Fate

Warning: This Inuyasha fan fiction happens in an alternate universe. I do not own Inuyasha. If I ever did, they would be in a much bizarre situation.


Summary: It has been a year since Kagome and Inuyasha met. They thought everything is going to be all right, since the Shikon is useless to them and Naraku is now out of their lives. They never thought that life would only become much crazier than it was the year before. Will Fate separate what Destiny had set together? The second part the two-part fan fiction: Amai Yume, This is Fate...
This one is for all those who are waiting the fulfillment of promises.
Chapter 1- Waiting for You

Song condensed from Evanescence's "My Immortal". A personal favorite of mine.

{I'm so tired of being here}

She looked up into the blue sky and smiled as a slight breeze passed by and lifted a few of her hair. She heard a pair of footsteps that hurried closer and closer and she knew who it was. She stood from the balcony steps, alerting the yellow furred creature she laid upon to stir. It opened its yellow eyelids, revealing the huge red eyes it used to see who the newcomer was. Recognizing the scent, it shut it's eyes and went back to sleep.

"Aneue!!!" screamed a little boy that run fast close to her. Upon reaching, he quickly enclosed his older sister in a tight embrace.

"Kohaku... What's the matter? You seemed to be very happy." She said with a smile.

"Your little brother's just excited about going in his initiation for Demon Hunting, Sango." The man following the little boy told her with a smile.

"Otosan?"

"I'm so excited Aneue! I'm finally old enough to go with you!!!!"

"I'm so happy for you, Kohaku!"

"You two prepare yourselves. I'll go check on the weapons..." their father excused. He quickly disappeared.

"Aneue."

"Hmn?"

"I'm going to tell you something. Promise me you would not laugh."

"Of course I wouldn't... What is it?"

"Don't tell otosan... but... I'm afraid, Aneue... I'm afraid of getting killed by a youkai... otosan told me that you were the bravest Demon Hunter of all, so I know you can help me... Can you share me at least a little of your courage?..."

She smiled. Her otosan has exaggerated her bravery again. "Actually, whenever I see a youkai, I feel fear too."

"Really?!"

"Of course! No one has a courage of steel. Not even otosan or me. We all have our fears... But I will tell you a secret to overcome that fear..."

The boy's eyes were filled with anticipation. "Tell me! Oh tell me, Aneue! Please!"

"Okay... just promise me that you will do your best on the battlefield."

He nodded.

"In battle, I always think of the people I am fighting for and those I am fighting with. There's otosan,... the villagers,... okasan,... you..."

The creature behind them fussed and swished its large yellow bushy tail on Sango, which tickled her enough to make her laugh.

"And yes... I did not forget you, Kirara..."

Kohaku smiled at his sister. "Then what happens?"

"As if by magic, all the fear I have would disappear and I would be able to fight the monster! It's that simple."

"Aishiteru, Aneue!!!!!!!!!" he said with a big hug, then running off again to their father.

All alone with Kirara, Sango stoked the creature's head carefully

"I can still remember the time I was so terrified of a youkai, I thought I would die... That was when I met you, Kirara!..."

The creature growled in disagreement.

"You're not the youkai I really meant, Kirara!"

Kirara growled again, then put her tail on Sango's head. She laughed.

A minute of silence.

"Kirara,... What do you think Hoshi is doing at the moment? ..."

She looked back up to the clear blue sky, wishing that she'll know the answer to her question soon.
{Suppressed by all my childish fears}

"Beautiful lady... the lines in your hands say that you are destined to bear my children! ...", he said.

The village girls giggled as the girl he held blushed in embarrassment.

The monk smiled as he stood up. "Thank you so much for the very scrumptious meal. I almost thought that I am already in Heaven with all you angels around me!"

They all giggled once more. The head of the ladies stepped forward.

"We're all glad you stayed with us. Always remember that we will always welcome you, Miroku-sama."

"Sayonara, ladies!"

"Sayonara!!!!!!!!!!" the girls screamed happily.

He walked farther and farther from the village. When the village was turned into one small speck, he let out one big sigh. The smile on his face was replaced into the loneliness he had been hiding.

"That is not their village. Young Lady is nowhere in that horny village of Amazons or will ever be..."

He then stopped for a while to gaze at the clear blue sky.

"Where in the world are you... Young Lady? ...", He said to himself.
They arrived at the infested village by nightfall. But it seemed that they were too late!

Sprawled all around the village were the corpses of the people who used to reside there... Huge sticky masses of spider webs were all over the village. The Demon Hunters already had an idea of what battle lay before them...

The Demon Hunters went to work. They split in groups in order to cover the whole village easily. Part went to the north, another to the south. Some went to the west and some went to the east.

Sango and Kohaku, riding on Kirara's back, took off to the air to scan the ground for the youkai.

"Aneue! Look! Over there!" Kohaku screamed.

The fear that governed Sango years ago had made a huge come back.

At the very heart of the village, a gigantic spider annihilated what was left of the village. The villagers lay in gigantic cocoons where he suck away their juices and threw all that were left, as it was mere trash. Sango shuddered, but tried to back her fear away for her little brother.

In a silent command between Sango and Kirara, the creature turned and went around hovering over their group.

"OVER THERE!!!!!!!!! A GIGANTIC SPIDER YOUKAI!!!!!!! AT THE CENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! VERY POWERFUL!!!!!!!" she screamed at them.

Her father grinned at her in thanks. Then he turned to his group. "Let's go men! Move! Move! Move!"

It wasn't long before they had all encircled the youkai. Kirara touched down slowly and took a soft land. Sango and Kohaku went down from it's back.

"What should we do Aneue?"

"We should do our very best... Now let's go!!!!!!!"

They all attacked the youkai.
It was dark when he arrived in the next village. He quickly noticed that there was something wrong upon seeing what was left of a once prosperous village. He looked around searching for survivors when he suddenly heard a huge crashing sound.

He ran to the sound, to find it out.

He did not like what he saw.

On the way he saw corpses covered with huge masses of silky web with their numbers growing as he moved on. Angered at what had occurred, he clenched his fists tightly, and he felt the roundness of the beads on his right hand.

"It's the right time to use this." He told himself.

He reached the heart of the village and saw a terrible scene.

Stuck in the middle is a gigantic spider youkai and at its feet gathered over a hundred of corpses not only of villagers but also of those of brave warriors who tried to kill the beast!
Kirara attacked the youkai but it only shot him a stream of sticky web, which gave him a hard time to get out of.
{And if you have to leave}

"Kirara!!!!!!!!!!" the girl screamed.

Angered at what the youkai did to her companion, she threw her Hiraikotsu in full force directly to the youkai. But the youkai only tossed it aside with little force! The boomerang like weapon thrusted itself on the ground with a big thump, far enough that she would have to run to reach it.

"Shit!" she swore.

Kirara was able to get out of the tangled web and it attacked the youkai again, diverting its attention.

"Aneue." Kohaku said, jumping close her. "I'll distract the youkai, then you can retrieve Hiraikotsu."

"Kohaku! What the hell... I can't let you do that! You're gonna kill yourself!" she scolded him.

"Don't worry about me, Aneue... I believe in you! I know you can finish that youkai as soon as you get your Hiraikotsu!"

Sango was taken aback at what her little brother told her.

"I believe in you, Aneue. That's why I don't have to worry."

Sango smiled. She knows that Kohaku is trying to prove himself to her, on what kind of warrior he really is.

"Be careful, Kohaku."

The boy nodded and ran off to another direction. Sango watched him as he distanced farther, then she started to make a run for it.
{I wish that you would just leave}

The youkai dodged Kirara with such a strong force that the creature returned to the small harmless fur ball it really was. It was bloodied all over and unconscious. It fell just a couple of feet from where Miroku hid.

But the spider youkai was smarter. When Kohaku threw at him his weapon, he claimed it back and threw the boy's body just a few feet from Sango.

Sango reached the Hiraikotsu. But when she turned, it was too late.

The youkai has launched a projectile. A force too strong for her to bat away with her weapon and too soon to dodge away. Her eyes widened in disbelief in the impending Death, then she shut it quickly away wishing she would shut out everything hurtful in this world.

"ANEUE!!!!!!!!!!" she heard screaming all around her.

Her eyes flew open and she turned to the direction of the voice. It was running closer and closer towards her...

"KOHAKU!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
In one liquid motion, Miroku scooped the girl up in his arms together with the unconscious Kirara and ran straight for the forest, the only place of escape.
Bright light splashed everywhere and all they could see of the village were silhouettes. The tears she have been fighting back are now free, and it rained on the soil beneath them as they flee.

The monk's face saddened, knowing there's nothing he can do to make her smile.
{Cause your presence still lingers here}

They stopped underneath the Go-Shinboku to rest. Miroku sat her by the well while he sat satisfied beside her on the grass.

Sango stared down at the wounded Kirara and stroked at it's wounded fur carefully. When they both noticed the creature flinch as soon as Sango touched Kirara's left foreleg, Miroku quickly tore off his sleeve and he quickly bandaged the wound to stop it from bleeding.

An act she found strangely familiar.

"I'm so sorry for your loss... I pray to Kami that they rest well wherever they are now..." he told her.

The young monk then positioned his right hand in front of him while he mumbled a silent prayer, facing the direction they came from.

It was only then that she noticed the set of beads around his right hand.

"I know how you feel. I lost mine a few years after I was born." He continued afterwards.

He then turned and looked at Kirara. After a while, he returned his attention to its owner.

"Why did you have to save me?"

"Gomen?"

"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SAVE ME?! WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LET ME DIE?!" Sango asked in a fit of a scream. "YOU COULD HAVE JUST RAN AND LEAVE ME!!!!!!!"

"I did what I had to do." He told her. "I did what my heart told me I should do. And I knew I was about to do the only right thing..."

Miroku then walked up to her and stared down at her eyes seriously.

"If you feel like you should have died back there, then I won't stop you from running back. But you'll have to remember that you were meant to live longer because you had to do something else. Something much more important than killing that youkai or giving up this precious gift."

Tears flooded her eyes and Sango succumbed into the long violet cloak of the monk. It surprised Miroku how a strong lady like her would cry so much, but soon, he just let the tears flow. He took him in his arms and secured her in his warm embrace.

He knows that at last, he has found her again.

And this time, he won't let her go.
Sango had calmed down and had agreed that they both rest underneath the tree and wait till morning to retrieve her family's corpse.

She stared at Miroku as he fumbled around to make everything comfortable for her. He broke off a few low branches from the nearby tree and used it to make a comfortable bed for her. He found fruits for them to eat and he found medicine for Kirara's wound. And Kirara gratefully licked his hand and purred.

'Could this man be Hoshi-sama?' she thought. 'But that couldn't be possible! Have I returned to that old village long time ago?'

Then she remembered the beads around Miroku's right hand.

"Hoshi!"

Miroku turned to look at her.

"I'm so grateful... for saving Kirara and me... and..." she looked at him.

He smiled. "I told you before. I was only doing what my heart tells me is right... If you are thinking of paying me back, I don't want it... All I want now is to have something to call you with..."

Finally, she smiled, making Miroku all proud inside. "I'm Sango. And that's my friend Kirara."

The small fox youkai in Miroku's arms chirped and licked his hand again. Feeling a bit awkward, he handed the creature to Sango. "My name's Miroku. It's a real pleasure to spend a night with you, Young Lady."

The words he used to call her struck her heart.

"Can I ask you a question... If you wouldn't mind, that is..."

"Go on." She answered.

"I'm really curious where you got Kirara."

She smiled and stroked the yellow fur slowly. It rolled itself into a small yellow fur ball on her lap.

"A friend gave her to me. You see, he saved me from this gigantic youkai that killed Kirara's family. And when we left the village where he lives, he gave me Kirara as a farewell gift... Now it's my turn to ask, right?"

Knowing his questions were answered and sure in his heart of whatever that was bothering him, he smiled. "Okay... go ask..."

"Why do you have your beads around your right hand?"

"Would you believe me if I tell you the truth?"

"You believed me when I told you about Kirara..."

Miroku's face went serious as he looked at his right hand and related his story.

"My family has a curse, making every male born with our blood bear an air void in our palms we call Kazaana. I happen to be born with this one on my right. An old friend of mine gave me these beads, saying they were blessed by a powerful shaman that it will prevent the Kazaana from growing large enough to swallow me in... And up to now, I can say that she wasn't lying about it..."

"I think she's a very nice person to give you something as precious to her just like that."

"I think so too... It's late... Let's sleep."

"Oyasumi nasai, Hoshi-sama."

"Oyasumi nasai, Young Lady."
{And it won't leave me alone}

A loud roaring sound awakened them first thing in the morning.

"What the hell was that?!" Sango asked.

"I was hoping you would know..." Miroku said. "Where's Kirara?"

"I think she went to fetch my Hiraikotsu..." she said, removing her dagger from her sheath. 'Please don't let it be the spider youkai...'

They both saw Kirara in a distance, cutting through the sky with the Hiraikotsu on her mouth. Ready to accept the weapon, Sango raised her hand.

Suddenly, the ground shook, and from underneath Kirara sprang a huge millipede youkai! The youkai attacked Kirara from underneath, throwing the poor creature off course and in turn, throwing Hiraikotsu away from either the two mortal's reach!

"Kirara!!!!!!!!!!" Sango screamed as she ran to her friend's aid. The yellow creature fell with a loud thump on the grass.

As Sango ran to Kirara, Miroku thrust his golden staff on the soft earth and removed the beads from his right hand. Instantly, he felt the sucking power of the void as the air around his hand seep through his fingers.

'Promise me that you'll remove that only if you need to, okay? ...' The little girl's voice said in his head.

'Young lady... It's about time I use Kazaana again...'

Kirara managed to get back in battle and carried Sango on her back again. The tandem charged up to the youkai but the sharp claw-like feet of the millipede struck both Sango and Kirara and both fell straight downwards! Kirara turned back to its small self while both of them do a free fall.

"SANGO!!!!!!!"

Miroku quickly wrapped his hand and caught Sango before she even touches the ground while the small Kirara fell down on her stomach.

"Are you hurt?" he asked.

"Arigato, Hoshi-sama. You saved me..."

To her surprise, the monk was rubbing her thigh!

A loud slap rang all over.

"Don't touch me there!" she angrily said.

"It's a mistake! I was only touching you there to see if you have any injuries!" he said coolly, although a red hand mark was burning on his cheek.

"You worry too much!!!!!" she argued.

(Hehehe... Spoiler to movie 1... love that scene... ( Now, back to Amai Yume...)

Suddenly, the youkai made a huge violet projectile and aimed it right at the couple! Knowing no means of escape, Miroku eyed the old well and made a run for it. The youkai released the projectile... Miroku jumped in the well and shut his eyes tight while gripping Sango securely and wishing with all his heart that it's not yet their end...
{These wounds won't seem to heal}

Kagome's eyes flew open in shock. Her heart raced underneath her chest and perspiration escaped every sweat gland of her body. Her pajama has now clung to her body in different places because of sweat, but it doesn't matter. What's much more important was her dream...

Ever since Inuyasha and Kagome lived under the same roof, Kagome stopped having the precognitive dreams. But one year later, the dreams returned and it started last night...

And now she knows the continuation of her story...

She needs to tell it to Inuyasha before her family knows the true story of Ino-kun's past...

As she walked the hallway to his room, she thought of how she's going to tell the hanyou everything...

She thought of peeking in through his door...

Then the thought of seeing Ino-kun bare-naked made her blush and regret of ever thinking that idea.

She thought of knocking...

But what if he's asleep?

But what if he's awake?

'Kagome? What are you doing here? It's late!' he would ask her upon opening the door.

'Can we talk?'

'I was going to ask you the same thing. You see, I have some thing to tell you too.'

'You go first.'

'No. You first.'

'I had another dream, Ino-kun!'

Then Ino-kun would come close and hold her hand tight.

'Don't worry, Kagome-sama... Whatever is it that you dreamt about that will harm you, I will always be here to protect you...'

Then she would raise her head to look at him, only to see his face moving closer and closer to her. She could feel his warm breath on her neck as he whispered three words her heart had been longing for...

'Kagome...'

'What is it?'

'I... I...'

'Hai?'

"KAGOME!!!!!"
She almost jumped out of her skin when Ino-kun screamed her name right in front of her face! She was so busy daydreaming she didn't realize that she was already by his door!

"Are you alright? Did anything happen to you?! Tell me!"

"Ino-kun... I...I..."

Ino-kun sighed. "Gomenasai... Shouldn't have done that..."

"Nani?"

Ino-kun shrugged. "Nothin'... What are you doing here up so late? Get inside."

As soon as she got inside his room, he turned on his lights and shut the door quietly, looking around and hoping his scream did not raise anybody's suspicion.

The door went shut. Ino-kun offered his bed while he preferred to sit leaning on his chair by his study table. He was proud of that chair because it's the very first carpentry project he has ever done and the results were great that's why he would never exchange it for the brand new computer chair that Kagome's mom was offering him.

Kagome sat on the bed with a thump, that the springs underneath creaked and she bounced for a couple of times on it. Ino-kun turned his chair around and used the back as support for his arms. He leaned forward, while waiting for her to talk.

"Well... What is it you want to talk about?"

"I... I had another dream, Ino-kun... and this time, its gonna happen in the very near future..."

"How near?"

"Right... About..."

A loud booming sound came from outside accented by a loud crash. Ino-kun fell from his chair in surprise, while Kagome shut her eyes tight to prevent the tears she had been fighting back from flowing down.

"What the hell?!" Ino-kun swore. "What was that?"

"The well... the old well..."

He looked at Kagome and saw that the girl was in a terrible shock. It dawned to him that the dream she was talking about earlier was coming to life...

"KAGOME! INORI! Are you both alright?" Kagome's mom hollered.

"We're both fine, Mrs. Higurashi!" Ino-kun answered for Kagome. He lead the girl out of his room and into the hallway where her mother can see them.

"Mama! The old well is burning!" Shouta said, running from his room.

"Oh dear! Kagome! Call the fire department immediately!!!" Her mother quickly told her.

"I'll do it, Mama." Shouta volunteered, noticing that his sister is not herself.

"Both of you get pails of water! We have to hurry before the fire scatters!"

"What's happening? Why is everyone in a hurry?" her grandfather asked, coming out of the bathroom.

"The house of the old well is burning, grandpa!" Shouta said while waiting for an answer from the other line.

"WHAT?! We have to hurry!"

Shouta was busy with the phone and both Mrs. Higurashi and Kagome's grandfather were filling their pails with water. Ino-kun took the chance to talk Kagome out of it.

Suddenly, Kagome ran up to the faucet and doused herself with water. And to everyone's surprise Kagome ran off to the burning house!

"KAGOME!!!" They screamed.

"KAGOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ino-kun screamed as he ran after her.

But Kagome kept running until the flames swallowed her and no one from outside can see them anymore.

"KAGOME! INORI!"

Then, the sound of the siren from the fire truck roared all over.

"Over here!" Her grandfather hollered to the firemen.
{This pain is just too real}
"KAGOME!!!!!!! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" He screamed at the doorway.

The whole house was already burning up fast! All you can see are varied shades of orange, swirling all around and eating up greedily every bit of wood the house is made of.

"Ino-kun! Over here!" she screamed from the bottom of the well.

"Don't move! I'm coming!"

Ino-kun knew that Inori would have no chance of survival in the fiery hell so he transformed back into Inuyasha and used his haori to shield his eyes from the fire. He reached the well and saw Kagome with two other people with her.

"Don't worry! Inuyasha won't hurt you! Go on!" Kagome told them.

"Arigato, Kagome-sama." The lady said while the young man raised her for Inuyasha to get to safety.

"Arigato, Kagome-sama." The young man replayed while Inuyasha helped him out of the well.

The firemen finally came in and attacked the fire. Inuyasha gave the two strangers to the fireman waiting by the door.

But the fire was spreading way too fast and by the time Inuyasha turned to get Kagome, a fiery pillar had already blocked the door!

"KAGOME!!!!!!!!!!"

{There's just too much that time can not erase}
TBC...
Author's Note:

A chapter in tribute to one of my favorite couples on the series, Sango and Miroku.

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