In the night of the new moon was the night where everyone tried to avoid. Sango was riding on Kirara with her hiraikotsu in hand. She wiped the dirt off of her cheek, breathing heavily as she scanned around the area. Kirara looked tired, but agitated. The only thing Sango could do was to pet her head to comfort her companion. The two were tired and were trying to kill this demon for at least a few hours or so. Kagome, Miroku, and Shippo were at an abandoned hut with Inuyasha, who had gone into a human form. They all forgot that today was the day of the new moon and sadly, they all didn't had time to put a barrier after they found shelter cause the demon that they were fighting at the moment was following them. It wanted the rest of the shikon jewel that they had with them. Even though Sango could've had Kagome or Miroku with her, but she didn't want to risk it. She needed the two to protect Inuyasha and Shippo since they're both vulnerable. Also Miroku's wind tunnel was expanding, so she didn't want him to use it unless it was necessary. Besides, before the new moon, Kagome told her where the shard of the shikon jewel was. As long as Sango knew where it was, she knew she had no trouble fighting this demon off.

"Where are you?" she muttered to herself.

Kirara landed on the ground, not too far from the hut, but far enough where the others wouldn't get hurt. Suddenly, the ground cracked. Kirara growled and jumped away as a demon sprouted out from it's earthy shell.

"There you are!" Sango said. "Hiraikotsu!"

She threw her gigantic boomerang at the demon, slicing it in half, but the demon's body regenerated instantly as if her hiraikotsu didn't do anything to it. Eyes widened, Sango bit her lip as her hiraikotsu came back to her. The demon roared as it charged at her with full speed. Kirara jumped up and blew out fire at the demon, but it had no effect. Sango gripped her hiraikotsu tightly as the demon opened it's mouth. The mouth had three rows of teeth. Light appeared inside as it shot out shards of teeth. Kirara nearly dodged it as the teeth scrapped Sango's shoulder, drawing blood. She winced and Kirara looked at her with worry. The only thing Sango could do was to give her companion a comforting smile.

"Hiraikotsu!" Sango threw her boomerang.

The boomerang flew straight into the demon's mouth, but the demon caught it by it's teeth, snapping it into pieces. Sango gasped and turned pale. She had her weapon broken before, but not like this. Growling, she took out her sword and jumped off of Kirara. The demon spew out more teeth shards, but Sango blocked it by slicing it with her sword. However, the teeth shards were scrapping her blade. Sango stabbed the demon into it's shoulder and took a small knife, smashing it into it's mouth by shoving the knife under it's chin. Kagome had told her that the shard was inside it's mouth in it's tongue.

As Sango tried to rip off it's tongue from the inside, the demon howled as it grabbed her waist, tossing her into a tree. Sango grunted, feeling a trickle of blood going down over her eye. Her whole body was burning as she spat out some blood. Kirara flew over to her nudging her head against hers.

"I-I'm fine, Kirara," Sango choked.

"Sango!" voices shouted.

Sango turned to the voices. Kagome, Miroku, Inuyasha, and Shippo were out of the hut with weapons ready. Kagome fired her purification arrows, but the demon caught it and snapped it in half as if it was nothing. Miroku threw his paper talismans, but just like Kagome's it had no effect. Shippo was using his fox fire and Inuyasha had his tenssaiga out as if he was ready to fight like always.

"What kind of demon is this?!" Kagome shot another arrow and just like last time, it had no effect.

"Kirara, go and protect Kagome-chan and Houshi-sama," Sango groaned. "I'll be fine."

Kirara purred and flew over to her friends as she spew out some flames. Sango huffed as she slowly got up. She stared at the demon that still had her sword and knife in it's body. Kagome was running out of her arrows and Miroku had a hand near where his wind tunnel resides. With a deep breath, she ran around the area, trying not to be seen. Her whole body was begging her to stop, but she knew she had to keep going. As she got to the back of the hut, she climbed on it.

When she got to the top, Sango use what's left of her energy and raced over to the demon with full speed as it opened it's mouth, releasing it's teeth shards. She ignored the blistering shards as she landed on top of the demon's head.

"Sango-chan!" Kagome screamed.

"Sango, get off!" Miroku shouted.

Sango didn't listen as the demon tried to shake her off of it, but she held on as tightly as she could. Sango shoved a hand into it's mouth. She could feel the demon snapping it's jaws into her arm. Screaming, Sango grabbed it's tongue and ripped it out, having her skin peeled off and some of the demon's teeth were lodged in her arm. Then the demon took her sword and stabbed her through the side of her stomach. Sango screamed some more as she threw the demon's tongue to Kagome, falling onto the ground. The demon roared as it fell on it's back.

"Sango!" everyone called.

Sango looked up as she saw her friends running over to her. She noticed that Kagome was pulling a shard out of the demon's tongue. Miroku held her in his arms as Kagome pulled out her sword. Sango winced as she coughed up more blood. Kirara transformed back into her kitten form as she nuzzled against her forehead.

"Are you okay, Sango?" Miroku asked.

As Sango opened her mouth, she coughed up more blood. She tried to breath, but she felt like something was pushing against her lungs. Her body was so much in pain. It was something she had never experienced before. The closest thing she had experienced something like this was when she was buried alive.

"Do you think we can make it to Kaede's hut on time?" Shippo questioned.

"We should, right guys?" Kagome asked.

"Let's just go and hurry," Inuyasha said.

"Y-You guys...don't n-need t-to," Sango finally managed to say.

Everyone was quiet as they all looked at her. Sango could only give them a warm smile. Kagome gasped and clasped her hands over her mouth as tears formed. Shippo held onto Kagome, burying his face on her leg, and Inuyasha turned.

"No! No!" Miroku shouted. "We'll get you to Kaede, Sango! Just hang on!"

"I-I'm sorry everyone...," tears flowed over Sango's bloody cheek. "I-I love you. I love you a-all."

Then Miroku cried as he held onto Sango closer to him. Before she knew it, he kissed her. Sango would've scolded him for kissing her while being covered in dirt and blood, but she didn't care. She just wanted this moment to last a bit longer. As they broke apart, she could feel tears dropping onto her forehead.

"I love you too," Miroku sobbed. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"

Sango laughed faintly. "D-Don't be. It was...my choice. A-All I ask...from all of you is...to be happy a-and live your...life to the fullest."

If only I could live like that, Sango thought. It was like as if her life was flashing before her eyes. If she wasn't hurt like this, she could've gotten married to Miroku and have children. She could've grow old and see how much the world would change around her, but she couldn't. If there was one thing Sango wished for, it would be getting another chance at life. Then she realized that Kohaku would be all alone. Her precious little brother who she tried to get back, the main reason why she joined Inuyasha, she would never see him again.

"T-Tell...Kohaku, I'm...s-sorry," Sango said.

Then her body was becoming lighter by the second. As Sango took her last breath, she heard everyone calling out her name. Smiling, she closed her eyes for the final time.