Disclaimer~ I don't own Inuyasha, the only characters that are mine are Nayamashii (the slutty bitch) and Kayou (the caring nice person)

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Authors note~ Sorry that I left the story at such a cliffhanger, but it's fun to make people anticipate your next chapter. You may be surprised by what happens in this chapter, and it may also be exactly what you're expecting. I don't know for sure, but I will be throwing in some twists later on. So keep reading and reviewing! Thank you! Enjoy chapter 5!

Chapter 5

Sango slowly reached out her hand; it was shaking nervously as it grew nearer to Miroku's hand. Sango's hand touched Miroku's for a brief moment before she brought it back to her side. 'I want to take him by the hand and bring him back to me, but I can't. I want to hold him close to me and tell him that I love him, but I can't. I want to make him mine and never let go, but I can't.'

Sango bit down hard on her lip. Tears were beginning to swell in her eyes. She looked up at Miroku; he looked so calm and clear, as if he knew things were going to work out. 'How can he have such faith in me that I'm going to make the right decision, how does he know I'll choose correctly?' Sango reached her hand back out towards Miroku.

Miroku looked at Sango's hand and back at Sango. "Sango, what's it going to be? You have to choose, the worse thing you can do is to make no choice. What are you going to do?" A small tear escaped Miroku's eye. "What's your decision?"

Sango noticed the tear, one of her own escaped and trickled down her face. 'I know what I have to do; he needs to know how I feel. The right choice has always been obvious. I need him and he needs me, we need each other, and we'll have one another.' Sango took Miroku's hand pulled him in towards her. She held him in a tight embrace. 'This is the right thing, I know it.' Tears began to stream down Sango's face. Miroku lost his breath for a brief moment, his heart was racing, his whole body felt anxious. 'That's how it's going to be; you're taking me back with you. You aren't going to let me go, you want me to stay.' Miroku tried to break away from Sango's embrace, but Sango held him even tighter. "Sango, you have to let go, this is all too much. I'll go back with you, but you need to let go."

Sango shook her head. "We're not going back together, Miroku. I'm going to let you go, I care about you, I want you to be happy. Go mend your paper heart, I'll be waiting for you." Sango choked down a cry. Miroku's face looked stun. "This hug will remind you of me, I'll be waiting. Please come back, you have to come back." Sango let go of her tight hold on Miroku.

Miroku stood there, he was totally shocked, and he was staring wide-eyed at Sango. 'She's really going to let me go, she really does trust me.'

"Don't look at me like that, just go, and become happy. Do what it is you must, just come back. Alright?" More tears escaped Sango's eyes.

Miroku nodded, he swept away Sango's tears and smiled. "Don't cry, I promise I'll come back." Miroku turned away. "You can't get rid of me that easy." He slowly walked away from Sango, and headed towards Kayou's hut. 'Thank you Sango, thank you.'

Sango held her hand close to her heart. 'Good bye Miroku.' Sango showed a small smile. 'I couldn't tell you today, but I will real soon. I'll tell you that I love you. Till then, I'll be waiting you stupid monk.' Sango began walking out of the forest. 'I'll be waiting.'

Miroku was nearly out of the forest, Kayou's hut was slowly coming into view. 'I'm almost there, maybe I shouldn't go to the hot springs with Kayou tonight. After what just happened, I don't think I can be with another woman.' Miroku shook his head. 'No, Kayou is different. This whole situation is different.' Miroku reached Kayou's hut. He walked in and noticed Kayou sitting by her lonesome. He couldn't help but hide the surprise in his face. "What are you doing here? I would have thought you'd be out."

Kayou shook her head. "No, I usually spend a lot of my time at home. I don't go out very much. How was your walk?"

Miroku went and sat down next to Kayou. "It was alright, I met her there."

Kayou looked pretty confused. "Met who?" She moved closer to Miroku, she was getting interested.

Miroku hadn't noticed Kayou's advancement on him. "The girl who had hurt me so bad. The one I hurt as well." Miroku let out a long sigh. "She wants me back. She wants me to stay with her. I want to be with her, but I don't think I'm ready." Miroku looked over Kayou. "What should I do?"

Kayou scratched her head. "What should you do, huh? I'm not really sure, it depends, I guess."

"I don't get it. Depends on what?" Miroku stared at Kayou strangely. "What do you mean?"

Kayou smiled. "I mean, it depends on how you feel about her. Do you want to go back with her. Do you want to stay with her?"

Miroku looked down at the floor. "I'm not sure, I don't know. I don't know what it is that I want." Miroku ran his finger in a circle on the floor. "Part of me wants to be with her, but the other part is afraid. I'm torn, I don't know what I want. I just don't know."

Kayou stood up and put her hand on Miroku's shoulder. "Then maybe you should find out." Kayou smiled at him. "Come on, let's go to the hot springs, they'll clear your head."

Miroku nodded and got up. "I think you're right." He seemed to have a small grin on his face. "Shall we go?" Miroku extended his hand towards Kayou and stood half way out the door.

"Ya, lets go." Kayou took Miroku's hand and the two of them headed off towards the hot springs.

Sango sat quietly back at her room at the Inn. Inuyasha and the others hadn't returned yet. It was starting to get dark outside; you could see the night sky beginning to shroud everything in darkness. Sango looked out at the night sky and let out a long sigh. Her thoughts still brought her back to Miroku-sama. She couldn't get him out of her head. 'Miroku, when will you come back? I'm lonely without you, I miss enjoying your company.' Sango winced at the thought of Miroku not being around. She let out a low whisper. "Do you miss me?"

"Sango-chan! Hey, we're back! How are you?" A smiling Kagome rushed into the room, a big grin on her face. She walked over to her friend's side. She knelt beside her, and looked at Sango strangely. Sango seemed to be off in a different world. Her eyes were glazed over and she wore a sad expression on her face. "Is something wrong?"

Sango couldn't form the words in her mouth. "I...I." A small tear escaped Sango's eyes. "I saw him. He wouldn't come back though." Sango leaned on Kagome's shoulder. "I couldn't get him to come back." Sango tried to choke down her cries. "He wouldn't come back, Kagome-san."

Kagome bit down on her lip, hard. She shot a glance at Inuyasha; he was still standing in the doorway. He hadn't moved an inch into the room. Her pleading eyes met his; they were just screaming HELP. "Please, do something Inuyasha." Kagome looked at the pathetic and broken down Sango. "Hurry."

Inuyasha let a small sigh escape him. "Come on Shippo, let's cheer Sango up." Inuyasha walked over and put his hand on Sango's shoulder. "What happened?" He looked at the demon slayer with a great seriousness in his face. "What's going on, Sango?"

"Miroku, I saw him I saw Miroku, I was taking a walk in the woods, and he found me." Sango looked down at the ground her voice quieted. "I wanted him to come back with me, but he said he couldn't, so I let him go."

Inuyasha's mouth hung wide open. He clenched a tight fist, trying to keep himself from exploding. "Sango, why did you let him go!?" Inuyasha's face was beginning to turn red.

Kagome's face and Shippo's Face -_-;

Kagome picked up Shippo and put him on her shoulder. "We better go Shippo, this is going to get heated." Shippo nodded. "Ya, those two are scary when they're angry."

Kagome and Shippo cautiously slipped out the door, and ran for their lives.

Sango looked at Inuyasha, she had fire in her eyes. "You insensitive asshole! He wasn't ready to come back yet! I didn't want to force anything on him." Sango stood up and headed for the door. "I need to clear my head, something about hanging around with assholes makes me sick."

Inuyasha immediately stood up and was in Sango's face. "You bitch! I was trying to be sensitive to your feelings and you pull something like that. What the hell is wrong with you, Sango?"

Sango was infuriated. "Nothing is wrong with me you idiot! Just leave me the hell alone! I don't want to talk with you, I don't want to be around you. I want to be left alone." Sango stood there trying to catch her breath, yelling at Inuyasha was tiring.

"Keh." Inuyasha folded his arms. "You wouldn't rather be alone, no I think you rather be curled up with Miroku on the futon. Wouldn't ya?" A small glint came into Inuyasha's eye, he had an evil smirk on his face. "Am I right?"

Sango looked at Inuyasha with sad eyes. "Why are you this way, why are you so insensitive? You're always hurting others, just give it a rest. You're such an asshole." Sango let out a muffled cry. "Think of someone else for once, and how they might be feeling!" Sango gave Inuyasha a hard slap on the face. "Good bye, oh and you're right. I would rather be with Miroku, he thinks about people besides himself."

Inuyasha stood there dumbfounded as he watched Sango leave the Inn. He put his hand to the slap mark on his. 'What just happened here? I was being the nice guy and I end up getting slapped. That's not fair.' Inuyasha let out a long sigh, he looked around the room and noticed no one around. "Hey, what happened to Kagome and Shippo?"

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Miroku engulfed himself in the hot indulging water. Every muscle in his body was relaxed. The warm water was slowly healing all his sores and pains, it was as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulders. He smiled gently. "This feels really nice." He turned and noticed Kayou was right next to him, his face turned a light shade of pink. "How do you feel, Kayou?"

Kayou blinked her eyes for a moment, she had forgotten that Miroku was with her at the springs. She blushed slightly. "I'm sorry, Miroku-san I had forgotten you were here with me. I'm just so relaxed right now."

Miroku nodded. "Yes, I know what you mean." Miroku looked out at the night sky. The stars were literally shimmering in the sky; it was a beautiful sight. 'Sango.' Miroku looked off into space, his mind kept wandering back to Sango. 'These gorgeous stars remind me of your beauty. I wonder, are you thinking of me right now?'

Kayou looked at Miroku curiously, she wondered what was going through his head right now. 'He seems so out of it, it's like he's off in his own world. What is he thinking about?' "Miroku-san." Kayou nudged Miroku. "Miroku-san."

Miroku didn't notice Kayou nudging him. He was too deep in thought to even notice. 'Sango, did I make the right choice? Did I? Being without you hurts, I'm hurting. Are you?' A small tear streaked down Miroku's face. 'Is my decision hurting you too?'

Kayou's face looked almost shocked. 'He's crying? Why?' Kayou put her arm on his shoulder. "Miroku-san, are you alright?"

Miroku felt the warm touch on his shoulder. 'Sango.' He put his hand on over Kayou's hand. "I'll be fine, I'm just thinking."

Kayou removed her hand from Miroku's shoulder and turned away from Miroku's gaze. "Thinking of what?" Kayou could feel her eyes stinging with tears. 'Damn, I'm falling in love with him. I know he's taken, but I have feelings for him.' Kayou motioned to get out of the spring.

Miroku saw this and grabbed her wrist. "Please don't go, I don't want to be left alone." Miroku's face was pleading for her to stay. "If you want, we can talk."

Kayou nodded and sat beside Miroku. "Miroku-san, what's bothering you? You've barely said a word to me since we arrived at the springs."

Miroku let out a long sigh. "I'm sorry, it's just I can't get what happened in the woods out of my mind. I can't get her out of my head. The hurt expression on her face when I told her I wasn't coming back with her, I feel awful." Miroku turned to Kayou his face was very serious. "Did I do the right thing?"

Kayou shook her head. "Miroku." Kayou took his hand and put it to his heart. "What does this tell you?"

Miroku blushed, and held Kayou's close to his heart. He looked straight into her eyes, as if he were looking at her soul. 'She's kind spirited, she reminds me so much of Sango.' "Thank you."

Kayou shook her head. "It's nothing. Tell me though, when will you go back to her?" Kayou looked at him hopefully, hoping she may have a shot.

Miroku closed his eyes. "When I heal my paper heart." He sank below the warmth of the springs. His whole body felt numb and cold. The pain of leaving Sango was fresh in his mind again. 'Sango.'

Kayou sighed. 'I gave my heart to a man who is already taken, damn now I'm hurting. Love sucks.' Kayou got out of the springs and quickly put on her clothes. She turned her attention back to Miroku. "I'm leaving Miroku, I'll meet you back at the hut."

Miroku only nodded, half hearing what Kayou had said. 'I wish you were here Sango. I'm miserable without you.'

Kayou shook her head and left. 'The poor guy, he's got it bad for her. She must really be something to have him swoon over her like this. She doesn't know how lucky she is.' Kayou slowly walked away, leaving the houshi to his thoughts. 'I fell in love with the man who has a paper heart.'

Miroku turned to his side expecting to see Kayou sitting beside him. He quickly realized she wasn't there. 'When did she leave? I don't remember her saying anything.' Miroku looked back up at the night sky, his sad eyes embracing the darkness. 'I must have driven her away, just like Sango.' Sango slowly made her way to the hot springs. She was still infuriated at Inuyasha and she really needed to calm her nerves. 'That stupid asshole Inuyasha, I could kill him right now. Why in the hell did he have to bring up, Miroku?' Sango stopped walking for a moment. She had just about reached the springs. 'What is he trying to get me to admit? What does he know that I don't?' Sango sighed. 'This is just too much, I need to relax the springs will help calm me.'

Sango walked into the small clearing where the springs were located. She noticed someone already in the springs. She took a closer glance and just about fainted. "Miroku." Sango's mouth hung wide open; she couldn't believe her eyes.

Miroku heard his name being said and turned his head to notice Sango standing right in front of him. Miroku lost his breath; his heart seemed to almost stop. He stared at Sango wide-eyed in total shock. He could barely from words in his mouth. He spoke to her, in barely a whisper. "Sa. Sango."

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Authors note~ Did you like the chapter? I'm sorry that it wasn't too long; I kept changing what I was going to do with this chapter. I rewrote it several times. I hope this new rewrite is better than what I was originally planning. Also sorry it took me a while to update, lets just say some unexpected obstacles got in my way. I was going to have this chapter up by Monday evening and have the 6th chapter up by Thursday night. Well, that's not what's going to happen now. Sorry, I'm going to be away for the weekend. I'll be back Sunday night, and I'll start working on the 6th chapter. Till then, hope you enjoyed the 5th chapter. Thanks to all my reviewers!

Inu-Shounen~ Sorry, but I just love torturing you. YAY CLIFFHANGERS!

Sango-Chan~ I may bring back the whore, I haven't decided yet. I've actually changed the story a lot from what I was first going to do. So, maybe I wont bring her back. Don't know yet.

StarryEyedChick~ Thanks a lot for the nice review, I tried taking some of your advice and added some more description and less dialog. I hope this chapter is a deal better than the others. Tomboy~ Please don't use your review as propaganda for the new Inuyasha eps, any one who is a fan already knows that. But a thanks for saying the chapter was nice. I'll kill you though if you review again and talk about new Inuyasha episodes. That's not what reviews are for.

Rissi-Sama~ Few people get me; I just can't bring them together, yet. It's not quite the right time, maybe soon though.

Rain61~ Glad you love it! Thanks! ^_^

Iloveinuyasha1029~ Yay, another person who loves my story. Sure, I'd be happy to help you with ideas for your story, just email me.

Chris-Redfield26~ Thanks for saying I'm one of the good authors. I really like getting honest opinions, that way I can improve on my writing a lot more, so if I'm improving I have no reason to be angry. Thanks for saying the 4th chapter was a lot better; I hope this one suits your liking as well. Also thanks for the compliment about being a great author one day, I don't know if I'll ever write as a profession though, and sorry to keep you waiting for this chapter. BUT I GOT IT UP! He he he ^_^

THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL MY REVIEWERS! YOU'RE ALL GREAT! *Big smile* Please continuing reviewing for me! Thank you! ^_^

Next chapter, some interesting developments come at the springs. You won't want to miss it. Expect the chapter to be up by Monday evening.

Adios,

Zero.