Kaede made a large dinner for the six of them and something for Kirara as well. Megumi could not believe how good the food was. She began to shove it into her mouth as if it was about to disappear. The rest watched her in amazement

"Slow down Megumi you're food isn't going anywhere."

Megumi blushed. "Sorry I just haven't had a good meal like this in a long time."

Kaede smiled.

"Sango, what have you been doing since I left?"

Sango clicked her chopsticks together. "Nothing mush, finished my training and became a full demon exterminator, in my father's eyes."

"How is your father?"

Sango moved some rice with her chopsticks. Miroku and Inu began to shove food into their mouths and acted like they did not hear the question.

"He is dead."

"I am so sorry."

"It's alright. Don't feel sorry."

"How did it happen?"

The room remained silent. The boys looked at their food and acted like they were statues because they did not move at all. Sango sighed then she moved a few strands of hair behind her ear.

"Kohaku killed him." Megumi gasped. "We were on a mission, it was Kohaku's first fight. He was possessed and killed my father and the other men. Then he tried to kill me. He discovered what he had done and the demons shot arrows at him. I thought he had died. Another demon got a hold of him and used a jewel shard to retain what little life he had, to be used against us."

Megumi looked at her knees. "I am so sorry Sango. I never should have brought it up."

"It's ok."

Sango returned to eating and Megumi followed. She kept one eye on Sango for the rest of the meal.

Megumi wandered off to the hot spring later that night. She removed her clothing and stepped in. She untied her braid and her raven black hair fell out of its form and into the steaming water. She finally found a good place to sit and relax. She slipped down so only her head stuck out of the water.

InuYasha decided to go for a walk. He couldn't sleep but he didn't want to sit around. He began walking over to the hot springs. He enjoyed spending time there. It was his place to get away. He saw it, it was only a few feet away. It was night now so the area around the hot spring would be nice and warm.

Megumi ducked underneath the water to get her hair wet. At that exact moment InuYasha walked by the hot spring. He stopped and looked into the water. He noticed ripples. "Is there someone or something in there?" To answer his question, at the moment Megumi came up for air. InuYasha stumbled backwards blushing. Megumi noticed and him laughing.

"Hello InuYasha."

"H-Hi."

"It's nice out today."

"I know. Aren't you uncomfortable with me standing here?"

"Not really."

"Oh." Inu walked over to a neighboring tree and jumped in to it.

Megumi turned away from him. Inu's eyes automatically went to the scar on her back. I t went diagonally down her back staring at her left shoulder.

"Where did you get the scar from?"

Megumi's fingers reached back and she ran them down her cut. "Oh this, in my first fight I fought this women. When I killed her, her husband slashed me with his knife from behind. Since then I have this scar to teach me a lesson from that day."

"I see. How did you let yourself be injured?"

"My mind was elsewhere. I was thinking about a boy. And his father was the one who attacked me."

"Ohh." InuYasha shifted around in his tree.

Megumi made waves with her arms. InuYasha watched her as she blew the bangs out of her eyes.

"I think we should head back soon." Megumi suggested.

"If you want to, go ahead." InuYasha replied.

Megumi stood up and walked to the edge of the hot spring and gathered her clothing.

InuYasha avoided his eyes.

She dressed herself then turned to Inu. "Are you going to stay here then?" She placed her hands on her hips.

He felt her eyes staring at him. "I dunno, I am not tired yet so I might just stay."

"Suit yourself." Megumi then walked back into the forest. InuYasha watched her leave.

He sighed. He put his hands behind his head and leaned against the trunk. His eyelids slid over his gold eyes.

Megumi went back over to Kaede's place. Kaede was asleep and Shippo was curled into a little ball. Sango and Miroku were talking quietly to each other. They stopped when she walked in. Megumi ignored it and pulled her futon out. She took one last look at the door before getting in it. She laid her head down. "Do I have feelings for InuYasha? I can't. I can't love a demon, not again." She slipped into sleep.

Sango watched Megumi. "What do you think about her?"

"She is beautiful. I have not asked her to bear my child yet, I will ask her tomorrow."

Sango glared at him. Then she hit him with a stick conveniently lying next to her. Miroku held his hand on his melon sized bump.

"She fell in love with this boy when we were young. She couldn't stop talking about him. When our first battle came around, Megumi discovered that the boy she loved was a demon. She didn't know until she had to fight him. He did not know she was a demon exterminator. Well, Megumi's father wasn't a big fan of her and Kousuke. That's his name. So when he saw them together, he killed him. For the rest of the battle she held his dead body."

Miroku looked over at her. "You never would have guessed. Maybe I should show her a good time so she can heal from the loss of Kousuke."

Sango hit him again. Another large bump began to swell on his head.

"I wonder what InuYasha thinks of her, he did go out of his way to have her stay here. He is never kind, so what made him nice for a change. Miroku said while he held his injured head.

"I wonder…" She trailed off. "Megumi seems to like him. I have caught her looking at him. She might be over the death of Kousuke finally."

Miroku shrugged. "I wonder what Kagome would do if she came back to see this?"

Sangos eyes widened. "We can't. We both know she is in love with InuYasha. Seeing InuYasha acting strange around her would hurt Kagome."

"So what should we do?" Miroku asked.

"I dunno." Sango bit her lip.