A/N: well, well, well. If it isn't a new fic! Well, got the idea, or should we say, inspiration, during the school holidays. I really like the idea but I am, as always, unable to write it down as well as I would like to. Ah well, just read and tell me what you think.
Oh, yeah… Inuyasha isn't mine, btw. Yet. *evil laugh* And forgive my bad English .
Your Smile and Your Tears
By dEeYaN
Chapter One-The Arrival
The woman knew that there was still another hour and a half until the train arrived. It only took about ten minutes to get to the train station from her flat and yet she still came early. She couldn't help it. She had been waiting for this train for more than a week now.
The train she was waiting for held her hopes to have someone once again, to be not alone. Her hopes… and her dreads. Her dreads of being left alone once more, of being rejected.
The woman was in her early forties and yet she looked quite young for her age. She felt foolish for coming early, for waiting with such high hopes, 'what am I doing? I don't even know what she looks like…' she thought to herself.
The woman glanced at the station clock for the millionth time. Another five minutes and the train will arrive, that is if it wasn't late or delayed or anything. The hour and a half was nearly over. It was the longest and shortest hour and a half in her life. Never had she felt such hopes and such dread at the same time.
'I must be really desperate,' she smiled to herself, 'I can't decide whether it would be better if the train comes faster or if it doesn't come at all…'At that moment, the train came whistling into the platform, jerking the woman out of her thoughts.
'Ah well… I guess I have no choice…' despite herself, she was craning her neck to scan the windows over the crowd. 'Anyways, I must be strong for her. It must've been hard for her after what happened to her family…' she told herself while wishing she was just a head taller.
The passengers were starting to file out of the doors. The woman recognised the girl, her niece, at once. She was one of the last to come out. Her long brown tainted black hair was tied in a ponytail at the back of her head. Her resemblance to her mother (the woman's sister-in-law) was stunning and yet the woman could also see a bit of her (the woman) brother in the girl too. It was an indescribable thing, her niece had the same air her brother had, the same shyness in her expression, the way she carried herself. The woman felt a painful pang in her heart. Her beloved brother…
The girl looked around the station, searching for her supposedly waiting aunt and met the woman's eyes. The woman at once saw the sadness in the girl's eyes. For the first time it occurred to her that perhaps… just perhaps, the girl was as nervous as she was. She walked at once towards the girl and her niece picked this up as a sign that the woman recognised her.
"I assume that you are Sango?" the woman asked the girl.
"Yes, Auntie…?" the girl asked, seemingly unsure of herself.
"Indeed I am your father's only sister," the woman saw a flicker of emotion crossing Sango's eyes when she mentioned her late father, "I haven't seen you since you were four or so. Goodness, how much have you grown?" the woman tried to change the topic and to be friendly at the same time.
"I knew it was you right away. Are these all your belongings?" the woman asked eyeing Sango's two small bags.
"Yes," Sango blushed at her remark, "Most of my things got lost."
"Well, we'll just have to get you new things, don't we?" the woman answered cheerfully, "but I guess some things can't be replaced, can it?"
"No…" Sango looked determined but the pain in her eyes would not be expressed as her eyes stayed dry.
The woman looked at Sango with admiration and pity, "You are a strong one, Sango. Just like your father," she said while getting into the taxi. She had walked over to the station but she thought it would be better for Sango to rest herself since she would be tired from the journey.
All Sango did was smile. A smile that had bitterness in it, a smile full of pain and heartache.
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A/N: Yap, that's the first chapter. Nothing's in it, I know. I will put up the next chapter soon enough. Promise! *crosses fingers* That is if someone even reviews… I don't like the title so if anyone has a suggestion for the title, I would happily consider it. So yeah, go review now!!!^^