Sorry this update has taken so long, I didn't quite expect the reaction I
got from "Extinction". But I haven't forgotten my Inuyasha peeps either!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
What Is and What Could've Been - Waking Up
Sango yawned and stretched to meet the morning's daylight. However there was none. It was still night. And even stranger was the imprint in the sand of a certain monk. *How strange. I didn't feel any movement from him..* She stood for a moment, searching the banks to find footprints or even a half naked Miroku bathing in the stream. Yet, she found nothing. It was then that she began to wander back to the campsite.
"Miroku...", she softly whispered, in case the young man had fallen asleep again. She repeated his name several times before a horrific scream filled the night air. Sango grabbed for her boomerang and headed north in the direction of the yelp. She feared the worst but silently hoped that Miroku had just panicked from another nightmare and that he was in no real danger. She paused before a clearing, the bloody scene before registering in her brain. Before her lay a slain Miroku, and beside his corpse, a quiet Kohaku, sneering at the dead monk.
"Kohaku!! What have you done?!" Tears were blurring her vision, but she remained cautious. Kohaku stepped forward a bit, just enough for Sango's eyes to focus on his shape.
"What's the matter Sango? I thought you hated the priest..."
"I didn't hate him!! It was so far from that....but that doesn't five you the right to slaughter him!! Why Kohaku?!" Kohaku didn't answer but raised his weapon high above his head and slashed at his sister. Sango watched in horror as Kohaku's blade swung towards her.
Miroku studied the footprints towards the stream, his mind deliberating up a perverted scene to walk upon. The prints were defintely Sango's, no question about that. He followed them to a secluded area of the stream and found Sango drying up the last bit of her hair. Miroku was in absolute awe. The moon gave her an almost myterious glow, causing her sillouette to dance among the trees. Sango turned and smiled at the monk, grateful that he had chosen this moment to walk in on her.
"Did I wake you?"
"No...I...just noticed you were missing and decided to come and check on you. Sango, did you really mean what you said earlier? About understanding me?" Sango began to brush out the tangles she had recieved throughout the week.
"Yes. Everything except the last part." Miroku finally sighed, releasing the tension he had gathered on his way over to the stream.
"Sango, I never mean to ......I just can't fall in love right now." Sango lowered her head.
"I understand. Neither can I." Tears streamed down her cheeks and mingled with the fresh water. "But....I can't help it!!" She fell into Miroku's arms, crying uncontrollably. Miroku embraced her back, eager to calm her down. "I try, Miroku. I really do. I tell myself every morning that you're nothing but an intolerable letch and a heartbreaker. But my heart knows better. I know that you would care for the lucky woman who will bear your children more than anything in the world. I know this...."
"Sango..I"
"But why can't that lucky woman be me?!" Miroku felt the air sucked right from his lungs. He tilted Sango's chin up so that she was looking straight at him. "I would die for you...I would die with you. Just as long as it was with you." With that said, Miroku leaned down and brushed his lips against hers. Moments passed before either let go to catch their breath. The monk leaned his forhead upoon Sango's.
"You'll stay with me? Even with the knowledge of my curse?"
"Of course." Miroku embraced the demon slayer. He had wished upon every star in the sky to hear those words from Sango. Sango suddenly unlocked herself from the hug. "Oh! I forgot my katana by the water's edge. I'll be right back." Miroku watched the exterminator walk back to the stream, feeling a sense of pride and a certain fulfillment.
First came the recognizable sting of pain. That was the first thing that caught Miroku's attention. The next was the agonizing whistle of an air void opening on its own. Miroku stared down in terror as the air rip in his hand widened in an accelerated speed. Pain drowned out reality as the rip continued to concume his hand.
"Miroku?!" His cobalt eyes dashed up towards Sango, who had chosen that moment to find him. "What's going on?" Fear gripped Miroku's heart. He could no longer control his air void, putting his new found love in danger.
"Sango...please...leave me here." Sango inched closer, unsure of the situation. For all she knew, it could be another one of Naraku's tricks. Miroku tugged at the prayer beads, chanting different spells to slow down the void. "Sango...i'm begging you! PLEASE GO!!" Sango turned to run, but it was too late. A purple wind surrounded her feminine form and sucked her into a dark abyss, leaving an echoing scream in the night. The wind tunnel stopped, things seeming to return to normal. Miroku frantically searched for Sango's limp form but found nothing.
"Sango..." A tiny tear trickled down his cheek just as he heard the insideous laughter of Naraku.
"Good show, monk. Maybe next time you will find a girl who will listen better."
"Bastard!!! Take me instead!!! That is what you had intended from the get go!! Take me, not Sango!!!!" Naraku disappeared, leaving a tormented Miroku sobbing in the grass.
Tsuni peered down from her perch in a tree above the stream. Bella had thought herself clever when she switched their minds, but Tsuni had other plans. She would not let Bella ruin this bet for her - no chance in hell. She rested her head on her forarms and watched the two humans squirm in misery. The nightmares she had created were too real to wake up from, and only Tsuni knew how to retreat from them. She blew a light strand of hair from her face and smiled. She was always victorious....always.
"Sango!! Miroku!!" Tsuni glared as the wretched Kagome walked into the clearing and knelt beside her friends. Worry was clear on her features and she tugged at each human's shoulder, hoping to wake them up. The hanyou was close by, the same worry hidden from physical features but clear in his voice.
"What's wrong with them?!", Kagome all but shouted. Inuyasha leaned on a rock beside the unconcious monk.
"I don't know, but the smell of fear is thick around them. Whatever dream they're having, is probabaly incredibly terrifying."
"So how do we wake them up?!" The two stared at each other. Tsuni chose then to make an appearance.
"You can't. No one can. Well someone can, but it's obviously neither of you." Inuyasha gritted his fangs and unleashed Tetsusaiga.
"Bring them back!!" Tsuni sat cross legged on a nearby stone, her eyes red with rage.
"No." Inuyasha raised Tetsusaiga high above his head. Tsuni raised an eyebrow, challenging the hanyou to strike. Kagome rested a hand on his shoulder.
"Inuyasha....don't. I don't care how powerful your sword is, I have a funny feeling about her. She's more powerful than she looks."
"Listen to your woman, half breed." Reluctantly, Inuyasha followed Kagome back to the demon slayer and monk, and heaved both humans over his shoulder.
"Until next time wench..."
Inuyasha slammed the deity against the wall before throwing her across the hut, her shoulder battering the wooden walls. She groaned out loud. Part of it from pain and the other part from annoyance. She rubbed her head from the previous attack and managed to dodge the clawed fist aimed at her cheek. She crouched low in a corner, all of her sensed up and aware of the hanyou's every move.
"Bring them back!!"
"I told you already - I don't know what she has done!! If I knew, I would gladly bring them back to reality!!" Another fist was thrown, creating a large crater in the wall where Bella's head would have been permanently fixed to, if not for her quick reflexes.
"Liar!!"
"I told you all I know! Tsuni has them captured in some sort of dream realm!! I never experimented with the things because it was forbidden by the Fates. They believed a person's dream is their own!!"
"Bring them back!!!"
"I CAN'T!!!" Thunder was heard throughout the village; a result of spiritual fury. Bella sighed and fell against the only wall untouched by the hanyou's circumvention. "Great. Now they're pissed." Kagome kneeled down beside the being.
"What do you mean?"
"Tsuni's done us all in. Our job was to see to it that you four came to realization of your love for one another. You and dog boy...simple. But those other two....a whole other story. Tsuni's done this in the past. She can't stand losing bets."
"We were bets?"
"It didn't start out that way. But Tsuni has her own way of thinking. Plus, she's ruined something almost to similar for comfort to Miroku's situation. It involved me."
"Can you stop her?" Bella looked deep into Kagome's eyes. She almost felt a twinge of guilt when she looked away.
"I can try. But maybe this is just her way of bringing those two together..."
"Or shoving them apart." Bella glanced at Inuyasha, whom had calmed down by then. "Well common sense, she wants to win the bet. I take it that you for them falling for each other, and she was agaisnt it? If that's the case, i'm sure she'd do anything to see herself winning."
Sango dropped to her knees, her side bleeding from her battle. But she had done it. She had done the impossible. She had killed Kohaku. Had she any choice in the matter? It was kill or be killed and one innocent had already lost his life because of her incompetence. She stood over her brother's slain body and said a prayer, for he would need it in the afterlife. She collapsed to the ground, darkness consuming her. She could hear her name being whispered by someone familiar. Inuyasha? No...it couldn't be....Miroku?
"Sango? Wake up..." She didn't want to. What if it wasn't really him? She couldn't bear to get her hopes up, only to have them shattered. "Sango...please wake up..." She squinted her eyes open and found Miroku leaning over her, his hand propping up her head.
"Wh...where are we?"
"I don't know."
"I thought you were dead."
"Me? YOU were the one who got sucked up in my air void. I thought I had lost you for good."
"What are you talking about? Kohaku killed you. Or at least I thought he did." Miroku sat back on his heels and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Something is amiss here."
"No kidding. Do you think it's Naraku?"
"It could very well be. But he would have made an appearance by now. Even Kagura would've shown up by now. No, I think something more deviant brought us here."
Sorry so short!! Next chapter:escape from the dream realm. cheesy, yes....but everyone needs their daily dose of cheesiness!!
What Is and What Could've Been - Waking Up
Sango yawned and stretched to meet the morning's daylight. However there was none. It was still night. And even stranger was the imprint in the sand of a certain monk. *How strange. I didn't feel any movement from him..* She stood for a moment, searching the banks to find footprints or even a half naked Miroku bathing in the stream. Yet, she found nothing. It was then that she began to wander back to the campsite.
"Miroku...", she softly whispered, in case the young man had fallen asleep again. She repeated his name several times before a horrific scream filled the night air. Sango grabbed for her boomerang and headed north in the direction of the yelp. She feared the worst but silently hoped that Miroku had just panicked from another nightmare and that he was in no real danger. She paused before a clearing, the bloody scene before registering in her brain. Before her lay a slain Miroku, and beside his corpse, a quiet Kohaku, sneering at the dead monk.
"Kohaku!! What have you done?!" Tears were blurring her vision, but she remained cautious. Kohaku stepped forward a bit, just enough for Sango's eyes to focus on his shape.
"What's the matter Sango? I thought you hated the priest..."
"I didn't hate him!! It was so far from that....but that doesn't five you the right to slaughter him!! Why Kohaku?!" Kohaku didn't answer but raised his weapon high above his head and slashed at his sister. Sango watched in horror as Kohaku's blade swung towards her.
Miroku studied the footprints towards the stream, his mind deliberating up a perverted scene to walk upon. The prints were defintely Sango's, no question about that. He followed them to a secluded area of the stream and found Sango drying up the last bit of her hair. Miroku was in absolute awe. The moon gave her an almost myterious glow, causing her sillouette to dance among the trees. Sango turned and smiled at the monk, grateful that he had chosen this moment to walk in on her.
"Did I wake you?"
"No...I...just noticed you were missing and decided to come and check on you. Sango, did you really mean what you said earlier? About understanding me?" Sango began to brush out the tangles she had recieved throughout the week.
"Yes. Everything except the last part." Miroku finally sighed, releasing the tension he had gathered on his way over to the stream.
"Sango, I never mean to ......I just can't fall in love right now." Sango lowered her head.
"I understand. Neither can I." Tears streamed down her cheeks and mingled with the fresh water. "But....I can't help it!!" She fell into Miroku's arms, crying uncontrollably. Miroku embraced her back, eager to calm her down. "I try, Miroku. I really do. I tell myself every morning that you're nothing but an intolerable letch and a heartbreaker. But my heart knows better. I know that you would care for the lucky woman who will bear your children more than anything in the world. I know this...."
"Sango..I"
"But why can't that lucky woman be me?!" Miroku felt the air sucked right from his lungs. He tilted Sango's chin up so that she was looking straight at him. "I would die for you...I would die with you. Just as long as it was with you." With that said, Miroku leaned down and brushed his lips against hers. Moments passed before either let go to catch their breath. The monk leaned his forhead upoon Sango's.
"You'll stay with me? Even with the knowledge of my curse?"
"Of course." Miroku embraced the demon slayer. He had wished upon every star in the sky to hear those words from Sango. Sango suddenly unlocked herself from the hug. "Oh! I forgot my katana by the water's edge. I'll be right back." Miroku watched the exterminator walk back to the stream, feeling a sense of pride and a certain fulfillment.
First came the recognizable sting of pain. That was the first thing that caught Miroku's attention. The next was the agonizing whistle of an air void opening on its own. Miroku stared down in terror as the air rip in his hand widened in an accelerated speed. Pain drowned out reality as the rip continued to concume his hand.
"Miroku?!" His cobalt eyes dashed up towards Sango, who had chosen that moment to find him. "What's going on?" Fear gripped Miroku's heart. He could no longer control his air void, putting his new found love in danger.
"Sango...please...leave me here." Sango inched closer, unsure of the situation. For all she knew, it could be another one of Naraku's tricks. Miroku tugged at the prayer beads, chanting different spells to slow down the void. "Sango...i'm begging you! PLEASE GO!!" Sango turned to run, but it was too late. A purple wind surrounded her feminine form and sucked her into a dark abyss, leaving an echoing scream in the night. The wind tunnel stopped, things seeming to return to normal. Miroku frantically searched for Sango's limp form but found nothing.
"Sango..." A tiny tear trickled down his cheek just as he heard the insideous laughter of Naraku.
"Good show, monk. Maybe next time you will find a girl who will listen better."
"Bastard!!! Take me instead!!! That is what you had intended from the get go!! Take me, not Sango!!!!" Naraku disappeared, leaving a tormented Miroku sobbing in the grass.
Tsuni peered down from her perch in a tree above the stream. Bella had thought herself clever when she switched their minds, but Tsuni had other plans. She would not let Bella ruin this bet for her - no chance in hell. She rested her head on her forarms and watched the two humans squirm in misery. The nightmares she had created were too real to wake up from, and only Tsuni knew how to retreat from them. She blew a light strand of hair from her face and smiled. She was always victorious....always.
"Sango!! Miroku!!" Tsuni glared as the wretched Kagome walked into the clearing and knelt beside her friends. Worry was clear on her features and she tugged at each human's shoulder, hoping to wake them up. The hanyou was close by, the same worry hidden from physical features but clear in his voice.
"What's wrong with them?!", Kagome all but shouted. Inuyasha leaned on a rock beside the unconcious monk.
"I don't know, but the smell of fear is thick around them. Whatever dream they're having, is probabaly incredibly terrifying."
"So how do we wake them up?!" The two stared at each other. Tsuni chose then to make an appearance.
"You can't. No one can. Well someone can, but it's obviously neither of you." Inuyasha gritted his fangs and unleashed Tetsusaiga.
"Bring them back!!" Tsuni sat cross legged on a nearby stone, her eyes red with rage.
"No." Inuyasha raised Tetsusaiga high above his head. Tsuni raised an eyebrow, challenging the hanyou to strike. Kagome rested a hand on his shoulder.
"Inuyasha....don't. I don't care how powerful your sword is, I have a funny feeling about her. She's more powerful than she looks."
"Listen to your woman, half breed." Reluctantly, Inuyasha followed Kagome back to the demon slayer and monk, and heaved both humans over his shoulder.
"Until next time wench..."
Inuyasha slammed the deity against the wall before throwing her across the hut, her shoulder battering the wooden walls. She groaned out loud. Part of it from pain and the other part from annoyance. She rubbed her head from the previous attack and managed to dodge the clawed fist aimed at her cheek. She crouched low in a corner, all of her sensed up and aware of the hanyou's every move.
"Bring them back!!"
"I told you already - I don't know what she has done!! If I knew, I would gladly bring them back to reality!!" Another fist was thrown, creating a large crater in the wall where Bella's head would have been permanently fixed to, if not for her quick reflexes.
"Liar!!"
"I told you all I know! Tsuni has them captured in some sort of dream realm!! I never experimented with the things because it was forbidden by the Fates. They believed a person's dream is their own!!"
"Bring them back!!!"
"I CAN'T!!!" Thunder was heard throughout the village; a result of spiritual fury. Bella sighed and fell against the only wall untouched by the hanyou's circumvention. "Great. Now they're pissed." Kagome kneeled down beside the being.
"What do you mean?"
"Tsuni's done us all in. Our job was to see to it that you four came to realization of your love for one another. You and dog boy...simple. But those other two....a whole other story. Tsuni's done this in the past. She can't stand losing bets."
"We were bets?"
"It didn't start out that way. But Tsuni has her own way of thinking. Plus, she's ruined something almost to similar for comfort to Miroku's situation. It involved me."
"Can you stop her?" Bella looked deep into Kagome's eyes. She almost felt a twinge of guilt when she looked away.
"I can try. But maybe this is just her way of bringing those two together..."
"Or shoving them apart." Bella glanced at Inuyasha, whom had calmed down by then. "Well common sense, she wants to win the bet. I take it that you for them falling for each other, and she was agaisnt it? If that's the case, i'm sure she'd do anything to see herself winning."
Sango dropped to her knees, her side bleeding from her battle. But she had done it. She had done the impossible. She had killed Kohaku. Had she any choice in the matter? It was kill or be killed and one innocent had already lost his life because of her incompetence. She stood over her brother's slain body and said a prayer, for he would need it in the afterlife. She collapsed to the ground, darkness consuming her. She could hear her name being whispered by someone familiar. Inuyasha? No...it couldn't be....Miroku?
"Sango? Wake up..." She didn't want to. What if it wasn't really him? She couldn't bear to get her hopes up, only to have them shattered. "Sango...please wake up..." She squinted her eyes open and found Miroku leaning over her, his hand propping up her head.
"Wh...where are we?"
"I don't know."
"I thought you were dead."
"Me? YOU were the one who got sucked up in my air void. I thought I had lost you for good."
"What are you talking about? Kohaku killed you. Or at least I thought he did." Miroku sat back on his heels and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"Something is amiss here."
"No kidding. Do you think it's Naraku?"
"It could very well be. But he would have made an appearance by now. Even Kagura would've shown up by now. No, I think something more deviant brought us here."
Sorry so short!! Next chapter:escape from the dream realm. cheesy, yes....but everyone needs their daily dose of cheesiness!!
