Title: Happiness Awaits
Pairing: Sango/Sesshomaru
Fandom: InuYasha
Theme: #13- Gravity
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any related characters. The song Defying Gravity is copyrighted by Stephan Schwartz, so I don't own that either. Much thanks to my beta-reader, Shigure-san!
Elphaba - why couldn't you have stayed calm for
once, instead of flying off the handle!
I hope you're happy!
I hope you're happy now
I hope you're happy how you
Hurt your cause forever
I hope you think you're clever!
Tears stung her eyes. But, Sango would not admit defeat. It just wasn't a part of who she was. Instead she trudged on, not truly knowing where she was going. If she hadn't had that fight with Kagome, InuYasha and Miroku this wouldn't have been happening. She wouldn't have been lost and completely alone… And as much as she hated to admit it…she was scared to her wit's end. She was in a strange land that she knew nothing about. Any normal person would be scared.
I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy, too
I hope you're proud how you
Would grovel in submission
To feed your own ambition
There was nothing more than she wanted than her friends to be all right and living their lives as they wanted to. But, that didn't mean that she would always be following their lead. They wanted to go find a sacred jewel shard when Naraku was close enough in their midst that they could probably have reached out and touched him. She wanted to find him; the others needed the jewel shards. So, she went on her own way. She needed to kill Naraku.So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy right now
She couldn't imagine happiness would be within her reach until Naraku was dead. Having Kohaku safe was the only way that she'd be able to be happy, but no one seemed to understand that. They all seemed to think that although her brother was a pawn of Naraku, Miroku was the person who could make her happy. He wasn't and he couldn't…
Elphie, listen to me. Just say you're sorry:
You can still be with the Wizard
What you've worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted:
There was no way that she could go back or apologize. It didn't matter that they were her friends and she was lost in a cold wilderness she didn't know. She couldn't admit that she was wrong. In her heart she felt that she wasn't. But she also knew that she couldn't foolhardily dart forward without thought and take on Naraku by herself. Even she wasn't stupid enough to believe that she could do it all on her own.I know:
But I don't want it -
No - I can't want it
Anymore:
There was a point when she couldn't believe how lucky – or unlucky she was, depending how you wanted to look at it. A snarl sounded from the Demon Lord that stood before her - She had invaded his space. But she needed his help. She reminded herself not to be afraid. He was smart. He wouldn't kill her until he'd heard her proposition… she hoped. "What is it that you want, Human?"
Sango felt her breath becoming more and more shallow. Yes, she feared this demon in a way that she couldn't explain. He emanated power and dignity. She just couldn't compare. "I need your help."
"Foolish Human," He turned his back on her without a second glance, evidently deciding that she wasn't even worth his time.
"I want to kill Naraku." He stopped. She knew that she had just barely gotten a grasp on his attention. "And I need your help."
"What would I get out of this?"
"My life."
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes: and leap!
She became more confident with Sesshomaru at her side, helping her. Well, they weren't really side-by-side. It was more like he was ahead of her as if to maintain a piece of his pride. She really didn't understand why he had accepted her offer, but he had, so she didn't question it as much as she normally would have.
"He is close," Sesshomaru informed her.
Her heart jumped and started to race with both fear and excitement. She clutched her – with anticipation of the battle. "I'm ready."
Sesshomaru scoffed at the notion, as if she really didn't make a difference in this battle. She knew otherwise.
It's time to try
Defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you can't pull me down!
The battle had begun. Demon and Demon Slayer tore into the half-demon's assault. Naraku had summoned many of his puppets for this battle, but they pushed on through. They didn't give way beneath the weighted power of Naraku's armies of minions – or more accurately, his jewel shards - no matter how hard it was to go on. Sango felt elated, powerful like she never had before. The Hirakoitsu and Tokijin sliced through their enemies, weapons singing under the blood-bath, until Naraku stood vulnerable to attack – with nothing between the odd new pair and himself. With Sesshomaru, she shot forward, reaching Naraku at the same time, ripping foul tentacles and stolen skin to shreds. The evil half-demon cried out, the wounds too rapidly given for him to heal over, but he couldn't die – not while he still had the - And, the blows beat down on his flesh once more, and the shimmering pink shards came free from his body. His eyes widened with frustrated misunderstanding. He was…defeated?
When their enemy tumbled to the ground, lifeless, the creatures around them mimicked the action, until the only ones left standing were Sesshomaru and her. "We did it!" Sango smiled weakly, pumping her hand into the air, blood staining her Slayer's armor. "We did it."
Sesshomaru merely watched her through narrowed golden eyes. He was just as damaged as she was, but was just unwilling to let it show.
"Your life is mine."Can't I make you understand?
You're having delusions of grandeur:
They both passed around human villages, her now following in his tracks as less than a servant – in the simplest and yet sinister of ways, she belonged to him. Her father would have been so disappointed. 'No he wouldn't have,' she argued with herself. 'I destroyed a demon that even he could not. He would have been more proud of me than anything...' Whether that was the truth or not, she didn't know. Now she must travel with Sesshomaru until he decided her life was worthless to him. She had to guard him with her life. She was literally a slave to him. But one thought kept her going. 'I need to find Kohaku!'I'm through accepting limits
'Cuz someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
And you can't pull me down:
Glinda - come with me. Think of what we could
do: together.
"Where are we going?" Sesshomaru didn't answer. Sango growled with frustration but didn't let anything show, "Don't I at least have the right to know where we're going?"
"You no longer have any rights." Sesshomaru was always calm and cool with his retorts. It was almost disgusting.
Jaken jumped in, "He could kill you, you know!" He always seemed to love rubbing it in her face that she was under the direct rule of his master. He loved his master far more than the cruel demon deserved. Sango almost felt pity for the small green demon.
Rin just smiled and giggled at them, "Sesshomaru-sama wouldn't kill Sango-chan!" She exclaimed. The girl had taken almost an immediate liking to Sango and was convinced that Sesshomaru wouldn't kill her or do anything like it. "She's become far too valuable to him!"
"What would you know?" Jaken snuffed her. "You're just a child."
Again, the girl just giggled. "Sesshomaru-sama, where are we going?"
"You do not need to know."
Rin giggled, "He just wants it to be a surprise for Sango-chan."
"Insolent human! Sesshomaru-sama cares nothing for little humans. Why would he want to surprise this one?"
Laughing, Rin replied, "Because he likes her."
Unlimited
Together we're unlimited
Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been
Glinda -
Dreams, the way we planned 'em
They had left Jaken and Rin behind. Wherever they were going, it seemed too be dangerous. Sesshomaru sliced at demons to his left and Sango did the same to her right. Clearing the path, they moved in a uniformed pattern, as if they had fought together more than just the one time they had.
Eventually they met back up in the center of the demons, back-to-back. "Think we can take them?" She grinned grimly, staring at the hordes of weak demons heading their way.
"What 'we'?" Sesshomaru replied, as if he were the most intelligent being on the planet, "I do not require your assistance. I am strong enough for the both of us."
"Arrogant, aren't we?" Sango replied, but all the same plunged into battle just as he did.If we work in tandem:
They worked in unison, a vision of completing each other's flaws. Not that Sesshomaru would admit that he had any such thing. Sango let out a battle-scream, plunging into battle. Surprisingly, Sesshomaru let out a roar as he followed her lead.
There's no fight we cannot win
Just you and I
Defying gravity
With you and I
Defying gravity
Together they stood looking over the carcasses of the dead demons. "We did it," Sango sighed. She was hardly injured, only a few scratches here and there, but extremely wiped out.
"And you thought that we could not?"
Sesshomaru looked just as composed as ever.
"It's 'we' now?" For a few seconds Sesshomaru did nothing but stare at her with his cold golden eyes. Then, slowly, (if not a little hesitantly), he reached his clawed hand out and brushed the side of her face, like the kiss of a god. His arm dropped back down to his side.
"I was using the royal we."They'll never bring us down!
Well? Are you coming?
Weeks after that battle she had traveled with them. However, she got the feeling that she wasn't quite a slave anymore. If she tried to leave, Sesshomaru wouldn't stop her. She turned to him one day, "Where are we going?"
"You will know when we get there."
She stopped for a second and stared at him, "If you don't tell me, I'll leave."
"Then go."
I hope you're happy
Now that you're choosing this
It was a cruel repetition of a time that seemed so very long ago. Again she was cold and wet and alone and in a place that she didn't know. Fear bit through her bones. "I don't want to be alone!" But there was no one to hear her screams.You too
I hope it brings you bliss
She curled on the ground, trying to block everything out. She couldn't care about anyone. They all ended up leaving her, or she ended up leaving them. It just wasn't fair that she had to make choices between friends or her brother…
I really hope you get it
And you don't live to regret it
I hope you're happy in the end
I hope you're happy, my friend:
"Is your life truly that eventless that you have nothing better to do with your time than sit there and cry all day?"
Sango turned on her back to see Sesshomaru standing directly above her, his usual impassive expression freezing his features, "Perhaps."
"Weak human."
"Stupid demon."
Again they stopped and stared at each other for a moment. "I will tell you know where we are going."
"Why would you do that?"
"Rin misses you." Sango smiled. Even if the Lord of the Western Lands didn't realize it, she saw the look in his eyes. She was floating on air. He needed her. Jaken wasn't too good at fighting…
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately:
"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity
I'm flying high
Defying gravity
And soon I'll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!
Far too long searching for him, and now she saw him, all she could do was stare at the boy in front of her, now freed from Naraku's hold. "Kohaku," she screamed as she ran to him and flung her arms around him in an almost desperate frenzy to hold him - make sure he was real, and that he wouldn't disappear again. Tears spilled from her eyes.
"Sango," her brother wrapped his arms around her for a second before releasing her, "Lord Sesshomaru… he told me that you were here."
"He did?" She was thoroughly confused.
"Yes," her brother nodded, although he didn't elaborate on it.
"Why would he do a thing like that?" But in her heart, Sango already knew. It had been in his eyes the time he had touched her face after the battle…
I hope you're happy!
She stood at the edge of her village, looking out into the sunset. Things seemed to almost be back to normal. It was just she and Kohaku. But that was all right. That was all she needed. Or so she tried to convince herself. It seemed that everywhere she looked, everywhere she went, everything she touched, there was a touch of Sesshomaru in it. She hated knowing the effect that he had on her.
Kohaku stood off to the side, watching his sister. It was hard for him to believe all the things that he had done. Sango tried to hide it from him, saying that he was completely fine, but there was just this way that she looked at him that made him think otherwise. Nevertheless, he was happy to be with his sister. It just didn't seem like she was very happy. Sure, she was content, but it wasn't like she was running around, jumping and smiling all the time. He knew what she was missing. She was missing Sesshomaru. But he knew something that she didn't. Sesshomaru was on his way.