Again, I'm realllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyy sorry for making everyone wait long. The possibilities of me being able to update are probably everyone one ot two weeks but I'll try to make it faster.And I wanted to say sorry to a lot of you guys. In the last chapter, there wasn't much talking. And if you haven't noticed, I made Sango smile A LOT and laugh. I just thought that since her brother hadn't died yet, she was naturally a very happy child.

And Inuyasha smiles a lot too, plus his ears are always perking up. When I said in the first chapter or so, that it would explain why Sango was living when Inu was...hehe, that was my bad. If I did that I'd be skipping parts of the story so it's going top come whenever I can get it. Probably the latest will be chapter 10. I'm really sorry andthank you. Now...to thank all of the reviewers. Thank you!

The lovely people who reviewed for mwah:

Inuyashgirl23 - For the last chapter and this one, no, Kag., Miroku, or Sesshomaru isn't the evil force. I'm sorry, I must be killing you. And no problem. I really like your story, so of course I'm gonna review for it. And thank you for reviewing for my story!

katananokokoro - Hi to you to! Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try and do that.

obliviandragon - Thank you! And again, I'll try. I really don't want to lose my connection with this story.

thebenjamin - No problem, and wow, I got somebody! Mrs. Amai wasn't thinking thatfor the you and other people who might want to know. She was thinking that...well. you know when kids are still young they get into fights easily? I know I did, but that's what she was thinking. She didn't want anybody to get hurt. Hope that helps. And yeah, Sango's dad is still a demon hunter. I just made hima doctor too. Or a healer, whatever they say.

Phantom Dragon of Eternal Chaos - Thank you! And I'm sorry about that. I couldn't think of anything much for them to talk about.

ms. deep - Thanks, and yeah, they'll still be exterminators. Sango's only five, and since a lot of people write that Sango was six when Kohaku came in. I'm going to make it that way too. And don't worry. I'll put him and Kirara in. But she doesn't come in till later.

animeroxz - Oh! Your so nice. Thank you!

Diverse-Thinker - Thank you! When they grow up, that's going to be a time when I really have to write a lot. And I don't want it to hurt you, and thank you (again!)

Okay. Those were all of the wonderful people I wanted to thank. And I still put you up even if you're anonyms. Thank you!

I do not own Inuyasha, only products like the Ani-Manga books, plushies, wall scrolls, posters, etc.

Age and Dictionary Table:

Inuyasha is six and his name means, "Dog Demon".

Sango is five and her name means "Coral".

Amai (Sango's mother) is 27 and her name means "Sweet".

Tamashi (Sango's father) is 32 and his name means "Life".

(Otou-san is just another name for father)

Chapter 3: Meeting

Inuyasha and Sango slowed their pace down from a fast run to a calm walk. Both of the young children were panting and taking deep breathes. In the few moments of silence, Inuyasha's eyes slowly made their way to the still joined hands.

Being so close and holding hands with someone was certainly one thing he hadn't done for a long time. It was a nice feeling, being accepted and for someone not to be feeling 'odd' around you. Inuyasha sighed, and in doing so got the young girls attention, along with a questioning look.

"What's wrong Inuyasha?" His eyes came to Sango's face and then back down to their hands. Sango followed it and found out that they were still joined. She gently let go, almost hesitantly, and brought her hand back to her side.

'Why have I not noticed simple things lately?' Sango asked herself, eyes slightly narrowed.

"Sango…?" he asked, looking down at his feet and the dirt path. The young lady that was addressed snapped out of her thoughts train and looked at the being beside her, "Yes?" Inuyasha looked from his feet and the path to the girl beside him, with a questioning but determined look on his face.

"Why did you let me stay with you and your family?" Sango looked thoughtful for a moment before coming up with the right answer, "I let you stay because just by looking at you, it seems you have been through a lot. And I notice that you are not happy, but always so sad…it hurts me to see a pained expression on your face so many times." (Okay, maybe that was a little too mature, but most people know that Sango is very understanding and mature. Sorry)

Inuyasha was shocked. Was he really that obvious? 'Amazing how she can tell what you feel and have been through just by looking at you' His shocked expression turned into one of gentleness. "I didn't know that I was so obvious, please forgive me, I didn't mean to hurt you in anyway." He started "How did you know that I went through a lot?"

Now they were really having a conversation, "Well…it was kind of a guess and my mom told me that I have that 'gift' to see what people feel and have done with their life. But other than that, I didn't know I'd be right. If you need anything, you can come talk to me if you'd like." Inuyasha's ears once again perked up and he had a small smile on his face, letting Sango know of his said 'thank you'.

She simply nodded her head, focusing on the path again before hearing another question in a small whisper, "How come you don't smile anymore?" Sango's head snapped back in Inuyasha's direction, looking him straight in the eye, "I do smile-"

"So how come you're not smiling now?"

"…" Sango looked down at her feet. Why wasn't she smiling? She was a smiling person and all that she had ever been doing since Inuyasha got here was smile. She turned her head back in his direction with her eyes closed and a smile on her face, "I'm smiling now, plus, you're making me smile."

That was good enough for the doggy-eared boy. When he was about to ask another, she cried out, "DADDY!" with that, she signaled her hand for Inuyasha to follow as she started running towards her father. It took a couple of minutes to get there, but when they did, Sango jumped right into her fathers open arms.

"Sango, you were running so fast you almost knocked down the hut. I have patients in there you know. Oh…" he said, noticing a small, shy child in front of him with wide, innocent eyes looking up at him. Sango's father smiled at him and let go of his daughter. He walked over to Inuyasha and bent down to be eye level with him and offered his hand. "Hello, I'm Tamashi Juingono, Sango's father; you can call me Otou-san."

Inuyasha looked at the elderly man's hand and put his small one into it, palm on palm, "I'm Inuyasha" he said in a small, shy voice. Sango walked over to the two, noticing her friend's discomfort of being there by himself. She stopped when she got there, standing next to the young boy. "Daddy, mommy said that Inuyasha could stay with us."

Sango's father nodded his head in approval, the smile still played on his face. "That's fine…Sango have you shown Inuyasha the village yet?" Sango sighed, "Well kind of, because when we met, we were walking the path to our hut, and then back to you…so I guess not." Her father turned his head to the side that showed a face that said, 'You know better, he's the guest.'

The brown haired girl then turned to her doggy-eared friend, "Come on Inuyasha, I'll show you the village, then we'll go to the river." Sango turned back to her father and kissed him on the cheek; her father doing the same, "Bye daddy" "Goodbye Sango and Inuyasha, be good and safe" Before the two children left, though being the shy person he was, Inuyasha still managed to say, "Goodbye Otou-san".

That's chapter (the real one anyway) 3. I'm a type of person who says thank you and I'm sorry a lot. So I'm going to say it again. I'm sorry. You must be getting sick of me, but it's my fault for taking this long to get one frggin' chapter up. I hope you enjoyed it and thank you.