Gaining Sango's Trust
She grabbed onto Shinu's gray fur to try and stop the excessive pain. "Al-alright. I. I'll th-think about it. Please. Sh-Shinu" whimpered Sango. Shinu grinned happily and transformed back and helped Sango sit up gently. It was quite hard because Sango kept thrashing around too much, plus she was starting to lose control of her inner demon because of the unreasonable pain. Her eyes were becoming a crimson red, she was turning into a demon with no control over its self.
Kagome came rushing in at hearing Sango yelling and whimpering in pain. She grabbed and pinned Sango's legs down, while Shinu sat down on Sango's stomach trying to get the potion in Sango's mouth. As soon as it touched her lips, Sango went limp as though she were unconscious. She sat/lying, while Shinu tilted the cup up some more so she could drink the potion. When a little potion would drip on the side of her mouth, Shinu would wipe it away with a towel. You could see Sango's eyes turn slowly back to normal, the red disappearing from her eyes, her eyes were normal, then turned glossy with pain, then finally a relaxed look in her eyes took over.
"Hey, thanks Kagome. I would never have been able to give her the potion without your help. You know, hehe, I made her promise to think about being our friend. I might be able to change her mind after, with time and a lot of quiet time. Is that all right?" Shinu asked with a smile. Kagome nodded and said "that's fine. Oh, yes and come to think about it. We have a gym through that door on the far right by the closet. She can go in there any time she wants". With that, Kagome smiled and walked out the door and guarded it again. She thought it would be good if no one went in there and destroy the friend ship from Shinu. It could be disastrous if they should attack them again.
The next morning was uneventful as usual. The dog demons went to do their own thing while Kagome was at the archery field, practicing. Kesa was cooking lunch while Miroku was out in the town buying things like food and stuff, but every once in awhile he would be up to his old tricks, asking every girl/woman if they could bear his child, and every time he would get a slap on his cheek. Shinu was watching Sango to see if she got any better. Most of her wounds had already healed, but some were still there, like the wound on her left eye that had a cut straight down the eyelid. Luckily, the eye didn't get damaged so she could still see out of it. Next was a cross-shaped scar on her right cheek. It usually went away after two weeks worth of time, but the scar on her eye, would never go away. It's amazing that they, referring to the inuyasha group in the mansion, didn't see the scar. The past behind it was very gruesome indeed.
Sango slowly started to wake up again. She gradually sat up and went to the bathroom to change clothes. She was in a simple yukata and went to change into long black pants with a flame pattern on the bottom, a plain blue t-shirt and her black fingerless gloves she always has on. On her right arm, it was totally bandaged, from shoulder to fingers. She walked back to the bed, limping a bit since before she got here 'her leg was broken in two places' and lied down. She stared blankly at the opposite wall of Shinu.
'Sigh'. "You can't keep doing this, Sango. It's not good for you. I know, I could make you breakfast. Besides you haven't eaten anything since 2 weeks ago. So I'll go get some of Kagome-chan's famous cooking. I'll be right back," said Shinu trying to cheer her up. Just as she was about to get the meal, Sango stopped her. "I'm not hungry" came a depressing sigh. "Why Sango? You haven't even eaten a single bite of anything I try to give you even in your sleep; you always turned your head. If you're trying to starve yourself, it won't work. I'll make you eat, even if I have to force you to do it" Shinu shouted. That was it, Sango snapped. "Don't you dare try to force me into doing anything I didn't want to do, Mayu". Shinu calmed down immediately, Sango never used her real name, only when she was pissed beyond reason. Usually she would already be trying to grab her throat, but Shinu could see that Sango was really trying to contain her anger.
She had to calm Sango down fast before she lost control and turn into a vile demon with no feelings and destroy everyone and everything she saw. "Sango, listen to me please. Calm down, I'm sorry that I had said that I was going to force you. I wasn't thinking, I forgot all about your past for a second. Look I'm sorry, now please calm down. Here lie down and that is optional" she whispered to Sango gently. Shinu sat down and grabbed Sango's pillow to put on her lap. Sango lied down and put her head in Shinu's lap.
"I truly am sorry Sango. It was my angry side that said that. No one will force you to do anything you don't want to do. Never again." She was stroking Sango's hair while talking. A memory flashed into her head while stroking Sango's hair.
She was looking at a six year old Sango getting hit for not obeying the man's orders. "Now get in that ring kid or I promise that there will be more beatings when you come back. You hear me, now get in there and fight" the man yelled. The younger Sango got up slowly and got into the arena/cage. Inside there was another fighter, a scarier one though. It's sharp teeth glaring at her.
An eight-year-old Shinu was begging the man not to make her fight. He just pushed her away.
The fight began and after a few minutes, it looked like the other fighter would win. Then all of a sudden she snapped back, first tearing off the other fighters arm then she went for its legs. It yelled in pain and was about to retreat when Sango jumped and blocked it's path.
Shinu could see that Sango's eyes had turned crimson red, which meant only one thing. She lost control. The other fighter was dead in mere seconds. "That's my girl. Now who ever bet against her pay up"? It turned out that the man that was yelling was actually Sango and Shinu's father. The next fight with Sango turned out the same, the fighter was dead only after the few seconds he entered the cage.
Fight after fight, Sango defeated her opponents with slashing claws. After about the 5th fight, Shinu realized that Sango would never be the same after this. Sango was losing herself to the demon within her. You could see it in her eyes, but no one bothered to look, all except Shinu, her sister.
"I'm sorry Sango" Shinu replied again. "Look, to cheer you up. I'll make your favorite foods, ok" smiled Shinu. Sango just nodded a bit and got up slowly, helped by Shinu of course. "Let me see. Your favorites were sliced mangos with cherry jubilee ice cream and hot chocolate with extra whip cream. Well I don't think mangos are in season right now, but Kagome-chan just made a cinnamon apple pie. I could most likely get you some, if you want. Kagome-chan makes the best pies," laughed Shinu. Sango nodded a bit again. "Come on, Sango. Cheer up" whimpered Shinu. "Are you okay?" asked Shinu. Sango just smiled a bit again and answered softly "don't worry about me. I'll be fine, I'm just thinking about Kagome-san and everyone else. Sesshomaru-sama seemed honorable and polite enough not to attack while I'm injured. I guess, but I'm still thinking about it though so don't go and get all giddy or nothin' ok" warned Sango getting up. "Oh ya. Kagome-chan said that there's a dojo through that door by the closet 'she pointed to the door'. Also, I had put your stuff in the closet drawers too, so if you need anything just call. I'll be down stairs" Shinu called to Sango while walking out the door.
Sango just smiled slightly and walked towards the closet, opening the drawers looking for certain things. She finally found them, it was a foot long black box with a picture of a silver wolf on the top, the next thing she pulled out was a blue 24" pole in a long red sheath and last she pulled out tetseiga. She grabbed them all and went to the dojo door.
She opened the door slightly and stuck her head in to see if anyone was there. It was silent, no one was there. She let out a sigh of relief and walked in. The dojo was large with a wooden floor. There were weapons on the walls, all different kinds, from shields to swords to guns. The walls were white and the ceiling was red. There were windows with a red curtains, pulled back so sunlight poured in the room. 'It's a beautiful room that it is' thought Sango. She put the foot long box on the ground by the door. "Good. No ones here. Now I can practice. First I think, I'll do my katas then practice a bit and then start on my project" Sango talked to herself while getting everything ready.
Down in the kitchen with Shinu and Kagome. They were just talking about stuff until Kagome asked "so does Sango except us yet". "Well, she's starting to consider it. She called you Kagome-san instead of Kagome so I'm guessing it's starting out good. I think she went in the dojo after I left so I think she will kinda like it here, back at home all she used was the fire room, the bathroom and the gym room, which was kinda cramped. 'Kagome just smiled' I'm going to bring up her lunch. Do ya wanna come" Shinu asked. Kagome smiled and nodded.
Sango had just finished her katas and was about to do her kind of pole ups. (Pole ups are her kind of pull-ups with a twist. She hand stands on a pole, with one hand like a handstand and then she bends her elbow and then unbends it and then she bends and unbends her elbow again, and so on. Balancing her weight, making sure she has her center).
"Sango. Sango can you hear me? I'm coming in, Kagome-chan is coming too" Shinu called through the door. She opened the door slowly, waiting for an answer. None came so they entered. The room was very hot and humid. 'Sheesh. I doubt that the windows are even open' thought Kagome.
Kagome was carrying the tray of food while. Shinu was carrying the cup filled of hot chocolate with whip cream. "Hey, Sango. Where are you" Shinu called out. "Will you two be quiet? I'm trying to concentrate. Sheesh". "Okay. I hear you, but where are you" Shinu called out again. "I'm up here, now shut your trap" called from the air. They looked up and saw Sango doing her exercise.
"What are you doing up there, Sango-san" asked Kagome. "I'm exercising. My body hasn't been training for two weeks already. I thought I'd start training," she answered. "Oh. Food" called out Sango. She flipped and sat on the end of the pole.
"Can you guys toss it up here" asked Sango with a smile. She was so sweaty with all the exercise and plus humid room wasn't helping. "No way, you lazy butt. You said you wanted exercise so get off your ass and get down here. Use your wings or something," yelled Shinu, glaring up at Sango. "Fine. Sheesh. You don't need to bite my head off," Sango muttered back.
She stood up on the pole and jumped. Just as she was about to hit the floor, her wings opened up and dust flew around everywhere. She landed gracefully by Shinu and Kagome; Shinu muttered, "show off" while Kagome just stood there jaw dropped. Kagome finally shook the shock off and gave Sango the tray of food.
Sango just smiled and muttered a shy "thank you ". She took the food and went to sit by a window. While she ate, they talked for a while until Kagome had asked a question, "uh, Sango-san. What is that black box over there?" "…". They were quiet for a second. No one talked.