Sango stared down at the body. He was gone. He was actually gone.
Naraku was defeated. But it wasn't his dead body that lay in front of her.
She laughed, cried, and screamed.
"Monk...well, we'll burry you soon." Sango looked around. Kagome wasn't back from finding the proper herbs for the burying ritual. Inuyasha and Shippo must have been digging the grave by then. Kilala was nowhere to be seen.
Sango knelt next to Miroku's motionless body, and said a prayer, which turned into more of a pouring out of all of her feelings towards Miroku.
"Dear Lord. Please accept this...honorable monk. And please don't send me to the underworld for lying through my teeth right then. Even if Miroku had some bad habits...bad, horrible, nasty, disgusting...oh, sorry. Even if Miroku had some bad habits, he was not that bad of a person when you got to know him. He was...a free spirit. And even if I gave him major skull fractures at times, that doesn't mean I didn't care for him. In fact, when it comes down to the bare truth..."
"Sango?" Kagome's voice was right behind her. "Are you okay?"
Sango shook, trying to hold back tears. "Kagome...it hurts."
"What? What is it Sango?"
"The last thing I said to him was...uh...I'll think of it...it'll come to me...er...oh yeah, Stay away from me, you womanizing perv."
Kagome smiled sadly at her friend. "You really started to love him, didn't you? I'll give you some more time alone." She walked back to the forest.
Sango felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Inuyasha..."
"Listen Sango, some times you just have to realize what's happened, and then forget it. Ya' know, move on. I know you liked Miroku, and wanted to protect him, and he felt the same way about you. He told me. And he said if anything happened to him, to tell you that he would miss you."
Sango smiled. "Thank you, Inuyasha." She felt him leave and soon afterward, she lay down and looked at the stars.
"Hm...Miroku...Kohaku...Father...All taken by Naraku. And I got my revenge. But...it doesn't fill the emptiness inside. I'll remember you forever Miroku No matter how much of a pain in the butt you were sometimes...I still...I still love you." She got to her feet. Then looking down at Miroku, she fell to her knees again. She laid her head on his chest and sobbed.
Within 2 minutes, she sat bolt upright.
Kagome sat next to Inuyasha. "You think Sango will be okay?"
"Yeah...she's pretty tough...just give her some time."
Then a scream shook the forest. "MIROKU YOU FAKING LITTLE-! HOW DARE YOU? WHEN YOU REALLY DIE YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE DEVIL AND I'LL MAKE SURE OF IT!"
Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other and smiled. Shippo held out his hand. "Come on pay up! The bet was, if he was alive you gave me candy, now hand it over."
That night Miroku and Sango sat next to each other by the fire. "I knew you couldn't resist my charm." The monk said glomping Sango.
Sango stood up and shoved Miroku into the fire. "Get used to burning, monk."
Kilala and Shippo grinned. "Everything's back to normal."
"Monk...well, we'll burry you soon." Sango looked around. Kagome wasn't back from finding the proper herbs for the burying ritual. Inuyasha and Shippo must have been digging the grave by then. Kilala was nowhere to be seen.
Sango knelt next to Miroku's motionless body, and said a prayer, which turned into more of a pouring out of all of her feelings towards Miroku.
"Dear Lord. Please accept this...honorable monk. And please don't send me to the underworld for lying through my teeth right then. Even if Miroku had some bad habits...bad, horrible, nasty, disgusting...oh, sorry. Even if Miroku had some bad habits, he was not that bad of a person when you got to know him. He was...a free spirit. And even if I gave him major skull fractures at times, that doesn't mean I didn't care for him. In fact, when it comes down to the bare truth..."
"Sango?" Kagome's voice was right behind her. "Are you okay?"
Sango shook, trying to hold back tears. "Kagome...it hurts."
"What? What is it Sango?"
"The last thing I said to him was...uh...I'll think of it...it'll come to me...er...oh yeah, Stay away from me, you womanizing perv."
Kagome smiled sadly at her friend. "You really started to love him, didn't you? I'll give you some more time alone." She walked back to the forest.
Sango felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Inuyasha..."
"Listen Sango, some times you just have to realize what's happened, and then forget it. Ya' know, move on. I know you liked Miroku, and wanted to protect him, and he felt the same way about you. He told me. And he said if anything happened to him, to tell you that he would miss you."
Sango smiled. "Thank you, Inuyasha." She felt him leave and soon afterward, she lay down and looked at the stars.
"Hm...Miroku...Kohaku...Father...All taken by Naraku. And I got my revenge. But...it doesn't fill the emptiness inside. I'll remember you forever Miroku No matter how much of a pain in the butt you were sometimes...I still...I still love you." She got to her feet. Then looking down at Miroku, she fell to her knees again. She laid her head on his chest and sobbed.
Within 2 minutes, she sat bolt upright.
Kagome sat next to Inuyasha. "You think Sango will be okay?"
"Yeah...she's pretty tough...just give her some time."
Then a scream shook the forest. "MIROKU YOU FAKING LITTLE-! HOW DARE YOU? WHEN YOU REALLY DIE YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE DEVIL AND I'LL MAKE SURE OF IT!"
Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other and smiled. Shippo held out his hand. "Come on pay up! The bet was, if he was alive you gave me candy, now hand it over."
That night Miroku and Sango sat next to each other by the fire. "I knew you couldn't resist my charm." The monk said glomping Sango.
Sango stood up and shoved Miroku into the fire. "Get used to burning, monk."
Kilala and Shippo grinned. "Everything's back to normal."