S-H: Hahah, I hath returned! Brainstorming takes a lot of work, dontcha know?

Sango sadly stood up slowly, as she readied her Hiraikotsu.

"Kirara!"

No answer returned to Sango other than her own echo.

"Kirara!"

Still no answer but her own echo.

Sango leaned against the scaly wall, tears flowing down her face as she sobbed in pain and in despair. Her bangs covered her brown eyes, but she slowly raised her hand up to her face to wipe away her silent tears.

She held her face up high to the dimly lit ceiling. There, Sango saw a lantern with a small flame flickering, trying to live. Sango used her Hiraikotsu to fish the lantern off the ceiling and into her hand.

"I suppose this will be my source of light for now…" Sango sighed and started to painfully, and slowly, limp from her current spot in the corridor, using her Hiraikotsu as a crutch.

Kirara was quietly wandering around the scaly palace, searching for her two friends. She sniffed the ground to see if she could catch the scent of either Inuyasha or Sango. Kirara started to follow a trail of Inuyasha's scent. And siren blood.

She growled as she saw a shadow come towards her. The flames on Kirara's paws and tails started to violently flicker as the shadow slithered even closer to Kirara.

Kirara sprinted, and then lunged at the monster that smelled like a Siren.

Sango was quietly limping through the maze-like palace as she moved the lantern this way and that to see if she could spot anything peculiar.

"I feel like a trapped rat…" Sango sighed as she looked forward into the dark corridor.

Then, she heard an ear-splitting scream, and then a large scream-like growl quickly after. After that, it was quiet again.

"Kirara…?" Sango quietly whispered to herself.

Suddenly, a pair of webbed hands reached out of the darkness and grabbed Sango and pulled her into the shadows. A muffled cry was all that Sango let out. She was turned around and was in front of a Siren.

Sango quickly readied her Hiraikotsu and aimed it at the Siren.

"No, don't! I won't hurt you," The Siren quickly whispered. "I just want to help you save your demon friend and your…What is it you called it?"

Sango was befuddled at the Siren's openness. "Um…Kirara." Sango told the Siren.

"Yes, Kirara." The Siren nodded and took Sango's dim lantern. "Follow me."

Suddenly, the Siren's lower half morphed into a pair of human legs.

"I have much to tell you…" Then, the Siren stopped abruptly. "Um, what exactly is your name?"

"Sango. My name is Sango." Sango quietly replied to the Siren.

The Siren nodded again. "My name is Akiya."

S-H: That's where I'm ending for now and sorry that I take so long to create new chapters. I'm so stupid; I'm too enchanted with Ragnarok Online and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Sowwy. TT