InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heart To Heart ❯ Learning ( Chapter 1 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Chapter One
Learning
A pleasantly mild summer day found Sango and Kagome seperated from their male companions, taking additional salvage from the heat in a cool pond they had come across. The surroundings were pleasingly quaint; the small, somewhat shallow body of water was surrounded by rocks and a few feet of plush grass on all sides before giving way to forest. There was no sound but the occasional chirp of a bird or a splash as one of the two moved in the water, adding to the relaxing, lazy atmosphere. Well, it should have been - but as she sat on a large stone toward the middle of the pond, cupping water with her hands and dribbling it over herself, Kagome sensed Sango's unease beside her. The taijiya was sitting a few feet to Kagome's left, squirming in the water and nervously tracing circles in the surface of the pond. Kagome's voice seemed to take her by surprise.
"Nani, Sango-chan? Is something wrong?"
Sango let out a pent-up breath and opened her mouth to speak.
"Um....no, nothing, Kagome-chan....thank you."
The two caught each other's eyes for a few seconds, and finally Sango caved under Kagome's questioning stare.
"Well, it's just that....well, I've been doing some thinking. Naraku's dead, I've avenged Kohaku and my parents' and my whole villages' suffering....everyone else seems to be happy, and I suppose I should be too. But it's just....I feel like I still, well, um, I still want something more." She let out an abrupt and mildly uncharacteristic chuckle before continuining. "I'm definately not trying to deny it any more, my feelings are so clear that I'd be an idiot to not admit to myself that I have them. It's just....awkward sometimes, feeling the way I do....feeling the way I do about Houshi-sama...."
Sango turned to Kagome to find her smiling softly back at her, understanding and an undertone of relief in her eyes. "I've known for a long time, Sango-chan, that you felt strongly for him. You may not have admitted it to yourself, Sango, but your actions showed it a long time ago." A small blush graced Sango's cheeks. She couldn't find anything sensible to say at the moment, so she just smiled weakly back at Kagome and quipped, "You can notice that so well, and yet you can't notice how Inu Yasha feels about you?" This time Kagome blushed. She set her chin in her hands and couldn't help smiling in slight embarrasment. "Thanks, Sango-chan." was all she said.
A rather awkward silence followed, and Sango finally broke it by saying, "It still feels kind of strange....I feel like I'm not supposed to feel that way about Houshi-sama. I shouldn't like him in that way." Her voice feel for the next statement. "....When I'm just another warm female body for him to grope." Kagome squeezed water out of her hair, and Sango fixed her eyes onto the ripples that the waterdrops made, avoiding Kagome's eyes as she answered. "I don't think so, Sango-chan! I've seen the way Miroku-sama looks at you. It's different from the way he looks at other girls. Whether or not you believe it, I think he has some feelings specially for you." Sango looked up to Kagome at that. She blushed lightly again as she spoke.
"Heh....thanks, Kag. I hope....it's still kinda weird though, you know? He's the first guy I've ever genuinely been in love with." Kagome's eyes closed for a moment, then opened halfway, her lips curving into a shy smile as she answered, "Yeah, I know exactly how you feel. I felt the same way when I first realized how I felt about Inu Yasha. But now, loving him is just another part of my day." A few second passed and then Sango said, with her blush strengthening to a crimson color; "Also....well....I don't have any experience. Ever since I could walk, I was taught to be a skilled taijiya, and that's the way I lived by. I never had time for a boyfriend. I wouldn't....heh....know how to please him." Kagome's brows furrowed in thought at the last comment, and slowly she inched closer to her friend. Then, without warning, Kagome reached a hand out and grasped Sango's hand, pulling Sango the rest of the way to her.
Sango gasped quietly as Kagome drew her up onto the rocks surrounding the pool and moved to sit behind her. The gasp grew in strength as Sango suddenly felt a plane of hot skin stretch against her back, and two hands reaching under her arms to cup her breasts. She looked down to see Kagome's hands softly toying with them as she pressed herself into Sango's back, a few random wisps of wet black hair tickling Sango's cheek and shoulder. Kagome's voice came as soft, slow whisper. "Well, I've never been touched either....but I've had a lot of dreams where Inu-kun would touch me real gently, kinda like this...." Sango's breath caught in her throat as Kagome pinched a nipple between her thumb and forefinger, before continuing. "I'm sure Miroku-sama wants to touch only you like this."
The only vocalization Sango could manage was a hoarse whisper. "K-Kagome....I don't know...." With this, Kagome released Sango's breasts and turned her so that they were facing each other. Her voice was confident. "Sango! I know her cares about you. I say you take the chance and just...." Sango had barely noticed Kagome's hands coming up to rest on her shoulders, until one of the hands quickly moved behind her neck and drew Sango forward, crushing her lips against Kagome's. Kagome said nothing, and did nothing but softly kissed her, leading not with experience but simply instinct. Sango felt herself going rather pleasantly numb as Kagome's tongue shyly poked out from her mouth, licking her lips and unwittingly causing Sango to open her mouth against the other girlss, allowing Kagome to softly touch Sango's tongue with her own.
As Kagome pulled away, her head was dipped down and her bangs covered her eyes in shadow, but Sango could hear the sincerity in her voice. "Sango....I know Miroku has feelings for you. You may not have seen how he looks at you, but I have. Trust me, Sango." Sango didn't know quite what to think as she felt herself smiling. "I just....thanks, Kag. I've had so many dreams too...." she trailed off and Kagome moved herself to sit beside Sango. She raised herself up to her knees and pushed herself against Sango, placing a hand on her arm. That hand trailed down her arm, over to her stomach and ever-so-slowly downwards, until Kagome was making soft, horizontal strokes directly above the patch of black hair at Sango's crotch. Her voice was airy and light, but still sincere. "Learn from them, Sango....act on your deepest desires. We can both learn...."
Sango stiffened slightly at the advancements, quickly closing and reopening her eyes as she whispered, "Kagome...." Her friend's voice remained steady. "Just relax. You're my best friend, Sango-chan, and I wanna learn with you....but tell me if you want me to stop." Sango's brain formulated a response, which came to her lips faster than she realized. "No....go....on...." So Kagome continued her soft stroking, leaning her head in closer as she shifted to be in front of Sango again, and dropped her lips to Sango's collarbone. She placed a soft kiss there, then trailed her way over Sango's pulse and to the top of her right breast. In a few seconds, Sango felt a shocking, electric sensation as Kagome's lips tentatively closed over her nipple, taking into her mouth and sucking slightly. Sango's hand flew up from it's resting place on the ground, finding it's way the back of Kagome's head and tangling the fingers into her hair, holding the girl down to her chest. The sensation was overwhelming. And incredibly wonderful.
Kagome continued to run her tongue languidly over Sango's nipple, squeezing the similar peak of the other breast in her fingers. The blood was running to Sango's chest, and gathering at the tips of her breasts to perk her nipples and shift their color to a darker shade of pink. Sango moaned almost inaudibly as she ran her hands through Kagome's hair, holding onto her as she switched breasts and gave the left one equal treatment. The unexpected pleasure ended all too soon, however, as Kagome lifted her head from Sango's chest and took a deep breath. She looked intently at her friend with a small smile playing across her features, and a hint of a blush starting on her cheeks and nose.
Sango returned Kagome's smile, and felt Kagome take a hold of her wrists to gently push her down to the ground. Sango's back hit the soft grass, and Kagome settled herself atop her, her hair falling as a black curtain around her and Sango's faces. Kagome balanced herself on one hand and lifted the other to stroke Sango's stomach, sweeping down from right below her breasts to her lower abdomen. Sango involuntarily gasped and closed her eyes, lips pursing to hold back a moan. Kagome slightly shifted their position once more, so Sango was half-sitting up against a large rock behind her, and Kagome's knees were settled on the ground between Sango's legs. Sliding down some, Kagome brought a hand to the lower regions of Sango's stomach again, this time continuing downwards to stroke her mound through the soft curls.
Sango clenched her teeth as she felt heat pooling up between her legs, she was afraid that if Kagome moved any lower she would....but her thought was never completed as she felt Kagome shyly part her folds and run a finger around the inside. Sango couldn't hold back a strangled moan, reaching a quivering hand up to touch Kagome's arm as she slowly slipped the tip of one long finger into her heat. Sango's breathing became ragged, errant gasps escaping her lips as she felt Kagome probe slightly deeper, and deeper still, until her whole finger was enveloped in Sango's wetness. Suddenly rather unsure of what to do, Kagome absentmindedly pulled her finger out slightly and thrust it back in, earning a soft cry from Sango. Her confidence boosted, Kagome carefully inserted another finger, pumping them in and out with increasing strength and speed.
Kagome brushed her thumb swiftly over the small bundle of nerves at the top of Sango's opening, hearing more breathless cries and feeling Sango's hand clutch onto her harder with every passing stroke of her clit. It took only a few more thrusts and strokes of Kagome's thumb to send Sango completely reeling and over the edge, and she clawed frantically at the grass under her as she felt her inner muscles let go and herself spilling out over Kagome's hand. Once Sango caught her breath, she looked up at Kagome, who was breathing almost as heavily as her, face flushed. Sango gasped out, "Kag...," breaking off as she watched Kagome bring her hand up to her face and shyly poke her toungue out to lick the fluid off her fingers. Sango stiffened with arousal.
Once that was done, Kagome leaned in to softly brush her lips against Sango's, bringing up a reaction and causing the girl to tug Kagome even closer to her, slanting her mouth over hers and kissing her more deeply. Sango tasted herself on her lips as Kagome pulled away from her for breath. With strengtening arousal, and unavoidable curiousity, Sango watched as Kagome kissed her chin and dragged her toungue down her throat to the dip of her neck. She continued over her chest, leaving a trail of kisses between her Sango's breasts, and down over her stomach. Sango's breath hitched in her throat as she felt Kagome's head dropping down to between her legs. Clawing the ground, Sango arched her back and cried out in breathless pleasure as Kagome tentatively licked her folds. She deftly parted them and ran her tongue over the exposed pink, causing Sango to moan deeply and once again weave her fingers into Kagome's hair and hold her down.
Without warning, Kagome's tongue probed into Sango, shocking Sango with the sudden pleasurable intrusion, and Kagome with the feel of Sango's inner walls clamping her tongue. Kagome reached her hands out and grabbed Sango's hips, holding her against her as she thrust her toungue in and out, similar to what a man would do. It once again didn't take long for Sango resolve to crumble, and she gave a muffled cry as she released. What shocked and somehow pleased her was that Kagome hadn't drawn away; even now she held herself up, having the grace to blush sweetly as she licked the insides of Sango's thighs ever-so-softly.
Once the two righted themselves, Sango felt a nagging need to return Kagome's pleasure, and imagined the only way to quench her need was to return Kagome's favor. So she slowly lifted Kagome up to her feet, leading her over to a large rock and signaling for her to sit on it. Kagome did, and Sango kneeled down in front of her, reaching her hands out to part Kagome's legs. "S-Sango-chan...." was heard from above. "You really don't have to...." Sango silenced her by lifting up and placing a sweet kiss on Kagome's lips. Then she returned to her kneeling position between the young miko's legs. "Yeah, I know...." she whispered with affection in her voice. "But I want to, Kagome. Let's learn together...."
Kagome's eyes drooped shut as she felt Sango's breath tickling the inside of her thighs, and a hand reaching up to part her folds for access. The feeling of Sango's breath brushing over her core was soon replaced by the feeling of her tongue making a soft, long stroke over her heat, coming up to flick at her clitoris before Sango's lips closed around it, alternating between light sucks and soft kisses. Kagome couldn't hold back an elongated moan as she was teased in this manner, and her own hands found their way into Sango's hair to hold her friend down and keep the feeling coming. The heat and pressure building up in Kagome's lower abdomen recoiled like a spring as Sango probed her tongue inside, requiring only a few more thrusts to have Kagome break completely. Her hands tightened their grip in Sango's hair as she spilled out, panting like no tommorrow to regain her breath after her orgasm.
Sango gently stroked Kagome's hips as she lapped at her inner thighs, lazily rolling her tougue over the heated flesh. The taste was indescribably unique to Sango, a dull sweetness that she couldn't really describe. She finished her work and lifted her head to look Kagome in the eyes. She reached out a hand to tug Kagome down towards her again, and she fell into Sango's embrace as she finished recovering. They stayed like that for a while, Sango idly pressing small kisses on Kagome's head, temples and brow, or vise versa, neither saying a word for a long time. Curled into each other, they made no attempt to move from the spot or do much but lie there together, exchanging occasional small smiles.
The only thing heard between them was Sango speaking once in a feather-light whisper;
"Thank you...."
Learning
A pleasantly mild summer day found Sango and Kagome seperated from their male companions, taking additional salvage from the heat in a cool pond they had come across. The surroundings were pleasingly quaint; the small, somewhat shallow body of water was surrounded by rocks and a few feet of plush grass on all sides before giving way to forest. There was no sound but the occasional chirp of a bird or a splash as one of the two moved in the water, adding to the relaxing, lazy atmosphere. Well, it should have been - but as she sat on a large stone toward the middle of the pond, cupping water with her hands and dribbling it over herself, Kagome sensed Sango's unease beside her. The taijiya was sitting a few feet to Kagome's left, squirming in the water and nervously tracing circles in the surface of the pond. Kagome's voice seemed to take her by surprise.
"Nani, Sango-chan? Is something wrong?"
Sango let out a pent-up breath and opened her mouth to speak.
"Um....no, nothing, Kagome-chan....thank you."
The two caught each other's eyes for a few seconds, and finally Sango caved under Kagome's questioning stare.
"Well, it's just that....well, I've been doing some thinking. Naraku's dead, I've avenged Kohaku and my parents' and my whole villages' suffering....everyone else seems to be happy, and I suppose I should be too. But it's just....I feel like I still, well, um, I still want something more." She let out an abrupt and mildly uncharacteristic chuckle before continuining. "I'm definately not trying to deny it any more, my feelings are so clear that I'd be an idiot to not admit to myself that I have them. It's just....awkward sometimes, feeling the way I do....feeling the way I do about Houshi-sama...."
Sango turned to Kagome to find her smiling softly back at her, understanding and an undertone of relief in her eyes. "I've known for a long time, Sango-chan, that you felt strongly for him. You may not have admitted it to yourself, Sango, but your actions showed it a long time ago." A small blush graced Sango's cheeks. She couldn't find anything sensible to say at the moment, so she just smiled weakly back at Kagome and quipped, "You can notice that so well, and yet you can't notice how Inu Yasha feels about you?" This time Kagome blushed. She set her chin in her hands and couldn't help smiling in slight embarrasment. "Thanks, Sango-chan." was all she said.
A rather awkward silence followed, and Sango finally broke it by saying, "It still feels kind of strange....I feel like I'm not supposed to feel that way about Houshi-sama. I shouldn't like him in that way." Her voice feel for the next statement. "....When I'm just another warm female body for him to grope." Kagome squeezed water out of her hair, and Sango fixed her eyes onto the ripples that the waterdrops made, avoiding Kagome's eyes as she answered. "I don't think so, Sango-chan! I've seen the way Miroku-sama looks at you. It's different from the way he looks at other girls. Whether or not you believe it, I think he has some feelings specially for you." Sango looked up to Kagome at that. She blushed lightly again as she spoke.
"Heh....thanks, Kag. I hope....it's still kinda weird though, you know? He's the first guy I've ever genuinely been in love with." Kagome's eyes closed for a moment, then opened halfway, her lips curving into a shy smile as she answered, "Yeah, I know exactly how you feel. I felt the same way when I first realized how I felt about Inu Yasha. But now, loving him is just another part of my day." A few second passed and then Sango said, with her blush strengthening to a crimson color; "Also....well....I don't have any experience. Ever since I could walk, I was taught to be a skilled taijiya, and that's the way I lived by. I never had time for a boyfriend. I wouldn't....heh....know how to please him." Kagome's brows furrowed in thought at the last comment, and slowly she inched closer to her friend. Then, without warning, Kagome reached a hand out and grasped Sango's hand, pulling Sango the rest of the way to her.
Sango gasped quietly as Kagome drew her up onto the rocks surrounding the pool and moved to sit behind her. The gasp grew in strength as Sango suddenly felt a plane of hot skin stretch against her back, and two hands reaching under her arms to cup her breasts. She looked down to see Kagome's hands softly toying with them as she pressed herself into Sango's back, a few random wisps of wet black hair tickling Sango's cheek and shoulder. Kagome's voice came as soft, slow whisper. "Well, I've never been touched either....but I've had a lot of dreams where Inu-kun would touch me real gently, kinda like this...." Sango's breath caught in her throat as Kagome pinched a nipple between her thumb and forefinger, before continuing. "I'm sure Miroku-sama wants to touch only you like this."
The only vocalization Sango could manage was a hoarse whisper. "K-Kagome....I don't know...." With this, Kagome released Sango's breasts and turned her so that they were facing each other. Her voice was confident. "Sango! I know her cares about you. I say you take the chance and just...." Sango had barely noticed Kagome's hands coming up to rest on her shoulders, until one of the hands quickly moved behind her neck and drew Sango forward, crushing her lips against Kagome's. Kagome said nothing, and did nothing but softly kissed her, leading not with experience but simply instinct. Sango felt herself going rather pleasantly numb as Kagome's tongue shyly poked out from her mouth, licking her lips and unwittingly causing Sango to open her mouth against the other girlss, allowing Kagome to softly touch Sango's tongue with her own.
As Kagome pulled away, her head was dipped down and her bangs covered her eyes in shadow, but Sango could hear the sincerity in her voice. "Sango....I know Miroku has feelings for you. You may not have seen how he looks at you, but I have. Trust me, Sango." Sango didn't know quite what to think as she felt herself smiling. "I just....thanks, Kag. I've had so many dreams too...." she trailed off and Kagome moved herself to sit beside Sango. She raised herself up to her knees and pushed herself against Sango, placing a hand on her arm. That hand trailed down her arm, over to her stomach and ever-so-slowly downwards, until Kagome was making soft, horizontal strokes directly above the patch of black hair at Sango's crotch. Her voice was airy and light, but still sincere. "Learn from them, Sango....act on your deepest desires. We can both learn...."
Sango stiffened slightly at the advancements, quickly closing and reopening her eyes as she whispered, "Kagome...." Her friend's voice remained steady. "Just relax. You're my best friend, Sango-chan, and I wanna learn with you....but tell me if you want me to stop." Sango's brain formulated a response, which came to her lips faster than she realized. "No....go....on...." So Kagome continued her soft stroking, leaning her head in closer as she shifted to be in front of Sango again, and dropped her lips to Sango's collarbone. She placed a soft kiss there, then trailed her way over Sango's pulse and to the top of her right breast. In a few seconds, Sango felt a shocking, electric sensation as Kagome's lips tentatively closed over her nipple, taking into her mouth and sucking slightly. Sango's hand flew up from it's resting place on the ground, finding it's way the back of Kagome's head and tangling the fingers into her hair, holding the girl down to her chest. The sensation was overwhelming. And incredibly wonderful.
Kagome continued to run her tongue languidly over Sango's nipple, squeezing the similar peak of the other breast in her fingers. The blood was running to Sango's chest, and gathering at the tips of her breasts to perk her nipples and shift their color to a darker shade of pink. Sango moaned almost inaudibly as she ran her hands through Kagome's hair, holding onto her as she switched breasts and gave the left one equal treatment. The unexpected pleasure ended all too soon, however, as Kagome lifted her head from Sango's chest and took a deep breath. She looked intently at her friend with a small smile playing across her features, and a hint of a blush starting on her cheeks and nose.
Sango returned Kagome's smile, and felt Kagome take a hold of her wrists to gently push her down to the ground. Sango's back hit the soft grass, and Kagome settled herself atop her, her hair falling as a black curtain around her and Sango's faces. Kagome balanced herself on one hand and lifted the other to stroke Sango's stomach, sweeping down from right below her breasts to her lower abdomen. Sango involuntarily gasped and closed her eyes, lips pursing to hold back a moan. Kagome slightly shifted their position once more, so Sango was half-sitting up against a large rock behind her, and Kagome's knees were settled on the ground between Sango's legs. Sliding down some, Kagome brought a hand to the lower regions of Sango's stomach again, this time continuing downwards to stroke her mound through the soft curls.
Sango clenched her teeth as she felt heat pooling up between her legs, she was afraid that if Kagome moved any lower she would....but her thought was never completed as she felt Kagome shyly part her folds and run a finger around the inside. Sango couldn't hold back a strangled moan, reaching a quivering hand up to touch Kagome's arm as she slowly slipped the tip of one long finger into her heat. Sango's breathing became ragged, errant gasps escaping her lips as she felt Kagome probe slightly deeper, and deeper still, until her whole finger was enveloped in Sango's wetness. Suddenly rather unsure of what to do, Kagome absentmindedly pulled her finger out slightly and thrust it back in, earning a soft cry from Sango. Her confidence boosted, Kagome carefully inserted another finger, pumping them in and out with increasing strength and speed.
Kagome brushed her thumb swiftly over the small bundle of nerves at the top of Sango's opening, hearing more breathless cries and feeling Sango's hand clutch onto her harder with every passing stroke of her clit. It took only a few more thrusts and strokes of Kagome's thumb to send Sango completely reeling and over the edge, and she clawed frantically at the grass under her as she felt her inner muscles let go and herself spilling out over Kagome's hand. Once Sango caught her breath, she looked up at Kagome, who was breathing almost as heavily as her, face flushed. Sango gasped out, "Kag...," breaking off as she watched Kagome bring her hand up to her face and shyly poke her toungue out to lick the fluid off her fingers. Sango stiffened with arousal.
Once that was done, Kagome leaned in to softly brush her lips against Sango's, bringing up a reaction and causing the girl to tug Kagome even closer to her, slanting her mouth over hers and kissing her more deeply. Sango tasted herself on her lips as Kagome pulled away from her for breath. With strengtening arousal, and unavoidable curiousity, Sango watched as Kagome kissed her chin and dragged her toungue down her throat to the dip of her neck. She continued over her chest, leaving a trail of kisses between her Sango's breasts, and down over her stomach. Sango's breath hitched in her throat as she felt Kagome's head dropping down to between her legs. Clawing the ground, Sango arched her back and cried out in breathless pleasure as Kagome tentatively licked her folds. She deftly parted them and ran her tongue over the exposed pink, causing Sango to moan deeply and once again weave her fingers into Kagome's hair and hold her down.
Without warning, Kagome's tongue probed into Sango, shocking Sango with the sudden pleasurable intrusion, and Kagome with the feel of Sango's inner walls clamping her tongue. Kagome reached her hands out and grabbed Sango's hips, holding her against her as she thrust her toungue in and out, similar to what a man would do. It once again didn't take long for Sango resolve to crumble, and she gave a muffled cry as she released. What shocked and somehow pleased her was that Kagome hadn't drawn away; even now she held herself up, having the grace to blush sweetly as she licked the insides of Sango's thighs ever-so-softly.
Once the two righted themselves, Sango felt a nagging need to return Kagome's pleasure, and imagined the only way to quench her need was to return Kagome's favor. So she slowly lifted Kagome up to her feet, leading her over to a large rock and signaling for her to sit on it. Kagome did, and Sango kneeled down in front of her, reaching her hands out to part Kagome's legs. "S-Sango-chan...." was heard from above. "You really don't have to...." Sango silenced her by lifting up and placing a sweet kiss on Kagome's lips. Then she returned to her kneeling position between the young miko's legs. "Yeah, I know...." she whispered with affection in her voice. "But I want to, Kagome. Let's learn together...."
Kagome's eyes drooped shut as she felt Sango's breath tickling the inside of her thighs, and a hand reaching up to part her folds for access. The feeling of Sango's breath brushing over her core was soon replaced by the feeling of her tongue making a soft, long stroke over her heat, coming up to flick at her clitoris before Sango's lips closed around it, alternating between light sucks and soft kisses. Kagome couldn't hold back an elongated moan as she was teased in this manner, and her own hands found their way into Sango's hair to hold her friend down and keep the feeling coming. The heat and pressure building up in Kagome's lower abdomen recoiled like a spring as Sango probed her tongue inside, requiring only a few more thrusts to have Kagome break completely. Her hands tightened their grip in Sango's hair as she spilled out, panting like no tommorrow to regain her breath after her orgasm.
Sango gently stroked Kagome's hips as she lapped at her inner thighs, lazily rolling her tougue over the heated flesh. The taste was indescribably unique to Sango, a dull sweetness that she couldn't really describe. She finished her work and lifted her head to look Kagome in the eyes. She reached out a hand to tug Kagome down towards her again, and she fell into Sango's embrace as she finished recovering. They stayed like that for a while, Sango idly pressing small kisses on Kagome's head, temples and brow, or vise versa, neither saying a word for a long time. Curled into each other, they made no attempt to move from the spot or do much but lie there together, exchanging occasional small smiles.
The only thing heard between them was Sango speaking once in a feather-light whisper;
"Thank you...."