I am sooooooooooo sorry for the wait for the update! I haven't really been in the mood for writing lately (horribly, right?) and I've only been at school for a week and have been busy doing homework (and watching tv, eating, reading, etc). This chapter a LOT is revealed about Sango's past, but not everything. Please Please Please review!
Shippo147 :D
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha (but I do own the villains and Emiko and Lady Gen)
"Hurry!" Emiko called to Sango who was having trouble keeping up with the young girl, "It's nearly dark!" Emiko pushed a tree branch aside showing the sun, setting in the horizon. She waited patiently for Sango to catch up and climbed over an enormous fallen tree. Sango looked at the tree,
'What could have made it fall like this?' she asked herself. She met a stunned Emiko on the other side of log, "What are you staring at?" Sango frowned. Emiko slowly raised her arm, not breaking her stare nor her silence and pointed straight ahead. Sango hesitantly looked in the direction of Emiko's hand,
"Miroku?" A smile took over Sango's face as she ran as fast as she could to her friends. They were sitting together happily eating a smorgasbord of delicious food. "Hey!" Sango called as they turned to her with grins on their faces, they looked like nothing had happened.
"Hey, Sango! What 'sup?" InuYasha asked casually. Sango gasped,
"Kirara!" Kirara came running up to Sango and leapt into her arms, Sango cuddled into her well-missed demon companion, "Are you guys ok?" Sango sat down next to Miroku. Miroku grinned,
"Where've you been?" he asked and offered her some food,
"What do you mean? You were the ones who were taken by the elephant demons!" Sango frowned, 'Something isn't right here.' she thought,
"Elephant demons? There isn't such a thing!" Kagome laughed, "You should know that, you're the demon slayer, aren't you?"
'What is she talking about, don't they remember the demon attack? What's going on, what is wrong with them?' Sango stood up, "If you weren't taken by elephant demons then why would Emiko be here?"
"Who's Emiko?" InuYasha asked,
"The girl I came with! The one standing right ..." Sango turned to where Emiko and her had arrived, "there. Where is she? She was standing there, she lead me here!" Everyone frowned at Sango, Kirara jumped out of Sango's arms, Miroku stood up and put his hand on Sango's shoulder,
"You came by yourself, there was never any little girl. When we saw you, we only saw you."
"What's going on?" Sango looked confusingly at Miroku, pleading for an explanation. He pulled Sango into him and embraced her in a loving hug. He brought his lips to her ear and whispered,
"Get away from here, it's not safe. It's a –"
"Trap." InuYasha stood up and grinned evilly,
"InuYasha?"
"No, in fact." InuYasha's voice changed, it was deeper, darker, sinister. He took two steps towards Sango and grabbed her by the shoulders; he let out a menacing snigger and tightened his grip. Sango watched in horror as her half demon friend's face began growing tusks and changed to look like …
"Jaraku?"
"Yes, and oh," Jaraku signalled to someone behind Sango, "Thankyou very much dear, don't worry, your village will be spared now." Sango turned and saw Emiko, standing, her shoulders slouched with shame, she mouthed 'sorry' to Sango and quickly ran off.
"That is the most disgusting thing anyone has ever done," Sango spat at Jaraku, "forcing a little girl to do your dirty work with a threat like that! You wouldn't have the power to wipe out an entire village anyway!" she glared at Jaraku in revulsion not fearing anything he could or would do to her, anger was dissolving any ounce of fear inside her.
"And you would know all about that, wouldn't you, Sango? Destroying whole villages, or perhaps, whole elephant demon tribes?" Jaraku released his grip on her shoulders and began circling her, "You truly are disgusting, how could you do what you did to other living creatures?" He stopped in front of her, looking her in the eye, he looked deep into them and searched, searched for any part of her that remembered what what's left of the elephant tribe hadn't forgotten. Nothing. "You don't remember, do you?" His eyes widened and voice tone softened,
"Remember what?" Sango asked,
"Let's shed some light on the situation." Jaraku's voice returned to its deep, icy self. He, once again, held her shoulders and transported them to the elephant tribe's home.
Kagome was sitting on the ground, bound tightly with the grey rope, waiting for Sango to arrive. Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara had all tried desperately to untie or break the rope but failed miserably,
"I don't understand, Inuyasha, how are we supposed to free Kagome? It was much easier when you were tied up too." Miroku said, he sat down and closed his eyes,
"I know," growled Inuyasha, "You don't have to keep saying it." Inuyasha fiddled his fingers,
'The only way we could keep them from tightening Kagome's rope was to trick Sango, how are they able to play so dirtily? What is it that drives them so mad to do terrible things to Sango? They say they seek revenge, but as far as we know, Sango's done nothing to them.' Lost in thought Miroku wondered about what Sango could have done to the demons to make them so hungry for revenge. Bored as hell Inuyasha and Kagome actually conversed without having an argument … well, at least for a little while and Shippo and Kirara played together nervously awaiting the arrival of their much-missed friend. The room was somewhat silent except for the occasional stomach grumble or yell from either Kagome or Inuyasha, it was rather peaceful but the angst hanging in it was nearly unbearable, what was taking Jaraku so long with getting Sango. They knew it wasn't a good thing that they were bringing her here but they desperately wanted to see her. Eventually the sound of footsteps was heard; Inuyasha's ears twitched and everyone looked up, not daring to look away from the room entrance, not for a second. They could barely hear angry whispering beyond the door,
"Why didn't you send us together?" hissed a voice,
"Because, Gikuri, Jaraku is more reliable than you." Answered the voice belonging to Yukio,
"But we do every mission together!" Gikuri snapped, his voice leaving its normal monotone self,
"I do not have to explain my actions to you, remember who saved you all those years ago?" Yukio entered the room and found his prisoners staring at him and quickly look down, back to whatever it was they were doing. "She will be here soon." Yukio announced, "I hope." He added, muttering. Miroku stood up, fury rising inside him, about to explode but he knew that he couldn't because they would just hurt Kagome again,
"What have you got against Sango, what did she ever do to you?" He approached Yukio slowly, struggling to control his anger and kept himself from attacking the demon that he saw as scum. He glared into Yukio's eyes,
"She committed the worst crime a demon slayer can. Do you know what that is?" Yukio was unfazed by Miroku's glare, which eventually faded away, Miroku shook his head, "The worst crime a demon slayer is slay an entire tribe of innocent demons. Sango committed the crime against the elephant demon tribe, my tribe. The only survivors were Jaraku, Gikuri and me. We vowed revenge on Sango, killer of our tribe, we WILL avenge our family and friends' death." Miroku was overcome with shock, how could Sango do something like this? How could she? "We will not allow this to happen to another tribe of demons, you see? We do have our reasons, we're not out to kill her on impulse." Miroku turned away from Yukio and walked away, he sat where had been before. Knowing that his friends were feeling as shocked as he was closed his eyes, trying to find anything in Sango's personality that could be the blood thirsty monster that Yukio had described; he tried to find any trait in the woman that he had fallen in love with that was near it.
How was that? A little shorter than I'd hoped but I knew that if I didn't get it finished tonight I probably wouldn't for another week. Some parts are a little rushed (or so I think) so please let me know what you think!
Shippo 147 :P