathy for the Devil. There are still several more chapters of this story to go though.
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Inuyasha but I don't.
"A Living Nightmare"
The day of Sango's birthday was a very hard day to handle, she had told me that she had some things that she needed to tell me before it was too late. The car ride home was silent & through all my sadness I had completely forgotten about Kagome throwing Sango a party.
"Surprise!" was what we heard as we walked into the apartment. Tears filled Sango's eyes as she walked away from me & slammed the bedroom door.
"What happened?" Kagome asked in a worried voice.
"She lost the baby" I replied.
"How?"
"Sango contracted an infection, the doctor said that it wasn't an uncommon thing to happen"
"We'll leave, so you two can be alone." Kagura said as she placed her hand on my shoulder "You never know something really good could come from this"
I didn't really understand what Kagura meant. How could anything good come from this? I made my way to the bedroom& wiped the tears from my eyes as I entered. Sango was sitting there staring at the teddy bear with tears streaming down her face.
"We have to have our talk now" she said sadly laying the teddy bear aside.
As she stared talking she never looked at me, she just sat there staring off into space.
"I first met Naraku when I was sixteen. I was dating his brother Muso at the time. I don't know why but I fell for Naraku, I cheated on Muso& eventually broke up with him, shortly after Naraku offered me a job in his strip club, I was only sixteen, I accepted his offer& he made me a fake ID. That's when I met Kikyo& my life went to hell in a hand basket. I became friends with her really fast. I had only been there for ten months when Kikyo fell in love with a guy named Yosho& left Naraku. He was furious but I never figured he'd hurt her much less kill her."
Sango wiped away her tears still refusing to look at me.
Flashback (Sango's POV)
"Kikyo you're so lucky to find a guy who loves you so much" I said.
"Don't worry Sango your young& beautiful, one day you'll find a guy to take you away from that hell hole too, promise me that you'll be strong through every trail& test that you may face." she said smiling.
"I promise"
A knock at the door pulled Kikyo away from her packing. I was folding a shirt when Kikyo opened the door to reveal a very angry Naraku& three of his friends.
"Naraku what are you doing here?" Kikyo asked horrified.
No words came from Naraku's mouth just an angry look& a knife that soon followed.
"What are you doing?" Kikyo asked
"No one leaves me & lives. Why don't you three make sure that Sango is comfortable in that chair over there. I want her to see what would happen to her if she ever betrays me" Naraku demanded
End Flashback
Sango's tears were flowing faster as she put her hands to her face to cover her eyes.
"I watched him kill her, I didn't have a choice. I saw the blood; I saw the look of satisfaction on Naraku's face when she died, I saw the whole thing. She didn't die last year that's when they found her body"
Flashback (Sango's POV)
Naraku walked slowly towards me covered in Kikyo's blood. Naraku smeared the blood on my face, the blood mixed with my tears.
"Now" said Naraku as he stared me in the eyes "if you ever betray me I will make sure that your death is slow, agonizing torture. Is that understood?"
I shook my head nervously; my whole body was shaking out of shear terror. Naraku shoved the blood-covered knife into the chair just inches from my face.
"Now let's dispose of this body, while Sango here cleans up,& you better be here when I get back"
End Flashback
"After that I sank into a depression, I had seen hell& would continue to see it for years. I was in a world the revolved around drugs, alcohol, & sex. In my depression I found comfort from the drugs & alcohol, the sex wasn't an option. Naraku only shared me with his friends, I was passed around like a cheap whore."
At this point I wanted to hold her & tell her everything was better now & she'd never have to put up with it again but something told this wasn't right time.
"I eventually quit taking drugs & drinking…"
"What made you stop?"
"I thought about what my parents & Kohaku would say if they could see me. I knew they'd be disappointed, even though they're dead; they were my inspiration to stop. I couldn't do anything about the sex though. I felt so alone, I even thought about killing myself so many times, but the last words that Kikyo said to me would ring in my head every time I tried, after all I promised."
She wiped her few remaining tears with a tissue, as I tried desperately to hold mine back.
"Then I met Kagome, Kagura, & Ayame, I now had somebody to talk to about different things that bothered me but I never said anything about Kikyo, the only thing they heard were rumors. By this time I wasn't only being passed around to his friends but it was now rich men from out of town looking for a plaything, the price was high but they paid. I'm damaged goods Miroku, I've had more men in two months than most women have in two years, no one will ever want me, the only reason you wanted me to live with you is because I was carrying your baby. I'm going to pack my stuff & leave, you deserve someone better than me, I'm not good for anything."
Sango slowly stood up & as she walked past me I grabbed her by the hand & pulled the engagement ring out of my pocket. For the first time she looked at me as I slid the ring on her finger.
"Marry me"
A/N: I have no idea what made me stop the story here but I did, I think it makes for a very good cliffhanger. Please review.