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Chapter 5

Sonnet woke up the next day, feeling very uncomfortable. She looked down at herself and tried to remember why she went to sleep with all her armor still on. Suddenly, the events that had happened yesterday hit her and she tried to hold back the tears.

'Mom, you can't be dead. You just can't.' Sonnet silently cried to herself, as she laid her head back against her pillow. She heard voices outside her door, and quickly shut her eyes, not wanting to deal with anyone or anything right now.

Yuri came in with some food, and sat it next to her bed. "Poor child." She whispered, before walking out and closing the door.

Sonnet sat up again. She hated it when people pitted her, because it felt like it was a sign of weakness. The tears stopped as she thought about her situation rationally. 'Mom is the strongest person I know. They said they couldn't find her body, so there still might be a chance she's alive!'

Sonnet got out of bed, deciding what she must do. In the kitchen she found Miroku and Yuri, sitting down and keeping their voices quiet. They looked up when they was Sonnet rush in.

"I'm going to go find her." Sonnet said in a rush. "And there is nothing you can do to stop me." Yuri opened her mouth, like she was going to object, but Miroku put his hand up to signal for her to stop.

"Of course you're going to go find her." Miroku said. "You wouldn't be a fighter if you didn't."

Sonnet gaped at him. "You mean you're going to let me go rescue her?"

Miroku smiled. "Yes, and I'm going to go with you." He stood up. "We should go get ready, shouldn't we?"

"Oh, no. I can't let you risk your lif-"

"No. You can't travel alone. I won't let you. We're either going together, or not at all." Miroku said in a very fatherly way, folding his arms.

Sonnet smiled brightly. "Oh, Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She yelled, throwing her arms around his neck. "You're the best!"

"No problem. Just promise me you'll listen to everything I say, okay? I've been on rescue missions before, and things go wrong when the people working together aren't in tune with each other."

"Okay!" Sonnet said, still smiling. She didn't think he would want to go with her. I mean, they had only met a few days ago, and yeah they actually seemed to get along pretty well, but why was he risking his life for someone he didn't even know? 'That is strange.' Sonnet thought, starting to have doubts about him. 'No, don't go get all paranoid now, Sonnet. You trust him.'

Yuri got up from the table. "Well, as it seems like I'm not going to talk anybody out of this, I guess I'll go pack the food."

"Thanks Yuri." Sonnet suddenly remembered something. "Hey, what about the people they managed to save from the village? Where are they?"

"They used your shop as a healing place." Yuri said packing the food. She breathed a sigh of relief. "Li is there, thank God. He's injured pretty injured, but they say he'll be alright."

"I'm going to go talk to him. Can you pack my daggers for me, Miroku?"

"Sure. Don't be to long. We want to get to the other village before dark." Miroku said, grabbing her daggers.

"Don't worry, I won't"

'So she's Sango's daughter.' Thought Miroku as he watched her run toward her shop.

Miroku had stayed up for a long time, watching and making sure she was going to be all right. He had stayed by her bed for most of the night. When she had finally stopped crying in her sleep, Miroku had went to the kitchen to get something to eat, only to find Yuri there with some tea. She had told him she was worry about both Sonnet and Li, and that she couldn't sleep. They had spent the night talking, with Yuri keeping an eye on his hands, when Miroku asked if she knew anything about Sonnet's mother.

"Of course I do." Yuri had said, pouring him some tea. "She helped me and Lyn out when we needed it most, and if it hadn't been for her, we would have died. Sango was really the most generous person I have ever known."

Miroku choked on the swig of tea he had just taken a sip of. "S-Sango?" He got out, coughing.

Yuri looked at him strangely. "Yeah, Sonnet's mother, the town's demon exterminator. She actually did a lot more than kill demons. She made weapons, and trained almost all the men on how to fight. She did so much, and I know Sonnet looked up to her more than anything." She looked down at her cup, with a sad expression on her face. "I really hope she's alright."

"Sango" Miroku whispered, lost in thought. 'You've been here all this time. And you had a girl.' He felt his heart break as he turned back to Yuri. He had to know something. "Did you ever meet Sonnet's father?" He gripped the edge of his chair, waiting for her answer.

Yuri looked surprised by his sudden question. "Um, no, I never have. I met Sonnet and her mother a few years ago, and he wasn't with them. Sonnet says he left when she was really little, but she doesn't know that for sure. Sango never really talked about Sonnet's father, and I never felt it was my place to pry."

'So whose Sonnet's father?' Wondered Miroku, as he looked down at his cup. He couldn't believe she had a child with somebody else. He felt tears welling up in his eyes.

"Are you okay?" Asked Yuri, looking at him curiously.

"What?" Miroku said, snapping to attention. "Oh, yes. I'm fine." He said, with a forced smile. Then he went back to his thoughts.

He thought about it long and hard. He concluded that he had two choices. He could either leave tonight, and probably never see Sonnet or Sango again. Or, he could go and try to find Sango, because he knew she wasn't dead, and maybe if she took him back, he could treat Sonnet as his own child.

It was no contest. He knew he had to find Sango again. After ten years thinking he could live without her, he knew he had his chance to set things strait. Or at least try to.

And as for Sonnet, he already thought of her as his daughter. He had only known her for less than three days, but already he loved everything about her. Her strength, her spirit. He couldn't think of anyone he would rather have as a daughter.

'If only she really was my daughter.' Thought Miroku sadly, as he packed his own bag for the trip. 'Well, I'm sure there will be plenty of time to have children with Sango once I save her.' Miroku's pervertedness had taken over his brain, and he was lost in his fantasy.

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"Li!" Sonnet yelled, running into her shop. "Are you alright?"

"I've been better." Li said, smiling weakly. He winced painfully as he tried to sit up.

Sonnet looked him over. He had bruises all over his face and arms, and his whole chest was covered in bandages. All and all, he looked terrible.

"What happened?" Sonnet asked, sitting at the end of his bed. Li stared in space. " I don't know. It all happened so fast. First we were just getting ready and waiting for backup to arrive, and than all these demons came out of nowhere and started attacking the villagers. We tried to stop them, but there were just too many.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there to help."

"I'm not. You would have gotten hurt too. Like I said, there were to many of them for us to handle." Li said.

Sonnet nodded, though under normal circumstances she probably would have argued with him. But she didn't have the time right now. "Li, did you see what happened to my mother? I mean, is see. did she." she couldn't finish her sentence.

Li shook his head. "We got separated, and I didn't see what happened to her before I got knocked out. I'm sorry."

"Oh." Sonnet said. Secretly, that was what she wanted to hear. 'He didn't say she was dead. There's still a chance!'

Li stared at her. "You're going to go after her, aren't you?"

Sonnet stared right back at him. "Yes, I am."

Li smiled. "I would be doing the exact same thing if I were in your position. Good luck, Sonnet."

Sonnet smiled too. "Thank you. Get better soon."

As she was walking back to her house, she ran into Lyn who was carrying a handful of bright, colorful flowers. "Hi Sonnet! I was bringing these to Li, to try and make him feel better. Do you want one?" She asked.

"Thanks Lyn. I guess I'll be seeing you in a few days." Sonnet said, taking the flower.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go save my mother."

"Oh! Okay! Well, have fun!" Lyn said giggling, as she ran to the shop.

Sonnet stared at the flower. She thought of how young and full carefree Lyn was.

'I wish I could be that innocent.' Thought Sonnet, as she walked toward her house. 'Just once.'

She met Miroku outside. "Ready?" Sonnet smiled sadly. "Yeah."

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Sango woke up with a jerk. She felt a sharp pain on her arm, and she tried to figure out where she was.

She looked up and saw she was riding in a cart filled with other cramped bodies, and that every single one of them, including her, had their arms tried behind their backs.

"Look over there." She heard a voice from behind her. "One of them's awake."

She turned to find her staring in the eyes of a hideous looking demon.

"I thought you said you hit them with the sleeping gas. I thought they were supposed to be out until we got to the village." The equally bad-looking demon next to him said.

The first demon smiled wickedly. "She must be a strong one. I'm glad she's awake. I've been awfully bored with only you to talk to, and I could use some fun."

Sango's eyes widened with fear as she understood what he meant. He opened the cart and started to advance toward her.

"Hey Trike! Don't hurt the merchandise. The Leader doesn't want any damaged goods."

"Oh, alright." The one called Trike said, looking like a little boy who had just lost his candy. A little ugly boy. "I'll be seeing you later if you don't get sold." He said, winking at her.

Sango stared back in disgust. 'There slave catchers!' She thought wildly. 'I've been kidnapped by slave catchers!'

She tried to mask her fear, as she looked around the cart that was her prison. She was with about twenty or thirty other people, of all types from the village. All of them were still knocked out, with peaceful looks on their faces.

'They won't be so peaceful when they wake up.' Thought Sango grimly, as she looked outside the cart. They seemed to be traveling on what looked like a mountain. 'Oh, no. Please don't let us be in the Western Lands. Because if we are.' Her thoughts were interrupted by the voices of the two demons.

"We were lucky to hit that village when we did. That demon village we are about to go to would have been mad if we only came with the few people we managed to get before we hit that jackpot." The really ugly demon said.

'Demon village!' Sango thought frantically. 'We are in the Western Lands! Shit, shit, shit!'

Suddenly the cart hit a large rock, and Sango hit her head on the roof. She rolled her head back as she was knocked unconscious.

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"So that's what it's like to be a perverted monk." Sonnet said, as she and Miroku walked in the direction of the village. They had been traveling for the entire day, and talking for most of the way.

"Yep, pretty much." He got a dramatic look on his face. "I'm so misunderstood."

"Yeah right." Sonnet said, rolling her eyes. "Like you have anything to be misunderstood about."

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"It means you're a man, so you don't have anything to be misunderstood about. Everything you do has a logical explanation behind it. Try living as a female demon exterminator. That's a very big misunderstanding altogether."

"Oh really?" Miroku said, raising an eyebrow.

Sonnet gave him a look. "Of course! We are expected to protect the village, listen and not be heard, cook, clean, make babies.the list goes on!"

"Wow, you do have it hard."

"Of course we do!"

'Silence'

"Well, when you get married, you can beat up your husband into doing some of those things for you." Miroku said, smiling.

Sonnet got an angry look on her face. "Like I'm going to get married."

Miroku looked surprised. "Why wouldn't you?"

Sonnet looked up at him. "Men aren't very reliable. Just look at my father. He left my mom and me. And in case you haven't noticed, I can't cook, I hate cleaning, I never learned how to sew, and I hunt demons. Not exactly wife material for the average guy."

"Well," Miroku said slowly. "You don't deserve an average guy. You deserve someone completely unaverage. Someone who will like you for all those things you can and can't do." He smiled at her. "I know I like you for all those things, and I'm a guy."

Sonnet smiled back at him. "Thanks. But you don't count."

Miroku pretended to look shocked. "Why not?"

"Because I'm not planning to marry you." She said, rolling her eyes. 'I'm planning my mom to.' She added silently.

"Oh, of course." Miroku said. "But I still meant what I said." He said sincerely.

"Thank you." Sonnet said, blushing a little. Just a little.

They continued talking as it grew closer to night, and as they reached the attacked village.

"I don't sense any demons." Miroku said, getting into battle mode. They creep closer to the village. "But we better keep our guards up, just in case."

When they reached the walls of the village, they saw a gruesome sight.

Dead bodies, everywhere. Slaughtered parts of men, women, and children were all over the place, and some of them were twisted in the most horrifying way. Sonnet looked at the massacre, tears welling up in her eyes.

"There's so many of them." She said slowly looking over the village.

Miroku could see Sonnet was about to lose it. 'She shouldn't have to see this. No one should ever have to see this.' He thought. Out loud he said, "Come on Sango. There's another village up ahead that might be intact."

"No. I-I have to stay and see if she is here." She looked over at the decapitated body of a little child.

She ran ahead. 'Please don't be here, mom. Please, PLEASE don't be here.' She prayed as she looked all around.

"Mom!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, as tears fell from her eyes. "Mom! Are you here!?"

She looked everywhere. When she reached the edge of the village, she tripped and fell. She landed a pool of blood of a young woman and her child. Both of them only had half of their bodies. She lost it.

She curled up in a little ball and started crying. Big sobs came out of her as she tried to wipe the blood off her face and hands.

'So much blood.' She thought, sobbing.

She felt herself being picked up by strong, reassuring arms.

"I'm here, Sonnet. I'm here." Miroku said, carrying her out of the village. "I'll protect you."

He carried her all the way to the next village, which somehow managed to avoid damage. This time he didn't try to cheat his way into a hotel room. The innkeeper took one look at the worn out monk and the bloody girl in his hands and gave them a room, free of charge. Miroku didn't care if he had to pay her all his money for the room, as long as he got Sonnet somewhere safe.

The innkeeper brought over a wash tub and fresh towels, and Miroku began to wash the blood off of her. When he was all done, he told her to get some sleep. He was surprised to see a small smile on her lips.

"She wasn't there." She whispered. "She's not dead."

"No, she wasn't." Miroku kissed her on the forehead, and got up to leave. "Thank you." Sonnet said, as she closed and fell asleep.

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Sango reawaked when the cart lurched foreword. She opened her eyes to find it was early morning, and that they had stopped at what seemed like a very large village. She found herself not the only one awake, except for the small children. She looked into the eyes of the kidnapped villagers, and found fear in every one of their eyes as they awaited their fate.

They stayed stationary for a few minutes, in which very little was spoken, before one of the earlier demons walked over and opened the door.

"Okay! Everyone out! Come on, no dawdling. We have to get you ready for the sale!" He yelled, motioning everyone to move foreword. "And don't even think about escaping. We have demons everywhere, so you won't get very far at all."

Sango found he was right. Even though she couldn't see any other demons, see could sense them everywhere. She knew she wouldn't be able to escape, weaponless and with her hands tied behind her back.

"Hey you," The demon said, taking a hold of her arm, "We are allowed to keep any slaves that don't sold. If you're still here by the end of this sale, I'll be taking you home." He smiled over her, his eyes looking over her whole body before finally letting go.

Sango tried not to shiver. She didn't know which was worse, being sold to that demon or being sold to another demon.

They herded them into a large hut, where they were separated into men and women groups. Then they took turns standing in front of yet another set of demons, who looked over them deciding how much they were worth.

When it was Sango turn to go up, the demon let out a low whistle.

"Now this one is a beauty." Said the demon on the far left.

"And look what's she's wearing. She must be a demon exterminator." Said another.

"Yeah!" Said the other demon from the cart. "She woke up from the sleeping gas yesterday! She must be a strong one." He pulled out her boomerang. "And she was found with this."

"It's in very good shape." Said the first demon again, fingering the weapon. "We'll give it to the demons that take her." "So how much do you think she's worth?"

"Well give her the highest bidding. With her looks, she defiantly worth it." The demon said, smacking his lips.

Sango shuddered when she was out of view of the judges. She felt powerless. 'I have to find a way to get out of here!' She thought desperately.

After another demon pinned a card on her, she was taken to a room in the very back of the hut. She waited in line until it was her turn, and then another demon put a piece of black cloth around her neck, and chanted some type of incantation.

"There." The demon said finally. "You won't be able to leave this village now."

"What!?" Sango said, speaking for the first time since she was kidnapped.

"That cloth around your neck was dipped in the a medical spring at the edge of this village. That, along with the incantation I just said, doesn't allow the holder to ever leave the village. Sorry, but you're stuck here forever." The female demon said, not sounding very sorry at all as she grabbed the next cloth.

Before Sango could speak again, she was taken to outside of the hut, where all the villagers and more stood like cattle being sold off. She was thrown with the woman in the front of the sale.

There she stood, unable to do anything more. She would never make it out with all these demons around, and decided it was best to try and wait until she was bought, and then try and escape.

The buyers, demons, started walking around, looking at all the human slaves. They looked at her like she was a piece of meat, and she was getting mad.

Nobody bought her, though. They took one look at the card before muttering things like "To much." Or "They're cheaper over there." Sango was glad she was worth to much for these demons.

In the middle of the day, a little girl kitsune came over and pointed to her. "I want her! I want her!" she yelled over and over, pointing at Sango.

Her parents came over. "Are you sure, sweetie?" the woman said. "Wouldn't you like someone closer to your age?"

"No!" The brat yelled, stomping her foot. "You said I could get any slave I wanted, and I want her!" "Well, okay dear." Said the father. "We'll take her."

Sango couldn't believe it. She was supposed to be the slave of this brat? 'My life is trash.' She thought miserably as she was taken with the family.

"Yeah!" Screamed the girl, taking her hand as soon as the bindings were cut off. "We're going to have sooooo much fun together!" She ran with Sango over to an open field where it looked like many children and their slaves where playing. "Okay! Let's play with your big boomerang!"

Sango was given her boomerang, but she knew she couldn't use it. 'I can't kill all these children' she thought. 'They're not bloodthirsty animals, just slave holding demons.'

She took out one of her gas balls, unarmed it, and started playing catch with that. The little girl seemed to be having so much fun, and it reminding her of when Sonnet was younger.

'I hope she doesn't try anything stupid and try to save me.' Thought Sango, still playing the rousing game of catch. Secretly, she knew that was exactly what her Sonnet was going to do, and she feared for her life. 'At least she doesn't know where I am. They'll kill her before she got anywhere close to this place.' She thought unhappily.

After what seemed like hours of tossing the ball, the little girl decided she was bored and went off to the other children show off her new slave.

"Hey Haru," She said in a singsong voice. "Guess who got a knew demon?" She was talking to a little boy, about the same age, who looked surprisingly human. He had long, black hair, with very light brown eyes. Upon closer inspection, she saw tiny claws on his hand.

The one called Haru turned to her. "I don't believe in using beings weaker than us for our own cruel intentions." He said calmly.

"Yeah right!" yelled the little kitsune. "I heard you talking to your brother! You want a slave, it's just your parents won't let you."

The boy smiled, looking fake guilty. "You found me out. Why don't you give me yours, so I could have one? We all know your family is rich enough to buy you another one."

"We got that right." The girl thought it over. "You'll have to give me something for her." She finally said.

Sango couldn't believe it. She was just going to give he away?

"What do you want?"

"Well," The girl started slowly. "You have to confess your undying love for me.and you have to give me a kiss!"

'She's going to give me up for a kiss?' Thought Sango angrily.

"Deal." Said the boy. "You have my undying love." Then he gave her a small peck on the cheek. Then he took Sango's hand and made a break for it.

"Hey! That wasn't fair! Haru!" The girl screamed, breaking into sobs.

"Your lucky I got you out of there." Haru said, giving her a smile. "She would have bored you to death."

Sango felt she could trust him. "I don't think that was very fair, but I thank you." Sango answered back.

"No problem. I really don't believe in having slaves, but that doesn't mean I don't like taking them from people who shouldn't have them. What's your name, by the way?"

"Sango."

"I'm Haru. Nice to meet you. You can stay at my house for a while. My mother won't mind.

As they walked closer to what seemed like a castle, Sango heard a voice she thought she would never hear again.

"Haru! What are you doing? Your father has been looking everywhere for you. He very ma-" The young woman stopped abruptly when she saw them. "Sango?" the girl said in disbeilf.

"Kagome?" Sango replied, in equal disbelief.

"AHHHHH!" They both screamed as the two old friends embraced each other.

'Women.' Haru thought, shaking his head and entering the castle to find his father.

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So now Kagome has been introduced, and she has a kid! Inuyasha comes in the next chapter, and there will be a little romance between them.

Thanks again to everyone who has reviewed! Your really helping the story!

Next Chapter: Sango finds out about Kagome's life and Miroku and Sonnet find out where she has been taken.