Disclaimer~ I don't own Inuyasha; the only characters that are mine are
Kayou and Nayamashii.
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep'
Authors note~ I think this going to be the last or second to the last chapter of My Paper Heart. I'm honestly not sure yet, I didn't plan this chapter out at all so god only knows where it may end up. Any way, thanks to all the reviewers I had this chapter. I really appreciate it.
Chapter 9
Miroku stood in horror as he watched his younger self being rapped by Nayamashii. Miroku couldn't move or speak; all he could do is stand there.
Miroku's younger self began to scream. He was crying out for someone to help him. His eyes looked pleadingly to the older Miroku standing before him, watching. "Why don't you help me? Do something!" Tears streaked down the boy's face. "Please, help me."
Miroku's heart sank, the fear in the boy's voice the scared expression on his face, it was all too much for Miroku. Miroku did his best to choke down his tears. He let out a small whisper. "Leave him alone."
Another chilling scream rang out from the boy's mouth.
Miroku tightened his grip. His voice was now audible. "Leave him alone."
Nayamashii bent down and liked the younger Miroku's face.
The younger Miroku's face was full of fear, his pupils grew small his voice began to shake. "Stop, please just stop."
Miroku tightened his fist even more. He too now was crying. He loud out a strong yell. So loud he was nearly screaming. "Leave him alone!"
Miroku's eyes shot wide-open he let out a small scream. It took him a moment to realize where it is he was. His heart was pounding, he was drenched in sweat, and he couldn't stop shaking. He drew in a deep breath. "It was only a dream." Miroku plopped back down on his back. He let out a small groan. He could feel pain aching everywhere in his body. 'Is this how Inuyasha always feels?'
Sango entered the room, carrying a whole bunch of bandages and bottle of antiseptic. Her eyes wondered over to the groaning monk. She frowned and walked over to his side. "Miroku, are you alright?"
His eyes traveled over to the concerned demon slayer sitting next to him. "What happened Sango?" Miroku put his hand to his forehead. "I can't exactly recall what happened."
Sango stared silently at the floor a light shade of red tinted her face. "We were in the woods and you protected me from a bear youkai." Sango's face grew a deeper red. "You were badly injured but said you wanted to tell me something before we went back to find Inuyasha and Kagome."
The sudden realization of what had happened that night just hit Miroku. He nodded solemnly to her. "Yes, I remember now."
Sango couldn't stop blushing. "More happened than that Miroku."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I was scared and unsure of myself, there was something I had wanted to tell you that night."
Sango's voice quivered. "Wha. What, was it Miroku."
"I love you."
Sango froze at his sudden confession. "You what?" Sango rubbed her eyes. 'I must be dreaming.'
Miroku stared at her with his big brown eyes and warm smile. "I'm in love with you." Miroku's voice quieted a bit. "I'm going to kiss you, I hope you kiss back." Miroku hoisted himself up from the ground and moved himself closer to Sango. He pressed his lips gently against hers. He started to move his lips away only to be pulled back in by Sango's lips.
Sango reluctantly broke the kiss and stared deep into Miroku's eyes. She nearly had lost her voice. "I love you too." Sango's emotions overflowed. She hugged him tightly. "I love you too, Miroku. Don't ever let me go."
Miroku smiled. "Don't worry, I don't plan on it." Miroku gently stroked Sango's hair. The two of them were lost in one another's arms. Miroku's eyes grew heavy and he quickly slipped off into the nothingness of sleep. His strong grasp over Sango loosened and the sound of snoring could be heard.
"Miroku?" Sango looked back up at the sleeping monk. A wide smile was spread across her face. "You poor thing, you must be exhausted. I should take you back to the inn. You're wounds are still very serious." Sango struggled to lift Miroku up from the ground but was able to sling him over her shoulders. She whispered gently into his ears. "Sleep well my houshi- sama." Sango smiled and began her long walk back to the inn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now it was Miroku's turn to blush. "I see." Miroku smiled and moved closer to Sango. "I meant what I had said though, I'm in love with you. I want you Sango, I'd give it all away for you."
Sango looked at Miroku strangely. She almost looked irritated for a moment. "Is that why? Is that why you risked your life to save me? Or is this just a trick?"
Miroku wrapped his arms around Sango. "If it was a trick I would have never kissed you that night. I was always just afraid, I didn't want to be hurt again Sango." Miroku tightened his grip around Sango. "I don't want to hurt you, I want to be with you."
"Then be with me." Sango lifted up her head and gave Miroku a long passionate kiss.
Miroku broke the kiss for a moment to let himself breath and before he knew it the two of them were entangled with each other and sprawled out on the futon.
Miroku turned to Sango who was busy catching her breath. "Now that we've gone this far there's no turning back. You know that right?"
Sango nodded and sat up. "I don't regret though Miroku. I'm glad to be yours now Miroku. But what about that nasty habit you have with women?"
Miroku slid his hand over to Sango's and held it tightly. "You're mine now Sango, and I have no need for any other."
Sango squeezed back hard. Tears were beginning to fall. "I'm glad to be yours. Thank you Miroku."
"Don't thank me, just kiss me." Miroku pulled her close to him and was enveloped in Sango's sweet lips.
The two of them lay sleeping with each other. Sango was nuzzled up close to Miroku with his arms wrapped around her tightly.
Inuyasha walked in the door followed by Kagome and Shippo. All three of their eyes nearly fell out of their sockets.
Kagome could do nothing but gape and point.
Inuyasha smiled and crossed his arms looking at the two with a small smirk on his face. "It's about time."
Shippo couldn't stop giggling.
Kagome turned to Inuyasha. "What do you we do now Inuyasha?"
"Keh. You stupid wench that should be obvious. We leave the two of them alone. They've both been through hell and they need to be alone with each other right now." Inuyasha turned and walked out the door and turned back to look over at Kagome for a moment. "Come on, let's go."
"Inuyasha?" Kagome shook her head and ran out of the room with Shippo clinging on for dear life. Taking one last glance at the couple she smiled to herself. 'I'm glad for you Sango, you two deserve each other.'
Miroku opened his eyes wearily letting out a small yawn. "Man, what time is it?" He noticed Sango snuggled next to him and brushed her bangs out of her face. "Hope you're sleeping well Sango." Miroku studied the young demon slayer. He was totally pulled in by her beauty. 'Man she's gorgeous. I'm really a lucky guy.' Miroku bent down and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek. Whispering gently into her ear. "I love you."
Sango stirred for a moment and smiled lightly. "Mmm Miroku." She opened her eyes reluctantly and looked up at Miroku. "You sleep well?"
"Yeah, I did. For once I stopped having nightmares. I haven't slept that well in a long time."
"Nightmares?" Sango was beginning to get interested. "What sort of nightmares?"
Miroku's face dimmed and looked sadly at her. "Bad memories of something I would have liked to forget. Sometimes not all memories can be happy ones sadly."
Sango put her hand over Miroku's face and moved it down slowly stopping at his heart. "Sometimes we need to be reminded of past mistakes, even if they are painful."
Miroku clasped his hand over Sango's. "I won't need to be reminded now that I have you here with me. Let's make a clean break, lets live our lives happily together."
Sango looked at Miroku sadly. "Miroku, you know that can't happen. We still need to defeat Naraku. I need to get my brother back and you need to get rid of the curse in your hand."
"I know, but I still want to make a clean break with you. I'm sorry for all the pain I've put you through but lets be together now. Lets be there for one another."
"We've always been there for each other, nothing will change in us making a clean break."
Miroku shook his head furiously. "You weren't mine before, now you are and I'll do all I can to protect you. I wont ever let anything happen to you." Miroku kissed her sweetly on the lips. "I promise."
Sango looked into Miroku's eyes. "Miroku."
"From now on I'm yours and your mine. We belong to each other and when this whole ordeal with Naraku is over we'll live happily with one another."
"Sounds good, I just hope this isn't a dream."
Miroku kissed her again with more passion. "It's reality, believe it."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~One week later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha let out a silent growl. "Damn you Miroku, because of you we're way behind in our search for Naraku and the fragments of the Shikon Jewel." He crossed his arms and continued walking beside Kagome and Shippo.
Kagome shot Inuyasha a death stare. "Inuyasha, sit boy."
*Thud* Inuyasha peeled himself off the ground and shook a fist at Kagome. "Damn you wench!"
Kagome was about to sit Inuyasha again when Miroku intervened.
"Please, there's no need to sit him again." Miroku turned to Inuyasha. "I'm sorry for slowing us down but it was a necessary obstacle I needed to over come." Miroku walked beside Sango and her hand tightly in his own.
Kagome, Inuyasha's, and Shippo's face. O.O
Miroku turned to the rest of them and smiled. "Like I said, I needed to overcome a few obstacles."
Sango blushed slightly but still held Miroku's hand tightly. She turned to the rest of the group with an annoyed look on her face. "Well, are you guys going to stand and gawk at us all day, or are we going to get back to our quest?"
*Blank faces all around*
Inuyasha grinned. "Sango's right, we need to get our asses in gear. Come on guys lets go!" Inuyasha sprang forward with a surge of energy running through him.
Miroku's face brimmed with excitement. "Come on guys! Let's go!" Miroku broke his grasp of Sango's hand and ran towards Inuyasha. "Hey wait up Inuyasha!"
Kagome, Shippo, and Sango all let out long sighs.
Sango smiled and started running after the two idiots. "Come on guys! We can't leave those two alone, god knows what sorts of hell they may unleash!"
Kagome smacked her forehead. "God you're right! Let's go Sango!" Kagome followed by Sango bolted off towards Inuyasha and Miroku. Kagome smiled to herself. 'It's seems everything worked out for the best. Sango and Miroku are finally together and we're back on track on our quest to defeat Naraku and find more of the jewel fragments. Happy day!' Kagome quickly fell behind from the others. "Hey guys wait up!" Kagome joined her friends all of them smiling happily.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of chapter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Okay, so it's not the best ending in the world but there wasn't too much needing to be wrapped up. Things have been resolved between Sango and Miroku and everyone is able to keep moving on. I really hope you enjoyed the story, because I loved writing it. The whole message of the story was sort of letting yourself trust even if bad things have happened in the past you can just close yourself out to others forever. Thanks to all the reviewers I had, all you guys kick ass. Thanks! ^_^
Inu-Shounen~ Yup, you're right as usual things wouldn't have worked out well if he didn't tell her first.
Sweet-Chaos~ Glad you're enjoying all the angst and drama. I live for those sort of stories. Hope you liked the ending, even if lacked dramatics.
Aamalie~ You're right happy ending, yay, all is well!
Kyosnekozukigirl~ I'm sorry but it's difficult to update sometimes with school and other shit going on. But be happy cuz I wasn't planning on putting up this chapter till Tuesday or Wednesday possibly even Thursday.
Missy-Bee~ Shippo doesn't deserve to be in my fic a lot. He sucks and should die.
Rissi-sama~ Thanks, I'm glad to hear it.
Fanficitoingeek36~ Thanks a whole lot, and I just love to leave things at cliffhangers. It's so fun!
Rain angst~ Glad you enjoyed it so much.
Libra071988~ Hope this update came soon enough. Thanks for the review.
That's all the reviewers I got for chapter 8. Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed. Especially Inu-shounen, Sweet-Chaos, and Rissi-sama. You guys are my loyalist reviewers. Thank you!
Be on the look out for my next story, Crimson Tears. As always it's a Sango/Miroku fic, cuz I suck at any other kind. However, this one takes place in present time. Miroku is emotionally pushed over the edge after the loss of his parents and now Mushin. He is forced to move to a new area and attend a new school. He begins living with his new guardian who is always getting into an argument with Miroku. This begins to push Miroku so much he begins slitting his wrists. This is basically a story of over coming an extreme amount of pain and making it through the hard times even when it seems impossible. This can be summed into one word as an emotional-roller coaster.
Thanks again to all my reviewers! I hope you guys will check out Crimson Tears! Thanks again and again and again!
Adios for now,
Zero.
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep'
Authors note~ I think this going to be the last or second to the last chapter of My Paper Heart. I'm honestly not sure yet, I didn't plan this chapter out at all so god only knows where it may end up. Any way, thanks to all the reviewers I had this chapter. I really appreciate it.
Chapter 9
Miroku stood in horror as he watched his younger self being rapped by Nayamashii. Miroku couldn't move or speak; all he could do is stand there.
Miroku's younger self began to scream. He was crying out for someone to help him. His eyes looked pleadingly to the older Miroku standing before him, watching. "Why don't you help me? Do something!" Tears streaked down the boy's face. "Please, help me."
Miroku's heart sank, the fear in the boy's voice the scared expression on his face, it was all too much for Miroku. Miroku did his best to choke down his tears. He let out a small whisper. "Leave him alone."
Another chilling scream rang out from the boy's mouth.
Miroku tightened his grip. His voice was now audible. "Leave him alone."
Nayamashii bent down and liked the younger Miroku's face.
The younger Miroku's face was full of fear, his pupils grew small his voice began to shake. "Stop, please just stop."
Miroku tightened his fist even more. He too now was crying. He loud out a strong yell. So loud he was nearly screaming. "Leave him alone!"
Miroku's eyes shot wide-open he let out a small scream. It took him a moment to realize where it is he was. His heart was pounding, he was drenched in sweat, and he couldn't stop shaking. He drew in a deep breath. "It was only a dream." Miroku plopped back down on his back. He let out a small groan. He could feel pain aching everywhere in his body. 'Is this how Inuyasha always feels?'
Sango entered the room, carrying a whole bunch of bandages and bottle of antiseptic. Her eyes wondered over to the groaning monk. She frowned and walked over to his side. "Miroku, are you alright?"
His eyes traveled over to the concerned demon slayer sitting next to him. "What happened Sango?" Miroku put his hand to his forehead. "I can't exactly recall what happened."
Sango stared silently at the floor a light shade of red tinted her face. "We were in the woods and you protected me from a bear youkai." Sango's face grew a deeper red. "You were badly injured but said you wanted to tell me something before we went back to find Inuyasha and Kagome."
The sudden realization of what had happened that night just hit Miroku. He nodded solemnly to her. "Yes, I remember now."
Sango couldn't stop blushing. "More happened than that Miroku."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I was scared and unsure of myself, there was something I had wanted to tell you that night."
Sango's voice quivered. "Wha. What, was it Miroku."
"I love you."
Sango froze at his sudden confession. "You what?" Sango rubbed her eyes. 'I must be dreaming.'
Miroku stared at her with his big brown eyes and warm smile. "I'm in love with you." Miroku's voice quieted a bit. "I'm going to kiss you, I hope you kiss back." Miroku hoisted himself up from the ground and moved himself closer to Sango. He pressed his lips gently against hers. He started to move his lips away only to be pulled back in by Sango's lips.
Sango reluctantly broke the kiss and stared deep into Miroku's eyes. She nearly had lost her voice. "I love you too." Sango's emotions overflowed. She hugged him tightly. "I love you too, Miroku. Don't ever let me go."
Miroku smiled. "Don't worry, I don't plan on it." Miroku gently stroked Sango's hair. The two of them were lost in one another's arms. Miroku's eyes grew heavy and he quickly slipped off into the nothingness of sleep. His strong grasp over Sango loosened and the sound of snoring could be heard.
"Miroku?" Sango looked back up at the sleeping monk. A wide smile was spread across her face. "You poor thing, you must be exhausted. I should take you back to the inn. You're wounds are still very serious." Sango struggled to lift Miroku up from the ground but was able to sling him over her shoulders. She whispered gently into his ears. "Sleep well my houshi- sama." Sango smiled and began her long walk back to the inn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now it was Miroku's turn to blush. "I see." Miroku smiled and moved closer to Sango. "I meant what I had said though, I'm in love with you. I want you Sango, I'd give it all away for you."
Sango looked at Miroku strangely. She almost looked irritated for a moment. "Is that why? Is that why you risked your life to save me? Or is this just a trick?"
Miroku wrapped his arms around Sango. "If it was a trick I would have never kissed you that night. I was always just afraid, I didn't want to be hurt again Sango." Miroku tightened his grip around Sango. "I don't want to hurt you, I want to be with you."
"Then be with me." Sango lifted up her head and gave Miroku a long passionate kiss.
Miroku broke the kiss for a moment to let himself breath and before he knew it the two of them were entangled with each other and sprawled out on the futon.
Miroku turned to Sango who was busy catching her breath. "Now that we've gone this far there's no turning back. You know that right?"
Sango nodded and sat up. "I don't regret though Miroku. I'm glad to be yours now Miroku. But what about that nasty habit you have with women?"
Miroku slid his hand over to Sango's and held it tightly. "You're mine now Sango, and I have no need for any other."
Sango squeezed back hard. Tears were beginning to fall. "I'm glad to be yours. Thank you Miroku."
"Don't thank me, just kiss me." Miroku pulled her close to him and was enveloped in Sango's sweet lips.
The two of them lay sleeping with each other. Sango was nuzzled up close to Miroku with his arms wrapped around her tightly.
Inuyasha walked in the door followed by Kagome and Shippo. All three of their eyes nearly fell out of their sockets.
Kagome could do nothing but gape and point.
Inuyasha smiled and crossed his arms looking at the two with a small smirk on his face. "It's about time."
Shippo couldn't stop giggling.
Kagome turned to Inuyasha. "What do you we do now Inuyasha?"
"Keh. You stupid wench that should be obvious. We leave the two of them alone. They've both been through hell and they need to be alone with each other right now." Inuyasha turned and walked out the door and turned back to look over at Kagome for a moment. "Come on, let's go."
"Inuyasha?" Kagome shook her head and ran out of the room with Shippo clinging on for dear life. Taking one last glance at the couple she smiled to herself. 'I'm glad for you Sango, you two deserve each other.'
Miroku opened his eyes wearily letting out a small yawn. "Man, what time is it?" He noticed Sango snuggled next to him and brushed her bangs out of her face. "Hope you're sleeping well Sango." Miroku studied the young demon slayer. He was totally pulled in by her beauty. 'Man she's gorgeous. I'm really a lucky guy.' Miroku bent down and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek. Whispering gently into her ear. "I love you."
Sango stirred for a moment and smiled lightly. "Mmm Miroku." She opened her eyes reluctantly and looked up at Miroku. "You sleep well?"
"Yeah, I did. For once I stopped having nightmares. I haven't slept that well in a long time."
"Nightmares?" Sango was beginning to get interested. "What sort of nightmares?"
Miroku's face dimmed and looked sadly at her. "Bad memories of something I would have liked to forget. Sometimes not all memories can be happy ones sadly."
Sango put her hand over Miroku's face and moved it down slowly stopping at his heart. "Sometimes we need to be reminded of past mistakes, even if they are painful."
Miroku clasped his hand over Sango's. "I won't need to be reminded now that I have you here with me. Let's make a clean break, lets live our lives happily together."
Sango looked at Miroku sadly. "Miroku, you know that can't happen. We still need to defeat Naraku. I need to get my brother back and you need to get rid of the curse in your hand."
"I know, but I still want to make a clean break with you. I'm sorry for all the pain I've put you through but lets be together now. Lets be there for one another."
"We've always been there for each other, nothing will change in us making a clean break."
Miroku shook his head furiously. "You weren't mine before, now you are and I'll do all I can to protect you. I wont ever let anything happen to you." Miroku kissed her sweetly on the lips. "I promise."
Sango looked into Miroku's eyes. "Miroku."
"From now on I'm yours and your mine. We belong to each other and when this whole ordeal with Naraku is over we'll live happily with one another."
"Sounds good, I just hope this isn't a dream."
Miroku kissed her again with more passion. "It's reality, believe it."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~One week later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha let out a silent growl. "Damn you Miroku, because of you we're way behind in our search for Naraku and the fragments of the Shikon Jewel." He crossed his arms and continued walking beside Kagome and Shippo.
Kagome shot Inuyasha a death stare. "Inuyasha, sit boy."
*Thud* Inuyasha peeled himself off the ground and shook a fist at Kagome. "Damn you wench!"
Kagome was about to sit Inuyasha again when Miroku intervened.
"Please, there's no need to sit him again." Miroku turned to Inuyasha. "I'm sorry for slowing us down but it was a necessary obstacle I needed to over come." Miroku walked beside Sango and her hand tightly in his own.
Kagome, Inuyasha's, and Shippo's face. O.O
Miroku turned to the rest of them and smiled. "Like I said, I needed to overcome a few obstacles."
Sango blushed slightly but still held Miroku's hand tightly. She turned to the rest of the group with an annoyed look on her face. "Well, are you guys going to stand and gawk at us all day, or are we going to get back to our quest?"
*Blank faces all around*
Inuyasha grinned. "Sango's right, we need to get our asses in gear. Come on guys lets go!" Inuyasha sprang forward with a surge of energy running through him.
Miroku's face brimmed with excitement. "Come on guys! Let's go!" Miroku broke his grasp of Sango's hand and ran towards Inuyasha. "Hey wait up Inuyasha!"
Kagome, Shippo, and Sango all let out long sighs.
Sango smiled and started running after the two idiots. "Come on guys! We can't leave those two alone, god knows what sorts of hell they may unleash!"
Kagome smacked her forehead. "God you're right! Let's go Sango!" Kagome followed by Sango bolted off towards Inuyasha and Miroku. Kagome smiled to herself. 'It's seems everything worked out for the best. Sango and Miroku are finally together and we're back on track on our quest to defeat Naraku and find more of the jewel fragments. Happy day!' Kagome quickly fell behind from the others. "Hey guys wait up!" Kagome joined her friends all of them smiling happily.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of chapter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Okay, so it's not the best ending in the world but there wasn't too much needing to be wrapped up. Things have been resolved between Sango and Miroku and everyone is able to keep moving on. I really hope you enjoyed the story, because I loved writing it. The whole message of the story was sort of letting yourself trust even if bad things have happened in the past you can just close yourself out to others forever. Thanks to all the reviewers I had, all you guys kick ass. Thanks! ^_^
Inu-Shounen~ Yup, you're right as usual things wouldn't have worked out well if he didn't tell her first.
Sweet-Chaos~ Glad you're enjoying all the angst and drama. I live for those sort of stories. Hope you liked the ending, even if lacked dramatics.
Aamalie~ You're right happy ending, yay, all is well!
Kyosnekozukigirl~ I'm sorry but it's difficult to update sometimes with school and other shit going on. But be happy cuz I wasn't planning on putting up this chapter till Tuesday or Wednesday possibly even Thursday.
Missy-Bee~ Shippo doesn't deserve to be in my fic a lot. He sucks and should die.
Rissi-sama~ Thanks, I'm glad to hear it.
Fanficitoingeek36~ Thanks a whole lot, and I just love to leave things at cliffhangers. It's so fun!
Rain angst~ Glad you enjoyed it so much.
Libra071988~ Hope this update came soon enough. Thanks for the review.
That's all the reviewers I got for chapter 8. Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed. Especially Inu-shounen, Sweet-Chaos, and Rissi-sama. You guys are my loyalist reviewers. Thank you!
Be on the look out for my next story, Crimson Tears. As always it's a Sango/Miroku fic, cuz I suck at any other kind. However, this one takes place in present time. Miroku is emotionally pushed over the edge after the loss of his parents and now Mushin. He is forced to move to a new area and attend a new school. He begins living with his new guardian who is always getting into an argument with Miroku. This begins to push Miroku so much he begins slitting his wrists. This is basically a story of over coming an extreme amount of pain and making it through the hard times even when it seems impossible. This can be summed into one word as an emotional-roller coaster.
Thanks again to all my reviewers! I hope you guys will check out Crimson Tears! Thanks again and again and again!
Adios for now,
Zero.
