Episode 12 : Dream
Aki stood outside of a burning villiage. "Where am I?" She asked herself as she watched the villiage burn to ashes. There was a familliar feeling about this villiage. Aki looked to the entrance of the villiage, seeing 6 people rush out of the villiage. Their faces were shadowed, so she could not see them. Aki tried to yell out "Are you okay," but her voice just wouldn't cooperate. it was as if she couldn't speak. She saw the 6 people turn around and watch their villiage burn down. There seemed to be a sad aura around the whole villiage. She looked at one of the 6 people in particular. She seemed to be the youngest of the group, and she was being carried by a man. She felt sadness for that little girl. She was so young, and already she was feeling the pain of losing her people. Aki's vision suddenly went fuzzy, and she awoke, on the ground. She realized then that it was only a dream. Aki yawned and looked around, seeing that Miroku was up and cooking breakfast. She smiled. "Good Morning, Daddy." She said. Miroku jumped a bit at hearing Aki's tiny voice. He looked to her and smiled back. "Good Morning, Aki." He said in response, and handed a rice ball to her, made from the rice that the villagers of the last villiage they went to gave them. Aki smiled at him. "Thank you." She said, and began taking tiny bites of the rice ball, to make it last longer. Miroku noticed that Aki wasn't her perky little self today, and figured somthing must have happened during the night. "Aki, what's wrong?" He asked. Aki stopped eating and looked at her father with a look of question. "What do you mean?" She asked. "You don't seem like yourself today. what's wrong?" Aki looked down at the ground. "I had a strange dream ... " She replied, then paused, unsure of whether to tell her father about it or not. " ... what was it about?" Miroku asked. Aki hesitated, then began explaining. "I was in front of a burning villiage, and then I saw 6 people rushing out. They were familliar somehow, even though I couldn't see their faces." "Maybe ... it was somthing that happened in your past?" Miroku asked. "Maybe ... " Aki replied. "Well, we should get going," Miroku said and got up, extending a hand to help Aki up as well. Aki took his hand and they started walking. Sanosuke had grown impatient looking for Aki and Miroku, and decided that he and Kaylee should split up, to make the search go faster. It was fine with Kaylee, because she had decided she needed some time alone. She was dreading the moment in which she or Sanosuke would find them. She had admitted to herself that they were growing on her, and she didn't want to kill them. She came across the pond that she and Aki were at on the day her master ordered her to find Miroku and kill him. Memories flooded Kaylee's mind, and she shook her head to get the memories out of her head. She heard a rustling in the bushes, and thought it was Aki for a moment, but instead, a woman entered the area. Kaylee almost gasped at seeing the woman, for she looked almost exactly like her younger sister. 'Maybe ... this is our mother?' Kaylee asked herself. 'One way to find out ...' she thought. She walked to the woman, who was washing her hands with the water. "Excuse me ..." Kaylee began. The woman looked up at her. "Yes? Can I help you?" The woman asked. "Is your name ... Sango?" Kaylee asked. The woman had a shocked expression on her face. "Yes, that's me ..." Sango said. " .. and you would be?" "My name is Kaylee." Kaylee said. "How did you know my name, Kaylee?" "Lucky guess." Kaylee muttered. Sango heard this and laughed. "No, I don't think so. not very many people are that lucky. Really, how did you know my name?" She asked. Kaylee sighed. "Okay, i'll tell you. but you're not going to believe much of it," Kaylee started. "Try me." Sango said. "My mother is named Sango. I don't know much about my family, because I was abducted when I was young. I have two big brothers named Shimora and Sanosuke, a younger sister named Akiana, and a father named Miroku. So far i've met three of them." Kaylee said in a rush. Sango had a soft expression on her face. 'I remember Miroku ... but that's about all ...' she thought to herself. "Tell me, Kaylee, where can I find this Miroku guy?" Sango asked. "I don't know. But I suggest you don't go find them, you'll just be put in danger." Kaylee said, then walked off through the bushes. Sango looked in the direction that Kaylee left in. "What does she mean by that?" She asked herself aloud, then stood up and began searching
Aki stood outside of a burning villiage. "Where am I?" She asked herself as she watched the villiage burn to ashes. There was a familliar feeling about this villiage. Aki looked to the entrance of the villiage, seeing 6 people rush out of the villiage. Their faces were shadowed, so she could not see them. Aki tried to yell out "Are you okay," but her voice just wouldn't cooperate. it was as if she couldn't speak. She saw the 6 people turn around and watch their villiage burn down. There seemed to be a sad aura around the whole villiage. She looked at one of the 6 people in particular. She seemed to be the youngest of the group, and she was being carried by a man. She felt sadness for that little girl. She was so young, and already she was feeling the pain of losing her people. Aki's vision suddenly went fuzzy, and she awoke, on the ground. She realized then that it was only a dream. Aki yawned and looked around, seeing that Miroku was up and cooking breakfast. She smiled. "Good Morning, Daddy." She said. Miroku jumped a bit at hearing Aki's tiny voice. He looked to her and smiled back. "Good Morning, Aki." He said in response, and handed a rice ball to her, made from the rice that the villagers of the last villiage they went to gave them. Aki smiled at him. "Thank you." She said, and began taking tiny bites of the rice ball, to make it last longer. Miroku noticed that Aki wasn't her perky little self today, and figured somthing must have happened during the night. "Aki, what's wrong?" He asked. Aki stopped eating and looked at her father with a look of question. "What do you mean?" She asked. "You don't seem like yourself today. what's wrong?" Aki looked down at the ground. "I had a strange dream ... " She replied, then paused, unsure of whether to tell her father about it or not. " ... what was it about?" Miroku asked. Aki hesitated, then began explaining. "I was in front of a burning villiage, and then I saw 6 people rushing out. They were familliar somehow, even though I couldn't see their faces." "Maybe ... it was somthing that happened in your past?" Miroku asked. "Maybe ... " Aki replied. "Well, we should get going," Miroku said and got up, extending a hand to help Aki up as well. Aki took his hand and they started walking. Sanosuke had grown impatient looking for Aki and Miroku, and decided that he and Kaylee should split up, to make the search go faster. It was fine with Kaylee, because she had decided she needed some time alone. She was dreading the moment in which she or Sanosuke would find them. She had admitted to herself that they were growing on her, and she didn't want to kill them. She came across the pond that she and Aki were at on the day her master ordered her to find Miroku and kill him. Memories flooded Kaylee's mind, and she shook her head to get the memories out of her head. She heard a rustling in the bushes, and thought it was Aki for a moment, but instead, a woman entered the area. Kaylee almost gasped at seeing the woman, for she looked almost exactly like her younger sister. 'Maybe ... this is our mother?' Kaylee asked herself. 'One way to find out ...' she thought. She walked to the woman, who was washing her hands with the water. "Excuse me ..." Kaylee began. The woman looked up at her. "Yes? Can I help you?" The woman asked. "Is your name ... Sango?" Kaylee asked. The woman had a shocked expression on her face. "Yes, that's me ..." Sango said. " .. and you would be?" "My name is Kaylee." Kaylee said. "How did you know my name, Kaylee?" "Lucky guess." Kaylee muttered. Sango heard this and laughed. "No, I don't think so. not very many people are that lucky. Really, how did you know my name?" She asked. Kaylee sighed. "Okay, i'll tell you. but you're not going to believe much of it," Kaylee started. "Try me." Sango said. "My mother is named Sango. I don't know much about my family, because I was abducted when I was young. I have two big brothers named Shimora and Sanosuke, a younger sister named Akiana, and a father named Miroku. So far i've met three of them." Kaylee said in a rush. Sango had a soft expression on her face. 'I remember Miroku ... but that's about all ...' she thought to herself. "Tell me, Kaylee, where can I find this Miroku guy?" Sango asked. "I don't know. But I suggest you don't go find them, you'll just be put in danger." Kaylee said, then walked off through the bushes. Sango looked in the direction that Kaylee left in. "What does she mean by that?" She asked herself aloud, then stood up and began searching