A/N- new update!! YEA!! ^^ well enjoy this chapter!

"WHAT?!!?!?" Inuyasha and Kouga screeched.

"Th-that perverted MONK is joining the hunt?!!?!??" Inuyasha shrieked.

Kagome looked at everyone with wide eyes. "I thought you guys would be happy! I mean, that will mean more of a chance of us getting the Jewel shards and defeating Naraku, right?"

No one said anything. They all thought what Kagome had said, made sense, but Inuyasha was still a little annoyed.

'What if Miroku will ask her to... bear... his... ARGH! That nasty little hentai!! If he lays a finger on my woman... WHA?!?! What am I thinking? Did I just call Kagome my woman? Am I starting to sound like Kouga?!!?' Inuyasha thought. A slight blush crept over his cheeks, and he turned away and crossed his arms.

That's when Miroku walked in. "Soooo..., shall we be going now?" He asked.

"Going where?" Kagome wondered aloud.

"Well, to find the Jewel shards! Isn't that what we were going to do?" He asked, puzzled.

"Everyone looked at him with wide eyes. It was ten o'clock!!! Finally Inuyasha broke the silence.

"Finally! That's what I've been thinking all along! Welcome to the group, Miroku!"

Everyone else looked like they were going to fall asleep right then and there.

After a lot of arguing, they finally decided to continue walking because there had been no success in finding the Jewel shards for the last few days and they really needed to catch up.

Miroku and Inuyasha led the way, and Kouga as the caboose.

They had been searching high and low for two hours now, with no success. But Kagome said that she felt the Shikon Jewel, but very faintly. As they continued walking, Kagome sensed the Jewel's presence was closer.

"Inuyasha, be on the look out for anything suspicious," Kagome whispered.

Inuyasha nodded. As they walked they got to a small shack.

'I wonder who lives here?' Thought Kagome. 'It's such a ragged little thing. Yet I feel the power of the Shikon Jewel in this poor environment.'

Kagome told the group of her suspicions.

They were going to barge in, and ended up very surprised when the door cracked open, and two round eyes stared out them.

"What do you want?" A voice asked. A voice of a girl.

"Could you let us in? We don't have anywhere to stay for the night, and we were wondering if a kind person could let us in," Miroku asked, getting excited because there was a girl in this house.

The tow eyes blinked. "I'm sorry, but I do not allow visitors. Wish you the best of luck on finding a place to stay," She stammered.

She tried to close the door, but found it was kept open by Miroku's staff.

"Listen, I felt the sense of evil about this place. I am a monk so please let me and my friends check your place for any signs of this evil," Miroku tried. "Besides, our firned here is very sick. We do not wish to let her die."

Saying this, he pointed to Kagome, who immediately faked sick.

The eyes widened.

"I-I'm sorry, but I will not allow you to come to check this 'evil' presence, but for your friend... I'll see what I can do. Come in," the voice said.

Opening the door, to allow them in, the figure behind it disappeared instantly.

"That was weird," Whispered Inuyasha.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

It was very strange.

Looking about, they saw a small mat for a bed, and a bucket for carrying water. I small fire glowed in the side of the room, fill the hut with a little warmth. A pot of boiling water was on the fire. Near the bed was a small rocking chair with a blanket and a cloth doll. They both looked tattered and worn.

That's when there host showed herself for the first time...

"Hello everyone, I'm Sango."

Miroku's jaw dropped. This girl was *dead* gorgeous. She was wearing a plain, patched up dress, but anyone could see past this. Her unusually creamy skin glowed in the firelight. Her brown eyes were filled with sadness, but that made her even more beautiful. Her ebony hair fell down to her slender waist. Her hips were all in proportion with her dress that actually looked good on her. If she didn't look so sad... He wanted to ask her his famous words, but the expression on her face stopped him. He expression looked like she had lost everything that belonged to her. And you could see the pain that shone in her eyes, and see the loss etched on her beautiful face that flicked in the fire. You could even hear the soft sad song that come from her blood red lips.

In her hand was some herbs. She walked over to the fire and put the herbs in the boiling water.

"These herbs will cure your cold," She said.

Kagome gasped. Even though she had been pretending to be sick, she actually was a little bit. And her symptoms had pointed to a cold.

"How did you know?" Kagome whispered.

Sango looked up and smiled a sad smile. "I once was a doctor, before my family-" She chocked in the middle of her sentence, and got up. "I'm sorry, I have to get more herbs now," she hurriedly chocked, and was gone.

Inuyasha just stared. That look was the way he used to feel. All hurt because it had felt like everything that had once been there for him was gone. He slowly stepped toward the way the girl had ran, and followed the scent all the way to the garden.

His sensitive ears picked up the sound of crying. He walked over to a curled up figure, lying in the dirt.

"Are you okay?" He asked, kneeling down.

Sango looked up, surprised. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be over with the others? Why did you follow me?" she asked.

"Relax and don't be so paranoid. I'm not going to hurt you or anything," Inuyasha whispered. "Well, I guess not being paranoid is a bit hard when your family died, isn't it?"

Sango gasped. "You know about that? How did you find out? Do you know me? Do I know you?"

She sat up straight, her eyes wide and surprised. "Do you know the whereabouts of Kohaku?"

Inuyasha shook his head sadly. "Sorry, but I have no clue what your talking about. Maybe if you tell a little bit of your past, it would help."

Sango sighed. "Can I trust you?"

"Of course," replied Inuyasha. "My mother died too. I know how you feel. So, now it's your turn to talk."

Sango nodded her head and twisted her fingers nervously. "You see, it all started with a man named Naraku..."

A/N- sorry for the short chappie! I promise to update soon since I have a teacher workday! ^^ YAY!!! Please give me reviews!

Eddie4 - Sorry, but I just wanted this to be like chibi Inuyasha and Kagome. I might have a big incident and then Inuyasha and Kagome are separated for a couple years, and then they meet up again... I dunno.

Jfjfmnjfjf- okk........ very interesting...

The murderous kiwi- Happy? They meet Sango! And everyone should pity Kagome becuz she has to travel with annoying people. (can be good tho! ^^) lol Thankx! I think its interesting too! Lol just kdding ^^