A/N: ok, i promised a longer chapter and here it is.

A Terrible Past

"How do you know about Sango?" Shinu's eyes narrowed, glaring at Tasha. "We're old friends. We met when our father brought us to one of Sango's or rather Shinta's cage matches" answered Kurishi. "What do you mean one of cage matches? Is, I mean 'was' Sango a cage fighter," questioned a shocked yet worried Kagome. "Ya, didn't you know" asked Tasha. Everyone in the room besides Kurishi, Sango, Tasha and Shinu were shocked.

They couldn't grasp the thought of Sango fighting in a cage match. "I guess I could kinda see that," said Inu-Yasha scratching his neck. "Ya, you should have seen her in that match, she was like a perfect, killing machine. She would've won the cage tournament if that other demon didn't…" Tasha' s words were left hanging in the air when Kurishi hit her on the head.

A vein popped out of Tasha' s head. "Hey. What did ya do that for?" "Will you shut up already? They clearly don't know what you're talking about so shut your trap. We promised we wouldn't talk about it anyway " Kurishi glared at her older sister warning her to keep her mouth shut.

Tasha just sighed and asked, "Can we see Sango." Kagome snapped out of her shock and led the way to Sango's room. She stopped the sisters before they entered. "I just wanted to tell you that, most of her wounds were from Naraku not you guys, ok." They both nodded and entered the room, only to gasp.

They saw Sango lying limply in the bed covered by red sheets. Her left arm was in a cast and they saw bandages around her head. They walked slowly to the bed, when they reached there Tasha slumped into the chair beside the bed in shock. Kurishi sat on the bed in tears, one hesitant hand grabbed Sango's right in a soft grip and the other hand smoothing Sango's hair down.

"Where. When. How did this happen? How could this happen? We were watching over her just last month. Grr. Naraku is going to pay for this, I swear it" growled Kurishi. Tasha got up slowly and walked to the bed, she put a hand on Kurishi's shoulder and talked to her softly "it's going to be alright Krisha. (Just telling you that, that's her real name. I'm going to post the character descriptions later k? K, back to the story) We're here now; Sango's not going to get hurt again. And for Naraku, well we'll have to talk about that later. Just calm down". Krisha sighed and nodded, still stroking Sango's hair. (GEEZ A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE DOING THAT 0.0)

"Um excuse me. Who are you? I know that your friends of Sango's, but how did you meet her? And what did you mean before about the cage fights?" asked a curious Kagome. "Huh, oh well I don't think that Sango would like it much if we talk about her past without her permission. Hmm, but I can always ask Shinu, to ask Sango if that would be all right. Hold on let me call her. SHINU!" yelled Tasha. Her voice rang throughout the mansion echoing in hallways and rooms. "WHAT! I'M RIGHT HERE!" Shinu yelled as she entered the room. "Oh. Right hehe sorry. Um are you able to tap into Sango's mind asking her if we could tell them about her past? Please. They want to know about her past and if…" Tasha was cut off when Shinu said back " yeah I understand."

Shinu put her hands on either side of Sango's head. She bent her head until it almost touched Sango's forehead and closed her eyes. When she opened them again all she saw was black. She looked around and called out "Sango. Sango. Where are you?" She looked around her and saw a figure coming. There she was, Sango, but in her human form. "Ah. Sango what… never mind. I need to ask you a question." Told Shinu. Sango thought about it and just shrugged. (If anyone's confused as to where they are, here's the answer. They're in Sango's mind. Just wanted to clear that up).

"Is it alright if everyone knows about your past?" asked Shinu. Sango sighed and sat down. "I don't know. 'She paused for a second' I'm not sure, but who's gonna tell them?" asked an uncertain Sango. "Well. Kurishi and Tasha got their memories back so they could tell a little bit, but I'll most likely tell them the rest… wait. They said that they know you, that you met them before. Why didn't you tell me about them? We usually tell each other everything" Shinu whispering the last part. "I know, but…I just didn't think that they would come back. It was so long ago, I thought they would have forgotten me already" Sango said depressing. "Oh wells. We'll talk about it later. So can we talk about your past?" Shinu asked hopefully. Sango got up and just nodded. "I guess so, but if they treat me any different, I will wring your neck. I don't want to be pitied. Oh ya…n't…or…et…th…oon." "Ah. Sango you're breaking up. I can't hear you that well," Shinu yelled back. All of a sudden she opened her eyes, she was back out, in her own mind again.

She looked around the room; everyone was looking at her or rather staring at her. " Well. What did she say?" asked Tasha. "She said yes, but on one condition. We are to treat her the same as always. No pity, No treating her nicer just because of her past. Don't even think of pitying her when she's awake. Ok?" Shinu warned them. They all nodded and turned to go into the living room downstairs so they could talk without disturbing Sango.

They were all sitting down in the nice brown furnished room. The fire place lit up, the windows were open letting a nice small breeze come threw every once in awhile, yet the people in the room were looking a bit depressed. They were all waiting to hear the tale of Sango's terrible past. Shinu started off first, "ok, since we're all here lets start. Um. Do you guys want to start first of do you guys want to wait till I'm done?" "We'll wait" Kurishi answered.

Shinu nodded and started " well, when Sango was born, we were a happy family. Our parents were friendly and really caring. Until… well out mother died when I was 4. At that time Sango was only 2. After mother's funeral, dad started to work more often and started to drink a lot too. He started abusing us physically and mentally for two years. It stopped when his fiend came over one day and saw Sango. He had said that she would make a good cage fighter and my father decided that he needed some extra cash anyway so he decided to train Sango into becoming a cage fighter. I was trained too when he needed a partner for Sango. We had trained for 4 years straight and he only allowed rest when we couldn't move anymore. I remember when her first cage fight. I was trying to stop him, but he still made her go inside and fight.

At first she was losing, but after a little while she lost control. You see when she loses control her demon side kicks in so… well lets just say that she turns full demon and kills everyone and everything she sees. It's very hard to try and get Sango back, but I have found a way to get her back by her brainwaves, and that's what I did to bring her back in the garden. Anyway she has been fighting for 4 more years and was given many wounds, but she's still alive thankfully. One day this man came and offered a lot of money to buy the both of us. Of course my father couldn't turn it down, so we were sold. We soon came to know this man as Naraku. For a year Naraku treated us like slaves, always beating us. Sango would usually take most of the blows for me. She would be like the big sister sometimes. Always take insults, hits and other things Naraku should throw at me, but when he was gone, I would usually tend to Sango. Like her wounds and pride. Then came that guy. Um… I think his name was Alex Johnson or something like that." "His name was Alex Jackson, though his nickname was A.J." Shinu looked up and saw Sango standing in the doorway. She was holding onto the wall with one hand and the other hand was around her stomach. "What are you doing out of be Sango-san" asked a worried Kagome. She stood up and helped Sango to a seat next to Shinu. "Uh… Ya that was his name. I just called him Alex though," sighed Shinu. "Anyway. I still remember that fateful day… but I think that Sango should tell you guys," offered Shinu. Sango then sighed and nodded. She remembered back to the day she first met him.

The grass was the greatest green you would have ever seen. There were sakura's blooming and the flowers were in bloom. There in the center of this magnificent forest was a mansion. This huge house in the center of a great and beautiful forest. Behind the sakura trees was a training ground, if you looked good; you could see a person training. If you looked up from the training ground, there was a man on the hill looking down watching her, with a smile. He slowly walked down and made his way to the training ground, he tapped her on the shoulder and asked for her name.

"I'm Sango Sagara of the eastern wolf clan." She then gave a deep bow. The man smiled and introduced himself as well. "I'm Alex Jackson of the dragon clan up north." He then bowed back to her. "Um, sir Alex…what are you doing here" Sango had asked timidly. If Naraku ever found out that she was talking to someone she would be in big trouble. Slaves aren't supposed to talk to guests. "You can just call me A.J. if you like. I was just wondering around to see if there were any potential flute players. Hmm I'm wondering, would you like to learn/play the flute?" he asked charmingly.

Sango looked surprised for a second. No one ever asked her if she wanted to do anything. She considered it for a second then said, "I'm not so sure. If Naraku ever found out… but then again it would be interesting. 'She smiled' I'll take you up on your offer. He smiled back and nodded and furrowed him.

He handed her a beautiful, fully polished brown woodened flute and started teaching her how to handle, play and how to clean her flute. He taught her accents, staccatos, slurs, forte, piano, dynamics and well everything he knew. After that first day she knew a lot, a lot more then before. He decided that they were doing great so he would come back tom. and teach her again.

He did that for 2 weeks and by then she knew everything he did about the flute. He had even taught her the piccolo, the drums, the trumpet and the French horn. She had learned that all just in one month. He was amazed and proud of her. But unfortunately Naraku had found out about A.J's and Sango's little get together and decided to stop it once and for all.

He told Sango to go into her room and wait till he was done killing Alex when he came back. She had the beating of her lifetime. He had given the two scars on her face as a reminder of what she shouldn't do. Almost soon as he left, Shinu and a maid named Katori cane bursting in.

They helped Sango get better, but every night Sango would sneak outside to the sakura trees and sleep there, tight where A.J had taught her that month it took a whole month to convince Sango that he wasn't gonna come back. As she understood, Katori gave her A.J's beautiful flute. It had gotten old so she redid it since she had learned from Alex how to redo a flute. And even to this day Sango held that flute very dear to her.

"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry Sango. Is that why you didn't want to play it when I had asked you?" asked Kagome. She just nodded and said, "It's ok now. I think I've gotten over it. If you don't mind I wouldn't mind it if I could play a song for you guys. They all agreed readily and Shinu went to get the flute. When she got back she put the flute together just as Alex taught her too. The beat started slow and steady and it continued, but then Shinu realized the song and started to sing along.

A/N: i hope u liked my chapter andi hope u keep reading. thanks, ja