Ok, first things first. I don't own any of the characters mentioned in this
story. Rumiko Takahshi does...Except little Sakari-chan, she's my character. ...And...that's about it for now...heh...on to the story
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"Your village...it has been destroyed..."
"What about my friends? Are they okay? How's Father?"
The boy sighed. These were the questions he did not want to answer.
"Where are they?" "Your village is in flames..."
"I didn't see Father or any of my friends in the flames...so...that must mean that they are somewhere safe, right?"
"Not...exactly..."
"What do you mean, Miroku-san?"
"The villagers...I..."He stumbled on his words, trying to express it in a way that wouldn't hurt her even more. "They...there were no survivors."
"What...?"
"No one made it out of the flames alive...Your father...your friends...they're no longer here..."
"But...Father said that Mother left us right after I was born and he said that he would never leave me...ever. Father wouldn't tell a lie..."
"Sakari, you have to understand that some promises can't be kept. Someday, you will see what I mean."
"But...I don't want to...Miroku-san, you won't break a promise to me like father did, right?"
"I won't."
...
The fire flickered as a light breeze passed by. It seemed as though it would go out for a moment, and then it became even brighter. Kirara mewed in wonder of why Miroku lay alone in the cold instead of accompanying them by the fire.
"What's Miroku-san doing over there anyway?" Shippo asked.
"Come to think of it...he's been acting strange since last week. He seems to always be nervous about something," Kagome replied.
"He's probably thinking about asking another eleven-year-old girl to bear his child," Inuyasha contorted. "It's none of our business so why should we care?" He sleepily turned to his side and lay down. "Let's just forget about it. It's not like he hasn't been weird ever since we met him."
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"Everyone! Wake up! Miroku's gone!"
Shippo's cry awakened everyone except Kagome. It was a clear, sunny morning with the sweet peacefulness of sparrows singing...disrupted by Shippo...and then of course, Inuyasha.
Kagome awoke to an angry Inuyasha, a Shippo who had an enormous lump on his head, an annoyed Sango, and a Kirara who looked like she was about to kill someone on the spot.
"Good morning..." Kagome said in confusion.
Everyone glared at Shippo. "I'm surprised that you could stay asleep through all the yelling, Kagome-san," Sango commented.
"Did...something happen?" Kagome asked.
"Miroku's gone!" Shippo wailed. "I woke up this morning and he was gone!"
story. Rumiko Takahshi does...Except little Sakari-chan, she's my character. ...And...that's about it for now...heh...on to the story
...
"Your village...it has been destroyed..."
"What about my friends? Are they okay? How's Father?"
The boy sighed. These were the questions he did not want to answer.
"Where are they?" "Your village is in flames..."
"I didn't see Father or any of my friends in the flames...so...that must mean that they are somewhere safe, right?"
"Not...exactly..."
"What do you mean, Miroku-san?"
"The villagers...I..."He stumbled on his words, trying to express it in a way that wouldn't hurt her even more. "They...there were no survivors."
"What...?"
"No one made it out of the flames alive...Your father...your friends...they're no longer here..."
"But...Father said that Mother left us right after I was born and he said that he would never leave me...ever. Father wouldn't tell a lie..."
"Sakari, you have to understand that some promises can't be kept. Someday, you will see what I mean."
"But...I don't want to...Miroku-san, you won't break a promise to me like father did, right?"
"I won't."
...
The fire flickered as a light breeze passed by. It seemed as though it would go out for a moment, and then it became even brighter. Kirara mewed in wonder of why Miroku lay alone in the cold instead of accompanying them by the fire.
"What's Miroku-san doing over there anyway?" Shippo asked.
"Come to think of it...he's been acting strange since last week. He seems to always be nervous about something," Kagome replied.
"He's probably thinking about asking another eleven-year-old girl to bear his child," Inuyasha contorted. "It's none of our business so why should we care?" He sleepily turned to his side and lay down. "Let's just forget about it. It's not like he hasn't been weird ever since we met him."
...
"Everyone! Wake up! Miroku's gone!"
Shippo's cry awakened everyone except Kagome. It was a clear, sunny morning with the sweet peacefulness of sparrows singing...disrupted by Shippo...and then of course, Inuyasha.
Kagome awoke to an angry Inuyasha, a Shippo who had an enormous lump on his head, an annoyed Sango, and a Kirara who looked like she was about to kill someone on the spot.
"Good morning..." Kagome said in confusion.
Everyone glared at Shippo. "I'm surprised that you could stay asleep through all the yelling, Kagome-san," Sango commented.
"Did...something happen?" Kagome asked.
"Miroku's gone!" Shippo wailed. "I woke up this morning and he was gone!"
