Disclaimer: Inuyasha and Co. do not belong to me. If they did, do you think I'd be sitting here, writing fanfiction? no -_-'

IronyPrologue…

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'Blood… There's so much blood'

It was everywhere, seeping out of the mangled bodies of the slaughtered villagers. There was so many of them…

'Another village destroyed.

I know that Inuyasha and the others realize what happened, they just aren't saying anything. I can tell they know, just by the pity looks they are giving me.

I can't stand it.

I can tell by the wounds on the bodies… there is no mistake. They were all killed by a chain-sickle… that must mean…

Kohaku…', Sango's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a light tap on the shoulder.

"Sango…"

Sango turned around to look at the houshi.

"Yes, houshi-sama?", she replied, trying to hide the sadness in her voice. But her eyes gave her away. He knew her all too well.

"Are you alright?", his voice was full of concern and worry.

Kagome and Inuyasha stopped ahead of them, remaining silent, giving the couple a moment to themselves.

"Yes, I'm fine", she answered back quietly. She kept her eyes locked with the ground, afraid that if she looked him in the eye, she wouldn't be able to keep from crying any longer.

Suddenly, he brought his cursed hand up, lifting her face to look at him.

"Sango…", his voice sounded so calm and gentle.

"I…" she didn't know what to say, she just turned around and ran. She couldn't stand to be pitied any more.

She heard him call her name as she ran into the forest, her eyes blurry with unshed tears. She didn't know where she was going; she just kept running.

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Miroku sighed in defeat. He didn't know what to do at the moment. They had set up camp near the village, where Sango could find them. They had been waiting for over an hour already and yet…

Sango hadn't returned yet.

"I wonder when Sango-chan will come back…" Kagome broke the hour long silence.

"She'll come back soon" Inuyasha retorted.

Miroku sighed again. He didn't know what to say. All he knew was that he was worried to death.

'What if something happens to her? What if she gets attacked? She's all alone out there…' Miroku couldn't help but worry. After all, he cared for Sango very much.

                "To me, you are a special girl…"

Those words echoed through his head repeatedly, as he remembered what he had said to her just a couple of weeks earlier.

And yet, he could do nothing to ease her pain. No matter how special she was to him…

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A/N: FYI, this is a Sango/Miroku fic. There will be practically no Inu/Kag moments, or very few… maybe. I'm kinda inspriried right now, after watching my beloved episode 118 a couple of times over. I'll probably be extra inspired after I see episode 132, where Miroku finally proposes to Sango! Yatta! ^-^ Anyways, if you have a Sango/Miroku fic, please tell me and I will read it! Onegai, R&R! Ja ne ~.^

09-23-03