Sango had never been happier to have Kagome back with their group. She
rummaged inside Kagome's backpack, looking for something Kagome called
strawberries. / Red, small, slightly heart-shaped.../ repeated Sango in her
mind as she smiled, listening to Kagome arguing with Inuyasha. Something
bright glittered inside Kagome's bag and she unconsciously reached for it
to take a closer look.
"Ara?" said Kagome as she glanced back and saw Sango holding a silver chain necklace with a small cross attached to it. Kagome skipped over to Sango and plopped down beside her friend. Seeing Sango's curiosity over the item, Kagome explained, "It's called a necklace only, it's made out of silver, not like what you see around here."
Sango gave Kagome a sideways glance and said, "Yes I know. I mean, some far villages have necklaces as slender as this but... what's this?" and pointed at the crucifix.
"Oh, well that's a crucifix. A cross," clarified Kagome as she watched Sango's fingers caressing the man nailed on the cross.
"Kurushii," said Sango softly, feeling the pain of the man who was on the cross.
"Christians believe that Jesus Christ, the man who's depicted in the cross is the savior. He gave up his life for them by allowing himself to become man and suffer the pain of being nailed on the cross. He died so that mankind would be saved from sin," narrated Kagome softly. "My friend who was an exchange student gave it to me before she left. I may not be a Christian but I can understand the meaning of sacrifice. My friend told me to keep this necklace with me always because it would keep me safe."
Sango handed the necklace quickly back to Kagome. "Then you should keep it with you always Kagome-chan! Somehow... I believe what your friend said," said Sango.
"What's a Christian, Kagome? Food?" asked Shippou, catching the end of the conversation. Kagome laughed and handed Shippou a lollipop which the fox- cub accepted happily. She looked beyond Shippou and saw Inuyasha sulking up the tree and Miroku coming up their makeshift camp after placing wards around the area. "Iie, it's not food Shippou," answered Kagome fondly before she turned back to Sango. She opened the lock of the necklace and quickly closed it around the youkai exterminator's neck.
Sango touched the glittering necklace around her neck. She gave Kagome a wide-eyed look and then smiled when she saw Kagome's intention. "Arigato Kagome-chan," exclaimed Sango before throwing her arms around Kagome, surprising everyone in the camp. Her sudden action made her ribs ache a bit but she just smiled. Somehow, Kagome's necklace around her neck felt comforting, as if there was a higher being watching over them and that peace can be found beyond the battlefield.
Two arms quickly found its way around Kagome and Sango's shoulders. When the arms began to descend... "Can I join your hug too?" asked Miroku cheerfully.
"SUKEBE!" screamed Kagome hitting Miroku with a portable mallet. "HENTAI!" shouted Sango, following Kagome's attack by slamming her hiraikotsu on the monk.
"Feh," said Inuyasha from the tree as Miroku crashed into the tree he was sitting on. "That's what you get for being so perverted."
***
"A village at last!" exclaimed Kagome as she stared at the bustling roads of the village they had reached after days of travel. Tired, with no water close to the path, they managed to survive their journey with their waterskins. They all ran out of water last evening and the sight of a huge town is like paradise.
"Food!" said both Inuyasha and Shippou. "Water!" said Sango, with stars in her eyes as she thought of having a bath at last. "Women," said Miroku with a wolfish grin as he surveyed the townspeople, with surprisingly had a large number of good-looking girls.
Everyone sweat-dropped at Miroku's statement and could only watch as the monk began trailing his first victim. "Pervert," said Shippou, dot-eyed and Kirara purred in assent. Sango was still watching the monk's back when someone bumped into her.
"Itai!" said Sango, feeling pain in her healing ribs and chest at the force of the collision. She got a mouthful of cotton and looked up to see a young man, looking down at her with surprise. She flushed a little at their proximity and found herself looking into a pair of startlingly green eyes. "Kawaii," she said aloud clamped her hand on her mouth. Must definitely be the lack of water.
The young man blushed and then turned pale as he began to back away. His actions made both Inuyasha and Sango suddenly wary. The young man looked at Sango's face once more and with an apologetic look on his face, he took out something from his pocket, he then said, "Gomen." With that, he threw the two smoke-screen balls and disappeared when the smoke cleared.
"My necklace!" cried Sango in dismay as she touched her now-bare neck. Kagome hurried over to Sango and asked, "Are you hurt Sango-chan? Don't worry about the necklace, I'll get you another one."
Sango allowed Kagome to lead her towards a modest inn and looked back at where she met the young man. Green eyes and short, wavy hair. She had a feeling she saw him somewhere before. Looks like she'll be going hunting tonight... not for monsters though.
***
Miroku was still twitching on the floor where Sango left him. Sango sighed and joined Kagome inside the women's bathing room. The room was pleasantly warm and moist as all the windows were closed to provide privacy for the women customers. Kagome was the only person there though and Sango sighed when she dropped her towel to climb in the huge tub with Kagome.
"Welcome Sango-chan," said Kagome with a very blissful smile on her face. From the way Sango's eyebrows were raised up, the monster exterminator had another 'groping encounter' with the monk. "Wai... ureshii," said Kagome with a blissful sigh, submerging her head in the warm water.
As the warm water closed over hr body, Sango found herself relaxing. The hot water felt awfully good against her ribs and she glanced at the bandages Miroku carefully wrapped around her that was dumped on the floor with loathing. "Baka," whispered Sango trying to block out unnecessary thoughts.
Kagome smiled at the look on Sango's face. Part-exasperated, part-confused. When Sango leaned back to grab a wash towel, Kagome couldn't prevent her gasp of surprise. "So many scars," said Kagome with a look of overwhelming sadness in her eyes. Sure, she had taken countless baths with Sango but it was her first time to see Sango that way. The youkai exterminator seemed to be careful to keep her back from Kagome's eyes before and now Kagome understood why.
Sango looked up and smiled in resignation. "Oh well, I can't keep showing you my front forever now can I? Don't worry Kagome-chan, these scars don't hurt anymore," assured Sango. "You see, my chuchuie always told me, its better to get an injury in the back than in front or the legs. You can still fight with stab wounds and injuries up your back but a wound in your chest or legs could be fatal. And don't worry about it, I had no beauty that can be marred by these scars to begin with," said Sango wryly.
"Demo--" began Kagome, sensing a deeper sadness in Sango's nonchalant explanation. Sango's eyes suddenly focused when steam burst inside the room. Her hand reached for a heavy water bucket by their tub. A man rose from the steam, a silvery black light glinted from the kodachi he held in his hand. The steam parted and revealed the same young man she bumped into this afternoon.
"PERVERT!" shouted Sango as she threw the water bucket like a disc, catching the guy square in his head. The guy cursed under his breath as he ignored the pain and dove for Sango in the tub.
"SANGO-CHAN!" screamed Kagome loudly.
The man paused, his kodachi a few inches from Sango's neck. He was panting, as if in pain as he stared at Sango and Sango stared at him. "Sango-hime?" whispered the guy. Sango's eyes widened and then before she can react, the man leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. He was leaning over the tub, his hands falling limply at his side as his lips courted and clung to Sango's closed mouth.
Inuyasha and Miroku who were on their way to have dinner, heard Kagome's shout and burst into the bathroom to see a guy kissing Sango who was nude in the tub and Kagome looking at the two in shock.
"KISAMA!" shouted Miroku as he swung his shakujo at the guy.
The guy broke off the kiss from a wide-eyed Sango who didn't think to close her eyes from the kiss. He nimbly evaded Miroku's attack and dodged Inuyasha's claws. He gave a cocky grin at the two men and swung his dark- bladed kodachi making the two men step back from the power it emitted. The guy took one last look at Sango and then disappeared from another one of his smoke-screen balls.
The smoke hasn't cleared yet when Kagome started shaking a shell-shocked Sango. Kagome's vigorous shaking made the towel holding up her Sango's hair fall down and long, raven tresses spilled down on Sango's back and shoulders, trailing in the water. "Sango-chan! Sango-chan! Daijoubu?" cried Kagome.
"The bastard enchanted her!" growled Inuyasha, not wanting to get close to the two naked young ladies knowing Kagome would probably say "Owasuri." Also, he felt a little embarrassed which was definitely weird for him. Inuyasha looked back to see an indescribable expression of rage on Miroku's face. Sure, the monk loved women and hated seeing females in distress but the seething anger radiating from Miroku was something else... Inuyasha looked at the monk speculatively.
Sango's eyes cleared and slowly, her fingertips touched her reddened lips. "Oh my," she whispered, wanting to sink down into the water.
"What's it? What's wrong?" asked Kagome as Miroku hurried over to Sango's side near the tub but decently averting his eyes. "Did he hurt you?" asked Miroku in a carefully neutral tone.
Sango seemed to be gazing into something the others couldn't see as she began to talk, explaining the significance of what had happened. "You see, in my village, my dad was technically the leader and although I was free to do what I will most of the time, there was also this very strict rule."
Sango took a deep breath, shivering slightly. "The rule stated that no man can touch me-- and if someone kisses me, even on the cheek, that would mean that my hand will be given to that man in marriage."
"But things are different now right? I mean, Miroku touches you all the time! And you never demanded that he marry you," burst out Inuyasha.
That snapped Sango's shock. "I would rather be eaten by a youkai than marry that pervert," she said between gritted teeth.
Miroku recoiled in indignation as he snapped back as well, "Who cares? I wouldn't ever dream of asking a masculine female to marry me anyway!"
Kagome hit both Inuyasha and Miroku with her mallet. She turned to a fuming Sango and asked quietly, "So what's up? Was he your first kiss?"
That sobered Sango and Miroku quickly.
Sango gave a barely perceptible nod and then finished her story, "You see the guy who kissed me... I know him. He is the son of my father's cousin and they branched out from being youkai exterminators to spies and intelligence operatives. Because my Uncle was so skilled and influential, he eventually succeeded the throne of the king he was serving. Kyo-chan... that guy, he was my childhood friend. We were betrothed when we were seven and a kiss would make our engagement official..."
TBC
***
Author's notes:
Woohoo! That was quite a lot! Hope that explains why this fic's title is Crucify My Love, more to come as Sango tries to locate Kyo and finds out why he tried to kill her. Next chapter-- what's this? Miroku's jealous?! Thank you so much to my first reviewers! The five of you really helped a lot for my first endeavor in an Inuyasha fic! Anyway, please REVIEW my story, writers like me are inspired to write faster when we get more reviews. Review! Review! Review! I'm aiming for 15 reviews in this second chapter! My, how ambitious! Hehehe! Please? It's christmas? ^_^
Crucify My Love
An Inuyasha fanfiction by Jo-chan
Disclaimers: All credits go to Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of Inuyasha. I am simply borrowing these endearing characters for a few pages. ^_^
"Ara?" said Kagome as she glanced back and saw Sango holding a silver chain necklace with a small cross attached to it. Kagome skipped over to Sango and plopped down beside her friend. Seeing Sango's curiosity over the item, Kagome explained, "It's called a necklace only, it's made out of silver, not like what you see around here."
Sango gave Kagome a sideways glance and said, "Yes I know. I mean, some far villages have necklaces as slender as this but... what's this?" and pointed at the crucifix.
"Oh, well that's a crucifix. A cross," clarified Kagome as she watched Sango's fingers caressing the man nailed on the cross.
"Kurushii," said Sango softly, feeling the pain of the man who was on the cross.
"Christians believe that Jesus Christ, the man who's depicted in the cross is the savior. He gave up his life for them by allowing himself to become man and suffer the pain of being nailed on the cross. He died so that mankind would be saved from sin," narrated Kagome softly. "My friend who was an exchange student gave it to me before she left. I may not be a Christian but I can understand the meaning of sacrifice. My friend told me to keep this necklace with me always because it would keep me safe."
Sango handed the necklace quickly back to Kagome. "Then you should keep it with you always Kagome-chan! Somehow... I believe what your friend said," said Sango.
"What's a Christian, Kagome? Food?" asked Shippou, catching the end of the conversation. Kagome laughed and handed Shippou a lollipop which the fox- cub accepted happily. She looked beyond Shippou and saw Inuyasha sulking up the tree and Miroku coming up their makeshift camp after placing wards around the area. "Iie, it's not food Shippou," answered Kagome fondly before she turned back to Sango. She opened the lock of the necklace and quickly closed it around the youkai exterminator's neck.
Sango touched the glittering necklace around her neck. She gave Kagome a wide-eyed look and then smiled when she saw Kagome's intention. "Arigato Kagome-chan," exclaimed Sango before throwing her arms around Kagome, surprising everyone in the camp. Her sudden action made her ribs ache a bit but she just smiled. Somehow, Kagome's necklace around her neck felt comforting, as if there was a higher being watching over them and that peace can be found beyond the battlefield.
Two arms quickly found its way around Kagome and Sango's shoulders. When the arms began to descend... "Can I join your hug too?" asked Miroku cheerfully.
"SUKEBE!" screamed Kagome hitting Miroku with a portable mallet. "HENTAI!" shouted Sango, following Kagome's attack by slamming her hiraikotsu on the monk.
"Feh," said Inuyasha from the tree as Miroku crashed into the tree he was sitting on. "That's what you get for being so perverted."
***
"A village at last!" exclaimed Kagome as she stared at the bustling roads of the village they had reached after days of travel. Tired, with no water close to the path, they managed to survive their journey with their waterskins. They all ran out of water last evening and the sight of a huge town is like paradise.
"Food!" said both Inuyasha and Shippou. "Water!" said Sango, with stars in her eyes as she thought of having a bath at last. "Women," said Miroku with a wolfish grin as he surveyed the townspeople, with surprisingly had a large number of good-looking girls.
Everyone sweat-dropped at Miroku's statement and could only watch as the monk began trailing his first victim. "Pervert," said Shippou, dot-eyed and Kirara purred in assent. Sango was still watching the monk's back when someone bumped into her.
"Itai!" said Sango, feeling pain in her healing ribs and chest at the force of the collision. She got a mouthful of cotton and looked up to see a young man, looking down at her with surprise. She flushed a little at their proximity and found herself looking into a pair of startlingly green eyes. "Kawaii," she said aloud clamped her hand on her mouth. Must definitely be the lack of water.
The young man blushed and then turned pale as he began to back away. His actions made both Inuyasha and Sango suddenly wary. The young man looked at Sango's face once more and with an apologetic look on his face, he took out something from his pocket, he then said, "Gomen." With that, he threw the two smoke-screen balls and disappeared when the smoke cleared.
"My necklace!" cried Sango in dismay as she touched her now-bare neck. Kagome hurried over to Sango and asked, "Are you hurt Sango-chan? Don't worry about the necklace, I'll get you another one."
Sango allowed Kagome to lead her towards a modest inn and looked back at where she met the young man. Green eyes and short, wavy hair. She had a feeling she saw him somewhere before. Looks like she'll be going hunting tonight... not for monsters though.
***
Miroku was still twitching on the floor where Sango left him. Sango sighed and joined Kagome inside the women's bathing room. The room was pleasantly warm and moist as all the windows were closed to provide privacy for the women customers. Kagome was the only person there though and Sango sighed when she dropped her towel to climb in the huge tub with Kagome.
"Welcome Sango-chan," said Kagome with a very blissful smile on her face. From the way Sango's eyebrows were raised up, the monster exterminator had another 'groping encounter' with the monk. "Wai... ureshii," said Kagome with a blissful sigh, submerging her head in the warm water.
As the warm water closed over hr body, Sango found herself relaxing. The hot water felt awfully good against her ribs and she glanced at the bandages Miroku carefully wrapped around her that was dumped on the floor with loathing. "Baka," whispered Sango trying to block out unnecessary thoughts.
Kagome smiled at the look on Sango's face. Part-exasperated, part-confused. When Sango leaned back to grab a wash towel, Kagome couldn't prevent her gasp of surprise. "So many scars," said Kagome with a look of overwhelming sadness in her eyes. Sure, she had taken countless baths with Sango but it was her first time to see Sango that way. The youkai exterminator seemed to be careful to keep her back from Kagome's eyes before and now Kagome understood why.
Sango looked up and smiled in resignation. "Oh well, I can't keep showing you my front forever now can I? Don't worry Kagome-chan, these scars don't hurt anymore," assured Sango. "You see, my chuchuie always told me, its better to get an injury in the back than in front or the legs. You can still fight with stab wounds and injuries up your back but a wound in your chest or legs could be fatal. And don't worry about it, I had no beauty that can be marred by these scars to begin with," said Sango wryly.
"Demo--" began Kagome, sensing a deeper sadness in Sango's nonchalant explanation. Sango's eyes suddenly focused when steam burst inside the room. Her hand reached for a heavy water bucket by their tub. A man rose from the steam, a silvery black light glinted from the kodachi he held in his hand. The steam parted and revealed the same young man she bumped into this afternoon.
"PERVERT!" shouted Sango as she threw the water bucket like a disc, catching the guy square in his head. The guy cursed under his breath as he ignored the pain and dove for Sango in the tub.
"SANGO-CHAN!" screamed Kagome loudly.
The man paused, his kodachi a few inches from Sango's neck. He was panting, as if in pain as he stared at Sango and Sango stared at him. "Sango-hime?" whispered the guy. Sango's eyes widened and then before she can react, the man leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers. He was leaning over the tub, his hands falling limply at his side as his lips courted and clung to Sango's closed mouth.
Inuyasha and Miroku who were on their way to have dinner, heard Kagome's shout and burst into the bathroom to see a guy kissing Sango who was nude in the tub and Kagome looking at the two in shock.
"KISAMA!" shouted Miroku as he swung his shakujo at the guy.
The guy broke off the kiss from a wide-eyed Sango who didn't think to close her eyes from the kiss. He nimbly evaded Miroku's attack and dodged Inuyasha's claws. He gave a cocky grin at the two men and swung his dark- bladed kodachi making the two men step back from the power it emitted. The guy took one last look at Sango and then disappeared from another one of his smoke-screen balls.
The smoke hasn't cleared yet when Kagome started shaking a shell-shocked Sango. Kagome's vigorous shaking made the towel holding up her Sango's hair fall down and long, raven tresses spilled down on Sango's back and shoulders, trailing in the water. "Sango-chan! Sango-chan! Daijoubu?" cried Kagome.
"The bastard enchanted her!" growled Inuyasha, not wanting to get close to the two naked young ladies knowing Kagome would probably say "Owasuri." Also, he felt a little embarrassed which was definitely weird for him. Inuyasha looked back to see an indescribable expression of rage on Miroku's face. Sure, the monk loved women and hated seeing females in distress but the seething anger radiating from Miroku was something else... Inuyasha looked at the monk speculatively.
Sango's eyes cleared and slowly, her fingertips touched her reddened lips. "Oh my," she whispered, wanting to sink down into the water.
"What's it? What's wrong?" asked Kagome as Miroku hurried over to Sango's side near the tub but decently averting his eyes. "Did he hurt you?" asked Miroku in a carefully neutral tone.
Sango seemed to be gazing into something the others couldn't see as she began to talk, explaining the significance of what had happened. "You see, in my village, my dad was technically the leader and although I was free to do what I will most of the time, there was also this very strict rule."
Sango took a deep breath, shivering slightly. "The rule stated that no man can touch me-- and if someone kisses me, even on the cheek, that would mean that my hand will be given to that man in marriage."
"But things are different now right? I mean, Miroku touches you all the time! And you never demanded that he marry you," burst out Inuyasha.
That snapped Sango's shock. "I would rather be eaten by a youkai than marry that pervert," she said between gritted teeth.
Miroku recoiled in indignation as he snapped back as well, "Who cares? I wouldn't ever dream of asking a masculine female to marry me anyway!"
Kagome hit both Inuyasha and Miroku with her mallet. She turned to a fuming Sango and asked quietly, "So what's up? Was he your first kiss?"
That sobered Sango and Miroku quickly.
Sango gave a barely perceptible nod and then finished her story, "You see the guy who kissed me... I know him. He is the son of my father's cousin and they branched out from being youkai exterminators to spies and intelligence operatives. Because my Uncle was so skilled and influential, he eventually succeeded the throne of the king he was serving. Kyo-chan... that guy, he was my childhood friend. We were betrothed when we were seven and a kiss would make our engagement official..."
TBC
***
Author's notes:
Woohoo! That was quite a lot! Hope that explains why this fic's title is Crucify My Love, more to come as Sango tries to locate Kyo and finds out why he tried to kill her. Next chapter-- what's this? Miroku's jealous?! Thank you so much to my first reviewers! The five of you really helped a lot for my first endeavor in an Inuyasha fic! Anyway, please REVIEW my story, writers like me are inspired to write faster when we get more reviews. Review! Review! Review! I'm aiming for 15 reviews in this second chapter! My, how ambitious! Hehehe! Please? It's christmas? ^_^
Crucify My Love
An Inuyasha fanfiction by Jo-chan
Disclaimers: All credits go to Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of Inuyasha. I am simply borrowing these endearing characters for a few pages. ^_^