Authors Note: And on to two! o

Chapter 2: Sango knows

Inuyasha and Miroku returned the next morning, both of them were very fidgety as Kagome handed them their ramen noodles. "What's with you two?" Kagome said eying Inuyasha suspiously. "Yea! You two have been acting awfully odd." Shippo piped up. Both guys looked at each other, both of them beginning to sweat nervously. "Nothing is up with us Kagome-chan, it has just been a long night for Inuyasha and myself we couldn't sleep so we decided to take a walk, Inuyasha left a bit before me but we met up a little while later so were a bit, restless today, sorry for troubling you with it." Miroku said sincerely. The lie being believable as they all turned back to eating their food, Inuyasha looked at the monk, 'I guess in the end Miroku's a pretty good liar after all.' Inuyasha thought taking a long sip of his ramen noodles. Sango looked over tiredly, just waking up. "Morning Sango!" Kagome chirped. "Here's your noodles." Shippo said caring the ramen cup over to her carefully. She smiled "Thank you Shippo." "We best hurry up and eat, we need to find Naraku ya know." Inuyasha said trying to put on his rude act which Kagome ended up sitting him for. "Inuyasha! You need to learn manners Sango just woke up!" Kagome said shaking her finger at the hanyou as he lay face first into the ground.

Sango and Miroku sighed as they watched the two bicker back and forth. "Even for acting that hanyou needs to learn to watch his mouth." Miroku said shaking his head laughing slightly as he looked over towards Sango. "Acting?"Sango asked him curiously as she watched the monk begin to sweat and fidget with his rosary. "Um..well you see...Acting..Yes acting! See it's obvious that Inuyasha loves Kagome but he acts all rude and concealed not to show her how he really feels." Miroku covered. Sango eyed him suspiciously, the reason fit but it just didn't seem like the right reason, she looked away and managed a half hearted smile "I'm going to the hot springs before we leave." "Then I shall accompany you to protect you from any..." bop Sango's fist collided with his head. "You will stay here you pervert!" Sango shouted, standing up and walking , dragging her weapon on the ground. Miroku sighed as he watched the girl he cared for most, walk away sadly. "I wish she would smile more." Miroku whispered to herself as he watched Shippo try to get Inuyasha and Kagome to stop fighting. "Well I might as well help too." Miroku said, grabbing his staff and walking towards where the other three stood bickering.

Sango sighed, dropping her boomerang against the tree lazily, a huge crack was across the center from her temporary fix up, She realized she had grabbed the bow and arrows with out even meaning too. "So my mother had some sort of miko powers." Sango said as she undressed and slipped into the hot spring, picking up the bow and arrows, shooting them at a tree. Out of know where she had felt a shiver go down her spine as she fired three arrows slightly to the left, the small purification light coming off of each of them, when she heard a muffled "oww." Sango gasped as she shot out of the spring, Kagome's towel wrapped tight around her body. "And you have your mothers 6th sense as well." A voice said from behind her, she shot around and watched in shock as she saw a familiar youkai behind her. "Sesshomaru!?"

Sesshomaru smirked slightly as he leaned up against the tree, holding the arrow between to fingers, Jaken stood there rubbing his arm tenderly, muttering something like "my precious arm." Sango stared at Sesshomaru intensely, Sango tightened the towel to her body and stepped forwards so she was right in front of him, her voice no more then a whisper. "You know my mother Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru looked at her his normal expression, with no emotion staring her dead in the eye, "And why do I owe you any answers?" Sango smiled "So you do know her RIGHT?" Trying to ignore Sesshomaru's rudeness "Was she anything like me? What did she look like? Please tell me whatever you know Sesshomaru!" Sango shouted at him gleefully, smiling widely. Sesshomaru's face was calm, "For a human you talk a lot." Sesshomaru said 'she's so much like Rin except so mature and she has....' Sesshomaru didn't even finish his thought, cursing under his breath that he dared to think something so nasty, and dare to think it about a human.

"I have no need to tell you anything." Sesshomaru said as he turned around, preparing to leave, when Sango pushed his shoulder forcefully, making him swirl around and be temporally trapped. Sesshomaru growled low in his throat "You dare challenge me slayer?" He let off a small smirk, "And so I will have no problem killing you." He said picking Sango up by the neck, holding her eye length away, Sango coughed blood spurting from her mouth, her eyes going hazy, One hand touching his where he was holding her, the other still holding the towel in place. Her voice weak as she looked his blurry figure in the eye, "I'm not afraid of dying."

Sesshomaru stopped, At first he figured the slayer was lying, but she appeared to be telling the truth, her scent had no scent of fear, or anything, his eyes softened and he through her down, he could see his impression on her neck of where he was holding her, bruises already beginning to form. "Why don't you fear me?" Sesshomaru said turning away from the girl as she rubbed her neck slightly. She looked at him, 'he's hiding his expression..' Sango thought as she stood carelessly, picking up her clothes and changing behind a tree, "I don't know who I am, when I should know me best." she said quietly as she came out from behind the tree, her hair tied back and her yokata on. Sesshomaru turned around and held a blank expression nodding over towards some rocks, "We'll sit over there, and I'll tell you..about Keiko."

Sango walked over setting down on a rock, Sesshomaru taking a seat a few inches away from her. Sango rubbed her neck slightly, blushing realizing Sesshomaru was watching her. "Um..Sesshomaru?" Sango started quickly moving her hand from her neck, Sesshomaru said nothing just looked her in the eye, His way of saying I'm listening. "Why did you agree to tell me about my mother?" Sango asked softly. Sesshomaru growled low in his throat, and Sango shivered slightly, "Do you want to know or not wench?" he asked through clenched teeth. Sango looked away, "Is it going to kill you?" Sango asked looking off vacantly into the distance. "Why does it matter to you?" Sesshomaru asked his voice calming a bit, speaking in more of his normal tone. "I don't know who I am, and why I'm even here, Maybe I would be better off dead Sesshomaru." Sango said, hugging her knees to her chest, looking at her reflection, the moons rays pouring onto the water.

Sesshomaru looked at the slayer as she continued to speak, "I can't die, no matter how much I want too, I have to live, No matter how much of a mistake I am, No matter if people find me unlady like, No matter how much I want to be gone..I can't go. I have to bring my honor back to my people, or there'll never be able to forgive me...I'll never be able to forgive myself." Sesshomaru stared at her, as human as she appeared, she appeared to be like a youkai to there tribe, Loyal and dedicated, he admired that in her, as a human. Her strength and her will was something incredible indeed. He paused, "Why do you think your unlady like?" Sesshomaru asked, He didn't know why he would care but, He just didn't see it, and instead of feeling tense like he normally did, he actually felt at ease talking to this girl. He paused, he didn't even know her name. Sango looked at him and spoke in a quiet voice, "I'm a slayer."

Sesshomaru said nothing and then spoke "Let me tell you when I first saw your mother. Your mother was a beautiful girl, but she didn't have it easy. Being 1/3 demon and half priestess the teasing she got was unmerciful." Sesshomaru started frowning at the memory. "What? My mother had demon in her? How? Where's the priestess come from?" Sango said staring him intently "Inuyasha never told you?" Sesshomaru asked almost a bit taken aback at her. "That's a bit odd, I do know a bit more then my dear brother but I figured he'd at least tell you he was your grandfather..." "He's my what?!!" Sango staring at him in total shock, snapping out of herself pity. "That can't be! He looks like only 2 years older then me!" Sango shouted trying to prove Sesshomaru wrong. "50 years to the tree" Sesshomaru said smirking softly 'This slayer defiantly has a will even when she's wrong.' he thought to himself as she continued on, "But the preistess." Sango protested eagerly. "Kikyou." Sesshomaru said simply. Sango looked shocked, feeling her skin clam up, and her body go numb "I can't believe he never told me." Sango said looking sadly over at him

'Why am I feeling this way?!' Sesshomaru asked himself angrily, a little voice in the back of his head began to answer and he regretted asking himself 'What, this pity feeling? You pity a human, and I think your actually becoming attracted to the human whelp.' 'Shut up!! I bare no such weakness to humans, I do not pity or think about them, and What's there to be attracted to eh?! She said it herself, un-lady like' Sesshomaru thought angrily back and the voice.
'Your impressed by her strength and her will power. You think she maybe able to understand you, You think she's cute and you want her, you want to...' the snide voice continued.
'SHUT UP' Sesshomaru screamed at his mind, being interrupted by Sango's voice.

"Um..Sesshomaru?" Sango said fidgeting nervously, and saw the demon look away hiding whatever expression other then blank that he may have on his face. She laughed softly and laid her head on his shoulder. "So what else can you tell me about my mother?" Sango said.

Sesshomaru kind of jumped at her gesture and he could hear the voice laughing at him in the back of his mind, shrugging her of his shoulder roughly, giving her a warning glare before going back to his emotionless mask. "I guess I should tell you the story, I should tell you everything I know." Sesshomaru said staring off into the waters depths "Your mother mastered archery, much like Kikyou, Her hair was a little longer then yours, She had ears of Inuyasha's and she had markings similar to mine, hers having a star on her forehead. She was indeed beautiful." Sesshomaru started smiling to himself at the mere memory of her, the smile had just came to his lips thinking about Sango's mother, he had forgot to keep himself locked up, and only Sango's mom did this to him, only she made him smile. Sango watched him, 'I wonder if he'll tell me why he likes my mother so much, she was like her step uncle or something...'Sango thought and wondered if that made sense. "Kikyou and Inuyasha were young when they had her, about 15, she was then left in my care after there deaths. Your mother was beginning to go through some changes as a priestess, and she was always filled with curiosity, and eventually with time we fell in love." Sango gasped, staring at him in disbelief. Sesshomaru waited for her to settle, by the looks on her she was in a complete state of shock.

"One day she told me, while we were eating.."

Flashback
"Sesshomaru, I think I, I mean, I love you." Sesshomaru's face paled rapidly and he stared at her as her pale skin turned bright red as she bowed her apologies and asked to be excused leaving the room as quick as possible but not before Sesshomaru grabbed her and spun her around so she was facing him as I watched her blush and ask to be excused. "I...I love you too." Sesshomaru said turning his head away, hiding his much embarrassed expression She looked at him reaching up touching his face, her mouth inches from his, as he snaked his tongue into her mouth.

Sesshomaru looked hurt as he stared at Sango, 'Please don't let me tell her any more...' Sesshomaru begged to himself, maintain control, 'this is only a small bit of your past, this past is her past...it's nothing.' he said trying to up boast his low thoughts. "But you couldn't have been my father, my father died and I have no demon in me..." Sango said, "So why did she leave you?" Sesshomaru flinched under his words, giving Sango a cold glare before gazing back into the water.

"She said we weren't meant to be, even though we loved each other, we were related and it could never be...When I came to your village, I was attacked when I began to fight back, she shot me with a arrow, and she never even told me why, she just...betrayed me." Sesshomaru's eyes were very vacant, he seemed to be remembering, aching with sadness, it was a side of Sesshomaru Sango did not plan on seeing, ever. "Poor Sesshomaru..." Sango whispered more to herself, realizing her mistake as Sesshomaru's ears twitched slightly, even though he appeared to be in deep thought. Sango sighed moving towards him brushing his hair out of his face, pulling him against her chest, hugging him slightly. "I'm sorry Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru's eyes widened, his head berried in her chest, the voice coming back to taunt him as he pulled back from Sango quickly, but she just held him tighter. "Do you know what your doing slayer?" Her motion was slowly making him aroused and he was having a bit of a time controlling himself. "Relax Sesshomaru, It's a hug, let me thank you, let me help you. I promise, I'll always be willing to listen to you." Sango whispered to him softly, Sesshomaru growled, 'no of course she has no idea what she's doing to me..' Sesshomaru thought closing her eyes letting her embrace him, making him feel as though she wasn't just saying that, and that he did matter.

Sango walked back to camp, the image of her embracing Sesshomaru still fresh in her mind, "I wonder what it would be like loving Sesshomaru..He would have been my father if my mom and him weren't related." Sango thought, staring at her feet, dragging everything that she was once carrying before.
'Wait..does that mean I'm related to Sesshomaru?' Sango stopped in place feeling a ping of hurt.
'Why, do you think you posses feelings for that demon?' A voice entered her head 'No of course not, I love Miroku.' Sango said confidently. 'And I don't even know Sesshomaru.' 'Then why did you hug him?' The voice asked accusingly.
'I was being friendly besides I told you, I love Miroku.' 'Do you love Miroku? Are you sure? And if you do then why did it hurt you the minute you thought about Sesshomaru and you being related' 'How did you know...' Sango started the voice interrupting her.
'Because I'm you stupid.'

Sango shook her head moving on, until she found herself back at the camp site. She looked up all her companions staring at her and she looked at them, Sango was now lost on how to feel, kagome her best friend being with her grandfather, and then Kikyou her actual grandmother being her grandmother. It's true she didn't really want Kagome unhappy but Kagome her grandmother when she was older? It just wasn't right. They all looked at her as if they were expecting her to say something, Sango met Inuyasha's golden eyes that seemed to be centering on hers, she looked at him holding his gaze, "I know." was all she said.

Authors Note: I think it might of been a little rushed but it's okay Let me know your thoughts, I'm open to flames but don't hate me okay! No pairing in this fic. Is set except for Sesshomaru and Sango.