Ch. 6

The sun filtered through the balcony window, and hit Sango right in the eyes. She just turned her head, and opened her eyes. She could feel a slightly cold draft hitting her front. She looked down expecting to see a head and body, but found nothing there. She started to panic slightly. She quickly shot glances around the room, and found her sleeping in the corner. 'How did she get over there?' she thought. She noticed that Kagome was still sleeping.

She got off of the bed and got dressed before walking to where Kagome slept. She looked so peaceful. She really didn't want to wake her up, but she had to eat. She was just reaching for her shoulder when Kagome's eyes shot open. They saw a hand coming for her so she ducked her head, and started to whimper in fear. Sango quickly drew back her hand.

"Kagome. Kagome, come on. You don't have anything to worry about, or fear. No ones going to try and hurt you anymore. Remember what we talked about yesterday? You said you would be my friend, and I would teach you to read, talk, and write." she said in a gentle tone. "I can give you your first word to learn if you want?"

Kagome looked up and straight into Sango's eyes. The only thing she saw was kindness, and concern. A smile slowly appeared on her face, as she nodded.

Sango smiled. "Ok Kagome. The word I want you to learn is my name. Sango. You try it now." She looked at Kagome.

Kagome just stared at her before trying. "Ssssss...SSaaaaaa.nn" she tried. Sango encouraged her on. Kagome nodded. "Saaaannnnn...goooo. Saaaannnnngggggoooo. Sango. Sango. SANGO!" Kagome said happily. Her face lit up in childlike wonder.

Sango laughed gently at her. "Great job Kagome!" she leaned down and gave the girl a gentle hug. "Now come on. Lets go eat." she said and started walking away. She only got about 3 steps away when a thump, closely followed by a yelp, was heard. Sango quickly spun around and saw Kagome holding her leg, and ribs. "Oh, Kagome I'm so sorry! I forgot all about you injuries." A thought suddenly came to her. "Kagome can you sit up at all? I know you can't walk, and that your ribs, and arm are broken." she mumbled the last part to herself.

Kagome looked up at Sango with an innocent look in her eyes, and shook her head no. "Shoot. Well, do you mind sitting in my lap, and me feeding you?" Another shake. "Great! Well just hang on for a second, and I'll carry you." Sango said walking over to Kagome. She bent down and gently picked her up. When she had Kagome in a comfortable position she headed out the door. Sango decided to take it slower than she usually went, and when she felt Kagome shift in her arms she looked down. It looked like she was about to fall asleep. Her eyes were drooping, and her ears sagged a bit. Sango just laughed.

"Go to sleep Kagome. I'll wake you when we get there." Kagome just nodded and closed her eyes. She snuggled deeper into Sango trying to keep her warmth near.

Kagome could feel Sango's eyes on her but she didn't care. She was warm, and she was sleepy. The warmth Sango gave off, (she was heating up from Kagome's action), was rolling off of her in waves so she decided to snuggle even closer, and fell asleep.

Sango just smiled at her, and tried keep her blush from spreading. She just continued to walk. It took her a full 20 minutes to get down the stairs, and to the dining room. She pushed the doors open with her foot, and was greeted by the smells of freshly baked food. Shya was just putting the last of the food on the table.

"Mom this smells great!" Sango exclaimed.

Shya turned around and gave her daughter a thankful smile. "Thanks dear." she looked at Kagome. "Do you think you can wake her up so she can eat? She can go to sleep afterwards."

Sango nodded and gently shook Kagome awake. "Kagome time to wake up. You have to eat now." she whispered into her ear.

Kagome's ears flicked and her eyes opened a bit. She lifted her nose into the air and took a breathe of the smell. Her eyes shot open and her ears went forward. Drool started to come out of her mouth. She looked up at Sango and whimpered. She then looked sadly back at the food.

Sango just laughed. "Kagome your going to be able to eat the food. I didn't bring you in here just to watch us eat." She walked over to one of the chairs, and sat down. Shya spoke up before Sango could start though.

"Sango don't you think it would be better for Kagome to have her own chair? It would be much more comfortable." She said and started to walk towards the two.

Kagome watched as Shya got closer and closer. Her eyes widened in fear, and she began to whimper. She looked up into Sango's eyes, and shook her head. "Sango. Sango. Sango." She cried out in fear, and buried her face into Sango's shoulder. She gripped the front of her shirt tightly. Her claws where almost puncturing the fabric.

Shya stopped walking and gained a sympathetic look on her face. She backed up a little bit so as not to frighten her any further. 'Poor girl. She must have had a hard life, and it seems the only one she can trust is Sango. I hope she is able to trust the rest of us in time.' she thought.

Sango looked down at the now frightened girl. She pulled her closer, and started to gently rub her back. "Mom she's gonna stay in my lap. She can't sit up straight because her ribs are broken, and even if they weren't her arm is broken also. Plus I want to make sure she eats as much as possible. I found out last night that she hasn't eaten for 5 days." She looked up at her mother. "So can we eat now? I'm starving. I forgot to eat dinner last night, and I bet Kagome did too."

Shya just nodded, and sat down across from the two girls. She gathered some food for her plate while she watched Sango trying to get Kagome to calm down enough to eat. After a few minutes she had finally gotten her head off of her shoulder, but Kagome refused to let go of her shirt.

Sango, after getting Kagome relaxed a bit, grabbed two plates and piled them with food. She decided to feed Kagome first, because she wanted to make sure that she had food in her. She brought the fork up and placed it before Kagome's mouth. Kagome sniffed at it before letting it into her mouth. Her eyes widened in child-like wonder as the taste of the warm food came to her. She quickly swallowed the food and opened her mouth to let more in. Sango just laughed at her.

"That good huh? Well this is what your going to be eating from now on." she said with a smile. Kagome's face lit up with excitement.

When Kagome had finished off the whole plate, ( in less than 1 minute), Sango took her turn. But, Kagome was still hungry. When Sango lifted her fork, Kagome started to whimper, but it was too low for Sango to hear. When she noticed that didn't work, Kagome started to growl. That gained Sango's attention.

"What's wrong Kagome?" she asked. Kagome shook her head and looked piteously at the food on the fork. Sango laughed. "Oh, your still hungry. Well, hang on for a little bit while I eat and then you can eat as much as you want." That seemed to be the right answer as Kagome's face lit up once again.

As soon as Sango was done, she started on Kagome again. Kagome ate through 4 full plates of food before she was finally full. She leaned back into Sango and lied her head on Sango's shoulder. She let out a huge yawn, before closing her eyes. She snuggled closer into Sango, trying to pull her shirt over her like a blanket. She remembered at the last minute some manners. Though she couldn't talk there were dog-demon ways of saying thank you. She lazily leaned her head up and licked the closest thing. Which happened to be Sango's neck. Then went right to sleep.

Sango blushed madly as she felt Kagome's tongue across her neck. Soon after she went limp in her arm. She heard laughing coming from across from her. She glared at her mother. "What is it? What was that?" she asked.

Shya just giggled a bit more. "When dog-demons want to say..thank you. They lick at the muzzle of the other. And since Kagome can't reach that she went for the next best thing." she said still laughing. "You better get her to bed now. Don't come down unless it's something important." with that she walked out the door.