Title: The Trouble with Monks
Author: Dark Whispers
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. *sighs* That was hard.
Rating: PG13 (mostly for language)
Summary: Takes place when Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou meet Miroku. Miroku starts taking an interest in Kagome and Kagome starts taking an interest in him. Inuyasha is not having a good time.
Pairings: Miroku/Kagome/Inuyasha
A/N: SOORRY! Haven't updated in awhile, I know, but I was running short on ideas! This may be the concluding chapter to The Trouble with Monks so enjoy reading!
Chapter 8: The End?
"Bye Kouga! Thanks for all your help!"
Kouga waved good-bye before speeding off, his speed still rather amazing even without the jewel shards.
"Feh! Glad that idiot's gone!"
Kagome frowned. "Be nice Inuyasha! He kept his word!"
"Maybe we should go back to the village," Miroku suggested, trying to avoid an argument between the two.
"Fine! Hey Kagome, did you bring any ra-"
Inuyasha stopped talking abruptly, his ears twitching furiously and his eyes widening in surprise.
"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Kagome asked worriedly.
"I have to go," he mumbled. "Be back soon."
With that, the hanyou sprung out of sight, leaving Kagome to stare after him, smiling sadly. Miroku studied her, not knowing why she looked to miserable.
"It was silly of me, but I almost thought he'd forgotten about her."
Miroku nodded sympathetically and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
'The reason Inuyasha left was because he sensed Kikyou. . .poor Kagome. . .she must feel horrible.'
Miroku placed his hands on Kagome shoulders and faced her, successfully getting her to look him in the eye.
"Kagome, don't let this get to you. I'm sure Inuyasha is out there right now telling Kikyou that he can't be with her anymore. Any man lucky enough to have a girl like you wouldn't just throw it away."
Kagome sniffled and smiled weakly. "Thanks Miroku."
"Anytime. Now, why don't we go back the village, and I'll cook you something for dinner, hm?"
Miroku started to follow the path towards the village when Kagome called out to him.
"Miroku. . .if you still have feelings for me, then why are you helping Inuyasha?"
Miroku smiled sadly. "I'd rather see you happy with another man then unhappy with me."
It wasn't until that moment that Kagome truly realized how much Miroku cared about her. It made her insides squirm with guilt, but what could she do? She chosen Inuyasha and she couldn't just betray him. He was the one she had wanted all along! Right?
~*~*~*~*~*~
Inuyasha raced through the forest, dodging trees. He smelt Kikyou not far from here. It was time that he settled some unfinished business. Kagome had made her choice between him and Miroku, but Inuyasha still had his own decision to make.
He burst into a clearing and realized where Kikyou had led him.
The Goshinboku.
This tree held so many memories for Inuyasha, both good and bad. Kikyou stood in the shelter of its branches, the wind tugging at her clothes and her black hair.
"You came," she stated in monotone, though a small grin played on her face.
"Kikyou, we need to talk," Inuyasha said, trying to remain firm.
The miko remained silent, waiting for him to continue.
"You've hurt me and the ones I care about. I love you, not for what you are now, but for what you used to be. You have changed for the worst, Kikyou. You have five seconds to think of a good reason for me not to kill you."
Kikyou's cold mask fell as her eyes filled with tears. "You'd really kill me, Inuyasha? You'd kill me after you swore to protect me?"
Inuyasha's eyes mirrored her sadness. "Kikyou, look at yourself! You are a shadow of what you once were! You are driven by hatred. You deserve peace, Kikyou. Please, let me end your torment.
Any sadness that was in Kikyou's eyes was replaced by anger. Her hands began to glow pink with her miko energy as she called her soul stealers into the clearing. The great pale snakes slithered through the air, and the moaning of lost souls echoed around them.
"I am not ready to die, Inuyasha. I refuse to leave this earth. You are threatening my survival, and for that you must die!"
All at once, the soul stealers flew at Inuyasha, determined to end his life.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome and Miroku had almost reached the village when a soul stealer flew passed them, heading in the opposite direction.
"That was one of Kikyou's soul stealers!" said Kagome.
Miroku looked grim. "It's odd that it would just fly past us."
Kagome shuddered. "I have a bad feeling about this, Miroku. Come on!"
The two of them ran after the soul stealer, trying their best to keep up. However, the demon was much faster and it soon vanished from sight.
"Now what?" Miroku panted.
Kagome didn't answer. She stared into the distance where the soul stealer was last seen.
'Kikyou is probably planning to steal Inuyasha's soul. If we don't hurry up, by the time we find them it will be too late! But where could they be. . .'
Kagome could've slapped herself for not thinking of it sooner. She grabbed Miroku by the hand and dragged him forward.
"Come on, Miroku! We have to hurry! They're at the Goshinboku!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome screamed upon entering the clearing. Several soul stealers were wrapped around Inuyasha, binding him tightly. The hanyou seemed to be unconscious, his bowed and eyes closed. The ground below him was beginning to split. Smoke and flame rose all around him as the wrath of hell prepared to take him in. Once he descended into that pit, there would be no coming back.
As Kikyou looked on, the only emotion she revealed was the burning hatred in her eyes. "It ends now, Inuyasha. I'm taking you to hell with me, where we shall both suffer for eternity! We were meant to be together. . . forever."
Kagome watched everything happened in slow motion. Kikyou started to float into the pit with Inuyasha. Kagome tried to run to him, though she didn't have any idea what she would do, but she was caught by Miroku.
"INUYASHA!" she screamed, struggling to get out of Miroku's arms.
The flames were now licking at Inuyasha's feet.
"Kagome, stop! You're going to get killed!"
Feeling extremely guilty, Kagome elbowed Miroku in the gut and raced towards Inuyasha.
"INUYASHA, WAKE UP! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! I LOVE YOU!"
Upon saying these words, Kagome began to glow with a radiant pink light. The light grew larger and swept over the entire area, blinding everyone. Kagome felt like she was floating, and for a moment, she was completely at peace. Then the light cleared as quickly as it came, leaving amazing results behind.
The ground had sealed, as if it had never cracked and there were no soul stealers in sight. Inuyasha lay on the ground unmoving, and a pile of clay shards was all that remained of Kikyou.
After the huge amount of miko energy Kagome had released, she felt completely drained. She felt her knees give out and fell to the ground. The last thing she felt before losing consciousness was the feeling of warm arms wrapping around her protectively as she fell towards to ground.
~*~*~*~*~*~
It had been a week since Kikyou's attempt on Inuyasha's life. Things had pretty much gone back to normal. They had returned to shard hunting, and in a few days, Kagome would return home to visit her family and go to school, much to Inuyasha's annoyance. Miroku seemed to have accepted the fact that Kagome was never going to be his. Though he still claimed that he would always love her, he knew that he needed to move on.
They were currently spending the night at an inn after spending a hard battle to get a jewel shard from a snake youkai. Miroku had gone for walk (to the bar next-door ^_^), Shippou was asleep, and Kagome was treating Inuyasha's wounds, even though he insisted that he didn't need her to.
"Inuyasha, stop squirming! You're just making this more difficult then it has to be!" Kagome said, exasperated, while trying to clean a nasty cut above his eye.
"Argh! Kagome, will you cut it out?! It will heal by itself you know!"
Kagome ignored him and used a cloth with antiseptic on his cut.
"Oww! What are you trying to do, kill me?!"
Kagome snorted with laughter and finished her work by putting a bandage on his head.
"You're such a baby, Inuyasha! I'm done now so you can stop whining. You should really be more careful though. If that cut from the snake's scales had been any lower your eye could have been seriously damaged!"
Kagome started moved her hands away, but Inuyasha grabbed them and held them in his own. He stared into her eyes deeply, making her feel as if he were x-raying her.
"Thank you, Kagome."
Kagome trembled under the intensity of his gaze as he leaned in to kiss her. His lips touched hers and she felt all of her problems melt away. He released her hands, allowing her to wrap her arms around his neck and pull them closer together. One of his hands entangled in her hair as he deepened this kiss, igniting a passion that neither of them had ever felt.
Without warning, Inuyasha broke them apart. Kagome stared at him, confused and slightly hurt. She grew even more bewildered when he pulled a small box from his pocket and roughly forced it into her hands while blushing.
She looked at him questioningly, and he gruffly told her to open it, not meeting her eyes. Kagome gasped when she saw what lay inside. There was a silver ring with a beautiful stone colored a rich indigo in the center of the band. It was surrounded by diamonds and seemed to shine even in the dim light of the dieing fire.
"Um. . .once when I was in your time I asked your mom about your mating rituals. She said that part of 'marrying' was giving you a ring. I didn't know how to get one in your time so I had to give you that one. It was my mother's and. . .well. . .will you be my mate?"
Kagome had never seen Inuyasha look so nervous. She smiled at him and hugged him. "Yes, I will."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Two years later Naraku was finally defeated. Kagome had to make the difficult choice of remaining in the Feudal Era forever. She decided that her place was with Inuyasha and the rest of her friends and by wishing on the Shikon no Tama, she sealed the well forever, so nobody would be able to disturb the flow of time. She would miss her family, but there was no future for her there as she had already completely failed out of school.
Soon after the well was closed, Inuyasha and Kagome were married or 'mated' as Inuyasha called it. They lived in the village with Shippou who grew up to be a powerful demon and was declared guardian of Kaede's village. Kaede died shortly after the final battle and was laid to rest under the Goshinboku.
As for a certain monk. . . when he met Sango, he knew she was the one for him and used all of his charm to win her over. Unfortunately, his 'charm' consisted of groping and lecherous comments. Nevertheless, despite his 'wandering hands,' Sango found herself falling for him and they were eventually married after the quest was over.
And that's pretty much how the story goes.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The End
~*~*~*~*~*~
IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!
A/N: Yep! This is the end folks! Sorry it took so long to finish, but I really ran out of ideas. I know this ending might really disappoint some people (most of them being Kag/Mir fans) but if I get at least. . .seven people asking for an alternate ending then I'll write one. Thanks to everyone who read this story! I would never have completed this story if it hadn't been for all of your support! Thank you to everyone who reviewed and helped me write my first complete story!
Author: Dark Whispers
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. *sighs* That was hard.
Rating: PG13 (mostly for language)
Summary: Takes place when Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou meet Miroku. Miroku starts taking an interest in Kagome and Kagome starts taking an interest in him. Inuyasha is not having a good time.
Pairings: Miroku/Kagome/Inuyasha
A/N: SOORRY! Haven't updated in awhile, I know, but I was running short on ideas! This may be the concluding chapter to The Trouble with Monks so enjoy reading!
Chapter 8: The End?
"Bye Kouga! Thanks for all your help!"
Kouga waved good-bye before speeding off, his speed still rather amazing even without the jewel shards.
"Feh! Glad that idiot's gone!"
Kagome frowned. "Be nice Inuyasha! He kept his word!"
"Maybe we should go back to the village," Miroku suggested, trying to avoid an argument between the two.
"Fine! Hey Kagome, did you bring any ra-"
Inuyasha stopped talking abruptly, his ears twitching furiously and his eyes widening in surprise.
"Inuyasha, what's wrong?" Kagome asked worriedly.
"I have to go," he mumbled. "Be back soon."
With that, the hanyou sprung out of sight, leaving Kagome to stare after him, smiling sadly. Miroku studied her, not knowing why she looked to miserable.
"It was silly of me, but I almost thought he'd forgotten about her."
Miroku nodded sympathetically and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
'The reason Inuyasha left was because he sensed Kikyou. . .poor Kagome. . .she must feel horrible.'
Miroku placed his hands on Kagome shoulders and faced her, successfully getting her to look him in the eye.
"Kagome, don't let this get to you. I'm sure Inuyasha is out there right now telling Kikyou that he can't be with her anymore. Any man lucky enough to have a girl like you wouldn't just throw it away."
Kagome sniffled and smiled weakly. "Thanks Miroku."
"Anytime. Now, why don't we go back the village, and I'll cook you something for dinner, hm?"
Miroku started to follow the path towards the village when Kagome called out to him.
"Miroku. . .if you still have feelings for me, then why are you helping Inuyasha?"
Miroku smiled sadly. "I'd rather see you happy with another man then unhappy with me."
It wasn't until that moment that Kagome truly realized how much Miroku cared about her. It made her insides squirm with guilt, but what could she do? She chosen Inuyasha and she couldn't just betray him. He was the one she had wanted all along! Right?
~*~*~*~*~*~
Inuyasha raced through the forest, dodging trees. He smelt Kikyou not far from here. It was time that he settled some unfinished business. Kagome had made her choice between him and Miroku, but Inuyasha still had his own decision to make.
He burst into a clearing and realized where Kikyou had led him.
The Goshinboku.
This tree held so many memories for Inuyasha, both good and bad. Kikyou stood in the shelter of its branches, the wind tugging at her clothes and her black hair.
"You came," she stated in monotone, though a small grin played on her face.
"Kikyou, we need to talk," Inuyasha said, trying to remain firm.
The miko remained silent, waiting for him to continue.
"You've hurt me and the ones I care about. I love you, not for what you are now, but for what you used to be. You have changed for the worst, Kikyou. You have five seconds to think of a good reason for me not to kill you."
Kikyou's cold mask fell as her eyes filled with tears. "You'd really kill me, Inuyasha? You'd kill me after you swore to protect me?"
Inuyasha's eyes mirrored her sadness. "Kikyou, look at yourself! You are a shadow of what you once were! You are driven by hatred. You deserve peace, Kikyou. Please, let me end your torment.
Any sadness that was in Kikyou's eyes was replaced by anger. Her hands began to glow pink with her miko energy as she called her soul stealers into the clearing. The great pale snakes slithered through the air, and the moaning of lost souls echoed around them.
"I am not ready to die, Inuyasha. I refuse to leave this earth. You are threatening my survival, and for that you must die!"
All at once, the soul stealers flew at Inuyasha, determined to end his life.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome and Miroku had almost reached the village when a soul stealer flew passed them, heading in the opposite direction.
"That was one of Kikyou's soul stealers!" said Kagome.
Miroku looked grim. "It's odd that it would just fly past us."
Kagome shuddered. "I have a bad feeling about this, Miroku. Come on!"
The two of them ran after the soul stealer, trying their best to keep up. However, the demon was much faster and it soon vanished from sight.
"Now what?" Miroku panted.
Kagome didn't answer. She stared into the distance where the soul stealer was last seen.
'Kikyou is probably planning to steal Inuyasha's soul. If we don't hurry up, by the time we find them it will be too late! But where could they be. . .'
Kagome could've slapped herself for not thinking of it sooner. She grabbed Miroku by the hand and dragged him forward.
"Come on, Miroku! We have to hurry! They're at the Goshinboku!"
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome screamed upon entering the clearing. Several soul stealers were wrapped around Inuyasha, binding him tightly. The hanyou seemed to be unconscious, his bowed and eyes closed. The ground below him was beginning to split. Smoke and flame rose all around him as the wrath of hell prepared to take him in. Once he descended into that pit, there would be no coming back.
As Kikyou looked on, the only emotion she revealed was the burning hatred in her eyes. "It ends now, Inuyasha. I'm taking you to hell with me, where we shall both suffer for eternity! We were meant to be together. . . forever."
Kagome watched everything happened in slow motion. Kikyou started to float into the pit with Inuyasha. Kagome tried to run to him, though she didn't have any idea what she would do, but she was caught by Miroku.
"INUYASHA!" she screamed, struggling to get out of Miroku's arms.
The flames were now licking at Inuyasha's feet.
"Kagome, stop! You're going to get killed!"
Feeling extremely guilty, Kagome elbowed Miroku in the gut and raced towards Inuyasha.
"INUYASHA, WAKE UP! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! I LOVE YOU!"
Upon saying these words, Kagome began to glow with a radiant pink light. The light grew larger and swept over the entire area, blinding everyone. Kagome felt like she was floating, and for a moment, she was completely at peace. Then the light cleared as quickly as it came, leaving amazing results behind.
The ground had sealed, as if it had never cracked and there were no soul stealers in sight. Inuyasha lay on the ground unmoving, and a pile of clay shards was all that remained of Kikyou.
After the huge amount of miko energy Kagome had released, she felt completely drained. She felt her knees give out and fell to the ground. The last thing she felt before losing consciousness was the feeling of warm arms wrapping around her protectively as she fell towards to ground.
~*~*~*~*~*~
It had been a week since Kikyou's attempt on Inuyasha's life. Things had pretty much gone back to normal. They had returned to shard hunting, and in a few days, Kagome would return home to visit her family and go to school, much to Inuyasha's annoyance. Miroku seemed to have accepted the fact that Kagome was never going to be his. Though he still claimed that he would always love her, he knew that he needed to move on.
They were currently spending the night at an inn after spending a hard battle to get a jewel shard from a snake youkai. Miroku had gone for walk (to the bar next-door ^_^), Shippou was asleep, and Kagome was treating Inuyasha's wounds, even though he insisted that he didn't need her to.
"Inuyasha, stop squirming! You're just making this more difficult then it has to be!" Kagome said, exasperated, while trying to clean a nasty cut above his eye.
"Argh! Kagome, will you cut it out?! It will heal by itself you know!"
Kagome ignored him and used a cloth with antiseptic on his cut.
"Oww! What are you trying to do, kill me?!"
Kagome snorted with laughter and finished her work by putting a bandage on his head.
"You're such a baby, Inuyasha! I'm done now so you can stop whining. You should really be more careful though. If that cut from the snake's scales had been any lower your eye could have been seriously damaged!"
Kagome started moved her hands away, but Inuyasha grabbed them and held them in his own. He stared into her eyes deeply, making her feel as if he were x-raying her.
"Thank you, Kagome."
Kagome trembled under the intensity of his gaze as he leaned in to kiss her. His lips touched hers and she felt all of her problems melt away. He released her hands, allowing her to wrap her arms around his neck and pull them closer together. One of his hands entangled in her hair as he deepened this kiss, igniting a passion that neither of them had ever felt.
Without warning, Inuyasha broke them apart. Kagome stared at him, confused and slightly hurt. She grew even more bewildered when he pulled a small box from his pocket and roughly forced it into her hands while blushing.
She looked at him questioningly, and he gruffly told her to open it, not meeting her eyes. Kagome gasped when she saw what lay inside. There was a silver ring with a beautiful stone colored a rich indigo in the center of the band. It was surrounded by diamonds and seemed to shine even in the dim light of the dieing fire.
"Um. . .once when I was in your time I asked your mom about your mating rituals. She said that part of 'marrying' was giving you a ring. I didn't know how to get one in your time so I had to give you that one. It was my mother's and. . .well. . .will you be my mate?"
Kagome had never seen Inuyasha look so nervous. She smiled at him and hugged him. "Yes, I will."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Two years later Naraku was finally defeated. Kagome had to make the difficult choice of remaining in the Feudal Era forever. She decided that her place was with Inuyasha and the rest of her friends and by wishing on the Shikon no Tama, she sealed the well forever, so nobody would be able to disturb the flow of time. She would miss her family, but there was no future for her there as she had already completely failed out of school.
Soon after the well was closed, Inuyasha and Kagome were married or 'mated' as Inuyasha called it. They lived in the village with Shippou who grew up to be a powerful demon and was declared guardian of Kaede's village. Kaede died shortly after the final battle and was laid to rest under the Goshinboku.
As for a certain monk. . . when he met Sango, he knew she was the one for him and used all of his charm to win her over. Unfortunately, his 'charm' consisted of groping and lecherous comments. Nevertheless, despite his 'wandering hands,' Sango found herself falling for him and they were eventually married after the quest was over.
And that's pretty much how the story goes.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The End
~*~*~*~*~*~
IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!
A/N: Yep! This is the end folks! Sorry it took so long to finish, but I really ran out of ideas. I know this ending might really disappoint some people (most of them being Kag/Mir fans) but if I get at least. . .seven people asking for an alternate ending then I'll write one. Thanks to everyone who read this story! I would never have completed this story if it hadn't been for all of your support! Thank you to everyone who reviewed and helped me write my first complete story!