I wanted to thank the reviewers. I got so many kind reviews and they inspired me to write more. Here it is, just for you. I hope you enjoy it. *.~

D*: Inuyasha does not belong to me and neither do any of the characters.

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"Sango?" the monk poked his staff in first before entering. "Where is Kagome?"

The demon slayer shut her eyes tightly and turned away.

"She…um…she-she said to tell you goodbye, Miroku." She fumbled with her words not sure what to say next. Holding back her tears was something she rarely did, but in this occasion, she knew she wasn't going to be the only one suffering.

"Oh, I see." He set down his staff and sat down next to Sango.

"It seems that you're taking it well, Sango."

The taijiya nodded and a tear escaped her eye, but she quickly wiped it off, hoping that the monk had not seen it.

He put his arm around her and pulled her close.

"Don't worry about her, Sango." He began, "She will be much happier through the well. She will be back with her family, where she belongs."

"She was my only friend." He caught her soft whisper and held her tighter.

"You still have me."

Surprised at how sweet Miroku was being, she hugged him back.

"Thank you, Miroku."

"Sango!"

A disturbed hanyou burst in through the door. His eyes were swollen as if he had been crying. Around his neck were the fused fragments of the incomplete Shikon no Tama.

He released what he was holding in his hand and it fell on the floor with a thump.

"Why did you let her go!?" The small bead rolled over to Sango and she picked it up.

"What happened to your rosary?" She looked at it in amazement and then handed it to Miroku.

"Inuyasha, I couldn't have held her back. It was her decision to go and I think that it was for the better."

Her eyes were filling with tears again, but she held them in.

"For the better!? You know how I feel about her, so why did you let her go!?" Inuyasha sat down a few feet in front of the demon slayer and stared intently at her.

"Yes, Inuyasha! It was for the better! I was tired of seeing her suffer so much every time that she caught you and that wench together!" Sango choked back a sob. "You don't understand, Inuyasha. You want two women, but it is completely impossible to have them both."

"I already knew that," his voice calmed down and she noticed that his golden eyes had turned into a dull yellow. "I figured that out when she threw herself into the well, but you see it was too late. Now how in the hell am I supposed to get her back?"

He looked at Sango's sad expression. He knew she was suffering as well and instead of keeping the argument alive he added, "She would have taken off anyway."

Miroku broke the silence that followed. "Inuyasha, wasn't it Kaede who made the rosary?"

His eyes lit up and they examined the hut. "Where is she?"

"Inuyasha, did ye allow the child to break the curse?" Kaede walked in from the doorway and set down the basket of herbs she had been cradling in her arms.

He nodded. "Kaede, can you put the rosary back on me?"

Kaede's lips curled up into a smile. "Did ye not hate that object of order?"

"Just do it you old hag!" He demanded giving her the one bead that he took from Miroku's hand.

"Patience. Inuyasha, even if I put it back on, ye can not go through the well. For the child needs to activate it in order for it to be linked to ye."

Miroku got up from his spot. "I understand. Inuyasha, the only reason that you could go through the well was because you were linked to Kagome in some way. The rosary, which she used to control you, sort of made you like her pet. If the rosary is not activated by her, then you are in no way connected. Therefore, you can not go through the well." He arched an eyebrow. "Lady Kaede, is it possible for Kikyo to activate it?"

The old woman turned to Inuyasha. "Ay, she is able to activate it, but how ye will do it is a great concern indeed."

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