-Thank you for the story, but it wasn't there when I looked. Hm, I'll look up the person's screen name on fanfiction.net. I'm so grateful that you happen to give me that story to look up.
-Sorry that Sango seems out of character. I'll try to make it much better for you. Thank you for bringing that to my notice.
-Ya, Inu-Yasha fanfics are pretty good. I really do love crossovers though. They make most of them seem outta this world and cool.
Well now that I am done with answering stuff, let us begin chapter 2.
June, 2004
Chapter 2
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Sango woke up again only this time she had a person looking in her face. Chocolate eyes looked into her own eyes. She was surprized to see Kagome peering into her face.
"Kagome-san, you are back," said Sango as Kagome gave her a sisterly hug.
"Sango, Hiei let me come to see how you were doing. I'm glad that you are okay. I was fine, Yukina brought me some nice food. She said that a master by the name of Genkai made it," said Kagome with a light smile.
"I was worried about you as you can tell," said Sango. She had to smile though, because Kagome gave her a look that said "of course I knew that you were worried! Do I happen to look dumb or something?". Sango gave a laugh and Kagome stopped her look.
Sango got up and changed into a different kimono. This one was sliver with green streaks going through it. She put her hair up in her usual ponytail, because she hated the way it got in her face. Every time she would do something she would have to pull back strands of hair that kept on falling into her eyes/face. It really annoyed her. That's why she put it up in her ponytail in the first place.
"Master Yoko told me that you were upset last night," said Kagome, worried.
"It was nothing really. I just happen to miss my family and village. Think nothing of it, I suppose he was just worried over my well being, that's all," said Sango, trying to end the conversation on that topic.
Kagome nodded. A girl with brown hair came in. Kagome stood up and looked over at the girl. The girl had a look of worry in her eyes. She looked at them.
"Good, that's where you went. Master Hiei wouldn't tell anyone where he let you go, Lady Kagome," said the girl. She breathed in relief.
"Who are you?" asked Sango as she walked over to the girl. Kagome was standing slightly behind her, so she could get a good view of the girl, and not get in the way of their conversation.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, my name is Keiko Yukimora, I am also one of the many servants in Hiei's palace," said Keiko, "You have to dress up nicely, the both of you. Hiei's friends are coming over, Yusuke Urameshi, his mother and father, Kazuma Kuwabara, and his sister and mother, Yoko and his brother and mother, Kuronue and his parents, and Hiei's parents and sister are coming back from their vacation."
Sango nodded and took in all the information that Keiko was so kindly giving out. Kagome smiled at Keiko while taking in the information as well. She didn't mind at all about the dressing up part. They would meet all those people though, which creeped her out a bit.
"Don't worry. We will show them what we shall wear before actually putting it on, thank you," said Sango. Keiko smiled at her and Kagome then left the room closing the door behind her.
Just as soon as Sango was about to pick out a very nice kimono Keiko peeped her head back in. She had forgot to tell them the important part of this meeting. She really didn't see how she could forget to tell them something this important, but oh well.
"My Ladies you must remember that we are no longer in the Human World. Their parents and friends are for the most part demon, or at least half demon. Oh, yeah, they are coming for dinner. Just about when the sun touches the tops of those trees outside," explained Keiko. She then bowed and left Sango's room.
Sango looked at the door Keiko left out of and then started to pick out the kimono she wanted to wear. Her choices were between a kimono that was green and had sliver sakura blossoms and silver vines with leaves decorating it, or a kimono that was blue and had green vines running around the edges of it and pink flowers.
"Kagome-san, which of these do you like?" asked Sango as she held up the kimonos for Kagome to see.
"Sango, you don't have to be so formal with me. Just when their friends and families come," said Kagome as she then turned her attention to the pretty kimonos, "I like the green one, and you should wear your hair down and put jewelary in it!"
"Kagome-sa--, I mean Kagome we really aren't to that part yet, perhaps we should wait for Yukina, Botan, and Keiko for that part," said Sango with a small sweatdrop. Sango had met Botan when she had woken up last night. Botan, that ever so cheerful girl, had fed her dinner last night. It was something that Sango was grateful for.
"Yes, I do suppose that you are right," said Kagome, "Come, take your kimono with you to my room."
Sango put the other kimono that she held out for Kagome back into the closet and followed Kagome out of the room. Kagome's room was just down the hall from her's to the RIGHT. Well next time Sango would trust herself and go to the right not the left.
"Kagome, do you think that Inu-Yasha has a chance of finding us?" asked Sango, "I miss the groups antics as much as I dislike Miroku and his problems. I miss Shippo and Kirara very much."
Kagome opened the door to her room. "Yes, I do miss the old group, but this is a real fun experience. I mean it's not every day that you get taken away by some really hot demon guys. Besides I'm sure that we will find a way out of this. We always happen to, we are clever, cunning, and brave. Not to mention that we are pretty for girls, I'm sure we could charm them somehow."
"Oh, really?" asked a voice from Kagome's non-closed door. Hiei, Yoko, and Kuronue stood in the frame of the door. Behind them Botan and Keiko were giggling very loudly.
"How is it that whatever I say that is clever or whatever I get caught, but whenever you say something good you never get caught, Sango?" asked Kagome with a small laugh. She was trying to lighten Sango's mood since she really wasn't that much of a morning person.
"Kagome-san, aren't you supposed to be picking out a kimono?" asked Sango ignoring the demons that stood only a couple feet away.
Kagome nodded and went back to work on what she was supposed to do. She came out of the closet with 9 kimonos in her hand. Sango sighed and watched as Kagome put them on the bed.
"Can't you narrow it down even more?" asked Sango.
"You're right," said Kagome as she put away 1.
The people/demons that were standing in the doorway came in and sat down, watching what they were doing with much interest. It wasn't every day that they had a human in Hiei's place.
"Can you narrow it down to 2, Kagome-san?" asked Sango. She looked very confused as to why Kagome liked so many.
"Hm, sure why not it would be easier now wouldn't it?" said Kagome as she put away all but 2 kimonos like Sango said. The choices were one that was red with gold around the sleeves, neck, and bottom, and the other choice was one that was red and black, with the kimono being black and red trimming around it.
"I like the red and gold on you, Kagome-san. What do you think, Botan-san and Keiko-san?" asked Sango as she turned her attention to Botan and Keiko.
"I totally agree with the red and gold," said Botan as she posed the kimono around Kagome. Keiko had a light smile on her face as Botan and Kagome started fooling around.
"I like the red and gold too," said Keiko as she stood by Sango.
Botan tripped on the kimono and grabbed Kagome's wrist while she was falling. Kagome yelped as they fell on Keiko and Keiko fell on Sango. Once they all tried to wiggle out of the tangled limps they had made they found it was futile.
"Botan you're such a klutz," said Keiko, a little angered. She couldn't see or feel where her legs were, not to mention her hands.
"Sorry, the kimono was in the way," said Botan with a happy smile, "You all should have seen the looks on your faces!"
"Instead of you guys sitting down watching us like hawks, perhaps it would be helpful if you all try to help us out," said Sango trying to ignore the fact that some of her wounds from last night still hurt.
"Oh, Sango your wounds, I forgot," said Keiko.
"Wounds?" asked Kagome.
"Nothing, they were old battle wounds that didn't heal," lied Sango.
Yoko and Kuronue got up and helped them all out. Sango showed them the kimono and asked if it was ok to wear. They all agreed that it did look very pretty on her, so of course she was allowed to wear it.
"Try to be on your best behaviors, if there happens to be some mishap you will die," said Yoko, "Which also means that you will have to reaspond to anything they say, and if they insult you try not to make up a rude comment, and no swearing."
Sango nodded and walked out of the room. There were a lot of things she had to think about. Once she got to her room she just sat on her bed while looking out of a window. Sango wasn't sure why but she was feeling all of a sudden really depressed. She couldn't understand why because in the other room she was feeling fine.
Sango let out a breath she did not realize that she was holding and stood up to get ready. She put on the kimono that she had picked out, and slipped on some shoes. She did not put on any make-up, and let her hair down.
"Sango, are you ready?" asked Kagome as she opened her door and walked into the room.
"I guess that I am ready, Kagome-san," said Sango as she turned to face Kagome, "You look beautiful, Kagome-san. Inu-Yasha would have second thoughts about Kikyo if he saw you in that."
Her small attempt of humor made Kagome laugh a little. Sango smiled and walked past Kagome out of her room. She suggested that Kagome hurry or they would be late in greeting the people that were coming. In the short amount of time that they were at the palace they had memorized certain places and hallways in the palace.
Once they were outside they waited by Botan and Keiko. Sango sighed again, not wanting to do this. If she were back with Inu-Yasha, Shippo, Kirara, and Miroku she would be demon slaying instead of dressing up like some princess. That she was not for sure, in her village when she would play with the other little girls, she would always be that tomboy prince that would save a princess. Never the princess. Always the prince. But now here she was in these "princess" clothes and she really hated it. Why couldn't she have been a guy? Wait no guys are dense, she reminded herself.
"It seems that Yusuke and his family have come first," said Hiei as he watched as a cloud came out of nowhere. When the cloud was gone three demons stood there. One had brown hair with a yellow kimono on, the son most likely had slicked back brown-black hair, and the father had on nice clothes as well with white hair. How odd, thought Sango.
"Atsuko-sama, Raizen-sama, and Yusuke-sama, I would like you to meet some humans from the Human World. One of them is a demon slayer while the other is a human miko, a priestess," explained Yoko as Sango and Kagome stepped up next to Yoko and Hiei.
"Excuse me Yoko-sama, but isn't Atsuko-sama a human as well?" asked Sango.
"Yes, that is what I sensed as well," said Kagome.
Atsuko smiled. She nodded at their statements and questions as well. They had figured out that she was not a demon at all, but a simple human from the Human world. That was a feat that many humans did not have.
"Yes, you are right," said Atsuko, "I am a human that just has a long time to live, just like a demon, but I am no demon."
Sango nodded, in understanding what she was saying. Kagome was just as confused as ever. Sango looked at her and smiled a bit.
"Demon mating, is that right? With demon slayer training we are also trained to know how demons mate, in all classes of demons. From the D class, below, and even above to the A class demons. If a B class demon mates with a human, that human will be able to live just as long as that demon. It is a very confusing thing at first to a human, but to a demon it's almost like when two humans get married, Kagome-san," said Sango expressing her knowledge.
Understanding flowed through Kagome's eyes and she nodded. "Sorry, Atsuko-san," said Kagome with a bow, "I didn't mean to cause such a long conversation about nothing really."
"That is ok, when I first came here I was very confused as well. It is all ok, dear," said Atusko.
"Yeah, so this is Sango, the demon slayer," said Yoko. Sango bowed and shook hands with them, "And the miko is Kagome." Kagome followed what Sango did, with a smile.
"I did not know that they taught demon slayers all of that," said Raizen as he looked closely at Sango, "I am very interested. I would of course like to here more of the demon slayer clan."
"Me too, they sound like a very intellegent clan of people," said Yusuke, "Besides sounded like they knew how to take out demons of all kinds. I would like to see some in action."
Sango bit her lip and looked down. "My clan and family are dead. I am the last one, but I would love to tell about what we learned and what our people were like."
Atsuko looked at the girl then patted her on the shoulder. Yusuke offered a smile, and Raizen nodded. By then a lot of the other demons were there.
"Let us make introductions inside," said Hiei as everyone followed him in.
A girl with blood red eyes stood next to Hiei. His mom had blue hair and blue eyes, while his father had black hair and red eyes. There was a very ugly boy with orange hair standing next to a very pretty woman with brown hair and dark chocolate eyes, and next to her was a girl with brown hair and brown eyes. Yoko was standing next to a man that looked like him, and a woman with silvery hair and pure gold eyes. Kuronue was lastly standing by a woman with black hair and black wings, a man stood next to them with blue eyes and pale skin. Botan and Keiko were sitting next to Sango and Kagome, who were standing. Yusuke and his family were sitting across from Keiko and Botan.
"This is my sister, Yukina, my mother Hina, and my father, Hiko," said Hiei. His mother looked at the demon slayer and the miko with kind eyes. His sister also looked very happy to see them, and Hiei and his father looked indifferent.
"That is Kazuma Kuwabara, and his sister Shizuru, and mother Suzuka," said Yusuke. They all offered a kind smile to them.
"This is my brother Shuichi (not the human one just a name, sry if any1 is confuzed.), and my mother Shori," said Yoko as his brother looked at them with grace and his mother with a smile.
"This is my mother, Kaguya, and my father, Kagami," said Kuronue, his parents also smiled.
"Finally, these humans are from the human world of course. This is the demon slayer, Sango, and the miko Kagome," said Hiei as Sango bowed and Kagome followed suit.
"A demon slayer?" questioned Kaguya, "I have never heard of one of those."
"Miko?" questioned Hiko, "I haven't seen one of those for over a 100 years."
"Can they explain their pasts?" asked Suzuka, "Then we won't have as many questions. Perhaps after they can ask questions that they have for us as well."
"Who goes first?" asked Shuichi.
"I say the miko," said Kagami.
"Yes," said Atsuko, "I haven't heard anything about a miko."
Once they agreed to that they all took a seat. Kagome sat next to Yukina and Sango sat next to Kagome and Shuichi. Next to Shuichi was Shori, then Hina, then on the end Hiko. Next to Yukina was Hiei, then Atsuko, and on the end Raizen. Behind Sango was Yoko, behind Kagome was Kuronue, behind Shori was Kazuma. On the floor in front of Sango was Shizuru, Suzuka, Kaguya, Kagami, and Yusuke.
"Is everyone settled?" asked Atsuko, in a demanding voice. Mumbles of yes's were heard as they tried to get comfortable on the sofa. Of course there was way to many people on it, but oh well they didn't really care.
"You can start whenever you want, Kagome-san," said Yukina.
"Well you see I accidentally broke the Shikon no Tama," started Kagome, of course there were gasps of surprise, "So I teamed up with a half demon. On our adventures we met a fox demon child, Shippo. We gathered many more shards, and met a monk--" Kagome was cut off by Sango.
"A perverted, rude, idiotic, annoying, monk, named Miroku," said Sango remembering all the times he touched her in the wrong spot.
"Yeah, all of those things. He told us that a demon named Naraku was the cause of most of the problems that we had. Naraku shows up and makes our journey more dangerous. After that he, Naraku, planted a tainted shard of the jewel inside Sango and pitted her against us. She was bleeding like crazy, but was a real challenge. Naraku told her that Inu-Yasha killed her clan, so she wanted to get him for revenge. She then figured out Naraku killed her clan, and told us how the Shikon no Tama was made. Ever since then we have been looking for the Shard of the jewel and Naraku. Miroku booked us in at a palace and then we met Yoko-sama and Hiei-sama, and here we are. That was a short, cut to the point, verison," explained Kagome as she took in a large breath of air.
"Amazing, a human going through that. Awesome," said Yusuke, "Can you tell us of something that was hard for you that happened?"
"Ah, sure, why not," said Kagome, "On one of our adventures I had my some of my soul stolen by a demon named Kanna. It was very scarry, but I forced myself to pull through and used my miko arrow to crack her mirror, in which she kept the souls she had stolen in."
"Your soul?" questioned Kaguya, "That is an amazing feat that you have. What a brave human girl you are."
"Demon Slayer, Sango, could I perhaps hear your tale?" asked Raizen as he looked at her with interest.
Sango offered a smile. "I shall tell thee of my horrible story which I keep close to my heart."
"A horrible past means a bright future, or that's at least what the ice maiden clan says," said Hina. Yukina agreed with her.
"When I was eight years old I started my training. It was hard, then I started slaying low class and low level demons when I was nine. I had to study a lot, but I loved it all. My mother passed away after a deadly illness swept through the village. After feeling that loss, I also started to study different types of illnesses, to help others who suffered. After that everything went well, but then our village heard that the Shikon no Tama had come back, and that it was broken. With the demons I killed I found one shard of the jewel. Little did I know that Naraku was after them as well. My brother came with my father and other helpful members in the tribe to defeat a demon that was bothering the lord. In the end Kohaku, my brother, was put under a spell and he slayed the rest of my family and partners that were there. I escaped him with serious wounds, but the palace guards thought him mad and slayed him after he tried to run to me. I think I still have a scar of rememberance on my back to show for what he did. The lord turned out to be a demon that was controlling my dear Kohaku. After all of that I was buried, but I came out of the ground. The prince there had my wounds treated. I then heard the news about the rest of my family and friends being slayed by a demon named Inu-Yasha. Naraku took me to him and planted a shard in my back. I tried to kill Inu-Yasha, but failed. Kagome-san showed me the light and we have been sisterly figures for one another ever since," explained Sango with as much detail as she could at this point.
A wave of pure shock was racing through the room. Sango looked at everyone with calm eyes. Kagome said nothing but leaned on Sango a little. Hiei and Yoko were the first out of their shock. Then everyone else flinched and came back.
"I cannot muster a word. What you have gone through is something that a girl, demon or human, should not have to go through. You were born into the world like this, and you have to accept it, but how? How can you accept a life like the one you have now? How can you live without your family, your clan, your parents, your dear Kohaku?" asked Suzuka.
Sango let out a laugh. "Kagome-san, she, she is my family. Inu-Yasha is like the brother I never had, Miroku is like an annoying little brother, but still wise, Kirara is like a sister, Kaede is like my grandmother, and mother, and Shippo is like a cute younger brother that I have to take care of. They are my family. That is an easy question to answer really," explained Sango.
"They are your family?" asked Hina, "Even though they are not of the same clan?"
"It doesn't matter which clan you come from," started Kagome.
"It only matters if you love them, not as a lover," said Sango.
"But only as a family you have never had," said Kagome.
"We love each other like sisters, therefore we are sisters, but not of blood relation," said Sango.
"And if that is the case we are there for each other as family. We consider each other as family no matter what. We love each other even if we do very stupid things," finished both.
That is chapter 2..I am very sorry if the characters are out of it. If any of the information is wrong, please tell me. Thank you byez.