Sango looked out over the lake two weeks after Miroku left on his silly quest to make Kagome love him. Her foot was on the mend, no thanks to Inuyasha who kept making her walk all over the place convinced sher could handle it. She had taken to lying on a little grassy hill overlooking the lake outside the village. She wanted to go back to her own village but her foot decided that matter for her. She would be forced to watch Inuyasha pace back and forth grumbling to himself and climbing trees to look for them.
She sighed to herself and watched Inuyasha pacing down by the shore. "I wonder what they're doing?" She muttered to herself. Inuyasha's ears twitched and he looked up at her.
"You say something?" He asked. Sango sighed.
"I was wondering what they are doing." She replied.
"How the hell should I know?" Inuyasha shouted.
"Take it easy Inuyasha." Sango said.
"And why the hell hasn't she come back yet?" Inuyasha bounded over to her. "You don't suppose she's actually falling for him do you?"
"So does this mean you finally admit you like her?" Sango said smoothly. Inuyasha tossed his head in contempt.
"Hell no!" He clenched his fist. "But if he touches her I'll kill him!" He whirled around and faced Sango. "What the hell are we doing sitting around here? Lets go find the bastard monk!"
"My foot is broken Inuyasha, I can't. You seem to forget that quite a bit." Sango said with a sigh of hopelessness.
"Well I'll go then!" Inuyasha declared.
"You've tried it ten times now, every time you lost their scent." Sango pointed out.
"Keh, no thanks to you always dragging behind? Aren't you supposed to be a battle hardened Demon slayer?" Inuyasha demanded angrily.
"MY FOOT IS BROKEN! You really are an idiot!" Sango hung her head exasperated. "It's like talking to a wall!" She glared at him.
"You keep using that damn foot as an excuse to sit around, what's with you? Your betrothed just ran off with another woman and is trying to seduce her." Inuyasha barked. "What kind of man are you..."
"MAN?" Sango shouted standing up. Inuyasha recoiled in horror.
"I... um... Sango... uh..." He faltered.
"Is that what you really think of me?" She demanded turning red.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, Sango, that's not what I meant... I mean..."
"Is that why you treat me so coldly? Is that why you never talk to me? I've followed you around now for countless years and helped you and your damned quest and never once have you ever tried to even be my friend, you take my help for granted! Well for your information I'm a woman Inuyasha! You should try treating me like one for a change!" Sango stalked off angrily toward the village, but her foot burned with pain and she faltered. She fell to the ground and fought back tears. She closed her eyes and bit her lip. The tears welled in her eyes and threatened to spill. A comforting arm wrapped around her and Inuyasha sat next to her.
"I'm sorry Sango... I..." Inuyasha faltered. Sango grabbed him tightly and cried. All her anguish and pain over the years, all the tears she fought back, all the suffering she felt, all the dejection she felt, all the heartbreak she felt whenever Miroku flirted with other women, the loss of her family, her brother, and her home. Everything flooded into her and she cried uncontrollably in Inuyasha's embrace well into the night.
The moon shined coolly down on them when she finally able to control her tears. She looked up at Inuyasha.
"Thank you..." She started but waved off her thanks.
"I'm sorry Sango. I haven't treated you very well over the years. I truly am sorry. Its just... well, I've never really had any friends before you all came around. Will you forgive me?" Inuyasha asked quietly looking up at the moon. Sango nodded and smiled and burrowed her head into his lap and gazed over the moonlit lake and drifted warmly to sleep.