Hellooo! Im sorrie for not keeping up with the storie, the holidays have been keeping me busy lately. orrie again. But im here now rite??? Lol here's chapter ten!

Chapter 10

Time. Souls.

"Shippo NO!" Sango screamed as she shot up and out of her nightmare. Inuyasha woke up and fell out of the tree he was sleeping in. Miroku ran over to her as Kilala changed out of her demon form.

"Sango! Whats wrong now?" Miroku said as he helped her up from where she was sleeping. This was the third time Sango has woken everyone up tonight.

Inuyasha stomped over to them. "What the hell is going on here?" he grouched as he rubbed the back of his head. Sango looked back and forth from Inuyasha to Miroku, she was still too shaken to answer the question.

Shippo puking his blood..

Him falling dead…

"N- nothing. I'm fine, really." she said quietly. Kilala mewed as if trying to comfort her. Miroku was still holding her hand, and to his surprise she actually tightened her grip on it. Now he knew she wasn't okay, there was something she was hiding from them. And he had to figure out what.

"You heard her, she fine, now all of you shut up and go back to sleep." he said as he jumped back up into the tree and closed his eyes. Sango realized she was still holding on to Miroku's hand quickly let it go. A hint of red grew on her face. " I'm sorry for disturbing you again Miroku." she said as she turned from him.

Miroku sat in front of the fire. " Sango?" he said.She turned to him. "Y-yes?" she stuttered, Miroku looked at her as if telling her to sit next to him. At first Sango was hesitant, but she decided she was being silly. 'All I'm doing is sitting next to him, I cant be THAT scared of him can I?' she thought as she sat next to him.

"You're not telling me something." he said.

"What?" Sango knew exactly what he was talking about, and was already feeling guilty.

" Sango, we've been on this quest for more than two years. And we've all grown quite close to each other., we trust each other don't we?" he asked her.

"Of course we do, I trust you Miroku, why would you think that I don't trust you?" Sango asked as she searched his eyes for an explanation. Miroku put his arm around her and pulled her close.

Sango's face turned completely red. She raised her hand to slap him, but realized he hasn't touched her in any perverted way and set it back down.

"Miroku, are you okay?" She asked him.

"Sango, I want you to be able to come to me with anything. I know I may act kind of repulsive with you," he started to say.

'Kind of?' she thought as she smiled lightly.

"But, I care for you Sango, maybe a lot more than I should. My life just doesn't seem complete without you." he said quietly as he gently took her hand in his.

'Is this really happening?' she thought as she blushed again. Sango could see it in his eyes, Miroku loved her. A lot, and even though she didn't liked to show it, she loved him too. Miroku placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. Sango closed her eyes and smiled to herself and put her head on his shoulder. She never thought about it, but being with Miroku made her feel so safe, like everything was going to be alright because he was there.

But as she closed her eyes, images of Shippo and her dream flashed through her head. Miroku felt her whole body tense up and let go of her.

"What's wrong?" he asked concerned.

Sango looked at him with a blank expression, and slowly tears started to fill her eyes. She collapsed into his shoulder and cried.

"Sango, if it's anything I said I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" he started to explain, but she cut him off.

"No its not that." she said sadly.

"Then what is it?" he asked her as he placed a hand on her shoulder. Sango looked into his eyes, and looked down at her hands. Miroku gently took her hands and raise her head to meet his gaze.

"Tell me." he said quietly.

Stray tears made their way down her face. " We have to find Naraku, we don't have much time." she whispered. Miroku looked confused. "Of course we do, otherwise, we wont be able to free Kagome and-"

"NO!" she yelled as stood up and turned away from him.

Miroku stood up and turned her to face him, he wrapped her arms around her and placed her head under his chin and held her. She cried into his kimono. "What is it Sango?" he asked her. Sango pulled her head back and looked into his eyes.

"We have to find Naraku now… or Shippo will die."

Naraku and Nami joined hands. "Ready my dear?" she asked him. "Always." Naraku replied.

Nami laughed evily. Then they stretched out there hands towards the Eastern lands. They're hands grew black and misty, and soon the Mist started to spread across the lands, soon the heard shouts of terror and screams and things breaking and people dying.

Naraku chuckled with delight. All of a sudden, Nami yelped in pain. She held her stomach and crumpled to the floor.

"Nami!" Naraku said as he crounched down beside her.

"Curse that wretched priestess." she choked out, she looked at her hands and saw blood. ' I should have know this weak human body wouldn't last long.' she thought. She looked up at Naraku sadly.

"Love, what is wrong?" he asked her.

"Because I was hit by a sacred arrow, it has not only destroyed my body, but it has affected my soul as well, and now that I use this body, I still bleed the same wounds as long ago." she explained as she looked down at her hands.

" There has to be a way you can stay with me, I wont lose you again. I refuse." Naraku demanded.

"There is. If I have enough human souls to absorb, then this human body will fuse them together, and that will give me a new body, one that I can control myself. I will finally be able to be in my royal beauty again." she said to him.

"I'll see to it that it's done." he said, he picked her up, and brought her in to the castle, and layed her on as bed of silk. "Hurry Naraku." she said lightly.

He gave her one last look, and walked out of the room.

Naraku said a silent spell over the lands, one by one little orbs of light gathered around his castle.

" I need more." he said to himself. 'There's only one woman that has more than enough souls than I require.' he thought.

Images of Kikyo shooting Nami with that arrow from so many years ago flashed into his mind. From that day, he swore revenge on her. And he very much succeeded, untill she was brought back to life. 'She deserves to stay dead. She must pay for what she has done.' he thought, and with that thought he was off, on his way to find her, to kill her once again.

"Kikyo, you will die." he said to himself as an evil grin spread across his face.

Uh oh watch out Kikyo! find out what happens next!

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