Chapter 14

"Sango," Suzume called to Sango, "I was told you were going to head out to Pelargir with the soldiers".

"Yeah," Sango answered, "I leave tomorrow. I was hoping that they'd let me wear my armour, but I guess that I'll have to wear theirs. Though I still get to use my weapons".

"I was hoping that we could have another conversation before you left," Suzume stated, "Do you have any time to talk?"

"Actually I have the rest of the day off," Sango replied, "We can talk right now if you want".

"Alright," Suzume replied, "I'm kind of curious what the feudal era is like, I never really had a chance to Kagome about it seeing as she was she only person in our era to have been in your era".

"Anything in particular?" Sango asked.

"Kagome said that you were the last of a village of demon slayers," Suzume stated, "That seemed to get my interest more so than anything. What was it like?"

"It was everything to me," Sango answered as memories of her past flooded back to her, "It was really more a way of life than a village though. Considering the unique service it did for the nearby villages. All of my family was born there, except for my mother".

The next day.

Sango, and the company of Gondor rode out, and were on their way to Pelargir. All on

horseback, about two hundred fifty in all. They had left early, so that only a few people would be outside, and not sleeping. So that they could leave without a crowd. The big gates at the wall opened up for them, and once outside they were closed. They had kept themselves a long line five horses wide. The captain in command, had requested that Sango was in the front. So that he can learn more about her, later on in the trip.

Why is Kagome's mothers words still bothering me? There's something behind those words, I can just feel it. It was as if she was looking any info on my mother. Everything we talked about yesterday was about her... There's something behind them, but the question is..., what? Is she trying to get something from me, or... is it that she knows something I don't? I have to look into this, I didn't expect anything like that from her, considering the kind of

person Kagome is. But for now, I'll focus on the task on hand, and maybe I'll find Miroku. To much to do, with only so much time.

"Sango," the captain said, "Come up here, ride beside me, I want to talk".

"Sure," Sango replied, "What do you want to talk about?"

"The events of that attack," he answered, "I was curious as to your abilities of destroying those creatures".

"Those demons," Sango replied, "I was trained since I was a child, of how to destroy them".

"So they came from your world?" he asked.

"Yeah they did," Sango answered, "There must still be some sort of connection between the two worlds."

I didn't realise that. It means that we have a way back, but...it also means that Naraku can bring in an army of demons over here. What is Naraku planning? That demon attack in

Minas Tirith could only be from Naraku. It's only a matter of time before he moves again.

"Hey, are you alright?" the captain asked, shaking Sango out of her thoughts.

"Sorry," Sango replied, "I just realised something, and for this world it's not good".

"Which is?" the captain asked, concerned.

"The connection between the two worlds, if a certain demon has come across to this world, you will have another army to contend with," Sango answered, "A nasty one at that".

"The certain demon," the captain stated, "Who is he?"

"Naraku," Sango answered, "A half demon that lives to manipulate and scheme. He always uses methods where he risks little, if anything. While his opponent risks all. At the present we do not have the means to even to any real harm him if we come across him. Any limbs that we've cut off of him, he almost instantly re-grows it".

"How do we kill him then?" the captain asked.

"He has separated his heart from his body. If you destroy the heart, you destroy Naraku," Sango answered, "Problem is the heart likely stayed in my world".

"You said he was half demon," the captain said, "What is the other half?"

"Human," Sango answered, "It is highly unlikely that we meet him in the flesh, so you only have to worry about his minions".

"The demons right," the captain said, "Are they stronger than orks?"

"How would I know, I have never fought an ork before," Sango replied.

"Sorry," the captain apologized, "On one on one, most soldiers of Gondor can handle an ork.

Problem is that there is so many. At the moment, there are more orks in Mordor than there is men in the western lands".

"I see," Sango replied, "This is going to turn bloody isn't it?"

"I don't see a way around it," the captain answered.

They arrived at Pelargir, untouched from anything. They had seen nothing, not one human, animals apart from the occasional bird, or orks. They did notice that, everyone was inside the walls, With the gate shut. The captain stood in front of the gate, and waited for the huge gate to open. Sango could hear the calls to open the gate, and reinforcements arrived. Soon the gate opened up and Sango entered along with the soldiers.

Once inside, Sango looked around and seen buildings similar in style to that of Minas Tirith. )Her eyes moved to the crowd that gathered because of their arrival. Her eyes stopped when she seen him. A person she recognized, she then broke away from the group and stopped in front of him.

"Where did you acquire that boomerang?" he asked.

"I've had it since I was a child," Sango answered, "Why?"

"That is a rather rare weapon, and I have a dear friend that uses one," he said, "We had gotten separated, and I am sincerely hoping to find her".

She lifted her helmet off, and seen a smirk on his face, "Well Miroku, I think you've found her.

"I thought so," Miroku answered.