Disclaimer: Inuyasha and Co. do not belong to me… but Miroku does belong to Sango! ^-^
A/N: Thanks so much to all the people who reviewed! I'm not going to tell you what's going to happen later on in the story, or that would just ruin the whole thing, ne? ~.^ Anyways, I was just going to ask you what you prefer, either:
A. Longer Chapters, but my updates will take a lot longer.
OR…
B. Chapters like I write now, but the updates will be more frequent.
Tell me what you guys think. Arigato ^__^
BTW… I can't wait until November 10th! That's when Episode 132 is airing in Japan. We finally get to watch 'the proposal' live on television! WAI! ^-^
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"Tasuketai, sukuitai, ore ni dekiru nara
Inochi sae nagedashite, kimi no tame ni...
Fuan no toki, tsurai toki, ore ga tsuite iru
Itsumo misete ite kure, kimi
no egao"
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"I want to help you, I
want to rescue you, if I can do it
I would even throw away my life, all for you...
When you're uneasy, when it's painful, I am there with you
Always keep showing to me your smiling face"
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Irony – Chapter 2…
…Caught by Surprise…
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Sango tried her best to break the strong grip the vines had around her body, but her attempts were futile. She had to face it, she was stuck. Now she was going to die. She was going to be killed by her worst enemy. She was going to die without ever getting her revenge for her father and comrades, without getting her brother back, without ever admitting her feelings to…
She shook her head clear of those thoughts.
'What do I do?' She asked herself, but obviously got no responses.
"Do not worry, I won't kill you…" Naraku said calmly, coming up to be face to face with Sango.
Sango gave him no reply except her cold glare.
"…yet" he finished.
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Inuyasha raced through the forest, Kagome and Shippou riding on his back. Miroku rode on a transformed Kirara.
"Are we almost there yet?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha kept running forward, "I think its right up ahead" he replied.
"There it is!" Miroku called out as everyone came to a halt in front of the light blue glowing wall.
"It's Naraku's barrier." Inuyasha stated the obvious, pulling out his Tetsusaiga.
The small dull katana immediately turned into a humungous fang, and then turned red.
Everyone but Inuyasha stood back.
"I'll destroy that damn barrier in one hit!" he yelled, slashing at it with the Tetsusaiga.
He felt himself being pushed back, as if the barrier was resisting.
"Dammit!" he shouted, slashing at the barrier harder.
Suddenly, an explosion sounded.
Finally, it cracked.
The barrier glowed a little bit before it started to disappear.
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"An explosion" Sango said out loud, turning her head over to the left to see what it was.
"Someone has disrupted my barrier" Naraku said angrily as the smoke from the explosion slowly started to clear.
"Naraku!" Inuyasha cried, running out of the smoke with everyone else behind him.
Sango let out a sigh of relief. Maybe she would live after all…
"Sango!"
Sango looks towards Miroku. He had such a relived look on his face.
It looked so… cute, Sango decided.
She would have giggled, if the situation had been different and she wasn't strung up in midair by a bunch of vines, helpless to protect herself from Naraku.
But she was, so her expression didn't falter.
She stared at him, finally noticing the fact that he had Hiraikotsu on his back.
'He must have taken it to give to--' he thoughts were interrupted when she heard Kagome shriek, a vine shooting out of the ground in front of her.
"Get back!" Sango screamed at her as Inuyasha pulled Kagome out of the way.
Suddenly, another vine shot out from under the ground. It headed for…
"Houshi-sama!" she cried in terror. She could only watch helplessly as it headed towards Miroku from behind.
Thankfully, Miroku took the hint. He dodged, giving Sango a grateful smile.
"Naraku!" Inuyasha ran towards him, his Tetsusaiga raised above his head, prepared to strike him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" Naraku smiled malevolently, edging towards Sango.
She tried to back away, struggling against the vines again, but it didn't help at all.
"Get away from her!" Miroku was enraged.
Naraku smiled evilly "What will you do, houshi? Will you stop me?"
Miroku grit his teeth, balling his hands into fists.
He held his ground, gripping his staff so hard he almost broke it in half.
Naraku threw a satisfied look at him.
Suddenly, he raised his hand towards Sango.
She gasped as she felt his hand grip her neck tightly, cutting off her air supply.
"Sango!" Miroku couldn't just stand there and watch as the woman he cared for the most got choked to death.
He pulled an ofuda. Closing his eyes, he quickly mumbled some chant to himself.
"Make a move and I'll snap her neck"
Miroku couldn't risk it, he stopped chanting, dropping the ofuda on the ground beside him. He couldn't use it anyway.
All he could do was watch…
His eyes locked with Sango's. He could tell she could barely keep hers open.
Naraku didn't move, instead he tightened his grip on Sango's neck as she let out a pained gasp. She was barely conscious.
Miroku grimaced at the look Sango had on her face.
Then he heard it. It was a… chain?
"Miroku-sama!"
"Miroku!" he heard Inuyasha yell at him from behind.
Miroku turned around quickly, noticing Kohaku's chain-sickle that was previously aimed at his back. He jumped out of the way, and almost dodged it.
Almost...
The blade hit him in the shoulder, piercing his flesh. The hit had sent him airborne, sending him flying backwards. The flight ended as he collided with the nearest tree. His face contorted in pain as he gripped his left shoulder and slumped over slightly.
Miroku looked up wearily, seeing Kohaku standing in front of him, holding the blood covered sickle.
Kohaku quickly retreated behind Naraku.
Naraku was amused, he watched as a tear ran down Sango's cheek.
"Houshi-sama…" she managed to choke out before her eyes closed as she gave into the darkness.
"Miroku!" Shippou ran towards him, with Kagome and Inuyasha not far behind. Kagome had been riding on Kirara for protection from the vines.
Miroku managed to stand up, ignoring the pain, he glanced at Sango. Then, Naraku had released his grip on her. Miroku noted the mark on Sango's neck, where Naraku's hand was before.
Naraku made a swift hand motion, causing the vines to start retreating. Sango fell to the ground, after that she didn't move.
"Sango-chan!" Kagome looked terrified, and tried to run towards the taijiya. Inuyasha stopped her.
Miroku stood up. He stared at Sango in horror.
'She couldn't be…' he took off and started to run towards her until…
"Fuujin no Mai!"
Oh, great. Now just about everyone was here…
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A/N: *Phew* This chapter was kind of confusing, even for me… lol. Ok, brief overview, Sango got choked, etc… Kohaku came out of nowhere, after Kagome sensed his jewel shard a little too late, Miroku got slashed and Sango… well… I'm not saying anything… I think that's about it hehe. ^-^; If you guys have questions, just ask. And to the people, who were guessing on what will happen to Sango, guess what?
I'll never tell….
^-^' lol Keep reading and find out for yourself. Please R&R. Ja Ne!
…09-26-03… damn ff.net wouldn't let me upload this chapter T_T;;
