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Chapter 11: Telling the Truth
Kagome and Sesshoumaru walked side by side in a comfortable silence. They slowly made there way back towards the field of flowers that Rin and Shippo were playing in.
"Shippo, I'm back!" Shippo turned his attention from his game with Rin to his adopted mother.
"Mommy! Are you alright? Did you and Lord Sesshoumaru have another fight again?" Kagome just realized that she had a bloody arm and her clothing had been torn in many places.
"No, I'm fine. I just saw Inuyasha that's all." Shippo had a confused look but brushed it off and returned to his game of 'eye spy' with Rin. Kagome sighed.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, I'm going to the hot spring to clean my cuts. I'll be back within the hour." He nodded for a response and Kagome took off towards the hot spring.
----At the Hot Spring----
Sango sat down and made herself comfortable in the warm water of the hot spring that she just found. 'I wish Kagome was here. I miss her so much. We used to love to bathe in these hot springs. I miss it when we used talk about the boys and their strange behaviours. Sigh I wonder where she is right now. How I wouldn't give to have her back like old times. Stupid Inuyasha, he had to ask Kikyo to join. And Kagome had to see them together. No wonder she ran away.'
Sango started to scrub away the dirt and grim that she collected throughout that day and returned her thoughts to the good times she and Kagome both shared. Sango's head snapped up when she heard rustling in the bushes.
"Houshi, if I find you peeking at me again you're going to be out until next week." Sango's voice was dripping with anger. She instinctively reached for her Hiraikotsu to give the hentai a bashing. She waited for the rustling that was growing louder by the second to stop.
A beautiful female black inu-youkai slowly appeared into the clearing of the hot spring. Sango let out a sigh of relief knowing it wasn't the hentai but didn't make a move to let go of her weapon. Sango eyed the figure taking in all the scratches she got from the battle earlier.
"Sorry for startling you."
"It's fine. I just thought you were a perverted friend of mine."
"I just came here to clean my cuts. So how's Inuyasha?"
"He's fine. You've hit his ego pretty hard but he deserved that. So how did you come across Kagome?" (A/N: Just a reminder, Kagome's hood is still on) Sango's eyes glistened with sadness when she mentioned her best friend that she considered a long lost sister.
"I…" Kagome was lost for words. She didn't want to lie to her best friend but she didn't know if she would believe her. Kagome slowly lowered her hood for Sango to see for herself. Sango let out a gasp when she saw the familiar yet unfamiliar face. Her eyes wonder over the face of the demoness, taking in all the similar features she shared with her best friend.
"You… you look like Kagome…" She stuttered on her statement. Kagome gave a warm smile and nodded.
"That's because I am Kagome."
"How?" Kagome let out a little sigh as she continued,
"It turned out that I'm not really from the future… The night that I came back was the night before my 17th birthday. It turned out that my biological mother hid my demon traits and aura so that I looked and smelled like a human. Don't tell Inuyasha or Kikyo about who I am yet. I trust you to keep this a secret." Sango had tears of happiness streaming down her face seeing her best friend fine.
"Of course, but what about Miroku?" Kagome gave a slight shrug.
"I guess you can tell him."
Kagome sat down and started to take off the dirty and bloody garments.
"Here, let me help you clean those." Kagome gave a small smile and started to clean the many small cuts she got. Sango couldn't help but stare at the demoness that she now knew was Kagome.
"You've changed so much."
"Well… I went home to train in the past few weeks that I was human. And when I returned… I saw…" tears were starting the build up as she relived that night's events in her head.
Sango looked up from her task and saw the sadness in her beautiful, piercing blue and green eyes.
"Don't cry over that baka. Kagome, you are beautiful, young and alive, something Kikyo obviously doesn't have. He doesn't deserve your love or your tears. If you keep crying over that baka, you're just succeeding in making Kikyo happier. You deserve so much more, so don't settle for someone that didn't love you back. Kagome, you'll find someone way better than Inuyasha that deserves your love and loyalty and they'll love you back with all their heart." Kagome looked up into Sango's eyes and gave her a reassuring smile.
"Thanks Sango, you're right, he doesn't deserve my love or tears and Kikyo shouldn't have the pleasure in seeing me cry over something worthless that she got."
They cleaned up in the hot spring for a while longer.
"Well Sango… I have to go or Sesshoumaru is going to come and drag me back with him." A small smile crept on her face as she tried to picture the great lord drag her off.
"Why are you travelling with Sesshoumaru?"
"I lost in a battle with him and now I have to look after his human ward Rin for awhile." Sango's eyes widened dramatically.
"Sesshoumaru has a human ward! I thought he loathed humans!"
"Same here. I'll see you next time. And hopefully that baka doesn't ruin the moment." Sango nodded and they departed to their separate groups.
----With Sango----
Sango walked back to her camp, pondering how to tell the houshi. When she reached the camp, she saw an unnerving sight. Inuyasha was holding Kikyo in his lap possessively and was kissing her full on the lips. She saw the look of disgust on the houshi's face and couldn't help feel sorry for him that he had to endure that.
"Inuyasha, Miroku and I will go out and get wood to start a fire." Her only reply was a wave of the hand because his mouth was too busy kissing Kikyo. Miroku quickly stood up and they left the clearing instantly to clear their minds of that sight.
"Thank you, Lady Sango, for getting me out of the situation. How can I ever repay you?" His wondering hand crept lower and lower and… SLAP!
"HENTAI!" a red throbbing handprint just appeared on the houshi's face. Sango calmed herself before beginning to talk. "I brought you out here because I wanted to talk to you about something." He nodded for her to go on while rubbing his sore face. "Let's see… when I was at the hot spring… I saw the same demoness that just fought with Inuyasha."
"She didn't mean you any harm did she?" Sango smiled inwardly at the concern in his voice. 'He can be so sweet at times when he's not being a hentai.'
"No… she would never harm us because that was Kagome." She stopped to let the information seep into the houshi's mind.
"I see… but wasn't Kagome human? How could she be demon?"
"It turns out that Kagome was a demon to begin with and she only appeared to be human because her biological mother put a spell on her until her 17th birthday and she didn't know about it until yesterday. She also doesn't want Inuyasha and Kikyo to know about it though." After the explanation, they started to collect the firewood, but they took their time because they didn't want to face the corpse and the hanyou quite yet.
(A/N: Thanx for the great reviews! Sorry for the late chapter. I promise to at least update once a week. Grr… I hate school and homework! I still wish it's still winter break… o well… New format right now though I find it a bit annoyin but u ppl request so I fix! But I dun wanna do indents on every paragraphthough so dunt ask. Hope you like this chapter! Although I think it might be a bit boring but necessary… Please keep R&R! Happy New Year!)
