I absolutely LOVE the name Sonnet. It's soooo pretty! I was reading this
biography on this one dead poet a long time ago. I don't remember the name
of the poet, but I remember he named his daughter Sonnet, and I fell in
love with the name. It ties in with story too! Keep reading my next few
chapters and find out how!
Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha. Phooey.
Chapter 9 Meetings
"How long until we get there?" Sonnet asked, riding on the back of Haru. They were running through the forest at amazing speed, but they didn't seem to be getting much closer to the village.
Haru was trying to focus on keeping Sonnet on his back while keeping up with his speed. "Not much longer." Haru replied, panting lightly. He didn't think they had run this far out in their battle! He never traveled this far in a battle. Usually, the battle ended way before he even got into the forest. His opponents never lasted very long.
"Uh, are you sure you don't want me to walk?" Sonnet had begun to notice that Haru was becoming very tired, and he seemed to be slowing down quite a bit.
"No, No. I can handle it." There was no way Haru was going to let Sonnet think he was a weakling. That was not an option. "If only you didn't weigh so much, we would have been there by now."
"What!" Sonnet screeched, shifting a bit to turn her head and yell at him. Haru stumbled, almost dropping her from the sudden movement. "Stop moving!" He shouted back, angrily.
"If all you're going to do is insult me then I can walk by myself." Sonnet said heatedly, trying to get off of his back.
"Hey, watch it!" Haru was trying to keep her on his back while avoiding the many trees in his path. He didn't want to drop her from way up were he was running. He thought.
He almost crashed into one, narrowly missing it as he jerked Sonnet back on his back. "What are you trying to do, get us killed?!" He screamed at her.
"Don't yell at me! You're the one being a jerk!"
"Stop moving wrench!"
"No! Not until you apologize!"
"Fine, I'm sorry you're to fat to carry!"
"What!? Asshole!" Sonnet replied in a huff. "Maybe I wouldn't be so heavy it some one hadn't tripped over his own feet sent me flying in the lake!"
"Maybe I wouldn't have fallen over if some wrench hadn't over reacted and starting fighting with me for no reason!" Haru shouted back.
"I had a reason!"
"Yeah, what was it then?"
Silence. 'What were we fighting about?' Sonnet thought. She noticed Haru waiting for an answer.
"Just put me down now, jerk!"
"Fine. Have it your way." He said, fed up. He kicked her off her back, sending her flying down to the ground.
"Jackasssssss!" Sonnet screamed as she fell from the air.
Haru smiled at that. 'Even when she thinks she's plummeting to her death, she still has to insult me.' He thought amusingly. 'Better go save her before she really gets pissed.'
He raced toward her with amazing speed, and caught her in his arms right before she hit the ground.
"Jerk." She muttered, getting out of his arms quickly.
"Aw, can't you take a joke?" Haru said, with a smug expression on his face.
"No." Sonnet said, holding her head up high, trying to salvage whatever pride she had left. They stood in a small clearing, filled with cherry blossoms. She wanted to get out of there as fast as she could.
She brushed some imaginary dirt off from her kimono, and started walking toward the village again, limping a little. "You dog demons have a sick sense of humor, you know."
Haru saw the limp, and the attempt to hide it. He walked in front of her, and pointed to his back. "Come on, you can get back on."
Sonnet stared at him like he was stupid. "Yeah right. Like I'm going to put myself in that position again. I can walk, thank you very much." She walked right past him.
Haru put his hand up to stop her. "No, you're hurt." He pointed to her limping foot. "We'll never get to the village if you try walking on that. Get on."
"It's just a sprain. Nothing to worry about. Let's go." Sonnet started to run, only to be stopped by Haru again.
"Stop being so stubborn! Just get on!"
"No! You're the one being stubborn! Just leave me alone!"
"You wouldn't last two seconds without my help! Just get on!"
"No!" Sonnet shouted, getting right in her face, glaring at him.
"Yes!" Haru screamed back, giving her his own death glare.
They stood there for what seemed like forever, neither one of them ready to back down. It was to late when they finally broke out of it.
Haru picked up a twig snapping, awfully close to where they were standing. He looked up, wondering what it could be and looked around.
They were surrounded by demons, all from the village. They had them trapped in the clearing, weapons drawn and poised to attack. At the front of the demons was the kitsune brat, glaring at him like there was no tomorrow. The demons were obviously called there by her, and would be attacking as soon as she gave the word. They were in deep trouble.
"Well," Sonnet said, looking around the demons that surrounded them at all sides. "This won't end well."
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Kagome briskly walked into the hut. "Inuyasha! Have you found anything-." She cut off abruptly when she saw Miroku. Her eyes grew wide as she stared with her mouth slightly open. "M-Miroku!?" She managed to get out.
"Ah! Lady Kagome! How nice to see you again, after all these years." Miroku said, returning to his old self. He walked up to her, and took her hand, bringing it up to kiss it.
"Back off!" Inuyasha said angrily, seizing Kagome's arm and bringing her close to him in a protective manner. He glared furiously at Miroku, barring his teeth. Miroku smiled back at him.
"Sorry, Inuyasha. I forgot Kagome's yours."
"You better believe it, monk."
Kagome rolled her eyes. 'Just like old times.' She thought, sighing as they continued their stare down.
"Back off, Jerk!" A voice from outside the door was heard. There was a loud smack that followed it.
Miroku froze. 'That voice.'
It only lasted a second. As soon as he got over it, he sprinted out the door as fast as he could. 'Sango.' he thought over in his mind.
Kagome and Inuyasha followed after him. On the way out, Kagome gave Inuyasha the 'You're in big trouble, mister. We're going to have talk after this.' look. Inuyasha gulped, and looked away, following her out the door.
Miroku searched around frantically, trying to locate the source of that voice. 'I have to find her!' was his only thought.
He caught sight of a group of demons huddling over in the corner of the clearing. There he saw the one person he had been waiting ten years for.
Sango.
'Sango' Miroku thought, his heart aching at the very sight of her. She was exactly as he remembered her. Perfect.
It was only then did he realize where she actually was.
Sango was standing in the middle of a group of slave- hating demons, all who seemed ready to fight with her.
"Worthless slave! We'll teach you some respect." A crow demon said to her, raising it's claws.
'What a perfect time to forget my boomerang.' Thought Sango as she stood her ground, prepared to beat down on anyone who came near her. She had lost sight of Kagome through the crowd, and she had found herself accidentally running into a demon. Apparently, slaves aren't really aloud to touch another demon in public, and the punishment is a beating in front of the whole town. Sango would be damned if she let that happen, though.
A bit of purple flashed from the corner of her eye, and her heart caught in her stomach, as it always did when she saw that particular shade of purple. She turned her head slowly, having a mixed sense of hope and dread. Hoping it would be him, yet dreading it at the exact same time.
She looked over her shoulder, slowly, barely moving at all. Her breath caught in the throat as she finally saw him. It was him. Finally. After all these years. He came.
Miroku saw Sango look at him. 'So beautiful.' He had been waiting to see her again, waiting for this moment. It was perfect.
His eyes widened in fear as he watched the scene unfold in front of him. The crow had taken advantage of her distraction, and he had attacked. He jumped forward quickly, and threw his arm back, making four long, deep, gashes in Sango's side. He watched as she gave a painful cry, and crumpled to her knees.
Miroku shot forward quickly, moving faster than he ever had in his life. "Sango!" He cried, finding his voice. He attacked two demons from behind, striking them with his staff as he made his way to Sango.
Kagoem and Inuyasha saw the whole thing. Inuyasha drew his sword, heading toward the demons that were advancing on Miroku and the wounded Sango,
"You bastards!" He screamed, ready for his first attack. He felt a hand on his shoulder, stopping him.
"Don't go." Kagome said, her eyes keeping on her two best friends. "He needs to do this on his own."
Inuyasha looked at her in disbelief, but he stayed where he was. His eyes returned to the demons in front of him, a deep scowl on his face.
Miroku got down on his knees, wrapping an arm around Sango, trying to support her. "Sango." He breathed; studying to see how bad her wounds were. The wounds were very deep, and blood was seeping out of rapidly.
"Miroku." She whispered, starring at him. She breathed in his scent, having it bring back so many memories. As much as she didn't want to admit in, she was so glad he was her with her.
She winced at the pain of her wound. Her arms wrapped over her stomach, and she could feel the blood on her hands. 'Poison.' She thought, as more pain shot through her.
"It's okay, Sango. I'm here." She heard Miroku say, feeling him carefully putting her down on the ground. He cradled her head, making sure she was as comfortable as possible.
"Miroku." She said again, feeling the poison slowly taking over her. Her head felt incredibly heavy, and she felt her eyes drop.
"Shhh." Miroku said tenderly. "Save your strength. We can talk later." He saw Sango nod, as her eyes completely dropped and she fell into a deep sleep.
Kagome and Inuyasha came up to him. "Is she okay?" Kagome asked, bending down to check her pulse.
"She'll be fine." Miroku said, his eyes searching over Sango's face. His face darkened as he turned around, his eyes locked on the demon that hurt his Sango.
Inuyasha stood next to him, a hard look on his face as well. "Do you want me to take care of him?" He asked.
"No. He's mine." Miroku walked up in front of the demon, his eyes never wavering as he stared at him with enough hatred to almost make the crow wince. Almost.
"Human," The crow spat, saying the word 'human' like it was a disease. "You think you can defeat me?"
Miroku kept quiet, still glaring at him. He took his staff in his hand, and attacked before even Inuyasha could blink. He thrust the front end of his staff into the stomach of the demon, not holding anything back. The demon kneeled forward, but didn't have a chance to fall to the ground before he felt a fist smash into his head. He fell back, blood rushing out of his nose.
Inuyasha was stunned. He had never seen Miroku act like this, like he wasn't trying to keep control of himself. Even against the final battle against Naraku, Miroku always had power over himself. But now, he wasn't holding anything back, taking wild shots everywhere. Inuyasha watched as Miroku kept hitting him over and over again, not showing any compassion for the unfortunate crow demon. It was starting to get ugly.
"Inuyasha," Kagome whispered. She seemed to be scared of the new Miroku too. "Maybe you should stop him." She was referring to Miroku, who was still beating up the demon, even though he stopped moving. Miroku showed no signs of letting up.
Inuyasha ran up to Miroku, putting a hand onto his shoulder, trying to stop him. He ducked as Miroku slashed at him, having completely loss it. He grabbed Miroku's hand, keeping them in place while trying to clam him down before he killed the demon. "Sango still needs you're help. Remember her?"
Miroku stopped struggling. 'Sango needs me now!' He thought. As much as he wanted this demon to suffer long and hard, he had to help Sango. Giving one last glare at the bloody pulp that slightly resembled a face; he turned around quickly and walked back to Kagome who held Sango.
He bent down and took Sango in his arms, lifting her up, his eyes never leaving her face.
"Where's the healing hut, Kagome?"
Kagome blinked. His voice sounded different from the voice she used on him inside the hut, the voice he had used on her the entire time she had known him. She couldn't place what was different about it. it just wasn't the same. "Um. Take her to our place. No other demons will help her." She got up quickly, jumping on Inuyasha's back.
"Are you sure you can carry her?" Inuyasha asked, eyeing Sango in Miroku's arms. "It's pretty far away."
"I'll carry her." Miroku said coldly, never liking it when Inuyasha thought of him as weak. He studied Sango's face as Inuaysha and Kagome shared a look and headed foreword. 'I'll never let you go again.' He thought quietly, running off after his friends. 'Never.'
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"Haru has a human girlfriend, now?" A voice came out from the group of demons.
"I never would have thought he would stoop that low." Another said.
"What do you mean? He's practically human himself. It's only obvious he would get a worthless human as a mate." Kitty said, smiling wickedly.
"I'm not worthless!" Sonnet screamed reaching for her daggers. Only then did she realize she had dropped them into the lake when Haru had pulled her in. 'This is not good.' She thought.
"Just back off your lackeys, Kitty, before I have to get ugly on you." Haru said, putting his hands up to fight. He didn't have his sword either.
"Ugly is so easy for you, though, Haru." Kitty replied, with fake sympathies. "I think you need to be taught a lesson on how to treat demons of higher standards than you." She pointed to the lackeys standing behind her. "Why don't you boys show him how we treat quarter demons."
The demons laughed, cracking their knuckles as they moved forward.
Haru took one look around, at the many demons advancing on them. 'Well, if bluffing doesn't work, I'll guess I'll have to go to plan B.' He thought. He turned around quickly, took Sonnet in his arms, and starting running as fast as he could in the other direction to his house. 'Run!'
Sonnet was surprised. She didn't even have time to realize what was happening, before Haru swept her up in his arms and made a break for it. "What happened to the 'Back off lackeys before I go ugly on you' thing you were saying earlier!?" She yelled in his ear.
"AHH!" Haru screamed almost stumbling. "Dammit, wrench! Don't scream in my ear!"
"Sorry." Sonnet mumbled, looking behind her at the swarm of demons. "I don't think you can out run them for long."
"No, really?" Haru said sarcastically, avoiding a fireball that was sent at them. He had to think a way out of this now!
Suddenly, his nose caught smell of something very familiar. 'Oh great. I don't know which is worse. Getting beat up by a group of demons, or running into Sesshomaru.' He ducked again, barely avoiding another fireball. 'I'll take my chances with Sesshomaru.' He thought, dreading it. It's not like he didn't like his uncle, and since Rin's going to be there, he'll probably go easy on me.' He gulped. 'Maybe.'
It was all to soon when Sesshomaru caught up to them. He stepped out of the bushes, all proper like, with Rin standing behind him. Haru, unfortunately, wasn't paying attention ahead of him,(he was to busy avoiding the attacks of demons) and he ran right in to Sesshomaru. He fell to the ground, taking with him Sonnet.
"Ouch!" She said, landing hard on the ground. "Next time you fall, leave me out of it!" She looked up to see him not paying any attention to her. It was all focused on the very tall demon standing in front of them, looking at them with cold, dark eyes.
"Um, hi." Haru said, giving the demon a weak smile. "How'd the honeymoon go?"
Sesshomaru looked like he was going to say something, but Rin stepped up before he could open his mouth.
"Haru!? Getting in trouble again, I see." She said, giving him a smile. "What did you do this time?"
"Honestly! I didn't do anything!" He said, trying to look pathetic. Maybe he could get some pity from Aunt Rin.
"We were just minding our own business, and they just starting to chasing us!" Sonnet added. She didn't know the demon or the human, but all grown ups were the same. 'She might pity us.' Sonnet thought.
"Please take care of them, Sesshomaru." Rin asked, giving him a smile.
Sesshomaru didn't say anything, he just moved forward toward the group of demons. They were cowering in fear of him, knowing very well who he was. He took one more step towards them, and they all ran away!
"Worthless demons." Sesshomaru said, walking back to Rin. He looked at Haru, who hung his head in shame. "You shouldn't have been running." Was all he said, before taking Rin in his arms and ran towards his castle.
Haru felt like a complete coward. Sesshomaru has a way of doing that in very little words.
"Well, that was strange." Sonnet said, looking in the direction they had run off to. "Let's continue!" She said, acting like it seeing a demon save the life of a human was an every day occurrence.
She walked on in the direction Sesshomaru went, humming a little song to herself.
Haru just stared at her. 'Strangest girl in the world.' He thought, shaking his head with a slight smile on his face before running off after her.
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Sorry about the short update! I'm going on vacation tomorrow, and I didn't want to leave anyone hanging for another four days. Also, I no longer have writer's block! YAH!
"Crucify My Love" By jo-chan, probably one of the best Miroku/Sango romances EVER, has finally been completed. It's located in my fav. Stories site, so you have to check it out if you get the chance!
Thank you for everyone who has reviewed! I get a warm feeling every time I read a new one! Please keep reviewing! Next Chapter:
Sonnet and Haru get in a fight. (surprise, surprise) and Sango and Miroku finally talk after all these years .
Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha. Phooey.
Chapter 9 Meetings
"How long until we get there?" Sonnet asked, riding on the back of Haru. They were running through the forest at amazing speed, but they didn't seem to be getting much closer to the village.
Haru was trying to focus on keeping Sonnet on his back while keeping up with his speed. "Not much longer." Haru replied, panting lightly. He didn't think they had run this far out in their battle! He never traveled this far in a battle. Usually, the battle ended way before he even got into the forest. His opponents never lasted very long.
"Uh, are you sure you don't want me to walk?" Sonnet had begun to notice that Haru was becoming very tired, and he seemed to be slowing down quite a bit.
"No, No. I can handle it." There was no way Haru was going to let Sonnet think he was a weakling. That was not an option. "If only you didn't weigh so much, we would have been there by now."
"What!" Sonnet screeched, shifting a bit to turn her head and yell at him. Haru stumbled, almost dropping her from the sudden movement. "Stop moving!" He shouted back, angrily.
"If all you're going to do is insult me then I can walk by myself." Sonnet said heatedly, trying to get off of his back.
"Hey, watch it!" Haru was trying to keep her on his back while avoiding the many trees in his path. He didn't want to drop her from way up were he was running. He thought.
He almost crashed into one, narrowly missing it as he jerked Sonnet back on his back. "What are you trying to do, get us killed?!" He screamed at her.
"Don't yell at me! You're the one being a jerk!"
"Stop moving wrench!"
"No! Not until you apologize!"
"Fine, I'm sorry you're to fat to carry!"
"What!? Asshole!" Sonnet replied in a huff. "Maybe I wouldn't be so heavy it some one hadn't tripped over his own feet sent me flying in the lake!"
"Maybe I wouldn't have fallen over if some wrench hadn't over reacted and starting fighting with me for no reason!" Haru shouted back.
"I had a reason!"
"Yeah, what was it then?"
Silence. 'What were we fighting about?' Sonnet thought. She noticed Haru waiting for an answer.
"Just put me down now, jerk!"
"Fine. Have it your way." He said, fed up. He kicked her off her back, sending her flying down to the ground.
"Jackasssssss!" Sonnet screamed as she fell from the air.
Haru smiled at that. 'Even when she thinks she's plummeting to her death, she still has to insult me.' He thought amusingly. 'Better go save her before she really gets pissed.'
He raced toward her with amazing speed, and caught her in his arms right before she hit the ground.
"Jerk." She muttered, getting out of his arms quickly.
"Aw, can't you take a joke?" Haru said, with a smug expression on his face.
"No." Sonnet said, holding her head up high, trying to salvage whatever pride she had left. They stood in a small clearing, filled with cherry blossoms. She wanted to get out of there as fast as she could.
She brushed some imaginary dirt off from her kimono, and started walking toward the village again, limping a little. "You dog demons have a sick sense of humor, you know."
Haru saw the limp, and the attempt to hide it. He walked in front of her, and pointed to his back. "Come on, you can get back on."
Sonnet stared at him like he was stupid. "Yeah right. Like I'm going to put myself in that position again. I can walk, thank you very much." She walked right past him.
Haru put his hand up to stop her. "No, you're hurt." He pointed to her limping foot. "We'll never get to the village if you try walking on that. Get on."
"It's just a sprain. Nothing to worry about. Let's go." Sonnet started to run, only to be stopped by Haru again.
"Stop being so stubborn! Just get on!"
"No! You're the one being stubborn! Just leave me alone!"
"You wouldn't last two seconds without my help! Just get on!"
"No!" Sonnet shouted, getting right in her face, glaring at him.
"Yes!" Haru screamed back, giving her his own death glare.
They stood there for what seemed like forever, neither one of them ready to back down. It was to late when they finally broke out of it.
Haru picked up a twig snapping, awfully close to where they were standing. He looked up, wondering what it could be and looked around.
They were surrounded by demons, all from the village. They had them trapped in the clearing, weapons drawn and poised to attack. At the front of the demons was the kitsune brat, glaring at him like there was no tomorrow. The demons were obviously called there by her, and would be attacking as soon as she gave the word. They were in deep trouble.
"Well," Sonnet said, looking around the demons that surrounded them at all sides. "This won't end well."
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Kagome briskly walked into the hut. "Inuyasha! Have you found anything-." She cut off abruptly when she saw Miroku. Her eyes grew wide as she stared with her mouth slightly open. "M-Miroku!?" She managed to get out.
"Ah! Lady Kagome! How nice to see you again, after all these years." Miroku said, returning to his old self. He walked up to her, and took her hand, bringing it up to kiss it.
"Back off!" Inuyasha said angrily, seizing Kagome's arm and bringing her close to him in a protective manner. He glared furiously at Miroku, barring his teeth. Miroku smiled back at him.
"Sorry, Inuyasha. I forgot Kagome's yours."
"You better believe it, monk."
Kagome rolled her eyes. 'Just like old times.' She thought, sighing as they continued their stare down.
"Back off, Jerk!" A voice from outside the door was heard. There was a loud smack that followed it.
Miroku froze. 'That voice.'
It only lasted a second. As soon as he got over it, he sprinted out the door as fast as he could. 'Sango.' he thought over in his mind.
Kagome and Inuyasha followed after him. On the way out, Kagome gave Inuyasha the 'You're in big trouble, mister. We're going to have talk after this.' look. Inuyasha gulped, and looked away, following her out the door.
Miroku searched around frantically, trying to locate the source of that voice. 'I have to find her!' was his only thought.
He caught sight of a group of demons huddling over in the corner of the clearing. There he saw the one person he had been waiting ten years for.
Sango.
'Sango' Miroku thought, his heart aching at the very sight of her. She was exactly as he remembered her. Perfect.
It was only then did he realize where she actually was.
Sango was standing in the middle of a group of slave- hating demons, all who seemed ready to fight with her.
"Worthless slave! We'll teach you some respect." A crow demon said to her, raising it's claws.
'What a perfect time to forget my boomerang.' Thought Sango as she stood her ground, prepared to beat down on anyone who came near her. She had lost sight of Kagome through the crowd, and she had found herself accidentally running into a demon. Apparently, slaves aren't really aloud to touch another demon in public, and the punishment is a beating in front of the whole town. Sango would be damned if she let that happen, though.
A bit of purple flashed from the corner of her eye, and her heart caught in her stomach, as it always did when she saw that particular shade of purple. She turned her head slowly, having a mixed sense of hope and dread. Hoping it would be him, yet dreading it at the exact same time.
She looked over her shoulder, slowly, barely moving at all. Her breath caught in the throat as she finally saw him. It was him. Finally. After all these years. He came.
Miroku saw Sango look at him. 'So beautiful.' He had been waiting to see her again, waiting for this moment. It was perfect.
His eyes widened in fear as he watched the scene unfold in front of him. The crow had taken advantage of her distraction, and he had attacked. He jumped forward quickly, and threw his arm back, making four long, deep, gashes in Sango's side. He watched as she gave a painful cry, and crumpled to her knees.
Miroku shot forward quickly, moving faster than he ever had in his life. "Sango!" He cried, finding his voice. He attacked two demons from behind, striking them with his staff as he made his way to Sango.
Kagoem and Inuyasha saw the whole thing. Inuyasha drew his sword, heading toward the demons that were advancing on Miroku and the wounded Sango,
"You bastards!" He screamed, ready for his first attack. He felt a hand on his shoulder, stopping him.
"Don't go." Kagome said, her eyes keeping on her two best friends. "He needs to do this on his own."
Inuyasha looked at her in disbelief, but he stayed where he was. His eyes returned to the demons in front of him, a deep scowl on his face.
Miroku got down on his knees, wrapping an arm around Sango, trying to support her. "Sango." He breathed; studying to see how bad her wounds were. The wounds were very deep, and blood was seeping out of rapidly.
"Miroku." She whispered, starring at him. She breathed in his scent, having it bring back so many memories. As much as she didn't want to admit in, she was so glad he was her with her.
She winced at the pain of her wound. Her arms wrapped over her stomach, and she could feel the blood on her hands. 'Poison.' She thought, as more pain shot through her.
"It's okay, Sango. I'm here." She heard Miroku say, feeling him carefully putting her down on the ground. He cradled her head, making sure she was as comfortable as possible.
"Miroku." She said again, feeling the poison slowly taking over her. Her head felt incredibly heavy, and she felt her eyes drop.
"Shhh." Miroku said tenderly. "Save your strength. We can talk later." He saw Sango nod, as her eyes completely dropped and she fell into a deep sleep.
Kagome and Inuyasha came up to him. "Is she okay?" Kagome asked, bending down to check her pulse.
"She'll be fine." Miroku said, his eyes searching over Sango's face. His face darkened as he turned around, his eyes locked on the demon that hurt his Sango.
Inuyasha stood next to him, a hard look on his face as well. "Do you want me to take care of him?" He asked.
"No. He's mine." Miroku walked up in front of the demon, his eyes never wavering as he stared at him with enough hatred to almost make the crow wince. Almost.
"Human," The crow spat, saying the word 'human' like it was a disease. "You think you can defeat me?"
Miroku kept quiet, still glaring at him. He took his staff in his hand, and attacked before even Inuyasha could blink. He thrust the front end of his staff into the stomach of the demon, not holding anything back. The demon kneeled forward, but didn't have a chance to fall to the ground before he felt a fist smash into his head. He fell back, blood rushing out of his nose.
Inuyasha was stunned. He had never seen Miroku act like this, like he wasn't trying to keep control of himself. Even against the final battle against Naraku, Miroku always had power over himself. But now, he wasn't holding anything back, taking wild shots everywhere. Inuyasha watched as Miroku kept hitting him over and over again, not showing any compassion for the unfortunate crow demon. It was starting to get ugly.
"Inuyasha," Kagome whispered. She seemed to be scared of the new Miroku too. "Maybe you should stop him." She was referring to Miroku, who was still beating up the demon, even though he stopped moving. Miroku showed no signs of letting up.
Inuyasha ran up to Miroku, putting a hand onto his shoulder, trying to stop him. He ducked as Miroku slashed at him, having completely loss it. He grabbed Miroku's hand, keeping them in place while trying to clam him down before he killed the demon. "Sango still needs you're help. Remember her?"
Miroku stopped struggling. 'Sango needs me now!' He thought. As much as he wanted this demon to suffer long and hard, he had to help Sango. Giving one last glare at the bloody pulp that slightly resembled a face; he turned around quickly and walked back to Kagome who held Sango.
He bent down and took Sango in his arms, lifting her up, his eyes never leaving her face.
"Where's the healing hut, Kagome?"
Kagome blinked. His voice sounded different from the voice she used on him inside the hut, the voice he had used on her the entire time she had known him. She couldn't place what was different about it. it just wasn't the same. "Um. Take her to our place. No other demons will help her." She got up quickly, jumping on Inuyasha's back.
"Are you sure you can carry her?" Inuyasha asked, eyeing Sango in Miroku's arms. "It's pretty far away."
"I'll carry her." Miroku said coldly, never liking it when Inuyasha thought of him as weak. He studied Sango's face as Inuaysha and Kagome shared a look and headed foreword. 'I'll never let you go again.' He thought quietly, running off after his friends. 'Never.'
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"Haru has a human girlfriend, now?" A voice came out from the group of demons.
"I never would have thought he would stoop that low." Another said.
"What do you mean? He's practically human himself. It's only obvious he would get a worthless human as a mate." Kitty said, smiling wickedly.
"I'm not worthless!" Sonnet screamed reaching for her daggers. Only then did she realize she had dropped them into the lake when Haru had pulled her in. 'This is not good.' She thought.
"Just back off your lackeys, Kitty, before I have to get ugly on you." Haru said, putting his hands up to fight. He didn't have his sword either.
"Ugly is so easy for you, though, Haru." Kitty replied, with fake sympathies. "I think you need to be taught a lesson on how to treat demons of higher standards than you." She pointed to the lackeys standing behind her. "Why don't you boys show him how we treat quarter demons."
The demons laughed, cracking their knuckles as they moved forward.
Haru took one look around, at the many demons advancing on them. 'Well, if bluffing doesn't work, I'll guess I'll have to go to plan B.' He thought. He turned around quickly, took Sonnet in his arms, and starting running as fast as he could in the other direction to his house. 'Run!'
Sonnet was surprised. She didn't even have time to realize what was happening, before Haru swept her up in his arms and made a break for it. "What happened to the 'Back off lackeys before I go ugly on you' thing you were saying earlier!?" She yelled in his ear.
"AHH!" Haru screamed almost stumbling. "Dammit, wrench! Don't scream in my ear!"
"Sorry." Sonnet mumbled, looking behind her at the swarm of demons. "I don't think you can out run them for long."
"No, really?" Haru said sarcastically, avoiding a fireball that was sent at them. He had to think a way out of this now!
Suddenly, his nose caught smell of something very familiar. 'Oh great. I don't know which is worse. Getting beat up by a group of demons, or running into Sesshomaru.' He ducked again, barely avoiding another fireball. 'I'll take my chances with Sesshomaru.' He thought, dreading it. It's not like he didn't like his uncle, and since Rin's going to be there, he'll probably go easy on me.' He gulped. 'Maybe.'
It was all to soon when Sesshomaru caught up to them. He stepped out of the bushes, all proper like, with Rin standing behind him. Haru, unfortunately, wasn't paying attention ahead of him,(he was to busy avoiding the attacks of demons) and he ran right in to Sesshomaru. He fell to the ground, taking with him Sonnet.
"Ouch!" She said, landing hard on the ground. "Next time you fall, leave me out of it!" She looked up to see him not paying any attention to her. It was all focused on the very tall demon standing in front of them, looking at them with cold, dark eyes.
"Um, hi." Haru said, giving the demon a weak smile. "How'd the honeymoon go?"
Sesshomaru looked like he was going to say something, but Rin stepped up before he could open his mouth.
"Haru!? Getting in trouble again, I see." She said, giving him a smile. "What did you do this time?"
"Honestly! I didn't do anything!" He said, trying to look pathetic. Maybe he could get some pity from Aunt Rin.
"We were just minding our own business, and they just starting to chasing us!" Sonnet added. She didn't know the demon or the human, but all grown ups were the same. 'She might pity us.' Sonnet thought.
"Please take care of them, Sesshomaru." Rin asked, giving him a smile.
Sesshomaru didn't say anything, he just moved forward toward the group of demons. They were cowering in fear of him, knowing very well who he was. He took one more step towards them, and they all ran away!
"Worthless demons." Sesshomaru said, walking back to Rin. He looked at Haru, who hung his head in shame. "You shouldn't have been running." Was all he said, before taking Rin in his arms and ran towards his castle.
Haru felt like a complete coward. Sesshomaru has a way of doing that in very little words.
"Well, that was strange." Sonnet said, looking in the direction they had run off to. "Let's continue!" She said, acting like it seeing a demon save the life of a human was an every day occurrence.
She walked on in the direction Sesshomaru went, humming a little song to herself.
Haru just stared at her. 'Strangest girl in the world.' He thought, shaking his head with a slight smile on his face before running off after her.
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Sorry about the short update! I'm going on vacation tomorrow, and I didn't want to leave anyone hanging for another four days. Also, I no longer have writer's block! YAH!
"Crucify My Love" By jo-chan, probably one of the best Miroku/Sango romances EVER, has finally been completed. It's located in my fav. Stories site, so you have to check it out if you get the chance!
Thank you for everyone who has reviewed! I get a warm feeling every time I read a new one! Please keep reviewing! Next Chapter:
Sonnet and Haru get in a fight. (surprise, surprise) and Sango and Miroku finally talk after all these years .
