Underneath The Illusion

Chapter 2

And So It Starts

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Sango slowly awoke when she felt a hand gently shaking her. She hoped that everything that had happened the night before had only been a dream and that Inuyasha was the one shaking her so that she would wake up. Her hopes were shattered though when she heard the person speak to her.

"Young miss, I think that you should get up now. I know that you must be tired and hurting from the ordeal that all of you have gone through, but this is not the place for any of you to stay. It wouldn't be safe." He said to her.

Sango turned her heard in the direction of the voice. She saw that it was an elderly man that was leaning over her with concern in his voice. Once the reality of the situation hit her again, she slowly started to cry. What was she going to do without her brother? She was all alone now in the world and had no idea what she was going to do. This thought only made her cry harder.

The old man knelt down next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you ok? Is something hurt? Do you need something?"

Sango replied by saying, "The only thing that is hurt is my heart. My brother was on that ship with me and now he is gone. I have no one and I have no where that I can go. I am all alone." And she looked at the old man after saying that hoping that he might be able to help her. She didn't know how but she hoped that he could help her.

"Well I have not seen your brother and I am sorry about your loss. My name is Myouga and if you want you can come with me to my home for awhile till you figure things out. It isn't much but hopefully that will help you." He kindly smiled at Sango as she slowly stopped crying.

"Thank you that would be wonderful of you. The only thing is that I have to get my things there. They are kind of heavy and I know that I can't carry them by myself."

"Well I am from around here and I was on my way home when I came across you people. There is a cave a short way ups the beach. We can store your things there for the moment and once we get to my place I will have some of my workers come back and they will be able to bring your things back to my place.

"That would be wonderful," Sango said, her mood already starting to improve with the luck that she was having because of Myouga. "I don't know how ever to thank you, this really does mean a lot to me, I really have no one to turn to anymore."

"Think nothing of it, I have no real family and so it will be nice to have someone around the house to talk to. I work for one of the Lady's of the area as servant. I was her father's loyal advisor till he passed on recently and since the young lady is so kind she kept me on afterwards. It isn't that big of a job, but it gives me a home and so I think that I would be able to take care of someone else for awhile. If you want, maybe I might be able to get you a job there as well so that you can get a new start." And with that said he extended his hand to her and helped her to her feet.

"Now lets get your things together and get a move on. I know that you are from another country so I am going to have to say that you are my niece so that no one will bother you." Then he leaned down to grab one end of the chest that was sitting next to Sango.

"That is fine, there would be no one to debate that fact." She leaned over and grabbed the other end of the chest. Slowly they headed in the direction that Myouga told her that the cave would be in. Once they had Sango's stuff safely stored in the cave, they headed off towards Myouga's house so that Sango would be able to rest and get things sorted out for her.

That night as Sango lay in bed, she thought over the events that had come to pass for her. She still couldn't believe that she had lost her brother. Her best friend and the last member of her family was now gone. 'I have this feeling though that he isn't gone. I mean there is a chance. I didn't find him alive on the beach, but then again I didn't find him dead either. I can't give up hope that he is alive until I see proof of it.' "I won't give up on you Inuyasha" and so she turned over and let sleep claim her.

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It was early morning and a young woman could be seen leaving the resting- place of her late father and brother. She was dressed all in black so that you could tell that she was still in her mourning period for the loss of her family. The young women had black hair that reached halfway down her back and her eyes were a stunning hazel blue. It had been over a month since she had lost her brother and father an attacker that had come to rob them and she still felt the loss.

At the end of the path coming from the cemetery was a young man. It seemed that he was waiting for the women to come to him. When she looked up from walking she saw that he was at the end of the path. She quickly changed her direction and headed down another path that would lead her to her home. The servants that were following her quickly changed their direction as well.

The young man seemed to be ready for the move and so he quickly headed down the path and started to catch up to her as she neared the side entrance to her home. He called out to her as she was about to enter "Lady Kagome, may I have a moment of your time so that I may speak to you?"

She quickly turned around to face the man that had spoken to her. She fixed him with a sharp look and proceeded to answer him. "What do you want from me this time Lord Miroku?" as she was answering him he took the opportunity to move closer to her.

"Why the same thing that I want every time that I see you lovely Kagome, to ask you to become my wife and bare my children." He said with a small smile as he took her hand in his and kissed it. She just rolled her eyes at him and then she felt that his other hand had wondered to her backside and was rubbing her.

*SMACK* "Hentai I cant believe that you just did that. God you never change, you know that. And as I told you before I am not going to be interested in marrying anyone until I am out of my morning period and that could be going on for along time so I think that you should put your interest elsewhere" With that she turned and stormed into the house before he could try to lay another finger on her.

'Ah I think that she is warming up to me' he thought to himself. "She is definitely the most beautiful girl that I have laid eyes on and I will find a way to make her see that I don't want anyone else other then her. And with a sad expression on his face he turned to leave Kagome's property. The frown went away quickly and soon you would never have guessed that it was there with the happy attitude that he now displayed.

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Unknown to the two of them, there had been two people in the nearby bushes that had overheard the whole exchange between the two of them. "Who was that guy?" the one asked their companion.

"He is the Lord of the land next to Lady Kagome's. He has been alone since his father passed on and has been trying to court Kagome for a long time now but she doesn't seem like she is going to give in to him anytime soon." was the reply that was given to the question.

"I really think that I want to help him and I might know a way but I will need your help with the plan Myouga." And with that the two headed back the way that they had come, their original reason for coming long forgotten.

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Well I think that that is all I am going to put into this chapter. I need some reviews to know what you guys think and if you want me to continue. Love you all. Read and Review. Hope that you are enjoying this and if you want more I/K you can read my other fic, Dreams To Reality just click my author name to find it:)