So and that's the 4th part, this FF.

They got out of the water after recovering for a long time. Shippou had already fallen asleep and the others slowly closed their eyes. "What do you think Kagome are you asleep?" Asked Sango. “Well, Shippou must have already fallen asleep, I don't know how it is with the others.” They quietly went back to the campfire and were quite surprised when everyone was already asleep. 'Strangely, most of the time Inuyasha is the last to fall asleep, well, apparently it was a pretty tough day for him today. 'Kagome thought and smiled at the thought of what had happened today. Both now also lay down. While Kagome fell asleep, Sango couldn't sleep because she was looking for something. 'I lost something on the way back, just what? 'Sango got up again to find the missing piece.

She walked back one more time to the hot spring. 'That's really strange, I walked all the way back and didn't find it.Maybe I didn't lose it here at all, but at Dekkiso. '

"Are you looking for this perhaps?" Asked an unfamiliar voice, holding it up. Sango turned around, startled. "Yes, I'm looking for that. Where did you find it?" Sango asked. "Very close here." The stranger continued. He was standing behind a tree so that you could only see his arm. "Shall I give it back to you?" He asked. "Oh, give it to me." Sango reached for the said object, but reached into the empty space because the stranger let his hand hang down. So that Sango fell on the ground first. The stranger went on now. Sango watched him go and straightened up to get her jewel splinter back.

In the meantime, Kagome had woken the others because she had felt seven splinters. "Wake up quickly the jewel thief has struck again and this time Sango is his victim!" Shouted Kagome. They were terribly worried that something might happen to Sango.Sango had left her sword and her bummer rank behind while looking for her splinter. Immediately everyone was awake and Inuyasha tried to follow Sango's smell. But the stranger had looked after and had given off a scent everywhere that smelled like a dead rat and worse. Like a dead rat immersed in bile. This bothered Inuyasha so much that he collapsed.

In the meantime Sango had managed to catch up with the stranger. The stranger stopped and turned. Sango stopped, exhausted. Her heart was racing. She propped herself up on her knees. He leaned over and lifted her chin so he could look into her eyes. Sango was still breathing heavily. The stranger smiled at the sight. "What do you want?" Sango asked, still barely breathing. "What I want? I want your splinter," he said. "You already have it, why are you stopping then?" She asked further. The stranger gave a sneering laugh. "I enjoy tormenting you."He said. Now he disappeared and left her alone in the forest. She collapsed, exhausted.

It was early morning when Sango woke up again. She was startled when she looked around. Slowly she remembered what had happened the night before. 'I have to hurry, the others are probably wondering where I am. 'And Sango ran all the way back that she had made yesterday.

Inuyasha had awakened from his fainting again. None of the others could sleep that night, they had worried too much. The Sango was somewhere in the forest and was dead. That she will never return.

Sango was confused, but yesterday she went exactly the same way, right? Or was she lost? Sango was afraid, what if the stranger came back and had changed his mind and killed her? She ran faster and faster, but the forest never came to an end. The more she ran, the more she got lost. 'What did he say? Does he enjoy torturing me?Hopefully I'll get back to the source soon. 'Something cracked behind her and out of panic it could be the strange one again. She ran even faster.

The others had started looking for Sango again. The stench was gone. They ran to the source where Kagome and Sango had been together the last time. Here they also found the footprints of the stranger and those of Sango. They also noticed that the footprints looked exactly like those of the creature that Miroku wanted to kill. so Kagome's suspicions were correct, alas! That also meant that they no longer had to make hope. Sango must have already had the creature on the meadow. But they followed the tracks to at least bury Sango's body. If the being didn't cut them up.

They were now at the point where Sango had collapsed. “She doesn't seem dead yet,” said Miroku. The first glimmers of hope arose. "But what if the being took Sango with it?", Shippou asked and looked into the now sad faces of his friends." We will find them! And if she really is dead, I will avenge her. "Said Miroku." If only it were that easy! We don't know how strong the being really is, and we don't know whether it killed Sango either. "They went straight on.

The forest was getting thicker and denser. Sango couldn't go on, how long had she been running? She ran out of time feeling. The tops of the trees were so tightly together that no more sunlight came through. 'I can not anymore. Why can I no longer find the source? "

They had come to an intersection.
"It's best if we split up." Inuyasha said and the others agreed. So they split on Kagome, Shippou and Kirara went to the right and Inuyasha and Miroku went to the left.

"What do you think Inuyasha will we find her again?" Asked Miroku who was still hoping that Sango was alive."No idea, I would say it is 98% that we will not find Sango alive again." Said Inuyasha, who had long since given up the hope of seeing Sango alive again. "And what about the 2% that are left?" "You can choose that!" Inuyasha replied annoyed. 'Actually, we don't even know if the being is a man, then he would definitely ...' Miroku couldn't think any more, because inuyasha had given him a headbut. "I didn't mean that you always have to think of piggy things!" Inuyasha yelled at Miroku. "How do you know what I'm thinking of?" Miroku wanted to know. A nasty grin formed on Inuyasha's face. "If you're getting red in the face, it can only be because you're thinking of something piggy," he explained. Miroku turned even redder than it already was and was competing with a ripe tomato.

There was a rustle and the stranger appeared right in front of Kagome's feet.His clothes were similar to those of a ninja, but with a knee-length Suikan over them. That was held together by a red obi. Almost the whole body was covered with the black, skin-tight suit, which only showed the stranger's eyes. Even the mouth and nose were covered with the black cloth. You couldn't tell from the suikan whether it was a man or a woman. Kagome and her companions were startled. The stranger just looked at her with blank eyes and disappeared again. "Wait, what did you do with Sango?", Kagome called after the stranger. The three left the path and followed the stranger until they could no longer follow his tracks.

It was night and the animals that slept during the day became active. Bats buzzed through the air in search of something to eat. Owls also flew through the air. Coyotes howled at the moon. Frogs croaked and scorpions came out of their holes. Sango was leaning against a tree and trying to fall asleep.Inuyasha and Miroku had made a fire and ate freshly caught fish because they had caught on a river that ran through the middle of the forest. Kagome, Shippou, and Kirara had also made themselves comfortable. Shippou and Kirara played together while Kagome looked for firewood.

While searching for firewood, Kagome also came across another hot spring. She winced when she heard a crack and her eyes turned down from the source where the stranger pulled his Suikan from. Kagome's eyes widened and she blushed. The stranger had turned his back on her. He also took off his suit now. He had silver hair that he had tied in a braid. A thick scar could be seen on the left side. He undid the braid and the long hair now covered the scar. He got into the spring and sat down. Kagome got up and was about to leave when she stepped on a rotten branch and dropped her collected branches. The stranger turned and saw Kagome.Kagome looked the stranger in the eye. Slowly turned her gaze downward. Also on the left side was the thick scar that she had already seen on the back. Every touch of red disappeared as the stranger's body looked. He wasn't a man, He was a woman! She looked again into the eyes of the stranger. 'So it was a woman all along, but how can she be so strong, after all, she almost strangled Miroku and Sango might have killed her,'

"Who, who are you and what did you do with Sango?" Asked Kagome. She did not answer. "Did you kill her?" Kagome asked further. The stranger shook her head slightly. A slight smile formed on Kagome's mouth. "She's not dead, you didn't kill her?" Asked Kagome, beaming with joy. She shrugged her shoulders. Kagome came closer to the stranger. "Tell me, can't you speak?" Kagome wanted to know. "But I can speak, but I don't know why I should make an effort for you."Gave it back coolly. The stranger got up and went to her things and got dressed again. Kagome stepped closer to her. Both looked at each other behind the stranger a black hole formed. She stepped inside and the black hole closed again. Kagome was alone again. Kagome hurriedly ran back to the place where she had dropped the firewood.

Shippou and Kirara were already growling their stomachs. 'When will Kagome finally come, I'm hungry! "Shippou heard something and turned around. Then Kagome came with firewood and she was pretty out of breath. Now Kagome made a fire. After a short time the fish that Shippou and Kirara had caught were done. When they had eaten they all fell asleep exhausted.

It was morning and the sun was shining, birds were flying around. Hares scurried through the bushes. Sango woke up to find the stranger standing in front of her. Panic broke out in Sango. The stranger pressed her against the tree where Sango had been sitting.