I forgot to say this last chapter so I'll say it now. HAPPY TURKEY DAY! It's belated but still.
Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha and I doubt Kagome fans would want me to. –I'm glad you guys can't see this. Even I'm scared at the moment.-
Sango awoke in unfamiliar territory. She had a massive head ache and couldn't remember what had happened to make her pass out. 'I was with Sesshoumaru in the hot springs and then…Sesshoumaru!'
She sprang up from where she had been laying on the ground and searched the area. Sure enough there he was the demon lord was starring at her with a raised eyebrow. He was sitting under a tree, just like Inuyasha normally was.
'Inuyasha, he said he would come if I wasn't back in an hour! How long have I been out for?' Sango stood up and was almost sent back down by sudden lightheadedness. She looked down after the dizziness went away.
She wasn't wearing her normal clothe. She was wearing a silk black kimono with a red sash around the middle that tied into a bow in the back. She noticed a dragon that spread from the bottom all the way to the top of the kimono. Lastly she noticed two large cuts going up the side of the dress showing off a lot of leg.
"What happened?" she asked making her way over to the dog demon. "You don't grieve well." She looked confused, what did that have to do with anything? "It's not healthy, you passed out from pent up frustration and sadness."
She nodded looking down. "Where did you get this from?" his face was impassive but for some reason she could tell he felt a little hurt, as if she was saying she didn't like his gift.
"It's lovely; I just hope I didn't put you out of your way to get this for me." She doubted he had thought to bring her own clothe to where ever they were after she passed out. He just shook his head and pointed to something behind her.
She turned around to see the little toad demon from before. "Lord Sesshoumaru asked me to bring you that from a nearby village. A much nicer article of clothing then any human deserves to wear." He scoffed.
"And why don't humans deserve to wear nice things?" Sango asked annoyed. "You are filthy creatures that only contaminate those things around you." "And you aren't filthy? It looks as if you haven't bathed in years! How can you stand such unhygienic behavior?"
Jaken spoke no more. He just turned away in a snobby manor refusing to talk to the human anymore. A tinny laughter came from somewhere nearby.
A girl, around the age of 8 came out of no where and hugged Sango tightly. The demon slayer was surprised to see the girl let alone be hugged with such affection by one. Her little giggles never ceasing.
"You're funny! Jaken's just a big grouch." (I never watched an episode that Rin actually talked in, so I'm guessing.) Sango smiled towards the girl. She should have known Sesshoumaru didn't hate humans, after all this little girl was always with him.
"What's your name?" she asked making the girl smile even wider then before. "I'm Rin! Are you here to play with me?" Sango nodded. "I would love to play with you Rin." The demon slayer felt a lurch in her heart. This child was so much like her own brother before everything happened with Naraku.
The great demon lord could smell her change in emotions in the air. He didn't say anything; she was good at hiding pain to other humans. Rin had no idea.
The little girl led Sango away from both demons. She noted Sesshoumaru become uncomfortable while watching them leave but didn't say or do anything. She laughed inwardly. 'He's worried! He doesn't want Rin going too far away from him. He's just like her father.'
Rin took Sango to an open field away from any trees; many flowers grew on the sides of the field and one small river stretched across the middle. It was beautiful, 'what kind of place could posses such beauty and not be destroyed by men's ambitions?' She wondered to herself.
As if a mind reader Rin laughed merrily. "This is Lord Sesshoumaru's land. Pretty, huh?" Sango nodded in disbelief. They were in the western lands! Just earlier that day they had been in the old camp site in the northern lands. They were too far away from the camp then she could travel in many weeks.
"How long was I asleep for?" she wondered out loud. "Almost an hour if Lord Sesshoumaru brought you here right after you fell asleep." The girl answered trying to do a cartwheel. (I could never do a cartwheel. –She's pathetic in any form of athletic activity. - So true. sob)
'He's fast. Much faster then Inuyasha. Maybe Inuyasha doesn't even know where I am. Could it be possible that because we had been in water I'm completely hidden from him?' even though she was currently disgusted my the half demon she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart at the thought of being completely torn away from the last person she had spent the last few years of her life with.
"Sango! Are you really a demon slayer?" Rin asked still attempting to do a cartwheel. She nodded. "Yes, my whole village were demon slayers, I'm proud to say I am one too." The little girl frowned.
"But doesn't that mean that you want to kill lord Sesshoumaru and Jaken?" Sango smiled sweetly at the girl. "Demon slayers only kill demons that are hurting other people or try and kill us." "But Jaken said that lord Sesshoumaru hurt a lot of people before. Does that mean that you want to kill him?"
How could she explain this all to a child? How could she explain things that weren't even fully understood by herself? Luckily Sesshoumaru came at that moment to get both of them.
Rin immediately ran to her lord's side and they both turned away without speaking. Sango soon followed realizing that, that was what she was supposed to do. There was an eerie silence that always seemed to follow the dog demon where ever he went.
It unnerved the demon slayer, now more then any other moment when they had been together. Maybe seeing him in his own natural setting was just strange to her. 'I'll get used to it. He's still the same demon after all, no matter what the surroundings.'
They walked back to a village, the first village Sango had been in since the fight with the demon that had injured Miroku. She had to keep reminding herself that there wouldn't be an evil demon waiting when they got there. But she felt so naked without a weapon handy.
Of course she didn't know that, that was the reason to go to the village in the first place, she needed a weapon if she wanted to survive and Sesshoumaru wouldn't have her dyeing now would he?
All the people starred at the travelers when they got to the village. Some old women who knew the lords true power bowed down at the sight of him. He kept his emotionless expression on his face the whole time, not caring if the humans bowed to him or threw rotten fruit at him.
Sango could see people whispering to each other at the sight of her with the demon lord. 'They must think I'm his whore like Inuyasha thought.' Half of her wanted to tell them all it wasn't like that exactly but the other half wanted to play the part for a while just to see some reactions.
They stopped walking when they reached a small weaponry shack. He beckoned Sango forward. She went to the front of the group, slighting pushing Jaken back to piss him off. "Choose." Sesshoumaru whispered in her ear like he had done so many times before.
There were so many different kinds of weapons in front of her. She had never seen some of them before and it only fascinated her. But to her dismay there was no giant boomerang. Although she was skilled with many other weapons she only felt safe with the weight of the giant boomerang on her back.
"Just choose one you foolish woman! We don't have all day!" the green demon complained from behind her. She lifted an iron fan and swiftly brought it down to the smaller demons throat.
He squealed from fright making Rin burst out laughing. Even Sesshoumaru showed some amusement at the demons fright. The fan matched her dress perfectly, there was a razor sharp blade at the very tip of the fan for killing, and it seemed for a good replacement for now. (I think that they're called Japanese fighting fans I always thought they sounded cool. But all I know about them comes from the internet and I don't know if everything is fully right. So don't take my word on anything involving the fan.)
She showed it to Sesshoumaru who nodded paying for it with golden coins. He took it from her hands and fingered the fan slightly. "You stick well to your roots demon slayer. The most powerful of your kind used one of these. Keep it close at all times." He placed the fan in the sash of her kimono.
She smiled at him sweetly admiring his words as they started to walk away. She had been trained very soundly with the fan. Her father had insisted if the samurai could defeat so many with it then so could they. (Again no idea if there were samurai's in the feudal era, my knowledge is very lacking. –That is so true.-)
They returned to the same area they had been in when she had awoken. Jaken started to make a fire to cook over. Rin was quietly drawing in the dirt with a stick. Sesshoumaru hadn't stopped walking when the others had, so she followed him.
He didn't say anything to her, as she silently followed until he stopped at a river. "We will be returning you to Inuyasha." he said taking off the gray open rob and stepping into the water. "What?" she asked a bit confused.
When he didn't answer she pulled up the bottom her dress and tied it short so she could go into the water as well. "He loves you and you belong to him." she starred in utter shock. 'I thought he brought me here to be with him. Why would be take me so far away if only to take me back?'
"I don't belong to him." she told the lord stubbornly. "And I spit upon his love. He's just afraid to be alone, he doesn't 'love' me." Sesshoumaru stayed silent until he swiftly reached into the water so fast that she didn't even see it and pulled out a fish.
He handed her the fish. "Love is complex, if he says it he means it. If he means it you are his." His words made it seem so final. Like Inuyasha was on his way at the moment to take her as his mate.
"But I don't feel the same towards him." she finally said sounding defeated after the longest time of silence. He handed her 2 more fish. "Feelings don't matter demon slayer. You should know this more then anyone."
His words were like a slap to the face. Stinging pain to the heart and surprise never ending. "I won't go back to him." she found herself saying. He looked at her with that same raised eyebrow.
"Are you afraid?" she bit her lip as she started to back away slowly. 'Yes dammit, I'm terrified!' she thought as she started to run away as fast as she could. She wasn't going to let him take her back so easily, he would have to kill her before she would willing go to the bastered she had once called a friend.
I really got into it after having writers block for a few days. I had fun writing the ending even though I'm not really sure it fits but whatever. I have the day off so I figured I should try and write this chapter, and I did. smiles Please review!