hello again :3

Yes, i know that it's been awhile, but despite the fact it's summer, i've been really busy... "

but anyways, here's the next chapter, hope you like it, reviews are appreciated. :)

DISCLAIMER: i don't own anything except whatever pops into my head.

CHAPTER 14: Miroku.

"Sango-san! Sango-san! Are you there? Miroku-san! Please! Open up!" a fearful voice whispers urgently.

I open the door as quietly as possible. "Amaya-san? What's wrong? What are you doing up this late at night?" I ask.

"Oh Miroku-san! Have you seen Ei'ichiro and Eiji? I can't find them!" her face seems paler than possible, and I know exactly what scares her. I know exactly what she fears.

"Come inside Amaya-san." I say opening the door wider. She shakes her head fearfully.

"I-I can't Miroku-san. I do not want to drag you and Sango-san into this." She says shaking her head, then an expression comes over her face. One that says she may have revealed something that she shouldn't.

"Amaya-san?" I ask, trying to get her come in to the hut that Sango and I share, but she dashes away.

"Miroku, what happened?" Sango asks, appearing out of the darkness of the hut. "I heard some of it. why is Amaya-san so scared?"

"I expect that it's because of Senkaku…" I say darkly, and an angry expression comes over her face.

"Houshi-sama we have to do something!" she yells angrily, tears in her eyes. "I can't stand it! I don't care if we blow our cover searching for Naraku here!"

I step forward, and hug her tightly. "I know Sango. I know. But we can't blow our cover, too much is at stake. If we're found out, then the Mishima's will be punished, as well as others in the village if we fail."

"I know, but still…" Sango starts to say something, but a loud banging interrupts her.

"Everyone is summoned to the center of the village on Senkaku-sama and Shishio-sama orders! Attendance is required!" a voice shouts, banging on the door, then leaves.

Sango and I share a look. "Don't bring Kirara. if my hunch is right, and this 'Shishio' is who we think he is, this may be our chance. If we keep our heads down, he won't recognize us." She nods determinedly, and goes to tell Kirara.

It's been a month since we found ourselves here. A month since that light enveloped Sango, Kirara and I and transported us here. We were dumped into the middle of nowhere, only finding this village by chance. And here is where we found out only lead to Naraku. But this time he's wearing another guise-or at least, that's where our hunch leads us to.

"Are you ready Miroku?" Sango asks, appearing out of nowhere. She's shed her usual kimono for a different one. This one is simply beige with a brown obi. Her hair falls in her face, the ends jagged. She looks nothing like her old self. And I have shed my monk robes for clothes that Shiro-san- Amaya-san's husband- had given to me.

"Let's go Miroku." Sango says softly, holding the door open, and I follow her.

We head to the center of the village to find that most people are already there. I glance around and find that everyone has made a circle around a structure made of wood. I'm about to ask what it is, when I see two ropes hanging from them. And at the ends…are two loops. This isn't just a village meeting like ones that we've had before…this is a hanging.

At the far side of the circle, the crowd parts and a group of people walk through the crowd. A monsterous man who is at six and a half feet tall, a boy-who looks no older than fifteen, and a man wrapped in bandages. A man who looks like he has no face.

"Miroku that's-!" Sango starts, horror on her face. I grip her hand, and squeeze it. I know. And she's right. The man looks exactly like what Kaede-sama described Onigumo to look like. Except this man goes by a different name.

"All hail Shishio-sama!" the tall man roars, and everyone bows to the bandaged nab. But not in respect, but in fear. Fear of what will happen if they don't. Sango and I follow suit. "Today we discovered traitors in our midst!" the man roars, grinning like a happy child. "And do you know what happens to traitors? They get punished, right?" he asks, pumping his fist in the air.

"Yes, Senkaku-sama." The crowd murmers. Senkaku grins evily.

"These people were found guilty as accomplices in plotting Shishio-sama's demise. Fools." He snarls, spitting onto the ground. "Bring them forth!" he waves his hands foreward and two of his grunts push foreward two stumbling figures with sacks over their heads. Their already grimy clothes are even more dirty and torn, but this time, they're also blood stained.

"These people are to be sentenced to death! Long live Shishio-sama! Long live his empire!" Senkaku bellows, as the gaurds pull the nooses over their heads and rip off the sacks. Then Sango gives a shriek of terror, rage, and sadness.

The ones being hanged…are the Mishima's.

Senkaku sneers down at her, finding her through the crowd. "I know, shameful isn't it. Trying to defeat our Shishio-sama. Pathetic." He spits on Amaya-san's face, misinterpreting her scream for one of protest and anger at them. Amaya-san finds me through the crowd, and her eyes are terrified. Without really thinking, I reach a hand out to her, and pray with all my heart to the Buddah.

"YOU ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEFYING SHISHIO-SAMA! DIE!" Senkaku roars, and out of nowhere, knuckle blades appear on his hands, and he slits their troats. Tears prick the edges of my eyes as I watch the light fade from their eyes. I'm sorry…I'm so, so sorry.

Sango turns and sobs quietly into my chest, unable to bare to watch Senkaku maul their bodies. Sango is strong…but what we've been through in this short time is already enough to break even the most cold-hearted of us…

When it is all over, and we are permitted to leave, we go straight to our hut. Upon getting inside, I pull off my tardy clothes and put on my usual monk robes. Sango's widen in surprise when she sees me.

"This has gone far enough. Tonight's the time Sango."

A determined look comes over her face and she nods. "Kirara." She calls and the little cat bounds up to her, mewing. "It's time to go."

there we go... :3

just warning you before hand, the next chapter is based on memory, so if i got something wrong please say so ^^"

see you :)

-moony