Yes, I am back with the next exciting installment of To Heal!  I sound like an announcer for some crappy…something on an infomercial!!  So, I got lots of positive feedback from the last chapter.  Yes, I killed Rin AND Miroku!  And, Naraku is a hanyou, correct?  That's what I understood from watching the anime series up to episode 30-something.  Correct me if I'm wrong!

DC- Yes, I should've made it clear what the others were doing during the fighting sequence.  Kimi, Shippo and Kirara were just…there…okay, pathetic, I know, but I can't think of anything.  I'll do better this chapter!  Oh, and, Fluffy isn't dead ^_^ I didn't make it clear that he was still alive, sorry!  Thanks for all the compliments, you made my day!

            I also apologize for Inu Yasha being kind of out of character when he got all emotional about Fluffy.  I just thought it was kinda sweet ^_^'  And also, I'm pretty sure Naraku doesn't know that Inu Yasha turns into a human every new moon, but in my fic, he does, okie?  Just making it clear for all my readers!!

DISCLAIMER:  I don't own Inu Yasha, and I still don't own a Miroku keychain (Anime FX didn't have them) but I did buy 3 Inu Yasha posters (and a Fruits Basket)!

            Sango stood, unable to move, staring blankly at Miroku's lifeless body.  Dead?  Dead?!  No…he can't be dead…he can't be dead!!

            "Miroku!" Sango cried, running towards the monk.

            Tears trailed down her cheeks as she flung her arms around the man's neck and buried her face in his chest.

            "Miroku…you can't be…you can't be…" The woman whispered.

            Inu Yasha slowly made his way to Kagome, who was trying her hardest to calm Shippo, who was bawling into the girls' shirt.  Kimi had collapsed to the ground, and silent tears were flowing down her face.  Kagome herself was trying hard not to cry, she didn't want to upset the kitsune in her arms further.

            Kirara made her way to her mistress, and mewed, trying to comfort the woman.  Sango didn't even hear the cat demon as she gripped Miroku's robes, as though if she held on, the monk would return to life.

            It was then that Inu Yasha realized that Sesshomaru was still there.  Not like he could go anywhere…

            The hanyou walked over to his fallen brother, and snorted when he caught his scent.  There was a pool of blood forming under and around the yokai, and it smelled of something wrong, something sick.  Poison…

            "Sesshomaru?" Inu Yasha asked, bending down.

            "Inu…Yasha…" the demon whispered.  "You have to…believe me.  I wanted to join you, to defeat Naraku…he killed Rin…"

            The hanyou remembered seeing the tiny girl with his brother on occasion.  He had taken great care to protect her during those battles.

            Inu Yasha lifted his brother up and slung his arm over his shoulders.  The hanyou all but dragged Sesshomaru to a tree near Kagome, and leaned him against the trunk.

            "Kagome, tend to Sesshomaru's wounds."

            The girl turned to the dog demon in shock.

            "You…you want me to help him?"  Kagome's voice was thick with unshed tears.

            Inu Yasha nodded solemnly, then turned back to Sango, who was still weeping on Miroku's body.  The hanyou sighed, and walked over to the huntress.

            "Sango…" he began gently.

            "He's so cold…so cold…"

            Inu Yasha watched as the woman held the monks' right hand to her cheek.

            "Sango, we have to…bury him," Inu Yasha said softly.

            The woman squeezed Miroku's hand, then rose quickly, turning away from Inu Yasha.  Her shoulder's shook with the quiet sobs she was now trying to suppress.  The hanyou held out a hand, the claws hovering undecidedly over Sango's shoulder before lowering in a gesture of comfort.  He retrieved Miroku's body and staff, and brought the monk to the top of a nearby hill.  There, Inu Yasha began to dig a grave.

            Kagome, Shippo now whimpering on her shoulder, had already begun to dress Sesshomaru's wounds, needing a distraction from what had just occurred.  The girl pulled the top of the yokai's kimono down where his armor had been broken, finding a grotesque gash across his entire upper body.  The blood oozing out was a lurid color that made Kagome shudder in disgust, but she pulled out a cloth, ointment and bandages none-the-less.

            "Wait…Inu Yasha…"

            Kagome's head snapped up to look at Sesshomaru's face.  His features were twisted in a grimace as he spoke.

            "Don't…don't bury him."

            "Inu Yasha!" Kagome called.  "Don't bury Miroku!"

            The hanyou paused his digging and looked at the two, confused.  Sango was staring at them as well, confused even more so than Inu Yasha, tears still leaking from her eyes steadily.

            "Don't…Inu Yasha…I can help him…Tenseiga…"

            With that, the yokai fell unconscious.

            "Tenseiga!" Kagome screeched so loudly that Shippo fell off her shoulder.

            "He can bring Miroku back with his sword!"

            "Only if he's alive to do it," the hanyou pointed out, walking down the hill, Miroku over his shoulder.

            Kagome jumped, and then went back to work cleaning and bandaging Sesshomaru.

            "Inu Yasha," Sango began weakly. "How do we know we can trust him?"

            The taijiya's eyes were red and puffy, and the hanyou feared that they threatened to spill over any second.

            "Would you rather waste an opportunity to bring Miroku back?" he snapped.

            With that, the hanyou turned on his heel, placed the monk against a nearby tree, and hopped to the highest branch.

            "Don't worry Sango," Kagome said with a slight smile.  "He's just dealing with the loss of Miroku in his own way."

            "Do you think Sesshomaru will help us?"  The taijiya asked worriedly.

            Kagome put her bandages away, and rose, heading towards the stream to wash the bloody wash cloth.

            "I…I think he will, after what Naraku said, it seems that he truly wants to help us."

            It was then that the two girls heard soft whimpering from behind a large boulder.  They ran behind it to find Kimi, weeping as silently as she could manage.  Her body wracked with sobs and her face was buried in her hands.  Kagome and Sango knelt beside the girl.

            "It's okay, Kimi, we're going to get him back," Kagome said gently.

            The young girl flung her arms around Sango, and began to cry openly, tears spilling down her cheeks, and falling from her chin to the taijiya's shoulder.

            "I think she's in shock from seeing Naraku and Sesshomaru," Kagome said.

            Sango nodded, and coaxed the girl around her to stand so they could walk back to camp.

            Um, yeah, sorry that it took me so long to update ^_^  Did I spell taijiya right?  Thought I'd try something new.  So, this chapter was pretty boring and short, but I promise it'll get better soon.  And this time, I'll try to have another chapter up by Sunday, but I have a lot of government crap to study for, and French too!  Argh, I hate school!  Je deteste l'ecole mais j'adore Inu Yasha!!  Au revoir, review please!