Triumph of the Heart
Dis claimer: I do not own Inuyasha, nor do I own any of the characters, associated with that show.
Authors Note:
First Fanfic in what seems like forever!
This story takes place directly after the last episode, 167 (I believe) so yes there will be spoilers in the story.
Read & review, It's appreciated,
Some notes for those who don't know:
Houshi- Miroku (houshi is monk I believe)
Osuwari- Sit
Yoaki- demon
Jyaki- demonic ora's
Hanyou – Half demon/ half-breed
Kazanna- wind tunnel (spelling?)
Hiraikotsu- the name of sango's boomer rang
Kaza No kizu – wind scar
Sama-Chan-Kun ect- titles of respect
"Houshi-sama is your arm feeling any better?" Sango asked Miroku as he walked out of the hut.
Just recently Inuyasha and the group went off to finally bring naraku down, in crisis, Miroku used his Kazanna to suck up all the poisonous insects, everyone made it back safe but Naraku still has to be defeated, Inuyasha and the rest were determined to beat Naraku this time, they aren't afraid of anything, well… out of all the shards, except for the ones in Kouga-kun's legs, and the one in Kohaku-kuns back, Naraku has all the shards, luckily Kagome was able to save one from the grave of Inuyasha's father.
Miroku smiled at Sango, and looked over at Kagome.
"Kagome-Chan, how are you feet?" Miroku asked her.
Kagome smiled, after her feet being burnt in the acid of the large demons stomach, they were killing her, but she could manage.
"Just fine! Thanks for asking!" Kagome smiled at him.
"If everyone's fine then lets go!" Inuyasha grunted.
"We have NO time too loose, if you guys want to defeat Naraku we have to get going!" He whined.
"Yeah yeah yeah yeah WE KNOW Inuyasha, god! We're not yokai, we're humans, we don't just magically heal all nice and dandy you should KNOW THAT BY NOW!" Kagome said frustrated with him.
"Keh." He snorted at her.
"OSUWARI!" She yelled at him.
"AWWW WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR!" Inuyasha said down from the ground sore from being told to sit.
"Hmm you know what. I feel a lot better now. Okay LETS GO!" Kagome said with great enthusiasm.
Shippou on Kagome's shoulders sighed.
"You know what Kagome… I'm not ready yet, I think you have to sit Inuyasha one more time…" He smirked.
"Huh?" Kagome, Miroku, and Sango looked at Shippou.
"Ahh! Whats with the looks I just kidding honest honest I'M JUST KID!" Shippou cried and ran off Kagome's shoulder.
"Serves you right you little brat" Inuyasha said as he picked him up, and bonked him on the head. Shippou started crying.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome said hesitantly.
"Yeah what?" He asked oblivious.
"OSUWARI!" She said again.
Sango sighed, she was petting Kirara in her lap she looked over to Miroku.
"Shall we" He said to her.
"You read my mind." Sango answered and stood up.
Sango had been contemplating what to do with Kohaku, unable to accept the fact that he has committed many crimes, and taken many lives, the only escape for Kohaku from Naraku's grasp is death. Sango is unable to kill her brother, but would rather she herself be the one to put him to an end than anyone else. What Sango doesn't know is, Kohaku regained his memories, and is trying to take Naraku down from the inside.
Miroku sighed.
"Do you think we should wait until we're stronger to bring Narkau down?" He asked.
"What are you stupid? We don't have that option!" Inuyasha said sharply at Miroku.
"But Inuyasha, if Kagome has the last shard don't you think Naraku would eventually come for us?" Sango said to him.
"KEH! Why by the bait when you can be the hook! I wouldn't have expected that from you Sango." Inuyasha said to her he was in a bad mood as they could now see.
"We're going now." He said he started to walk, and they evidently but hesitantly followed.
After a very long strange silence between group members, Kagome decided to break the silence and say something.
"Inuyasha-Sama, Souta wanted me too tell you he said hello! Well actually it was 'yo' but same thing!" She smiled.
Everyone looked at her strangely.
"Tell the runt I said hey." Inuyasha said, his bad mood finally faded away.
"OKAY WILL DO" she said very cheerfully.
Inuyasha sniffed,
"Hmm, I smell…blood" He said as a person came into view, from the distance, injured but only slightly.
"I see someone." Kagome said.
"They're feebly injured no worries just ignore them" Inuyasha grumbled.
Kirara meowed.
"Huh? Kirara? What is it?" Sango asked her.
Kirara meowed again. She jumped out of Sango's arm and started to run over to the person. She got close to him, and he bent down and pets her.
"It's been so long Kirara!" He said. Kirara had recognized him from afar.
His name was Izouo, (eye zow oh) he was an active demon slayer of their village who went off too battle in the war, by choice, like his father did, After awhile people forgot about Izouo, it had been 9 months since he left when village was destroyed, now it being close to 6 or 7 months after, Sango had much forgotten about Izouo, who was a good friend to her father, and Kohaku, trying to ease into Sango's heart.
As the group got closer Sango's wise winded.
"Ahh." she said shocked she had believed that he had died in battle since he never returned.
Kagome Miroku, Inuyasha, and Shippou looked over at Sango.
"Who is he?" Kagome asked. Hoping it wasn't an old romance that would break the Sango Miroku relationship.
"Izouo, he… he was an exterminator, from my village." She said quietly.
They all gave shocked expressions.
"He left to fight in a war. I thought he died in battle, since I haven't seen him…for what feels like years." She said.
"Do you think Sango and Izouo were in love?" Shippou whispered to Kagome.
"uhm…" Kagome didn't answer both Miroku and Sango could hear.
"Sango-Chan!" Izouo called out, as he rubbed Kirara's belly.
Sango still didn't believe it was he, for along time now she believed her and Kohaku were the only one's left, the math wasn't adding up in her head.
"Aye… uh." She really didn't know what to say.
He walked over to them holding Kirara.
"Sango-chan long time no see! Still demon slaying? Of course you are, and your father?" Izouo asked, obviously unaware of what had happened.
"Uhm Izouo, are you going back to the village?" Sango asked not answering his questions.
"Of course… is there something wrong?" Izouo asked.
"No… I, I'll take you back." She said.
"HEY!" Inuyasha said but Kagome gave him the'SHUT THE HELL UP' look and Inuyasha stopped.
"You guys go on, and I'll catch up." Sango said to them.
"No it's okay Sango-chan we'll wait." Kagome said
"Yeah really it's fine we'll wait." Miroku reassured.
"No. I said I'd catch up." Sango said with almost anger in her voice.
"What ever you say…" Inuyasha answered, a little scared of the tense tone of her voice.
Inuyasha and the group walked on, they knew she had to tell him alone.
"Kagome… do you think…" Shippou started.
"No. I'm not sure. I guess anything's possible." Kagome answered.
"He's not her type." Miroku said.
"Hah right and pervert monk is right Miroku?" Inuyasha joked.
"Should we be worried, maybe someone should go with her. What if something happens." Kagome said.
"She'll be fine, she's strong, she can take care of herself." Inuyasha snorted.
"But what if it's like a trap or something?" Kagome said.
"It's not. When someone from your past re-appears, especially someone who's believed to be dead, your head gets all scrambled, and you become very confused it's like you can't tell dreams from reality. It's a difficult thing. And she had it happen to her twice I've had my share as well. Izouo could be friend, fiancée, or foe, it's a shocking mind twisting thing someone you once knew just appearing from nowhere, and you want to be alone with that person or rather have to be, so then what ever you say you won't have to be walking on eggshells around the other people, who are now you're friends, fiancée or foes." Inuyasha said back remembering how hard it is when he sees Kikyou.
Miroku was really worried.
"Miroku don't be so worried." Shippou said.
"I mean think about all the fiancée's you've had!" Shippou joked.
"Uh!" Miroku tried to play innocent.
"Well he has a point, but don't worry, Sango's always taken you back, so I'm sure her heart is set on you Miroku even if you do constantly chase other girls, and be sort of kind of inconsiderate, but I mean you're always there when she needs someone, and you two make such a cute couple…team…pair…!" Kagome said.
"It's not the same, if you were truly really in love with someone, who died, and then they came back its like all you really want to happen is time to step backwards, and be with them, your heart knows best, and it can change its mind easily, you might not want it too, but it does, the closeness you once had with someone, and the memories you share are a big part of your life. it's a difficult thing you know." Inuyasha sighed.
"YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT KIKYOU AGAIN!" Shippou yelled.
"You're awfully quiet, you like mellowed out? You're just very… different." Izouo said. He looked at Sango.
She didn't say anything.
"What are you doing traveling around with a hanyou? And who ever they others were? Did you leave? Did something happen?" Izouo was getting worried.
"Izouo, you were gone for along time…" Sango said.
She took a deep breath.
"And things happen." She said.
He stopped. "What happened." His voice was solid hanging in the air.
"Izouo…" Sango sighed.
"Nyoime, Shizu, are they alright? Sango what happened?" Izouo was getting upset.
Sango remembered that Nyoime, and Shizu were Izouo's sisters, they played with Kohaku, a lot when they were younger, when Kohaku got older Izouo was helping him with demon slaying tricks, the village was a big family and one loss was just important as another.
"Everyone has passed on… …" Sango said, the words came out of her mouth and even shocked her.
Izouo fell to his knees.
"That can't be." He said, he started to cry.
"Who killed them?" He asked heavily.
"Naraku, he… he was after a shikon shard..."
"He killed an entire village over a stupid shard?" Izouo was infuriated.
"It was almost six months ago, but I'm going to avenge their deaths. I swore on their graves I would." Sango swallowed her emotions so they didn't let out.
"Your father…he wouldn't have let a demon kill him." Izouo said.
"A demon didn't kill him." A tear fell down Sango's check, as much as it pained her to say it was the truth.
"Kohaku did." Sango sighed.
Izouo Gasped.
"What? Kohaku wouldn't have hurt a fly and you know it!" Izouo yelled overcome with grief and remorse.
"I was there! I know what I saw, Kohaku was possessed by a spider demon, and killed our father, and our comrades, during this same time the village was attacked by Yokai, and none of us were there to protect it, everyone died but me and Kirara." Sango said stubbornly.
There was along pause between the two, and Kirara started to grr.
"Your story breaks my heart every time I hear it." Kagura said as she came out from the woods that had been listening the entire time.
"Heh. Kagura, don't be so foolish, you and I both know, you don't have a heart." Sango said, she looked up form the ground and over too her.
"That might be true. But I'm not the one denying my own brothers existence." Kagura smirked.
Sango gasped, and looked around to see if he was there.
"He's not here, no worries." She walked between Sango and Izouo.
"But I can tell you where to find him, if you tell me where that disgusting Hanyou where abouts are." Kagura said stopping and turning back to look at her.
"Hmmph." Sango grunted.
"Too be honest I didn't think you would have told me anyways exterminator." Kagura flew off on her feather irritated as usual.
'Damn that kagura!' Sango thought in her head.
"Kohaku is alive!" Izouo asked.
"I didn't want to go into it. It's a long story. Telling it is just as painful as living it." Sango said quietly, she looked over at Izouo, some blood dripped from his arm.
"Oh I forgot you're hurt, we better get you some help soon." She said changing the subject.
"I…yes." Izouo didn't really know what too say.
Well, that's it for now feedback please!