One Last Wish Chapter 2
Inuyasha stood outside of the hut, waiting. He burst inside the hut just as Sango screamed.
"What's wrong?" Sango pointed at Kagome. Inuyasha smiled and nodded.
"So that's what you wished!"
"Not exactly." He said, walking over to where Kagome lay. The hole in her back was gone, and she was no longer covered in her own blood. Inuyasha sat down and pulled her close once more, listening for a heartbeat. She stirred in his arms. Sango screamed again. Miroku shushed the girl. Inuyasha just smiled and said,
"Kagome?"
The young miko opened her eyes slowly. She blinked once, and then smiled. Slowly she lifted her arms and wrapped them around the hanyou. He pulled her upright and closer to him.
"Thank the gods."
"Inuyasha, what the hell do you mean not exactly?" Sango was asking, oblivious. Miroku caught Kagome's eye and smiled. Inuyasha stated to explain, but Kagome reached up and placed a finger on his lips, silencing him.
"He had quite a complicated wish," she said quietly, staring into his amber eyes. Sango gasped, realizing who spoke. "Midoriko was amazed that he wished such a thing. He didn't just wish me back, Sango, he wished that all the innocent lives that were taken by Naraku were to be restored." Sango slumped on the floor, her injured legs no longer able to support her.
"What do you mean Lady Kagome?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha broke his and Kagome's staring contest and turned to smile at the monk.
"It means that everyone that was kill either by Naraku himself or his allies that were acting under his orders has been restored to life. This includes your whole village that was alive before the attacks," he said, nodding to Sango, "Your father, Kohaku, and your father as well Miroku."
"That's impossible." Miroku said quietly, "He was consumed by his own wind tun-"
"A wind tunnel that was cause by Naraku in the first place, so yes, it is possible. Your grandfather should be restored to life as well." Kagome said, cutting him off. She took a hold of Inuyasha's shoulders and forced him to look at her. "Midoriko has her work cut out for her, but it gives her something to do now that she no longer has to battle the demons. She asked something of your request though."
"What?" Inuyasha asked, watching her. The miko looked over his shoulder at her friends. They were talking to each other quietly to each other about his wish.
"I'll tell you later." She whispered quietly, looking back into his eyes.
"So what do we do know? I mean our adventure is basically over. Naraku's dead and the jewel is whole and purified. Kagome's alive again and she and Inuyasha are saying that everyone killed by Naraku's treachery are alive once more also."
"Why don't you go back to your village? I know you want to see your Father and Kohaku again."
"Of course I do, but nothing can heal the wounds created when they were lost. Nothing can restore the time that was taken from us. It was misery, for sure, but no one can change that. I've mostly moved on now, and I've learned to live, and I'm pretty sure love, without them. Sure, I'll go see them again, but I don't think I'll stay. What about you? Don't you want to see your father and grandsire again?"
"Yes, but as you said, I've moved on. I don't remember my grandsire at all, and my father died when I was only nine. I too have learned to live and love without them. Lady Kagome, I suspect, will either stay here with Inuyasha or go home forever. The later, more likely, now that they're married now, but I do suspect that Kikyo will be a problem."
"Oh yeah, I forgot that she was killed by Naraku using Inuyasha's form."
"I have to admit that I have a certain envy of him."
"Oh really? Might I ask why?"
"He had two girls that love him and are basically fighting over him."
"But he has to choose between them. Do you envy that?"
"No, I have my own troubles concerning women."
"You, have woman troubles? Who would have ever thought?"
"Yeah, well now that the threat of my life being taken by my own hand is gone now, I can slow down now. I no longer have to worry about having an heir to carry on my name right this moment. I can love, and hopefully be loved in return, in my own time. Now I just have to show the woman that I love that I do and really mean it."
"Is that it?"
"Yes. I do predict that it will be a while, because I'm pretty sure that she's oblivious to my affections."
"Well, I hope you succeed. I myself have someone I love, but I'm not sure how to tell him."
"And why not might I ask?"
"I'm not sure. It's fear, of course, but a fear of multiple things. Fear of, well, rejection, for one, but there's also a fear that after we got close, if we did I mean, that he might be taken away from me like Father and Kohaku."
"I'm sorry if this is not any comfort to you, but those are chances we all have to take. You should tell him. I'm sure that is he has some shred of a brain he'll love you too."
"But sir monk-"
"Its Miroku. Don't you think that by now we'd be on a first name basis?"
"Miroku..." Sango said quietly, shifting slightly.
"Yes?" she looked up at him for a second, and then adverted her gaze, blushing.
"Oh never mind. Might I ask the name of the maiden who's heart you are trying to claim?" At this she saw the monk tense a bit. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked." She said quickly.
"No," he said quietly. "Actually I was wondering if you were going to ask that." A few moments of awkward silence hung between them.
"So?"
"Hmm?"
"Who is it?"
"Oh yeah.... are you sure you want to know?"
"Yes, why?"
"Just wanted to be sure. Now don't be surprised when I tell you."
"Tell me already!"
"I'm looking at her." He said quietly. It took Sango a moment to realize what he had said. Looking up, her gaze met his. She gasped. "I told you you'd be surprised. Ashiteru Sango-"
Yay! Another chapter! My fist Miroku and Sango scene! Lolz, hope y'all liked it! Please review! Dark Nightmares