Hi and thanks to my reviewers: rabbitstime, Sailor Water Dragon, MirokuLuvr, ShadowStar21, Nightfall2525, Zoe, and Silver (Sorry for the misspellings Silver. I'll try to be more carful next time.) In this chapter we find something of someone's past.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and niether do you.


Chapter 36: My Half for Yours

Sesshomaru sat down in side the hut, in the corner. Denkou, Mizu, and Faia came running in and started to play with everybody's things. Sango came in quietly and sat down.

"I thought you were going to see that cat again?" He said with out looking at her.

"I changed my mind." She replied. "Sesshomaru?"

"What?"

"Why do you hate Mouko so much?"

"Because I just do. I don't trust him."

"I can see that but why?"

"Well..." He sat there and thought of a good thing to say but nothing came. So he lied. "Because of Instinct."

"Instinct?"

"Yes. I may be human but I still have some demon instincts, like territorial instincts. If a man comes and trys to show off and think he is everything, I am going to fight back."

"Oh." She heard mewing coming from inside the packs that was tied. "Denkou?" Faia and Mizu were around the bag. Sango went over to help him out.

"Impossible. I tied it tight do mo one can get through it." Sango fumbles with the knot. The mewing continued.

"He some how got in there." She tried to untie it.

"Give it here." He picked up his sack and fiddled with the knot. Denkou was tangled in the boa and he jumped out. Sango untangled him and Denkou ran away with the others.

She looked at the boa in her hands as she sat next to him. "You don't mind, do you?"

"Might as well..."

She took it and rubbed her cheek against its soft surface. "It's so soft and fluffy." He tied his sash again and placed it next to him. "Where did you get this?"

"It belong to my mother."

"Your mother?"

"Hai."

"I'm sorry I didn't know, I..."

"I used it when I was a kid. I would take it everywhere with me. I considered it my good luck charm. My mother gave it to me since I used it more than her." He looked up as the memories resurfaced.

"Oh." Sango foleded it nicely in her lap but she still stroked it as if it was alive. Silence followed. "You hated human eve rsince you were a kid?"

"No. I started to hate them when my mother died."

"Why?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

Silence...

"Sango?"

"Do you hate demons?"

"No."

"Then why do you slay them?"

"I only slay demons who harm others."

"So you got that scar on your back from a demon?"

"I rather not talk about it."

"Why"

"Because I rather not talk about it."

Silence...

They were both curious about what the person next to them was hiding. They tried to avoid each other but failed. "It seems to like both of us want to know something but can't get a straight answer."

"Yes."

"I'll make a deal with you."

"Go on." Her interest sparked, as he thought for a bit.

"I'll tell you why if you tell me how you get that scar."

"No. You tell me first, then I'll tell you. I asked first."

He sat there. "Fine." It was no use argueing with her because he knew what would happen if he did. "You better listen because I am not telling this again." He took a deep breath. "I never hated human when I was a kid. But my hatred for them grew when my mother died."

"I know that but..."

"I was about to get to that. It all started when my fatehr felt a shift of power somewhere in the east. He took me with him just in case. He left the strongest generals in charge of our home when we left. There was siege on a fortress where two lords where at. There was supposed to have an arrange marriage to stop the fighting between humans and demons. With this marriage both lords will rule the Eastern lands. But that didn't happened. It seemed like the demon lord's son, Kouji, started the seige. My father and I arrived to help the surviving family. I was to guard the family while my father left to take care of Kouji. If I left my post, there would be consequences. Because of this my mother died."

"How?"

"Will you let me finish? My father never came back to tell us what happedn at the fortress. It was hours when I found out what happened."

Flashback
"Lord Taka!" A messenger came running toward them. Sesshomaru unsheathed his sword.

"Its ok. He's my messenger." Lord Taka rushed toward his messenger. "What is it?"

"Lord Taka, Lord Zetsumei is dead! It seems like his son went crazy. A warrior slayed him but it ened up being a fake. It seems like the real Kouji is somewhere else."

"Where is he?" Sesshomaru demanded.

"I don't know. He's a crazy man. He killed Princess Uriko."

"Uriko? My Uriko." Lord Taka dropped to his knees and cried.

"But before he died, he said he doesn't plan to rule only this land." The messenger fainted before them. Sesshomaru was gone.


Note: Ok, I lied. This chapter wasn't as gewd as I suspected. I hope the next one is.

R&R...