Together for Life

Written and edited by: LovingSesshomaru

It was a nice day; not a single cloud was in the sky and the sun felt warm on their backs. The two of them walked side by side towards Mushin's temple. It had been half a day since they left Inuyasha and Kagome's company. Kirara had gone with Shippou 4hours earlier, he had decided to see if he could find any of his remaining family members, so they sent Kirara with him. So it was just Miroku and Sango and aside from the few times Sango had to slap Miroku for trying to feel her butt, their trip was rather uneventful. They stopped at the edge of a large crater, the final resting place of Miroku's father.

"I'm home dad," he said with a slight smile on his face. He looked at the stone grave at the center of the crater, it was placed on the very spot he last stood before the Kazana took him from this world.

"Your dad must have been a very brave man," Sango said placing a hand on his shoulder "I don't think I would be able to live my life knowing that the Kazana would one day take me."

Miroku nodded, "Indeed he was."

The two of them walked past the grave and continued to Mushin's temple. Once they got to the entrance of the temple, they found a note posted on the side of the door. Sango looked at the note, "Gone to see the swordsmith, Toutousai. I will be back in 5 days time." Sango read aloud. "Looks like we have got the place to ourselves," Sango sighed.

'Ourselves?' Miroku thought, 'I like the sound of this!' Miroku started grinning

Sango looked at him; eyebrows raised 'damn,' she thought 'he's thinking perverted stuff again.' She sighed and turned to walk into the temple andshe felt his hand on her butt again. This time instead of slapping him she grabbed him by the wrist and twisted it firmly.

Miroku winced in pain, "Sango!" he said in surprise.

"Keep your hand off my butt" she said and gave him and evil stare.

Miroku laughed nervously and sweatdropped. He rubbed his wrist ruefully "No guarantees," he said with a smile.

Sango ignored him and walked into the temple, it was a mess. Several sake containers lay on the ground empty and just about everything else was scattered everywhere. "No wonder he left," she said with a sigh. "Miroku, will you help me clean this mess up?"

"What mess?" he asked as he walked in, "It's always like this."

"Well if you don't want to help," she said with a sigh "you can sleep outside."

"It will just end up like this again," he muttered as he started to help clean up the temple. He looked over as Sango, who was glaring at him, and blanched. 'She's scary when she's like this,' he thought to himself. Together they began the slow and tiresome work of cleaning up the temple.

Some hours later the entire temple was clean and the only sign that a mess had been there was a small sake stain on the floor. Both of them were lying on the floor completely tired out after all the work they had just done. They both fell asleep on the wooden floor in the entrance area to the temple.

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The sun was nearly set when Sango was awoken by sounds from outside the temple. Getting up she silently walked towards the entrance of the temple, wondering what could be making so much noise.

As she came near the entrance she gasped in surprise. At the edge of Miroku's father's grave were 3 demons and they were standing over an injured woman. The 3 demons looked almost identical except for the hair colour. The one on the left had shock blue hair and the one on the right had bright red hair. The one in the middle looked the most curious, his hair was a blend of the two.

"Did you actually think you could escape us, Shinra?" the blue haired demon said.

The person on the ground moaned in pain as the red haired demon kicked her in the side, "answer him wench!" The girl on the ground tried to stand up but was kicked back down by the red haired demon. Once again he kicked her in the side causing her to cry out in pain.

Sango came running out of the temple. "Hiraikotsu!" she yelled as she threw her giant boomerang at the red haired demon.

The three demons looked up in surprise and by the time they realised what was happening it was to late. The red haired demon fell to the ground, cut in half by Hiraikotsu. They watched as the giant boomerang returned to the hand of its owner.

"Slayer!" the blue hair demon growled.

"Who are you?" Sango asked, ready for anything.

The blue haired demon smirked, "I am called Haoru and this here is Kioru." He started to growl again "and the one you killed is our brother, Ikoru! You will pay for killing him witch!"

Both demons ran at Sango and were just about on her, "SEBAI!" a male voice came from behind Sango. Two charms flew out of the darkness and hit the demons, paralysing them for the moment.

The demons looked surprised, they had not expected two humans here. If anything there should be an old priest, not a demon slayer and a young priest. They began to growl and jumped back from the pair. With a final growl they ran off into the surrounding woods.

"What a bunch of weirdos," Sango said. Seeing that the girl was still on the ground, she ran quickly and knelt at her side. Checking her quickly she was glad to see she did not have any life threatening injuries.

'Who were they?' Sango thought to herself, 'and what did they want with her?' Shaking her head she would ask the girl when she awoke. Carefully she and Miroku lifted the girl and carried her into the temple.

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Shinra slowly came awake from the smell of nearby incense. The smell was somehow familiar to her. She sat up and looked around her, wondering where she was. As she looked around, she began to recognize a few things. Before she could examine the objects closer she became aware that someone was watching her. Turning around too quickly she had caused her world to unintentionally spin. She put her hand on a small table to steady herself and her other hand to her head. As her vision cleared she could see vision the woman from last night, the woman who killed Ikoru.

-Flashback-

"Did you actually think you could escape us, Shinra?" the blue haired demon said.

The person on the ground moaned in pain as the red haired demon kicked her in the side, "answer him wench!" The girl on the ground tried to stand up but was kicked back down by the red haired demon. Once again he kicked her in the side causing her to cry out in pain.

Sango came running out of the temple. "Hiraikotsu!" she yelled as she threw her giant boomerang at the red haired demon.

The three demons looked up in surprise and by the time they realized what was happening it was to late. The red haired demon fell to the ground, cut in half by Hiraikotsu. They watched as the giant boomerang returned to the hand of its owner.

-End Flashback-

"Well I'm glad to see you're awake," Sango said with a smile "are you hungry?" Sango asked.

The girl nodded and wondered if she really was the woman from last night. As Sango turned to get some food prepared she had to ask her, "are you the one who killed Ikoru?"

Sango turned to her, "yes, I am Sango" she said "I couldn't just leave you there."

"Thank you, Sango. My name is Shinra." Shinra said with a sad smile "but now that Ikoru is dead…" she trailed off.

"What is it?" Sango asked, now concerned

Shinra looked up at Sango and forced a smile on her face, "no, nothing."

"Ok," Sango said and with one last glance went off, once again, to prepare some food. 'She's hiding something' Sango thought to herself, 'she'll tell us when she is ready.' As she was walking towards the kitchen she accidentally bumped into Miroku. Blushing slightly she apologized, "sorry Miroku," she said "wasn't watching where I was going."

"There is no need to apologize Sango," he said with a bright smile. He placed his hand on her butt and started to rub it, his smile growing wider even though he knew she was going to punish him. Frankly, he didn't care as long as it was his beloved Sango.

Sango let out a small sigh but didn't even try to stop him, knowing good and well that he wouldn't stop either way. 'Instead of feeling me up you think he would try and kiss me,' she thought and then started blushing again. Pushing past Miroku she went into the kitchen and started to prepare some food for the three of them.

Miroku just stood there, shocked that she didn't even hit him. For several minutes he stood like that, listening to her preparing food in the kitchen. 'She…she didn't…hit me…' he thought, too shocked to move, 'but…why?' Shaking himself mentally he walked into the kitchen.

Sango let out a sigh as she heard him enter, 'is he going to try it again?' she thought to herself, 'maybe I should have hit him, damn.' Pushing those thoughts out of her mind she continued to prepare the meal for the three of them.

Miroku could only stand there and watch her as she worked. 'She really didn't hit me!' he thought happily. Shaking his head he put a smile on his face, "Here Sango let me help you."

Sango looked up at Miroku, 'he…isn't going to…feel me up?' she thought and then smiled 'maybe it's a good thing I didn't hit him!' She smiled a little more, "Ok," she said and together the finished preparing their meal.

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A/N: I decided to extend part 1 and make the story in 3 parts. It became too long for 2 parts so it made more sense. Dont forget to review!