Shikon no Go
The Language of the Shikon
A Fanfic in 100 Chapters
By DQBunny
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DISCLAIMER: This story is based off of "Kendo no Go: A Fanfic in 100 Chapters" by Akai Kitsune. Her story in turn is a parody of "In the Language of Love," a story by Diane Schoemperlen. My thanks and appreciation goes out to Akai Kitsune for letting me borrow her fic idea! "Inuyasha" is the property of Takahashi Rumiko.
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Chapter 7: Miracle
"Sango... Do you regret protecting Kohaku?
"I don't know. However...I think I would have regretted it more if I hadn't protected him."
"That's good. That is what peoples' hearts are."
- Miroku and Sango: vol. 34, ch. 331
Miroku worried about Sango. He accepted it awhile back as being part of his nature - just as appreciating the beauty of the female species in general was an intricate part of his being.
They met under the most horrible circumstances possible - the death of her entire family. Instead of burying the past and moving forward, Naraku prolonged Sango's agony by keeping Kohaku alive through a Shikon shard. For a long time, they didn't have to worry about the shard. Sango was convinced if Kohaku remembered who he was, remembered her, that he could heal on his own.
Miroku admitted about the only one looking at the situation realistically was Inuyasha. Whenever they met up with Sango's brother, he looked over at the hanyou and knew what he was thinking. What he was thinking himself.
One day, Kohaku's shard would be taken. That day would arrive very soon.
They held onto one shard. Kouga had two embedded in his legs. Kohaku had his one shard. Naraku clung to the rest.
Taking Kouga's shards wouldn't be a problem if they managed to get the rest of the jewel back from Naraku. The wolf-youkai would do almost anything Kagome asked.
The hard part would be telling Sango the truth she already knew.
"What about Tenseiga?" Miroku overheard Kagome ask Inuyasha in a hushed voice recently. "If we take the shard, couldn't Sesshomaru just use Tenseiga and revive him?"
"You're giving him more credit than he deserves, Kagome. You know Sesshomaru doesn't like humans."
"But he has that little girl following him."
"You're being naive, Kagome."
Maybe we're all being naive. Miroku watched as Kagome and Sango converse over the fire, Kirara twining her way through Sango's legs. He knew when the time came that Inuyasha would take it upon himself to order that Kohaku's shards be removed, to direct Sango's fury onto himself.
Miroku accepted everything good about Sango. But when he asked her to live with him, to bear his children when all of this was over, he knew he was accepting this burden too.
He decided that when the time came, he would have to be the hard one and help Sango to face the truth. It wouldn't be easy for either one of them. It could possibly destroy the relationship they developed. But if he stood by and did nothing, it would make him worse than a cad. Miroku stared at the woman he loved, recalling the final snippets of the conversation between his friends.
"Don't you believe in miracles, Inuyasha?"
The hanyou had stared at Kagome, an unusual softness and something else lighting his eyes. "Sometimes," he murmured.
Miroku smiled. If Inuyasha could believe in miracles, so could he.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Whee! I promised there would be some chapters that focus on Miroku and Sango. This one is speculating on a situation that is fast arising in the manga - the recovery of Kouga and Kohaku's shards. Of course, none of the Inuyasha-tachi know that Kohaku has his memories back at the time this story takes place (right after ch. 331.) It's a good look into Miroku's mind because as much as he loves Sango and wants Kohaku to live, he also needs to face reality for her sake. When he decided he wanted to live with her, he accepted the burden of what possibly losing Kohaku would do to her.
The original title for this chapter was "Soft." Everything I bantered around didn't fit so I finally went with "Miracle."