Recap: By some unknown magic, Sango was able to penetrate the well and now she has another personality in Kagome's world - even her deceased father and her brother, Kohaku, were there, and they seemed to have no memory about their lives on the other side of the well!
In the meantime, Inu and Mroku's attempt to follow Sango into the well failed.
What else should they do?
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On The Other Side
an interactive fiction by Syaoran no Hime
Chapter 2 : Hi! My Name is Sango, and You Are..?
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"Alright, let's go," decided Sango, standing up to follow her brother.
"Have a great time in school, you guys!" called her father cheerfully.
"So..what should we do in school, Kohaku?" she asked curiously as they walked to school together.
He laughed. "What else? We're going to study there!"
"S-Study?"
He nodded excitedly. "I'm sure we'll both have a great time in school!"
She nodded too, then looked down at her uniform. "I wish I can find Kagome there."
"Okaay, so following her is out of the question," said Miroku, rubbing his still aching rear. He sighed. He missed Sango already. Rubbing her rear is much nicer..
Shippou slapped him, annoyed. "I know what you're thinking! I can't believe you can still think of those things in times like this!"
Inu Yasha smirked. "I bet wherever she is now, she's happier there. She has one less headache now." He looked at the sheepish monk pointedly.
Miroku sat down to think, then his eyes lit up. "Hey wait, maybe Sango made it to Kagome-san's world and they can meet! Kagome then will bring her back to us!"
"Hah! If ever that witch does sees Sango, she might only coax her to stay in her world and spend their lives chasing after men," said Yasha angrily.
"Then perhaps you can talk to Kagome-san to find Sango and bring her back here!" suggested the monk.
"What?! You want me to go down there-" the dog boy looked at the well pointedly. "- and talk to her? I wouldn't do that for anything."
"Anything?" asked the monk meaningfully.
"Anything," said Yasha firmly.
"What if I beg?" he asked.
"I don't care!" barked Inu.
"What if I promise to do anything you want me to do?" tried Miroku again.
"Hmm?" Yasha said. "Anything?"
"Anything," replied the monk quickly, then paused, thinking of the possible implications of that promise.
"Good." An evil grin spread on Yasha's face. Wasting no time, he jumped down the well, leaving the astounded Shippou and Miroku.
The little wolf looked at the monk curiously. "Do you know what kind of trouble did you give yourself?"
"I'll think of a way to get out of that trouble," replied Miroku. "For now, I only want an assurance that Sango is safe."
Shippou gazed at him curiously. Did the lecherous monk just learned the essence of pure, unadulterated love because of the youkai exterminator's sudden disappearance?
"Besides, I'm sure that sooner or later, Inu Yasha will just forget about our little deal, so I won't lose anything!" he added cheerfully.
The lad groaned.
Kagome barged into the classroom, her bad mood barely concealed.
"What happened?" her friends asked in chorus. "Did you and your boyfriend have another fight-"
"Shut up!" she snapped then sat down her seat.
"But Kagome-"
"Shut up!!"
"Kagome-" A hand tapped her from behind.
She whirled around. "I said, SHUT UP-" Her eyes widened. "Oops.."
Her teacher was in front of her, looking not too jolly. "I wanted to ask you to take your seat already because classes are about to start, but after the treatment you gave me, I decided to ask you to stand at the hallway for the entire period."
Her face flamed. "Gomen nasai, sensei!" She bowed and walked out of the classroom. She barely noticed the wide-eyed unfamiliar girl standing beside their teacher.
"Class, I want you to give your new classmate a warm welcome," said the teacher. "Introduce yourself now, Sango."
Kagome froze and turned around.
A girl with long black hair braided with a scarf faced her. "K-Kagome.."
She covered her mouth to stiffle a gasp.
"I told you, my onee-chan is not here!" said Kagome's younger brother, pulling Inu Yasha out of their house. His grandfather might just get hyper again when he finds the dog boy in their residence.
"Hah! She's out on a date again, isn't she?" barked Yasha. "That witch!"
"No, she went to school! She'll be back this afternoon!"
"School? Where is that school?"
The boy automatically pointed to the right. "There-" He gulped.
Yasha smirked. "Thank you!" He ran towards the pointed direction.
"No sweat. I'll just find Kagome's scent and then drag her out where we could talk..far from those boys..yup, then I'll ask her to apologize to me, then.." Inu groaned. "Just as that monk taught me. Step by step. Hope she's still not mad at me. She can be scarier than Naraku at times."
"So how did you get here?"
Sango and Kagome were in a burger station, eating and chatting. Kagome was also busy making the former's assignment since the exterminator was clueless about radius and circle equations.
Sango sipped more of the strangely refreshing drink her friend called soft drink. "I'm not so sure how, but well..I just wished to see this extremely interesting world of yours-"
"Interesting?" her friend laughed. "Hah! Far from it."
"B-But the place you live in is amazing!" she gushed. "You have horseless carts here running at such amazing speed, and you can change your water's temperature even if you have no knowledge on sorcery!"
"If you live here everyday, you'll know why I would rather stay in your world than mine," said the dark-haired girl.
"I don't know.."
"Kagome, I'm glad to see you here too!" a voice said from behind.
"Houjo-kun!" Kagome smiled uncomfortably.
The boy turned to te startled exterminator. "Hi! You must be the new girl in class. Sango, right?"
She nodded slowly.
"I'm pleased to meet you." He held out his hand towards her.
Suddenly remembering Miroku, she automatically hit his hand with her bag. "Get that away from me!!"
Crash!
"I'm really sorry for what happened! Really, I am!" said Sango, blushing.
She, Kagome and Houjo were walking home together. Houji smiled at her kindly. "It's ok. I still have two more sets of uniform at home." He looked down at the soda pop-stained shirt of his outfit.
"But-" she bit her lip.
"Besides, you gave me a new experience. No one had ever reacted that way to me when I offered my hand," said the boy good-naturedly. To this, she blushed some more.
Kagome found herself smiling. Houjo-kun can really melt any woman's heart. He was a gentleman, and very kind and thoughtful at that. No wonder he caught Sango's heart easily.
They then paused when they saw a crowd of girls in the corner.
"So cute!"
"Let me touch his ears!"
"Oh, kawaii!!!"
Kagome and Sango's jaws dropped when they saw what the middle-schoolers were gigglingly flocking at.
"Kagome, help me!!" yelled Inu Yasha.
"No, she won't come back yet!" screamed Kagome.
"But she doesn't belong here!" yelled Yasha back.
Sango looked at them with narrowed eyes. "Keep your voices down, will you? We're going to disturb everyone down stairs!"
They were back in Kagome's house, and right now they were in her room, doing their favorite activity : arguing. Perhaps it was a bonding activity only the two understood.
"Shippou and Miroku are expecting her home now!" Inu was saying.
"Then go back there and tell them that Sango is still enjoying her life here with her family and her boyfriend!" retorted the girl.
"What?!" gasped the dog boy and the exterminator.
"That's right!" continued Kagome haughtily. "Tell Miroku that she won't be coming back soon. Maybe in that way, he's going to start rethinking on those instances that he made groping Sango's body a hobby!"
"But Kagome-" Sango blushed heavily. "Houjo-kun is not-"
"I'll tell him!" snapped Yasha then left the room. "Hah! I knew you were going to contaminate her with your boy-crazy germs, you witch!" He then leapt out of the room into the roof.
"What did you just call me?" demanded Kagome. "Osuwari!!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!" A scream tore the tranquility of the night as a loud crash startled Kagome's family eating downstairs.
"What was that?" asked Kagome's grandfather.
"M-Maybe just a bird that fell down our roof," said Kagome's brother nervously.
"Quite some noise for a bird."
"Maybe it's a big bird," said Kagome's mother, winking at her son.
"So where is she?" asked Miroku quickly upon Inu's arrival.
"Kagome?" the dog asked.
"No. Where is Sango?" the monk asked, a trace of impatience in his voice. He had been waiting all day by the well, eager to hear the news regarding the youkai exterminator.
Inu Yasha on the other hand, was hesitant to relay to the monk Kagome's message. He might just ask him again to go back and kidnap Sango back into their world. He didn't want to see Kagome again after what she did to his ribcage..if there was still any left.
But then, it could be a little interesting to know how the monk would react with the knowledge that Sango has another guy in the other side of the well.
In the meantime, Inu and Mroku's attempt to follow Sango into the well failed.
What else should they do?
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On The Other Side
an interactive fiction by Syaoran no Hime
Chapter 2 : Hi! My Name is Sango, and You Are..?
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"Alright, let's go," decided Sango, standing up to follow her brother.
"Have a great time in school, you guys!" called her father cheerfully.
"So..what should we do in school, Kohaku?" she asked curiously as they walked to school together.
He laughed. "What else? We're going to study there!"
"S-Study?"
He nodded excitedly. "I'm sure we'll both have a great time in school!"
She nodded too, then looked down at her uniform. "I wish I can find Kagome there."
"Okaay, so following her is out of the question," said Miroku, rubbing his still aching rear. He sighed. He missed Sango already. Rubbing her rear is much nicer..
Shippou slapped him, annoyed. "I know what you're thinking! I can't believe you can still think of those things in times like this!"
Inu Yasha smirked. "I bet wherever she is now, she's happier there. She has one less headache now." He looked at the sheepish monk pointedly.
Miroku sat down to think, then his eyes lit up. "Hey wait, maybe Sango made it to Kagome-san's world and they can meet! Kagome then will bring her back to us!"
"Hah! If ever that witch does sees Sango, she might only coax her to stay in her world and spend their lives chasing after men," said Yasha angrily.
"Then perhaps you can talk to Kagome-san to find Sango and bring her back here!" suggested the monk.
"What?! You want me to go down there-" the dog boy looked at the well pointedly. "- and talk to her? I wouldn't do that for anything."
"Anything?" asked the monk meaningfully.
"Anything," said Yasha firmly.
"What if I beg?" he asked.
"I don't care!" barked Inu.
"What if I promise to do anything you want me to do?" tried Miroku again.
"Hmm?" Yasha said. "Anything?"
"Anything," replied the monk quickly, then paused, thinking of the possible implications of that promise.
"Good." An evil grin spread on Yasha's face. Wasting no time, he jumped down the well, leaving the astounded Shippou and Miroku.
The little wolf looked at the monk curiously. "Do you know what kind of trouble did you give yourself?"
"I'll think of a way to get out of that trouble," replied Miroku. "For now, I only want an assurance that Sango is safe."
Shippou gazed at him curiously. Did the lecherous monk just learned the essence of pure, unadulterated love because of the youkai exterminator's sudden disappearance?
"Besides, I'm sure that sooner or later, Inu Yasha will just forget about our little deal, so I won't lose anything!" he added cheerfully.
The lad groaned.
Kagome barged into the classroom, her bad mood barely concealed.
"What happened?" her friends asked in chorus. "Did you and your boyfriend have another fight-"
"Shut up!" she snapped then sat down her seat.
"But Kagome-"
"Shut up!!"
"Kagome-" A hand tapped her from behind.
She whirled around. "I said, SHUT UP-" Her eyes widened. "Oops.."
Her teacher was in front of her, looking not too jolly. "I wanted to ask you to take your seat already because classes are about to start, but after the treatment you gave me, I decided to ask you to stand at the hallway for the entire period."
Her face flamed. "Gomen nasai, sensei!" She bowed and walked out of the classroom. She barely noticed the wide-eyed unfamiliar girl standing beside their teacher.
"Class, I want you to give your new classmate a warm welcome," said the teacher. "Introduce yourself now, Sango."
Kagome froze and turned around.
A girl with long black hair braided with a scarf faced her. "K-Kagome.."
She covered her mouth to stiffle a gasp.
"I told you, my onee-chan is not here!" said Kagome's younger brother, pulling Inu Yasha out of their house. His grandfather might just get hyper again when he finds the dog boy in their residence.
"Hah! She's out on a date again, isn't she?" barked Yasha. "That witch!"
"No, she went to school! She'll be back this afternoon!"
"School? Where is that school?"
The boy automatically pointed to the right. "There-" He gulped.
Yasha smirked. "Thank you!" He ran towards the pointed direction.
"No sweat. I'll just find Kagome's scent and then drag her out where we could talk..far from those boys..yup, then I'll ask her to apologize to me, then.." Inu groaned. "Just as that monk taught me. Step by step. Hope she's still not mad at me. She can be scarier than Naraku at times."
"So how did you get here?"
Sango and Kagome were in a burger station, eating and chatting. Kagome was also busy making the former's assignment since the exterminator was clueless about radius and circle equations.
Sango sipped more of the strangely refreshing drink her friend called soft drink. "I'm not so sure how, but well..I just wished to see this extremely interesting world of yours-"
"Interesting?" her friend laughed. "Hah! Far from it."
"B-But the place you live in is amazing!" she gushed. "You have horseless carts here running at such amazing speed, and you can change your water's temperature even if you have no knowledge on sorcery!"
"If you live here everyday, you'll know why I would rather stay in your world than mine," said the dark-haired girl.
"I don't know.."
"Kagome, I'm glad to see you here too!" a voice said from behind.
"Houjo-kun!" Kagome smiled uncomfortably.
The boy turned to te startled exterminator. "Hi! You must be the new girl in class. Sango, right?"
She nodded slowly.
"I'm pleased to meet you." He held out his hand towards her.
Suddenly remembering Miroku, she automatically hit his hand with her bag. "Get that away from me!!"
Crash!
"I'm really sorry for what happened! Really, I am!" said Sango, blushing.
She, Kagome and Houjo were walking home together. Houji smiled at her kindly. "It's ok. I still have two more sets of uniform at home." He looked down at the soda pop-stained shirt of his outfit.
"But-" she bit her lip.
"Besides, you gave me a new experience. No one had ever reacted that way to me when I offered my hand," said the boy good-naturedly. To this, she blushed some more.
Kagome found herself smiling. Houjo-kun can really melt any woman's heart. He was a gentleman, and very kind and thoughtful at that. No wonder he caught Sango's heart easily.
They then paused when they saw a crowd of girls in the corner.
"So cute!"
"Let me touch his ears!"
"Oh, kawaii!!!"
Kagome and Sango's jaws dropped when they saw what the middle-schoolers were gigglingly flocking at.
"Kagome, help me!!" yelled Inu Yasha.
"No, she won't come back yet!" screamed Kagome.
"But she doesn't belong here!" yelled Yasha back.
Sango looked at them with narrowed eyes. "Keep your voices down, will you? We're going to disturb everyone down stairs!"
They were back in Kagome's house, and right now they were in her room, doing their favorite activity : arguing. Perhaps it was a bonding activity only the two understood.
"Shippou and Miroku are expecting her home now!" Inu was saying.
"Then go back there and tell them that Sango is still enjoying her life here with her family and her boyfriend!" retorted the girl.
"What?!" gasped the dog boy and the exterminator.
"That's right!" continued Kagome haughtily. "Tell Miroku that she won't be coming back soon. Maybe in that way, he's going to start rethinking on those instances that he made groping Sango's body a hobby!"
"But Kagome-" Sango blushed heavily. "Houjo-kun is not-"
"I'll tell him!" snapped Yasha then left the room. "Hah! I knew you were going to contaminate her with your boy-crazy germs, you witch!" He then leapt out of the room into the roof.
"What did you just call me?" demanded Kagome. "Osuwari!!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!" A scream tore the tranquility of the night as a loud crash startled Kagome's family eating downstairs.
"What was that?" asked Kagome's grandfather.
"M-Maybe just a bird that fell down our roof," said Kagome's brother nervously.
"Quite some noise for a bird."
"Maybe it's a big bird," said Kagome's mother, winking at her son.
"So where is she?" asked Miroku quickly upon Inu's arrival.
"Kagome?" the dog asked.
"No. Where is Sango?" the monk asked, a trace of impatience in his voice. He had been waiting all day by the well, eager to hear the news regarding the youkai exterminator.
Inu Yasha on the other hand, was hesitant to relay to the monk Kagome's message. He might just ask him again to go back and kidnap Sango back into their world. He didn't want to see Kagome again after what she did to his ribcage..if there was still any left.
But then, it could be a little interesting to know how the monk would react with the knowledge that Sango has another guy in the other side of the well.