Chapter 38

Sango had just walked out of the last of the meetings she was required to attend for the day only to find that her husband was nowhere to be found. She had no idea where he had gone or if he was going to show up soon but it didn't matter. After sitting for hours listening to the problems of the house and to the problems of the members of her house she found that she needed to work out her tense muscles so that she could truly relax. Just as she had walked into the dojo, Sango had done a split at the door way just in time to avoid the weapon that had been thrown at her. As she pulled herself up, Sango couldn't help but smile when she heard her brother's worried filled voice say, "I'm so sorry sis…I swear I didn't mean to."

With a smile on her face, Sango walked over to her brother and said, "Don't worry about it kid…but you should have just used a bit less in force and focused more on your aim…maybe then you would have hit the target over the door."

"How did you know that I put one up there?" Kohaku's confused voice was heard as he allowed her to get close to her.

"Because it was Miroku's idea and he was able to hit it in a week's time…" Sango answered before quickly adding, "And because I know you, you don't like the fact that he has the same type of weapon you do and that he is starting to get ahead of you when you started your training before he did."

"What do you know?" Kohaku asked in a cold voice as he turned his back to his sister to focus on his next target.

"I know that you're angry, that you hate the fact that Miroku is getting better in such a short time." Sango began to say as she made her way over to her brother before adding, "I know that you hate the fact that I went off and married him without telling you and I know for a fact that you probably hate me now…and that's ok…because I'll never stop loving you and I'll wait a whole life time and more if it'll mean that you'll forgive me some day."

When her brother didn't say a word and after she had waited long enough to give him a chance to say something, anything, to her Sango turned around and began to make her way out of the dojo. Just as she was about to reach the door, Sango was tackled to the ground and hugged. Before she could even ask what it was that her brother was doing, Sango couldn't help but cry as she heard her brother whisper out, "I don't hate you, I could never hate you…you're my only sister…I love you…I'll always love you…I just got jealous…ok?"

As she held onto to her brother, Sango couldn't help but smile and cry at the same time as she said, "You have nothing to be jealous at kid…the only reason he's getting better is because father doesn't want to wait years for him to be ready or respected by our house…if I trained you I can tell you right now that you would be done with your training before he is even ready to be my equal."

"Really?" Kohaku asked as he pulled back so that he could lock eyes with his sister before adding, "Do you really mean it?"

"Of course I do…" Sango answered with a grin on her face.

"Then train me…train me so that I can be a master of my weapon…" Kohaku stated in a serious voice as he sat down before his sister.

With a grin on her face, Sango nodded her head and said, "Alright…father did say that I was not allowed to help Miroku with his training…but he never did say anything about not being able to help my kid brother."

"You're the coolest big sister ever!" Kohaku yelled out in excitement as he ran toward his weapon and got ready for his training. But just as he had turned around to face his sister with her own weapon he stared at her in confusion before asking, "Why do you have my old practice weapon?"

"Oh, well if I'm going to train you I have to be able to show you what you are doing wrong and how you can fix it." Sango answered as if it were common knowledge.

"Wait…how do you even know how to hold it…were you trained with it also?" Kohaku asked in a confused voice.

After taking in a deep breath Sango lowered her voice so that she could sound like her father and said, 'You are the future of this house, as the future you must not only know how to wield Hiraikotsu but my weapon, your mothers and your brothers weapon as well,' before adding in her own voice, "Before he gave me the freedom I wanted he drilled me and made sure that I could not only fight with all four weapons but that I could win and change between the four without having to worry about the difference."

"Damn…that sounds hard." Kohaku was heard.

"It was…but enough of that…we need to get started before we're called for dinner." Sango stated with a smile on her face. 'I need him to be ready…I need him to be ready to take my place incase all of this goes wrong…in case I die in the fight that is sure to come.' Sango couldn't help but think sadly as she took in a deep breath and watched her brother to see what it was that he was doing wrong. She knew that this could and probably would get ugly soon, but that didn't mean that she would not try. She had taken this as her own burden; she needed to make sure that she would not allow this to be handed over to her brother.

After taking a calming breath and instructing her brother to do what she said word for word, Sango opened her eyes and gave him a single nod of the head so that he knew that she was ready. While she hadn't used this weapon in a while, she still had the training and the muscles to do what needed to be done. As they began their training, Sango couldn't help but to smile at her brother, he was working so hard and had already done so much. If he kept it up he was sure to give Miroku a run for his money once the two of them were tested before the head of the family. 'Not like it would be unfair, my father and mother will judge without favoring one over the other.' Sango couldn't help but think as she moved to her left and used the chain at the end of the weapon to pull her brothers weapons toward her.

"What? How the hell did you do that?" Kohaku called as he watched his sister take control of his weapon with just the chain.

"Just make sure you get the timing right and at the last second move aside and toss the end of your chain. It will wrap around the weapon automatically and you'll have control over your opponents' weapon. Just be careful, this only works when you're stronger than your opponent."

"I think I get it…can I give it a try?" Kohaku asked as he waited for his sister to untangle their weapons from one another.

"Sure, do you want to try it with what I'm using now or do you want me to try it with a sword? Honestly I think it would be best if you tried it with a sword first." Sango replied as she finished untangling the two weapons.

"Sword it is then." Kohaku stated as he pulled his weapon back toward him once his sister had gotten out of harm's way.

"Alright, just make sure to wait for the right timing. If you pull on the chain hard enough you'll be able to pull my sword out of my hands." Sango stated as she placed the weapon down only to reach for the sword and turn it around as she began to get a better warm up with her wrists.

"You know how to handle more than four weapons…don't you nee-chan?" Kohaku mumbled in a surprised voice when he noticed how his sister treated the sword in her hand as nothing more than an extension of her arm.

"Um…yeah…with the trouble that the four of us got into we had to know to work with what we could get our hands on at the time, any way it will be our little secret right?" Sango stated as she turned to face her brother while pointing the tip of the sword at him.

With a grin on his face and a nod of his head, Kohaku said, "Yeah, our secret…now let's see if I can get it on the first try."

"Good, now just keep your focus and no worries k?" Sango replied with a grin on her face as she began to circle her brother with the sword still pointed at him.

Knowing that he had to do as she said, Kohaku began to move with each step that his sister took so that he could find the right timing for him to do what she was trying to teach him to do. An hour later, with several bruises covering her wrist and her arms, Sango couldn't help but smile when the sword that she had been holding onto had been pulled free from her hands and into her brothers waiting hands. Shocked that he had finally been able to do such a thing and glad that he had not harmed his sister again, Kohaku looked up and smiled at his sister and said, "I did it, I did it."

"Yeah you did…now let's try it another ten times, if you can do it ten out of ten we'll move to the next weapon." Sango replied with a grin on her face as she reached for a much shorter ranged katana.

"Are you sure Nee-chan? You're arm doesn't look all that great." Kohaku replied in a worried filled voice.

"Do you want to get ahead and beat Miroku or not?" Sango teased with a grin on her face as she began to approach her brother.

"Of course…again." Kohaku stated in a confident filled voice.

"As much as I would love to be placed against your brother love," Miroku's amused filled voice was heard as he and the current Lord of the House of Taijiya walked in, "you just got a call from the girls…something about needing to speak with you about the gowns for the winter ball."

"Uh…nice…we'll continue tomorrow alright…and I don't want you practicing on your own…especially when I'm not around…ok?" Sango stated as she turned and locked eyes with her younger brother.

"Ok…" Kohaku mumbled when he noticed just how serious she was.

"Kohaku, just what did you do to your sister?" their fathers worried filled voice was heard as he noticed all the bruises and small cuts on his daughters arm and wrist.

"Um…I wonder what trick you're teaching him that you won't teach me…" Miroku mumbled at his wife as he placed his now glowing hands over her wounds so that he could heal her.

"Wow, that's cool." Kohaku stated as he watched his brother-in-law quickly heal what he had done to his sister.

After placing a soft, gentle kiss on her husband's cheek when he was done healing her, Sango smiled at the three men and said, "Sorry love, he is my little brother…I'll be back soon and you two better leave him alone."

"You have my word; I have some reading and a few things to get taken care of anyway." Miroku promised with a grin on his face.

"Um…I'll see you tonight than…father." Sango stated as she walked out of the room just as Kirara had joined her side.

"That girl is going to be the death of you." Lord Taijiya mumbled.

"With the way you've been handling things I wouldn't be all that surprised dear." The Lady of the House of Taijiya was heard as she appeared from the back entrance of their privet dojo.

"Mother" Miroku and Kohaku both greeted.

"Boys I suggest you all run along, it's your fathers and I turn to spar." The lady was heard as she drew her weapon. Just like her daughter, she favored a much longer range katana but she knew how to handle any ran and size of swords, it was her main weapon and she made sure to keep up with her training.

"Of course mother," The two were heard as they quickly exited the room.

"What have I done now?" Lord Taijiya asked with a grin on his face as he prepared himself. The only time his wife ever willingly spared with him was when she was upset and felt the need to beat him bloody into next week.

With a sweet smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye, Lady Taijiya locked her gaze on her husband and said, "Oh, I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out before you get too bloody."

After getting changed and making sure that Kirara was at her side, Sango left the house and began to make her way to meet her friends. Just as she had finished turning on her motorcycle Sango couldn't help but grin as she began to dial Ayame's number to see where exactly they were going to meet this time around. Since she was not the one that had called the last minute meeting all she had to do was show up and not worry about organizing it. As she waited for the wolf demon to pick up she couldn't help but laugh out loud as she held her helmet in her hands. 'If they think they'll be able to keep me from riding this bike after I am presented to the houses they have another thing coming…but still…it's good to know that my husband and my father have some things in common.' Sango thought as she tried to keep from getting annoyed.

"We are meeting at Rin's spot, the one we met at before, just got off of a meeting and am on my way so chill…unless you need a ride." Ayame growled into the phone without even greeting her.

"Nope, meet you there slow poke," Sango stated with a wide grin on her face before closing her phone shut, putting it in her pocket and putting her helmet on. Just as she had removed the break, Sango turned around to smile sweetly at her worried husband as he called out to her. And before he could even stop her, Sango faced the open road and sped off like a bat out of hell hoping to all the gods that were listening to all of her thoughts that she and her friends would all have a chance to do this once they had gotten everything taken care of.