Chapter 17-Sango's story

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After the -ahem- accident with The Peach Man, the group continued on their not-so-amazing journey. They had been travelling for a few days now and living on berries and any food that was in the empty houses.

It was on the third day that Sango began to get more and more excited. She would smile a lot and hum to herself. She was even nice to Miroku.

"Ok," Kagome said, putting her hands on her hips. "What's the matter with you Sango? Have you been on the caffeine again?"

Sango's eyes widened and she pointed behind Kagome. "IT'S STILL THERE! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" And began running towards a large structure that, amazingly, everyone else failed to notice.

It was some sort of village. With big pointed wooden pillars all around it as some sort of barrier. Some men on the watchtowers began shouting to Sango as she ran up to the village, laughing and skipping.

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When everyone was FINALLY at the entrance they saw that it was, indeed, a village, with houses and people and shops! (Ok, I really can't be bothered to write today!)

A small boy, around twelve years old with little freckles and a short, black ponytail, came running up to Sango, he was also laughing. They embraced each other and fell on the floor. The group just watched in awe.

"Sango! Where have you been?! It's been so long!" The little boy laughed, almost crying at the same time.

"Kohaku!" (Haku? Someone say HAKU?!) Sango said, tears also coming out of her eyes. "You've grown so much!" They laughed and laughed and laughed until a small cat-like animal came leaping up to Sango, mewing and wagging its two tails.

"KIRARA!" Sango yelled with happiness as the bundle of fur fell into her outstretched arms.

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So after all the pleasantries and screams of 'SANGO!' were over, the group all rested at Sango's house.

"So Sango," Kagome said after finishing a big bowl of Oden. "This is where you're originally from?"

Sango nodded. "When I was eleven, my father decided that I should get an education, so he sent me to live with Kaede san. Then I went to school and met you!"

"This village is weird." Inuyasha said, bluntly. "It isn't any normal village."

Sango giggled. "That's 'cos everyone here is a demon exterminator!" She said with glee.

"We go around and exterminate any demon for a low, low price!"

"You mean there's a whole village of people like YOU?" Miroku asked, astounded.

Sango gave him a cheeky, almost flirty grin and nodded. She was obviously REALLY happy at being back in her hometown.

"And guess what sis?" Kohaku chimed in, the happiness even more evident in him than it was in Sango. "I'm going on my FIRST demon exterminating tomorrow!"

"That's GREAT!" Sango shouted with glee as she and Kohaku got up and danced around the room.

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"You guys look sooo cute!" Kagome squeaked as Sango and Kohaku came out of the house wearing identical suits. The suits were black, with some sort of decoration on the shoulders and they were wearing scary looking mouth- guards. Both Sango and Kohaku had their hair up in ponytails.

Kagome was blushing at the cuteness of it all; Shippou was resting on her shoulder, smiling widely. Miroku was looking lustily at Sango while Inuyasha had his arms folded in his Haori and was looking away from the scene.

Kohaku blushed furiously at Kagome's comment, showing his freckles even more.

"T...thank you miss Kagome." He stuttered. Sango raised an all-knowing eyebrow at her brother and smiled.

"Well, it's almost time for us to go!" Sango said as she picked up her Boomerang bone.

"Want me to come with?" Kagome asked, getting up off the front porch of Sango's house.

Kohaku looked up expectantly at Sango.

"Well, if you like icky demons who spit venom and goo all over you sure!" Sango said enthusiastically.

Kagome sat back down on the porch. "I think I'll stay here."

Kohaku looked kind of upset.

"Go look around the village!" Sango said. "Get to know my wonderful place a bit more!"

"I think I will." Kagome said, clutching her stomach.

"Well then, it's time for me and Kohaku to exterminate that demoooooon!" Sango punched her fists in the air and ran for the exit of the village, waving her hand.

"Yeah...." Kohaku said, grabbing his weapon. Two sharp blades on each end of a thick chain. He turned to leave when Kagome called out to him.

"Good luck on your first demon extermination!" She said, kissing him lightly on the cheek.

Kohaku nearly dropped his weapon in surprise. Now with a face a tomato would be jealous of, he ran to catch up with his sister. Also waving a hand goodbye.

"Well! Let's go explore!" Kagome said, stretching. She turned to Inuyasha.

"What's wrong with you?" She asked when she saw his sour, angry looking face pointed directly at her. He straightened up when she spoke to him and looked away, his face still angry.

"Nothing WENCH!" He spat as he walked off into the village.

Kagome stared after him, confusion on her face. "What's HIS problem?" She asked no one in particular.

"Aaaaah jealously is a dangerous thing sometimes." Miroku said sagely as he too got up and walked off into the distance, Shippou leaped off of Kagome's shoulder and followed the Monk, leaving Kagome standing by herself, completely dazed.

"WHAT JEALOUSY?!"

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It was almost nightfall by the time the exterminators got to the house where the demon was terrorising. It was obviously a rich man's house, big and with many rooms, it looked like an ancient house but with lots of modern architect stuffed in at the same time. Screen doors and normal doors, futons and beds, a telephone and an ancient stove. It was very weird.

Sango, Kohaku, two other exterminators and Sango's father, a middle aged man with a broad chest and worn features waited in the courtyard in the middle of the house, the Lord of the manor sitting on a chair, drinking.

"Night after night," The Lord told them. "A giant demon spider comes into the house and attacks anyone it sees. Many people have already been killed." He seemed unusually calm about all of it. The wind whistled and the trees swayed. It was eerie.

Sango's father bowed low. "We will destroy the demon for you sir." He said sternly. Failure was not an option.

Kohaku looked nervously around him. Everything was dark and scary, almost like being in a graveyard. He felt a small nudge to his left arm and turned his head. Sango was smiling warmly at him, even though her mouth was covered, her eyes showed her gentleness and caring towards her brother. "It'll be all right." She whispered to him. He nodded his appreciation and looked dead ahead.

Suddenly, the sky started to rumble and dark clouds gathered over the courtyard and the assembled party. In the middle of the clouds a large, furry head appeared. It had large round eyes and giant fangs. Two legs followed the head and a full demon spider came scuttling out of the storm, grinning evilly and spitting and hissing.

Sango's father was the first to take action, he ran towards it and signalled for the other exterminators to do the same.

"Surround it!" He yelled.

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Kagome had caught up with Miroku and Shippou outside the village, playing at the little stream; Inuyasha had joined them a little later, still annoyed at Kagome.

So after the VERY quick game of 'Inuyasha needs to lighten up, let's attack him with water,' and the long game of 'people need to mind their own business, I'll attack them full on with water and insults,' the gang sat down, wet and weary. Miroku looked up at the sky and frowned.

"An ominous wind." He said. "What could it mean?"

A small, white dot in the distance began to get bigger and bigger. It was going straight towards the village. Then it got so big, the gang could see a whole bunch of demons, some looked human, some looked like demons. They were whooping and yelling battle cries as they raced on toward the unsuspecting village.

Kagome gasped and got up as fast as lightening. "We gotta warn the village!" She shouted desperately.

Nodding, Miroku stood up and ran with Kagome. Grunting, Inuyasha also stood up and began to run towards the village.

"Heeeeeey! Waiiiiiiit!" Shippou shouted, his arms outstretched and running as fast as he could, which wasn't very fast at all. He stopped a few paces from the place where everyone had been sitting and gasped for breath. "Why I am always the one left behind?" He moaned to himself.

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"BOOMERANG BONE!"

The spider was cut badly while the other exterminators looked on in awe. Then they jumped on the spider and poised their weapons.

"And now for the death blow!" One of the exterminators said, about to take the plunge.

Before anyone realized what was happening, the heads of the two exterminators came off and rolled along the floor. Sango turned around and saw Kohaku's weapon lodged in their father's chest.

"F...father!" Sango shouted, running to him. The blade easily slid out of the man and he fell onto the floor. Dead.

"T...the exterminators! What is happening?!" One of the Lords servants cried out. The Lord merely took another sip of his drink. "How interesting." He said. "Let them play."

Sango looked desperately at her younger brother. His eyes were dark, devoid of any emotion and his weapon was poised above his head, ready to strike.

"Kohaku!" Sango pleaded. "Do you not know me? It's Sango! You just killed our father!"

But Kohaku wasn't listening. He charged at Sango with lightening speed and flung a sharp and deadly blade at her. It missed by inches, cutting her mouth-guard, making it fall onto the floor.

"Kohaku! It' Sango! Your sister!"

He threw the blades at her again, but she unsheathed her sword and managed to block them. The chain of Kohaku's weapon wrapped around her and her brother as they struggled.

"Please Kohaku!" Sango begged, their faces so close they were almost touching.

That was when Sango saw it.

A small spider was weaving it's silk on the side of Kohaku's neck, controlling him. She turned her towards the Lord and saw a spider demon in his body, grinning, if that was what it was called, at the scenario.

Anger ran through Sango's body and mind as she flung Kohaku onto the ground and charged at the Spider demon.

"It's YOU!" She screamed.

"She's gone mad." The Lord/spider demon said calmly to the servants. "Kill her."

With that, they let their arrows fly, striking Sango in the arms and stomach. As she balanced herself, she felt an indescribable pain in her back. Kohaku's blade had found its way into her back and stayed there. Sango's eye widened as she fell slowly to the hard ground.

"Sister..." She heard Kohaku whimper. Turning her head, she saw Kohaku, falling onto his knees, shaking violently. He took off his mouth-guard and looked towards Sango, tears in his eyes.

"Oh Sango!" He cried, running towards her. Within an inch of Sango, arrows going into him pushed him back. He fell onto his back, his eyes were drooping and blood ran from his mouth.

Using all of her strength, Sango crawled to her little bother. 'This isn't happening, this CAN'T be happening.' She thought over and over.

Kohaku was shaking even more violently, his eyes were now getting cloudy and tears mingled with blood were running down his face.

"Sango...sister, I'm scared." He said quietly, his voice shaking as much as he was.

Sango curled her arms around her brother's cold body and pressed her cheek against his.

"It's OK Kohaku." She said soothingly, even though she too was shaking. "I'm here...I'm right here...."

Another arrow flew into Sango's back and she tensed at the pain.

"Ah peace in the family, how heart warming." The Lord chuckled. His servants looked at him confusedly.

Then, with a great 'SWISH' the head of the Lord flew off the body and onto the wooden floor. Turning around, the servants saw the Lord's only son, a tall, handsome looking boy with long dark hair and a serious face, with a sword covered in blood.

"Young master!" One of them said, astounded. "You have killed the Lord-"

"That is not my father." The boy interrupted calmly. "Look closer."

And sure enough, the head turned into a black spider, which the boy crushed immediately.

"I knew my father would never behave like that. I knew he must be possessed." He turned to the bodies of Sango and Kohaku.

"Bury them in the garden, it's the least we can do." *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^

OK I'm stopping there! AHAHAHAHAHA! I'm ALIIIIIIIIIIIVE! Plus I don't have the graphic novel that follows this one. So the next chapter will be made up on the spot! (Like the rest of the chapters weren't?!) For some annoying reason, I really couldn't be bothered to write another chapter, so it's probably not as good as the other because I seriously couldn't be bothered. Is this the end of No More Words? What do I look like? A fortuneteller?

My thanks to Anandria (did I spell that right?) who told me all about the grading system in America. It sounds complicated!

In England, we have upper school and lower school. When you go to high school, from years 7-9 you're in lower school and from 9-11 you're in upper school! And we have a dress code too which sucks but it's not like skirts and long socks oh goodness no, it's black trousers and a white polo shirt.

Anyway, now I know a little more about the country called America. But now I'm a little afraid to go there as I've just seen 'Bowling For Columbine.' I tell ya, that's some freaky stuff. PLUS, my brother has the book 'Stupid White Men.'

Anyone wanna move to Canada with me?!

Sakura Clover