Burns
Chapter Ten: Fighter
Kagome lifted her heavy head.
Had she just heard right?
'He killed her.'
Up front, Sango and InuYasha were looking at Miroku with wide eyes.
"You did *what*?" InuYasha hissed in anger.
Miroku just kept watching the road.
"It's a lie, right?" Sango asked pleadingly, putting a hand on his shoulder.
He shrugged it off.
"I wish I could have taken it back if I could . . .but it was . . ." Miroku stopped. 'I can't tell them . . .It hurts too much.'
"It was what?" InuYasha asked his friend, who didn't look at him.
"Too late." Miroku finished quietly. "I- I couldn't stop anything . . ."
"Miroku-?" Sango was at a loss of words. "Why? You worked with the Lions? But-!"
Miroku just kept on driving. "Yeah. I worked with the Lions."
Sango pulled back. "What?" She whispered.
"I worked with the Lions." He repeated. "And I killed . . .gods . . .so many . . ."
Miroku was breaking down inside.
"You could- couldn't have!" Sango said, trying to touch his shoulder again. "It's not like you! You wouldn't!"
"I did." He whispered. "And I wish I could have taken it back but . . ."
"You couldn't have." InuYasha finished for his friend.
"You have to tell her." Sango said quietly. She had removed her hand from his shoulder and had her arms locked tightly around herself as she gazed out the window beside her.
"What?" InuYasha asked, his eyes widening.
"Miroku, you have to tell her."
"I-." He stopped. "I cant." He whispered, and kept on driving.
The rain pattered against the windshield and the dark sky cried for everyone's losses.
Kagome had lost her sister.
Sango had lost her father.
InuYasha had lost both his parents.
Miroku had lost part of his sanity.
"I'm going insane." Miroku whispered. "I think I'm going to go crazy."
"How did it happen?" Sango questioned, not looking over at him.
"Well, it was a while back . . .I was told to come to a meeting with some other members . . .I didn't know what they wanted until . . ."
~*~Flashback~*~
"Miro! Tatewaki asked if you'd go over to the warehouse meeting." Kaoma said, bowing and running off.
Miroku nodded and walked after Kaoma over to where the meeting was taking place. He had no idea what was going on.
Tatewaki was standing at a beaten up podium, and was shouting out to a crowd of Youkai gang members.
"The Lions have proposed an alliance with us. They say that they will be at our side if we help them illiminate the Dragons! Shall we do this?" He shouted.
Some members shouted out that they wanted to rid the world of the Dragons. But many backed down.
"Think about this!" Tatewaki shouted. "Many of you have lost friends and family over them! Think about your loss! Do you really want the Dragons to take more of us?"
"NO!" A small group of members shouted.
"Come and join me in rememberance of the ones who we've lost! Let us take revenge!" Tatewaki yelled.
A group of about 25 people walked up to the stage.
Miroku hesitated. 'Should I?'
'Dariana.'
'Big brother, come play!' The voice rang in his ears.
Miroku quickly walked up on the stage, four more following him.
And that's how it started . . .
~*~End Flashback~*~
"What happened after that?" Sango asked quietly. She was getting numb after hearing all of this.
"They led us to the Dragon's hide out. It was an old abandoned apartment house at that time." Miroku said, trying to consentrate on the road. "We stormed the place. Not many members were there. Many had escaped or were on a job. The leader was killed that night. I was sent over to check on the captives and then on the members we had lost. In total, there were forty of us Youkai members helping out, and around one hundred Lion members. I didn't want them to burn the building, but the superiors said that it was a warning for any of the Dragons not to come back. I think that if they had more people around, the Dragons could have won, but since they were all in different places, we had the atvantage. Tatewaki killed some of the Dragons leaders, but I killed the only one that spoke up. She told us that we'd never win and that the Dragons wouldn't give up. I was blinded by rage from losing my sister to them and slit her throat. That's when Tatewaki went and hung them up. Masomoru lit the place on fire and we left."
'So that's how it happened.' Kagome thought.
"And?" Sango asked. "What happened then?"
Miroku sighed. "Most of us tried to forget the whole thing. It seemed . . ." He looked at his hands then began consentrating on the road once more. "So wrong . . ." He whispered.
"And it was." InuYasha told his friend. "You shouldn't have. Why didn't you tell us?"
"I was angry." Miroku said. "The Dragons took my sister. And I . . ."
InuYasha cut his friend off with a hiss, "And you didn't tell us because you were afraid we'd never look at you again."
Miroku nodded. "Was I right?"
Sango looked away. "Yes and no." She replied.
"What?" Miroku asked, surprised.
"You sure were stupid to do what you did. And you didn't tell us. Even though you were afraid to tell us, you should trust that we wouldn't do anything drastic." Sango continued after a sigh. "But it's wrong that you didn't trust your best friends enough to tell us what you did."
BRRIIINNNNGGGGG! BRRIIINNNNGGGGG!
Phones just happen to ring at the tense moment, don't they?
Sango looked at her cell. "It's not mine." She said, shrugging.
InuYasha and Miroku checked their cells. "Nope." They said in unison.
Sango and InuYasha looked back to where Kagome was sleeping.
Was it her cell phone?
Suddenly, Kagome feined a yawn and sat up.
Pulling her phone out of her pocket, she answered, "Hello?"
There was some static on the other side and some words spoken.
"Yeah. I understand. That's right . . .no, I haven't. I don't know. What?? Where is he? WHERE?"
There was some more static as the person on the other side answered her questions.
"You didn't!" Kagome screamed into her phone. "DAMMIT, Kaojii, you were supposed to take care of this months ago! NO, I don't care what he says, don't let him near it!"
InuYasha stared at Kagome, confused.
"I don't care if he says its dire or shit, just don't let him in! NO! You will listen to me! DAMMIT! You're gonna get everyone killed if you pull a stunt like this! Don't be stupid if you-!"
The line went dead, and Kagome stared at her phone.
"That freaking idiot." She mumbled.
"Kagome! What's going on?" Sango asked, looking at her friend worriedly.
"Nothing." She mumbled, kicking her friend's seat.
"What do you mean, 'nothing'? You just had a mental breakdown a minute ago!" InuYasha told her.
Kagome didn't say anything for a moment. Then, "I got a call from Kaojii. He's a leader in one of the tribes." She looked at Sango and then InuYasha and continued, "We got a call about the tournament."
"What about it? Isn't it in a few weeks?" InuYasha asked.
Kagome sighed. "No. They changed it. If we aren't there by tomorrow, they'll disqualify all of us."
"Then what should we do?" Sango asked. "We're all on different teams 'cept me and InuYasha."
Kagome looked at Miroku. "You're not entering?"
He shook his head. "I am, but not on the same team. I'm posing as a Zera member."
"A ZERA member? Are you crazy?" Sango asked, shifting her gaze to her friend.
Kagome turned around, and went back to the bed and rummaged around in her pack.
"Hey, Kag. What ya doing?" InuYasha asked, coming up behind her.
"Calling Kagato to see if he's in the nieborhood. He could take me to the tournament real fast." Kagome answered.
"Oh." He said.
"I'll drive faster." Miroku said, pushing the petal down more, and speeding up.
"No, it's okay." Kagome told him, putting a hand on his shoulder, then pulling it back. "Kagato can give me a fast ride. I'll be fine."
"NO." Miroku said, pulling the car to a stop.
"Kagome, I'm sorry."
Kagome looked up at Miroku questioningly. "Why?"
"I know you heard what I said about your sister." Miroku whispered. "Please, don't be mad at InuYasha or Sango. They didn't know. I just wasn't thinking. Either time. When I didn't tell InuYasha and Sango and when I did what I did."
"Miroku, we'll sort this out later, okay? Just drive. We can make it if we gun it." Kagome told him calmly. "While you're driving, I'm gonna take a nap, okay? Okay then."
She walked back to the back and lay herself down on the bed.
After a moment, InuYasha came back and sat next to her.
"You're not mad?" He asked quietly so that the others couldn't hear.
"Ye- no." Kagome stopped. "It was . . ." She shook her head. "He's still my perverted friend, anyways."
"So you *are* mad." InuYasha told her.
Kagome shrugged as her beautiful hair fell across her back. "I couldn't totally *hate* Miroku." She looked up at the front and sighed. "Please leave me alone. I can't face anyone right now."
InuYasha looked at her pained expression, and then turned and went back up to the front.
"Well, she doesn't hate you compeletely."
~*End Chapter
Don't worry, it gets better soon!!!
*****Questions I will answer*****
1.Why did Miroku do what he did? A.you will find out in later chapters.
2.Why isn't Kagome pissed off? A.she was, she just didn't want Miroku to be all "OH, I'm soooo sorry, Kagome! What can I do to make it up to you, blah blah blah . . ." and the fact that she was actually EXTREMELY pissed off at him, but we'll get to that later . . .
Well, C-ya lata, peeps!
Ja!
::+::Queen of Hearts747::+::
Chapter Ten: Fighter
Kagome lifted her heavy head.
Had she just heard right?
'He killed her.'
Up front, Sango and InuYasha were looking at Miroku with wide eyes.
"You did *what*?" InuYasha hissed in anger.
Miroku just kept watching the road.
"It's a lie, right?" Sango asked pleadingly, putting a hand on his shoulder.
He shrugged it off.
"I wish I could have taken it back if I could . . .but it was . . ." Miroku stopped. 'I can't tell them . . .It hurts too much.'
"It was what?" InuYasha asked his friend, who didn't look at him.
"Too late." Miroku finished quietly. "I- I couldn't stop anything . . ."
"Miroku-?" Sango was at a loss of words. "Why? You worked with the Lions? But-!"
Miroku just kept on driving. "Yeah. I worked with the Lions."
Sango pulled back. "What?" She whispered.
"I worked with the Lions." He repeated. "And I killed . . .gods . . .so many . . ."
Miroku was breaking down inside.
"You could- couldn't have!" Sango said, trying to touch his shoulder again. "It's not like you! You wouldn't!"
"I did." He whispered. "And I wish I could have taken it back but . . ."
"You couldn't have." InuYasha finished for his friend.
"You have to tell her." Sango said quietly. She had removed her hand from his shoulder and had her arms locked tightly around herself as she gazed out the window beside her.
"What?" InuYasha asked, his eyes widening.
"Miroku, you have to tell her."
"I-." He stopped. "I cant." He whispered, and kept on driving.
The rain pattered against the windshield and the dark sky cried for everyone's losses.
Kagome had lost her sister.
Sango had lost her father.
InuYasha had lost both his parents.
Miroku had lost part of his sanity.
"I'm going insane." Miroku whispered. "I think I'm going to go crazy."
"How did it happen?" Sango questioned, not looking over at him.
"Well, it was a while back . . .I was told to come to a meeting with some other members . . .I didn't know what they wanted until . . ."
~*~Flashback~*~
"Miro! Tatewaki asked if you'd go over to the warehouse meeting." Kaoma said, bowing and running off.
Miroku nodded and walked after Kaoma over to where the meeting was taking place. He had no idea what was going on.
Tatewaki was standing at a beaten up podium, and was shouting out to a crowd of Youkai gang members.
"The Lions have proposed an alliance with us. They say that they will be at our side if we help them illiminate the Dragons! Shall we do this?" He shouted.
Some members shouted out that they wanted to rid the world of the Dragons. But many backed down.
"Think about this!" Tatewaki shouted. "Many of you have lost friends and family over them! Think about your loss! Do you really want the Dragons to take more of us?"
"NO!" A small group of members shouted.
"Come and join me in rememberance of the ones who we've lost! Let us take revenge!" Tatewaki yelled.
A group of about 25 people walked up to the stage.
Miroku hesitated. 'Should I?'
'Dariana.'
'Big brother, come play!' The voice rang in his ears.
Miroku quickly walked up on the stage, four more following him.
And that's how it started . . .
~*~End Flashback~*~
"What happened after that?" Sango asked quietly. She was getting numb after hearing all of this.
"They led us to the Dragon's hide out. It was an old abandoned apartment house at that time." Miroku said, trying to consentrate on the road. "We stormed the place. Not many members were there. Many had escaped or were on a job. The leader was killed that night. I was sent over to check on the captives and then on the members we had lost. In total, there were forty of us Youkai members helping out, and around one hundred Lion members. I didn't want them to burn the building, but the superiors said that it was a warning for any of the Dragons not to come back. I think that if they had more people around, the Dragons could have won, but since they were all in different places, we had the atvantage. Tatewaki killed some of the Dragons leaders, but I killed the only one that spoke up. She told us that we'd never win and that the Dragons wouldn't give up. I was blinded by rage from losing my sister to them and slit her throat. That's when Tatewaki went and hung them up. Masomoru lit the place on fire and we left."
'So that's how it happened.' Kagome thought.
"And?" Sango asked. "What happened then?"
Miroku sighed. "Most of us tried to forget the whole thing. It seemed . . ." He looked at his hands then began consentrating on the road once more. "So wrong . . ." He whispered.
"And it was." InuYasha told his friend. "You shouldn't have. Why didn't you tell us?"
"I was angry." Miroku said. "The Dragons took my sister. And I . . ."
InuYasha cut his friend off with a hiss, "And you didn't tell us because you were afraid we'd never look at you again."
Miroku nodded. "Was I right?"
Sango looked away. "Yes and no." She replied.
"What?" Miroku asked, surprised.
"You sure were stupid to do what you did. And you didn't tell us. Even though you were afraid to tell us, you should trust that we wouldn't do anything drastic." Sango continued after a sigh. "But it's wrong that you didn't trust your best friends enough to tell us what you did."
BRRIIINNNNGGGGG! BRRIIINNNNGGGGG!
Phones just happen to ring at the tense moment, don't they?
Sango looked at her cell. "It's not mine." She said, shrugging.
InuYasha and Miroku checked their cells. "Nope." They said in unison.
Sango and InuYasha looked back to where Kagome was sleeping.
Was it her cell phone?
Suddenly, Kagome feined a yawn and sat up.
Pulling her phone out of her pocket, she answered, "Hello?"
There was some static on the other side and some words spoken.
"Yeah. I understand. That's right . . .no, I haven't. I don't know. What?? Where is he? WHERE?"
There was some more static as the person on the other side answered her questions.
"You didn't!" Kagome screamed into her phone. "DAMMIT, Kaojii, you were supposed to take care of this months ago! NO, I don't care what he says, don't let him near it!"
InuYasha stared at Kagome, confused.
"I don't care if he says its dire or shit, just don't let him in! NO! You will listen to me! DAMMIT! You're gonna get everyone killed if you pull a stunt like this! Don't be stupid if you-!"
The line went dead, and Kagome stared at her phone.
"That freaking idiot." She mumbled.
"Kagome! What's going on?" Sango asked, looking at her friend worriedly.
"Nothing." She mumbled, kicking her friend's seat.
"What do you mean, 'nothing'? You just had a mental breakdown a minute ago!" InuYasha told her.
Kagome didn't say anything for a moment. Then, "I got a call from Kaojii. He's a leader in one of the tribes." She looked at Sango and then InuYasha and continued, "We got a call about the tournament."
"What about it? Isn't it in a few weeks?" InuYasha asked.
Kagome sighed. "No. They changed it. If we aren't there by tomorrow, they'll disqualify all of us."
"Then what should we do?" Sango asked. "We're all on different teams 'cept me and InuYasha."
Kagome looked at Miroku. "You're not entering?"
He shook his head. "I am, but not on the same team. I'm posing as a Zera member."
"A ZERA member? Are you crazy?" Sango asked, shifting her gaze to her friend.
Kagome turned around, and went back to the bed and rummaged around in her pack.
"Hey, Kag. What ya doing?" InuYasha asked, coming up behind her.
"Calling Kagato to see if he's in the nieborhood. He could take me to the tournament real fast." Kagome answered.
"Oh." He said.
"I'll drive faster." Miroku said, pushing the petal down more, and speeding up.
"No, it's okay." Kagome told him, putting a hand on his shoulder, then pulling it back. "Kagato can give me a fast ride. I'll be fine."
"NO." Miroku said, pulling the car to a stop.
"Kagome, I'm sorry."
Kagome looked up at Miroku questioningly. "Why?"
"I know you heard what I said about your sister." Miroku whispered. "Please, don't be mad at InuYasha or Sango. They didn't know. I just wasn't thinking. Either time. When I didn't tell InuYasha and Sango and when I did what I did."
"Miroku, we'll sort this out later, okay? Just drive. We can make it if we gun it." Kagome told him calmly. "While you're driving, I'm gonna take a nap, okay? Okay then."
She walked back to the back and lay herself down on the bed.
After a moment, InuYasha came back and sat next to her.
"You're not mad?" He asked quietly so that the others couldn't hear.
"Ye- no." Kagome stopped. "It was . . ." She shook her head. "He's still my perverted friend, anyways."
"So you *are* mad." InuYasha told her.
Kagome shrugged as her beautiful hair fell across her back. "I couldn't totally *hate* Miroku." She looked up at the front and sighed. "Please leave me alone. I can't face anyone right now."
InuYasha looked at her pained expression, and then turned and went back up to the front.
"Well, she doesn't hate you compeletely."
~*End Chapter
Don't worry, it gets better soon!!!
*****Questions I will answer*****
1.Why did Miroku do what he did? A.you will find out in later chapters.
2.Why isn't Kagome pissed off? A.she was, she just didn't want Miroku to be all "OH, I'm soooo sorry, Kagome! What can I do to make it up to you, blah blah blah . . ." and the fact that she was actually EXTREMELY pissed off at him, but we'll get to that later . . .
Well, C-ya lata, peeps!
Ja!
::+::Queen of Hearts747::+::