Sorry about the long update! Having a bit of writer's block. This is mainly where Haru and Sonnet meet. Hope you enjoy the chapter!
I think I have an idea for the big breakup that happens before Sonnet is born, but you guys probably have a better one. Please review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

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Chapter 7 Sonnet vs. Haru
"Errgh," Sonnet said, rolling around in the cart. She fell against the wall , and slowly opened her eyes. 'Where the hell am I?' She thought groggily as she got to her knees. The cart came to a sudden stop, and she rolled into something hard. "What the-?" She reached down and grabbed a handful of a purple robe. "Oh, God! Miroku!" She screamed, turning him over to see if he was all right. She heard a door open from behind her and saw a bright light shine through on her eyes.

She saw the silhouette of a human shaped person. "So you're awake, eh? Well, then get out and walk for yourself." The man roughly pulled her out by the back of her already dirty kimo and threw her in the mud. She landed hard.

"Ouch." She held up her arm to see a four dark gashes, like she was clawed by some type of demon.

'We're in the demon village!' Sonnet thought in panic, having it all come back to her. 'We have get out.' She rose slowly, only to be pushed back down. She tried to get away, but the strong arms held on to her firmly. She felt her arms being tied behind her back.

"Get the fuck off me!" She yelled at her captors. Trying to get free.

"We're going to have to do something about that mouth before you get sold." The demon said wickedly, striking her in the face.

She was pulled to her feet roughly, and was forced to walk to a large hut that was stationed in front of her. She turned her head to see another demon trying up Miroku, using just as much force on him as they did on her. The demon pushed her forward and and told her to walk.

When they got into the hut, she was put on display like cattle, having uglier and uglier demons judge her on her looks. It was terrible.

"Hey, didn't we have one that looked familiar to this little girl. I thought she dressed similar." A butt ugly bird demon said.

"Yeah, we did have one. She sold for a pretty good price, I believe." An even uglier demon said, looking her over carefully.

"You saw my mother? Where is she? Who did you sell her to?" Sonnet asked, forgetting who she was talking to.

The demon that had brought her in slapped her in the face. "You will not speak unless spoken to! That is the life of a slave!" He screamed, pulling her back up to her feet.

Sonnet gave him the deadliest glare she could muster up.

"We're going to have to set some ground rules with this one." An ugly demon said to another ugly demon, speaking as if she wasn't in the room with them. They all look the same to Sonnet.

"The rules of a slave is this." Said one of the demon judges, staring at her hard. "A slave can only speak when spoken to. A slave has to do whatever their master requests, no matter what it is. A slave is never allowed to leave the perimeters, or leave the house without accompanied by a demon. A slave is not allowed to kill, unless their master is threatened. Your master will have others rules for you, but those are just the main ones. If any of the rules are broken, you can be faced with a punishment suited for the crime, and/or death is very likely." The demon pulled out one of her long daggers, and twirled it around, examining it. "Don't even think about escaping. You;ll never make it. Demons are everywhere, and report you if you do not have the scent of a demon on you." He pointed the dagger at her in a threatening way. "If you kill you master, you will be tortured to death. That is all." He pinned something on her kimono, and motioned to have her taken away.

The demon took her to the back part of the hut, where some weird witch demon or something casted a spell on her so she wouldn't be able to leave. Then they pulled her over to what looked like a market place, only where they sold slaves instead of meat.

'Maybe,' Sonnet thought with the last bit of hope she had for finding her mother and being free. 'just maybe, an actual good demon will buy me, and I'll be able to manipulate them into possibly letting me go.' All hopes were squashed when a little kitsune came up to her and danced around her cage.

"I want this one! I want this one!" The female kitsune said in the most annoying voice imaginable. She pointed to her as her father came up.

"She doesn't look very friendly, Kitty." Rokin said, noticing the death glare he was receiving. "Are you sure you don't want one that looks a little better?"

He was insulting her looks! Sonnet was imagining the different ways she could kill them with one hand as the brat and the father argued.

"I said I want her! You said I could get any slave I wanted, and I want her!" The brat's voice ran in Sonnet's head that sounded awfully like fingers on a chalkboard. She didn't know how much more she could take of that voice, and prayed she wouldn't be going home with these demons.

"Fine! We'll take her." Rokin said, pointing to Sonnet, handing over the money to the demon. He handed the daggers to Rokin, who gave them to Sonnet as soon as her hands were free from the bindings.

"You'll letting me use them?" Sonnet asked in disbelief as she fingered her beloved daggers in her hand. They felt good back with her.

"Yes. I believe you should be able to protect my baby girl, even if that means giving you a dangerous weapon. I didn't have to tell my last slave this, but you seem much more immature. Make sure you keep one thing in mind," He said, taking a hold of her shoulders. "if you hurt one hair on my baby's head, I will make sure you die a slow and painful death."

"Daddy! Let me have my slave! I want to go play!" Kitty whined stomping her foot. As soon as her father let he go, she grabbed Sonnet's kimono and dragged her into the woods.

As she was ran with Kitty, she spoke up in a voice much different that the sugar coated one she used with her father. "Listen up, I'm only going to say this once." She said in a threatening voice. "I didn't set the rules straight with my las t slave, and I ended up losing her to that bastard, Haru." She got a glare in her eye, her face turning into a dark scowl. "Even Daddy couldn't get her back. And I hate not getting what I want." She looked at Sonnet, making sure she was paying attention to her.

"Here are MY rules. You will address me only as mistress. You will do whatever I say, even if it means beating up filthy quarter breeds. Finally, you will NEVER go with anybody else but me, no matter what the other demon says. Do you understand?"

Sonnet nodded angrily. What happened to the whining brat from before? She preferred that one instead of the hard-ass kitsune in front of her.

"I said, 'Do you understand?" Kitty said, expecting Sonnet to speak.

"Yes."

"Yes......"

Sonnet sighed. This was going to be a long rest of her life. "Yes, Mistress."
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Haru looked around at the cherry blossoms falling from the tress, still showing the first few signs of spring. He had taken a break from his long training, trying to enjoy the scenery that was around him. Of course, it was ruined a few moments later when a all to familiar scent came to his nose.

'Oh great.' Thought Haru as he wrinkled his nose at the smell of a the kitsune brat. 'She's probably has some lackey with her to come and beat me up, since her dad couldn;t get her slave back.' He wasn't worried, though. The only one that could defeat him was his father, but that wasn't going to be for long. He was growing stronger with each passing day, and pretty soon he'll be able to win against his father in a real battle.

Another scent filled his nose, one he didn't notice before. This was much sweeter than Kitty's foul one, much sweeter than anything he had ever smelled before in his life. It smelled like a spring day itself, only much better. It was combined with something that Haru could only compare to the oranges his mother had brought for him and his sibling when she came back for the future. He had always loved oranges, and this was the first time he had ever smelled something that resembled them in his time. He wanted to know what was emitting that smell.

He ran toward the smell, with it getting stronger and stronger with each step he took. He stopped when he came across Kitty, and what looked like......a human?

He looked closer. Yep, the thing that was sending out that heavenly scent was in fact, human. He didn't have time to think about his newfound discovery, because just then Kitty spoke.

"I know you're here, Haru. I could smell your stink from a mile away. Come out and fight like a true demon, or are you to scared." She said mockingly.

"Of you?" Haru said, showing himself. "Yeah right."

Kitty ran up and tried to shove him. "You stole my slave! Give her back now!"

"You traded for her." Haru stepped out of the way of her shove calmly.

"You tricked me into giving her to you!" She spat back.

Haru shrugged. "Can I help it if your stupid enough to fall for my tricks." Sonnet let out a giggle, which her mistress shot her a glare for. "It seems you have no one to blame for the loss of your slave except you."

Kitty was red with anger. "I'll give you one more chance to give me my slave back, before I-"

"Before you what?" Haru interrupted. "Go crying to your daddy to get her back again?"

Sonnet held back another giggle that was about to escape her lips. She coughed.

"No." Kitty said, calming down and sending him a tight smile. "I'll send my new slave after you."

"What?!" Both Haru and Sonnet said at the time, shocked. "But I don't have a reason to fight him. It's not like he stole my slave." Sonnet said.

"First of all," Haru said, looking at Sonnet. "I didn't steal any slave. We traded for it. And secondly," He turned back to Kitty."I can't beat up a human girl. It wouldn't be right."

"Wait a second! You think you can beat me up?" Sonnet asked. When Haru shook his head yes, she starting laughing.

"What's so funny?" Asked Haru, confused.

"Because," Sonnet said between laughs. She settled down before continuing. "You think you can beat me up! Listen up, I've defeated demons much bigger and stronger than you in my day, so I would hardly think you could do any damage to me." she smiled smugly at him.

Haru didn't like that smile. He also didn't believe a human girl was making fun of him, and saying she was stronger than him at that! Him! The son of the Great Inuyasha and the most powerful priestess in the land, Kagome. The strongest quarter breed ever! She wasn't going to get away with that. "You've actually fought a demon before, and won? A scrawny little girl like you? What was it, an ant demon?"

What! Now puny little demons were taking shots at her! And her fighting ability! 'Ooh, he's going to pay for that!' Sonnet thought angrily. "I'm probably twenty times stronger than you, dog-boy." She noticed the claws and fangs he was bearing at her. She thought she saw some cute little dog ears under the black pile of mess on top of his head, but she couldn't be sure.

Kitty did not like being ignored. "Hey don't forget about me! Hurry up and fight him, slave. I'm getting tired of you two bickering like babies."

"We're not bickering!" They both shouted at the same time, still glaring at each other.

Sonnet shook her head, coming out of the glare. "This is stupid. I'm not going to beat someone up just because you say so. A demon exterminator fights to protect, not to fight against any jerky demon comes by." She said, staring at Haru.

Before Kitty could say anything, Haru opened his big mouth. "Yeah, smart move. Better to back out now and save yourself the humiliation of a crushing defeat, then to actually try and fight a battle against me." A cocky smile spread across his smooth face, one that Sonnet couldn't stand.

'What the hell!? Why am I letting him get to me? No! I have morals that I'm not going to go against.' She said in her head, glaring at him. She bit her tongue to keep from the insults that were threatening to fly from her mouth.

"Oh, no more smart remarks? I didn't think you could compete with me in that either. You've just a weak little human. Just go back home, wrench." He didn't know why he was being so defensive against her. It's not like he knew her, or anything.

"Don't call me wrench, bastard!" Sonnet said, taking out her daggers. "That's it jerk, you're going down!" She ran toward him with amazing speed and took a swipe at him with her right dagger.

Haru ducked, and took his sword out. It wasn't as powerful as his father's sword, but it was good to help him train. It could also do some bad damage to the other person.

"So you want to play now, eh?" Haru took a step back, before going in for an attack of his own. He was surprised when she blocked his attack with her daggers. He tried to push foreword with his sword, to try and push her back, but she held her ground.

'Humans aren't suppose to be this strong!' Thought Haru as Sonnet pushed him back and made a strike for his stomach with one of her daggers. Haru avoided the attack by stepping backwards, only to have another one come at him. He was forced into just trying to dodge her attacks as they kept coming at him. He was getting very frustrated as he couldn't find an opening, and he found himself retreating. The fact that her scent seemed to be growing stronger and distracting him even more didn't help either.

Sonnet, who was the one doing the attacking, was also getting very annoyed. 'Nothing's hitting him!' She screamed in her mind as she attacked harder. To her, he seemed to be blocking her attacks fairly easy. With one dagger held in each hand, she thusted them forward again and again, getting faster and faster as she kept advancing on him.

They were moving incredibly fast, and soon they left the spoiled kitsune behind. They didn't hear her cries as they got more absorbed in the battle, each having their honor on the line.

Haru was starting to figure out her technique, and was preparing for his attack, when the unthinkable happened. He tripped.

Now, before you go on and say that this wasn't a big deal, it was for him. He never tripped during a battle. Never fell, never even stumbled and not even against Sesshomaru, and yet when he fought against this human, he completely tripped over his own two feet.

And he just didn't fall to the ground. When he felt his foot slip over itself, he noticed that they had gotten very far off course. So far, in fact, that they were on the little cliff that overlooked the tiny lake they had that bordered the village. So when he fell, he just happened to fall backwards, over the cliff and into the lake.

Unfortunately for Sonnet, she had chosen that time to make her final blow also, and sent her dagger completely forward, along with all her weight. She saw the demon in front of her slip backwards, and her dagger missed him entirely as he slipped over the edge of the cliff. The speed that she had put into that blow didn't go to well when she failed to hit her target, and her momentum carried her forward a few more steps.

She wouldn't have fallen over the cliff, though, if it hadn't been for Haru.

Haru, who was falling over the cliff at the time, tried to get grab anything that would stop himself from plummeting down to the icy water. Luckily, (or unluckily) his hand did wrap around something. It didn't stop him from falling though.

Sonnet felt something wrap around her ankle as she stumbled forward, and she couldn't stop as it dragged her forward over the cliff.

They both screamed as they plunged into the freezing lake.

Haru resurfaced first, gasping loudly as he broke free of the water. He looked around frantically, searching for the first human that had ever matched him in strength. He was relieved a moment later when she emerged from the water, unharmed.

At least, she seemed unharmed from where he was at, mainly because she was laughing. She laughed as she splashed around in the water, looking as if she was having the time of her life.

"That was so much fun!" She said, still laughing. "I've always wanted to jump off the cliff at my village, but each time I would chicken out at the last second." She laid down and just floated on her back, kicking her legs.

Haru didn't know what to do. He was to confused. He thought she was going to launch herself on to him again, and start screaming and call him names like before. He started treading over to her.

'What a rush!' Sonnet thought, getting a good feel of the water. She had wanted to jump off the cliff in her village for the longest time, but she could never muster up the courage to. She didn't know why she told that demon she was afraid to jump off the cliff. She never told anyone anything when she was scared, so why did she tell him? It wasn't like they were good friends or anything, and she had just meet him! He seemed nice enough, sort of, except for the part he when he was being a jerk. She thought he was going to start attacking her as soon as they hit the water, but he seemed to be playing it dumb. She got the feeling he could be someone she could trust. And he was really cute, too!

She saw him paddling towards her, and he was about to open his mouth, when she felt something grab her ankle and violently pull her down beneath the water's surface.

Haru didn't know what just happened. One moment she was floating there, looking quite happy, and the next second she had disappeared under the water. It took him a second before he reacted. He finally realized that she was in trouble, and he dove as fast as he could under the water.

He looked under the water for a second, and terror shot throw him when he saw her.

She was being held underwater by the arms of a giant water demon. The thing was huge, and and it had it's slimy tentacles all over her, binding her underwater. She was trying to break free, but the demon had to tight a grip on her, and she could barely move at all, and she was running out of water. Fast. Haru swam faster than he had ever swam before, racing towards her and the demon.

He spotted his sword near the edge of the demon's body. He speed towards it, avoiding all the extra tentacles that were trying to subdue him. He did a flip as he neared his weapon, and managed to grab hold of it. He brought his sword over his head (much how Inuyasha does) and sent it through the demon's head using all the strength he could get. The demon let out a horrible shriek as it drop the unconscious Sonnet and fell to the floor, weak from the blood flowing from it's head. He dropped his sword and raced back to Sonnet, catching her in his arms and sprinted towards the surface.

He broke free, gasping for air. He couldn't tell if the girl laying in his arms was alive or not. He swam as fast as he could to the shore, making sure to keep the girl's head above water.

As he got closer to the shore, he could hear something rustling the leaves on the cliff above him. Kitty was back, looking for her slave and hoping ot see the dead body of Haru.

"Slave! Get back here!" She screeched out over the cliff. She couldn't see them from her point of view, and she couldn't smell them because of the water.

"No! The bastard took her again! Arggh! I get him if it's the last thing I do!" She stomped off back towards the village, setting her story straight on how Haru beat her up and stole her slave to tell her father.

Haru made sure she wasn't coming back before pulling Sonnet out of the water and setting her on the ground. He searched around for a heartbeat, and felt a very slight one on her chest.

'She's still alive!' Thought Haru, as he considered his next move. He remembered a long time ago when his little sister fell into the lake on one of their picnics, and their mother had to perform something she called CPR. She had taught all of them how to do it after that, just in case, and Haru knew what he had to do.

He bent forward staring at her lips, wondering what she was going to do when she woke up and found him bent over on her lips. He was almost there.......just a few more inches.......

Sonnet coughed, spiting a large amount of water right in Haru's unsuspecting face.

Haru drew back, a little disappointed. He wiped the water from his face and patted her back, waiting for her to stop coughing.

"Are you okay?" Haru asked sincerely.

"Yeah," 'cough' "I think I'll be okay." 'cough' "What happened?" Sonnet said, trying to compose herself. She didn't want to seem like a helpless little girl,especially against the first person her own age to ever actually do good against her.

"You were pulled down by a water demon. I didn't even know one lived in this part of the village. There aren't any water demons checked in, so I don't know how it got there. Are you sure okay?"

Sonnet smiled at his concern for her. "I'm fine. Thanks for asking."

Haru didn't realize he was being nice to her. He quickly changed his attitude. "Feh, it's not like I care about you or anything; I just didn't want the brat to blame me if you had died."

Sonnet frowned. 'Guess he's back to being a jerk.' She thought, unhappily. "Well, I guess you're the one who saved me, correct?" Haru shook his head yes. "Thanks." She smiled at him. Then she changed her manner too. "But don't think just because you saved my life that I'll go easy on you the next time we fight. Because I won't." She got up and tried to dry herself a little.

Haru was greatly confused. This girl had almost drowned from a demon, and all she could think about was the battle. She didn't even seem fazed by the fact that she had almost died. 'What a strange girl.' he thought.

"What's your name, by the way?" Sonnet asked.

"Haru."

"Nice to meet you. My name's Sonnet." She gave him a charming smile. "Well, bye!" She said cheerfully before turning around and walking back in the direction of the village.

"Wait! Where are you going?" Haru asked running after her.

"I have to go find my mother. She was captured and brought here to your village. I need to go save her" Sonnet didn't turn to look back at him as she said this.

"Where are you planning to look?" Asked Haru, stepping in front of her and stopping her from going any farther.

"Not that it's any of your concern, but I thought I would look around in the village. I'll just go ask around and see who has recently bought a woman slave." Sonnet said, making up the plan in her head just now.

"Like that's going to work."

"And why wouldn't it?" Sonnet asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Because," Haru said, walking in front of Sonnet, making her follow him. "For your information, humans are treated lower than dirt. They're slaves. No one is going to listen you when you talk to them. Most likely their smack you for talking when not being spoken to. Also, as soon as they smell you haven't been in contact with a demon for a while, they'll either kill you, or keep you as they're own slave. And let me tell you, there are masters much worse than Kitty." He said, matter of factly. "So your little plan of going up to a random demon and start asking them questions is not going to work."

"Well, fine, Mr. Know-it-all." Sonnet said, getting tired of his smug attitude. "What do you think we should do?" She was surprised he was actually helping her. She didn't know there demons that were nice; well, a little nice.

"First, tell me what she looks like." Haru said, ears picking up as he thought he heard something. It was only a bird, fluttering in the trees, but it surprised him that he heard the little rustle. Usually, he wasn't so alert. 'Must be because I just had my first tie in a battle.' Haru convinced himself.

Sonnet noticed his ears perk up at a sound she couldn't hear. 'Those are the cutest things I have ever seen!' she silently thought. Snapping back to attention, she said "Well, she looks like me, a little. She was also wearing her demon exterminator outfit, and she carries a big boomerang on her back. You would be able to remember her if you saw her."

"I do remember her."

"What!?" Sonnet said, jumping up and grabbing him by the shoulders. "You've seen my mother?"

"Ow! Hey! Let me go and I'll tell you!" Haru said, trying to break free of her iron grasp. She let go of him, muttering her apologies and waited for his answer.

'How can a human be so strong?' He wondered, massaging his shoulders.

"Where did you see her?!" Sonnet repeated again, getting louder, if that was possible.

"I saved her. From the same brat that had bought you."

"Really? Where is she now?" Sonnet was growing excited.

"She saw my mother and they started jumping up and down. Apparently they're old friends. Last time I saw her she was still chattering with my mother about one thing or another." He shrugged his shoulders. "I didn't understand what they were talking about and it was pretty boring, so I left."

All in all, he was petty surprised when Sonnet tackled him.

"Thankyou,thankyou,thankyou!" Sonnet said in a rush, wrapping her arms around his neck. She jumped off of him, her eyes glistening. "Thank you so much for finding her! I've been so worried for the past few days. Is she okay? Is she hurt or anything?" Sonnet grew worried at the sudden thought of her mother being in trouble.

'I've known this girl for less than a day, and already I'm more bruised than a week's training with Sesshomaru.' Haru thought, slowly getting up. "She's fine. I was able to save her before Kitty was able to brain wash her to much."

"Eep!" Sonnet jumped up and down. "I can't wait to see her!" Suddenly, she remembered Miroku, and the fact that he was still being held captive as a slave. " Shit! I have to go see if he's okay!" She said aloud, sprinting to where she thought was the hut where she was sold.

"If who's okay?" Haru asked, keeping up with her easily. He was still a demon, and therefore much faster than Sonnet speed wise.

"Miroku! The guy I came here with. He was still knocked out when I left him, and I need to see if he's okay before I can go see my mother." Sonnet panted between breaths. She was already short of breath of sprinting so hard.

"Climb on." Haru stopped her from running and pointed to his back.

"What?" Sonnet asked, trying to catch her breath. She wasn't sure what he was trying to do.

"Get on." Haru repeated. "I can run faster than a weak girl like you, and if you get on my back I'll be able to carry you the rest of the way there."

Sonnet didn't like to be referred as 'a weak girl', considering she had almost beaten him in battle, but felt this was the wrong time to argue about it. She had to save Miroku!

'Besides,' She thought smiling, climbing on to his surprisingly strong back, 'There'll be plenty of time to argue when I beat him in our next battle.'

They took a few seconds to get adjusted, and then they were of at amazing speeds to the slave hut.
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"Do you thinks she's here?" Sango said worriedly, looking around the same hut she had been so roughly pulled into when she captured as a slave.

"I don't see her." Kagome said, looking around with her. She had wanted to make sure her best friends daughter was okay, so she had insisted to come along and help look for her. Inuyasha had come with them, keeping particularly close to Kagome. He always did that when she came into town . He never did trust the other demons around her.

"Maybe she's not here yet?" Inuyasha said aloud, growling at a demon who had just passed near Kagome.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome hissed disprovly at his overprotection techniques.

"Let's keep looking." Sango said, still used to the fact that they would always argue. It reminded her of the days when they would search for Naraku and collect shards of the sacred jewel. Even though there lives were always in constant danger, she still missed hearing Inuyasha and Kagome fighting about her school work, or Shippo's little boy act; even though he was older than any of us. And she really missed Miroku.......

"Miroku." She said in a voice barley above a whisper; one even Inuyasha couldn't hear. She wondered if he was here to with Sonnet. And if he was, she needed to avoid him until she could talk with Sonnet, and tell her all the things she had been meaning to tell her about her father.

'Oh, God! I hope she's okay!' Sango desperately wished, still looking around frantically.

Inuyasha's nose picked up a familiar scent. 'Can it be.......?' He thought, trying to remember it.

"Inuyasha? Is everything okay?" Kagome asked, noticing the concern look he had on his face.

"Nothing." He said absentmindedly. He seemed to snap out of it. "Kagome, I smell Haru around here. I think I'll go look for him."

"Okay." Kagome had barley gotten the words out before Inuyasha was off. 'That's strange. He never acts like he's in a rush.' Kagome thought worriedly. 'And I thought Haru said he was going to be training all day in the woods?'

She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard a couple of angry voices growing louder.

"Look! I just want to know is if you have seen my daughter! I don't want any trouble!" Sango screamed at the toad demon in front of her. She had just went up to him to ask him a question, and he had all but blown out right in her face!

The demon just looked up at her in disgust. "I don't know how you've been trained, slave, but you do not talk to a person of my standards like that." He held a hand ready to strike her, which Sango would have fully been able to block, when Kagome intervened.

"Is there a problem here?" Kagome asked, standing in between the two fighters. She glared at the toad.

The demon's angry looked turned to one of fear. "N-no, Lady Kagome. No problem here."He gave her a weak smile.

Kagome took Sango's hand. "Come on there are still more places to look." She gave him a final glare before turning, with Sango behind her.

"Wow." Sango said in disbelief, looking back at the toad demon who was still shaking. "I didn't know they were scared of you. You must have been really strong."

Kagome just shrugged. Changing the subject, she said, "I don't see your daughter here anywhere. Maybe someone already bought her?"

Sango instantly turned worried again. "They won't hurt her, will they? Oh, God! We have to find her!"

"I'm sure she'll be fine." Kagome tried to reassure her friend, even though she couldn't be sure. Slaves weren't always treated very well in the village.

"Where should we look now?" Sango said, trying to calm herself.

"Why don't we go find Inuyasha? Maybe he found something." Sango nodded, and they both headed off inside on of the huts where Inuyasha had gone into.
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Miroku had just woken up from his peaceful dream, and already he knew this was just going to be one of those days.

He was sitting on a hard floor, with something long wrapped around his neck. He didn't know what it was, but already it was itching him like crazy. He couldn't see where Sonnet was, and he had a pounding headache. His throat was dry, and from the look of the sun shining out the window, he had slept long past noon.

Oh, and did he forget to mention that he was tied to a pole, and that there was a flock of angry female demons standing around his cage?

They were some of the most deformed demons Miroku had ever had the displeasure of seeing, and they each intended to buy him, no matter if they had to kill each other to do so.

"I saw him first!" Said a huge centipede demon, with four large beating eyes piecing though him. It took a lot for him not to cry out right then.

"No! He's mine!" Said another equally repulsive looking demon. This one took him by the leg.

There were cries of panic coming from everyone, mostly from Miroku, as each on of them tried to grab any body part they could get their disgusting hands on. The slave holder who was the one doing the selling, ran away screaming like a little girl as things started to get out of hand. Miroku thought he was going to get ripped into pieces before he heard a voice that he hadn't heard in years.

"Yo! Bouzu? Is that you?" Inuyahsa tried to yell over the mass of females.

"Inuyasha?" Miroku said meekly, trying to get look towards the vioce.

"In the flesh." Inuyasha had made his way through the crowd, and stood smiling at Miroku's predicament. "I see you still have your way with woman." He said, trying to hold down his smile.

"Yeah, well, what can I say? They love me." Miroku kidded, glad to see his old friend again. "Hey! Don't touch that!" He screamed to one of the demons.

Inuyasha couldn't hold back his laughter anymore. He doubled up, rolling on the ground with tears in his eyes as Miroku kicked a demon of his stomach.

"Do mind giving me some help?" Miroku asked after Inuyasha had quieted down.

"Yeah." 'snicker' "Sure" Inuyasha treid to hold back his laughter as he stepped in front of the heap of females with his arms out wide.

"EVERYONE OUT!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. The girls seemed to stop in mid-motion, before realizing who it was. "NOW!"

There was a mad scramble as they all ran out, not wanting to get in the way of The Great Inuyasha.

Soon they were all alone, and Inuyasha helped Miroku out of his bindings.

"Nice to see you again, bouzo." Inuyasha said, not wanting to show his affection.

"Nice to see you too." Miroku said back. "Thanks for saving me back there." He rubbed his wrists, shuddering at the thought of going home with one of those demons.

"Anytime."

"So, where are we?" Miroku asked, looking around the well built cabin.

"You're in my village. Apparently, you were captured and brought here to be sold as a slave."

"Village? You mean you live in the demon village?"

"Yeah, Sesshomaru invited us to stay with him at his castle, so me and Kagome took him up on the offer." Inuyasha said, acting like it was no big deal.

"Wait! You and Kagome?" Inuyasha nodded his head. "So you guys really did get together?" He breathed a sigh of relief. "Finally. I thought you two would never admit you're feelings." He nudged Inuyasha, with a perverted grin on his face. "So, am I an uncle yet."

Inuyasha was just about to smack Miroku over his head, when the door ot the hut opened and revealed.........
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Wow, I'm evil. Anyway, I'm having a very hard time getting the chapters out of my head, but I'm trying.

I don't know where I got this idea for a fic. It was probably when I was reading a story about Inuyasha and Kagome's kid, and I figured there weren't many based on Miroku and Sango's kid, so I should make one! I just really liked the idea, so I just went with it. I have a new fic getting ready that I'll get out once 'A Love Sonnet' is finished. It's called, 'If Looks Could Kill' and I'm excited about getting it ready!

Thank you to all my reviewers! You rule! Please keep reviewing my chapters, because it helps me get my story out faster.

Next Chapter:

I think I'll have the big moment in the next chapter. Sango and Miroku find each other again, and Sonnet discovers Miroku is her father. This may not work out correctly, because I don't have it planned in my head, but this is what I think will happen next!

~Zephor~