Inu-Yasha
Broken Promises
Nine

"Sango! Inu-Yasha called out once he watched Sango faint. He had finally met up with her but the foolish woman had been playing out in the rain. Well, she technically wasn't playing, Inu-Yasha knew that much; something must have happened to make Sango run from her own brother. He frowned down at his sleeping mate, here he finally caught up with her to apologize and she had fainted! His Sango faint? Something was not right about that. For as long as he knew her, she had never once fainted. Well she did but not for something as silly as being out in the rain.

That was when he felt and smelt it. The rain confused his senses which would have normally picked it up earlier. There was no wonder as to why Kirara had a hard time finding Sango, rain washed away scents that would normally be easily smelt on a dry day. Blood, Sango was covered in many wounds. Was his Sango really this weak? He couldn't help but wonder as he looked down at the unconscious woman in his arms. How could he not see it earlier? He wondered as he looked at it in horror. Sticking in Sango's arm was a fang, a poisonous spider fang. Sango was slowly being killed by the lack of blood and the poison in her system. Inu-Yasha knew that Kohaku wasn't very skilled in medicine. Kaede's village was still a ways off. It took him half a day to get here none stop and at full speed. He closed his eyes as he tried to make his choice, Kohaku or Kaede? He wondered as he opened them to look down at his unconscious soon to be wife, well if she survived this she would be. Turning toward the opposite direction of which he came, he headed off towards Kaede's village.

………

"This is a surprise." Kaede said as she looked at Miroku who had just said something she thought she never hear. "I congratulate you Miroku-Sama." Kaede added.

"Thank you." Miroku said. "I know that it is wrong but there are times to when I still find myself wanting Sango. I know that it's over but… when I start to get serious, I start to ask myself "How could it have turned out if I seriously tried to keep my promise to her?"

"You can not live on possibilities that are long past. That opportunity is now long gone. Sango loves Inu-Yasha."

"Somehow I feel that love is only one sided." Miroku spat annoyed at the thought of how Inu-Yasha had been treating his former fiancé.

Kaede chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Miroku demanded before collecting himself again.

"You have missed quite a bit." Kaede said smiling. "Our Inu-Yasha has finally managed to realize how big of a fool he has been."

"It took him this long to realize that?" Miroku asked raising an eye brow at the old Miko.

"Yes," Kaede said. "He has changed in her short time away." She smiled. "Sometimes nearly loosing the thing important to you makes you finally realize what you truly want."

"Seriously? Simple minded Inu-Yasha finally realized that he still was in love with Sango?" Miroku asked staring at Kaede with disbelief.

"Yes." Replied Kaede. "Miroku-Sama, you must forgive Inu-Yasha. He has been hurt by two women previously in the past and Sango hurt him by leaving him, making him believe that she was dead."

"I know what Sango did was wrong but…"

"Miroku-Sama," Kaede said gently. "It is not our place to judge even though we each have our own opinions on the matter. Nor is it our place to say what Sango should or should have done. The point is, is that she is back here and now and that the two of them must heal one another's wounds."

"Yes, I know… I just…"

"Let the past go Miroku for she is no longer yours."

……..

"Don't die on me Sango!" Inu-Yasha pleaded to Sango as he ran full speed to Kaede's village. He knew that it probably was a stupid idea since it was raining and the poison was probably one that moved faster when the person was moved. But than again, it could have been one that killed their victim slowly; this was a spider youkai after all.

He now realized it. Tonight was the night of the New Moon. He stopped as he felt the familiar impulse as the sun set. He couldn't see the sun due to the rain but he could feel as it set and he watched helplessly as he turned human. "No!" He had finally come to accept his human form due to Sango but now he hated it more than every. With his human strength he knew that there was no way that he could get Sango to Kaede's village in time. There was no way… no… he fell to his knees and felt like crying. It was rare of him to cry but… at this point he wanted to.

That was when he heard the familiar cry of the forever loyal neko youkai Kirara. "Kirara…" Inu-Yasha said in disbelief. "Kirara! Hurry, we need to get Sango some help." Inu-Yasha said panic stricken and Kirara landed so that he could get on. He carefully hoisted Sango onto Kirara's back and got on behind her. "Hurry Kirara!" Inu-Yasha begged and Kirara took off.

Sorry that it has taken me so long to update this. I have been very busy this semester. Thanks for being patient with me and sorry once again for the delay. Once again I want to thank those of you who are still reading this. And thanks for the reviews. There are maybe 3 chapters left in this fic. Please review

-Darkia-