Youkai Heart A Sango X Sesshoumaru fan fiction by Mara-san

Disclaimer: I'm not Rumiko Takahashi.

I groaned slightly from what seemed like a long sleep and opened my eyes. There was nothing but darkness and I could feel that I was chained to a wall. When my eyes got used to the lack of light, I saw a man pacing the floor in front of me, mumbling and ranting on about something. But this was no ordinary man, it was Naraku. Confused, I looked around rapidly. Why was I here? Where was I, anyway?

"Oh, I see you've awakened. You know, you need to be a little more careful when it comes to running a muck.", he told, but I was still confused.

I looked at him. He looked at me and smirked slightly.

"Do you not remember...?"

I snapped when everything suddenly came back to me.

"Oh I remember, you selfish bastard! What you did to Sango! What you did to me that night!", I yelled and would've struck him, if I wasn't chained to the wall.

"It's obvious that you don't remember. You fell unconscious during your ranting and Kagura had to go and get you. But you seem to remember what happened before I erased your memory...", here, he started pacing the floor again. "Damn it! It was the same way with Kohaku when I still had him! What the hell is going wrong with my powers! Am I weakening?"

I chuckled, loud enough for him to hear.

"What are you laughing about!", he demanded.

"You seem to think the most important of memories are in the mind, when they really come from the heart...", I told.

He chuckled slightly, an evil grin forming on his face.

"So, should I strike your heart then?", he asked.

"No, for these memories in the heart cannot be erased...", I said calmly, closing my eyes.

I heard a disappointed grunt before I suddenly felt a wave of power flow through my body from my forehead.

"You shall not argue with me, houshi! I suggest you keep your mouth shut before I decide to kill you instead of use you...", he threatened.

"I'd rather be dead than be your servant."

He growled and touched his fingers to the shard in my forehead.

"You will give your most important memories to me. I want them."

Everything grew dark and I knew nothing more.

OOO

Pain. That's all I felt. Strange. Where is this pain comming from? I grunted slightly and heard voices talking. Rin and Jaken? Is that you? Slowly, I opened my eyes and blinked them many times before my vision came clear. I sat up and looked around, taking in my surroundings. I looked to my side and saw Rin, Jaken and many of my castle servants. Wait. Am I...Am I at my father's castle?

"Oh! He came!", one of the servant maidens exclaimed.

I growled when I felt lots of sharp pains in my abdomen. I looked down and saw that I was topless, yet, the wounds I had gotten from that beast were nicely bandaged and had been cared for. I looked over at Jaken.

"W-Where are we?", I asked.

"Well, my lord, we're here, in your father's castle. We came here after you were attacked by the water dragon.", he explained.

"Yeah! And Sango-sama bandaged you up and took good care of you!", Rin blurted.

I looked around. Where was Sango anyway? I jumped out of the sheets and walked around, grabbing my haori and slipping it lazily on, not even bothering to close and tie it.

"I'm going to look for Sango.", I simply told, being careful not to show my concern for her well-being.

I stepped out of the room and into only one of the many hallways there were in my father's castle.

OOO

Ugh. Last night was probably one of the longest nights of my life. Just when I thought this was going to be interesting traveling with new people, everything had to go wrong. Sesshoumaru got attacked by a fearsome water dragon and was knocked unconscious from lack of air and blood. Carrying him wasn't any easier. That man is heavy! Things seemed to have gotten better when Jaken pointed Sesshoumaru's castle out.

I sighed and smiled when I saw the water finally start to boil. I took the bucket out from the fire and poured it into a small tub. I poured many kinds of cleaning ointments, soaps and herbs into the water and looked back behind me.

There, lying on the wooden floor, was Sesshoumaru's fluffy thing. I really need to ask him what that thing is some time. I picked up the fluffy thing and placed it in the water, scrubbing out what blood I could before I let it soak.

I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard the door slam open. Startled, I fell backwards onto my rump. I looked up and sighed with relief when I saw it was only Sesshoumaru. I giggled slightly when I saw him. He must've been in a hurry, considering his haori wasn't completely on him and wasn't closed up either, revealing his bandaged wounds and masculine chest. Smiling calmly, I stood and walked over to him.

"I'm glad to see you're feeling better, Sesshoumaru.", I reached up and placed my hand on his forehead.

No fever. That was a relief. I then used both hands to close and tie his haori for him. Not even a week of traveling with him and already I'm cleaning up after him and helping him dress. I felt him look down at me.

"Did I scare you Sango? When I entered the room, did I startle you?", he asked.

I looked up at him with a slight smile.

"I'm fine. You only startled me a little bit.", I answered.

I looked at his handsome face and saw a content smile form. I then looked down at his abdomen.

"You've healed quite fast...", I pointed out.

To my surprise, Sesshoumaru took my hand into his own and kissed fingers slightly. I blushed deeply. Why was he doing this? This is not the Sesshoumaru I know...

"You should know that full demons such as me heal at a quick pace...", he told me calmly before letting my hand go and leaving the room.

The blush did not leave my face. Damn it. I wish there was no such thing as blush! With a slight wince, I turned to Sesshoumaru's fluffy and continued to scrub at it with my nails. His blood sure was being stubborn. My mind wondered to what had just happened a minute ago. I must be going insane. Sesshoumaru, the great inu-youkai-sama of the west, would never do that...would he?

I sighed and decided to let Sesshoumaru's fluffy soak a little more before continuing to scrub at it. I stood and left the room, looking around and observing the many wonderful things in this large castle. I liked this place and hoped we'd visit some time again during my life-time.

As I continued walking around and exploring, I remembered what I saw when I was tending to Sesshoumaru's wounds. I saw that all that was there of his left arm was his bicep. I felt bad for him. Life must be hard with only one arm. That's when something suddenly popped up.

I remembered a place my follow villagers, my father and I went to when my father lost a foot. We went to an old hag's cave. I learned that she was some sort of imp and she used her special abilities to regenerate and make new body parts for patients such as my father. She was also a good friend of the taiji-ya... Maybe she could make an arm for Sesshoumaru! It seemed like a brilliant plan!

Quickly, I ran to find Sesshoumaru. I stopped when I found him in the courtyard...in the middle of the snow. I shook my head and called his name. Like a pet dog, he came to me. This was odd...

"Yes, Sango?", he asked.

"Uh...", I suddenly lost my train of thought.

Damn it all to Hell.

"Ugh... I forgot...", I whispered.

He raised a brow, stared at me with a cold expression and walked back inside. I cursed myself and smacked my forehead. I can't believe what an idiot I am! Well, at least he's back to normal. My shoulders slacked as I walked inside and shut the door behind me. I'm so stupid! Baka! Baka! Baka!

Growling, I went back to the room I was in and continued scrubbing at the fluffy thing, finally getting the blood out of it. After it was as clean as I could get it, I wringed it out and hung it up on a length of rope to dry. I sighed and looked around. Now what?

OOO

I must've gotten lost in her beauty when I took her hand in mine and kissed the delicate finger tips. She seemed so concerned about me and I couldn't help it. I'm such a fool! How could this Sesshoumaru fall so easily for her? It was a good thing I left the room before anything bad happened. To relieve stress and clear my mind, I went to the courtyard. The entire time, I couldn't stop thinking about her beautiful face and the way it blushed when I did what I did.

I growled lowly. Damn this heat that I was in! I didn't know what to do until I heard Sango's voice call my name. I turned and looked at her. She looked concerned and looked like she needed my help. I came to her but then grew slightly frustrated when she said she had forgotten what she needed to tell me. I raised a brow and stared at her coldly before passing her and walking back inside.

Now what? I didn't know. I walked towards the main entrance of my father's castle when I heard Jaken's voice questioning someone outside. It looked like one of Jaken's recruits. I looked more closely and saw that it was.

"What's going on, Jaken?", I asked.

"Oh! My lord! My servant here was just informing me of a strange thing he saw in a cave and the powerful barrier that was around it."

"Where is this cave?", I questioned.

"Next to the great forest, according to my recruit.", Jaken answered.

The cave next to the great forest... It seemed so familiar. Then it hit me. That was the cave where my clan first began. The cave where we lived before Father took control of the western lands. The very cave I grew up in. I shuddered at the thought of something living there after it was sealed off by the elders of the clan.

Quickly, I left the two annoying toads and rushed into the room where Sango was cleaning Fluffy-sama. Again, I startled her when I entered the room. I whizzed right past her and over to Fluffy, taking it off the rope and putting it over my right shoulder.

"I have to go someplace to speak with an elder of the inu-youkai clan. I'll be back before dusk hits.", I informed her.

"Well, what should I do?", Sango asked as she followed me out the door.

"Why don't you spend some time with Rin...", I suggested and took off to the cave of my clan.

OOO

To be continued...