The Red Ball
Chapter two
By Ddoskocil
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Flashback

Kan-Tama wore a cloak to cover her demon features. She ran through the forest to the large tree in the middle. There, as if dead, was her little brother.

"Inu-Yasha!" she cried out and ran to him. She grabbed onto the arrow that was buried in his chest and pulled, but it would not come free. "Oh, my Yasha...I'm so sorry."

End Flashback

Kan-Tama sighed at the memory.

"You really care for your little brother," Kagome observed. "Not like Sesshö-Maru."

"Sesshö-Maru is a full demon, almost incapable of feelings. I just hope Inu-Yasha does not follow in our brother's footsteps."

"You are not a full demon?" Kagome inquired.

"No." was the only answer she received. Again there was silence. Each continued to wander in their own thoughts, Kan-Tama's on the past and Kagome's on Inu-Yasha.

She's not a full demon. I wonder if she's a half demon, like Inu-Yasha. I wonder why he never mentioned his sister? She seems to really care about him, butmaybe something happen between them. I wonder what could have driven Inu-Yasha away from her. I know it would be hard for me if Sota ever got seriously hurt. And poor Sango. Every time Kohaku is mentioned, she gets so sad. Kagome looked at the demon again, suddenly curious about what she must be thinking after seeing her brother again after so long.

But Kan-Tama was not talking. Instead, she too was thinking about her little brother. Inu-Yasha, she thought, why did you have to run away like that? Maybe you did not know how much I cared for you. It was my fault, of course. I was too hard on you...