THE WELL DESTROYED!
"What?" InuYasha exclaimed.
"Why would someone want to destroy the well?" Miroku questioned.
"I…I don't know…" Kagome sighed and looked down at the floor. Sure she liked InuYasha and the others but she also had loved ones in the future as well. She clenched her fist and swallowed her tears.
InuYasha placed his hand on her shoulder; she jumped and looked up 'til their eyes met. "Kagome." InuYasha said softly sympathising her.
Kagome's eyes shimmered at him full of tears and then she flung into his arms, "InuYasha!" She cried in tears.
'Sango's never like that with me' Miroku thought to himself and sighed. 'She always keeps quiet, when she's sad, afraid or worried, she thinks she's always alone' He looked up to see her sat on the window ledge gazing up at the crystal clear sky. Even now she kept alone.
Sango turned to see Miroku gazing at her. She glared at him 'he's too predictable' she thought. She placed one foot flat on the ground and stood.
"Kagome," Sango paused Kagome's crying as her head popped up, "please come with me for a minute." Sango walked outside and waited for Kagome to follow.
"So the well's really destroyed then, huh?" Sango questioned just to be sure.
Kagome nodded. "Yes…" She replied quietly, "There's no way of going through it again."
Sango sighed. "Kagome, I…I'm sorry." Sango gripped something even tighter in her hand.
Kagome wiped her eyes with the white sleeves of her uniform. She worried about how wet she must have made InuYasha's clothes from all of that crying. Kagome looked around, she'd had never been through these woods before and yet they were almost right next door to the small hut they were staying in. As the opening at the end became clearer she could see a bright blue light. Now she was really confused.
"Um... Sango where are we going?" Kagome cocked her head slightly.
Sango stopped in front of the glowing blue statue. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" She commented.
Kagome nodded with amazement, she'd never seen anything quite like it. Suddenly a calm breeze swept past adding to the atmosphere, it felt magical. Yet Kagome still had no idea why they were both here.
"I used to come here with my father and kohaku when I was younger…" She gazed up at the statue. "It brings back so many memories, good times, bad times and I can hear and see the past occasions we came down here. I can hear our voices now, all three of us laughing and having fun… However…" Sango paused and squeezed the item in her hand even tighter.
Kagome could predict that the next news would somehow involve Naraku.
"When Naraku first showed up and caused a lot of death and destruction, we were sent a message to go and fight him. We came to this statue one last time before we set off. It was just us three as always… My father handed me this crystal ball." Sango dangled it in front of Kagome's face.
Kagome gasped. "Shikon no tama… that's it isn't it!" Kagome was stunned. All this time when they were searching for them and Sango had them all along.
"Not the one we are searching for, it's a shikon no trans." Sango sighed as more memories came back.
"Oh I see…" Kagome didn't have a clue and gave Sango a blank face.
" My father told me to look after it, he said if things were to get out of hand, if Naraku became too strong for me and Kohaku, to take this jewel and run through the circle of this statue. He told me that on the other side of this portal lay a mystical land where no demons exist. However without the jewel no one can pass through. There was also a spell around the shikon no trans stopping it from falling into the hands of evil. When we fought Naraku, my father was killed by Kohaku who was tricked by Naraku. I saw my brother die! Yet Naraku brought him back to life to kill me too. Knowing Kohaku was still alive and my father was killed I wanted revenge. I wanted to save my brother before returning to this portal. Ever since then I have stopped the shikon no trans from falling into his hands in the hope of destroying him and rescuing my little brother." Sango was trying her best to show no emotion but the tears trickling down her face showed Kagome all the pain she was going through.
"Sango… I'm sorry…we will destroy Naraku! I promise!" Kagome tried to cheer Sango up and even though Sango smiled Kagome knew it was fake.
"Kagome. Use this jewel to get back to your time! It's the only way and…" Sango paused remembering the problem with this way.
"Sango, this jewel must mean so much to you. Thank you so much," Kagome smiled, it was too good to be true. "You're a good person Sango, you didn't deserve what has happened to you in the past…" Kagome stopped; she noticed it really was too good to be true.
"It's a one way trip." Sango said bluntly as a gust of wind swept by and the sky became more clouded and grey. "The jewel cannot stand the power like we can, it will be like the shikon no tama, shatter into tiny pieces and would all have to be collected again to get back. Yet it would be impossible because it would shatter in the portal instead of on a land." Sango handed Kagome the ball.
Kagome gazed at the ball in sadness. She felt its aura a magical spell. 'Why?' She thought to herself. Now she had a choice. She could either go back home or stay here with InuYasha and the others. She looked up at Sango. "Sango I…I" Kagome couldn't talk she was too upset.
Sango stepped forwards and put her arms around Kagome. "Take your time to decide. Whatever choice you make, I know it will be the best one." Sango directed Kagome back to the hut.
Small spots of rain began to fall. The rain then turned to hail stones.
"Ow! Ow! OW!" Kagome shouted as the hail hit the back of her ears and her legs. Sango pitied her and took off her pink and green loose clothing on top of her exterminating outfit. She placed the pink top over Kagome's head and shoulders and tied the skirt round her waist. Sango smiled at her not showing any signs of the pain she was getting as the hail hit the back of her ears too.
"Sango… thank you" Kagome replied cheerfully.
"No need to thank me, it's my pleasure." Sango kept smiling whilst tying her hair up.
"AARRGGHH!" Where are they?" InuYasha bellowed. Shippo and Kirara shot up from their naps startled at InuYasha's outrage. "She said they'd only be a minute and it's almost been thirty!" InuYasha growled at Miroku. "I bet something's happened! I knew Sango was up to something!" InuYasha glared more at Miroku.
"Honestly InuYasha, shifting the blame on Sango! She's a demon exterminator not a Kagome exterminator! If she was going to harm anyone it would be you." Miroku remained sat against the wall chuckling away.
"Hm?" InuYasha was surprised, what Miroku said was quite true, he was puzzled though. "How come you were sticking up for Sango? Hm?" InuYasha twitched his nose.
Miroku paused suddenly with a tint of pink coming to his cheeks. "I would do the same for you if Sango made some stupid comment about you." Miroku laughed as he got out of it easily.
"Oh so now you're saying my comment was stupid!" InuYasha retorted.
"Almost there." Sango informed Kagome.
"Thank you." Kagome replied.
"Listen Kagome I'm sorry for dragging you out here, it's just the rest would have got in the way a bit, it wouldn't have been as easy to explain and InuYasha would have denied the idea completely." Sango couldn't help herself to moan about InuYasha.
Kagome chuckled, "I completely agree."
Sango looked around. "Hmm…" She thought harder. "It's quite rare for the weather to change so suddenly and it's taking forever to get back. Something doesn't feel right." Sango gripped onto the boomerang hooked over her shoulder.
Kagome looked slightly worried. "Um… Sango should we walk faster, then maybe we won't have to meet this thing." Kagome picked up the pace a little and Sango followed. Sango kept her eyes shifty and blinked as little as she could. Kagome sighed with relief a little, she would've hated it if Sango was still their enemy, she's so kind and when she's fighting she's quite scary.
Kagome disliked all the seriousness in the atmosphere, she sighed once again as she thought long and hard for something to liven things up a bit. Then she stopped, she noticed the same tree, next to a small puddle and a wide area of lichen. "Um…Sango, we've already been here." Kagome turned. She found Sango acting as a shield.
"I noticed, it must be an illusion demon." Sango guessed and remained searching without moving an inch. Kagome noticed how organised Sango was but then again all demon exterminators would have to be pretty well prepared, Kagome had left her arrows back at the hut and felt completely useless, in fact worst than useless.
Sango turned to face her. "Kagome! Keep running until you find the hut. This time don't use your eyes, use your sense of shikon shards. They are back at the hut right?" Sango remained alert.
"Yes! That's it, great idea!" Kagome paused. "What about you? I can't just leave you." Kagome waited.
"You must, I will distract it, I will be fine." She smiled that fake smile again hiding her fear. "Get InuYasha and Miroku! Now go!" Sango ordered as she turned to search for the demon again.
Kagome nodded and set off. She closed her eyes and ran as fast as she could. The clothes that Sango lent her really helped to relieve the pain from the hailstones. 'I must help Sango!' she thought, 'I must find them!'
