Disclaimer I don't own Inuyasha or any related characters.
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep.'
Author's note~ Argh, I was planning on putting up this chapter as early as possible but I kept running into difficulties. I've barely had the chance to write at all and when I do have the chance nothing was coming. But, I still manage to deliver. Enjoy.
Chapter 7
A small sound of recognition and pleasure buzzed her lips as Xen's warm body heat radiated off of him and poured into Sango. She grew more and more comfortable by the second as Xen's subconscious took over and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her deeper into him. Shifting to accommodate this new position she nuzzled up against his neck and giggled softly as his warm breath beat down on her bare neck, making her small hairs there stand on end.
These giggles did not go unheard and Xen couldn't help but smirk at the soft sound of her laughter. Though he wasn't awake he had some idea that Sango was lying next to him, nearly on top of him, and giggling. This would normally be a big clue for him to get up before she awoke, but he too was just as tired and disoriented so it went unnoticed. He planted a soft kiss on the nape of her neck and rubbed his head up against her, much like a cat.
It was odd; it's like he couldn't control himself. A part of him absolutely had to be near her, his mind was going crazy. This was very unlike himself; this much more forward than he would ever dreamed he could be. However, he was not in the conscious state of mind to realize what he was doing.
This gesture did not go unnoticed by Sango and seemed to be just the thing to jar her from her slumber. She opened her eyes carefully and quickly realized what was going on. She was comfortably secured in Xen's arms and he had a goofy smile on his face as his head rested comfortably on the side of her neck. She immediately jumped out of his grasp and took a deep breath and gathered her thoughts. This could quickly turn into a complicated misunderstanding and that was one thing she didn't want.
Her heart was racing after remembering that kiss. Blood rushed to her head a mile a minute, as she looked over his sleeping body, curious as to whether or not he was still sleeping.
'Good.' He's still sleeping. I don't have to worry about him waking up any time soon. He looks pretty comfortable,' she thought bitterly. 'The pervert.'
Yet, despite her feeling somewhat violated she was very turned on at the moment as well. This was what she was hoping for all along after all, him being more like his old self. 'What do I do now? Do I wake him up, or let him sleep?'
She watched him sleep as a playful smile spread across his lips, him looking quite happy and not wanting to leave dreamland. 'Then again, he seems like he won't be up for a while. I wonder.'
Building up a little confidence she dared to creep a little closer to him and examined his features a little more, now sitting right beside him, almost as close as she was earlier. 'When he sleeps he looks so peaceful and idiotic, so much like Miroku. It's odd how he seems more like him in sleep rather than when he's conscious. So then if I kissed him, just once, would he kiss back if he were being Miroku? Just to see if it's really him when he's sleeping, like an experiment.'
The idea struck a nervous laugh in her throat, but still she didn't detour from her task. She lowered her head down to his level and peered at his facial features, that same feeling as before was returning. She could feel her body growing tense and her heart beating harder the more she looked at him. She closed her eyes and dove in, curious as to what would happen.
Xen's eyes opened and he peered up at Sango whose lips were now hovering over his. He was in shock at first, but really didn't mind the situation. He tapped her lightly on the shoulders seeing as her eyes were closed. "Sango, why are you on top of me and looking like you're about to kiss me? Not that I mind or anything." He couldn't help but smile as he saw a deep shade of red spreading rapidly across her face as she opened her eyes and realized what she was doing. For once it was her who was embarrassed.
Sango just about died when she heard Xen's voice and struggled to form words in her mouth. Was there any explanation to her actions that he would believe? 'What do I say to him? He must think I'm really weird or something. Oh god, I'm not saying anything. Speak stupid, speak!' "Xen I-"
Xen's warm lips gently pressed against hers quickly cutting off all sound that was finally being generated from her throat. Yes, he was kissing her, and yes they both seemed to be enjoying it, greatly.
Satisfied, Xen retracted from her and gave her a moment to take a breath allowing her to breath again, helping her heart to eventually start back up. He watched as she sat there stunned and still blushing madly. He sat up and extended a hand out to her, brushing away her loose bangs covering her embarrassed face. "What's wrong? I thought you wanted to kiss me, I'm sorry if I acted on something that I wasn't there. Forgive me?" He grinned profoundly looking like the happiest man on earth and coming off extremely genuine.
Unlike Xen, Sango wasn't in the smiling mood. She was feeling very vulnerable and was backed into a corner. Not only did Xen wake up when she was trying to steal a kiss from him, but he kissed her any way and looked really happy and now was asking if she was angry or not. 'Why does this always happen to me? Why is it always me stuck in these awkward situations?' "Why damnit!?"
"Sango?" Xen couldn't help but stare at her after her small outburst. People just don't scream "Why damnit" every day. No, something was up. "Is there something bothering you? I said I was sorry for the kiss, but I thought that's what you wanted. Wasn't it?" He moved a little closer to her getting right into her face.
While getting more into a face and demanding an answer seemed like a good idea it actually completely backfired. Feeling uncomfortable Sango moved away from Xen and gave him the cold shoulder, turning away from him she appeared to busy herself with something.
For any other person in this world this would be a huge signal to give up and that she doesn't want to talk about it. However, Xen was either not very bright or just very persistent. Where others would give up and leave things alone he jumped right into it. "You know Sango, if you have something to say you should just say it. It's not nice to leave such heavy words hanging in the air."
"What!?" Sango was twitching in pure anger from Xen's cocky statement. "What do you mean by that!? I'll knock some sense into that empty head of yours!" She raised her hand to strike him but Xen's hand quickly caught hers. This made her even more furious, big mistake on his part. "Just who do you think you are!?"
Xen squeezed a little tighter wanting to get Sango's attention and prove his point, or was just trying to come off as serious and aggressive, whichever. "I don't know, you're the one who's suppose to know who I really am, right? You said I wasn't who I thought I was so you tell me. Who am I, really?" He could only smirk at the shock on Sango's face. The two were trapped in a war of wits with each other.
'That cocky bastard he makes me so angry! He's got Miroku's wit when it comes to these sorts of things. Dear God! I've created a monster, I have to resolve this quickly and regain control. He's not Miroku, I can deal with him.'
Sango quickly changed modes and went to seductive instead of pissed, her beauty and influence was her greatest asset when it came to dealing with Miroku or Xen, men seemed to be all the same. Without hesitation she went right into a lip lock with him, giving him no chance to retaliate, not that he'd want to. When she was finished with him he was speechless. It was the perfect move on Sango's part. "That answer your question, Xen?"
Xen was dumbfounded but didn't know when to quit. "N-No," was all he could manage to say. But his tune changed when Sango shot him a death glare. He nodded his head rapidly and laughed like an idiot as if he were just kidding. 'What the hell is with this woman!?'
Coughing rather loudly behind him Sango was making her point that she wanted to leave, now. "If you're done being weird, can we get going?"
"Sure," he said simply, not wanting to say something dumb, again.
With not needing to worry about wandering hands Sango could easily walk beside Xen without worry. The two walked silently beside each other, neither of them feeling confident enough to say a word to the other.
This eerie feeling carried with them throughout the day. Not a word had been uttered since earlier that morning. It was a very compromising situation the two found themselves in and for some reason they weren't able to recover. It was very obvious the feeling was mutual.
'What do I say to him? I feel so awkward when I'm with him now. Before I felt totally confident and was enjoying myself, sorta. Now, I just feel small and obsolete after kissing him like that. What am I going to do? I can't even look at him.'
Xen's glance shifted over to Sango for a moment and what he saw disturbed him. Every time their eyes met she wouldn't look at him. 'She looks so upset and nervous. What did I do to make her so silent? She almost seems fearful of me. Why is that? We just kissed not too long ago, now this.'
Without warning Xen grabbed Sango's arm and pulled her towards him. Forcing her eyes to meet with his and face him. "What's going on, Sango? Everything seemed to be going good between us till after this morning. What did I do to make you avoid me?"
'His expression, he seems so scared, so desperate. Did I do this to him? Is he scared that I'm mad at him?' "Xen?"
"I was so happy when you kissed me earlier. It felt like we really had something, like we were a lot closer. Was it all just a fluke?"
'I never realized it till now, but you really aren't Miroku, Xen. Not at anymore at least, and when I see you so frightened like this that becomes very clear. I can't treat you like Miroku anymore, because you're no longer him.'
"I'm very sorry that I worried you. Being with you stirs up a lot of emotions inside of me. It's difficult for me to be around you, I can't help but still think of you as Miroku. It's really not your fault. Don't worry."
Sango's attempt to cheer Xen up wasn't working very well. He still had a very distraught face and it was obvious that in his mind this matter hadn't been resolved. "I know you say not to worry Sango but you telling me this makes me worry more. You're right, I'm not Miroku, but I don't think it was me you wanted to be kissing."
"I-I didn't mean it like that!"
"Then how should I interpret that? You still can't face the fact that I'm not him and you're forcing me on yourself. I'm not him! I'm not, Miroku! And I don't want to be with someone who tries to turn me into something I'm not."
In one swift motion Xen let go of his grasp over Sango and somewhat forcefully moved her out of his way. Without any warning he began waking away leaving the taiji-ya and her demon companion on their own.
'No, I didn't want him to leave like this. He can't, he's still Miroku no matter what he says. I can't let him go after I looked so hard to find him.'
"Xen," she called out to him. "You can't leave, I need you."
He stopped a moment as if he were going to listen to her for a moment then shouted back, "Find someone else to depend on. I'm done with this, I'm moving on. You should too, Sango."
Sango couldn't say anything back to him. His harsh words tore open a wound in her heart and her eyes began stinging with tears. Giving up, Sango didn't peruse Xen further.
Xen didn't enjoy seeing her reaction and part of him wanted to go and comfort her but there was nothing he thought he could do. 'It's out of my hands now. Me being with her only makes it harder for her to go on without this Miroku who had captivated her heart. He's gone from Sango's life now, just like I will be.'
Tears blurred the image of Xen leaving her and she fought within herself dearly to go after him. Letting out an anguished cry she ran after him at full speed. "It's not over yet. I won't just let you leave!"
'Sango.' Hearing her voice halted his steps and he turned back around seeing Sango come after him with such ferocity and neediness. "Why? Why are you coming after me? I told you this wasn't going to work."
Catching up to him she tackled him to the ground and held him down as tight as she could. "You're not leaving until I get a chance to talk to you. You don't understand, Xen. It's not about turning you into something you're not."
"Then what is it about? Tell me, because I don't think you're being truthful to yourself."
"It's about helping you to become the person you are. You are Miroku, people just don't change identities. Somewhere deep in the depths in the mind I know you'll find that makes sense. So please, just trust me for now and don't leave me all alone again." She did her best to put on a strong front but tears were still pouring from her eyes.
Instinctively Xen's hand raised up to Sango's face and whisked away all her tears. He slowly sat up with Sango still in his lap and kissed her forehead for a brief moment and pulled her into an embrace. "Don't cry anymore. I'm here and I wont abandon you ever again. Okay?"
Not feeling up to speaking quite yet she could only nod back to him.
"Good. Now, the only question is where do we go from here?"
"We should search for Inuyasha and the others. They may have an idea as to how to help you regain your memory. Besides, I think it may also help with your identity crisis."
"Then that's what we'll do." Standing up he grabbed unto Sango's wrist and hoisted her from the ground. "Let's go."
"Right."
With Sango's faithful pet caught up and now at her side they felt complete as a group. The two exchanged friendly smiles at one another and walked together hand-in-hand to wherever it was the gang was and where their answers may lie.
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Okay, again, a short chapter. I feel so ashamed, only writing 6 pages but if I wrote more I wouldn't be able to update for a longer period of time, and I feel I've kept you people waiting long enough. So, again, very sorry, please forgive me. I'll try my best to write more next chapter and update quicker. I was sick for most of break and some other unexpected difficulties came up. Sorry, but thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter.
Inu-shounen~ Gomen, no Inu Kag fluff in this chapter but there will be some in the future, bud.
Tricky-the-kitsune-youkai~ Yeah, sorry ^^; I really dislike Shippou, a lot. But I do however love compliments and nice reviews like yours. Thanks! ^_^ Glad you find it unique and enjoyable.
Lar-lar~ Nothing wrong with repeating yourself, that only means i'm doing a proficient job and you're continuing to enjoy things. Which makes me glad cause I love it when people like the things I write. Thanks muchly for the fantastics and the enthusiasm. It's all greatly appreciated.
Small-buttercup~ Yup, that's my new favorite word now, Mirokuness. ^^ I hope you're feeling better by now and I'm glad you took time out to review. Gives me bunch of warm fuzzies, and that helps cause it's winter.
Aamalie~ The bad news, I didn't update quick. The good news, you don't have to wonder anymore. YAY! Right?
backsplash007~YAY! Cheese, hooray! I luv cheese! Oh um... Yes, I know it's pretty sappy but sometimes you need some good romance to give you that nice giddy feeling. Appreciate the cheese, muchly. Thanks.
Rissi-sama~ Drink more snapple, your brain will fill up with nonsense in no time. ^^ thanks for the nice review. I like being told, "Good Job" it reminds of elementary school when you'd get those stupid stickers on your paper when you got it handed back, those were the good old days, so simple and what not. Any way, enough rambling. ^_^;;
Stubborn Hanyou~ I don't know about updating a lot but I'm glad you think I'm a good author and i'll try to stay consistant. Good to know your still reading my stories and are still enjoying them.
KaT aka Mistress Shinigami~ Yes, he still has his wind-tunnel and I probably will have Sango mention that fact in the next chapter or something. I'm still struggling with organization in this fic, so thanks for the reminder.
Rain angst~ Hey, don't sweat it. I can totally understand and the fact you used a library computer to review for me is really great, I can't tell you how much I appreciate that. Thanks so much! It feels good to be loved ^^
Miroku's girl~ Thats a lotta love... But hey! I certainly don't mind, it helps to remind me people do enjoy my fics and if I slack off too much there will be people i'm letting down. Thanks for reviewing again.
There was one other reviewer but I lost the review alert email and it hadn't showed up yet on my stats so I didn't know who to thank or remembered what they said besides they liked the story a lot. I really appreciate that person's review and I'm sorry I'm not able to thank you personally.
*whipes sweat off forehead* Okay, now that that's over I just want to thank everyone in general who reviewed. You guys kick so much ass! Again, so sorry for making you wait. I'm going to try to update by next weekend though. Don't loose faith in me, please! Luvs ya all!
Adios for now,
Zero
Dialog~ "Meep meep meep."
Thoughts~ 'Meep meep meep.'
Author's note~ Argh, I was planning on putting up this chapter as early as possible but I kept running into difficulties. I've barely had the chance to write at all and when I do have the chance nothing was coming. But, I still manage to deliver. Enjoy.
Chapter 7
A small sound of recognition and pleasure buzzed her lips as Xen's warm body heat radiated off of him and poured into Sango. She grew more and more comfortable by the second as Xen's subconscious took over and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her deeper into him. Shifting to accommodate this new position she nuzzled up against his neck and giggled softly as his warm breath beat down on her bare neck, making her small hairs there stand on end.
These giggles did not go unheard and Xen couldn't help but smirk at the soft sound of her laughter. Though he wasn't awake he had some idea that Sango was lying next to him, nearly on top of him, and giggling. This would normally be a big clue for him to get up before she awoke, but he too was just as tired and disoriented so it went unnoticed. He planted a soft kiss on the nape of her neck and rubbed his head up against her, much like a cat.
It was odd; it's like he couldn't control himself. A part of him absolutely had to be near her, his mind was going crazy. This was very unlike himself; this much more forward than he would ever dreamed he could be. However, he was not in the conscious state of mind to realize what he was doing.
This gesture did not go unnoticed by Sango and seemed to be just the thing to jar her from her slumber. She opened her eyes carefully and quickly realized what was going on. She was comfortably secured in Xen's arms and he had a goofy smile on his face as his head rested comfortably on the side of her neck. She immediately jumped out of his grasp and took a deep breath and gathered her thoughts. This could quickly turn into a complicated misunderstanding and that was one thing she didn't want.
Her heart was racing after remembering that kiss. Blood rushed to her head a mile a minute, as she looked over his sleeping body, curious as to whether or not he was still sleeping.
'Good.' He's still sleeping. I don't have to worry about him waking up any time soon. He looks pretty comfortable,' she thought bitterly. 'The pervert.'
Yet, despite her feeling somewhat violated she was very turned on at the moment as well. This was what she was hoping for all along after all, him being more like his old self. 'What do I do now? Do I wake him up, or let him sleep?'
She watched him sleep as a playful smile spread across his lips, him looking quite happy and not wanting to leave dreamland. 'Then again, he seems like he won't be up for a while. I wonder.'
Building up a little confidence she dared to creep a little closer to him and examined his features a little more, now sitting right beside him, almost as close as she was earlier. 'When he sleeps he looks so peaceful and idiotic, so much like Miroku. It's odd how he seems more like him in sleep rather than when he's conscious. So then if I kissed him, just once, would he kiss back if he were being Miroku? Just to see if it's really him when he's sleeping, like an experiment.'
The idea struck a nervous laugh in her throat, but still she didn't detour from her task. She lowered her head down to his level and peered at his facial features, that same feeling as before was returning. She could feel her body growing tense and her heart beating harder the more she looked at him. She closed her eyes and dove in, curious as to what would happen.
Xen's eyes opened and he peered up at Sango whose lips were now hovering over his. He was in shock at first, but really didn't mind the situation. He tapped her lightly on the shoulders seeing as her eyes were closed. "Sango, why are you on top of me and looking like you're about to kiss me? Not that I mind or anything." He couldn't help but smile as he saw a deep shade of red spreading rapidly across her face as she opened her eyes and realized what she was doing. For once it was her who was embarrassed.
Sango just about died when she heard Xen's voice and struggled to form words in her mouth. Was there any explanation to her actions that he would believe? 'What do I say to him? He must think I'm really weird or something. Oh god, I'm not saying anything. Speak stupid, speak!' "Xen I-"
Xen's warm lips gently pressed against hers quickly cutting off all sound that was finally being generated from her throat. Yes, he was kissing her, and yes they both seemed to be enjoying it, greatly.
Satisfied, Xen retracted from her and gave her a moment to take a breath allowing her to breath again, helping her heart to eventually start back up. He watched as she sat there stunned and still blushing madly. He sat up and extended a hand out to her, brushing away her loose bangs covering her embarrassed face. "What's wrong? I thought you wanted to kiss me, I'm sorry if I acted on something that I wasn't there. Forgive me?" He grinned profoundly looking like the happiest man on earth and coming off extremely genuine.
Unlike Xen, Sango wasn't in the smiling mood. She was feeling very vulnerable and was backed into a corner. Not only did Xen wake up when she was trying to steal a kiss from him, but he kissed her any way and looked really happy and now was asking if she was angry or not. 'Why does this always happen to me? Why is it always me stuck in these awkward situations?' "Why damnit!?"
"Sango?" Xen couldn't help but stare at her after her small outburst. People just don't scream "Why damnit" every day. No, something was up. "Is there something bothering you? I said I was sorry for the kiss, but I thought that's what you wanted. Wasn't it?" He moved a little closer to her getting right into her face.
While getting more into a face and demanding an answer seemed like a good idea it actually completely backfired. Feeling uncomfortable Sango moved away from Xen and gave him the cold shoulder, turning away from him she appeared to busy herself with something.
For any other person in this world this would be a huge signal to give up and that she doesn't want to talk about it. However, Xen was either not very bright or just very persistent. Where others would give up and leave things alone he jumped right into it. "You know Sango, if you have something to say you should just say it. It's not nice to leave such heavy words hanging in the air."
"What!?" Sango was twitching in pure anger from Xen's cocky statement. "What do you mean by that!? I'll knock some sense into that empty head of yours!" She raised her hand to strike him but Xen's hand quickly caught hers. This made her even more furious, big mistake on his part. "Just who do you think you are!?"
Xen squeezed a little tighter wanting to get Sango's attention and prove his point, or was just trying to come off as serious and aggressive, whichever. "I don't know, you're the one who's suppose to know who I really am, right? You said I wasn't who I thought I was so you tell me. Who am I, really?" He could only smirk at the shock on Sango's face. The two were trapped in a war of wits with each other.
'That cocky bastard he makes me so angry! He's got Miroku's wit when it comes to these sorts of things. Dear God! I've created a monster, I have to resolve this quickly and regain control. He's not Miroku, I can deal with him.'
Sango quickly changed modes and went to seductive instead of pissed, her beauty and influence was her greatest asset when it came to dealing with Miroku or Xen, men seemed to be all the same. Without hesitation she went right into a lip lock with him, giving him no chance to retaliate, not that he'd want to. When she was finished with him he was speechless. It was the perfect move on Sango's part. "That answer your question, Xen?"
Xen was dumbfounded but didn't know when to quit. "N-No," was all he could manage to say. But his tune changed when Sango shot him a death glare. He nodded his head rapidly and laughed like an idiot as if he were just kidding. 'What the hell is with this woman!?'
Coughing rather loudly behind him Sango was making her point that she wanted to leave, now. "If you're done being weird, can we get going?"
"Sure," he said simply, not wanting to say something dumb, again.
With not needing to worry about wandering hands Sango could easily walk beside Xen without worry. The two walked silently beside each other, neither of them feeling confident enough to say a word to the other.
This eerie feeling carried with them throughout the day. Not a word had been uttered since earlier that morning. It was a very compromising situation the two found themselves in and for some reason they weren't able to recover. It was very obvious the feeling was mutual.
'What do I say to him? I feel so awkward when I'm with him now. Before I felt totally confident and was enjoying myself, sorta. Now, I just feel small and obsolete after kissing him like that. What am I going to do? I can't even look at him.'
Xen's glance shifted over to Sango for a moment and what he saw disturbed him. Every time their eyes met she wouldn't look at him. 'She looks so upset and nervous. What did I do to make her so silent? She almost seems fearful of me. Why is that? We just kissed not too long ago, now this.'
Without warning Xen grabbed Sango's arm and pulled her towards him. Forcing her eyes to meet with his and face him. "What's going on, Sango? Everything seemed to be going good between us till after this morning. What did I do to make you avoid me?"
'His expression, he seems so scared, so desperate. Did I do this to him? Is he scared that I'm mad at him?' "Xen?"
"I was so happy when you kissed me earlier. It felt like we really had something, like we were a lot closer. Was it all just a fluke?"
'I never realized it till now, but you really aren't Miroku, Xen. Not at anymore at least, and when I see you so frightened like this that becomes very clear. I can't treat you like Miroku anymore, because you're no longer him.'
"I'm very sorry that I worried you. Being with you stirs up a lot of emotions inside of me. It's difficult for me to be around you, I can't help but still think of you as Miroku. It's really not your fault. Don't worry."
Sango's attempt to cheer Xen up wasn't working very well. He still had a very distraught face and it was obvious that in his mind this matter hadn't been resolved. "I know you say not to worry Sango but you telling me this makes me worry more. You're right, I'm not Miroku, but I don't think it was me you wanted to be kissing."
"I-I didn't mean it like that!"
"Then how should I interpret that? You still can't face the fact that I'm not him and you're forcing me on yourself. I'm not him! I'm not, Miroku! And I don't want to be with someone who tries to turn me into something I'm not."
In one swift motion Xen let go of his grasp over Sango and somewhat forcefully moved her out of his way. Without any warning he began waking away leaving the taiji-ya and her demon companion on their own.
'No, I didn't want him to leave like this. He can't, he's still Miroku no matter what he says. I can't let him go after I looked so hard to find him.'
"Xen," she called out to him. "You can't leave, I need you."
He stopped a moment as if he were going to listen to her for a moment then shouted back, "Find someone else to depend on. I'm done with this, I'm moving on. You should too, Sango."
Sango couldn't say anything back to him. His harsh words tore open a wound in her heart and her eyes began stinging with tears. Giving up, Sango didn't peruse Xen further.
Xen didn't enjoy seeing her reaction and part of him wanted to go and comfort her but there was nothing he thought he could do. 'It's out of my hands now. Me being with her only makes it harder for her to go on without this Miroku who had captivated her heart. He's gone from Sango's life now, just like I will be.'
Tears blurred the image of Xen leaving her and she fought within herself dearly to go after him. Letting out an anguished cry she ran after him at full speed. "It's not over yet. I won't just let you leave!"
'Sango.' Hearing her voice halted his steps and he turned back around seeing Sango come after him with such ferocity and neediness. "Why? Why are you coming after me? I told you this wasn't going to work."
Catching up to him she tackled him to the ground and held him down as tight as she could. "You're not leaving until I get a chance to talk to you. You don't understand, Xen. It's not about turning you into something you're not."
"Then what is it about? Tell me, because I don't think you're being truthful to yourself."
"It's about helping you to become the person you are. You are Miroku, people just don't change identities. Somewhere deep in the depths in the mind I know you'll find that makes sense. So please, just trust me for now and don't leave me all alone again." She did her best to put on a strong front but tears were still pouring from her eyes.
Instinctively Xen's hand raised up to Sango's face and whisked away all her tears. He slowly sat up with Sango still in his lap and kissed her forehead for a brief moment and pulled her into an embrace. "Don't cry anymore. I'm here and I wont abandon you ever again. Okay?"
Not feeling up to speaking quite yet she could only nod back to him.
"Good. Now, the only question is where do we go from here?"
"We should search for Inuyasha and the others. They may have an idea as to how to help you regain your memory. Besides, I think it may also help with your identity crisis."
"Then that's what we'll do." Standing up he grabbed unto Sango's wrist and hoisted her from the ground. "Let's go."
"Right."
With Sango's faithful pet caught up and now at her side they felt complete as a group. The two exchanged friendly smiles at one another and walked together hand-in-hand to wherever it was the gang was and where their answers may lie.
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Okay, again, a short chapter. I feel so ashamed, only writing 6 pages but if I wrote more I wouldn't be able to update for a longer period of time, and I feel I've kept you people waiting long enough. So, again, very sorry, please forgive me. I'll try my best to write more next chapter and update quicker. I was sick for most of break and some other unexpected difficulties came up. Sorry, but thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter.
Inu-shounen~ Gomen, no Inu Kag fluff in this chapter but there will be some in the future, bud.
Tricky-the-kitsune-youkai~ Yeah, sorry ^^; I really dislike Shippou, a lot. But I do however love compliments and nice reviews like yours. Thanks! ^_^ Glad you find it unique and enjoyable.
Lar-lar~ Nothing wrong with repeating yourself, that only means i'm doing a proficient job and you're continuing to enjoy things. Which makes me glad cause I love it when people like the things I write. Thanks muchly for the fantastics and the enthusiasm. It's all greatly appreciated.
Small-buttercup~ Yup, that's my new favorite word now, Mirokuness. ^^ I hope you're feeling better by now and I'm glad you took time out to review. Gives me bunch of warm fuzzies, and that helps cause it's winter.
Aamalie~ The bad news, I didn't update quick. The good news, you don't have to wonder anymore. YAY! Right?
backsplash007~YAY! Cheese, hooray! I luv cheese! Oh um... Yes, I know it's pretty sappy but sometimes you need some good romance to give you that nice giddy feeling. Appreciate the cheese, muchly. Thanks.
Rissi-sama~ Drink more snapple, your brain will fill up with nonsense in no time. ^^ thanks for the nice review. I like being told, "Good Job" it reminds of elementary school when you'd get those stupid stickers on your paper when you got it handed back, those were the good old days, so simple and what not. Any way, enough rambling. ^_^;;
Stubborn Hanyou~ I don't know about updating a lot but I'm glad you think I'm a good author and i'll try to stay consistant. Good to know your still reading my stories and are still enjoying them.
KaT aka Mistress Shinigami~ Yes, he still has his wind-tunnel and I probably will have Sango mention that fact in the next chapter or something. I'm still struggling with organization in this fic, so thanks for the reminder.
Rain angst~ Hey, don't sweat it. I can totally understand and the fact you used a library computer to review for me is really great, I can't tell you how much I appreciate that. Thanks so much! It feels good to be loved ^^
Miroku's girl~ Thats a lotta love... But hey! I certainly don't mind, it helps to remind me people do enjoy my fics and if I slack off too much there will be people i'm letting down. Thanks for reviewing again.
There was one other reviewer but I lost the review alert email and it hadn't showed up yet on my stats so I didn't know who to thank or remembered what they said besides they liked the story a lot. I really appreciate that person's review and I'm sorry I'm not able to thank you personally.
*whipes sweat off forehead* Okay, now that that's over I just want to thank everyone in general who reviewed. You guys kick so much ass! Again, so sorry for making you wait. I'm going to try to update by next weekend though. Don't loose faith in me, please! Luvs ya all!
Adios for now,
Zero