Disclaimer: see chapter 10
IX. Second Chance
The two of them stayed that way for a while, and Sango found herself drifting to sleep even though it was the middle of the afternoon.
"Don't worry, Sango, you can close your eyes for a while. I'll keep an eye on any dangers and protect you, I promise." Miroku whispered to her while gently playing with her hair. So Sango dozed off while Miroku watched – both the surrounding area and at her.
She didn't know how long she slept, for when she awoke to Miroku's urgent hisses in her ear, the sun was still in the sky, though it was starting to touch the treeline.
"Wha-" she asked, still groggy.
Miroku clamped a hand over her mouth and whispered: "Shh. Listen, do you hear that?"
Sango stilled herself and listened. Sure enough, she heard a rustle in the bushes not far away.
"Who's there?" She stood up and called in that direction, her boomerang ready to throw. "Show yourself!"
Sango was answered by a familiar cackle and looked up to see Kagura standing on a tree branch. The wind sorceress stared at the two humans below with her unnerving red glare.
"So, wench, I see that monk is still alive. You failed to complete your end of the deal, so I guess I'll have to take him back then. And what a shame, I was looking forward to a sibling reunion," she said with false disappointment.
With one swift movement, she landed on the ground in front of them.
"Come out and say a final goodbye," she said to no one in particular. Behind her, the bushes parted and out stepped Kohaku. Sango gasped, for this Kohaku looked like the little boy she knew, not the monster he had become.
"Ane-ue, help me, please! I don't want to go back to him!" He ran towards his sister to hug her, but was stopped by Kagura.
"Stay back!" Kagura warned the boy. Then she turned to Sango and shook her head. "You pathetic wench. Naraku told me that you said you would do anything to get him back, yet you didn't complete the task. Perhaps you don't care as much for your brother as you say."
"That's not true!" Sango spat out. She didn't know whether she was trying to convince Kagura or herself.
"Then why is that monk still alive? If you care about your brother, you would've killed them monk."
"Ane-ue! Please, help me, I'm scared…" Kohaku trailed off as tears of frustration and fear streaked down his face. "Naraku told me what you'd do anything for me, and my hopes of leaving him were raised. I waited impatiently for those three days to be over – I even counted the seconds – so that I can finally be free. But now…" the boy looked so disappointed and sad that it broke Sango's heart.
"Kohaku…" she whispered. She mentally kicked herself for thinking of this stupid idea in the first place. She had raised the hopes of her dear Kohaku, only to crush them in front of him. She dropped to her knees so she could see him eye-to-eye.
"I'm so sorry…" Tears formed and fell to the ground as she choked out those words.
"Pathetic!" Kagura huffed at this show of emotion. "Tell you what wench, since you did try, I'll give you a second chance. If you can complete the task now, the boy is yours."
"Well?" she prompted when the girl didn't answer.ohh...and you thought that was over, well, it ain't.
BTW, I got a new story called "Hard to Let Go", it's only gonna be about 3-4 chaps but each one's longer, kinda angsty though. but don't worry, this story is still my priority, and I'm a couple chapters ahead. so as long as you give me reviews, i'll give you updates.
weird pairings:
Naraku/Kagome's mom - 7 (this'll make an interesting story)
Sango/IY -
6
Naraku/Kirara - 5
Kanna/Kouga - 5
Miroku/Kagome - 2
Kagome/Shippo - 2
Sango/Sesshy - 2
Rin/Naraku - 2
Rin/Jaken - 2
Shippo/Kirara - 1
Miroku/Kagura - 1
Sango/Naraku - 1
Kaede/Naraku - 1
Hiten/Sango - 1
Naraku/Kagome - 1
Rin/Shippo - 1
IY/Kagome's mom - 1
Jaken/Kagome -
1
Kagura/Naraku - 1
Naraku/Kanna - 1
Kanna/Shippo - 1
Koga/ Rin -
1
Kikyou/ Koga - 1
Shippo/Kikyou - 1 (kinda scary, but that's okay)