AN: Remember. Sango = Koharu in Miroku's mind. There is a slip up near the end of Miroku's first POV for the chapter. It IS on purpose. Again, warnings for Miroku's perversion, Sango's mouth and Sango's slight OOCness. Of course, everyone has his or her breaking point.

Chapter 11: Love

I looked down the hall before quickly pulling back.

"Is anyone there?" Koharu whispered, looking in the opposite direction.

"Nope. We're all clear."

"Okay. Let's go."

We ran down the hall and I watched Koharu's back as she hurried to type in the exit code. Finally, the door opened and Koharu pushed me through so that I was running just ahead of her across the field. Looking ahead to forest, I tried not to look back to make sure Koharu was still there. I wanted to very much though, so I looked down just enough that, if I shifted my eyes a little, I could see Koharu's feet running behind me.

"Watch out!" Koharu suddenly shouted, her shoulder slammed into my back, sending me sprawling. I rolled over to see Koharu lying next to me with a small cut on her cheek and a large praying mantis standing over us. It was huge!

"You can see that, right?" I asked Koharu as I moved to wipe away the blood that was running down her face and she frowned at me.

"Of course I can, stupid!" Koharu snapped, smacking my hand away and wiping her cheek herself. "Come on!"

Grabbing my hand, Koharu hauled me to my feet and we started running again. I glanced over my shoulder quickly and saw that the large demon was pulling back to strike. Turning to warn Koharu, I watched as her foot slipped on the grass and mud caused by the pounding rain.

"SANGO!" I shouted as I leapt over to protect her from the demon's blow…...... which never came.

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I bent my knees as my feet hit the roof of the institution. Kohaku was stretched out of his stomach, soaking wet. His jacket, which was water- and bulletproof, was stretched across his 'baby' protecting it from the driving rain.

"Oi." I whispered and Kohaku almost jumped out of his skin, a sure sign he was doing something wrong. This would have been useful, if I wasn't aware of the fact already. "What are you doing?"

I noticed that Kohaku had refocused his attention on the grassy flat area that surrounded the institution. There were two humans there, a man and a woman. The woman was lying on her stomach covering her head with her hands, while the man was on his knees, his body acting as a human shield. I could see that a faint smoke, which was quickly being destroyed by the rain, was rising from less than ten feet from the couple and knew exactly what Kohaku had done.

"He'll be mad." I told Kohaku, without taking my eyes off the couple. The man had just realized that he and the woman were out of trouble and was gently shaking the woman.

"You only have one sister."

"Are you going to go talk to her?

"Huh?"

"I'm not going to tell. I'd probably do the same thing in your place." I shrugged. "I can't stop you if you just HAVE to see your sister."

This was partially true. If I had been Kohaku and that had been Kana on the lawn in front of me, I definitely would have killed the demon without another thought. Of course, I was also being influenced by Kohaku's earlier act of kindness. I had a debt to pay. I looked over at Kohaku and noticed that he had said something and I had missed it.

"What did you say?"

"I said, no. I don't think I will face her. Come on. Let's go home." Kohaku sighed as he began to disassemble his sniper riffle and put it back into his duffel bag. Putting his coat back on, Kohaku looked over at me and I nodded. Opening my fan, I sent a few strong gusts of wind, to wipe away our scents in case anyone tried to hunt us down. I took a feather out of my hair and threw it down on the roof so that Kohaku and I could board.

"Who was that man?" I asked after flying for a few minutes in silence. "He seemed fairly attached to your sister."

"His name is Miroku Genkaku. I wonder if Sango still has a crush on him. She used to."

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"Koharu?" I asked, as I reached over to shake her shoulder. "Hey, are you all right?"

"Huh? Where am I? Am I dead?" Koharu asked, looking around.

"No. Oh, thank God, we're both alive. I was so scared Koharu." I whispered, as I ran my fingers through her hair. I leaned in to kiss her, but Koharu pushed me away.

"Damn it, stop that!"

"Koharu? What's going on? Why can't I kiss you?" I asked, feeling a little upset.

'What's wrong? Was it something I did or said?'

I looked closely at Koharu's face and I could see that she was about to explode. I'd never seen Koharu that angry. Usually, she was rather passive, but now Koharu looked like she wanted to kill someone.

"FUCK YOU!" Koharu suddenly screamed.

'Oh, yes please.'

"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! I've tried and I've tried. Really, I have, but it's just no use!"

"Koharu?"

"Damn it!" Koharu screamed as she slapped me across the face, effectively pushing me off her and onto the grass. "I'm not Koharu, you screwed up idiot! Why can't you tell me apart from your ex-wife?"

I sat up, still holding my cheek as the rain poured down on us. I was almost afraid to look. Finally I looked over at the woman, and Sango was sitting where Koharu had been. Tears were streaming down her face, mixing with the blood that was coming from her cheek.

"I'm sorry."

"You still don't see me?"

"No. I see Sango. I'm sorry I didn't see you sooner."

"Oh God. You're cured."

"No. No." I snapped, everything suddenly making sense. "I'm not cured. This isn't part of my disease. A smack and some words don't fix a mental illness. I think…...... I did this to myself."

"What do you mean?"

"I remember…...... falling in love with you."

"I…...... Don't go on; I don't want to hear it. Just stop there." Sango sighed as she moved to get to her feet.

"No. Listen to me, Sango. I fell in love with you before I was here. But I was still married. I couldn't love you without hurting Koharu. So, I think, mentally, I turned you into Koharu."

"So all this time, it's been…...... your morals?"

"I…...... Yes." I laughed shortly. "I'm so stupid, Sango."

"I know." She whispered back, as she placed a hand on my shoulder. "What are we going to now?"

"I don't know. I suppose, I now understand why my medication never fully worked. The medication did work, except that sometimes I really did see demons, like the one just now, and I thought you were Koharu. I promised a…...... lord I wouldn't call out demons anymore, and now that I don't think you're Koharu anymore, I believe the medication will work one hundred percent now."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. But…...... what will we do about us?"

"Us?"

"Sango, I'm in love with you."

"I…...... I can't." Sango stuttered. "You're my patient."

"I'll get transferred."

"Koharu…......"

"You said yourself Koharu and I are divorced."

"I just don't…......"

"We don't have to rush anything. Maybe, when I get out, though…...... we could…...... date?"

"I'd like that, Mr…...... Miroku." Sango smiled and I smiled back. I noticed that Sango had been leaning forward our entire conversation and now she was only inches from my face. Swallowing, I felt my eyes close and I leaned into kiss her.

"Miroku." She whispered.

"Sango!" A voice shouted across the field and I almost jumped out of my skin. "Miroku! Thank God, you're both all right."

"Kagome." Sango smiled as she turned to face her friend. I looked up to see Inuyasha slowly trailing Kagome and he raised his eyebrow at me. Scowling slightly in return, I stood up and brushed the wet grass off my clothes. Not that that particularly worked, with the constant rain and all. Sango and Kagome motioned for Inuyasha and I to follow them and we did, Kagome and Sango taking the lead.

"Lech." Inuyasha muttered out of the corner of his mouth.

"At least I've got the balls." I hissed back, before expertly sidestepping his kick and continuing after Sango.