A/N: Falling phyically and emotionally. No direct time line - it skips - and yes, it's Miroku and Sango.

Uploaded: November 20, 2006

Falling

Her eyes rose and met a pair of gentle indigo orbs. She swayed slightly before fainting from blood loss.

His comment distracted her and her foot caught on a root, causing her to stumble. Her temper flared, mostly at herself, but also at the lech. The idiot.

Hiraikotsu whooshed through the air towards her and she caught it, triping backwards having been unprepared for the weapon's sudden return, but she managed to stay standing.

Having been unbalanced, the ladder tipped backwards with her weight. Her tools hit the ground, but she had managed to fall directly into his waiting arms.