Arrankor: Given it's Sango, you aren't going to get anywhere just brute forcing your way into her life. xD A great example is InuYasha and Sango's initial relationship. InuYasha's hostility towards her, even with reasonably logical thought behind it, just annoyed- though after Miroku explained that it was supposedly his way of offering comfort to her, she and InuYasha quickly found their pace to a decent companionship in battle.

[I do not own InuYasha, given the era, there are very few things I do own I realized- most things are merely licenses or leases in the end.. How sad.]

Sango had intended to keep up with the majority of her promises at the very least, in response to Miroku's willingness to actually cooperate with her somewhat. However, the first one she came to didn't go exactly as intended. She thought that perhaps they'd merely talk on the way back, and that'd be good enough for now- however things didn't turn out that way. She met up with Kohaku and the trainees quickly upon leaving, however InuYasha was not among them. Kohaku said he insisted upon departing quickly after the training, he had assumed he'd returned home earlier. She knew why, after she considered it for a bit, but for a good few minutes after Kohaku went on back, she anguished over the meaning of the event- that was until she noticed how dark it was that night.

It wasn't until she entered the forest line that InuYasha frequented on his time of the month, that she even acknowledged- she hadn't brought her weapons, short of the hidden blade and poisons carefully contained in her uniform. She cursed her impatience silently as she proceeded on. InuYasha was most definitely a creature of habit, she could almost always find him here during this night otherwise, but that being said- he hadn't been at home this time, so she honestly wasn't sure where he would've ended up, especially without knowing the amount of time he had before losing his speed and strength. She wandered down the way, heading in the direction of the training spot they'd headed to that day, maintaining just inside the treeline though was proving difficult, as it continued to curve around slowly away from her destination.

"Damnit, this is rediculous! It's pitch black out here, honestly why would you need to hide any further!" She said, getting mildly frustrated at the situation.

"Sango?" Came InuYasha's voice, though the sound carrying in the night didn't help as much to distinguish where it had come from.

"Ah, there you are! Leave me a map if you're finding a new place, next time- I've been wandering around here for ages it seems like!" She scolded, though she honestly couldn't figure out exactly where to glare.

"Feh! Who told you to come find me anyway? I survived for this long without help, I figure I can make it until sunrise." He said though this time she managed to get an idea where to look, focusing on the voice's origin, rather than the direction she had heard it.

"You know, it occurs to me that considering I'm a demon slayer, you don't seem at all troubled by the fact that I do seek you out at the moment where you are weakest." She said in a mocking tone, enjoying even the small banter they shared.

"Heh, of course not- the title is DEMON slayer, I can vouch, I don't qualify right now." He muttered. "Besides, you ain't got it in you remember? You have fe-" InuYasha began to say once again.

She worked overtime to find him at that moment as she leapt upwards right to his branch- thankfully for her, just the surprise of her popping in disrupted his sentence. "Thanks for reminding me, was seriously considering forgetting- what with you not being around very much today." She said almost provokingly.

"Heh, I was around- you just weren't awake to notice." He chuckled.

"Ah- yeah.. sorry about that.. guess I ate too much." Said Sango, neglecting to mention the fact that she'd had three person's shares all together of lunch.

"I'll say, you passed smooth out despite wearing your uniform." He said with a snicker.

"I did not- I was wearing my.. night.. clothes." She said, realizing the foolishness of her statement halfway through. 'Why would I put on my night clothes to fall asleep unintentionally?' She thought to herself.

"Why would you put on your night clothes if you weren't intending on going to sleep?" Pointed out InuYasha.

"I know that!" She said, mildly embarrassed about having argued such an obvious error. "Wait, if I was dressed in my uniform before-.. !" She boiled over for a moment. 'That..! No wonder he was so willing to help!'

"Oh that? I changed you once you didn't seem to be waking up- you still looked quite ill, and your uniform wasn't helping." Said InuYasha.

"Eh?! Who give you permission to do that!?" She said, redirecting her anger back at InuYasha again.

"Hmph- what's with that attitude?! Geez, try to do someone a favor.. Next time you can stay sprawled out across the bed, for all I care." He argued before turning his head away from her and resting back against the tree,

"Next time let me then!" She fumed a bit. 'Geez, what's worse, someone who does things like that intentionally, or accidentally?!' She thought, still annoyed for a bit, though the silence was quickly eroding that. "..But thank you, I did sleep well- too well, I didn't wake up until after dark..." She said.

"Heh, I'm surprised you woke up then- you were sleeping more soundly than I had ever seen you sleep before.." Said InuYasha with a snicker. "Demons could've attacked and you'd still be laying there, with that creepy smile on your face, choking the life out of my arm still. I thought I'd have to drag you to the training, cause you wouldn't let me go- I eventually pulled at your grip enough to get free though." He chuckled, recalling the scene- though his description was biased, he honestly remembered it a lot more pleasantly than he made it sound.

"Ha-Haven't you ever been told before that it's embarrassing to hear about yourself while you're asleep?" She asked with a slightly unsettled frown.

"Don't cling to me when you're sleeping in the middle of the day, and maybe that won't be a problem." He responded, but the playful smirk on his lips indicated that it was more or less to taunt her, he definitely hadn't meant it- in fact, he probably enjoyed watching her sleep if she had to guess.

"You're definitely a demon, I don't care if you're human right now or not.." She mumbled, before smiling slightly and hopping down.

"Are you going back now?" He asked, expecting her to as usual.

"Nope!" She said pleasantly, in a bit too sweet of a manner, reminded him of Kagome at that moment- it wasn't a pleasant reaction. That usually meant he'd get sat in the next moment. "WE are going back now." She clarified.

"Heh! Like hell, I ain't going anywhere in this form!" He argued.

"Yes, you are- cause if you don't, I'll just active those beads again, and drag you home." She said, still with that same tone.

"You-... Damn you Kagome... Feh! Friends she says..." Said InuYasha, realizing he hadn't tried to remove the beads since Kagome returned them- he knew it wouldn't work, but even so, he grasped them slowly and went to lift them up, only for the spiritual effect to activate and prevent them from leaving him. The glow made Sango chuckle.

"I don't have a reason to use them so long as you behave and come along quietly.." She warned in the same sweet tone.

"..You wouldn't..." Said InuYasha.

"InuYasha, Si-" Said Sango, she knew it wouldn't work even if she said the same thing- after all, Kagome had explained that it was the intent to use them that effectively made the word you chose the incantation.

InuYasha came falling from the tree a moment later, it wasn't the beads effect, it was the fact that in panic trying to avoid being pulled down, he'd simply fallen from the tree- however the effect was similar..

Sango knelt down beside his human form implanted into the ground and patted him. "It's okay, I agree with Kagome- it's so much more like you to have them on." She giggled.

"..-I hate you..." Muttered InuYasha, twitching slightly in the hole, perhaps content to wallow in self loathing at that moment.

Sango smiled. "That's not true, you have feelings for me." She said with an amused chuckle, afterwards she felt a tad embarrassed having said it- she had expected him to interrupt her, but rather, he was simply getting up and walking ahead.

"Are you coming?!" He called back to her, causing her to jog to catch up.

"I was just playing, you aren't mad are you?" Said Sango, trying to peek in at his expression, but he made a large effort to avoid that very outcome.

"No!"

"Yes, you are!"

"No, I'm not!"

"Are too!"

"NOT!"

Sango sighed briefly. "Oh god, I'm turning into Kagome... Kill me now." She said with a sigh.

"You aren't Kagome, trust me." He said without any real evidence to his meaning.

Sango looked at him as if he'd just said something completely insulting. "What's THAT supposed to mean?!" She asked, feeling rather enraged, though her initial assumption was more hurtful to her feelings than her pride.

"Simple- Kagome wouldn't have hesitated to activate the beads." He said simply. "You're definitely different." He said with a chuckle.

Sango quickly put together his meaning, finding quickly it wasn't quite so insulting as she previously thought- in fact, it was probably intended as a compliment. "Well, of course- I mean, it's not like I have any need for it." Said Sango.

"Heh, just hope it stays that way." Commented InuYasha as he walked, looking ahead with a casual smirk.

Sango had been wondering if it had been a good idea to seek him out tonight, but as she noticed his expression, she smiled. '..As I thought.. it's nice to be able to spend some time together.. Even if we fight too, it doesn't mean we're like him and Kagome.. We're us.. and we're happy that way.. together.' She thought, enjoying the walk back for up to a few minutes, before InuYasha decided to tease her about something or another.

They were approaching the house shortly enough. "So then, that one guy who's always bragging about his speed- he tripped over the poison expert that I had knocked out early on. It ended up triggering one of the poisons though, so I had to get them out- what kind of idiot goes into training alongside a poisoner and forgets his mask?" Said InuYasha, berating the trainees with amusement.

"You better be nice." Said Sango, tough she did wear an amused smile on her face. Partly because of the story, but likewise because of InuYasha's insistent nature to label people by how he sees them, rather than ever learn their name. He'd known those two recruits for months now, he still addressed them as You, Kid, and Rookie primarily.

"Hey, it's not my fault- you never saw us tripping over each other in battle!" Said InuYasha, like it was a deficiency of theirs.

"Sure, but keep in mind, you charged in against most of our tactics- we were just 'nice' enough to work around you, rather than going ahead as planned usually." She said with a chuckle. "Wait- do you even know my children's names?" She asked suspiciously, suddenly remembering that he usually refers to them by his various titles as well.

"Huh? Of course I do! It's-" He began.

"Oh wait, I forgot how late it is, we better be quiet.." She said in a more hushed tone as they headed in the house. Sango had hoped to slip into bed and just get by on a little sleep, never be the wiser- but that hope was dashed as InuYasha and herself entered the bedroom- and witnessed Miroku asleep with the children. '... My bed...' She thought to herself. 'Why you little...' She mentally flared as she went over to knock him over the head and drag him back to HIS room.

InuYasha grasped her arm, causing her to turn back- he merely shook his head at her. He motioned towards the kids, pointing at them quietly. "Kuotsu, Amejisuto, and the youngest, Paru." He whispered, as he began to pull her out.

"...So, you do know them..." She whispered with a smile, letting go of the obvious invasion by Miroku, as she followed InuYasha as he guided her along.

"There are a lot of rooms in the house, Sango- there's no need to wake everyone up to get that one back, at least not for tonight." He whispered as they made it back to the living room.

"I know that- but that's my room, like, the room I grew up in.. I haven't even gone into my grandfather's room, or Kohaku's, or my father's old room either- I.. still don't think I can.." She began.

"Maybe it's time to use the house to it's full extent." He said quickly.

"What? You can't really mean to say that I'm going to give up my room for Miroku!" She said, having to hush herself halfway through.

"No, I'm saying that I think the kids might enjoy having a place for themselves. I'm sure they'll prefer to sleep with you still, but sooner or later, if you have the room, I imagine they'd appreciate having a part of it to call their own." Said InuYasha. "I.. lived with my mother when I was young. At first we lived in a really big house, but after I began to roam outside more, she would get into more fights with her father about it- the halfbreed being left to roam free, it didn't do well for his standing in town. We inevitably left that place. Afterwards, the house we stayed in was so small we only had the one room, it was nice being close to my mother- but anytime I wanted to be alone, I had to go outside, so I ended up just climbing into a tree and hiding out there. I think it would've been nice to have more room, even if we didn't always use it- knowing you have a place to return to is comforting I think." He said.

'...That explains his tendency to run off and sit in trees during his transformed states.. it's him hiding in his room..' She thought to herself, the thought was a little amusing, only because of the image of him as a little boy tended to amuse her, not that she had the privilege of most of his earlier life. "..I think you're right.. Besides... My room isn't just my room, anymore, now is it?" Said Sango with a smile.

"Are you still upset about Miroku sneaking in?" Asked InuYasha with a sigh.

"Yes! But that's not what I meant- it'd be good for them to have a place to be away if they want, but maybe it'd be good for you as well- it's your room too." Said Sango with a sigh, he really wasn't good with subtle conversation- she always had to spell things out.

"Feh! Why would I need to hide away?!" He said, remembering to hush himself quickly.

She reached up and pulled a lock of his hair to the front of his eyes, his black, human, hair. She smiled, knowing she'd gotten her point across.

"..Grrr..." He still growled as a human, but it seemed a lot less natural, at least physically- though for him, it was all the more natural that he do it regardless of his form.

"You don't have to hide out in the forest on nights like tonight, if you want, we'll just stay in our room- you don't have to talk about it, or even speak to me if you don't want, but I think I'd be happier if you could trust me enough to stay with me during these times.." She admitted with a smile.

"...We'll see..." Was all he commented as he moved to head further into the house. "For now, let's focus on getting these rooms together- I think that would be a good surprise, don't you?" He asked.

"Yes, but there's one thing- let's move Miroku's belongings to my father's room, at the back of the house... May he strike Miroku down should any such thoughts be considered." She said with an amused smile.