Satsugai sha hut was now filled with despair. Sango's sobs now replaced with sniffling; Kagome had wordlessly stood and walked out of the hut. Her priestess white and red robes billowing in the breeze and tear stained cheeks catching the sunlight and glare. Lowering her head, black hair surrounded and framed the downcast face almost poetically, as Kagome stopped abruptly beside the two girls engaged in conversation.
"Mama?" Both girls looked up and stared curiously. Cherii, the girl with golden blonde braided hair and brown twitching ears, spoke. She stood, the dull pink kimono pulled into the soft breeze, and a soft hand reached out to grab Kagome's clenched one. Her bright amber eyes were unwavering in sincerity and widened in surprise as her strong mother fell to her knees, begging for forgiveness. "Oh, Cherii, dear, dear koishii. I'm sorry, so sorry. This is going to be my downfall, our downfall. And you are but a child! Twelve years and now we must delve into... into harmful situations." Tsuyo sa stayed silent, her own amber eyes burning a hole into the ground while sitting cross-legged. Cherii's eyes begged for an explanation, and her soft voice murmured, "Mama?" almost repeating what she had said minutes before.
Kagome stared at the ground, grasping Cherii's hand. "Tsuyo sa, go to your mother." It was monotone and demanding, a side neither had seen before. On pure instinct, the Slayer and Monk daughter ran off in a flurry of blue material not wanting to be in such a situation but dreading how Sango was acting like. A tear fell to the ground, and the priestess stood stiffly. With a heavy step, Cherii found that her hand was now clasped in Kagome's, and was being dragged back in the direction towards home. "Ma, what about Koi?" Finding no answer and still being dragged despite her being half hanyou and her mother a human decided to walk alongside Kagome in silence.
Her feet scuffled against the wooden boards of Satsugai sha hut; she slid the door open and quickly threw herself in. Throwing a glance to the wide window, Tsuyo sa's brown eyes widened in quick surprise of Lady Kagome and Cherii walking off down the high hills into InuYasha's forest. She had been oblivious to it before, but now heard angry words tossed back and forth, the speakers had not noticed her coming in yet. Turning, she watched a full-fledged fight happen between a very angry and stubborn Koi and her own mother. Chuushin was sitting on his futon in the corner, in a meditative pose, trying to block out the argument.
"You listen to me, Sango. You know damn more than I do so spit it out!" Koi snarled angrily, her body in a fighting stance, sky blue eyes glaring coldly at the retired Slayer. The fight had begun when Koi had asked her mother and Sango what was happening, and Sango quickly intervened Kagome's explanation with a "Nothing, Koi, nothing at all." Yet with Koi's stubborn nature, she refused to back down. Kagome had left sadly, letting it be known that she was peace and would not ruin it by explaining such sad tidings. The image of InuYasha flashed through Koi's mind, and Koi turned her head to the side, closing her eyes tightly. Sango began crying once more, "I shall say nothing, Koi." Another growl escaped the hanyou's mouth, and once again started yelling. "I know what I saw! Blood! Demon blood and I know InuYasha was forced to kill! Damn you, Sango, will you not tell me what is happening!" A gasp escaped Tsuyo sa's own mouth, and she stepped backwards, wanting to run from these… forbidden words. Chuushin stood coldly, and even though it was laced with calm, his voice was wavering loudly. "You don't know what you are talking about Koi. Go and stop badgering my poor mother." Sudden awkwardness fell over the hut, as Tsuyo sa walked over and tried to hide on top of her futon from everyone.
Koi felt hurt, betrayed. Was everyone trying to erase this memory from her thoughts? Did they not believe her, did they think she was making it all up form scratch? "There is no need to speak of such violence and ruin the peace." Sango's voice became monotonous, and cold. Chuushin fell back to sitting upon the futon, but his violet eyes raged fire and stressed from Koi's accusation. Turning her face to glare upon the door, her pale hands reached the golden clasp holding her wild and brash silvery hair in place. With a little snap her silvery hair fell down upon her shoulders and bangs covered her eyes in an eerie sort of shadow. Giving a bow to Sango, Koi left the hut and kept walking stiffly until reaching the climax of the hill that the hut had been built on. A tear escaped the angry sky blue eyes that conveyed little confusion, and a soft pattering noise was heard from the white ears perched upon her head. Glancing up, her face contorted into a sort of fright and confusion all at once, taking one step backwards before the demon had rushed up and grabbed her in his arms. She felt cold armor, and fought to release the iron grip that held her in place. A muffled scream could be heard, before Koi could feel unconsciousness taking place, and only uttered one word. "Sess..?"
"Mother." Chuushin spoke softly, watching Sango bend over on her knees and start to rip open one of the floorboards. Tsuyo sa's eyes were wide with fright, wondering what on earth was happening. With a soft growl, Sango's face whipped to gaze upon her son. Her black hair clung to her face, as she had begun lightly sweating due to some unforeseen thoughts appearing in her mind. His violet eyes gazed upon her reprimanding, echoing a simple question. Why? Chuushin had about enough of this nonsense, and stood off his futon and walked over to the stunned Tsuyo sa. Grabbing her limp arm, he dragged her out of the hut and they both stood outside, staring at the wooden building as noises built up from inside. Boards were creaking, snapping could be heard and Chuushin silently wondered how his mother was finding the strength to do something like this.
Yet there was a secret the fearsome gang of four kept from their children. Kagome, Sango, Miroku and InuYasha were not what they appeared to be. Kagome was a fearsome miko who had frightening magical powers and could will a bow and arrow dangerously. Sango was the tense slayer, who wielded the hiraikotsu, which could do threatening damage. Miroku was the peaceful monk, with the now sealed wind tunnel and spell scrolls. And then there was InuYasha, the stubborn hanyou who had sought to kill demons and Naraku. There was a simple explanation to their well-kept secrets – something like this would shock the unknowing, how it all ended. Yet the scene replayed in the four's minds all the time.
Kagome being held in Naraku's fearsome grasp, her pale hands gripping on the newly formed Shikon no Tama. InuYasha's voice could be heard shrieking NO! and falling forwards as a tentacle wrapped around him and stilled the Tetsusaiga from doing any damage. Hiraikotsu was embedded into Naraku's chest, and Sango had been thrown into a tree. Her body lay limp at its roots, and Miroku was doing his best to avoid the poisonous bees and trying to revive the unconscious Sango.
Shippou had, sadly, been stubborn and tried to free Kagome from the tightening grasp. He had been sucked into Naraku's body along with hundreds of demons, forever gone from this world. Kagome let out a painful moan, the Shikon no Tama pulsing with power shielded from Naraku. InuYasha was slowly draining away, fighting to not succumb to Shippou's end as well.
Sesshomaru watched from a faraway distance, amber eyes constricting with want to help but knew he'd rather stray than put himself in such danger. Kagura stood by his side, watching the scene in a bored state. Kagome let out a sudden scream, her body screaming 'Make a wish!' And Kagome uttered the solemn words that would end it all. 'Rid this world of Naraku… for the time being.' Naraku had somehow gotten the last laugh though, possessing the miko and ruining her wish.
The beast disappeared in a flash, along with all his demons that fueled him. InuYasha fell limply to the ground, and Miroku found that his wind tunnel no longer worked and was no longer there. Kagome fell from hundreds of feet, having little strength to withstand anything else but trying to slow her body from hitting the ground with a sickening crash. She did end up floating to the ground, and falling over unconsciously as soon as she was safe.
Sango held back the tears pricking at the corners of her eyes, gripping the hard bone of the hiraikotsu and shrugging it backwards so that it was no longer shielded beneath wood. A battle suit was recovered as well, and with a soft clanking sound, a staff also landed beside the hiraikotsu and silenced. Within minutes Sango had thrown the blue kimono upon her and Miroku's futon and stuffed herself within a flattering black battle suit. With an ancient art of weaving hands, she had managed to wring her long and outgrown hair into a tight ponytail. Picking up hiraikotsu and hanging it from her back, Sango pushed the sliding door to the side, and walked out of hut into the eyesight of the two staring teenagers.
Chuushin was the first to recover from such shock and speak. "Mother…?" Sango walked coldly towards him, and spoke in a little voice. She seemed frightened about what she had just done, yet still accomplished. "Go inside and find a staff. You shall be bringing that to your father." In a fury, blue robes flapped in the wind, and the sixteen-year-old ran inside the hut to revel at its damage and find the staff lying on the floor. Tsuyo sa stood, suddenly feeling sick at the change of Sango's attire. Something bad was happening, Koi wasn't just frustrated. A scream echoed a little ways off, and Sango's reprimanding amber eyes gazed widely at the sight of InuYasha's half brother dragging Koi off. Muffling a tired mix of a moan and growl, Sango stood there silently as Tsuyo sa stood meekly at her side. "Fuck." Could be heard escaping Sango's pursed mouth as Chuushin arrived looking out of wind with a bangle staff in his hands. Both boy and girl goggled at their mother's out of context language and Sango gave a meek grin. "And all this time I thought Miroku was going to be the bad parent." Tsuyo sa made eyes with Chuushin, before noticing the Slayer had begun walking. "You two, follow me."
A/N: I'm starting to hate this story. No more updates until I get 5 reviews, I'm doing nothing unless I know people are reading this story. So bye!