Chapter 4
Sorry is no long Enough
Sango sighed as she stared out at the ocean, it reflecting all the beautiful stars in the night sky. She could never find herself able to sleep at night on this ship. Maybe it was because she still feared the Pirates but none of them had shown that she couldn't trust them. They all seemed like really nice people and maybe Kagura was right not all Pirates where the same. And then there was Bankotsu. He made her feel some kind of way when he was around. She sighed and closed her eyes.
"Beautiful at night isn't it?" Sango jumped and turned around to see Bankotsu walking up to her with his hands in his pockets and a smirk on his face his eyes set on the full moon that was above them. She looked up at all the shining stars and nodded.
"Yeah I never saw the stars so bright before." She said with a smile as he came to stand beside her. He looked at her. She looked down at the ocean. "And the way it makes the ocean shines like that. It's breath taking." She said. His eyes stayed on her.
"If you like it so much why don't you stay and become apart of the crew." He asked. Her smile fell and she looked at him.
"What?" She said. His smirk grew.
"You heard me. Join the crew." He said. She shook her head.
"I can't. My parents I know are worried sick. And this really isn't the life for me." She said shaking her head again. He took her hand and she looked at him a small blush going across her face.
"But do you want to? 'Cause you can you know. I'm sure Kikyo can find something for you to do." He said. Sango sighed and pulled her hand away from his. She looked away.
"That's right. You would have to make sure it was ok with your Captain. Kikyo. She doesn't even like me. I see it in her eyes when she looks at me. She just thinks I'm a goody little rich kid." She said shrugging her shoulders.
"Well yeah. But we can change that." He said with a smirk. She chuckled and looked back at him.
"How? I was born and raised like this. And how can I be apart of the crew if Kikyo doesn't even… respect me." She said with a frown. He chuckled and looked back up at the sky.
"That Sango is something you are going to have to earn from Kikyo and let me tell you it's not easy." With another light chuckle. She sighed and looked at him.
"And how do I do that?" She asked as she rolled her eyes. He looked at her and raised an eyebrow.
"Why do you even care? I mean your only going to be here for a few days because you don't want to be apart of this crew. Hey maybe we could keep your brother. He likes it here" He said putting his hand on his chin like he was thinking.
"I don't think so." She said with a chuckle.
"Why not? He likes it here and not only that but he also took some kind of liking to Rin." He said with a wink as he elbowed her in the gut. She winced. "Sorry." He said with a chuckled. Sometimes he didn't know his own strength. She nodded her head and looked back out to the water.
"How can you guys keep those kids on this ship knowing their in danger here?" she asked. He frowned as he looked to her.
"Kikyo would never but her siblings in danger. If she knew they where then she would take care of it. Don't let her hear you say. She'll cut your head off before you had the time to blink. But don't worry. Their in great care with her." He said. She looked to him.
"You must really trust her." She said. He nodded his head. "Maybe even love her" she said and looked to him. It was silent. He began to laugh his head off and it echoed out to the sea before he gripped his stomach and tears filled his eyes. She rolled hers. It wasn't even that funny.
"That's a good one Sango! Me in love with Kikyo. She's like my sister don't be silly." He sighed before he whipped the tear from his face. He sighed before he patted her on the back. "Well seriously Sango if you want to stay I'm sure I can talk to her." He said with a smile. "Night" He said before he walked away. She watched him go before she looked back up to the sky with a sigh.
Kikyo sighed as she rolled over. She jumped as she opened her eyes. Inuyasha was sitting by her bed watching her with his shape gold eyes. She sighed and closed her eyes again. She reached a hand up and touched his cheek. She opened her eyes again to look at him. She ran her fingers threw his hair and he leaned into her touch his face never changing. She smiled.
"Kikyo-"she sat up and kissed him as she cupped his face again. She kissed his cheek before she rolled over. "Kikyo I have something to tell you." He said and looked to the ground. She sighed and opened her eyes again. She stared at the wall ahead of her. It was coming. She knew there was something he wasn't telling her. She closed her eyes as she listened to him breath out. she opened her eyes again them hard and cold unlike they where 5 minutes ago.
"You slept with Kagome." She said barely above a whisper but loud enough for his dog ears to pick up. "Get out." She said and closed her eyes again. He sat there and she gripped the sheets before she shot up and slapped him hard across the face. Tears in her cold, narrowed eyes. "I said get out!" she yelled at him. Inuyasha stared at her with his eyes wide and his cheek red. He slowly stood up as his eyes lowed to the ground. He walked out and closed the door. She picked up the knife from her bed side and threw it at the door where it stuck.
Inuyasha stood against the door and stared at the ground. He sighed and closed his eyes before he began to walk and back to his room. Sesshomaru stood out the door with his arms crossed and his eyes narrowed as he watched his younger brother stopped in front of him. "Don't say anything." He said as his fist balled up his eyes narrowed to match his brother's.
"Tell me Inuyasha it's been two months scents your intercourse with Kagome. Why now out of all times to tell Kikyo?" He asked. Inuyasha glared at him as his fist tightened and he let out a small growl. "Was it guilt? Or pity for her?" He asked.
"Get out of my way Sesshomaru." He growled out and gritted his teeth together in anger. Sesshomuaru's eyes flashed red as they narrowed even more.
"And what are you going to do if I don't?" He asked. The two brothers stared at each other.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa where's the fire?" Koga asked as he walked up and looked at the two of them before he frowned. "Now's not the time to be fighting each other. Whatever this is about work it out later. Not when where a day away from crow's island." He said. Inuyasha's and Sesshomura's eyes never leaving each other. Sesshomaru let out a growl before he turned his back on both of them and walked down the hall to his own room. Inuyasha relaxed as he watched him go.
"Thanks Koga." He mumbled before he walked towards his door. Koga's hand on his shoulder stopped him and he turned to look at him.
"Did you really cheat on Kikyo?" He asked. Inuyasha stared at him before he pushed his hand on his shoulder and walked into his room closing the door behind him. Koga stared at the door before he turned and walked down the hall while shaking his head.
The next day Inuyasha watched as Kikyo stared out into the sea. He sighed. He was so stupid. He should have told her sooner. He felt an arm rap around him and looked to Kagome. "Hey Inuyasha. So did you tell Kikyo about us?" she asked. He nodded his head and looked back to her. "And she flipped out right? I told you. If she really loved you she couldn't care. Because true love can over come everything. I guess that means she doesn't really love you." She said and gripped his arm. "But I do Inuyasha. I don't care that you chose Kikyo over me. I'll always stay with you." She said and smiled up at him.
Bankotsu stared at the two in disgust. He felt someone touch his shoulder and looked to see Kagura. She shook her head and he relaxed before he looked back to them. "How could they do this to her Kagura? He's supposed to love her and she's her freaking sister. Her own flesh and blood." He said as his fist balled up.
"I know and I'm sure she's hurt. You know Kikyo. She likes to hide it. But right now she's bleeding out from a wound that can't heal on its own. She needs you." She said. He looked at her before he nodded his head and made his way down to the lower deck. He sighed as he walked up next to her and stood next to her.
"Hey Kikyo." He said and looked to her. She stared blankly out into the water. Her hair breezing threw the wind and her eyes so low they almost looked closed. He sighed again and moved closer to her. "Listen Kikyo I know you're in pain right now. But hey Inuyasha isn't even that good looking." He said and elbowed her in the gut playfully. She winced before she glared at him. "Yeah your right. Now's not the time to be joking." He said with a frown. She looked back out to the water.
"Did I do something wrong Bankotsu? Was I not good enough for him?" She asked and looked to him. He looked to her.
"No Kikyo! You did nothing wrong. It was him not you. Don't let him make you think any different. He's the one that messed up and make the biggest mistake of his life. IF we had a plank I would throw him over it to the sharks." He said. She chuckled as she rolled her eyes.
"Thank you Bankotsu.' She said. He smiled softly to her and they stood there in silence.
"Kikyo!" Souta yelled from the Crow's nest. They both looked up. "Crow's Island is in eye range!" He yelled down. She gave him the thumbs up as she began to walk away.
"Thanks Bankotsu." She said again. He nodded his head as she walked away. She walked up the bridge. "Alright everyone prepare for land. Get the supplies ready and make sure that those two don't get off." She said and pointed to Sango and Kohaku who where standing next to each other. "I'll leave that job to you Kagome." She said as she looked to her younger sister.
"Why do I have to baby sit the newbies!?" she yelled as stomped her foot and glared at her sister. Kikyo looked to her.
"Because someone is always baby sitting you. Just stay here and watch them. It's not like you do anything anyways." She said as she glared at her before she rolled her eyes. "Except before being a whore." She said and began to walk away. Kagome sucked her teeth and put her nose in the air. Kikyo stopped next to Kagura. "I'm leaving you in charge. Make sure she doesn't do anything stupid." She said. Kagura nodded her head. She moved down into the lower dock of the ship.
"Alright you guys know the routine. Stay together don't drink and don't tell anyone where the ship is located. Work together and get back her before sun down." Said Bankotsu as he looked around all of them. They all nodded in understanding and began to move about quicker. Sango watched them all work and couldn't help but to fell useless. She always felt useless.
"Is there anything I can help with?" She asked as she walked over to Bankotsu. He smirked as he turned to her.
"And why would you want to help us after all your not apart of the crew." He said as he looked around. His eyes fell on Kohaku who was struggling to help Ayame move barriers around. "Use your legs Kohaku! It's all in the legs." He said before he looked back to Sango. "Anyways you're just a little rich kick hitching a ride so just sit back and let the masters work." He said. Her mouth fell open.
"But your letting my little brother help!" she yelled as she pointed to her brother. Bankotsu looked up at him.
"That's because he is apart of the crew." He said with a shrug.
"But he isn't staying here." She said as she frowned up at him. He shrugged his shoulders.
"He's still apart of the crew and all he needs you to do is say yes and it will be germinant." He said with a smirk as he looked down at her. She stared at him before she looked to her brother. Her eyes fell to the ground. "You still have a couple of days Sango." He said before he walked away.
"You still didn't tell me what I could do to help." She mumbled to herself.
"You want to help?" She jumped and turned to see Kagura. She nodded her head. "Then I'll give you something to do. Come with me." she said and began to walk away. Sango stared before she fallowed her into one of the doors near the stairs. It was a small room and hand old and new maps all over the room as well as globes and what looked like blue prints of the ship. "This is the corrugators' room. Well more like my room. But you went to school right?" she asked.
"Yeah. I'm in my last year." She said as she looked around. She stopped at the desk that had paper all over it but there was a picture on the desk. She picked it up to see it was a picture of an old man and what looked like Kikyo as a small child. She was smiling with a fish in her hand. Sango ran her finger over the glass of the frame. She looked so happy. So much different then she did now. "What happened to Kikyo to make her so cold and shut in?" she asked more to herself forgetting that Kagura was even in the room.
"A lot of things." Sango jumped and dropped the frame at how close Kagura was standing behind her. The frame hit the desk before it hit the grounds and shattered. They both stared down at it. "You're in trouble." She said with a sigh before she got down and began to pick up the glass. Sango began to help her.
"I am so sorry. I didn't mean too. You scared me. I didn't know you where so close." She said. Kagura shook her head.
"Shh. It's fine." She said.
"What happened?" They both jumped at Kikyo's voice and Kagura winced before she looked to her finger. A drop of blood ran down her finger from the cut she just got from the glass. Kikyo got down in front of them. She picked up the picture out the glass. "What happened Kagura?" she asked. Kagura was staring at her finger.
Sango watched her as did Kikyo. She inched her fingers towards her mouth before Kikyo gripped her wrist roughly and pulled her finger towards her. She put it in her own mouth and Sango blushed as Kagura blinked a few times. She looked down and at the glass again. "Um… I showed it to her and it dropped from my hand.' She laid. Kikyo pulled her finger out.
"Your lying go get you self cleaned up." She said as she began to clean up the glass. Sango watched as Kagura shot up and rushed out. She stared at the door.
"Is she going to be o.k.?" she asked as they stood up and Kikyo threw the broke glass out the window. Sango did the same. Kikyo looked to the picture before she sat it on the desk.
"She'll be fine but I'm sure you noticed by now that have my crew are demons." She said. Sango nodded her head as Kikyo looked to her. "Well Kagura is too and her kind feeds off blood. But when she joined my crew I told her that she had to stop feeding off that stuff. She had a hard time but she adjusted. The sight of blood brings out the demon in her. It's hard to give up on something that you where raised on." She said and looked to her. Sango nodded her head.
"So is she like a vampire or something?" She asked. Kikyo stared at her before she shrugged.
"You can say that." She said. Sango smiled towards her.
"And the way you took the blood so she wouldn't. You care about all of them." She said. Kikyo chuckled.
"Of course I do. Their like my family and I would give my life for one of theirs as I would give my life for you if you where apart of the crew. But seeing that your not I could careless." She said with a shrug. Sango frowned. "Well I'm sure Kagura had you in here for a reason. What was it?" she asked.
"Um I don't know. She asked if I went to school though if that helps.' Sango said. Kikyo nodded as she looked around. She pulled out a chair and turned on the desk light.
"Have a seat. I want you to search these maps for a fast root to Destiny Inland. Find a few of them because not all of them are save. It might take a while but the most recent maps are on the other desk and these are the older ones.' She said as she laid them out for her. Sango's eyes scanned over the. Some areas circled and some with an X on them. Some with both. "The ones with Circles are dangerous areas so just forget about them and the ones with an X on it we already been." She said and handed her a mark. "When you think you have a root draw a line on it and Kagura and I will look at it later understand?" she asked and looked to her.
"Yeah. I understand." She said as she nodded her head and looked back to the map. Kikyo nodded as she watched her before she grabbed the picture and began to walk out. She stopped at the door and looked back at Sango.
"If you need any help find Kagura. She should be feeling better by now." She said. Sango nodded her head with out looking up from the map. Kikyo watched her before she walked out. She looked to the picture as she made her way towards her room. She let a small smile come to her face as she ran her finger over her grandfather.
"Kikyo." She looked up to see Inuyasha. She looked away from him as she frowned and she slipped the picture in her back pocket.
"Unless it has something to do with Crew's Inland, or the ship I don't want to hear it." She said as she brushed pass him. He grabbed her arm and spun her around to face him. She glared up at him as he stared down at her. "Inuyasha if you know what's good for you will release me right now."
"Kikyo it was a mistake. I don't love her like I love you." He said.
"But you do love her." she said as she pulled her arm away from her. "You can't have us both and at the moment you can't have me. Be a good dog and go lay down." She said as she eyed him. She heard him let out a small growl. "Did I hit a nerve? Well that's not even half of the pain that I feel right now Inuyasha." She said. He relaxed and let his eyes fall to the ground. Her eyes narrowed. "I trusted you." She said.
"Kikyo. I'm sorry." He said.
"Sorry is not going to fix it this time Inuyasha." She said as her own eyes fell to the ground. It was silent before Kikyo turned her back on him and continued down the hall. He looked up and watched her go before he looked back down to the ground before he let out a sigh.
