Chapter 28: Miroku Falls Into a Dangerous Trap

...Village, Hiroko's Point of View...

We were trying to smoke out a rat-or mouse-from below a hut. What made it a little hard was that there was a crowd around us.

"What's wrong is there a fire?" someone asked in the crowd. Must've just gotten here.

"Nah they're just slayin' demons," someone else said. I was on th side fanning the smoke with Madoka. Aneko and Sango were ready to attack when it came out.

"Is this guy really too big to use a mouse trap?" Madoka said.

"Apparently," I said, answering her question. I hear InuYasha going, "Aw this stinks! Ugh!" I told him to wear a mask but he didn't listen. Some of the other villagers were asking about InuYasha.

"InuYasha just has a sensitive nose," Shippo exlained. You know, I love calling him my son. I love it, love it, love it! Sorry got off topic. (Author's Note: Any girls out there would want to call Shippo thier son or brother too. Don't lie) I didn't know much else of what was going on but I heard Shippo ask Miroku where he was going.

After some girl I'll bet. Aneko will be (and excuse my French here but..) so pissed when she finds out.

"It's coming, get back!" Sango said. Next thing I knew there was a loud Squish! sort of sound.

"Aw come on! The damn thing is stuck on one of Lacrima's spikes!" I ran to the other side of the hut (I forgot about Madoka putting out that smoke by herself I swear.) to find that Aneko was shaking Lacrima to try and get the rat off..

"Aneko stop shaking it," Sango said. Aneko did what she was told and stopped shaking it. Sango just pulled the rat-or mouse,whatever-off of Lacrima.

"Yay! Thanks Sango!" Aneko put Lacrima on her back.

I am so confused right now for some reason.

...Inn...

InuYasha was still sick from the smoke. His eyes were not able to focus at all. I was rubbing his back to try and make him feel better.

"Poor guy," Madoka said. Aneko and Sango walked through the door. (It is freaky since Aneko got her own kimono. They are seriously twins. Only difference is the colors in kimonos.)

"So where's Miroku?" Aneko asked sitting down.

"He followed some woman," Shippo said.

"He did? While we were slaying demons?" Sango said.

Shippo nodded. "She was really beautiful. He probably gave her the line about having his first born child." Sango and Aneko both blushed, though Aneko's blush looked more from anger than Sango's, whose looked a little embarassed.

"W-what? Have his child?" Miroku must not've tried that on her when we were at that Water God village. (Authors Note: Sorry that chapter was so short! T_T But there's no excuse for laziness.)

...Field, Miroku's Point of View...

Miroku had followed the beautiful woman outside of the village.

"I see. So, you're a princess from a very prominant clan then," Miroku said to the girl.

"I was. My clan had been decimated by war. And I am the soul survivor of my house. So in order to restore my family, I wish to bear the child of a strong lord," the princess said.

"So you sought me out," Miroku said. He put his hand under his chin. "You have great taste." (Authour's Note: -_-...No she doesn't. Even if she wants to eat you.) The princess went to Miroku and put her arms around him.

"Will you do me the honor?" she said. Insect legs came out of her back. Miroku sighed.

"I should've known this was far too good to be true." He pushed the woman back and hit her on the head with his staff. She then turned into a giant mantis.

"A giant mantis! So you disguised yourself as a woman!" Miroku said backing up from her.

"I ate the innards of the real princess!" the mantis said. She tried to attack Miroku but he was too fast. He jumped from the arm to over her head and to the ground.

"Well you picked the wrong person for your next victim!" He unwound the beads and unleashed his Windtunnel. In seconds the mantis was sucked in. The mantis slashed at Miroku before she got completely sucked in, she got his hand. Miroku's Windtunnel got injured. Miroku grabbed his hand and rewound the beads.

"Damn. My Windtunnel is injured," he muttered. He headed back to the village.

...Inn, Hiroko's Point of View...

Sango, Madoka, Aneko and I alll were giving Miroku very cold stares. Miroku leaned toward InuYasha.

"InuYasha, is it my imagination or have the girls been staring at me quite coldly?"

"Sure it ain't from all the womanizing?" InuYasha said. "Whaddya expext Miroku? They all think you're a felenadering creep!"

"I have been misunderstood. you may not believe what I am about to tell you, but-" Miroku got interrupted by us.

"You're right about that," Madoka and I said.

"Spare us the lies," Sango and Aneko said.

"You could at least give me a chance to explain."

...Night, Miroku's Point of View...

Everyone is asleep. Everyone but Miroku. He is too focused on his injured windtunel. He opened and closed his hand to see if it hurt any more or less. It hurt more.

"Damn, it still hurts," he said to himself. Miroku thought back to when Mushin held him back as his father's windtunnel sucked him in when he was a boy.

...Morning, Hiroko's Point of View...

"He left before dawn. You're sure?" InuYasha asked the inn's owner.

"Yes. He said he was going on a long journey. And he said to wish you well."

"That idiot monk! Always running off and doing things on his own." What did he get into this time?

...Miroku's Point of View...

Miroku was getting a ride to his father's grave from Hachi.

"Master Miroku! I found the spot!" Hachi landed closely to the deep indention in the earth's surface. Miroku stood at the edge of it.

"Where did this giant hole come from anyway?" Hachi asked.

"This..is my father's grave." Miroku walked to Mushin's temple, before following his friend Hachi turned to the grave and did a small prayer for the late father of his friend.

"Mushin are you there? It's me, Miroku!" Miroku found the old man sleeping. His pillow a sake bottle. "Drunk again as usual." Miroku kicked the bottle from under Mushin's head so he would wake up. "Wake up drunkard."

"So what did you come here for?" Mushin inquired, scracthing his chest. Miroku held out his hand with the Windtunnel to Mushin.

"A gian mantis knicked the sides of my wind tunnel. I was wondering if you could repair it." Mushin looked at Miroku's hand.

"Too late. You're going to die tonight." Miroku had a heartbreaking look on his face. "I'm kidding. Ha ha!" Miroku's vein popped out and he hit Mushin over the head.

"Look, you wanna get sucked in?" he said.

"Relax, relax. I'll sticth you up. But you should not expose or use the Windtunnel until it is completely healed. "

"And if I do?"

"The Windtunnel will spread and it will suck you in entirely." Mushin stood up. "Well I shall go and prepare my medicinal herbs. Go and cleanse yourself. God knows you need it."

...Waterfall...

Miroku was sitting under a waterfall, cleansing himself.

"So Mushin is the monk that raised you?" Hachi asked.

"Yes. Both the good and the bad," Miroku said.

"He does seem a little rough around the edges, but he seems kindhearted."

"Yes I guess so."

...Inn, Hiroko's Point of View...

"I wonder why Miroku would leave without telling us," Madoka said.

"Maybe it's because you all shot him dirty looks," Shippo said. We all looked at eachother.

"Don't tell me we hurt his feelings. He's not exactly sensitive,"InuYasha said. Then Myoga popped up and said Miroku had acted strangely last night.

"He kept staring at his right hand. The one with the Windtunnel in it."

"We should go find Miroku," I said. "Something might've happened to him."

"And how do suppose we find him?" InuYasha said.

"You could sniff him out."

"Oh yeah."

...Forest...

We heard a strang noise to the side of us.

"What was that noise?" Sango said.

"Whatever it is it can't be good." I saw InuYasha growling. "What's wrong InuYasha?" He lsashed through a tree with Tetsusaiga. A Saimyosho came out.

"Hiraikotsu!" Sango threw the Hiraikotsu and it hit the Saimyosho, but it only got one of it's wings. "This time its dead!"

"Wait! If he's using them to spy on us then something must be going on with Miroku. Come on lets follow it!" We ran after InuYasha.

...Later on in the day...

"This insect is our only lead so don't lose it okay?" InuYasha said.

"Look, more bugs!" Shippo pointed to the sky. There were alot of other Saimyosho following...I think it's Hachi. He fell to the ground.

"That's Hachi! Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" InuYasha sliced up quite a number of the bugs. The rest of them flew away.

...Miroku's Father's Grave, Miroku's Point of View...

To think, I'm going to die because I like to flirt with women. Just my luck, Miroku thought. So...This is it.

...Way To Mushin's, Hiroko's Point of View...

"So Miroku is in trouble," I muttered.

"Yes. And he has no use of his Windtunnel," Hachi said.

"What's wrong with it?" InuYasha asked.

"The sides of it got knicked when he sucked in a giant mantis. So he went to the monk Mushin to ask him to repair it. Mushin said that if he ever used the Windtunnel before it healed, it would suck him in and kill him! There's Mushin's temple!" We saw a bunch of demons coming towards us.

"Go straight through them Hachi!" InuYasha got out Tetsusaiga. Sango, Aneko and I stood up. (Madoka was clinging to Hachi) We went through them all in no time with us fighting through. THere was another crowd of demons headed for a hole in the ground.

"Miroku!" I yelled. He didn't look up. He won't listen to me.

"I got him!" InuYasha said. He jumped down with Tetsusaiga and brought all the demons down with one sweep. "So this is where you've been hiding huh? And it looks like you got yourself in trouble again."

"I-InuYasha," Miroku said.

"You can at least thank me for saving your sorry butt."

"Miroku!" Shippo jumped over InuYasha's head so he could get to Miroku. We all even ran past him so we could see him too.

"Miroku you're okay! Oh thank God!" I hugged him with Shippo.

"Why'd you leave without saying anything? Do you know how worried you made me?" We looked at Aneko. "I-I mean..us." Sango landed on Kirara.

"Are you injured Miroku?" she said.

"Who goes there? I will tolerate someone disturbing the peace of my temple," Mushin said.

"You the monk called Mushin? Well fight me if you can," InuYasha said.

"InuYasha I beg you, please, don't kill him!" Miroku said.

"Well who cares if he raised you. You're drinkin' days are over ya old drunk!" Mushin threw a giant string of prayer beads at InuYasha.

"No!" I shot one my sprit arrows at the beads. They still hit InuYasha but they didn't parylyze him.

"The damn beads..won't. Move!" I ran over to InuYasha to try and help. There was a flash of light to our left, it was a new hoard of demons. There were way too many for me to take on by myself. InuYasha got his arm out of the beads and yelled, "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!"

"My aren't we lively?" The beads around InuYasha sparked and InuYasha cried out. "You both won't last long I promise you."

"Damn jerk!" I bent down to be beside InuYasha.

"What's coming out of his mouth?" Madoka said.

"Demon worms," Myoga said. I shot an arrow then turned towards them.

"From his body?" I shot another arrow then turned back. "Go find their leader then!" Madoka got out of the hole and left Aneko with Miroku.

"Madoka!" Sango said landing beside her.

"Yeah?"

"There seems to be no end to the demons."

"Oh Sango I'm so glad you're here!" Myoga said in appiness.

"Myoga is here?"

"Guys look!" Shippo pointed to ontop of the temple. The charmer was there.

"I'll get him," Sango said. "Hiraikotsu!" Hiraikotsu hit the charmer, killing him. His gourd fell and Shippo caught it. Barely.

"Nice one Sango!" Aneko said beside Miroku. Suddenly more demons showed up.

"Oh my God," I said.

"Now listen. All o' ya. I don't want no accusations of abandoning you. I don't want that responsibility on me!" He swung the Tetsusaiga and it took out all the demons.

"Oh...wow." I looked to InuYasha. The Tetsusaiga was glowing.

"What just happened?" The Tetsusaiga stopped glowing.

"You finally realized the power of the Tetsusaiga,"I said.

"Hey Mom, I think we should get the worms out of that monk now," Shippo said.

"Okay. Give me the gourd." I walked over to Mushin with Sango and Shippo. I held the gourd close to Mushin's lips and the worms went back in it. "Wow." I put the cork on it.

...Next Day...

We were waiting outside of Miroku's room at Mushin's temple waiting for Mushin to finish stichting up Miroku.

"How long is he gonna take?" Shippo said.

" He has take his time sticthing up something like the Windtunnel," Aneko said. Mushin came out the room. We stood up.

"Is he okay?" Madoka asked.

"He is fine." He looked at InuYasha. "You, InuYasha. Come with me." They walked off.

...InuYasha's Point of View...

"So drunkard did you fix up Miroku like you should?" InuYasha asked Mushin.

"I did the best that I could. But the Windtunnel has definitely spread," Mushin answered.

"How much longer does he have to live?"

"I don't know. The Windtunnel is a generational curse placed upon Miroku's family by Naraku. The sooner you get Naraku the better. Miroku's life is on the line." InuYasha smiled at the old monk.

...Hiroko's Point of View...

"You're awake!" Sango said.

"Hi Miroku!" Shippo said.

"Mushin sticthed up the Windtunnel so you're going to be okay," Madoka said. Miroku brought up his right hand to his face and looked shocked.

"What Miroku?"Shippo said.

"Yeah what's wrong with your...hand...?" Aneko said that as she was blushing a little hard. She raisede up one of her hands. "You dirty monk!" She slapped him. Sango hit him with the little bucket beside him on the head.

"Huh!" Sango said.

"Master Miroku," Hachi said.

"Looks like he made a full recovery," I muttered.

...InuYasha's Point of View...

InuYasha and Mushin had heard the small altercation between Miroku and the girls.

"Sounds like he still has plenty of life left in him," InuYasha said. He the nheard Hiroko barely scream and hit something probably Miroku.

"Well it sounds like he's at it-wait he touched Hiroko!" He opened the door. "I'll kill you ya little pervert!"

"Sit!" Hiroko said.

Author's Note: Review please! And also, my school's talent show was yesterday...I got second place! Woohoo! My friend got first place (He is an AMAZING drum player. So he always has gotten first place. But oh well.). Anyway a message to sangothegreatdemonslayer: Would you mind maybe giving me some ideas for Just So You Can See It maybe? I'm doing it like Our InuYasha (Basing each chapter off of each episode.) and I was wondering if you and your sister would mind helping out. You guys are great idea givers. We could be co-authors!