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Chapter 3 - Healing of the Mind, Body and Soul
"What? What are you going to do to me?" Miroku challenged Inuyasha "Because whatever it is you may go ahead. I don't care"
"What? You sound like you want me to hurt you" Inuyasha was confused.
"Yes I do. It will save me the trouble of doing so later. I would much appreciate it if you just did it and got it over with."
"No. I don't think I will. Aw, you take all the fun out of it. Besides Sango needs you."
"No my friend. I will only bring her more pain."
"You don't have to tell her now." Inuyasha suggested "You can tell her after she gets better."
"Are you sure Kagome will let me do this?"
"Yeah, I think that's what she wanted me to tell you. Any ways lets go back to the hut and see if she has awoken and if it's ok with Kagome"
Miroku agreed with a nod of his head
Later on.
"Look here they come" Kagome said to Sango. "Miroku is with Inuyasha, he will be able to tell you what happened."
"Sango!" Miroku yelped as he saw her legs. They were covered with disgusting black and blue bruises from her fall.
"Hi, Miroku," Sango said as she caught him staring at her legs. Normally she would have scolded or slapped him. But this time was different. "They aren't as bad as they seem."
"Does it hurt?"
"Well actually I can't feel them" Sango said quietly. This seemed to have disturbed almost everyone so greatly that Kagome felt that she should explain.
"She can't feel them because she is paralyzed. From what seems to be as her waist down. She has no feeling in her legs and can't move them."
"Meaning she isn't able to talk?" ventured Inuyasha as he tried to understand.
"Yes"
"Will. Will she be able to walk again" Miroku tried to find the courage to ask about any lasting damage.
"Well, she maybe able to walk again one day. But then again she may not. Only time will tell" Kagome answered, not wanting to scare any one.
"What I wanted to know is what happened?" Sango surprised every one with this question for it was the one that they all dreaded because only one person could answer it. An awkward silence followed the question as every person in the room slowly diverted their glazes towards Miroku. He could feel their eyes boring holes into him. He looked up only one before answering and caught some one's eyes. Sango's.
" I was calling you and you didn't answer. So I called you name again and said that I needed to talk." Miroku said steadily trying to keep his stare a clear-eyed one, not wanting to cry when recalling that horrifying memory that seemed so long ago but really had only come to pass a few hours before. "Then you turned Kirara around and headed straight towards me. When suddenly your angle changed, it was sharper, towards the ground more. And then Kirara turned and you . you -"
"And I fell and broke my back? My legs? What exactly happened to where I'm paralyzed?" Sango asked directing the questions to Kagome now instead of Miroku, along with her tired stare.
"Well I don't know. I think you may have landed on you lower back which caused the paralysis to go down from there. But I don't know. I'm not a doctor and this is probably too advanced for Kaede" Kagome said with a desperate desire that this would suffice her comrades as far as a medicinal explanation.
"Didn't you have something to tell me? Well, uh, do you want to talk now? Or do you want some privacy." Sango's voice trailed off.
"No, that's ok. I don't need to talk. I don't have to and won't tell you anything." Said Miroku quiet fiercely.
"But."
And Miroku walked out of the room. He once, yet again, he didn't know where he was going. He didn't want her to know. No doubt she would drag it out of Kagome even with Inuyasha there to tell her it might be best to wait until she gets better. Miroku felt that he must never see Sango again even if it was that thing he did. It would be too pain staking to look into her eyes again, or too see her face.
Kagome had a stricken look on her face. Could Miroku be serious? Could he really want to live a lie? No he would never do that. Then what did he mean by he didn't have anything to tell her. Maybe he wanted to wait? She knew what Miroku had done. He had left her the job of telling Sango. Knowing Sango Kagome figured she would have to let her down gently and soon. Kagome feared that if she didn't tell her soon then Inuyasha would burst and just tell it straight out with out any compassion for their friend's feelings or current condition.
"Listen, Sango" Kagome began "Miroku does have something to tell you- "
"Then why didn't he tell me when I asked?" Sango asked. "I don't understand"
"Neither do I but I think that he wanted me to tell you that well there's no easy way to say it so I'll just come out and say it-"
Inuyasha couldn't stand it any longer! He had to do something. Kagome would probably just keep stuttering and never get to the point so he.
"Miroku doesn't love you anymore!" Inuyasha blurted out.
"Thanks a lot Inuyasha" Kagome shot at him. "Did you even think for a millisecond about-"
"What? What? He doesn't - love me anymore?" Sango repeated. "But just the other day."
"Just the other day what?" Inuyasha demanded.
"Oh my gosh!" Kagome said. "Where is he? He left didn't he? Inuyasha you must go after him! Who knows what he will do?"
"No! Don't! Miroku wouldn't want any of you guys to go after him. Just let him be and let him cool off" Sango insisted. "Maybe when I get better he will change his mind." Sango said hoping that these words would mean something.
"Oh, all right," muttered Inuyasha, he was already and everything.
"Besides, it's probably all just all just a misunderstanding." Sango ventured, while hoping against all odds that her closest friends were wrong."
"Yeah, we probably are" Said Kagome hesitantly, she didn't want to give her friend false hope. But maybe if she believed that, as she got better Miroku would come to his senses then she would heal quickly and most importantly for herself.
"Here let me get you some food, you must be famished. Inuyasha can you give me a hand?"
"Why can't you do it yourself?" Inuyasha wanted to know; he obviously didn't catch her drift.
"Because I can't! Sango please excuse us for a moment" Kagome said as she dragged Inuyasha up and into the kitchen. Even though he looked scrawny he sure did weigh a lot.
"Kagome, what is the meaning of this?"
"Inuyasha! Keep it down she will hear us! Now I think that we should just let her think that we are wrong and maybe she will heal faster thinking that soon she will be with Miroku again."
"Oh okay. But how are we going to get Miroku to go along with this? He won't like this idea of masquerading around like he is still in love with her when he's not Even I know that" Said Inuyasha pointedly.
"I know but you will just have to convince him of this!"
"Me? Why me?"
"Because you are a guy! And he will listen to you. And if he doesn't then you can threaten to hurt him. This is for his own good. And if he wants to help Sango out then we will do it"
"Okay I guess I'd better go and find him then" And with that Inuyasha set out to find the monk. Inuyasha wanted to take his time and think over what exactly he would have to say and so he decided to not use his speed.
"Where did Inuyasha go? I thought you needed his help?" Sango asked playfully
"Oh, he decided to be a jerk and go find Miroku." Said Kagome trying to act naturally. It hurt her so that Sango sounded the same as she always had. Except now she couldn't walk.
"Kaede, I'm worried about Sango." Kagome said one day a few weeks later.
"How so my child?" Kaede replied, "She seems to be healing fine"
"I know but you said about three weeks right? Well it was four yesterday."
"Ah. Kagome, you worry too much. These things take time and everybody heals at their own pace."
"Oh all right" Said Kagome but she was clearly not satisfied with Kaede's response.
Kagome had brought a wheel chair back from her time and they all took turns pushing her around. She mostly wanted Miroku to push her and he did so reluctantly. Sango always talked and laughed like she used to especially when he pushed her. Yet Miroku just walked in silence he never said anything. Come to thin of it. He didn't say much to any body since the accident. Once a week him and Inuyasha would leave for a while. Inuyasha usually came back grumpy for he always tried to get Miroku to talk but he always failed at getting what he wanted out of the monk. Kagome ended up soothing him and rubbing his ears to calm him down.
Sango was getting worried herself. Her plan wasn't working. She thought that as she got better Miroku would be happier. Although Sango was sort of prolonging it, at first all she wanted was to get better. Now she knew for sure that the minute she got better he would leave her. Sango didn't want to be selfish. She knew what she was doing; she knew that she was causing him agony. Whenever he pushed her in her wheelchair and she would talk and laugh lightly as if nothing was wrong, then she would ask him a question. He would never answer her, it's not like she keep asking the same question. Miroku was always pre-occupied. Looking at his hand, since she was hurt they stopped hunting for any shards. As soon as they got all the shards together and destroyed them, his air void would go away forever. He wouldn't have this curse to pass on to his children.
Miroku was angry with Sango. He couldn't stand to talk to her. He knew that she was better. She just didn't want to get better because then she knew he would leave her. Well, if she didn't get better in the next few days he was going to leave her no matter what. Miroku was going to leave every one behind, and even this world behind. If she didn't get better in the next seventy-two hours he was going to suck himself into his own air void.
When the next day rolled around she still wasn't better. Then the day after that comes and goes. Finally on the last day she still isn't better but the closer it got to this day, Miroku doubted his plan more and more. He thought about allowing more time, but he decided that he couldn't wait forever. So when he woke up oh the last day he told him self that if worse comes to worse he would slip away some time late in the day. Inuyasha could sense tension and the uneasiness around Miroku. He constantly told Kagome of this and she knew that there wasn't much time before he did something drastic.
"Inuyasha, if you feel all this tension why don't you ask Miroku about it?" ventured Kagome when she saw him that morning.
"Because I don't want to. If you want to know then why don't you just ask him yourself?" Inuyasha suggested. He didn't want to do it because he already did. Inuyasha knew what was going to happen later on that day. He also knew for a fact that no matter how much time had passed since that day when Miroku told Kagome he loved her that Kagome wouldn't feel comfortable talking to him alone, which is precisely what she would have to do. His little plan had worked. Inuyasha wanted time alone with Kagome too for some reason, lately all he could think about was her and that little moment that they shared also on that day.
A/N: K now all of these are written and typed up and uploaded in one day practically so I am just going to keep asking for reviews when I get to the point where I will be writing and the uploading simultamisly (spelling anyone?) I will add thanks in for things.
Chapter 3 - Healing of the Mind, Body and Soul
"What? What are you going to do to me?" Miroku challenged Inuyasha "Because whatever it is you may go ahead. I don't care"
"What? You sound like you want me to hurt you" Inuyasha was confused.
"Yes I do. It will save me the trouble of doing so later. I would much appreciate it if you just did it and got it over with."
"No. I don't think I will. Aw, you take all the fun out of it. Besides Sango needs you."
"No my friend. I will only bring her more pain."
"You don't have to tell her now." Inuyasha suggested "You can tell her after she gets better."
"Are you sure Kagome will let me do this?"
"Yeah, I think that's what she wanted me to tell you. Any ways lets go back to the hut and see if she has awoken and if it's ok with Kagome"
Miroku agreed with a nod of his head
Later on.
"Look here they come" Kagome said to Sango. "Miroku is with Inuyasha, he will be able to tell you what happened."
"Sango!" Miroku yelped as he saw her legs. They were covered with disgusting black and blue bruises from her fall.
"Hi, Miroku," Sango said as she caught him staring at her legs. Normally she would have scolded or slapped him. But this time was different. "They aren't as bad as they seem."
"Does it hurt?"
"Well actually I can't feel them" Sango said quietly. This seemed to have disturbed almost everyone so greatly that Kagome felt that she should explain.
"She can't feel them because she is paralyzed. From what seems to be as her waist down. She has no feeling in her legs and can't move them."
"Meaning she isn't able to talk?" ventured Inuyasha as he tried to understand.
"Yes"
"Will. Will she be able to walk again" Miroku tried to find the courage to ask about any lasting damage.
"Well, she maybe able to walk again one day. But then again she may not. Only time will tell" Kagome answered, not wanting to scare any one.
"What I wanted to know is what happened?" Sango surprised every one with this question for it was the one that they all dreaded because only one person could answer it. An awkward silence followed the question as every person in the room slowly diverted their glazes towards Miroku. He could feel their eyes boring holes into him. He looked up only one before answering and caught some one's eyes. Sango's.
" I was calling you and you didn't answer. So I called you name again and said that I needed to talk." Miroku said steadily trying to keep his stare a clear-eyed one, not wanting to cry when recalling that horrifying memory that seemed so long ago but really had only come to pass a few hours before. "Then you turned Kirara around and headed straight towards me. When suddenly your angle changed, it was sharper, towards the ground more. And then Kirara turned and you . you -"
"And I fell and broke my back? My legs? What exactly happened to where I'm paralyzed?" Sango asked directing the questions to Kagome now instead of Miroku, along with her tired stare.
"Well I don't know. I think you may have landed on you lower back which caused the paralysis to go down from there. But I don't know. I'm not a doctor and this is probably too advanced for Kaede" Kagome said with a desperate desire that this would suffice her comrades as far as a medicinal explanation.
"Didn't you have something to tell me? Well, uh, do you want to talk now? Or do you want some privacy." Sango's voice trailed off.
"No, that's ok. I don't need to talk. I don't have to and won't tell you anything." Said Miroku quiet fiercely.
"But."
And Miroku walked out of the room. He once, yet again, he didn't know where he was going. He didn't want her to know. No doubt she would drag it out of Kagome even with Inuyasha there to tell her it might be best to wait until she gets better. Miroku felt that he must never see Sango again even if it was that thing he did. It would be too pain staking to look into her eyes again, or too see her face.
Kagome had a stricken look on her face. Could Miroku be serious? Could he really want to live a lie? No he would never do that. Then what did he mean by he didn't have anything to tell her. Maybe he wanted to wait? She knew what Miroku had done. He had left her the job of telling Sango. Knowing Sango Kagome figured she would have to let her down gently and soon. Kagome feared that if she didn't tell her soon then Inuyasha would burst and just tell it straight out with out any compassion for their friend's feelings or current condition.
"Listen, Sango" Kagome began "Miroku does have something to tell you- "
"Then why didn't he tell me when I asked?" Sango asked. "I don't understand"
"Neither do I but I think that he wanted me to tell you that well there's no easy way to say it so I'll just come out and say it-"
Inuyasha couldn't stand it any longer! He had to do something. Kagome would probably just keep stuttering and never get to the point so he.
"Miroku doesn't love you anymore!" Inuyasha blurted out.
"Thanks a lot Inuyasha" Kagome shot at him. "Did you even think for a millisecond about-"
"What? What? He doesn't - love me anymore?" Sango repeated. "But just the other day."
"Just the other day what?" Inuyasha demanded.
"Oh my gosh!" Kagome said. "Where is he? He left didn't he? Inuyasha you must go after him! Who knows what he will do?"
"No! Don't! Miroku wouldn't want any of you guys to go after him. Just let him be and let him cool off" Sango insisted. "Maybe when I get better he will change his mind." Sango said hoping that these words would mean something.
"Oh, all right," muttered Inuyasha, he was already and everything.
"Besides, it's probably all just all just a misunderstanding." Sango ventured, while hoping against all odds that her closest friends were wrong."
"Yeah, we probably are" Said Kagome hesitantly, she didn't want to give her friend false hope. But maybe if she believed that, as she got better Miroku would come to his senses then she would heal quickly and most importantly for herself.
"Here let me get you some food, you must be famished. Inuyasha can you give me a hand?"
"Why can't you do it yourself?" Inuyasha wanted to know; he obviously didn't catch her drift.
"Because I can't! Sango please excuse us for a moment" Kagome said as she dragged Inuyasha up and into the kitchen. Even though he looked scrawny he sure did weigh a lot.
"Kagome, what is the meaning of this?"
"Inuyasha! Keep it down she will hear us! Now I think that we should just let her think that we are wrong and maybe she will heal faster thinking that soon she will be with Miroku again."
"Oh okay. But how are we going to get Miroku to go along with this? He won't like this idea of masquerading around like he is still in love with her when he's not Even I know that" Said Inuyasha pointedly.
"I know but you will just have to convince him of this!"
"Me? Why me?"
"Because you are a guy! And he will listen to you. And if he doesn't then you can threaten to hurt him. This is for his own good. And if he wants to help Sango out then we will do it"
"Okay I guess I'd better go and find him then" And with that Inuyasha set out to find the monk. Inuyasha wanted to take his time and think over what exactly he would have to say and so he decided to not use his speed.
"Where did Inuyasha go? I thought you needed his help?" Sango asked playfully
"Oh, he decided to be a jerk and go find Miroku." Said Kagome trying to act naturally. It hurt her so that Sango sounded the same as she always had. Except now she couldn't walk.
"Kaede, I'm worried about Sango." Kagome said one day a few weeks later.
"How so my child?" Kaede replied, "She seems to be healing fine"
"I know but you said about three weeks right? Well it was four yesterday."
"Ah. Kagome, you worry too much. These things take time and everybody heals at their own pace."
"Oh all right" Said Kagome but she was clearly not satisfied with Kaede's response.
Kagome had brought a wheel chair back from her time and they all took turns pushing her around. She mostly wanted Miroku to push her and he did so reluctantly. Sango always talked and laughed like she used to especially when he pushed her. Yet Miroku just walked in silence he never said anything. Come to thin of it. He didn't say much to any body since the accident. Once a week him and Inuyasha would leave for a while. Inuyasha usually came back grumpy for he always tried to get Miroku to talk but he always failed at getting what he wanted out of the monk. Kagome ended up soothing him and rubbing his ears to calm him down.
Sango was getting worried herself. Her plan wasn't working. She thought that as she got better Miroku would be happier. Although Sango was sort of prolonging it, at first all she wanted was to get better. Now she knew for sure that the minute she got better he would leave her. Sango didn't want to be selfish. She knew what she was doing; she knew that she was causing him agony. Whenever he pushed her in her wheelchair and she would talk and laugh lightly as if nothing was wrong, then she would ask him a question. He would never answer her, it's not like she keep asking the same question. Miroku was always pre-occupied. Looking at his hand, since she was hurt they stopped hunting for any shards. As soon as they got all the shards together and destroyed them, his air void would go away forever. He wouldn't have this curse to pass on to his children.
Miroku was angry with Sango. He couldn't stand to talk to her. He knew that she was better. She just didn't want to get better because then she knew he would leave her. Well, if she didn't get better in the next few days he was going to leave her no matter what. Miroku was going to leave every one behind, and even this world behind. If she didn't get better in the next seventy-two hours he was going to suck himself into his own air void.
When the next day rolled around she still wasn't better. Then the day after that comes and goes. Finally on the last day she still isn't better but the closer it got to this day, Miroku doubted his plan more and more. He thought about allowing more time, but he decided that he couldn't wait forever. So when he woke up oh the last day he told him self that if worse comes to worse he would slip away some time late in the day. Inuyasha could sense tension and the uneasiness around Miroku. He constantly told Kagome of this and she knew that there wasn't much time before he did something drastic.
"Inuyasha, if you feel all this tension why don't you ask Miroku about it?" ventured Kagome when she saw him that morning.
"Because I don't want to. If you want to know then why don't you just ask him yourself?" Inuyasha suggested. He didn't want to do it because he already did. Inuyasha knew what was going to happen later on that day. He also knew for a fact that no matter how much time had passed since that day when Miroku told Kagome he loved her that Kagome wouldn't feel comfortable talking to him alone, which is precisely what she would have to do. His little plan had worked. Inuyasha wanted time alone with Kagome too for some reason, lately all he could think about was her and that little moment that they shared also on that day.
A/N: K now all of these are written and typed up and uploaded in one day practically so I am just going to keep asking for reviews when I get to the point where I will be writing and the uploading simultamisly (spelling anyone?) I will add thanks in for things.