Author's Note: Hey everyone! Your reviews are so good to read! I love to hear your comments on the chapter, and I don't mind answering questions. There was such a good turn out in reviews for the last chapter, that I decided to reward you guys with another extra long one. But the rule still stands, remember. You stop reviewing; I stop writing. Hope that you enjoy this one!

Oh yeah, and thank you to a certain someone for apologizing about what they said. I did kind of over react. But to answer your question, she was taking a bath in the stream, and she had taken her clothes off in order to bathe.

Also, to answer someone else's question: The reason that she would want to put her clothes back on is because humans tend to have more courage with clothes on rather than naked. It seems to work that way with the human brain. We feel incomplete without clothes. Or at least some of us do! Hope that helps.

Disclaimer: Dances around I own InuYasha, I own… Wait a minute… No I don't!

Wretched

Chapter 8: Saviors

'Sango. Oh, Sango… What's happening to you?' Miroku's thoughts called out to her. He didn't say anything out loud though, for fear of attracting the attention of whatever had her, and there for blowing the element of surprise. InuYasha ran next to him, leaping over the obstacles with ease, even with Kagome and Shippo on his back.

            Suddenly, the hanyou stopped in his tracks, causing girl and kitsune to plunge from his back, onto the ground in front of him. Miroku watched as InuYasha glanced at the girl, then diverted his eyes back to the horizon. Kagome laid there, arms crossed, glaring at him.

            "Come on," InuYasha said as he picked Kagome back up. She was heaved over his back like a rag doll, but no harm would befall her in the hanyou's care. So she allowed him to lift her without a second thought about her safety.

            Miroku watched this all with a longing. Oh how he wished to have Sango in his arms so trusting and warm. How he could cradle her in his embrace, comforting her and whispering lovely little things into her ear.

            A scream could be heard from the distance. Miroku was up in a flash, running next to InuYasha. Sango was in dire need of help.

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            Sango gasped as the unforgiving claws of the wolf demon squeezed the lower half of her body harshly. She managed to scream in between the gusts of pain, but she didn't know whether they were loud enough or not.

            She began to feel faint, and her eyes went out of focus periodically as she swayed in the creature's grasp. All seemed almost surely lost.

            Then she heard a rustle in the bushes to her right. She caught a glimpse of red clothing just before her eyes went out of focus again. Hope… Hope was here.

            "Put her down!" Miroku yelled defiantly as he jumped out of the bushes. Sango heard him, although his sweet voice sounded so far away. Her eyes could just make out his form to her left, and she reached longingly out towards him, softly whispering his name. Then there was black.

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            Miroku shouted when he saw Sango slump down lifelessly over the grasping paw of the wolf demon. InuYasha jumped out next to him, and took in the situation. He heard Kagome gasp and Shippo quail.

            "Mmmm… Brought me more lunch, have ya? Perfect. Heh heh heh. I'm hungry." The wolf demon sneered at them, observing Kagome with hungry eyes. Then he reached his other hand out to grab her.

            But InuYasha would not have that. He gently dropped Kagome to the ground, and pulled out Tetsusagia. "Don't send me a letter from the seven hells!" He howled and was up and out in a flash.

            The wolf demon stood there stupidly, putrid foam dripping from his mouth. His right arm had just been cut off, and the wound was bleeding freely, creating a waterfall of blood. Kagome latched onto a tree root on the ground to prevent being carried away by the flood. Shippo clamped onto her shoulder.

            Miroku was watching Sango closely in the creature's grasp. The wolf demon howled when he finally realized what was going on. He watched the blood as it sluggishly pumped out of the stub where his arm once was.

Then he began to get frantic. He roared, and the group watched in horror as the creature's eyes rolled back in their sockets, showing nothing but the whites. His tongue lolled out of his mouth in the second howl, and his arm dropped to his side, taking Sango with it. Miroku watched carefully, making sure that he could get there in time if the exterminator was dropped.

            But it didn't seem like the wolf demon was going to let go any time soon. He stood there, gasping for air with his mouth open and tongue hanging as he panted. Slowly, his eyes rolled back, but the group could tell that they were not in focus. The wolf demon was insane with rage.

            Then the creature heaved a great sigh, lowered his nose to point to the ground as he continued to pant, and his half focused eyes fell on Kagome.

            "InuYasha…" She breathed softy, and reached out to touch his arm while keeping her eyes fixed on the wolf demon. He felt her shudder, and knew that this demon would need more than a lost arm to stop his rampage.

            The hanyou stepped protectively in front of Kagome, baring Tetsusagia in front of him. "Put the girl down, you bastard!" InuYasha yelled to the creature. His upper lip curled, showing off the glint of his teeth. Even if his canine teeth were small compared to the wolf demon's, it was still a respectable demonstration of dominance.

            When the creature continued to stare without any sign of moving, the hanyou jumped up and slashed with lightning quick speed. He was in and out again in a flash, surprised to find no resistance on the demon's part.

            As he fell back to the ground, he watched the other arm fall in a river of blood. Sango was still in the clutches of the detached limb, but InuYasha knew that Miroku was waiting for her on the ground below.

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            Miroku found it hard to stare strait up as the blood began to flow, but he kept a good eye on the falling arm. He had been hoping that Sango would come out of the creature's grasp as it fell, but there was no such luck. The monk would have to let the thing fall, and go and tend to Sango after she landed.

            He heard the thump, and narrowly missed being squished by half of it. It seemed as if it was raining blood now. Great drops flowed around him, splashing onto the ground, onto the once green leaves of the trees, and dying the stream water red.

            He was crouched over the paw in a flash, prying open the claws to release his poor Sango. When she came loose, Miroku lifted her up into his arms, shielding her with his body from the falling blood. He wiped away a loose strand of her hair that was thick in clotting blood, away from her face.

            Even after the blood flow, he was simply content to stare at her beautiful face; not realizing that the half dead body of the wolf demon swayed dangerously above them.

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"Miroku!" Kagome and Shippo yelled at almost the same instant. InuYasha, who had landed facing Kagome, spun around to see the two figures, hunched over and covered in thick, red blood. The wolf demon was about to fall, and it was coming close to toppling on them.

The monk looked towards them as he felt Sango stir in his arms, whispering his name. Then he saw what they were pointing to. The creature was about to fall on them.

Then, a long groan emitted from the wolf demon, and he began to fall towards the ground. His shadow cast over the two blood drenched figures.

Miroku had to think quickly. He wrapped both arms securely around Sango's middle and ran. Just before the body hit the ground and the two were to be trapped under it, he leapt, and dove forwards. While he was in the air, he twisted so that he would land on his back, keeping Sango safely in his arms.

The ground shook violently with the impact of the creature, and Miroku and Sango skidded to a halt in front of InuYasha's feet.

Sango finally became fully awake since she had been jostled around. She looked up, bewildered at the scene before her. She looked at the monk underneath her, who stared back, and she couldn't help herself. She brought her mouth down and was kissing him.

Extra Author's Note: There it is! The promised fluff has arrived! Wanna see what'll happen next? Go review! Hmm… Who's be the father? We'll find that out soon…