Chapter 14: Time Will Tell

Miroku and Sango sat side by side in the abandoned hut where Sango used to live when her family was still alive.

Sango sighed.

Miroku looked over at her and wrapped an arm around her. Kirara meowed before curling up into a fuzzy ball beside her companion.

Sango laid her head onto Miroku's shoulder sadly wondering if they would ever see their friends again.

Without thinking Miroku kissed the top of Sango's head. Sango blushed, but didn't pull away; his comfort was what she really needed at the moment.

Sango pulled away and stared up at Miroku, she looked like a lost child who needed consoling, Miroku had never seen her so helpless.

"It's ok, things will get better," Miroku told her, "and I'm here for you."

"Miroku," Sango smiled warmly.

"Sango," Miroku said closing his eyes and leaning in to kiss her. Sango froze, but also closed her eyes and met his lips in the middle.

After a little while the kiss intensified. Sango slowly leaned back, until she was in a horizontal position on the raised wooden platform of the hut.

"Sango, I love you," Miroku announced before kissing her neck.

"Miroku..I..love..you," Sango repeated taking in the amazing feeling, "I'm…sorry it took me so long to..admit that."

Miroku rose up and looked down at her to notice she was blushing as she slightly looked away. He loved when she did that; it made her look even cuter to him.

"It's ok, we're here together now and I'm never going to let you go again," he said almost having tears in his eyes, he finally had the love of his life tell him what he always wanted. He started kissing her again, his hands gently on her cheeks. As he kissed Sango looked over at his hand which held the wind tunnel.

She moved her head a little to the opposite side causing Miroku to stop kissing her, "What is it?" he asked.

Should they really be doing this? She thought.

Then she thought about his wind tunnel and how much time she really would have with him, then it hit her, the answer she needed.

"I want you to make love to me Miroku," Sango told him, her cheeks bright red.

"What?" he said, his eyes wide.

"If anything happened to you because of the wind tunnel, I want to know I was really with you, I want to be with you Miroku," Sango froze, the words had just exploded out of her mouth.

"Are you sure?"

Sango nodded slowly.

Miroku began to remove her kimono nervously all the while wondering why he was so nervous when he had been with women before.

He then removed his own robe all the while staring at Sango with a smile. Sango smiled back bashfully.

After he removed his clothing, he carefully moved near Sango, swallowing hard as a drop of sweat ran down his cheek.

"Miroku," Sango said as he went along his business.

"Miroku," he heard again.

"Miroku," he heard a third time and opened his eyes.

He looked over and noticed that Sango wasn't naked before him, but was peeking from the divider she had put up in the hut for their sleeping arrangements.

Miroku looked down to see himself lying in a bed, it had all been a dream, a wonderful dream.

Instinctively, Miroku pulled the covers to him and cleared his throat, "Oh Sango, uh, what is it?"

Sango blushed, "Well I couldn't sleep, never mind, it was silly of me to wake you up, I'm sorry," she turned to head back to her own bed, but Miroku stopped her with, "It's ok, why don't we have some tea, it may help?" he gave her a comforting smile.

Sango nodded.

As Kirara still napped, Miroku and Sango sat by the fire. Miroku poured the hot beverage into two clay cups and handed one to Sango.

"Thank you Miroku," she told him. Thinking about his dream, Miroku stared at her, holding his cup in both hands.

After Sango sipped her tea she looked over at him and blinked, "What are you staring at me for?"

Miroku smiled and shook his head then drunk some of his tea.

To Miroku's disappointment his dream didn't come true that night. He did try and make a move on her like he usually did, but she just slapped him.

They did have a nice conversation though and Sango did put her head on his shoulder for comfort.

He smiled down at her before resting his head on top of hers. Soon he felt her breathing slow which told him she was asleep. He slowly pulled away, took her carefully in his arms and put her down onto her bed. He pulled her covers to her neck and went back to his bed.

'Perhaps another night, my sweet Sango,' Miroku thought as he closed his eyes.

The next morning Shippo tried his luck at the nearest stream to the small cave he had slept in during the night. Since he was alone now, he had to provide for himself. He wasn't sure why he didn't go with Miroku and Sango, he had just been so angry with Inuyasha that he just left without thinking. But secretly, he was tired of all the drama, even the drama between Miroku and Sango. It was nice to be alone for a while, he just hoped it wouldn't be forever.

Shippo jumped into the stream and began trying to catch some fish. After a good while, he finally caught a pretty decent sized one. Happily he brought it on land and after using his fox fire to cook it, ate it.

He sighed happily after his meal, he had been really hungry after the night he had and all that fishing.

It wasn't long after his meal though, that Shippo felt an itching sensation on his shoulder. He looked down to see Myoga biting on him. He smacked the flea even though he was a little happy to see someone he knew.

Myoga sunk into Shippo's hand. Regaining himself, Myoga cried, "Oh Shippo, I'm glad I found someone, I talked to Kaede and she told me everything, I must speak with Master Inuyasha."

At the name, Shippo frowned, "Why would you want to talk to that two timer for?" he asked bitterly.

"Please Shippo, this isn't a time to get hostile to my master."

Though Shippo hated it, he finally gave into Myoga's pleading and went off to search for Inuyasha.

They finally found him up in a tree with his eyes closed.

"Hmm, it's not like master Inuyasha to sleep so late," Myoga commented.

But to their surprise, Inuyasha's right eye snapped open and looked down at them. He looked at them shocked before jumping down out of the tree in front of them.

"What are you doing here," he asked only noticing Shippo.

"I didn't come to see you, if that's what you mean!" Shippo shouted back, pointing at him accusingly.

"Master I found you," Myoga said leaping onto Inuyasha.

"You found him," Shippo repeated crossing his arms.

"Myoga, what are you doing here?"

Myoga started shedding tears, "Is it true Inuyasha, was you with Kagome and Kikyo," he asked, his voice squeaky.

"Wow, news travels fast," Inuyasha said, turning away from Shippo. Shippo turned away as well, keeping his arms crossed and with that he just stomped away, leaving the two.

"Hmph, good riddance," Inuyasha said.

"Master, you must make things right with Kagome, Kaede told me she is with child."

Inuyasha leaped back into the tree, Myoga holding on for dear life.

Inuyasha's face softened, "She told me she doesn't want anything to do with me anymore."

"Of course she said that master, but you must not give up hope," Myoga told him.

"Why do you care so much?" Inuyasha asked, hoping to change the subject.

Myoga whaled up again and sniffled, "I miss Kagome too."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and got down from the tree once again.

"Fine," he said, running in the direction of the well. Myoga jumped off of Inuyasha with a smile.

Inuyasha was now on the other side of the well and it was just about time for Kagome to be headed out for school.

Inuyasha waited in front of the well shrine until finally the front door opened and out stepped Kagome. Inuyasha melted, she looked more beautiful than he last saw her, he wasn't sure what, but she seemed to glow. He stared at her with a goofy smile and that's when Kagome noticed him sitting there. She quickly looked away from him and headed off for the steps that would lead her to the sidewalk.

Inuyasha looked at her house and ran to it and inside.

"Inuyasha," Souta said already dressed for school and on his way out. Inuyasha ignored him and went upstairs to Kagome's room. He grabbed his cap and ran back downstairs, passed Souta and to the steps outside.

He walked a few yards from Kagome, wondering the whole time what to say to her.

Finally he saw her stop, ball her fists to the sides and turn abruptly.

She breathed in a huge amount of air and let it go with, "STOP FOLLOWING ME, STAY AWAY FROM ME!"

Inuyasha fell backwards on his butt, looking at her with a frightened look. Kagome got worked up and was breathing faster until tears rimmed her eyes. She turned on the spot and simply stomped away. It seemed like a lot of people were doing that to him lately. Still a bit stunned, Inuyasha got up and left to head back to his own era. Would Kagome ever calm down?

A/N: ok, so this chapter is extra long:) hope you liked it, I hope you guys didn't mind the Mir/San stuff, they are my favorites after all, lol, anyway, please review and thank you for all the encouraging reviews, I really appreciate it.