Chapter 6
Sleeping Beneath The Stars
The moon rose over the sleeping mercenaries. Sango looked up at the stars as they danced across blanketed skies.
Sango began sit up, but winced in pain. She took the pain and sat up. It felt good to actually move after a day. She stretched her arms, but not too much in fear of reopening of her wounds. She looked around the camp and saw Bankotsu leaning against a tree, sleeping.
Sango smirked. He looked handsome as he snored lightly. She stood slowly and limped over to Bankotsu. She glanced at his face. Sango had never really noticed before, but there was a purple star on his forehead.
She reached out and brushed her finger lightly across the marking. Bankotsu flinched slightly, but he did not awaken. Sango sat down beside him and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Bankotsu." She whispered. "What happened to you?" Sango closed her eyes, but she opened them when she felt that Bankotsu's head had tilted to lay on hers. She smiled. These moments happened often between them when they were kids, but Sango wanted to make it special.
She moved her head slowly from under his. Sango leaned over to him and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. With a smile on her face, Sango leaned her head back on Bankotsu's shoulder and fell asleep.
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InuYasha brought his nose to the ground and began to sniff the blood covered grass.
"I can smell her blood all over this place, but I can't smell out where it leads to." The hanyou explained. Kagome's face grew worried.
"She's been missing for two days now, she couldn't of gotten far… unless…" Miroku stated and Kagome gasped.
"Do you think she's… dead?" Kagome questioned the concerned monk, but he didn't answer. Kirara mewed in despair.
The fire neko thought it was her fault that Sango went missing.
"That's impossible. If Sango were dead I'd definitely be able to smell her." InuYasha said and that made Kagome feel a little better.
"InuYasha," Miroku started. "Do you smell anyone and anything's else's scent around here?" InuYasha looked up from the ground.
"Yeah, I smell something else, but it's not a demon. I smelt it somewhere before, but I can' touch on where." InuYasha said quietly.
Shippo hopped up onto Kagome's shoulder. "Will Sango be alright, Kagome?" The fox child asked and Kagome nodded.
"Of course she will, Shippo." Kagome didn't want to worry the demon.
InuYasha sniffed the ground more to the forest and suddenly his head perked up.
"Hey, I think I got something!" He shouted. Kagome and Miroku ran over to the dog demon.
"What is it, InuYasha?" Kagome pondered and InuYasha pointed into the forest.
"I can smell her blood all over these tress, so if we follow them-"
"Then we'll be able to find where Sango is." Miroku interrupted and InuYasha nodded.
Kagome got on InuYasha's back and Miroku on Kirara's and the five of them ran into the forest.
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ok ok don't flame me on this, but i know it's a short chapter...sigh but I'm only having it this way because the next one is the BIG chapter! BIG things happen...and not anything gross...if you're wondering... but yes please R&R! (also i know this chapter kinda sux but atleast theres a fluff moment-)