Disclaimer: No, no. Wait.I do own this. At least the story and the authors note. The character aren't mine. Mores the pity.

Authors Note: Well I got a lot to tell ya so sit back and get comfortable. The reason that this is so late is because every time I tried to update I got this stupid 'Proxy Error' message! I have no idea what the heck was wrong, but that is the stinkin' reason. AAARRRGGGHHH It was damn frustrating. Also my story will begin to move at a slightly slower pace now. The reason you ask? Why it's quite simple my dear friend.

As fall has inevitably come at last, I, along with so very many unfortunate others, have begun to participate in this countries most notorious, most hideously evil plot, to make us learn. Yes dear reader, I am talking about..school! Dun, Dun, Dun! And to top it all off I go to collage. If any of my readers are also collage bound than you know how..stressing the first week can be, second only to finals *Shivers*.

Anyway, I will be continuing this story, hopefully every Tuesday, Thursday and the weekends since they are the only days I have free. I hope that you continue to read my story as I will be continuing to write it, I just can't promise a chapter a day like I was doing before. Please forgive me! And good luck to all of you also heading to hellI mean school. And to top everything off I got my very first flame! *Sniff, sniff* They said my story wasDUBBIE! BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ! Oh man, my sides hurt! Thanks Sango-chan8 I seriously needed a good laugh! Sorry I offended you by pairing up the 'blue boy' from X-men with Kagome, instead of Inuyasha but ya were kinda warned at the beginning. Hell, you where warned even before you opened the first chapter. I gave plenty of warning! And thanks very much for calling me stupid, I 'm glad you could waste the few minutes of your life it took to inform me of my intelligence. Anyways, enough with that, now read on!

Chapter Sixteen: Sango - Goddess of the Volcano

Sango blinked at the bright light as they came out of the dark temple. Once her eyes had adjusted she stared around her in awe.

"Oh wow."

It was beautiful. Plants and trees in bright colors. Warm air, blowing against her skin. Birds songs ringing through the trees.

Sango closed her eyes and breathed in the heavenly fragrance. This had to be paradise.

Turning to Logan she poked him in the side. "Do you know where we are?"

Logan grunted and finally glanced around. "Looks like the pictures on one of 'Ro's Hawaiian vacation pamphlets."

Sango blinked. "Who?"

Logan turned his attention back to their guards. "Storm."

"Ah." Sango nodded, then went back to staring at her surroundings.

Eventually, they where led into what appeared to be a village. Everyone stopped and stared at them as they passed through. The guards with the pointy spears herded them into the largest hut, stationed right in the middle of the village.

After being poked into the hut, their captures fell to their knees, lowering their heads.

Sango blinked up at the large man seated on what looked like a throne. When he and mister grouchy guard started talking, again in the language that she couldn't understand, she lost interest and began glancing around.

A movement behind the throne caught her attention, looking carefully she could see a little boy poke his head out, glance around, then dart back behind. He seemed to be studying Logan with much interest. When he saw she was looking at him, his eyes widened and he disappeared again. Curious.

When the voices of the king and the other guy died down, a third man appeared. He was wearing a colorful skirt also and had a necklace of bones around his neck.

Walking up to Sango he grabbed her chin and began tilting her head from side to side, he wasn't gentle about it either. Then he examined her hair and eyes. She attempted to shoot him down with an evil glare. When he started to pat her down, her automatic reaction was to pound him into a smear but a shake of Logan's head halted her movement.

After a few moments of examination, too long in Sango's opinion, he seemed satisfied. Turning to the king and saying something that neither of the two time travelers could understand.

The king smiled broadly and clapped his hands. Walking up to Sango, he bowed before her. Everyone else, with the exception of Logan, also bowed murmuring what sounded like the word "Pele"

Sango was very confused.

Her confusion didn't last long since the king straightened and clapped again. Four beautiful women came in and led her and Logan out to different huts.

Sango wasn't worried about being separated from Logan. She knew he could take care of himself and she was certainly able to fend for herself if need be.

After leading her into and open air hut, the women left to parts unknown. Sango glanced around at her room. Noting the hammock in the corner and the various plants and things. Picking up a comb and admiring the design, she started at a small noise behind her.

Whirling around she spotted the small boy from earlier standing in her doorway, pushing the colorful material that served as the door to the side.

"Oh, hello." She smiled at him.

He just continued to stare at her.

Sango began to feel a little uncomfortable. "So.what's your name?"

Nope, he was still staring.

Sango huffed and sat down on her hammock, annoyed with this language barrier.

Something digging into her hip though, jarred her out of her thoughts.

Standing up and reaching into her pocket she pulled the offending object out.

"Oh, the translator. I guess I forgot to give it back." She blinked down at the little metal and plastic object. Then an idea hit.

"I've got it!" She bent down and motioned for the child to come closer.

Hesitantly, he walked over to Sango. Once there, she carefully placed the translator in his ear.

"Can you understand me know?" she smiled.

The boys eyes went comically wide. "How did you do this?" He asked in awe.

Sango sweat-dropped. "Er..magic." No sense in confusing the boy with the wonders of modern technology, heck, it confused her most of the time and she'd been living around Kagome for the past two years.

"Then its true. You really are the goddess!" The boy whispered gleefully.

Sango blinked. "Come again?"

The boy was practically bouncing. "You really are the goddess Pele. Your going to stop the volcano from becoming angry and save us!"

Alright, this was a bit much. "Um..I think you've got the wrong person. My name is Sango, not Pele."

The boy just shrugged, as if her name wasn't all that important. "My name is Lilolilo."

Wow, that's a mouthful. "How about I just call you Li."

Again the boy shrugged. "Would you like me to go and fetch your man?"

Sango choked. "He's not my man!" She yelled. Then thought quickly. "He's, my.uh guardian!"

Li nodded. "Yes, I suppose it is a good idea for a goddess to have a strong guardian." He stood up and dusted off his skirt. "I shall be right back with your guardian shortly Pele."

"Sango! My name is Sango! Not Pele!" She yelled at his retreating back. Sitting down with a huff. Man that was annoying. Is this what Kagome had to go through for the past two years with people always calling her Kikyo? She could certainly sympathize with her now.

After a few minutes a smiling Li returned with a grouchy Logan, which meant that Logan was pretty much normal despite their odd circumstances.

"Why is the kid speakin' English?" was Logan's hello.

Sango grinned. "I found my translator in my pocket and gave it to him."

Logan grunted. "Smart darlin' but what do we do if the natives don't take to kindly to a kid suddenly speakin' another language?"

Sango's grin turned sheepish. "They think I'm a goddess or something."

"Pele." Li piped up.

Sango just hung her head and sighed. Logan raised an amused eyebrow.

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That night a large feast was held in her honor. Li said it was called a "Luau" or something like that. He had been trying to teach her the language but so far all she could remember was "Aloha." Which meant hi or something close to it at least.

She had even been persuaded to learn how to dance in the strange skirts made of grass. Li said it was "Hula dancing". Logan didn't do much besides eat.

Just as Sango had predicted, nobody was upset that Li could now speak fluent English. In fact, they where very excited about it. It seemed to prove to them that she really was a goddess.

Sango had learned much from Li. Like the fact that he was a prince and that his father was called "King Kamehameha the great" she tried to keep from laughing at the name every time he said it. It reminded her of a cartoon show that Kagome's brother Souta watched all the time.

All in all the feast was great fun, she even learned something new about Logan.

Did you know that he could surf? Well he can, and very well too!

Late that night she lay in her hammock, wondering how they where going to get home, and whether or not Miroku was behaving himself. She fell into a peaceful sleep, dreaming about playing her favorite gamewhack the monk.

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The next day Li took them to see the rainbow falls early in the morning. Sango thought it was breathtaking. Logan thought it was to early to be awake.

On their way back to the village, they ran across Li's mentor. A strong looking man named Kona.

Kona was a tall, broad chested man with large arms. Tattoo's covered his face and most of his back and arms. Long, black hair hung down his back and large eyebrows sat above his eyes. He also wore a leather cord that had large sharks teeth threaded through it around his neck. Li said that Kona had gotten those teeth right from the mouths of the sharks themselves. Although he looked intimidating, he was actually quick to laugh and was really very gentle.

Surprisingly, Kona and Logan got along wonderfully. If you call beating the tar out of eat other on a regular basis getting along.

Logan said it was something only a guy could understand.

Sango figured it was one of those ' Beat the crap out of each other male bonding rituals'

Many months past them by in blissful relaxation. Even Logan was beginning to loosen up.

Of course, Sango had had to remove the translator from Li's ear every once in a while, so that he never had it in for a full week. Wouldn't due to change history with a Hawaiian chief who could speak perfect English before the English ever even arrived. Might confuse things a bit.

Sango's favorite thing to do was swim. The water was clear, and the fish where so very beautiful. Logan was a bit difficult to coax into the water. He would surf, but swimming was another matter entirely. Sango was confused until he finally did get in.

He sunk like a rock.

She'd laughed herself sick as he'd come stomping out of the sea, soaking wet.

Of course her laughter was cut off abruptly by her being thrown into the water by an irate Wolverine.

Later, he'd explained that with his skeleton covered in Adamantium, he was extremely heavy, and thus couldn't handle water very well unless constantly in motion. In other words, he had to be swimming at all times while in water, if he tried to stop and rest he'd sink.

Sango had patted him on his Adamantium laced arm and tried to hold in her sniggers at the image of Logan walking around on the ocean floor, scowling and probably scaring the sharks.

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Of course, nothing is perfect, not even paradise.

Late one night Logan was walking back to his hut with Kona. They still couldn't understand each other but they'd learned to read each others facial expressions and gestures. Logan now wore what Sango still insisted on calling a skirt. It was a dark red color and he thought he looked rather good in it. Sango now usually wore dresses, also in red, and fire colored flowers could always be found braided into her hair.

The sound of footsteps behind them didn't register until something heavy connected with the back of Logan's head. Growling loudly he turned around and confronted a scared looking soldier. He was about to unsheathe his claws when another blow connected with the back of his head again. In the same spot even. He slumped down next to an already unconscious Kona.

'What the hell is goin' on?'

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Sango was a little shocked when the Kahunas or priests, as Li had told her, came into her hut. She blinked as a veritable army of women came in carrying flowers and dresses.

'Must be another party.'

She sat patiently and allowed the girls to primp and fuss over her hair and clothes.

Afterwards, she was escorted outside and sat in a chair that was lifted up by four strong men. The chair was also covered in flowers.

The village people where waving and cheering and throwing flowers at her as she passed.

She just smiled and waved back.

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"Wake up guardian! You must wake up!"

Logan groaned at the pounding in his head. He'd only been out a few minutes, and the bruises where already fading but that still hurt like hell.

Sitting up and clutching his head he looked over at a frantic Li. "What're you doin' here kid?"

Li started bouncing from foot to foot. "They plan to kill the goddess!' He cried.

Logan's head still hurt. "Who?"

Li shook his head in impatience. "Pele."

Blank look from Logan.

The boy growled. "Sango."

"Ah." Logan tried not to grin, the boy was spending way to much time around him if he was starting to pick up his mannerisms. Then what he'd said sunk in. "They what! Who want's to kill her!"

Li's eyes narrowed. "The kahunas. They say it is time that the goddess was returned to the mountain before it becomes angry."

Logan rubbed at his forehead. "What, exactly is Pele the goddess of?" 'Why the hell didn't we ever bother to ask that earlier?'

Li blinked. "Pele is the goddess of the volcano of course."

Logan sighed, then looked over at Kona. "Ya wanna get him up."

Li nodded and reached over, grabbing a large turtle shell full of water.

Logan blinked. 'Kid comes prepared.'

He tipped it so that all the water splashed right into his mentors face.

Kona shot up sputtering and, Logan guessed, shooting off some impressive curses.

After being briefed by the prince, the three ran off to a different hut. Inside, Li grabbed a long pole while Kona pulled on some grassweave armor and picked up a spear.

Li turned to Logan. "What will you take guardian?"

Logan just smirked. "Don't worry about me kid, I come fully equipped." With that, he unsheathed his claws.

Kona and Li both stared at them in awe, clearly amazed.

Logan waved a hand in front of their stunned faces. "Hey, this ain't no time ta' gock. Ya can look at 'em all ya want later. Right now, we need to go keep Sango from becoming KFC extra crispy."

Kona nodded, not having any idea what his friend had just said, but guessing by his expression.

Li knew what he'd said, but only understood about half of it.

Logan turned and headed out of the hut. " So, where did they take my charge?"

Li pointed. " Hualalai."

Logan turned his head to see a smoking mountain in the distance. 'Ah dammnit.'

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Sango had started to get antsy, the closer they came to the top of what was obviously a volcano. Nobody would understand her if she asked what was going on. 'Why'd I leave the translator back at the hut?'

She didn't want to offend them or anything. Maybe it was a goddess thing that she was expected to do. Like stand at the top of the mountain or something.

Somehow, she didn't think it was going to be that easy.

Once at the top, her ride lowered and she was allowed to get off.

The head priest motioned for her to stand near the smoking crater and she slowly did. Then he began to talk, with her only understanding a few of the words that Li had managed to teach her. Was this it? She could do this, no problem.

She didn't pay much attention as the priest talked, instead noting how hot it was this close to the lava. Not very pleasant at all. She glanced down into the volcano. 'I sure wouldn't want to fall in there.'

A sudden shove at her back had her gasping in shock and twisting so that she landed on her side, instead of down the very place she had just been thinking about.

Whipping around, she glared at the priest. "What the hell do you think your doing?!"

Of course this had no effect on him since he couldn't fucking understand her!

To busy glaring death at the priest as she stood up she didn't even comment on the fact that she'd apparently picked up Inuyasha's vocabulary as well.

She also didn't notice the skirt wearing guards advancing with spears out and pointed right at her until one poked her in the side.

She batted the offending pointy thing away and turned the full force of her glare onto the hapless soldiers. They gulped, but kept advancing, trying to back her into the volcano.

Sango growled, and planting her feet firmly into the dust covered earth, held her ground.

The guards kept coming and she was forced to back up a little or get skewered. Glancing around for something she could use as a weapon she caught a movement out of the corner of her eye.

The guards blinked down at their severed spears. Then up into the face of a very pissed off Wolverine. Kona, stood at his side.

"Come on warrior woman, lets go. I don't think playin' near a volcano is good fer your health." He spoke to Sango, but never took his eyes away from the group in front of him.

Sango nodded and together the three of them backed away, making sure that they where always facing the people in front of them until they where a good distance away. Then they ran.

"How did you find me!" Sango yelled as they raced down the steep slope of the mountain, the sounds of their pursuers thundering in her ears.

"Thank the kid." Logan pointed ahead.

Sango looked to see Li waving at her from up ahead.

As they raced by, she scooped him up. at Logan's questioning look she explained.

"They'd kill him if they found out he helped us."

He nodded and kept running. Only skidding to a stop on the edge of a cliff.

Sango glanced over the edge. 'Oh great.' She turned back and set Li down as the group of priests and soldiers caught up with them. Upon spotting the prince a lot of yelling issued between the priests, the King and Kona. Logan stood with claws unsheathed and growling menacingly at anyone stupid enough to come too close. Sango sighed. 'What else can happen?'

The sudden flash of light startled everyone. Sango jumped backwards and tripped over the edge of the cliff.

Before she could even call out though, her arm was grabbed by a strong hand.

"Ah, Lady Sango! How nice to see you still fall for me."

'I know that voice.'

She looked up and into the face of a smiling Miroku.dressed in funny armor.

"Miroku?" She whispered, wondering if she'd finally lost it.

His smile widened. "The one and only."

She glanced around at the rest of the group, nearly shouting for joy at the sight of Kagome. 'Thank Kami she's all right!'

She righted herself and went to hug her friend. "Kagome!" Then her brow furrowed and she frowned, looking at what her de facto little sister held in her outstretched hand. "Kagomewhat are you doing with my underwear?"

Kagome laughed nervously but didn't otherwise answer.

Sango swung her narrowed gaze onto the person standing next to Kagome. The blue furred teen jumped at being the recipient of her glare. "Vas?"

"Why does Kagome have my underwear Kurt?" She tried to keep the growl out of her voice.

Kurt gulped. "Vhy do you ask me?" He tried to stall.

Sango did growl this time. "Because you couldn't lie to save your furry blue hide."

He gulped again and glanced superstitiously over her shoulder. Sango twitched and looked back to see Miroku frantically gesturing for Kurt to keep his mouth shut.

"Miroku." She growled, a red aura flaming to life around her.

Miroku immediately adopted an innocent expression. "Yes lady Sango?"

She reached over and picked up a heavy stone idol that was sitting near the edge of the cliff "DIE PERVERT!!" And proceeded to make monk paste.

The villagers where astounded and their voices where growing louder by the second.

Logan leaned over to Li. "What're they sayin'?"

Li grinned. "They think your friends are gods and that they have angered them by trying to return Pele to the volcano."

Sango whipped around. "I. AM. NOT. PELE. GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS!!"

The villagers all cowered before the flaming female they thought to be a goddess, bowing down before her.

Sango growled, then reached over and snatched her panties from Kagome's hand. Sighing and counting to one hundred to calm down.

"Kagome, how did you find us?"

Kagome scratched the back of her head and laughed sheepishly. "UmI used your underwear as a sort of line to find you."

Sango twitched, then nodded. "So now what? Are we going home?"

Kagome shook her head. "No, we still have to find Inuyasha and Rogue. I'm hoping that we all got split off into pairs and that their together..wherever they are." She shrugged.

"You said you used my, ahem, underthings, to find mewhat are you going to use to find Inuyasha?"

Kagome grinned. "Dog-boy is linked to me through his rosary, I'll just connect with that."

"Oh." Sango turned to say good bye to her friends in this time then stopped and blinked. "Kagome..when did you get a horse?"

Most of the group glanced over to see Shadowstar lipping at poor Li's hair. The boy looked somewhere between scared and fascinated.

Kurt sighed and made a few clicking noises. The horses ears perked up and he trotted happily over to the blue mutant. Kurt patted him on the nose.

As they turned to leave, Kona came over to Logan and clapped him on the back, then placed his fist over his chest. "Kaikua'ana"

Logan raised an eyebrow and glanced down at Li. "What'd he say?"

Li smiled up at him. "He called you his brother."

Logan looked back at Kona. "Brother." He repeated in his language, also fisting his hand over his heart.

Kona nodded then removed the necklace of sharks teeth he wore about his neck, placing it over Logan's.

Logan looked at it, then back up at Kona. He smiled, a real smile, and nodded his understanding. 'I won't forget.'

Sango was both happy to be going home and sad that she was leaving. It was a strange mix of emotions. As she turned to go and stand next to Kagome she heard Li shout at her. Turning, she caught the object that he'd thrown in her direction.

Looking down into her hand she saw the translator, and wrapped around it was a bone carving of a dolphin on a leather cord. She'd watched Li make it. Glancing up at him she saw him smile at her. Sango grinned back and slipped the cord around her neck.

As she stood next to Kagome with her hand on the girls shoulder she saw Li waving at her and Kona smiling happily for them.

'Now to find Inuyasha and Rogue.' Kagome thought while closing her eyes and concentrating on the link between her and Inuyasha. 'There it is!' Her eyes snapped open.

In a flash of pink light, Sango and Logan, along with their group of strangely dressed friends, where gone from paradise.

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Authors note: Ha! I fooled you all! You all thought they were in Rome! About the weird helmets and armor- I never said they were made of metal now did I. I don't know much about Hawaiian history, since most of what I could find dated after 1800, but I figure that they had to have some type of protective covering. And the spears where bone or rock tipped. Also, King Kamehameha and Lilolilo where real people from history, I did not make them up. the only one made up is Kona. Hope ya liked it! Next time: It's Inu and Rogue's turn! Adventure, Drama, Humor, swashbuckling, and of course.lots of Romance!! Hope ta see ya next chapter! It should be out by Thursday. Ja'ne! Sayin_girl