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Authors note~ Thanks to all the reviewers I've had so far! You're all really great and I appreciate it. Any way this chapter will draw to the final conclusion of what happens with Miroku's wind-tunnel. I'm sure you're all dying to see what happens to our favorite hentai. Read and find out!

Chapter 9

"Sango, the choice isn't that hard to make. Just do what your heart tells you and don't look back. You can't second guess this. It's now or never. What's it going to be?"

"Miroku. I'm not going to leave you! I know Kohaku needs me but I can't abandon you. I love you, and I love my little brother, but without you here with me I don't think I could ever save him. I want to die with you Miroku!"

"Sango, I have to ask is this what you really want. Do you really want it all to end this way?"

Tears started swelling in Sango's eyes. "Yes, if it means I get to be with you, then I want it to end this way."

"Please don't cry. You'll make me cry now, I don't like crying in front of people I care for."

"Why's that?"

"It makes me feel weak." Miroku slowly sat up and laid back on a tree. He looked over at Sango with a sad expression all over his face. "You shouldn't have come. Why did you come?" Now Miroku was crying. He no longer held back his tears he let them flow easily from his eyes down his cheek.

"Miroku, I came because, I care about you. I came because, I love you." Sango walked over to the tree where Miroku was leaning on. She sat down beside him and leaned over and hugged him. "Don't make me regret having come here. I love you, and I don't want to see you die alone."

"I wasn't alone. I had you, I kept reassuring myself that you were safe and were with me in spirit. I'm not alone, I know that now." Miroku held Sango's hand tightly. "You aren't alone either."

"I know." Sango leaned over to kiss him but Miroku collapsed to the ground holding his cursed hand.

Pain shot up through his arm and then through his whole body. As hard as he tried he couldn't keep himself from yelling out in pain. His whole body began shaking, and he began crying again. "Damn it all. I really didn't want to cry." A small smile came over Miroku's face. 'At least I have her. I don't have to be alone, but I can't let her die with me.'

"Miroku-sama. Are you going to be alright?"

"No, the tunnel will devour me soon. This is just the beginning now, the end is drawing near. It's funny when I look back on my life I think of all the things I could have done better, to be a better person. It's strange, even though there are all these things I could have done to be a better person, I have no regrets. Meeting you and the others is the best thing that ever happened to me. I'm going to miss traveling with you."

"No regrets? I wish I could say the same thing. I live my life full of regret and sorrow and now it all comes back to me, as I watch you die like this. My heart aches for you Miroku-sama."

The pain all at once surged through Miroku's body. He let out more screams of pain but this time he didn't stop, he kept screaming in agony. He couldn't stop himself the pain was unreal. It was like being stabbed over and over again throughout your body except that you can't die from the pain and it keeps coming back.

Sango covered her ears and sat down real low. She couldn't stand to hear Miroku scream out like that. 'Jesus Christ Miroku, I can't understand why someone would want to endure all this pain. Why don't you just end it all?'

Miroku stopped his screaming and stood up for a moment he walked a small ways from the tree he and Sango were sitting under. He sat down and started concentrating all of his energy on keeping the wind-tunnel from devouring him. "Sango, go prepare yourself for the worse and get out of here. I need complete concentration to keep the wind-tunnel from devouring me."

"No, I'm not going. I told you I would die with you, and that's what's going to happen." She took another step closer to him. "I'm not going to leave you."

"Sango! Just stay back! If you must insist on dying with me you should at least protect yourself for as long as you can. Don't come any closer to me, or I'll break my concentration."

"Alright fine, I won't go anywhere else then." Sango sat down in front of Miroku. She was about 3 yards away from him. She watched Miroku's loosing battle against the wind-tunnel. 'What am I doing? I should be there with him. He shouldn't suffer alone. However, he did tell me to stay here and not to impose on him any more or he'll break his concentration, and his wind-tunnel will then take him in. Wouldn't it be better to get it over with? Shouldn't he just accept his fate and let it take him in?'

"Sango, if you think I'm going to go without a fight your sadly mistaken. I won't just give in. If I have to die I want to do so by going out fighting till the end." A great sensation of pain pulsed through Miroku's body then it happened. Miroku was starting to get devoured by the wind-tunnel. A white dome of light surrounded him.

"What the hell? Miroku! Answer me damnit!"

There was no reply and the white dome of light grew even bigger. Soon everything started being pulled in towards it. Trees were being uprooted plants, rocks, and just about everything else. They all feel prey to the wind-tunnel.

Sango too was now beginning to get pulled in. She was going to let herself be pulled in but something inside her wouldn't let her. She grabbed unto a tree that hadn't been uprooted yet. She clinged unto it for dear life. 'I don't understand this sensation going through me. I thought I wanted to die with him, but when it came down to it I realize I'm scared to do so. I'm afraid to die with him.'

The tree Sango had been hanging on to was now being slowly uprooted and was drawing closer and closer to the white dome of light where Miroku's wind- tunnel was devouring him.

Sango watched in horror, as she was being dragged closer and closer into her doom. 'What should I do? I can run now and possibly be safe, or I can die here and now with him. I said I wanted to die with him but now I'm scared to. What the hell was I thinking?'

Miroku's head was spinning everything was moving so fast and he had no idea what was going on. "Sango! Sango! Where are you!? Are you alright?" 'Damn, I certainly hope she hasn't been devoured by the wind-tunnel yet. Sango please run while you still have the chance. I'm not worth it.'

"Miroku-sama? I'm all right, I'm hanging unto a tree right now. I'm really scared. It's awful, but now I don't know if I'm really ready to die. I'm afraid to."

"Sango, don't worry about it. I don't blame you. If it were me, I would probably run too. Don't worry about me and save yourself. You deserve to live. You still have so much to do in life."

"Miroku, I just don't know. I feel torn, part of me tells me the right thing to do is run away, but the other part tells me to stay here. What should I do?"

"Sango, you're the only one who can answer that question. You have to do what you think is right. Even if you're unsure you have to make the decision you feel is right and stand by it. We don't get second chances in life."

'A second chance? He's right, I have to make my decision now and stand by it. I wont get the opportunity to go back and re-think my decision.' "Miroku! I love you! I'm prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for my love. I wont be afraid to die anymore, not if you're here with me." Sango smiled and let go of the tree. She let Miroku's wind-tunnel slowly take her in.

"No! Sango please don't!" Miroku cried out in pain, the thought of letting Sango die with him was tearing him to pieces. 'This isn't how it was suppose to be. I don't want to take her with me. She may be prepared to die but I'm not prepared to let her. What can I do though? What can I do?' Miroku bit his lower lip and smiled. "Sango, if you love me as much as you say you do, you'll do me this last favor."

"What is it?" Sango was now incredibly close to being taken into the wind- tunnel at the moment. She didn't have much time left.

"Live on. Don't die your brother still needs you."

Sango heart seemed to skip a beat when she heard what. Sango was nearly about to enter the dome of light, until she clinged to the ground and slowly pulled herself away. "Miroku! Damn you! I can't do it, I have to die with you it's the only way. I love you, and I want us to be together even if it means that I have to give up my life to do it." Sango then let her fingers slip from the ground. She was slowly being pulled in once again.

'No! It's not suppose to end this way! You shouldn't have to make a choice like this. It shouldn't have to be one or the other. There has to be another way! I won't just let her die like this, I can't do it.' "Sango, I need you!" Miroku stopped his concentration all at once. 'What did I just say? Am I admitting to myself that I want her to die with me? It's not right though! It's not right for her to die like this. Which means I can't let her die no matter what, I have to live through this, for her.'

At the moment Miroku's concentration broke something went wrong. The dome of light seemed to explode on the inside. Whatever had happened seemed to stop the wind-tunnel from taking anything else in with it. It was now an enclosed dome.

Sango sat in wonderment just outside the dome. She was so close to the doom she could reach out and touch it almost. 'What's going on? It should have taken me in with it. What did Miroku do?'

Miroku looked around in a confused daze . He was still inside the white dome of light, but it wasn't taking anything in anymore. He looked down at his cursed hand the hole had grown so big that it took up most of his palm. He looked again, to his surprise the wind-tunnel was still growing. 'I'm not taking anything in anymore, but I'm still being devoured. What the hell is going on?' Another shot of pain ran up Miroku's arm this time the pain was far worse than any sort of pain he felt before. It was as though someone was running a knife through his arm over and over again. His breathing became heavy and he blacked out. 'What now? Sango is still alive, but I can't do anything about my situation. I'm still going to die, there's no way out of it. The sad truth is, I wanted Sango to die with me. I wanted to be with her till the very end. Is that so wrong? I have to do something, I have to some how live through this, I have to be with her.'

Sango got up and looked at the strange dome of light. 'What is it doing to Miroku? What's happening to him in there?' "Miroku are you alright!?"

'A voice, I can hear a voice. Sango, she's trying to reach out to me, she still holds out hope that I'm alive. I need to tell her, I need to tell her once and for all how I feel. She has to know before I die.' Miroku's eyes shot wide open. He regained consciousness and looked down at his hand. There wasn't even a hand anymore, his wind-tunnel had devoured it and was slowly moving up his arm.

"Sango, I don't have much time left. The wind-tunnel has already devoured most of my arm. I need to tell you something before I die." Miroku took a deep breath. "I WANT TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER! I WANTED YOU TO DIE WITH ME! I WANTED TO BE WITH YOU! I LOVE YOU, AND I DON'T WANT TO LET YOU GO!"

Miroku's words seemed to shock Sango. 'He wanted me to die with him, he wanted to be with me even if it meant I had to die too. What can I say to him?' "Miroku, if you love me so much and you don't want to let me go, then don't let it happen. Don't let yourself fall prey to your fear. Fight it!"

'Sango, you've just given me the answer. I know what I must do now, I know what will become of me. I will face my destiny without fear, but with courage.' "FOR YOU SANGO I WON'T DIE!"

As soon as these words escaped his mouth the wind-tunnel started taking more and more of Miroku in. He let out a bone shattering scream and with it came an amazing light piercing through the dome. Everything happened so quickly, the dome began to brake and a huge explosion took place.

'Sango, for you I will live. I have a reason to live now, the hole was in my heart and not in my hand. I was afraid to admit to myself that I wanted you to die with me, I was too afraid of dying that I didn't realize what I had to live for. My love for you will keep me alive, now and forever. For you I will not die, to be with you I'll over come death itself.' Miroku smiled as his tears rolled gently down his eyes. 'I'm dead physically but not in spirit. I'm still with you.'

After the explosion the white light had lifted and lying there in the middle was Miroku. He didn't appear to be breathing, but he looked as though he still were alive. His boyish smile that was on his face made him look as though he was merely sleeping.

Sango immediately rushed over to Miroku's side after watching what just happened. 'He's still here, he's wasn't devoured by the wind-tunnel. However, he looks as though he may be dead.' Sango shook Miroku repeatedly trying to get him to open his eyes. "Wake up you damn monk! Wake up!" Sango put her head next to his heart, she noticed it wasn't beating. She looked for a pulse but found none. Sango looked down at Miroku's lifeless body and began to cry. She let out her tears so freely like they were rain-drops. She looked up at the sky and screamed out in pain. "WHY!? WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE!?"

She gathered him up in her arms and held him tightly. Rain began to fall, it was as if the sky was crying with her. She let go of him and laid him gently to the ground. She ran her hands through his hair for a moment and then she knelt down and kissed him. She gave him the most loving kiss she possibly could. "Miroku I love you, I still need you. Why did you have to die?"

Miroku's eyes slowly opened. He looked up at Sango and gave her a small grin. He put his hand over her face and dropped it down slowly. "Sango, for you I will live." He his arm dropped to the ground and the rain began to come down in sheets, just like Sango's tears.

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Sorry that this chapter wasn't very clear. I promise everything will be explained and will make sense in the next chapter, which happens to be the last one sadly. Which means all you loyal reviewers out there still have to stick with me to the end.

Inu-shounen~ Of course I had to leave it there! That way I would be assured that it would drive you crazy until you find out what happens.

Sango-chan~ Thanks! I'm glad you find my writing to be excellent. Yes, I know poor everyone. Don't worry things work out.

Zephor~ Thanks for reviewing for me again! I was very happy to see that you did. I'm glad you think I'm doing a great job. Thank you ^_^

Missy-Bee~ You surprised Sango didn't chop his arm off? Sorry, I couldn't let her do that. Miroku had to save himself. Hope you'll keep reading.

Rissi-Sama~ I impaired your sleep? Wow, I really must have left you guys hanging. Well, sorry but I at least updated as soon as I could.

Sweet Chaos~ I know my grammar sucks! It's sad how awful I' am with it. However, thank you for saying that you would hunt me down if I didn't update soon. It lets me know people really want to read my fic. Hope this is soon enough for ya.

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Thanks again to all my reviewers! Next chapter we find out what's going on exactly. Everything will become clear. A quick note, I'm going on a small trip this weekend and will be out of town. I plan on having my final chapter up either tonight or Monday, so be sure to look for it.

Adios!