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Full Circle
Chapter One
A Promise Unbroken?
They were still grieving. It had been two weeks since Sango had died. And Miroku showed no sign of getting better. He was getting thinner and he was several shades paler than usual. He was refusing to eat more than just the amount of food to keep him alive. Not even the fact that he no longer had a hole in his hand seemed to cheer him.
Kagome was worried about him. She thought if maybe he could get away, he might begin to eat and perhaps start speaking again. So she planned to take Inuyasha and Miroku to her time, where all the new things would take Miroku's mind off Sango. Or so she hoped.
She was half right. Miroku did show interest in the things of her time, but all the technology in the world could not get him to lighten up. Kagome decided 3 days after they came through that the two guys needed more to wear besides her father's old clothes. She took them to the mall and proceeded to find outfits for them. Miroku brightened a little and even let out a small smile at Inuyasha's antics. After buying them a couple pairs of jeans and t-shirts, she bought them some food. Inuyasha wolfed his down. Miroku only glumly pushed his around on his plate. His friends tried to cheer him up but nothing would work. She was gone. His light, his love, his reason for living. The only thing keeping him going was her promise. That she'd somehow find him. He hoarded that shred of hope, keeping it close to his heart. Miroku was jostled by someone on their way out. He had not been paying attention and he looked up to apologize. But the words never left his mouth. He found himself staring into the calf brown eyes he knew so well.
Sango. She was back.
"Oops, sorry!" said Sango, no recognition in her eyes. Miroku stared at her.
"You don't remember." He said, almost to himself.
"Nani? Remember what? Do I know you?"
"You don't remember me." Miroku was devastated. He had found her again only to have her not know who he was. How could she not know the one whose heart belonged to her?
"Umm, you do look faintly familiarDid you go to summer school?" Miroku shook his head.
"I'm only visiting." Sango pursed her lips.
"Gomen, I do not remember you. I'm Sango." She held out her hand. Miroku grasped it firmly, assuring himself that she was no illusion.
"Miroku." A tiny flicker of recognition flashed across her eyes. It was gone before he could even be sure it had been there.
"Well, I gotta go. See you around!" and she dashed off, leaving her houshi stunned in the middle of the mall, his heart breaking for the second time in less than a month.