S/D: Just a small little side note, since is redesigning my stuff, the font will probably change. So if you flip through the chapters and see things looking a bit funky, that's not my fault. Just wanted to mention it. Oh, and for those of you wondering, S/D is just Side Note. Like A/N is Author's Note. Yeah.

Hello again! I feel bad, again, about taking too long. But I know it may seem annoying, if you've realized or remembered, that I keep leaving parts that Sango says to an end, like when she laughed and didn't tell Inuyasha why and in the last chapter, when she didn't finish telling him something after he startled her. Yeah, well that kinda makes my story suck. But that will be included in the Sequel. Yes I'm having one, after planning on how this will turn out. I wish I could explain it better, but I have to concentrate on this story, plus it would ruin the surprise. I'm sorry, again, but thank you to those people who have stuck by my side!

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Chisato Kawahara - Thank you very much. Don't worry about it. You couldn't help what happened. As kids, I'm trying to make this as cute as I can. Thank you!

Phantom of Eternal Chaos - Thank you. I'm positive Sango's six. The way I'm making her sound is like she's 18 or older, huh? Sorry. Seeing as how Sango is now, very respective of others, polite, and well spoken, I thought that she might have been raised like that from her parents. So that's how I'm making it now. I know. I couldn't come up with something, so being the big idiot I am, I asked my little sister for something to use. Since I'm chinese, my name in chinese means lilyflower, so that's what she told me to use. Pathetic, isn't it? After re-reading the chapter myself, I was like, okay, that sounds kinda stupid. But thanks anyway.

thebenjamin - Thank you. I haven't really come up with something for what they're really meant to be, but I've got a slight idea. Hey, something's better than nothing. Her dad's coming around. Oops! Just gave it away. Thanks again.

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Now that all of that's done. Lets go to the chapter that took me 18 million years to come up with! (I hate writer's block, don't you?)

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".

Hanyou means half demon and/or half human (in Inuyasha's case).

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

(Otou-san is just another name for father)

Nomachochi is a unknown creature, or a thing.

Chapter 5: River Fun

Two small figures could be seen as they neared a long-shallow river; its soft movements stroking the fish, pebbles and rocks, and some, what they call, sweet grass. Sweet grass is grass that grows in shallow rivers and it doesn't come above the surface. It is what helps keep the river clean. The two said figures advanced to the river, allowing their watcher to see that they were nothing mere children.

A small human girl and a slightly, taller half demon boy, "Inuyasha look! There's the river!" screamed the young human girl. They continued advancing toward the river, pure joy lighting up their eyes. As the two slowed to a stop at the river's edge, Inuyasha, being the curious little boy asked yet again another question.

"Sango? What are we here for again?" Looking over to the girl beside him, he saw that she was actually looking quite uncomfortable. "I dunno, I thought since your new, we could probably have some fun. You know, play games, tell stories, stuff like that."

Inuyasha looked at her quizzically. That's what they were there for? Ah, well, it was better than doing nothing. He wasn't really good around grown-ups anyway. But the "play games" part sounded good to him. "Alright, so what do you wanna play?" he asked.

The silver-haired child hadn't even finished what he was saying when she had a big grin and an evil looking glint in her eyes. 'Okay, now I'm scared.' "Inuyasha?" the brown-haired beauty asked in a long, innocent voice, closing the gap in between them.

He gulped down his fear and answered in a shaky voice, "Y-yeah?" What was she going to do anyway? "Guess what?" she asked in that same voice as she got closer. "What?" he asked with big, curious and alert eyes.

Her face two inches away from his, with the same glint in her eyes and that grin still on her face, she said, "Yourrrrrrrrr…" taking her finger up and positioning it to his chest, she finished, "IT!" and with that unpredicted outburst, she pushed her finger to his chest as he fell back in the water.

Arms flapping up and down as he tried to get his balance. I don't know how that would help, but hey? He's trying. The first thing to meet the water's floor was his butt, and then the rest of his body came flying down.

When he resurfaced, gasping for air with his hair sticking to his body, and his bangs his face, he saw a laughing Sango. Her hand rose to her mouth as she tried to consume her laughter. But only succeeded having small giggles come out.

Inuyasha was shocked at first, trying to gather what she just said. 'She said that I was...it?' After the thought of the game that they were playing, a small smirk displayed itself on his face and he had one thought on his mind: 'Payback!'

An uncomfortable silence took place as Amai crouched down to gather up the pieces of her orb. It was a shame really, to have something passed down for generations from priestess to priestess and to suddenly have it destroyed before the next could receive it.

The woman sighed, sad that her daughter would not be able to have her priestess blood to become stronger by focusing the mind on such a thing. All together, have some training. She could only imagine how happy Sango would have been to be able to control some of her gift.

A man stood to the side near a window. By looking at him you might of thought that he was just staring out at the scenery. But if you looked closer, you could tell he was in deep thought. This was just Tamashi's way of concentrating on what he was thinking. IT helped calm his mind somewhat to have a clear head.

After picking up all the pieces, Amai stood up and gingerly placed them on a glass table covered with gold and silver silk. She would later leave a note to tell her daughter not to go near it. The orb was similar to the Shikon Jewel.

When whole, it could be used to see future events, good or bad. This part was similar to the power of the jewel, excluding the future events. But when separate, someone… anyone with priest or priestess blood in them, by going near the broken pieces could have their gift taken away, or all of them.

The orb is actually like a guardian in its own special way. Throughout all the priestess who used it, some had looked through it, seeking something bad or evil to happen in the near future. The negative energy from the ones who wanted evil, were absorbed and stored in there until it had enough to break free.

It was considered a nomachochi. Nomachochis are unknown creatures, or a thing. The people themselves didn't even know if it was a creature. It could be a human, demon, shape-shifter, or something else. The orb was actually like a guardian in its own special way.

Imprisoning it for as long as possible with a type of barrier. Once broken, the barrier is still effective, just that it's power is cut in half. Allowing the nomachochi some time to make it's way out of the orb.

Walking over to her husband, she too looked outside. "The children must still be out." She said, trying to get a conversation going. But as she looked up, all she got was a nod of his head and a serious look in his eye.

'I wonder what he's thinking about...' she thought. "Maybe…" she started, trailing off for only a second and finishing, "Maybe…we could go occupy ourselves as the children are. You know, exterminate demons. A village might be-" she was silenced by

"Excellent idea! I would have never thought of such a thing. Now." he paused, breathing in. "Let's go slay those demons you were talking about." And with that said, he turned around as he trudged out the door with a big grin plastered on his face.

Amai's eyes followed him as he walked out. Wide from confusion and shook. "How can…is that even…why…?" sighing to herself, she made the decision to just keep quiet. She had married a man who she couldn't quite understand and kept his thoughts and feelings to himself. Maybe he was just crazy?

Shaking her head, she went to her room and stated getting into her priestess attire.

Inuyasha launched himself out of the water towards the giggling Sango. When she caught movement in her eyes, she stopped laughing and turned toward Inuyasha. Only, it was too late. Sango found felt herself hit the ground with something heavy on top of her.

She looked up with wide eyes before they settled back to their original sate and she now had a confused expression on. All she could see was a smirking, hair-dripping, haori- soaked hanyou looking down at her.

"What are you doing?" was all she could say. By then, his smirk turned into a smile as he closed his eyes and gave her his response. "Well…since you didn't want to fill me in on what game we were playing, I discovered it for myself." He was going to continue, but decided to get off the girl and let her stand up first.

Sango slowly sat up before standing up straight and brushing off her kimono. Also noticing that Inuyasha was walking behind her. "Okay…so what does that have to do with-"

"You're it!" Inuyasha shouted before she could finish as he pushed her into the river's waters. Sango resurfaced, gasping for air as her eyes, once again, went wide. She looked off to the side were she saw a rolling Inuyasha on the ground, clutching his stomach to only show how much more funny this was to him.

"You copied off of me, you copy cat! You could've found something else to do besides that!" the brown-haired girl announced. But she could tell it wasn't getting through to him since he was still laughing…and rolling.

'So you wanna play that way huh? Remember my dear Inuyasha. I started this game, and I'm sure goning to finish it.' She thought, now copying off of his smirk. She slowly rose up out of the water and started every so slowly, making her way over to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha noticed that Sango had gotten out of the water and was heading his way. He stopped laughing and also got up. "If it's revenge you want, then you're gonna have to catch me first!" and with that, he ran along side the river.

Sango's mouth hung open for a couple seconds before she started running after him. "You may have gotten a head start but I'm still gonna get you!"

Inuyasha tossed his head back before laughing some again. "I'd like to see you try!" After saying that, he changed his direction and headed straight into the water. It would be more difficult for her to catch him there because of the water's pull.

But it would also be hard for him to run, so he had to act fast. Splashing his way into the water, he could hear Sango yelling at him to 'get back here' as she also made her way into the water.

He wasn't sure if Sango knew who to swim, but that's what he was planning on doing. To simply swim away from her. Unknowingly that Sango was thinking something similar with another thought.

'Perfect!'

"Tamashi, I'm ready!" Amai said as she moved the cover for their hut out of the way. Completely stepping outside, she tried it a second time. "Tamashi? Hmm, where could he have gone?" Walking out a little more, she spotted him by the garden. He was staring intently at the sky as he sat in the mess of flowers and shrubs.

Slowly advancing toward him, she said in a quiet, concerned voice, "Tamashi?" After a few seconds, he turned toward her, a smile on his face. "Yes, love?" Amai's eyes darted from side to side for an unknown reason. "I'm…uh...ready to go now."

All Tamashi did was nod his head, that ever so gentle smile still on his face. Looking Amai in the eyes, he told her, "Let's go." He got off the floor and brushed himself off, looking back at her and waiting patiently.

Amai could remember a handful of times when he looked at her with those soft, gentle and loving eyes. Each time was different, but it always made her feel so…wonderful. This was the man that she had committed her life to. When around him, she just felt complete and that was a feeling that she didn't want to give up.

She knew how much he loved her and it always left her speechless when he would say his kind, loving words. A sad expression suddenly crossed her face as she looked down at a white rose. 'I don't know what I'd do without him. I...don't want to loose him.' She thought, as her eyes got watery.

Feeling eyes on her form, she managed to not let the tears come out and looked up at her husband…her love…her world. She suddenly smiled at the thought of really being with him forever. But they would both die and possibly be reincarnated. Just as different people or things…forgetting the life they once lived together.

Stepping up beside him, she, in return, gave Tamashi one of her own soft, gentle and loving smiles before grasping his hand in her own. He looked down at their joined hands before looking back up into her beautiful aqua eyes with that same smile.

As if knowing what the other was thinking, they both nodded and made their way to the gate, were they would tell the guard that they would be gone for a while and finally head out to a village…remaining hand-in-hand. (Reminds you of when Inuyasha and Sango did that, ne?)

Okay, the plan that Inuyasha had worked out hadn't gone so well. He had been hoping that Sango wouldn't know how to swim. Turns out, she did and was very good at it. Inuyasha tried making his way over to the edge on dry land were he would be able to run…away from Sango.

But that all proved to be in vane. Every direction he moved in, Sango went in that same direction. If he went under water, she would go under water. This had been repeated for…oh say, a million times over and over again! They had been tagging each other back and forth and Sango was it. But Inuyasha couldn't even believe it. 'Doesn't this girl ever get tired? Has she even heard of a break?'

He was amazed at how determined one little girl could be, and for a human too! He had only managed to get near the banks and get a couple minutes rest. Up until now, he hadn't realized how sneaky Sango truly was. Think about it. If the whole entire time that they had been playing this game and Inuyasha never got a break, why now?

Before Inuyasha knew it, someone had pounced on him. He had been in shallow water so his head hit the bottom, but his eyes, nose and mouth remained on the surface. He sighed after seeing who it was, once again, not surprised. "Okay, okay! You win Sango, happy?"

Sango smiled a victorious smile as she got off him. "Yep! You better believe I won! I started this game and I ended it! Woah-hoo!" she went on like this for some time before Inuyasha got annoyed and splashed water on her.

She was about to do the same thing to him until she saw Inuyasha sit down on the edge. 'He must be tired.' Sango thought as she walked the rest of the way over to him and sat down next to him. After a few moments of silence, Sango asked, "Soooo…did you have fun?"

Inuyasha smiled at her and nodded. That was much more fun than playing with his golden ball, even if his mother did give it to him. His eyes suddenly flew open and Sango thought they were going to pop out. 'Where did I put my ball anyway? Did I leave it at Sango's hut? I couldn't have lost it! That's the only thing I have left of mommy's! She did give it to me after all.'

Inuyasha's eyes began to water at the thought of loosing his ball, his head hanging slightly. To other people it was probably just a toy, but it was so much more than that to Inuyasha. As soon as they went back he would look for it. But he couldn't now because he might ruin Sango's fun and be rude.

"Inuyasha?" Sango asked, getting him off the Thought Train Express. "What's wrong?" Inuyasha looked at Sango again and nodded a 'no'. "You can tell me Inuyasha. We're friends, remember?" Joy sparked inside Inuyasha as he remembered the day Sango had told him they were friends. It was one of the best days of his life.

A small smile spread across his face as he smiled at her again. "Yes…I remember. But it's nothing really. I was just thinking about my ball." Sango smiled. At least he had told her…and he did say he remembered that they were friends so she was happy for that.

"Don't worry. We can look for it when we go back. Do you want to go now?" Inuyasha shook his head 'no' again. He didn't know how long he would actually stay at her village, so he wanted as much time with her as possible. "We can go later. What else did you say we could do here…talk right? So lets talk."

'He's acting like that ball is nothing to him. The way he carries it around, anyone could tell that it's special.' He was the guest, so all Sango could do was nod. "Sure, let's talk."

Not the best ending in the world, but hey, I'm just happy I FINALLY got this chapter up, as I am sure you are too. I made it a couple pages longer than I normally do, so I hope some you are happy. Sorry for making you guys wait so long. More problems and junk but that was it! Thank you so much again for sticking by me. I hope you enjoyed it!