Disclaimer: I wished I wished upon a star that I owned Inuyasha…Damn star.

AN: This is a double post to make up for my lack of updates, hope you enjoy the two new chapters.

Sango Stasia

Chapter Four

The Sign

- Last Time –

"The Box! This Box!"

Pulling Inuyasha in closer he whispered with trembled excitement.

"It belongs to Sango!"

- Now –

Sanya waved a teary goodbye to her fellow orphans. Now that she was 18 she was too old to be at the orphanage, and Kikyou took all too much delight in having the send the girl out.

"I have gotten you a job at Kagura the hat maker's shop. Go there and show her how we produce lovely and hardworking young ladies."

"We do? Really Comrade Kikyou? Why are you sending me then?"

"GO!"

Walking off Sanya picked nervously at her pink overcoat. It had been the only gift that Kikyou had ever presented her with, and she knew that the majority of it was made from the fabric of a coat that she had been found wearing.

She had been found. Sanya wasn't like the other orphans at Comrade Kikyou's. She had been found wandering around at the train station the day after the Czar's family had been mysteriously attacked. Other then that patchwork cloak all she had of her former life was a beautiful necklace that Kikyou had never managed to take from her. The words "Together In Paris" were inscribed onto it, and since she had remembered, Paris had held a special meaning for her.

As she reached a crossroads she could see the two arrows pointing in the opposite direction. One road would take her to St. Petersburg, the other to the furthest part of the town in which she already resided and towards Kagura's Hat Shop.

"Now…If I take the road to St. Petersburg…I could catch the train to Paris and see if I can find my family…If I take the other road…I'll end up feathering Kagura's hats."

Though the choice would have seemed obvious Sanya found herself staring up at the sky.

"Okay Gods. I've suffered enough in this lifetime I think, so tell me what to do!"

There was a light rustling of wind, but nothing else occurred and Sanya stamped her foot into the snow.

"COME ON! Give me a clue! Just a teeny tiny hint!"

The wind had blown a little bit of snow off what otherwise would have seemed to be a small bump in the snow. Soon a small feline-looking creature popped out of the snow and sensing the warmth coming from Sanya's body, grabbed into the hem of her coat.

Looking down Sanya gave a quick scowl to the animal before taking a double take.

"Hey…You have two tails!"

Picking the thing up she sat down in the snow.

"You're going to wait with me. I'm looking for a sign."

As soon as she had sat down though, the cat-creature had grabbed her coat and tried to drag her off in the direction of St. Petersburg.

"Stop that! I'm waiting for a sign…"

Giving her a look the cat continued to tug towards St. Petersburg until Sanya's eyes grew wide.

"A sign…"