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Chapters will be separated into days and nights until Sango comes back, then we'll have an ending that I hope will keep you satisfied. But that's a while from now, so moving on!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Soul Calibur II or any of its characters.

Preparation and Day 1

Sango and Taki were facing each other. Taki was now dressed in Sango's clothes, and was really looking the part. Sango checked her to see if she had anything that might give her away. Nothing so far.

"Take off your kimono," Sango said. Taki obliged. The black and pink suit underneath looked the same, too, except…

"Oh my gosh," Sango murmured. This could be a problem…

"What's the problem?" Taki asked.

Sango cleared her throat nervously. "We, um, don't have the same bust size." That was putting it mildly. Taki had to be at least triple her size.

"Well…" Taki started. It was the first time someone had ever complained about the size of her breasts. "What do you want to do about it?"

"There's nothing we can do." Sango huffed. "You'll just have to play it off." Taki definitely had her work cut out for her.

Sango took off Hiraikotsu and handed it to Taki. "We need to see how well you handle Hiraikotsu." Taki nodded and took the giant boomerang. If she thought it was heavy, she didn't show it. Sango pointed to a target about a hundred feet away. "Can you hit that?"

Taki looked at the target, concentrating. Swiftly, she ran and released Hiraikotsu. It flew straight, and smashed the target into pieces. Taki caught it perfectly when it came back.

"Excellent." Sango turned. "Kilala!"

"Rawr!" Kilala answered, and came running to her in the larger form. "Now," Sango said, "Ride Kilala and hit the other target."

Taki stared at the creature, who was also staring at her. "Do you trust me?" she asked. Kilala purred softly. That's the closest to a yes she was going to get. Taki straddled Kilala, and they took off. Kilala was steady, and Taki broke the next target with as much ease as she broke the last one. Sango nodded approval.

"The only thing you have to do now is meet the others." Sango thought for a moment. "I think the only person that will give you problems is Inuyasha. He'll smell that you're different. You'll have to play that one off, too. Everyone else is fine; you'll just have to adjust to their mannerisms. Well, let's go, they're wondering where I am probably." Taki and Sango entered the forest where the rest of them were waiting, with Kilala close behind.

Sango and Taki stopped at a distance where they could see the others clearly and not be noticed. Sango pointed each person out for Taki.

"That one in the red is Inuyasha. His bark is worse than his bite. The one with the strange clothes is Kagome. She's from the future. The one with the tail is Shippo. He isn't worth mentioning. The one with the staff is Miroku. Just ignore him if he asks you to bare his children." Taki raised an eyebrow to the last remark, but studied them silently.

"Well, I must be off now. Are you ready?"

"Yes," Taki answered. She headed for the group when Sango stopped her one last time.

"Wait. There's one more thing. Remember that Naraku is our enemy, so Naraku is your enemy. Don't forget that."

Taki gave her a look that confirmed understanding, and then turned to finally meet everyone face to face.

"Sorry I'm late," Taki said quickly as she sat amongst her unknowing clients.

"Where have you been?" Kagome asked. Apparently everyone wanted to know, because they turned their attention to her.

"Unfinished business," she answered.

"Really," Inuyasha said skeptically. He sniffed the air. "You smell different."

"Your nose is broken."

"What?" Inuyasha was baffled. "That's crazy!"

"You're crazy." Taki was smirking now.

"You…" Inuyasha growled, and went after her. Kagome tried to hold him back. "Control yourself, now. I said contro- oh forget it. SIT!" CRASH!

Taki jumped. She wasn't expecting that. Now they were staring even more.

"Is there something wrong, Sango?"

"No," Taki answered quickly, straightening up. She knew she had a lot to learn on her own.

"Really?" This time Miroku was a bit skeptical. "Will you bear my child?" Taki chopped him at the base of his neck. He fell like a sack of potatoes.

"Everything seems fine to me," Kagome stated.

"Where'd you learn how to chop someone like that?" asked Inuyasha, still unconvinced.

"I taught myself," Taki answered smartly. Inuyasha stared for a second, and then had a breakthrough.

"Okay, so you are Sango," he said casually. "I smell my brother up ahead. We might encounter him in a couple of days."

"You mean Sesshomaru? We can just take a detour to avoid him, if you don't want to get dragged around again." That shut Inuyasha up.

"No further questions," Miroku said, conscious again, but still on the ground.

"Good," Taki said with finality. "We were wasting time asking trivial questions."

Yeah, I know what you're thinking. How did Taki know about Sesshomaru when she wasn't told? It's a secret! The next chapter will be mostly Soul Calibur, so skip it if you want but I'd really appreciate it if you'd give it a chance. Until next chapter, then!