Change of Heart

Chapter Three

The forest

Inuyasha was still fuming when he landed in a tree.

"Who does she think she is? She's got some nerve trying to tell me what to do. Stupid pathetic bitch."

Inuyasha jumped to the ground, and took his rage out on a tree watching it fall to the ground with a loud bang. Having been disturbed from their slumber, animals and birds came running and flying out of their homes. Inuyasha watched the birds fly high into the sky, when he heard a scream tear through the forest.

He sniffed the air and located the direction where it came from and started to run there.

When he got there he saw the extra large demon holding a woman in his one long arm and squeezing her.

"Drop her." Inuyasha ordered.

The demon didn't comply he just squeezed the woman even harder, causing her to struggle and gasp for air.

Inuyasha unsheathed his rusted sword, and transformed it into the Tessaiga. He ran toward the enemy, the demon tried to hit him but missed when Inuyasha dodged the blow. He jumped onto the arm and ran up, jumping into the air and cutting off the demon's arm that was holding the woman.

It fell to the ground, still moving. The demon backed up screaming in pain and clutching the wound where the arm had been.

"I warned you." Inuyasha said before going over to the woman and helping her out of the hand that still held her.

"Are you alright?" He asked and she just nodded her head up and down. Her eyes widened when the demon came at them, obviously pissed that he only had one arm.

He picked up his arm and started swinging it around left to right trying to hit something. He succeeded in only knocking down trees.

Inuyasha grabbed the woman by the waist and jumped into the air. She was clutching his kimono, hoping he wouldn't drop her.

Inuyasha placed her in a tree several meters away from the demon.

"Stay here, I'll take care of him."

Inuyasha jumped out of the tree and headed straight for the demon.

He raised the Tessaiga high over his head and yelled. "WIND SCAR." Then he slammed the sword to the ground, sending a bright yellow light toward the demon, incinerating it and everything in its path.

Inuyasha sheathed his sword and bounded back to the woman in the tree, only to find she wasn't there.

He spotted her several feet away trying to run and hide behind a tree.

". . ., I'm not going to hurt." Inuyasha spoke softly to her, extending his hand toward her.

He noticed that she was barefoot, and she was walking on sharp sticks and jagged rocks.

"You should stop your going to hurt yourself." Inuyasha spoke the truth when she tripped over a root that was hidden in the dirt. Inuyasha caught her before she hit the ground. He pulled her back up supporting her, while she leaned on his chest, breathing hard and shaking.

"You're going to die if you come out here with no protection you know." Inuyasha stated. He sighed and sat her down on a nearby rock. "Here put this on." Inuyasha handed her the top half of his red kimono.

She touched it with the tips of her finger tips before taking it and putting it on. It was bigger than her so it looked like she was wearing a tent.

"Better?"

She nodded her head.

"What's your name?"

She gave no reply just stared at him like he wasn't there.

"I'm Inuyasha, what's yours?" He waited for another minute, before touching her cheek softly, this snapped her out of her faze. She looked into his eyes, and he saw confusion and fear.

"I'm not going to hurt you." He got down on his knees in front of her and placed both his hands on her knees, looking up at her.

"What's your name?"

". . . Sango." She said in a low voice.

"Sango, that's a very nice name."

"Thank you."

"You should know it's dangerous out here, what were you thinking?"

"I don't know." She said and lowered her head.

"Where do you live? I can take you back."

She just shook her head left to right.

"You don't have a home?"

"I don't want to go back."

"I know how you feel. I just left my home as well."

"Why?"

"Complications."

"Oh."

"I know a place where we can stay, if you want to come with me, that is."

She looked down at him, into his eyes.

"Come on, I'm not going to bite." He said with a small smile on his face. He stood up, taking her hands and pulling her up as well. He picked her up and held her bridal style.

"Are you comfortable?"

"Yes."

He jumped to the top of a tree and leaped high into the air and bounding off in a direction where he knew a small village resided.

By the time they got there, Sango had fallen asleep in his arms. He brought her into a small hut, laid her down on a mat and covered her up.

He made sure she stayed asleep while he lit a fire. He stayed awake that night watching her.