A light breeze lifts wisps of ebony hair away from it's frame around Sango's face, tossing it back into her eyes.

Pensively, she stares back at her own reflection in the still pond, running an cautious finger over the raised lump on her back. A sharp pain stabs down her back, and she doubles over, kneeling down upon the flattened grasses of the bank. The pain shoots to her arms and legs, all the way out to the tips of her fingers and toes.

As she sets on the soft grasses, tiny beads of sweat spring upon her forehead, as proof of her pain, growing as she concentrates her efforts to lessen the pain.

Gradually, the pain subsides, leaving a dull, but tolerable ache in the pit of her stomach. Satisfied that she could handle the pain, she crawls back to the waters edge. Reaching down to wash her face, her hands stop abruptly.

Eyes widening in a mix of shock and fear, she watches as her eyes turn a ghastly white and a cruel smile plays across her reddening lips.

'My body keeps becoming more and more difficult to control. What is wrong with me?'

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Black Widow
Spinning the Web
Sango-sama

Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha
I can only borrow Miroku.
I have to write this stupid thing.
So people won't sue.

I wrote this while listening to the new Ending Song "Dearest" by Ayumi Hamasaki. It's pretty, but a little slow.

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The demon huntress walks quietly back to the village.

"Sango-chan, how are you feeling?"

"Eh? Oh, much better, Kagome. It's doing me good to be out walking around again. But..."

Kagome tilts her head inquisitively. "What is it?"

"It's probably nothing...but I just keep sensing a presence."

"A youkai?"

"I'm not sure.

Knitting her eyebrows in thought, Kagome sets "Hmmm. I haven't been able to detect anything. But we can ask the others."

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Yellow, slitted eyes fix on Sango with tepidity. "A presence?"

"I really can't describe it. Not a quite youkai, but not human either. And definitely not hanyou."

"Aside from the usual stench at the cave that Onigumo was cared for in, I haven't picked up anything. Except of course the brat."

"Hey!" Shippou whines.

"It's true. When was the last time you bathed?"

Defiantly, Shippou's lip pops out in a cute pout. "More recently than you, dog breath!"

Large sweatdrops appear on both Sango's and Kagome's faces, as they take a giant step away from both youkai with fingers pinching their noses.

"Oi." Inu-Yasha turns to them with one eyebrow raised. "What's with you two?"

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"I'm sorry, Sango."

Shaking her head sadly, she mutters, "this must be all in my head."

Cocking his head slightly, he tries to look into her eyes. "If it would make you feel a bit better, we can look around for signs of another youkai in the area."

Blushing faintly, she smiles and nods. "That would be good."

Smiling back, he grabs her hand and pulls her off into the forest. In a mixture of embarrassment and confusion, apparent by the heightening blush on her cheeks, Sango runs slightly behind him.

Kagome shouts, "I'll go back to the village and search with Inu-Yasha and Shippou," before running off in the other direction, grinning all the way.

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Trees blur together, shading the forest an indistinguishable mass of greens and browns. Light peeks through the forest's upper canopy gleaming across the forest floor like an abstract chess board.

Slowly, Sango and Miroku come to halt one after the other, eyes surveying the landscape for the slightest indication of a misplaced aura.

"We've been all over this part of the forest." Wiping away tiny beads of sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, he thumps down on an overturned log. "I haven't felt anything, Sango. Have you felt anything yet?"

A frown purses her lips as she sits down on the log near him. "No. I haven't been able to sense it since earlier on this morning."

Turning to face her, he asks, "was anyone else there with you?"

Tilting her head to the side slightly, she brought a finger over her lips in consideration. "Well, I think I was the only one awake. Except for maybe Inu-Yasha. but everyone else was there, sleeping."

He looks at her, a considering gaze searching her eyes, before placing his larger hand over her own.

"If it happens again, I want to you wake me up immediately."

"Do you have any idea what it is?"

"Perhaps." His eyes narrow as he gazes off in the distance, absently running his uncursed hand over his prayer beads.

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Well, I've gone back through and done a bit of spring cleaning on this story so far. This chapter has been lengthened. I'm pretty pleased with it. I'd like to know if people want more detail descriptions, character development, etc. I'd do more with Inu-Yasha and Kagome, but I really don't find myself relating them to common experience, so I usually feel what I write for them is terribly contrived. Once again, feedback is yummy and suggestions will be read and considered carefully.

Sango-sama

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