Chapter 3 "Return to the Village and the start of a new Journey"

"Hey Sango, do you think that we should head bask to the village? It has already been over ½ a year. Your father told us to go back after a few months."

"Yeah. I guess that we should go back and see whether it is safe to stay or if we should go back into the forest. You know, I wish that we could stay out here for the rest of our lives. Its so peaceful and quiet, it makes me not want to go back to the village."

"You have a point there, but we have to go back and get more supplies. Besides, I need to go back to the caste to take back what is right fully mine. So let us pack up the camp and head back to the village. Then I will go back to the castle."

"Ok then we shall go." After that, said Sango and Kagome packed up the camp and headed off for the village that was only half a day walk away. What they didn't know was there was practically no village to return to because of what happened right after the left a year and a half ago.

Right after they were at the village

What Sango and Kagome first saw when they entered the village made them shiver? Most of the houses were torn down and it seemed as though it had been deserted. There were no children out and playing. There was no sound other that the wind that was blowing through the now wrecked village.

"What… what happened here. All the houses are torn down and there are no kids outside. It looks as though a demon of some sort came through here and destroyed everything. Do you think that it was one of the men that Inuyasha sent after you?"

"Yeah. It was most likely Miroku his right hand man and he has a curse, which in this case he used. We should look and see if" she was cut off.

"Sango is that you." a man came out of what looked to be a hut. "Sango that is you, thank the gods that you have come. You need to go to Higurashi castle with Kagome and give her over to them so that we can have the person that they took away from us."

"What do you mean by the person they took from us… it looks like everyone is here?" "Look carefully my daughter." Sango looked around. There was only one person that was missing. "Father where is Kohauku? Kohauku, please don't tell me they took him." All she saw was her father nod and then she broke out into tears. Kagome came over and patted her newfound best friend on the back.

"I will go and get your brother back. And I assure you they will not have hurt him unless they have a death wish." said Kagome. That made Sango laugh in between sobs.

"And I will go with you so that we can kill them all without hesitation." Then it hit Kagome, she would have to kill Inuyasha so she could live. That tore Kagome's heart. She did not want to kill a hanyou because of what she went through as a child. Yet alone she did not want to kill a hanyou that was from her clan. Not to mention she had grown to like Inuyasha even though he was trying to kill her mother along with herself.

"Mr. Taija, I will make sure that Kohauku gets back safe and unharmed. However, Sango might not come back unharmed, well she might not come back at all. So do not be alarmed and be prepared if your daughter never comes back."

"You have warned me and I take that warning to my heart. You two will set out at

Daybreak. Take Kirara so that you get there in about a year. You two be careful."

"Yes father we will be careful and I will try to get back home along with Kohauku."

With that said, the two girls started getting ready to leave in the morning for a journey that may carry their last breaths of air.

Next Morning

"Today is the day that we leave. I really don't want you to come if you don't want to, I mean you are risking your life for you brother when I can do it all by myself."

"Well good morning to you too." "Sorry." "No it's all right. I understand how you feel and you do not want me to get hurt or die. So no hard feelings… ok?" "Ok. We should head out now. Say good bye to your father and I will go and get Kirara and wait for you outside."

When Sango was done saying good-bye to her father and the rest of the villagers, it was time to head out on their journey. Kirara transformed into her demon form and they took off.

"Hey Sango?" "Yeah? What is it Kagome?" "Well your father said that it would take us a year to get to the castle, and well why is it going to take that long if it only took me ½ a year to get to your village?"

"Well that simple. It is because we are going to stop to eat, drink, rest, and all of the other things that we are going to need to do to keep up our energy." "Oh."

When night fell, the two girls and demon fell asleep without saying a word.