"Come on Miroku! If you're gonna keep traveling with us, you ought to know by now you have to keep up!" Inuyasha yelled back to Miroku who was dragging slowly behind. "I'm sorry Inuyasha, I don't know what's wrong, I feel increasingly weak." He called in reply. He was lying, he knew exactly what was wrong, he just didn't want to let on. "That's just because you and Sango went boom, boom in the bed last night!" Inuyasha continued to yell at his friend, becoming more, and more annoyed. Sango stopped dead, blushing a deep scarlet. Now she was really sweating it.
That's none of your concern Inuyasha." The embarrassed demon slayer snapped. So they walked on. It's no big deal everyone does it. Inuyasha thought to himself rolling his eyes. "Inuyasha! Poor Miroku can't keep up, can't you see that he's hurt!" An angry Kagome yelled as she and Shippo stopped to check up on their friend. "Well, I'm not slowing down for him, so he can just keep moving and deal with it!" Inuyasha fumed back at her, big mistake. "INUYASHA!" She shouted. "Hold on Kag…" He tried to reason with her but failed to even finish his sentence. "SIT! Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, SIT!" She yelled now even angrier than before.
Inuyasha's imprint was made clearly and deeply in the dirt, and he came out growling, fists clenched. "Jeez Kagome!" He yelled. "Well you deserved it you idiot!" She snapped back running to Miroku. "I'm an idiot well you're…" Kagome once again interrupted him. "Shut up!" She roared. "Thank you so much Lady Kagome I am…" A stab of pain surges through his body, causing him to double over, and wince. "Grateful to you." He manages to finish uneasily. "Are you sure you're alright Miroku?" Sango asked concerned. "Yes." Miroku tried to reassure her. "Inuyasha will carry you if you're too weak." Kagome piped in. "I will not!" Inuyasha yelled furious and annoyed. First of all, no one was moving, and Kagome had the nerve to tell Miroku he'd carry him. "Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled knowing right away she'd get what she wanted.
"Yeah Inuyasha, have a heart why don't you!" Shippo said, naturally sticking up for Kagome. "Shut up you little pipsqueak!" Inuyasha growled. "Inuyasha." Kagome said a little too sweetly. "Sit." She said simply, as her and Sango each took one of Miroku's arms, and carried him down the path. "Though he protested, they didn't let him go. "Sango, Lady Kagome please, I am capable of carrying myself." He pleaded. "You don't act like it!" Inuyasha spat, making sure he got his two cents in. Sango was becoming angry. "Miroku, you can barely lift your own head, and your wind tunnel is consuming more and more of you as we speak, stop being so stubborn!" Sango yelled now more out of concern than anger. "Sango, please don't be so rash, you're in no condition to be carrying me either." He said smirking. "What's he talking about Sango?" Kagome asked confused. "Well," Sango blushed. "I'm going to have his child." She continued. Inuyasha stared at her open mouthed, while Shippo bounced up and down joyously on Kagome's shoulder.
Wow, Sango you're pregnant. And Miroku's the father, we have to get him help before…" She trailed of with mixed emotions. "Yes, I do." Sango agreed teary-eyed. Can we stop all this it's ridiculous! Quit your whining so we can help Miroku and find the jewel shards!" Inuyasha yelled infuriated. "No, no we will go by ourselves, this is our burden we will bare it alone." Sango interrupted. Inuyasha growled, he wanted to attack her when she acted like this. "God damnit Sango, I wanna get this over with and get on with my life, I've got more important things to do with my life!" "I'm with Inuyasha, let's go!" Kagome said optimistically. The rest of the gang sighed, and Inuyasha took Miroku on his back. Sango and Kagome ran to catch up with an anxious Inuyasha. "Slow down Inuyasha you don't even know where you're going!" Kagome said now walking along side Inuyasha and Sango.
"What do you mean, of course I know where I'm going! …Miroku where are we going?" He half shouted. "To Master Mushine's temple, he'll know what to do." Miroku gasped out in pain. They all nodded and headed out. "Um, guys, the temples the other way." Miroku said, before clutching his wind tunnel tighter. Embarrassed, everyone turned around and began their journey the other way. Miroku soon fell asleep, too weak to even keep his eyes open. Inuyasha rolled his eyes, but continued to walk. Sango was becoming more and more worried about Miroku. He was fading fast, and she was quickly becoming weaker. But for Miroku's sake she kept going.
Please be okay, you've been through worse than this Miroku. Sango thought as she walked on. Then she thought of something, what if she was to have a baby boy? Then her baby would also have a wind tunnel. She quickly became downhearted and scared. But she couldn't dwell on what was still yet to come. If she was fated to have a boy then so be it. It would still be her boy, her beautiful little boy to Miroku. They'd get past his problem somehow. It wasn't a problem with Miroku, until now. But even still she'd have a child for as long as the gods would permit it. And secretly that was all she ever wanted.
"Ah!" Miroku yelled. Pain was all he felt, as a powerful gust of wind pulled and tugged at him, and as his last act, he pushed away from Inuyasha. "I love you." He called to Sango, before disappearing into the darkness, and fading away forever. "MIROKU!" She screamed. She fell to her knees and in tears and clenched her fists. A crying Kagome held, Shippo and reached out, touching her friends shoulder. At that moment something inside Sango sparked and she got up and ran.
"Sango, COME BACK!" Kagome yelled. They took off after her, but she ran faster than any demon. She ran deep, down into the woods and to an all too familiar meadow. There she sat down to mourn by the river where Miroku had first told her he loved her. She wept, no longer wanting to live. Inuyasha ran towards her, and Kagome carried an emotional Shippo not far behind. "Sango, get down!" Inuyasha yelled. She looked back at him alarmed. Kagome lunged at her, pushing her out of the way just in time. "WINDSCAR!" Inuyasha yelled, vanquishing the demon that was once hovering above Sango. Soon the demons swarmed and Inuyasha really had his hands full. "Come on." Kagome said pulling Sango away.
When at last Inuyasha had finished he came over to see Sango. "What's wrong with you, how could you be so selfish." He yelled. Sango glared at him. "Yeah Sango, what about the baby?" Shippo added. Sango fell into Kagome. "I don't know what came over me! I just wanted you to leave me here, I honestly wanted to die." She sobbed. "It's okay Sango, we'll help you get through it." Kagome replied. They all sat down, letting Sango softly cry in her arms, Kagome leaned up against a tree. Inuyasha climbed it, not really wanting to see all these human emotions. "Oh come on Inuyasha be compassionate! "Kagome called up to him angrily. "Feh." Was all he said. Kagome was ready to sit him, but thought better of it. As much as she and Sango needed comic relief, she didn't think torturing Inuyasha was the way to go.
Chapter one ends, sorry if you thought it was rushed, please review. I had help on this from ravens secret stalker, but does anybody know which hand Miroku's wind tunnel is in, if so put in a review, Thanks!