a/n: I'm happy people so far like my idea for this story. And after thinking about it, I finally came up with a plot! But I won't tell you all that now because that'll ruin the story right? LoLz Read Hell On Earth by Joya Sagrada. It's a great story so far with a great plot! It's not done yet because my best friend just started on it, but she tries to update when she can. For her last story all her new chapters always came out great so I know this time they'll come out even better. Get used to me talking before and after my new chapters in author notes, I tend to do it everytime now. Sometimes my author notes go on to be half a page so don't be surprised if it happens.
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"Food was great Lady Kaede. Thank you for the side dishes Lady Kagome," Miroku half bowed and smiled in gratitude. Shippou looked up from his plate to Kagome, "Can I have more?!" Kagome smiled and pointed to the plate in the middle of them all. As they sat in a circle, Shippou's eyes widen in glee. He put his chop sticks on the last piece of food and was about to lift it to his mouth when another pair of chop sticks were placed on the same piece of food. Shippou looked to his side, "Inuyasha I want it!"
Inuyasha growled as he looked at Shippou then back at the end of his chop sticks, "Too bad runt! I'm eating it!" Inuyasha looked to his side again when he heard a small whimper.
"But Inuyasha ......."
Inuyasha twitched as he looked at Shippou's most adorable sad face. He sighed and lifted his chop sticks from the food, "Fine you brat." Shippou put the food into his mouth and gave off a big smile as he felt the great taste of the food.
While Shippou munched down he muttered out, "Arigatou." Inuyasha rolled his eyes and looked over at Kagome who was sitting to his right, "Keh. Whatever." Kagome placed her hand over her mouth as she giggled. Kaede stood up and carried her plate to a corner of the hut they're in. She knelt down and placed her plate on the floor next to other dishes. She stood up again and looked outside the window that was above the place she put her dish, "The sun is setting."
Miroku looked outside as well, "Hai." Miroku stood up with plate in hand and walked over to place his plate where Kaede put hers, "We should get wood to start a fire. I will go get some." Kagome looked over at Miroku as he walked towards the outside, "You don't have to worry about it Miroku," she looked at Inuyasha, "Inuyasha can go get some for us." Inuyasha stood up as he left his plate there on the floor, "Fine. I'll be back."
Miroku blocked him from the doorway before Inuyasha could place one foot outside, "No. It is no trouble. I will go." Miroku walked out of the small hut and walked into the woods that was in front of the small hut.
"Damn. What the fuck is up with you man?," thought Inuyasha to himself as he watched Miroku walk away from his place in the doorway. Kagome lowered her head, "Miroku, I hope you're Ok," she whispered softly to herself.
Inuyasha turned around to face Kagome. Shippou was now sitting on Kagome's lap since he finished his food and already took Inuyasha's, Kagome's, and his dishes over to where Kaede and Miroku put theirs to wash later. Inuyasha half grinned, half smiled at Kagome, "So what's for dessert?" A cup hit Inuyasha's head from the corner.
Miroku kept walking as he kept his head lowered to look at the soft green grass wet from the sun shower that appeared that morning. When he found some wood on the ground he knelt down to pick it up. He had enough for the fire he needed, but he didn't bother to go back yet, "Not yet. I need more time." He kept walking until he reached the pond he was by earlier that day. He knelt down and placed the wood next to him. He put his hands into the shimmering water and cupped his hand once underneath to collect that gleaming water. He lifted his hands and threw the water on his face.
He closed his eyes as the water slid down his skin. After he was refreshed, he wiped the remaining water away on his face with his sleeve then looked up to see the beautiful sunset, "These sunsets only remind me of things I once had. Of someone I used to share them with." He lowered his head and looked to his side to see his staff which was placed next to the wood he had collected. He looked back into the water and focused his gaze to see his reflection. He closed his eyes as the sound of the soothing pond water flowed through his mind.
"Konnichiha!!"
Miroku immediately opened his eyes once he heard a sweet sensitive voice near him. He looked down at his reflection in the water again to see another image next to his own. He looked to his side to see a small girl with dark blue eyes similar to his. She was wearing a beautiful light pink and white kimono that matched her figure perfectly. Her dark black hair stopped a few inches below her shoulders and the ending tips were tide together in a little ponytail. She was wearing a big smile on her face.
Miroku blinked a few times, "If I didn't know any better .........," he was cut from his train of thought when he noticed a small figure next to the girl. The small girl knelt down and petted the small figure.
Miroku grabbed his staff and stood up, "Are you lost young one?" The girl stood up straight with the small cat now in her arms. She shook her head. Miroku made out the small cat better. It had big red eyes and sorta peach color fur. Its ears, parts of its tail, and paws were black. And lastly, a black diamond shape lay on its forehead. He gasped, "Where do you get that small kitty?" The kitty in the small girl's arms purred as it escaped from her arms on to Miroku's head.
The small girl giggled as her smile got slightly bigger, "Kitty likes you!"
Miroku grabbed the cat off his head and cuddled it in his arms, "It can't be. You can't be her," he thought to himself. The small girl walked up closer to Miroku. Miroku looked down at the girl and smiled, "I know it's not," he thought as he gave the cat back to the smiling child.
Miroku knelt down to be face to face with the girl, "Take care of the kitty Ok?" The girl nodded as she started to pet the kitty again. Miroku stood up with his staff nailed to the ground to help him keep his balance. He looked around the area, "Where are your parents?"
The girl frowned a bit, "Mommy is coming. Daddy isn't."
Miroku looked back at the girl, "Oh. And why isn't your father coming to get you?"
The girl lowered her head a bit to look at the cat in her arms as she rubbed it under its chin. The cat purred more as the kid spoke, "Me don't know. Mommy says Daddy will never come because she lost him. She went away and took care of me without Daddy. She cries all time when she talk about Daddy. She never told me who he was, just that he is very very special."
Miroku slightly smiled, "Well let's get you back to your mother then." He grabbed the girl's small hand as the cat in her arms placed itself on her shoulder. The two of them walked for a bit hand in hand around the small pond looking around for the child's mother. After only a few minutes of searching Miroku stopped and sat down with the child next to him near the same pond, "So," he said while looking into the other side of the pond, "Tell me more about your mother."
The child started playing with the cat in her lap. She dangled a string of yarn she had in her hand over the cat's body, "Mommy very pretty. Many guys want her, but she say no to all of them. She say Daddy is her one and only."
Miroku slightly laughed, "Seems like this daddy of yours was a special guy." The girl nodded in response. She kept playing with the cat as Miroku had a few thoughts fly through his head. He looked back at the girl on his side when she started to giggle, "You haven't told me your name yet. What is it?" The girl stopped playing with the cat and looked up at Miroku's gloomy yet slightly happier face, "My name is .............."
"Takara! Takara! Takara! Where are you?!"
The girl looked to where the voice was coming from. She stood up and ran to the person screaming as her pet cat followed behind, "Mommy! Mommy!" Miroku didn't look at the woman, he just smiled as he looked down at the water. The woman knelt down to tightly hug her daughter once her daughter was in grabbing range, "Don't ever run off like that again! I was so worried!"
The girl hugged her mother back, "I'm safe Mommy. He helped me." The girl let go of her dear mother and pointed at the man sitting near the pond. The woman stood up and walked to him with her daughter's hand tightly in her grasp. Miroku kept his sight on the water. The woman smiled even though Miroku couldn't see it, "Thank you so much for caring for my daughter."
Miroku smiled and looked to his side to face the woman, "It was no prob ...................." Miroku's eyes widen as also the eyes of the beautiful woman. The woman let go of her daughter's hand and stood frozen. Miroku slowly stood up without leaving his gaze off the woman.
The young girl stood there with a confused expression, "Is something wrong Mommy?," she asked as she tugged on her mother's shirt. Her mother didn't respond to her, she only spoke one word, "Miroku ............" Miroku eyes began to soften, "Sango ..............."
Wind blew as they stood in complete silence. They both could hear the winds crash with the water making it slightly move in the now night sky. Their own breaths and the breaths of the creatures around them where another thing heard, but nothing more. The stars began to appear and lighten up the dark night sky. The reflection of the star's sparkle of light beamed off the pond's delicate water.
After a few more moments of silence, Miroku finally spoke up, "Sango? How ..... How ...... How are you?"
Sango fazed out of her frozen position as she slightly shook her head, "I'm .... I'm fine."
On Miroku's face a small smile started to appear, but with the sadness in his eyes mixed with the joy of seeing her once again, the attempted smile was not noticeable to Sango. "How's your life going?," barely asked Miroku. Something in his voice made the question a bit fuzzy for Sango.
"Was that sadness and remorse in his voice?," asked Sango within herself. "My life? Oh, as you can see, my life is going ......," she stopped as she looked down to see a small girl giving her a worried look.
"Yes. I do see ......," responded Miroku as he looked down at the child also. Miroku went into a deep train of thought as he felt his life beginning to end, "This small girl .............. It's Sango's child .......... That means that ........... that ...............," he couldn't continue within himself.
After a few minutes of no one speaking, another thought flew into Miroku's head. He had to speak because he knew Sango was impatiently waiting his mouth to speak words again, but he just didn't find any. He kept quiet as all it started slipping through again. Sango looked back at Miroku and began to feel tears forming in her soft chocolate brown eyes.
She tried her hardest to hold them back, even though it was hard because her hardest at the moment was barely strong enough. "She .......... She .......," Sango tried to speak. Miroku looked away from the girl to face Sango again. Sango spoke within herself, "No. Please don't look at me. It's harder to say. Even though ..........." Her thought left her mind as her mouth spoke again against all her emotional control, "She's yours Miroku."
Miroku's eyes widen a bit, "What?," he asked softly. "She has to be joking. She couldn't be mine. This child couldn't be mine! Even though ....," his mind stopped rejecting the thought as he began to put the puzzle pieces together, "She does look like me a bit. But no, it must be some others child. Not that I hope it is anyhow. I want it to be child, I want to believe it. But how could this child be mine if ......... If .......," his eyes widen a bit as his thoughts became clouded over a memory. He began to remember a night long ago. A night similar to this. A night he spent with Sango, the beloved woman he loves deeply.
~*~ Flashback ~*~ "Why the hell did they have to leave me with," Sango paused as she looked to the corner to stop at a man sipping from a cup, "Him." The thoughts of previous attempted gropings and achieved touches came into Sango's mind. Sango growled within herself as though she was terribly regreting her friends' decision to leave her with Miroku, even though a part of her wished for such a chance.
Miroku placed the cup down and looked at Sango, "I can hear you just fine Sango." Sango twitched a bit. Miroku stood up and walked over to Sango. Sango began to back up a bit as he approached. Miroku knelt down in front of Sango.
Sango twitched more, "What? What ......... What do you want?!," exclaimed Sango as Miroku took both her hands into his. Miroku put his gaze directly into Sango's eyes. Sango stopped twitching as she sank into the pools of what were Miroku's eyes.
Miroku smiled, "If you want me to leave. I will. It's a surprise Kagome and Inuyasha didn't leave Shippou this time with us so I wouldn't do anything to you. Kagome and Inuyasha also took Kirara with them to search for Naraku so we are here in the room of the generous lord's castle all alone."
Sango nodded within herself, "He's right. We're here alone. All alone," she also spoke inside her head.
Miroku let go of Sango's hands and stood up. He turned to not face Sango, "Even though it's very hard to resist, I will leave you alone. If that is what you wish."
Sango stood up quickly, "No!" Miroku turned around in shock. "I mean .... it's Ok if you stay ........... I actually want you to stay ............," whispered Sango very softly almost making Miroku not catch what she said, but he still did though. Miroku started to smile. "Please .......... don't leave ......... me ............." Miroku walked up to Sango as Sango lowered her head with noticeable blushing escaping her cheeks. He placed his hand on Sango's chin and lifted her head so that she would face him. Sango's eyes began to soften as did Miroku's. They both whispered each other's name before closing the space between their lips. ~*~ End Of Flashback ~*~
"That night we shared something. Remember Miroku?," asked Sango in a soft sadden voice. Miroku nodded, "The night after we were in battle with Naraku. Then you ........"
"Then I left to my village where now many new exterminators are and I am the sort of priestess there," cut in Sango. Sango slightly chuckled, "Even though us exterminators aren't needed much as before. Since Naraku's demise, many demons don't attack and the few that do are not hard to beat." Miroku looked at Sango as she stared back. Sango's smile from her small chuckle disappeared as she got on another deep sadden frown, "I didn't know it then, but I was carrying your child. And now during these 3 years we haven't seen each other, I've been raising her on my own," Sango said as she lowered her head.
"Why didn't .......... Why didn't you come to tell me?," asked Miroku as he took one step towards Sango.
"After what I did, I didn't think you forgive me," spoke Sango as she looked up once she noticed Miroku was breathing over her. Miroku took a deep glance into Sango's eyes before he wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her closer to him. Sango was a little shocked, but the one that was more shocked was the child watching all this, Takara.
"How can you think that? I would always forgive you. I understood your actions. I thought you hadn't forgiven me since you never returned to me Sango."
Sango buried herself into Miroku's chest, "No ....... never Miroku ............. I was ...... I was just ........"
Miroku hugged her tighter cutting her off, "That doesn't matter now. What does matter is that you are finally back with me. And now you and I have a child together." Sango smiled as she closed her eyes with tears sliding down her cheeks. The girl approached the hugging couple and tugged on Miroku's sleeve once she noticed her mother's tears, "What are you doing to Mommy?"
Sango smiled as Miroku let go of her, "This Takara ........" Sango knelt down next to her daughter as she wiped away the tears with her hand, "This is Daddy." On Takara's face a huge smile appeared, "Daddy?! I finally have Daddy with me?!" Sango nodded. Takara looked up at her father. She opened her arms wide, "DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!"
Miroku knelt down and hugged his daughter. "I finally have Daddy with me!," screamed Takara as she kept her tight hug on Miroku. Miroku stood up while still having Takara's arms around his neck. He placed his hand underneath her to keep her from falling. Sango stood up next to him. "Takara?," Miroku asked. Sango nodded as she looked back at Miroku who was now looking back at her, "It means treasure or precious object. That's why I named her this. She is my treasure and her father is a precious object to me."
Sango smiled as Miroku smiled back at her. Miroku leaned in and lightly brushed his lips with Sango's. They stopped once they heard a special treasure giggling. Miroku smiled at the little girl, "You know. This is the first time I've smiled in 3 years." Sango got closer to brush her daughter's hair and to have Miroku's free arm around her waist, "Likewise. I always try to smile for her, but I never seem to do a real smile. Now I finally will give real smiles to my, I mean, our daughter."
Miroku looked up when he felt something on his head, "I knew it was you Kirara." Kirara purred as she jumped from Miroku's head into Takara's arms. "Kirara really loves Takara. And the kimono she's wearing is identical to the one I used when I was young."
Miroku smiled again, "I bet it looked great on you as everything always does." Sango giggled at his little comment. Miroku looked down at Takara, "Come on, let's go." Takara looked up at her dad with joy gleaming in her eyes, "Go where?" Miroku started walking with Sango right next to him, "To meet Uncle Inuyasha."
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a/n: I've always wanted to do this and I finally get the chance too! I know this may sound stupid, but I've always wanted to respond back to reviewers in my new chapters. Sadly I never got enough reviews per chapter to do it, but now that I got enough, I'll finally do it! I'll be doing it each time I get like 5 or more reviews per chapter. Now let me start! *Gets stares from freaked out people*
Summer: Thanks for the long review! I always appreciate them. I emailed you back, but I wanted to respond to you here too. I'm thinking on becoming a writer, not 100% sure yet. I'll see as I make new stories and get feedback on them. Speaking of stories, I can't wait to you read yours (If you do decide to make your own). And if you get the chance to, read my other stories too if you want to. I hope you and your friend keep enjoying Inuyasha cause it's a great anime show and I hope you keep enjoying my story ^_^
TetsuoTsubushi: There's Sango's surprise! I hope you like the surprise Sango gave Miroku, even though it wasn't really that much of a surprise to Miroku. The way he found out was a surprise to him, but he really always had that thought in mind that after that special night, he might of gotten a child with Sango. It's not like you didn't know that was the surprise! LoLz I always feel bad for Miroku, but I especially felt bad for him in episode: "Sango, Only You" If you all saw it, you know what I mean. It was semi emotional, semi funny like always! Well anyway, thanks for the review and hope you like my new chapter!
Luna-Moonkitty: Even though you wrote a little, I still wanted to write back to you. See how obsessed I am with this responding back to reviewers thing? LoLz Thanks for reviewing and reading my chapter. Glad you like it and hope you think this chapter is cool too.
Kikanemi: I'm happy you like the whole Naraku fight. I thought it was kinda lame. Glad others didn't. LoLz When I finally saw the episode where Ayame and Kouga had that special night when Ayame was a little girl under the moon rainbow, I said I must do something with that! Come on, everyone would agree with me on that right? Ayame and Kouga look great together! Even though I may miss making the fights between Inuyasha and Kouga, it's still good they both found their true love (And good it's not with the same woman! LoLz) Hey you know what, I might still make those two fight! You never know. Heck I don't even know what goes on in my brain! *Laughs*
Chichibean: Another small review, but still a review non the less! I'm so happy that I got more than 3 reviews this time! LoLz Believe me, it makes me extremely happy because it took me like 5 chapters to even get 5 reviews for my first story! Thankfully now I have over 50 for that story! And also thanks to all of you I got over 5 for the last chapter! *Does happy dance* I acquired these constant dances from my good friend Lasako (Read her stories by the way) so get used to them! LoLz
Sango-Chan: Thanks! I was going for the whole sad and sweet approach. I tried to make the chapter more sadder though, but I got so distracted because believe me it would have been sadder. I think it would have been a little angst if I just concentrated more. But friends do come first so the thing that distracted me was IMs from all my friends. ^_^ If you ever want to talk to me by the way, feel free to IM me! I got MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and AIM.
Averi Malee: Thanks for the review. I wanted to make the battle as vivid as possible with still making it seem Miroku was telling the story. I'm glad you liked the chapter. I still say that chapter was a bit boring, but thankfully you all still liked it. I can't promise all the time that I will update soon since I have to do a few things before school starts and also because school for me starts really soon. I hate that fact because I have to face old and new faces of nasty teachers, but thankfully I get to finally meet my friends again! Well at least the ones that didn't move away *Tears up* Thanks again for the review!
Del_Kaidin: One shot huh? I never thought of that. Maybe I should erase this chapter and leave it as a one shot *Gets screamed at* Ok, maybe not. Sides I have this idea and plot all planned out so why would I do that to me and you reviewers who actually like my story? LoLz Thanks for saying I did an excellent job, really appreciate it. ^_^
Joya Sagrada: Hey Girl, I finally came down to you! Thanks for reviewing for my story and actually liking it. It is good for my first Sango and Miroku if I already got few reviews for it. I love your story too! I love the twist you gave in chapter 2 and I'm glad I can help in a way in the story by posting it and checking it over. HeHe Keep having a great time over there on your vacation girl! And can't wait to see the new Peter Pan movie (The guy who plays him is so cute!) in Dec. Remember to take me! LoLz Remember my kimono too! J/k girl, you know me. If you can't get it, you can't. Oh and my mom says she can't wait for her Columbian breakfast. *Falls Over Laughing*
a/n: I seemed to have talked about something else besides the subject in each respond right? LoLz Sorry about that, I tend to do that a lot. These are Japanese words that I put in this chapter and I just thought maybe some people don't know what they mean so I'll put their definition here = Arigatou: Thank you, Hai: Yes, Konnichiha: Hello. I bet many didn't have problems with those words anyway since anyone who watches anime knows those words already.
I know this chapter was a bit short and quick, but I promise others will be longer and more detailed. Reason why it was this way this time is because I wanted to post a chapter before I went to bed tonight and it's already way past my curfew! *Growls under breath and comments on how stupid people were to invent a curfew. Also comments on how bad mom is for making me a damn curfew in the first place!* If you see an error, have an idea, have a question or just have a comment, WRITE REVIEWS PLEASE! I hope you all keep enjoying my TSUYAMONO! (Love Story) *Waves Good Bye* For now *Laughs*
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"Food was great Lady Kaede. Thank you for the side dishes Lady Kagome," Miroku half bowed and smiled in gratitude. Shippou looked up from his plate to Kagome, "Can I have more?!" Kagome smiled and pointed to the plate in the middle of them all. As they sat in a circle, Shippou's eyes widen in glee. He put his chop sticks on the last piece of food and was about to lift it to his mouth when another pair of chop sticks were placed on the same piece of food. Shippou looked to his side, "Inuyasha I want it!"
Inuyasha growled as he looked at Shippou then back at the end of his chop sticks, "Too bad runt! I'm eating it!" Inuyasha looked to his side again when he heard a small whimper.
"But Inuyasha ......."
Inuyasha twitched as he looked at Shippou's most adorable sad face. He sighed and lifted his chop sticks from the food, "Fine you brat." Shippou put the food into his mouth and gave off a big smile as he felt the great taste of the food.
While Shippou munched down he muttered out, "Arigatou." Inuyasha rolled his eyes and looked over at Kagome who was sitting to his right, "Keh. Whatever." Kagome placed her hand over her mouth as she giggled. Kaede stood up and carried her plate to a corner of the hut they're in. She knelt down and placed her plate on the floor next to other dishes. She stood up again and looked outside the window that was above the place she put her dish, "The sun is setting."
Miroku looked outside as well, "Hai." Miroku stood up with plate in hand and walked over to place his plate where Kaede put hers, "We should get wood to start a fire. I will go get some." Kagome looked over at Miroku as he walked towards the outside, "You don't have to worry about it Miroku," she looked at Inuyasha, "Inuyasha can go get some for us." Inuyasha stood up as he left his plate there on the floor, "Fine. I'll be back."
Miroku blocked him from the doorway before Inuyasha could place one foot outside, "No. It is no trouble. I will go." Miroku walked out of the small hut and walked into the woods that was in front of the small hut.
"Damn. What the fuck is up with you man?," thought Inuyasha to himself as he watched Miroku walk away from his place in the doorway. Kagome lowered her head, "Miroku, I hope you're Ok," she whispered softly to herself.
Inuyasha turned around to face Kagome. Shippou was now sitting on Kagome's lap since he finished his food and already took Inuyasha's, Kagome's, and his dishes over to where Kaede and Miroku put theirs to wash later. Inuyasha half grinned, half smiled at Kagome, "So what's for dessert?" A cup hit Inuyasha's head from the corner.
Miroku kept walking as he kept his head lowered to look at the soft green grass wet from the sun shower that appeared that morning. When he found some wood on the ground he knelt down to pick it up. He had enough for the fire he needed, but he didn't bother to go back yet, "Not yet. I need more time." He kept walking until he reached the pond he was by earlier that day. He knelt down and placed the wood next to him. He put his hands into the shimmering water and cupped his hand once underneath to collect that gleaming water. He lifted his hands and threw the water on his face.
He closed his eyes as the water slid down his skin. After he was refreshed, he wiped the remaining water away on his face with his sleeve then looked up to see the beautiful sunset, "These sunsets only remind me of things I once had. Of someone I used to share them with." He lowered his head and looked to his side to see his staff which was placed next to the wood he had collected. He looked back into the water and focused his gaze to see his reflection. He closed his eyes as the sound of the soothing pond water flowed through his mind.
"Konnichiha!!"
Miroku immediately opened his eyes once he heard a sweet sensitive voice near him. He looked down at his reflection in the water again to see another image next to his own. He looked to his side to see a small girl with dark blue eyes similar to his. She was wearing a beautiful light pink and white kimono that matched her figure perfectly. Her dark black hair stopped a few inches below her shoulders and the ending tips were tide together in a little ponytail. She was wearing a big smile on her face.
Miroku blinked a few times, "If I didn't know any better .........," he was cut from his train of thought when he noticed a small figure next to the girl. The small girl knelt down and petted the small figure.
Miroku grabbed his staff and stood up, "Are you lost young one?" The girl stood up straight with the small cat now in her arms. She shook her head. Miroku made out the small cat better. It had big red eyes and sorta peach color fur. Its ears, parts of its tail, and paws were black. And lastly, a black diamond shape lay on its forehead. He gasped, "Where do you get that small kitty?" The kitty in the small girl's arms purred as it escaped from her arms on to Miroku's head.
The small girl giggled as her smile got slightly bigger, "Kitty likes you!"
Miroku grabbed the cat off his head and cuddled it in his arms, "It can't be. You can't be her," he thought to himself. The small girl walked up closer to Miroku. Miroku looked down at the girl and smiled, "I know it's not," he thought as he gave the cat back to the smiling child.
Miroku knelt down to be face to face with the girl, "Take care of the kitty Ok?" The girl nodded as she started to pet the kitty again. Miroku stood up with his staff nailed to the ground to help him keep his balance. He looked around the area, "Where are your parents?"
The girl frowned a bit, "Mommy is coming. Daddy isn't."
Miroku looked back at the girl, "Oh. And why isn't your father coming to get you?"
The girl lowered her head a bit to look at the cat in her arms as she rubbed it under its chin. The cat purred more as the kid spoke, "Me don't know. Mommy says Daddy will never come because she lost him. She went away and took care of me without Daddy. She cries all time when she talk about Daddy. She never told me who he was, just that he is very very special."
Miroku slightly smiled, "Well let's get you back to your mother then." He grabbed the girl's small hand as the cat in her arms placed itself on her shoulder. The two of them walked for a bit hand in hand around the small pond looking around for the child's mother. After only a few minutes of searching Miroku stopped and sat down with the child next to him near the same pond, "So," he said while looking into the other side of the pond, "Tell me more about your mother."
The child started playing with the cat in her lap. She dangled a string of yarn she had in her hand over the cat's body, "Mommy very pretty. Many guys want her, but she say no to all of them. She say Daddy is her one and only."
Miroku slightly laughed, "Seems like this daddy of yours was a special guy." The girl nodded in response. She kept playing with the cat as Miroku had a few thoughts fly through his head. He looked back at the girl on his side when she started to giggle, "You haven't told me your name yet. What is it?" The girl stopped playing with the cat and looked up at Miroku's gloomy yet slightly happier face, "My name is .............."
"Takara! Takara! Takara! Where are you?!"
The girl looked to where the voice was coming from. She stood up and ran to the person screaming as her pet cat followed behind, "Mommy! Mommy!" Miroku didn't look at the woman, he just smiled as he looked down at the water. The woman knelt down to tightly hug her daughter once her daughter was in grabbing range, "Don't ever run off like that again! I was so worried!"
The girl hugged her mother back, "I'm safe Mommy. He helped me." The girl let go of her dear mother and pointed at the man sitting near the pond. The woman stood up and walked to him with her daughter's hand tightly in her grasp. Miroku kept his sight on the water. The woman smiled even though Miroku couldn't see it, "Thank you so much for caring for my daughter."
Miroku smiled and looked to his side to face the woman, "It was no prob ...................." Miroku's eyes widen as also the eyes of the beautiful woman. The woman let go of her daughter's hand and stood frozen. Miroku slowly stood up without leaving his gaze off the woman.
The young girl stood there with a confused expression, "Is something wrong Mommy?," she asked as she tugged on her mother's shirt. Her mother didn't respond to her, she only spoke one word, "Miroku ............" Miroku eyes began to soften, "Sango ..............."
Wind blew as they stood in complete silence. They both could hear the winds crash with the water making it slightly move in the now night sky. Their own breaths and the breaths of the creatures around them where another thing heard, but nothing more. The stars began to appear and lighten up the dark night sky. The reflection of the star's sparkle of light beamed off the pond's delicate water.
After a few more moments of silence, Miroku finally spoke up, "Sango? How ..... How ...... How are you?"
Sango fazed out of her frozen position as she slightly shook her head, "I'm .... I'm fine."
On Miroku's face a small smile started to appear, but with the sadness in his eyes mixed with the joy of seeing her once again, the attempted smile was not noticeable to Sango. "How's your life going?," barely asked Miroku. Something in his voice made the question a bit fuzzy for Sango.
"Was that sadness and remorse in his voice?," asked Sango within herself. "My life? Oh, as you can see, my life is going ......," she stopped as she looked down to see a small girl giving her a worried look.
"Yes. I do see ......," responded Miroku as he looked down at the child also. Miroku went into a deep train of thought as he felt his life beginning to end, "This small girl .............. It's Sango's child .......... That means that ........... that ...............," he couldn't continue within himself.
After a few minutes of no one speaking, another thought flew into Miroku's head. He had to speak because he knew Sango was impatiently waiting his mouth to speak words again, but he just didn't find any. He kept quiet as all it started slipping through again. Sango looked back at Miroku and began to feel tears forming in her soft chocolate brown eyes.
She tried her hardest to hold them back, even though it was hard because her hardest at the moment was barely strong enough. "She .......... She .......," Sango tried to speak. Miroku looked away from the girl to face Sango again. Sango spoke within herself, "No. Please don't look at me. It's harder to say. Even though ..........." Her thought left her mind as her mouth spoke again against all her emotional control, "She's yours Miroku."
Miroku's eyes widen a bit, "What?," he asked softly. "She has to be joking. She couldn't be mine. This child couldn't be mine! Even though ....," his mind stopped rejecting the thought as he began to put the puzzle pieces together, "She does look like me a bit. But no, it must be some others child. Not that I hope it is anyhow. I want it to be child, I want to believe it. But how could this child be mine if ......... If .......," his eyes widen a bit as his thoughts became clouded over a memory. He began to remember a night long ago. A night similar to this. A night he spent with Sango, the beloved woman he loves deeply.
~*~ Flashback ~*~ "Why the hell did they have to leave me with," Sango paused as she looked to the corner to stop at a man sipping from a cup, "Him." The thoughts of previous attempted gropings and achieved touches came into Sango's mind. Sango growled within herself as though she was terribly regreting her friends' decision to leave her with Miroku, even though a part of her wished for such a chance.
Miroku placed the cup down and looked at Sango, "I can hear you just fine Sango." Sango twitched a bit. Miroku stood up and walked over to Sango. Sango began to back up a bit as he approached. Miroku knelt down in front of Sango.
Sango twitched more, "What? What ......... What do you want?!," exclaimed Sango as Miroku took both her hands into his. Miroku put his gaze directly into Sango's eyes. Sango stopped twitching as she sank into the pools of what were Miroku's eyes.
Miroku smiled, "If you want me to leave. I will. It's a surprise Kagome and Inuyasha didn't leave Shippou this time with us so I wouldn't do anything to you. Kagome and Inuyasha also took Kirara with them to search for Naraku so we are here in the room of the generous lord's castle all alone."
Sango nodded within herself, "He's right. We're here alone. All alone," she also spoke inside her head.
Miroku let go of Sango's hands and stood up. He turned to not face Sango, "Even though it's very hard to resist, I will leave you alone. If that is what you wish."
Sango stood up quickly, "No!" Miroku turned around in shock. "I mean .... it's Ok if you stay ........... I actually want you to stay ............," whispered Sango very softly almost making Miroku not catch what she said, but he still did though. Miroku started to smile. "Please .......... don't leave ......... me ............." Miroku walked up to Sango as Sango lowered her head with noticeable blushing escaping her cheeks. He placed his hand on Sango's chin and lifted her head so that she would face him. Sango's eyes began to soften as did Miroku's. They both whispered each other's name before closing the space between their lips. ~*~ End Of Flashback ~*~
"That night we shared something. Remember Miroku?," asked Sango in a soft sadden voice. Miroku nodded, "The night after we were in battle with Naraku. Then you ........"
"Then I left to my village where now many new exterminators are and I am the sort of priestess there," cut in Sango. Sango slightly chuckled, "Even though us exterminators aren't needed much as before. Since Naraku's demise, many demons don't attack and the few that do are not hard to beat." Miroku looked at Sango as she stared back. Sango's smile from her small chuckle disappeared as she got on another deep sadden frown, "I didn't know it then, but I was carrying your child. And now during these 3 years we haven't seen each other, I've been raising her on my own," Sango said as she lowered her head.
"Why didn't .......... Why didn't you come to tell me?," asked Miroku as he took one step towards Sango.
"After what I did, I didn't think you forgive me," spoke Sango as she looked up once she noticed Miroku was breathing over her. Miroku took a deep glance into Sango's eyes before he wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her closer to him. Sango was a little shocked, but the one that was more shocked was the child watching all this, Takara.
"How can you think that? I would always forgive you. I understood your actions. I thought you hadn't forgiven me since you never returned to me Sango."
Sango buried herself into Miroku's chest, "No ....... never Miroku ............. I was ...... I was just ........"
Miroku hugged her tighter cutting her off, "That doesn't matter now. What does matter is that you are finally back with me. And now you and I have a child together." Sango smiled as she closed her eyes with tears sliding down her cheeks. The girl approached the hugging couple and tugged on Miroku's sleeve once she noticed her mother's tears, "What are you doing to Mommy?"
Sango smiled as Miroku let go of her, "This Takara ........" Sango knelt down next to her daughter as she wiped away the tears with her hand, "This is Daddy." On Takara's face a huge smile appeared, "Daddy?! I finally have Daddy with me?!" Sango nodded. Takara looked up at her father. She opened her arms wide, "DADDY! DADDY! DADDY!"
Miroku knelt down and hugged his daughter. "I finally have Daddy with me!," screamed Takara as she kept her tight hug on Miroku. Miroku stood up while still having Takara's arms around his neck. He placed his hand underneath her to keep her from falling. Sango stood up next to him. "Takara?," Miroku asked. Sango nodded as she looked back at Miroku who was now looking back at her, "It means treasure or precious object. That's why I named her this. She is my treasure and her father is a precious object to me."
Sango smiled as Miroku smiled back at her. Miroku leaned in and lightly brushed his lips with Sango's. They stopped once they heard a special treasure giggling. Miroku smiled at the little girl, "You know. This is the first time I've smiled in 3 years." Sango got closer to brush her daughter's hair and to have Miroku's free arm around her waist, "Likewise. I always try to smile for her, but I never seem to do a real smile. Now I finally will give real smiles to my, I mean, our daughter."
Miroku looked up when he felt something on his head, "I knew it was you Kirara." Kirara purred as she jumped from Miroku's head into Takara's arms. "Kirara really loves Takara. And the kimono she's wearing is identical to the one I used when I was young."
Miroku smiled again, "I bet it looked great on you as everything always does." Sango giggled at his little comment. Miroku looked down at Takara, "Come on, let's go." Takara looked up at her dad with joy gleaming in her eyes, "Go where?" Miroku started walking with Sango right next to him, "To meet Uncle Inuyasha."
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a/n: I've always wanted to do this and I finally get the chance too! I know this may sound stupid, but I've always wanted to respond back to reviewers in my new chapters. Sadly I never got enough reviews per chapter to do it, but now that I got enough, I'll finally do it! I'll be doing it each time I get like 5 or more reviews per chapter. Now let me start! *Gets stares from freaked out people*
Summer: Thanks for the long review! I always appreciate them. I emailed you back, but I wanted to respond to you here too. I'm thinking on becoming a writer, not 100% sure yet. I'll see as I make new stories and get feedback on them. Speaking of stories, I can't wait to you read yours (If you do decide to make your own). And if you get the chance to, read my other stories too if you want to. I hope you and your friend keep enjoying Inuyasha cause it's a great anime show and I hope you keep enjoying my story ^_^
TetsuoTsubushi: There's Sango's surprise! I hope you like the surprise Sango gave Miroku, even though it wasn't really that much of a surprise to Miroku. The way he found out was a surprise to him, but he really always had that thought in mind that after that special night, he might of gotten a child with Sango. It's not like you didn't know that was the surprise! LoLz I always feel bad for Miroku, but I especially felt bad for him in episode: "Sango, Only You" If you all saw it, you know what I mean. It was semi emotional, semi funny like always! Well anyway, thanks for the review and hope you like my new chapter!
Luna-Moonkitty: Even though you wrote a little, I still wanted to write back to you. See how obsessed I am with this responding back to reviewers thing? LoLz Thanks for reviewing and reading my chapter. Glad you like it and hope you think this chapter is cool too.
Kikanemi: I'm happy you like the whole Naraku fight. I thought it was kinda lame. Glad others didn't. LoLz When I finally saw the episode where Ayame and Kouga had that special night when Ayame was a little girl under the moon rainbow, I said I must do something with that! Come on, everyone would agree with me on that right? Ayame and Kouga look great together! Even though I may miss making the fights between Inuyasha and Kouga, it's still good they both found their true love (And good it's not with the same woman! LoLz) Hey you know what, I might still make those two fight! You never know. Heck I don't even know what goes on in my brain! *Laughs*
Chichibean: Another small review, but still a review non the less! I'm so happy that I got more than 3 reviews this time! LoLz Believe me, it makes me extremely happy because it took me like 5 chapters to even get 5 reviews for my first story! Thankfully now I have over 50 for that story! And also thanks to all of you I got over 5 for the last chapter! *Does happy dance* I acquired these constant dances from my good friend Lasako (Read her stories by the way) so get used to them! LoLz
Sango-Chan: Thanks! I was going for the whole sad and sweet approach. I tried to make the chapter more sadder though, but I got so distracted because believe me it would have been sadder. I think it would have been a little angst if I just concentrated more. But friends do come first so the thing that distracted me was IMs from all my friends. ^_^ If you ever want to talk to me by the way, feel free to IM me! I got MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and AIM.
Averi Malee: Thanks for the review. I wanted to make the battle as vivid as possible with still making it seem Miroku was telling the story. I'm glad you liked the chapter. I still say that chapter was a bit boring, but thankfully you all still liked it. I can't promise all the time that I will update soon since I have to do a few things before school starts and also because school for me starts really soon. I hate that fact because I have to face old and new faces of nasty teachers, but thankfully I get to finally meet my friends again! Well at least the ones that didn't move away *Tears up* Thanks again for the review!
Del_Kaidin: One shot huh? I never thought of that. Maybe I should erase this chapter and leave it as a one shot *Gets screamed at* Ok, maybe not. Sides I have this idea and plot all planned out so why would I do that to me and you reviewers who actually like my story? LoLz Thanks for saying I did an excellent job, really appreciate it. ^_^
Joya Sagrada: Hey Girl, I finally came down to you! Thanks for reviewing for my story and actually liking it. It is good for my first Sango and Miroku if I already got few reviews for it. I love your story too! I love the twist you gave in chapter 2 and I'm glad I can help in a way in the story by posting it and checking it over. HeHe Keep having a great time over there on your vacation girl! And can't wait to see the new Peter Pan movie (The guy who plays him is so cute!) in Dec. Remember to take me! LoLz Remember my kimono too! J/k girl, you know me. If you can't get it, you can't. Oh and my mom says she can't wait for her Columbian breakfast. *Falls Over Laughing*
a/n: I seemed to have talked about something else besides the subject in each respond right? LoLz Sorry about that, I tend to do that a lot. These are Japanese words that I put in this chapter and I just thought maybe some people don't know what they mean so I'll put their definition here = Arigatou: Thank you, Hai: Yes, Konnichiha: Hello. I bet many didn't have problems with those words anyway since anyone who watches anime knows those words already.
I know this chapter was a bit short and quick, but I promise others will be longer and more detailed. Reason why it was this way this time is because I wanted to post a chapter before I went to bed tonight and it's already way past my curfew! *Growls under breath and comments on how stupid people were to invent a curfew. Also comments on how bad mom is for making me a damn curfew in the first place!* If you see an error, have an idea, have a question or just have a comment, WRITE REVIEWS PLEASE! I hope you all keep enjoying my TSUYAMONO! (Love Story) *Waves Good Bye* For now *Laughs*